:00:10. > :00:15.Absolute devastation. The words of villagers in Somerset are -- as they
:00:16. > :00:18.are forced to evacuate their flooded homes. Royal Marines are called in
:00:19. > :00:21.during the early hours, as flood waters breach the final defences.
:00:22. > :00:29.Across the UK hundreds of flood warnings - and warnings from the Met
:00:30. > :00:33.Office that it's about to get worse. I will be live on the Somerset
:00:34. > :00:37.Levels were there has been more flooding, and the first visit from
:00:38. > :00:40.the Environment Agency chief, Lord Smith. We'll be getting the latest
:00:41. > :00:47.picture from around the UK. Also this lunchtime: Your United Kingdom
:00:48. > :00:56.needs you. David Cameron appeals to the people of Scotland to say no to
:00:57. > :01:02.independence. From us to the people of Scotland, left the message be
:01:03. > :01:06.this. We want you to stay. Instead of having a sermon from Mount
:01:07. > :01:09.Olympus, let's have a Democratic debate in this television studio two
:01:10. > :01:13.weeks on Monday and let's make it came on.
:01:14. > :01:17.-- game on. Russia gets ready for the opening ceremony of the 20-14
:01:18. > :01:20.Winter Olympic games in Sochi. And a step back in time - the footprints
:01:21. > :01:27.in the sand uncovered in the 21st century, dating from 800,000 years
:01:28. > :01:31.ago. It was right here that scientists
:01:32. > :01:36.found the footprints, thought to be of five individuals, mixture of
:01:37. > :01:40.adults and children, maybe a family gathering food or going for a walk.
:01:41. > :01:43.Later on BBC London, the tube strike is over - but can talks today
:01:44. > :01:46.prevent another walk-out next week? And struggling to hire paramedics -
:01:47. > :02:07.London Ambulance looks abroad to solve the shortage.
:02:08. > :02:15.Good afternoon and welcome to the One O'Clock News there is anger and
:02:16. > :02:19.frustration as more villagers have been forced to leave their homes,
:02:20. > :02:25.some in the middle of the night, with Royal Marines called in to help
:02:26. > :02:34.as flood levels reached flood defences. -- flood defences were
:02:35. > :02:39.breached. Facing the anger of Red Ed -- residents today, the chairman of
:02:40. > :02:42.the Environment Agency, Lord Smith, visiting the Somerset Levels for the
:02:43. > :02:47.first time since the crisis began. Duncan Kennedy is in Burrowbridge.
:02:48. > :02:51.The first thing I should say is do not be fooled by the sunshine and
:02:52. > :02:54.blue skies. It was raining last night and it will be raining again
:02:55. > :03:01.tonight, creating more chaos and misery. I am in Burrowbridge. This
:03:02. > :03:05.road has been freshly flooded. These vehicles are the only ones that can
:03:06. > :03:12.get through. Ordinary cars cannot. The neighbouring village of Moorland
:03:13. > :03:17.was also cut off overnight. Marines went in to help people out. It is
:03:18. > :03:20.chaos for a lot of people. And on the day that the head of the
:03:21. > :03:23.Environment Agency makes its first appearance here on the Somerset
:03:24. > :03:29.Levels. Wider, deeper, longer. The water on
:03:30. > :03:34.the Somerset Levels just keeps on coming. Overnight in places it rose
:03:35. > :03:40.by an extra meter. Here, even the floods are flooding. It is now so
:03:41. > :03:46.serious, Marines arrived overnight in Moorland to try to protect what
:03:47. > :03:53.is left and to help people get out. Dozens decided it was time to leave.
:03:54. > :03:58.When we got there this morning water levels for up to knee level, so our
:03:59. > :04:02.guys had to put on waders. Then we took advice from the Environment
:04:03. > :04:07.Agency as to where they wanted sandbags put. In Burrowbridge, it
:04:08. > :04:19.was just as bad. Frustrations intensified. When this milk truck
:04:20. > :04:28.left, its wash surged into one farmer's home and led to this.
:04:29. > :04:33.I just keeping my head above water now. You seem really upset? You can
:04:34. > :04:40.imagine what we are going through at the moment, yes. Stress levels are
:04:41. > :04:45.incredibly high. It is worrying. The head of the Environment Agency, Lord
:04:46. > :04:50.Smith, made his first visit to the Somerset Levels today. He has been
:04:51. > :04:53.criticised by some for the failure to dredge rivers. The clear
:04:54. > :04:59.priorities that have been set for us by successive governments is
:05:00. > :05:02.protecting lives. Our second priority is protecting people's
:05:03. > :05:07.homes and businesses. Our third priority is to protect as much
:05:08. > :05:12.agricultural land as we can. That is the order of priority. Holders
:05:13. > :05:20.remain frustrated by what has been done. One man was happy to point the
:05:21. > :05:24.finger from -- at Lord Smith. I cannot repeat what I would say to
:05:25. > :05:28.him on camera, actually. After he came down last year and said they
:05:29. > :05:33.would be dredging within four months and nothing has been done. In
:05:34. > :05:38.Moorland, the land is fast disappearing, just like much of this
:05:39. > :05:42.part of the world. With weekend storms to come, it may take
:05:43. > :05:45.something other than sandbags and hope to keep these communities
:05:46. > :05:51.going. Lord Smith has only been here in the
:05:52. > :05:56.last hour. What he went on to say, or body was asked, was if he would
:05:57. > :05:59.apologise to locals. He would not answer the question. He said the
:06:00. > :06:03.Environment Agency had put money on the table to dredge rivers in the
:06:04. > :06:07.past year. It had now got more money. He said he was proud of the
:06:08. > :06:13.Environment Agency staff, who have been faced with the most extreme
:06:14. > :06:17.weather, a major, major challenge. That challenge is set to continue
:06:18. > :06:19.this weekend. It's not just Somerset that's
:06:20. > :06:22.suffering with the floods. Great swathes of the country have been
:06:23. > :06:25.affected from Cornwall to Kent - and with more heavy rainfall forecast,
:06:26. > :06:28.the Environment Agency is warning there is more flooding to come.
:06:29. > :06:38.Richard Lister has been following the story.
:06:39. > :06:42.Delayed by the wrong kind of rain. Simply too much of it. This was the
:06:43. > :06:46.main line between Bristol and Exeter near Taunton today. A region where
:06:47. > :06:53.railings have taken a particular battering. -- rail links. In the
:06:54. > :06:57.calm between the storms, engineers in dollars have been looking at
:06:58. > :07:01.restoring a service to a million people in Cornwall. -- Dawlish. The
:07:02. > :07:09.damaged track will take at least six weeks to finish -- fix. The
:07:10. > :07:16.Environment Secretary said he wanted to assess the damage for himself.
:07:17. > :07:20.His train was delayed. Government will work with people to see the
:07:21. > :07:23.best way of restoring the service. I want to get the message across that
:07:24. > :07:29.of the south-west is not closed. It is open for business. For millions
:07:30. > :07:35.getting to work has meant fighting a flood. This was Essex, were some
:07:36. > :07:41.schools had to be closed. There was standing water in saffron Walden,
:07:42. > :07:45.car park Lakes and kayaks on the road in Kent. This Environment
:07:46. > :07:52.Agency map shows the worst affected regions. The more serious for
:07:53. > :07:56.warnings are in red. Bromley the West across to East Anglia it is a
:07:57. > :08:04.similar picture. The army were called out to toss stock at one
:08:05. > :08:07.point. Drivers have been warned against driving through standing
:08:08. > :08:11.water because of the prospect of being stranded. Further south in
:08:12. > :08:17.Kent, they were also battling the deluge. They are going to send
:08:18. > :08:22.someone around to have another check. Water is actually bubbling up
:08:23. > :08:29.through the tarmac, so saturated is the ground. It is no use pumping it
:08:30. > :08:36.now. As soon as they pump it, it still keeps coming up through the
:08:37. > :08:44.floors. The water is coming through the flooring now. There was not a
:08:45. > :08:46.lot we can do with that. From Kent to Stoke Mandeville in
:08:47. > :08:50.Buckinghamshire, the emergency services have taken hundreds of
:08:51. > :08:56.calls from people caught in the floods. Trapped in their cars, in
:08:57. > :08:59.their homes or their communities, it is stretching resources, and the
:09:00. > :09:03.weather forecast suggested is far from over. The standing water simply
:09:04. > :09:08.has nowhere to go. Much more rain is coming. In a moment we will be
:09:09. > :09:11.talking to our correspondent, Philippa Thomas, who's in the
:09:12. > :09:15.village of Bridge near Canterbury in Kent.
:09:16. > :09:18.But first to Clive Myrie, who's in Dawlish, Devon. Ben Moore is in
:09:19. > :09:42.Moorland in Somerset. The village of Moorland itself
:09:43. > :09:46.essentially remains off-limits. There is one rolled in and out of
:09:47. > :09:50.the village that remains open. That is tightly controlled by the police,
:09:51. > :09:55.who have a roadblock. Only emergency services and residents are allowed
:09:56. > :10:02.in and out. The River Tone is rising. Avon and Somerset police,
:10:03. > :10:06.they evacuated people last night. Only a handful remain. The Marines
:10:07. > :10:10.are helping them to build defences. 8000 bags are due to be delivered in
:10:11. > :10:22.the next few hours. This wall itself consists of 2000. It was built by
:10:23. > :10:26.Marines this morning. In the middle of all the dreadful
:10:27. > :10:31.weather this area has experienced down here on the south-west coast in
:10:32. > :10:35.the past few weeks, today, beautiful bright sunshine. The forecast for
:10:36. > :10:41.tomorrow is very different indeed. Upwards of 80 mph winds are expected
:10:42. > :10:45.and huge amounts of rain are likely to be dumped on this area over the
:10:46. > :10:51.weekend. In the middle of all that, the work has to continue to repair
:10:52. > :10:55.the main rail link between London and Devon heading into Cornwall. We
:10:56. > :11:00.remember those dramatic pictures of the railway line dangling in the air
:11:01. > :11:05.precariously following the preaching of the sea wall. And the washing
:11:06. > :11:12.away of the support. I was speaking to the Transport Secretary. He said
:11:13. > :11:18.they were continuing to try to repair the line as fast as possible.
:11:19. > :11:23.Philippa Thomas is in Kent. Clive, thank you. They had 45
:11:24. > :11:28.millimetres of rain here overnight. It was torrential. This is
:11:29. > :11:32.underwater for the second time in a week. They have pumped out about a
:11:33. > :11:38.million litres of water from here a few days ago. They have two
:11:39. > :11:43.problems. A river has burst its banks about a mile upstream. And
:11:44. > :11:49.water is coming up through the floor. The ground is saturated. They
:11:50. > :11:54.have water coming under floorboards, sewage coming under floorboards in
:11:55. > :11:57.some of the houses. Let's talk to Andrew Pierce from the Environment
:11:58. > :12:01.Agency. He is looking at what might happen. You are worried about
:12:02. > :12:07.tonight and you are worried about area is wider than just here? Yes,
:12:08. > :12:11.the situation is improving in most areas. We have further rain forecast
:12:12. > :12:20.this evening. We are worried about places like Tunbridge, Canterbury,
:12:21. > :12:25.yielding. People need to be prepared to act if they receive flood
:12:26. > :12:31.warnings. In Canterbury, there are worries that as many as 100 homes
:12:32. > :12:38.could be flooded. Thank you all. Sorry about the
:12:39. > :12:41.break-up in Ben's pictures. So let's take a look at the weather patterns
:12:42. > :12:46.behind the storms - with me now is our weather presenter, Louise Lear,
:12:47. > :12:52.who can tell us more. We are all tiring of where it goes
:12:53. > :12:57.from here. There is no letup? It is a pretty stagnant pattern. We have
:12:58. > :13:02.our friend the jet stream to blame again. We have all heard about the
:13:03. > :13:05.jet stream. This is it. It is basically a burden of very
:13:06. > :13:12.fast-moving air that is high in the atmosphere. -- a ribbon. The
:13:13. > :13:17.Jetstream can actually alternate to the north or the south of the UK. At
:13:18. > :13:21.the moment it has been in a pretty stagnant pattern first six weeks.
:13:22. > :13:24.Basically that is driving low-pressure systems across the
:13:25. > :13:28.eastern seaboard from North America, over the warmer waters of
:13:29. > :13:33.the Atlantic. Also, the Jetstream is moving faster than usual. Normally
:13:34. > :13:38.it is around 200 mph. It has been recorded at 300 miles prior
:13:39. > :13:42.recently. It is the intensity which is helping the low-pressure systems
:13:43. > :13:46.in the Atlantic to intensify, to develop, and it keeps piling in
:13:47. > :13:50.across the UK. It is in a very stagnant position. It doesn't look
:13:51. > :13:53.as though anything is going to change. More wet and windy weather.
:13:54. > :13:57.The only positive news is that because the Jetstream is to the
:13:58. > :14:01.south of the UK, we are picking of these south-westerly winds. It has
:14:02. > :14:08.been milder of late. That is why we are seeing rain. Any sign of a
:14:09. > :14:11.letup? Not in the next couple of weeks. That same patter and looks
:14:12. > :14:18.like continuing. We may get a couple of days of brief respite, more
:14:19. > :14:21.low-pressure and more rain to come. For all the latest on the weather,
:14:22. > :14:25.you can visit our website. It has live updates on the situation across
:14:26. > :14:28.the country and you can find out information for your local area.
:14:29. > :14:31.David Cameron has urged voters in Scotland to say no to independence
:14:32. > :14:36.in the referendum in September, saying it would leave the United
:14:37. > :14:39.Kingdom "deeply diminished". He said the country was simply stronger as
:14:40. > :14:43.an open economy of 63 million people, and he could not bear to see
:14:44. > :14:46.it split up. Speaking at the Olympic Park in East London, the Prime
:14:47. > :14:49.Minister said people living in the rest of the UK should call on
:14:50. > :14:51.friends and family in Scotland to reject independence. Scotland's
:14:52. > :14:55.First Minister Alex Salmond has once again urged the Prime Minister to
:14:56. > :15:03.join him for a debate in Scotland. Carole Walker reports.
:15:04. > :15:10.A moment of huge excitement as Chris Hoi wins gold Team GB. The Prime
:15:11. > :15:14.Minister was there that night. Now he wants to revive the patria this
:15:15. > :15:19.of an occasion shared by so many people in all parts of UK. David
:15:20. > :15:22.Cameron rip -- returned to the velodrome to explain why he had
:15:23. > :15:31.ignored the advice that he should stay out of the debate. I love this
:15:32. > :15:34.country, I love the United Kingdom and all it stands for and I will
:15:35. > :15:38.fight with everything I have to keep us together. He appealed to those
:15:39. > :15:42.who will not get a vote in the referendum to play their part. To
:15:43. > :15:47.everyone, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, everyone likes me
:15:48. > :15:53.who cares about United Kingdom, I want to say this. You don't have a
:15:54. > :15:56.vote, but you do have a voice. But let the message ring out from
:15:57. > :15:59.Manchester to Motherwell, from Pembrokeshire to Perth, from Belfast
:16:00. > :16:05.to Bute, from us to the people of Scotland, let the message be this.
:16:06. > :16:09.We want you to stay. He said the United Kingdom was the winning
:16:10. > :16:11.team, which would be deeply diminished if Scotland voted to
:16:12. > :16:16.leave. The Prime Minister hopes that by coming here he can summon some of
:16:17. > :16:20.that Olympic spirit, which saw people in all parts of the country
:16:21. > :16:24.cheering on Team GB and he's hoping to inject some passion into the case
:16:25. > :16:29.for keeping the United Kingdom together. To counter the appeal from
:16:30. > :16:33.the Nationalists. Those campaigning for an independent Scotland
:16:34. > :16:37.dismissed it as a shameful and cowardly speech, from a Prime
:16:38. > :16:42.Minister who did not have the guts to come to Scotland. The main thing
:16:43. > :16:46.is that this is a speech delivered from London, ostensibly telling
:16:47. > :16:49.people in England what to do, but actually arguing against Scottish
:16:50. > :16:53.independence, instead of a debate that the Prime Minister must do in
:16:54. > :16:56.Scotland, a debate with me as First Minister of Scotland about the pros
:16:57. > :17:01.and cons of his argument against independence. So what would people
:17:02. > :17:06.in the UK say to the citizens of Scotland preparing to vote on
:17:07. > :17:10.independence? My messages think very carefully before you vote because
:17:11. > :17:15.you might lose economic stability if you've -- if you leave the UK. Good
:17:16. > :17:20.luck and go it alone. Green bobbin we are better off together. Sir
:17:21. > :17:25.Chris Hoy sparked controversy when he declared he was proud to be
:17:26. > :17:28.Scottish and British and that English Prime Minister's attempt to
:17:29. > :17:32.rally public support outside Scotland may not go down well with
:17:33. > :17:37.those preparing to vote on best country's future.
:17:38. > :17:43.Our correspondent Kevin Keane is in Edinburgh for us. How has it gone
:17:44. > :17:46.down there? Well, it is an interesting tactic for the Prime
:17:47. > :17:51.Minister to adopt. His central message is still the same, to vote
:17:52. > :17:55.no, but what he has changed today is the way he has delivered that
:17:56. > :17:59.message. He knows that if he was to come here to Scotland, to stand on a
:18:00. > :18:04.podium and to tell Scots about all the pitfalls of going it alone that
:18:05. > :18:08.is unlikely to go down well. Instead, he is saying to people in
:18:09. > :18:12.the rest of the UK, look, phone, text, Tweet, get your message to
:18:13. > :18:17.people in Scotland that you know, friends or family, that we don't
:18:18. > :18:21.want you to leave and he wants it to be them giving their message. But
:18:22. > :18:25.make no mistake, this is his message. Politicians want to get
:18:26. > :18:29.their message to voters and on September the 18th this year it is
:18:30. > :18:35.only people in Scotland who will get to vote. The SNP unsurprisingly are
:18:36. > :18:38.jumping on the fact that this message was delivered in London and
:18:39. > :18:43.not in Edinburgh. Alex Salmond says this is an indication he is scared
:18:44. > :18:47.and he has repeated his call for David Cameron to come north of the
:18:48. > :18:54.border and debate independence with him head-to-head.
:18:55. > :18:57.Our top story this lunchtime. Absolute devastation, the words of
:18:58. > :19:02.villagers in Somerset as they are forced to evacuate their flooded
:19:03. > :19:09.homes. Still to come, violence and Brazil ahead of the summer World
:19:10. > :19:19.Cup. Later on BBC London, heavy rain causes widespread flooding across
:19:20. > :19:24.Surrey and Berkshire. Desperately violent. Later on BBC London, heavy
:19:25. > :19:29.rain causes widespread flooding across Surrey and Berkshire. We talk
:19:30. > :19:34.to those affected. And what next for Trafalgar Square's fourth Plinth? We
:19:35. > :19:41.reveal the two new artworks to take pride of place.
:19:42. > :19:45.The opening of the ceremony of the Winter Olympics takes place in just
:19:46. > :19:49.three hours' time in the Russian seaside resort of Sochi. The
:19:50. > :19:52.building has been overshadowed by security fears, human rights
:19:53. > :19:58.concerns, allegations of corruption, reports of poor accommodation and
:19:59. > :20:01.delays to preparations and ?30 billion, the cost of these games is
:20:02. > :20:06.more than the combined total of all of the Olympic Winter Games to date.
:20:07. > :20:11.Our sport correspondent Andy Swiss is in Sochi forums.
:20:12. > :20:15.Yes, the build-up to these Games has been dogged by all sorts of problems
:20:16. > :20:20.but in a few hours' time they will be officially under way. Organisers
:20:21. > :20:25.are promising the most ambitious show in Olympic history, quite some
:20:26. > :20:29.claim. 40,000 fans will be watching and they will be hoping for a
:20:30. > :20:34.spectacular night. The dawn of the new Olympic games.
:20:35. > :20:38.As the world's finest winter athletes gather in Sochi, outside
:20:39. > :20:43.the Olympic Park they were gathering to watch them. Hundreds of fans
:20:44. > :20:47.hoping for tickets for tonight's opening ceremony. Excited by the
:20:48. > :20:54.prospect but often frustrated by the price. The cheapest tickets are not
:20:55. > :20:59.available and you only can buy a ticket for $1000. For example, for
:21:00. > :21:07.me, it is too expensive. A little bit confused about the tickets, the
:21:08. > :21:10.price sometimes is very expensive. Very expensive. And this is what
:21:11. > :21:14.they have come to see. These were the rehearsals for the opening
:21:15. > :21:20.ceremony, which involves 3000 performers, 2000 volunteers and 22
:21:21. > :21:24.tonnes of fireworks. It will focus on Russia's cultural heritage in
:21:25. > :21:27.dance, music and art and after a difficult build-up to these games,
:21:28. > :21:32.especially with concerns over security, the man in charge of the
:21:33. > :21:39.Olympic movement is confident they will be a success. We can expect a
:21:40. > :21:46.spectacular show tonight and then it will become even more spectacular
:21:47. > :21:52.because then it is to the athletes and they will have the best
:21:53. > :21:58.conditions possible for great achievements here Sochi. The weather
:21:59. > :22:04.is certainly smiling on Sochi, with athletes training this morning once
:22:05. > :22:08.again under blue skies. Britain is not traditionally winter sport
:22:09. > :22:14.nation but the team are hoping for a record medal tally. It is exciting,
:22:15. > :22:17.to get to the Olympic Games and we are finally here, there has been a
:22:18. > :22:22.lot of preparation leading up to it. Yesterday we had a few hours to
:22:23. > :22:25.check things out. Today, we have the opening ceremony, so these are the
:22:26. > :22:29.days we want to take in everything, taking the atmosphere and as soon as
:22:30. > :22:34.we step on the ice for practice day, we are in Games mode. And so the
:22:35. > :22:38.waiting for the costliest and one of the most controversial Olympics is
:22:39. > :22:41.nearly over. After all the questions, the big one now is
:22:42. > :22:46.whether Sochi can deliver a Games to remember.
:22:47. > :22:50.Britain will also be hoping for a successful Games, but one bad piece
:22:51. > :22:53.of news for them today. Former sprinter Craig Pickering has had to
:22:54. > :22:57.pull out of the bobsleigh. He was hoping to become one of the few men
:22:58. > :23:03.to compete at both summer and Winter Olympics but those hopes are sadly
:23:04. > :23:06.now dashed. With just over five months to go
:23:07. > :23:10.until Brazil hosts the World Cup, there have been violent clashes
:23:11. > :23:14.between police and demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro at the city's main
:23:15. > :23:18.railway station. It began as a protest over increased transport
:23:19. > :23:20.fares. Some viewers may find scenes in this report from our real
:23:21. > :23:27.correspondent Wyre Davies disturbing.
:23:28. > :23:30.Last night's events in Rio de Janeiro have dashed any hopes the
:23:31. > :23:36.authorities may have had that the protest movement was looting impetus
:23:37. > :23:40.ahead of the forthcoming World Cup. You see spending on the cup and
:23:41. > :23:43.things we don't need, rather than health, education and decent
:23:44. > :23:48.transport, she says. Led by the hard-core group known as the Black
:23:49. > :23:54.Blocs, hundreds of demonstrators descended on the central terminal.
:23:55. > :23:59.Denouncing plans to raise the price of public transport. With millions
:24:00. > :24:05.of pounds of public money being spent on the World Cup stadiums,
:24:06. > :24:11.protesters's cry was, FIFA, pay my fair. But events soon descended into
:24:12. > :24:15.violence and a running battle between riot police and
:24:16. > :24:19.demonstrators. These are the most violent scenes we have had in Rio de
:24:20. > :24:24.Janeiro for several weeks or months. This is the central station
:24:25. > :24:28.in the heart of the city and this is ostensibly a protest against rising
:24:29. > :24:32.prices and public transport. Thousands of protesters have marched
:24:33. > :24:36.here now to the central station, where they have been met by riot
:24:37. > :24:43.police with tear gas and smoke bombs and the situation now is desperately
:24:44. > :24:47.violent. Hundreds of anxious commuters were caught between the
:24:48. > :24:55.two sides, as the confined space filled with tear gas. The clashes
:24:56. > :25:02.spilled outside. The front line, Rio's main avenue at rush hour. As
:25:03. > :25:10.what appears to be a home-made device explodes, a journalist. The
:25:11. > :25:15.floor. First to help, my cameraman and I tried to stop the bleeding
:25:16. > :25:20.from the gaping wound to the person's head. Amid frantic scenes,
:25:21. > :25:23.protesters blamed police from the attack but it quite possibly came
:25:24. > :25:27.from the other side. Six minutes later we managed to get the
:25:28. > :25:32.photojournalist to hospital. Still alive but in a critical condition.
:25:33. > :25:35.But even as the car speeds off, the clashes resume. Proof that these
:25:36. > :25:45.anti-World Cup anti-government protests have not relented and may
:25:46. > :25:48.even have gained fresh momentum. Scientists have discovered the
:25:49. > :25:52.earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa on the
:25:53. > :25:55.Norfolk coast. The footprints are more than 800,000 years old and were
:25:56. > :25:59.discovered on the shores of Happisburgh. It has been seen as one
:26:00. > :26:03.of the most important articular jiggle discovers the maids -- one of
:26:04. > :26:07.the most important archaeological discoveries ever made on leash
:26:08. > :26:11.straws. Pallab Ghosh reports. On a wet and windy spring day last year
:26:12. > :26:15.scientists stumbled what -- across what they believe to be one of the
:26:16. > :26:18.greatest archaeological discoveries in the UK. Swept up by overseas,
:26:19. > :26:25.footprints of early humans made nearly 1 million years ago. In a
:26:26. > :26:29.race against time researchers unearthed them to photograph them
:26:30. > :26:33.before they are eroded by the sea. Then they record their reactions in
:26:34. > :26:39.this scientific footage. Just walking across the beach this -- we
:26:40. > :26:43.found this surface, covered in hollows and depressions. They have
:26:44. > :26:47.been washed out by the sea, eroding the sediments away and in covering
:26:48. > :26:52.the surface so it is fragile and delicate. It is very exciting. This
:26:53. > :26:57.could be the earliest footprint surface anywhere in Europe and
:26:58. > :27:01.Asia, so potentially it is really important. The analysis showed
:27:02. > :27:09.several footprints. Mostly quite small, probably children. But one,
:27:10. > :27:14.size eight, of an adult male. It was right here that scientists found the
:27:15. > :27:18.footprints. They are thought to be of five individuals, a mixture of
:27:19. > :27:22.adults and children, maybe a family gathering food or simply going for a
:27:23. > :27:27.walk. The prints, of course, have now gone, washed away by the sea.
:27:28. > :27:32.But the scientists are convinced that there are many more of them to
:27:33. > :27:36.be found right under these sons. Four years ago the researchers found
:27:37. > :27:39.the first evidence for the existence of these humans here. They
:27:40. > :27:44.discovered these stone tools, which were used for cutting. These humans
:27:45. > :27:48.were a different species to others, so what were they like? We don't
:27:49. > :27:53.know if they had the use of fire. There is no evidence on these early
:27:54. > :27:57.sights of use of fire. We know the climate at Happisburgh was on
:27:58. > :28:03.average cold than the present day, so we wonder if they had adaptations
:28:04. > :28:06.like clothing and building shelters to help them survive but we have no
:28:07. > :28:10.evidence of that either. At the moment we have more questions than
:28:11. > :28:14.answers about their way of life. The footprints are from what may have
:28:15. > :28:18.been the first of many species of human to have walked these shores
:28:19. > :28:22.over the past millions of years, until the arrival of our own species
:28:23. > :28:31.to Britain relatively recently, just 40,000 years ago.
:28:32. > :28:36.Time for a look at the weather forecast. Louise Lear is here. One
:28:37. > :28:42.of our correspondence says it is the calm between two storms.
:28:43. > :28:48.It is quite pleasant out there, welcome news. This is last night's
:28:49. > :28:52.rain, but behind it, a window of sunny spells to look forward to, but
:28:53. > :28:57.just for a day unfortunately because behind me here is to night's rain
:28:58. > :29:01.starting to push towards the south-west as we speak. Let's
:29:02. > :29:04.indulge a little for the rest of the afternoon. As -- after a Chilean
:29:05. > :29:11.frosty start in Scotland, the afternoon is shaping up nicely. A
:29:12. > :29:14.few isolated showers. Temperatures four - six Celsius, similar from
:29:15. > :29:18.Northern Ireland and northern England. Further south, highs of
:29:19. > :29:23.nine or 10 Celsius. The cloud is thicker towards the West. Maybe a
:29:24. > :29:26.few isolated showers for Wales and the south-west and by the end of the
:29:27. > :29:30.afternoon we could pick up for a brief time stronger winds and maybe
:29:31. > :29:34.some rough seas to the south-west, with the arrival of that rain. We
:29:35. > :29:38.have and the weather warnings out for southern England, which means be
:29:39. > :29:42.prepared for further disruption. You can see by the intensity of the rain
:29:43. > :29:46.we could get just that. It is not just the south-west. At 10pm the
:29:47. > :29:49.rain and winds will be across Northern Ireland, north-west
:29:50. > :29:52.England, Wales, down into the south-west, pushing north and east
:29:53. > :29:56.through the night and as it pushes across higher ground in Scotland yet
:29:57. > :30:00.again we will see further snow. The rain easing away but the blizzard
:30:01. > :30:08.conditions continue in Scotland. 0-3 Celsius, further -- further south,
:30:09. > :30:10.4-7. Plenty of showers to the west. The low-pressure anchors itself to
:30:11. > :30:13.the far north across Northern Ireland. Look to the south. The
:30:14. > :30:18.isobars squeezing together yet again. The wind will become a
:30:19. > :30:23.feature. As we move through Saturday the emphasis of the amber warnings
:30:24. > :30:26.focuses more on the wind. Rain will be an issue but it is the strength
:30:27. > :30:32.of the winds that could be a problem. 60 miles an hour inland,
:30:33. > :30:35.70-80 possibly later on across exposed south west coasts. Plenty of
:30:36. > :30:39.frequent showers towards the West but as the day progresses those
:30:40. > :30:44.showers will start to push further inland. By the middle of the
:30:45. > :30:47.afternoon no one will be immune from catching a sharp shower and they
:30:48. > :30:53.will be of snow to the tops of higher ground. 6-10dC. It will feel
:30:54. > :30:56.miserable with the wind and rain. As we move towards Sunday there will be
:30:57. > :31:01.showers. Hopefully not as widespread. It will be wind
:31:02. > :31:05.edge-macro windy but hopefully not a strong. There is a lot to take in
:31:06. > :31:09.with the weather. If you want more into nation on the web -- warnings
:31:10. > :31:11.you can find it on our website and we will keep you updated live on the
:31:12. > :31:19.news channels throughout the day. Our top story, there has been anger
:31:20. > :31:26.and frustration in Somerset with more villagers forced to leave their
:31:27. > :31:27.homes and as we have heard, more bad weather is on the way. That is