:00:12. > :00:14.between the two countries grows. His reappearance comes as pro-Russian
:00:15. > :00:18.armed groups take over a Ukrainian Parliament in the Crimea. Now in
:00:19. > :00:22.Russia, Viktor Yanocovych declares he is still Ukraine's president -
:00:23. > :00:31.We'll be getting the latest on the developments. Also this lunchtime:
:00:32. > :00:33.The German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns Britain she can't promise a
:00:34. > :00:39.fundamental reform of Europe in an historic address to Parliament. UK
:00:40. > :00:42.net migration rises by almost 60,000 - fuelled mainly by people from EU
:00:43. > :00:45.countries. Standard Life says it's drawing up plans to move some of its
:00:46. > :00:50.operations to England, if Scotland votes for independence. Dividing up
:00:51. > :00:54.your money before you get married - why pre-nuptial agreements could
:00:55. > :01:00.soon become legal. Thousands line the streets of Preston to remember
:01:01. > :01:11.the football legend Sir Tom Finney. On BBC London: Opposition to the Met
:01:12. > :01:15.Police's plans to use water cannon. The Mayor is accused of jeopardising
:01:16. > :01:35.hundreds of jobs after funding for a science park is cut. Good afternoon
:01:36. > :01:37.and welcome to the BBC News at One. Ukraine's ousted president, Viktor
:01:38. > :01:41.Yanukovych, has finally emerged in Russia almost a week after he fled
:01:42. > :01:44.Kiev. He's asked for Moscow to guarantee his personal safety and
:01:45. > :01:47.the Kremlin has agreed. In his first public comments since being toppled
:01:48. > :01:52.from power he insisted he was still the Ukrainian president. This
:01:53. > :01:55.morning there's been heightened tension in the Crimean region of the
:01:56. > :01:57.Ukraine where what are thought to be pro-Russian demonstrators in
:01:58. > :02:03.Simferopol have seized the regional government headquarters. Our
:02:04. > :02:16.correspondent Duncan Crawford sent this report. Is this potentially the
:02:17. > :02:20.start of a bigger conflict? Crimean's Russia says this sign.
:02:21. > :02:23.Armed men had seized the building and government headquarters. The
:02:24. > :02:29.Russian flag is now proudly on display. Once again, people power on
:02:30. > :02:35.the streets is driving events in Ukraine. This time, they are
:02:36. > :02:42.pro-Russian. It is not known who the group are. They have not made any
:02:43. > :02:46.demands yet. They have been labelled by the authorities in Kiev as
:02:47. > :02:53.provocateurs and extremists. This is a big part of why people are
:02:54. > :03:00.worried. A surprise military drill in western Russia. 150,000 troops on
:03:01. > :03:05.high alert. It is taking place on Ukraine's doorstep. The US has
:03:06. > :03:13.warned that any intervention would be a grave mistake, a view echoed by
:03:14. > :03:20.the interim president of Ukraine. TRANSLATION: Commanders must demand
:03:21. > :03:24.that no troops leave the boundaries of the territories specified in our
:03:25. > :03:31.agreement. Any mobilisation will be seen as military aggression. Crimea
:03:32. > :03:37.has been part of Ukraine for 60 years. It was handed over by Soviet
:03:38. > :03:43.leaders, but the Kremlin has kept the region close. The region remains
:03:44. > :03:49.a key strategic location for the Russian military. This black sea
:03:50. > :03:56.fleet is based there. On Wednesday, rival demonstrators clashed in
:03:57. > :04:04.Crimea. They were split over the future direction of the country.
:04:05. > :04:11.Today in Parliament, urgent discussions took place about
:04:12. > :04:16.separatist forces in Ukraine. Outside, protesters still determined
:04:17. > :04:19.to have their voices heard. Yet even as the politicians try to finalise a
:04:20. > :04:24.new government here, they are struggling to keep the government
:04:25. > :04:27.together. We can speak to our diplomatic correspondent, Bridget
:04:28. > :04:34.Kendall, who's in Moscow. How serious are these latest
:04:35. > :04:41.developments? Well, I think they are quite serious developments today. In
:04:42. > :04:43.the first place, the news that former President Viktor Yanukovych
:04:44. > :04:51.has resurfaced in Russia is quite surprising. He had been pretty well
:04:52. > :04:55.abandoned by his former supporters in Ukraine, and was derided by many
:04:56. > :05:01.politicians and commentators here in Russia, who said it was his failure
:05:02. > :05:06.to show leadership that let to the crisis in Ukraine, so it seems
:05:07. > :05:11.unlikely that the Kremlin would want to offer him sanctuary, and yet what
:05:12. > :05:14.it seems like is not only have they agreed to his request that they
:05:15. > :05:19.should provide him personal protection, but they have allowed
:05:20. > :05:23.him to make a statement. This was read out on television and
:05:24. > :05:29.disseminated to the main agencies of the media. He challenged the new
:05:30. > :05:35.government in Kiev and set their actions were illegitimate, and that
:05:36. > :05:40.he did not think that the Russian speaking parts of the Ukraine would
:05:41. > :05:44.accept them. He still said he considered himself as the lawful
:05:45. > :05:52.president of Ukraine. All of this comes as we have news of more unrest
:05:53. > :05:57.in the Crimean capital. Armed gunmen took over the headquarters and
:05:58. > :06:03.hoisted the flag on the roof. It is not clear who is behind that. There
:06:04. > :06:16.are an awful lot of questions here that need answering. Thank you. The
:06:17. > :06:19.German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has been making an historic address
:06:20. > :06:25.to both houses of Parliament this lunchtime - the first German leader
:06:26. > :06:31.to do so in four years. There was no red carpet, but otherwise, Angela
:06:32. > :06:39.Merkel was given a royal reception. As Europe's most powerful leader,
:06:40. > :06:44.she is trying to reshape Britain's relationship with the EU. The German
:06:45. > :06:48.Chancellor described the unity of Europe as almost like a miracle,
:06:49. > :06:54.given the bloodshed in the past and praised Britain's role in its
:06:55. > :07:02.creation. TRANSLATION: We could not wish for a better partner. Our
:07:03. > :07:07.relations are of prime importance, and Britain is one, if not the most
:07:08. > :07:12.important anchor of stability in this relationship. In what some say
:07:13. > :07:17.could be a threat to that stability, David Cameron wants to renegotiate
:07:18. > :07:20.his ties to Europe, before the referendum in 2017. Speaking in a
:07:21. > :07:26.mixture of English and her native German, Angela Merkel said the rest
:07:27. > :07:33.of Europe was not prepared to pay any price to keep the UK in the
:07:34. > :07:39.union. Some expect my speech to pave the way for a fundamental reform of
:07:40. > :07:43.the European architecture which will satisfy alleged or actual revision
:07:44. > :07:50.wishes. I am afraid that they are in for a disappointment. David Cameron
:07:51. > :07:54.must win support from Angela Merkel if he is to successfully reform the
:07:55. > :08:00.EU, but he knows that any concessions he gets from her will be
:08:01. > :08:04.small and will be unlikely to satisfy is only Euro-sceptic MPs. We
:08:05. > :08:10.have to make the case that we need looser regulation, less regulation,
:08:11. > :08:17.and we need more of a union of nation state is rather than a United
:08:18. > :08:22.States of Europe. In the privacy of Downing Street, the real business
:08:23. > :08:26.will be done, and then it is off to tea with the Queen. There will be
:08:27. > :08:35.further worrying of this powerful woman but she has made her position
:08:36. > :08:38.clear -- wooing. Our Chief Political Correspondent Norman Smith is at
:08:39. > :08:41.Downing Street. In terms of EU reform - was there a feeling that
:08:42. > :08:46.she was letting Britain down gently? I think Angela Merkel was trying to
:08:47. > :08:52.walk the British political classes down from the mountain of
:08:53. > :08:58.expectation. She said: You are going to be disappointed. She did not
:08:59. > :09:02.close the door to Mr Cameron's agenda but she did not leave it
:09:03. > :09:07.open. She left it swinging. There was one telling phrase. She said we
:09:08. > :09:11.need a strong written in the European Union and then we can make
:09:12. > :09:16.necessary changes. In other words, stay in Europe and we can talk. The
:09:17. > :09:20.reason we did not get more from her is because Mr Cameron has not put
:09:21. > :09:24.anything on the table. The Germans do not know what he is asking for or
:09:25. > :09:29.whether he will even be Prime Minister after the next election.
:09:30. > :09:33.Significantly, if you listen to the language in her speech, she was
:09:34. > :09:36.enthusiastic and affectionate about the EU, language you will properly
:09:37. > :09:42.not hear from a British politician. That tells you that Angela Merkel
:09:43. > :09:49.views the EU as part of Germany's success story and Germany's history.
:09:50. > :09:54.In Britain and in David Cameron, we view the EU as more problematic
:09:55. > :10:06.which means when the talks begin, they could prove decidedly
:10:07. > :10:10.problematic. Thank you. Immigration as we know is a hugely significant
:10:11. > :10:13.issue for many people who feel their towns and cities are already
:10:14. > :10:15.struggling to cope with the influx. And today's figures show that number
:10:16. > :10:19.has increased again. So net migration - that is the difference
:10:20. > :10:23.between the number who came to live in the UK and the number who left -
:10:24. > :10:26.in the 12 months to last September was 212,000. The latest rise comes
:10:27. > :10:32.despite David Cameron's pledge to reduce immigration to the tens of
:10:33. > :10:35.thousands by next year. Today's figures show that number has
:10:36. > :10:39.increased again. So net migration - that is the difference between the
:10:40. > :10:42.number who came to live in the UK and the number who left - in the 12
:10:43. > :10:46.months to last September was 212,000. That is a statistically
:10:47. > :10:48.significant increase of 58,000. The majority came from EU countries
:10:49. > :10:55.including Poland Spain Italy and Portugal. Today the Immigration
:10:56. > :11:02.Minister said the government is making the UK's welfare system less
:11:03. > :11:06.attractive to migrants. That is why we remain focused on dealing with
:11:07. > :11:12.the abuse of free movement, and also, addressing welfare and benefit
:11:13. > :11:22.factors which may be a poll factor to attract people coming to the UK.
:11:23. > :11:25.-- pull. In the year up until last September, the number of people from
:11:26. > :11:28.Romania and Bulgaria rose by 167% and this of course was before the
:11:29. > :11:31.restrictions on movement ended. All this means David Cameron's target to
:11:32. > :11:34.reduce net migration to 100,000 by next year is looking increasingly
:11:35. > :11:37.unlikely. And in an election year, with immigration likely to be a big
:11:38. > :11:43.issue for voters, that must be a concern for the Government.
:11:44. > :11:47.Immigration from eastern Europe is still forcing down wages, it is
:11:48. > :11:53.having breaches of the minimum wage, ensuring that we have people run by
:11:54. > :12:05.gang must as -- gang masters, and there is pressure on accommodation.
:12:06. > :12:08.Thank you. Standard Life has become the first significant Scottish
:12:09. > :12:12.business to warn that it might leave Scotland if there's a Yes vote for
:12:13. > :12:15.independence. The pensions and savings firm which is based in
:12:16. > :12:18.Edinburgh says in its annual report that it's putting in place
:12:19. > :12:25.contingency plans to relocate to England. Here's our Scotland
:12:26. > :12:32.Correspondent, Lorna Gordon. Standard Life has been stalled wort
:12:33. > :12:36.in Edinburgh for 200 years. It is one of six FTSE 100 companies based
:12:37. > :12:40.in Scotland and manages hundreds of billions of pounds. Today, while
:12:41. > :12:45.remaining politically neutral on how people should vote in September's
:12:46. > :13:04.poll, the chief executive made the concerns clear. He stated... At
:13:05. > :13:10.Holyrood, Alex Salmond appeared confident about his government's
:13:11. > :13:17.stance. Standard Life will find Scotland a good place to do business
:13:18. > :13:21.and secondly, the Scottish Government has put forward the
:13:22. > :13:24.concept of a shared currency and relative framework which have
:13:25. > :13:30.exactly the sort of things that Standard Life have been calling for.
:13:31. > :13:35.This drew an angry was once on the opposition. Standard Life is
:13:36. > :13:40.actively making plans to leave Scotland. This is if the First
:13:41. > :13:47.Minister gets his way. No amount of blood, no amount of bluster, and no
:13:48. > :13:56.amount of leading from Alex Salmond can change that fact. -- bullying.
:13:57. > :14:01.This company is important and iconic. If Standard Life were to
:14:02. > :14:04.follow through in moving employment and funds out of Scotland then it
:14:05. > :14:14.would cause real concern here. I think it is a bad decision to them
:14:15. > :14:21.and the shareholders. If Standard Life moved, then obviously jobs
:14:22. > :14:25.would be lost and people would have to leave Edinburgh which is a pity.
:14:26. > :14:30.It is not just voters who have a stake in Scotland's future,
:14:31. > :14:37.businesses have as well. Today, one significant company made its
:14:38. > :14:42.concerns known. Let's speak to our business editor, Robert Peston. Have
:14:43. > :14:46.you got any sense of other firms in Scotland doing the same? All firms
:14:47. > :14:53.have to think about the implications of independence, and in particular,
:14:54. > :14:58.independence in the absence of a currency union. What has brought
:14:59. > :15:01.this to a head for Standard Life was the statement by the shadow
:15:02. > :15:07.Chancellor and the Chief Secretary of the Treasury just a few weeks ago
:15:08. > :15:14.that they would oppose a formal currency union, and what that meant
:15:15. > :15:20.to Standard Life was the risk that their millions of English customers
:15:21. > :15:26.would end up being regulated in Scotland by a regulator that has not
:15:27. > :15:30.even the dreams are, rather than continuing to be regulated here in
:15:31. > :15:35.London. They feel that that is to conflict and complicated. The same
:15:36. > :15:39.would be true in surveyed for the big banks. Lloyds Bank and The Royal
:15:40. > :15:47.Bank of Scotland both have their offices in Scotland and technically
:15:48. > :15:52.banks. Both of those, there would be the risk that without currency union
:15:53. > :15:58.and agreement on sharing regulation, that their customers
:15:59. > :16:06.would be protected by Scottish regulators and, very importantly, a
:16:07. > :16:09.Scottish compensation scheme, rather than the existing regulations in
:16:10. > :16:12.England. They would worry that their customers would not have retention
:16:13. > :16:20.in Scotland. Yes, the other banks are thinking how to react. It's been
:16:21. > :16:22.another bad year for Royal Bank of Scotland. The bank, which is mostly
:16:23. > :16:26.owned by the taxpayer, has announced annual losses of just over ?8
:16:27. > :16:30.billion thanks to a combination of fines and compensation payments.
:16:31. > :16:39.Here's our business correspondent, Emma Simpson. RBS still very much in
:16:40. > :16:44.the red with ?8 billion worth of losses last year. The worst result
:16:45. > :16:49.since the financial crisis. The new boss Ross McEwan was visiting the
:16:50. > :16:54.small business community in London this morning as he laid out his
:16:55. > :17:02.strategy for the bank. He wanted to become smaller and simpler. My
:17:03. > :17:08.aspiration is to build a bank that the UK can be incredibly proud of.
:17:09. > :17:14.And to rebuild customer trust. What are his plans? They include
:17:15. > :17:23.shrinking RBS from seven businesses into three. -- simplifying product
:17:24. > :17:28.for customers. And RBS is cutting costs which would mean job losses.
:17:29. > :17:33.But overshadowing those plans are the bonuses. Despite the eye
:17:34. > :17:37.watering losses at they still pay out more than half ?1 billion,
:17:38. > :17:42.although less than last year. I think the public will find it
:17:43. > :17:47.incomprehensible that they are paying out these large bonuses at a
:17:48. > :17:50.time when they are losing money. They still have a big investment
:17:51. > :17:56.banking operation in the United States. I think when they
:17:57. > :18:01.concentrate on the UK, that bonus culture hopefully will disappear. It
:18:02. > :18:05.is in the interest of everyone that this bank is nursed back to health.
:18:06. > :18:13.Will this latest overhaul work? The challenge is that as you shrink RBS
:18:14. > :18:20.you also reduce its capacity for profits. That is why the share price
:18:21. > :18:24.reacted quite badly this morning. This is a bank that lost a
:18:25. > :18:29.staggering ?46 billion in the last six years. It is still paying a
:18:30. > :18:31.heavy price for past misdeeds. There is little hope of the taxpayer
:18:32. > :18:38.getting their money back any time soon.
:18:39. > :18:41.Our top story this lunchtime. The Ukrainian leader, Viktor
:18:42. > :18:44.Yanukovitch, has emerged in Russia. He's declared he is still president,
:18:45. > :18:49.but appealed to Russia for protection. And still to come, we'll
:18:50. > :18:55.have details of the government's latest plans to cut child poverty in
:18:56. > :18:58.the UK. On BBC London: How German spies were
:18:59. > :19:02.caught and punished during the First World War.
:19:03. > :19:04.And what Jose Mourinho calls an "acceptable result" as Chelsea draw
:19:05. > :19:16.away to Galatasaray in the Champions League.
:19:17. > :19:20.It may not seem the most romantic thing to do before you get married,
:19:21. > :19:23.but anyone can make a pre-nuptial agreement before tying the knot. But
:19:24. > :19:27.they are not legally binding. That, though, may be about to change. The
:19:28. > :19:29.government's law advisors say so-called pre-nups should become
:19:30. > :19:37.legally binding, making it easier for couples to manage their
:19:38. > :19:41.financial affairs if they separate. Here's our legal affairs
:19:42. > :19:47.correspondent Clive Coleman. There was a time when discussions between
:19:48. > :19:50.bride and groom about their respective financial assets before
:19:51. > :19:56.marriage was just not the done thing. It remains difficult to
:19:57. > :20:01.protect assets when separating. Eric went through a long and difficult
:20:02. > :20:05.three-year divorce. I inherited a considerable sum of money from my
:20:06. > :20:11.father a few years ago. And endeavoured to have that rejected
:20:12. > :20:14.but their approved to be no way of doing so and so it is just in the
:20:15. > :20:21.pot and has been dissipated. Under the current law couples can make
:20:22. > :20:24.pre-nuptial and postnuptial agreements, setting out how their
:20:25. > :20:26.assets would be split on divorce are on the dissolution of the civil
:20:27. > :20:32.partnership. The courts may follow these agreements. But there are not
:20:33. > :20:35.binding. So couples cannot be certain that they will be upheld.
:20:36. > :20:41.But now the Law Commission once that to change. We recommend the
:20:42. > :20:46.introduction of a new form of agreement which will enable couples
:20:47. > :20:50.to make enforceable agreement about the way they share their property on
:20:51. > :20:55.divorce or dissolution of civil partnerships. To be binding marital
:20:56. > :21:00.agreements both partners must have had legal advice. This goes for all
:21:01. > :21:06.relevant information about their finances. The agreement must be made
:21:07. > :21:09.at least 28 days before the wedding or civil partnership. The agreements
:21:10. > :21:18.would allow people to ring fence money and assets. But some oppose
:21:19. > :21:24.any form of prenuptial agreement being strengthened. Pre-nups seem to
:21:25. > :21:29.support the wealthy end the strong as marriages equalising and supports
:21:30. > :21:32.the vulnerable. Anything that would undermine the rights of the
:21:33. > :21:37.vulnerable and the poor would bother us. The government will now consider
:21:38. > :21:43.a the recommendations of the Law Commission.
:21:44. > :21:45.A threat from Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, to
:21:46. > :21:49.resign has been labelled "grand standing" by the deputy First
:21:50. > :21:52.Minister, Martin McGuinness. The threat to stand down follows the row
:21:53. > :21:58.over a scheme under which up to 200 paramilitary suspects were told they
:21:59. > :22:00.were no longer wanted by the police. Let's cross to Belfast and our
:22:01. > :22:07.Ireland Correspondent, Chris Buckler. It was the case of John
:22:08. > :22:13.Downie, who was accused of the hide Park arming that revealed this
:22:14. > :22:18.secret scheme. Letters of assurance were given to suspected
:22:19. > :22:23.paramilitary. What has deepened the crisis is the revelation that the
:22:24. > :22:28.royal protocol of Mercy was also used in more than a dozen cases. The
:22:29. > :22:34.IRA was Mac campaign of terror killed people across the UK. Years
:22:35. > :22:38.of murder stretching from Belfast to London. And not just a suspect in
:22:39. > :22:44.the killings of the Hyde Park has been told that he will not face
:22:45. > :22:47.trial. There are scores of others. The Enniskillen bombing was one of
:22:48. > :22:52.the worst atrocities. Murder is committed on Remembrance Sunday at
:22:53. > :22:58.the Cenotaph. It is claimed the name of a suspect in this attack was put
:22:59. > :23:02.forward by Sinn Fein as part of secret negotiations with the
:23:03. > :23:06.government with assurances that some people would not be prosecuted. But
:23:07. > :23:10.only now are the families of the Dick Dems learning of that deal.
:23:11. > :23:16.There is no deal for a perfect DIMMs. I was standing beside my dad
:23:17. > :23:22.in 1987 and saw his decapitated body. 26 years later I have more or
:23:23. > :23:29.less been told we will never get justice. The revelations have led
:23:30. > :23:33.the Unionist First Minister to threaten to resign. Unless the
:23:34. > :23:37.secret letters of assurance that were issued arbour sintered. He made
:23:38. > :23:39.that clear at a meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary last
:23:40. > :23:46.night. They're not just dealing with on the runs received letters but
:23:47. > :23:51.also with people who received a royal prerogative of Mercy. Today
:23:52. > :23:54.the Northern Ireland Secretary arrived at Stormont for what have
:23:55. > :24:00.now been described as crisis talks. This time with the Sinn Fein deputy
:24:01. > :24:05.First Minister. We have to work together, work through these issues,
:24:06. > :24:10.stop the grandstanding and deal with the difficulties presented. But the
:24:11. > :24:17.politicians at Stormont seemed set for a stand-off. And the clock is
:24:18. > :24:21.ticking. The First Minister says what he tells the assembly depends
:24:22. > :24:29.on what he's told why the government between now and then.
:24:30. > :24:32.Nearly a quarter of all children in the UK live in poverty according to
:24:33. > :24:36.the charity Child Poverty action, meaning they live in a household
:24:37. > :24:38.whose income is 60% below average earnings. Well, new government plans
:24:39. > :24:42.could see low income families having their water, food and fuel bills cut
:24:43. > :24:51.as a way of tackling the problem. Michael Buchanan reports. One in
:24:52. > :24:56.four children live in poverty in a household earning less than 60% of
:24:57. > :25:02.average earnings. That is under ?256 per week at the moment. Sarah
:25:03. > :25:06.Collins and her family know what is like to live on little money. Some
:25:07. > :25:12.evening meals for herself, husband and three children are just soup and
:25:13. > :25:18.bread. We try to go down to the park, free things like that. With on
:25:19. > :25:22.the street parking and parking costs we cannot even afford to do that
:25:23. > :25:28.because you have to pay for parking. Or take them into town or
:25:29. > :25:34.up to Dartmoor. There is no money for petrol. The government hopes
:25:35. > :25:41.that families like this will benefit from the consultation paper. They
:25:42. > :25:49.want to cut costs by reducing fuel bills. They want to help with debt
:25:50. > :25:54.problems and tackle worklessness. Ensuring at least one parent has a
:25:55. > :25:58.job. This is a good school were a lot of pupils get free school meals.
:25:59. > :26:04.Giving youngsters the best start in life. A good education is crucial to
:26:05. > :26:09.ministers who want to stop children growing up into poor adults. The
:26:10. > :26:16.document today is expected to contain new anti-poverty targets.
:26:17. > :26:18.But in fact they never appeared much to the annoyance of the Liberal
:26:19. > :26:24.Democrats. They should have been common ground between the coalition
:26:25. > :26:27.parties on those policies. We should have been able to come to a
:26:28. > :26:36.conclusion. It is not good for government that this is not the end
:26:37. > :26:41.of the debate. Some say the strategy does not do enough to help the
:26:42. > :26:47.majority of poor children. The government remain committed to
:26:48. > :26:50.eradicating child poverty but experts say their goal is unlikely
:26:51. > :26:57.to be met regardless of today's puzzles. -- proposals.
:26:58. > :27:00.The funeral of the England football legend Sir Tom Finney is taking
:27:01. > :27:03.place this lunchtime. He spent his entire career with just one club -
:27:04. > :27:07.Preston North End - but he also played 76 times for England. He died
:27:08. > :27:14.last Friday at the age of 91. Our correspondent, Ed Thomas, is at
:27:15. > :27:18.Preston Minster. Thousands at the Minster here and
:27:19. > :27:22.thousands more at Preston North end and all for Sir Tom Finney. Not just
:27:23. > :27:28.to remember the foot wall but also the man and what he meant to the
:27:29. > :27:34.people of this city. For one last time Sir Tom Finney made his way
:27:35. > :27:40.past his beloved Preston North end. And here in his home city how could
:27:41. > :27:45.he ever be alone? Thousands, as they did in his life, stood alongside
:27:46. > :27:54.each other to remember and admire one of their own. Tom Finney makes
:27:55. > :28:00.the score 1-nil. For many he is England's greatest player. It was
:28:01. > :28:08.said he was the perfect player. This from the 1958 World Cup sums up his
:28:09. > :28:16.talent. Under pressure facing the Russian keeper, he shoots and scores
:28:17. > :28:20.with his weaker right foot. I decided I was going to take it with
:28:21. > :28:25.my right. Search Tom Finney came from a different era, a time of luck
:28:26. > :28:28.and white newsreel. And not just a sports man. He fought for his
:28:29. > :28:37.country during the Second World War with the Desert rat. At the time it
:28:38. > :28:43.was a great thrill. It was a great thrill driving them, but not in
:28:44. > :28:51.action. Even as he played, the most he ever and was ?20 per week. But
:28:52. > :28:59.his talent made him a star. With 76 England caps and 30 goals. Sir Bobby
:29:00. > :29:05.Charlton, and England team-mate, said he was in all of his genius.
:29:06. > :29:10.People would go hundreds of miles just to actually see him in the
:29:11. > :29:16.flesh. To say that they had seen him. And today they came out once
:29:17. > :29:26.again for Sir Tom Finney. A reminder of what there once was and maybe
:29:27. > :29:30.what has been lost. This is a man who meant so much to so many. One of
:29:31. > :29:39.his fans as the question of war, will we ever see the light again? --
:29:40. > :29:47.but like. Time for the weather now.
:29:48. > :29:54.It has been an exceptionally wet winter. The wettest since 1910. But
:29:55. > :29:59.for England and Wales, in some places we had almost half a metre of
:30:00. > :30:05.rain. It has been the wettest winter for 250 years. And even without the
:30:06. > :30:10.extent that flooding across Northern Ireland and Scotland, we have had
:30:11. > :30:16.50% more rain than we would normally see. And we still have tonight's
:30:17. > :30:22.rain to take into account. We have some pleasant spring-like sunshine
:30:23. > :30:30.tomorrow but also some showers mixed with hail and thunder. But the main
:30:31. > :30:38.cause of concern for tonight is behind me. How far ignored it will
:30:39. > :30:44.come will impact on where we see the strongest wind. And also no. We are
:30:45. > :30:49.quite likely to see some significant snow falling on the hills of Wales
:30:50. > :30:54.by morning. And further north it is a cold and frosty night. And given
:30:55. > :31:03.the fact that we have no in the South, it will be pretty slippery
:31:04. > :31:07.where we see that settling. In the heavy breasts we could even have
:31:08. > :31:14.some snow at lower levels, the first this winter across England and
:31:15. > :31:19.Wales. So that could take as by surprise. And because it is a
:31:20. > :31:25.slow-moving situation, quite a cold and bank day as well. But it does
:31:26. > :31:38.slowly improve. And further north it is quite a decent day with scattered
:31:39. > :31:44.sunshine and showers. Not as mild as today further north. That weather
:31:45. > :31:50.system is slow to clear. Then we have more rain and snow on the way
:31:51. > :31:51.for the weekend. Still more rain to come on