06/05/2014

:00:00. > :00:00.The veteran broadcaster, Stuart Hall, appears in court

:00:07. > :00:09.charged with rape and sexual assault involving young girls.

:00:10. > :00:13.He pleads guilty to one count of indecent assault against a young

:00:14. > :00:18.girl in 1978, but denies all other charges including 15 counts of rape.

:00:19. > :00:23.Also this lunchtime: Spotted in south west London - the

:00:24. > :00:25.Spotted in south west London - the armed robber known

:00:26. > :00:27.as "Skull Cracker", who's absconded from an open prison.

:00:28. > :00:30.Unnecessary deaths from asthma - the first national study in the UK

:00:31. > :00:34.says medical staff and patients have become complacent.

:00:35. > :00:37.MPs summon the bosses of the British firm Astrazeneca and the American

:00:38. > :00:42.company Pfizer amid concerns over the impact of a takeover.

:00:43. > :00:46.Ukraine's government claim that more than 30 pro-Russian fighters have

:00:47. > :00:49.been killed in the rebel stronghold of Sloviansk.

:00:50. > :00:54.Nigeria's abducted schoolgirls - Britain offers assistance to

:00:55. > :01:05.Nigeria in the search for around 300 pupils taken by Islamist militants.

:01:06. > :01:08.??PREVSUB ??NEWSUB on BBC London, strike action

:01:09. > :01:12.the Underground is suspended. But what next for London Underground and

:01:13. > :01:28.Where does this leave the threat of future action?

:01:29. > :01:31.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The veteran

:01:32. > :01:34.broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court to one

:01:35. > :01:39.charge of indecent assault in 1978 against a girl under 16. But he

:01:40. > :01:44.denies all the other charges he is facing, including 15 counts of rape.

:01:45. > :01:46.But he denies all the other charges he is facing,

:01:47. > :01:52.Our correspondent Judith Moritz joins us from Preston now.

:01:53. > :02:03.??PREVSUB ??NEWSUB yes, the guilty plea came from Stuart Hall first

:02:04. > :02:11.thing. He has accepted the claim of indecent assault against a girl in

:02:12. > :02:14.1979. He made that admission standing here in the dock room of

:02:15. > :02:17.Court number one, wearing a dark so and striped tie and a pair of

:02:18. > :02:20.headphones so that he could hear the proceedings. The 84 you wrote was

:02:21. > :02:25.asked whether he could hear what was going on. He answered that he could

:02:26. > :02:27.and he confirmed his full name of James Stuart Hall before entering

:02:28. > :02:38.that plea. But the veteran broadcaster denies a further 20

:02:39. > :02:46.charges. They involve two girls. The first, the prosecution say, was

:02:47. > :02:49.under the age of 16, both -- between 19 76 and 1978. Stuart Hall is

:02:50. > :02:55.charged with raping her on five occasions, five of them when she was

:02:56. > :02:58.under 16, sometimes as young as 14. He is also accused of indecently

:02:59. > :03:03.assaulting her twice. And then a second girl who is involved in these

:03:04. > :03:09.charges, the prosecution say she was raped eight times, they allege

:03:10. > :03:12.between 1976 and 1981, and indecently assaulted three times by

:03:13. > :03:18.the broadcaster when she was as young as 11. The prosecution say

:03:19. > :03:25.that happened at various locations around Greater Manchester, Stockport

:03:26. > :03:29.and Cheshire. The broadcasters that through the rest of proceedings this

:03:30. > :03:34.morning. He is of course known for his time as a broadcaster presenting

:03:35. > :03:37.the irreverent game show it's a knockout and was also the face of

:03:38. > :03:42.regional television here in the north-west. He was a football

:03:43. > :03:46.summariser at BBC radio. When he reaches trial, it is expected that

:03:47. > :04:00.that case will last for around a week.

:04:01. > :04:02.The entertainer Freddie Starr will not be prosecuted for any offence

:04:03. > :04:04.following allegations of indecent assault.

:04:05. > :04:06.The Crown Prosecution Service said there is insufficient evidence to

:04:07. > :04:08.prosecute him in relation to allegations of sexual

:04:09. > :04:11.by 13 individuals. Mr Starr, who's 71, was first arrested in November

:04:12. > :04:14.Mr Starr, who's 71, was first arrested in November 2012

:04:15. > :04:19.another three times over additional claims unrelated to the late DJ.

:04:20. > :04:22.MPs are to launch an investigation into the planned takeover of the

:04:23. > :04:25.the planned takeover of the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca

:04:26. > :04:28.Pfizer. The bosses of both companies will appear in front of the Business

:04:29. > :04:31.Select Committee next week. There are concerns that if Pfizer's ?63

:04:32. > :04:35.billion pound bid went through, it could lead to a loss of jobs in the

:04:36. > :04:43.Our Business Correspondent John Moylan reports.

:04:44. > :04:50.It is an ambitious plan to create the world's biggest drug company.

:04:51. > :04:53.Pfizer has proposed a ?63 billion deal to take over one of our prized

:04:54. > :04:58.scientific firms, AstraZeneca. But now the plan looks to be examined in

:04:59. > :05:04.microscopic detail by Parliament. Here we have a situation by

:05:05. > :05:08.successful AstraZeneca is potentially being taken over in a

:05:09. > :05:13.hostile bid I accompanied has a long history of predatory merger

:05:14. > :05:20.behaviour and closing down companies in host countries. This is a really

:05:21. > :05:23.serious issue that the committee will be examining very closely.

:05:24. > :05:29.AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceuticals firms. It

:05:30. > :05:35.employs around 50,000 staff worldwide, some 6700 are in the UK.

:05:36. > :05:39.Its sales topped 15 billion pounds last year. Little wonder some are

:05:40. > :05:43.seeking cast-iron guarantees that these high skilled jobs and

:05:44. > :05:48.investment and research will be protected if the takeover goes

:05:49. > :05:53.ahead. Many recall craft's takeover of Cadbury in 2010, when assurances

:05:54. > :05:56.not to close a plant near Bristol came to nothing when the deal

:05:57. > :06:02.finally went through. The government can't just the cheerleading for this

:06:03. > :06:04.takeover. We need a proper, independent assessment of whether

:06:05. > :06:07.this is in our national interest. David Cameron should stop being a

:06:08. > :06:14.cheerleader for this takeover and start being a champion for British

:06:15. > :06:16.business. Today, AstraZeneca stepped up its defence, outlining its

:06:17. > :06:20.strategy to grow revenue in the years ahead. Major shareholders say

:06:21. > :06:27.the firm is well placed to go it alone. The present management have

:06:28. > :06:31.turned it round. And I think they have a lot of good drugs in the

:06:32. > :06:38.pipeline. If Pfizer are serious, they do have to look at increasing

:06:39. > :06:43.things significantly because of the significant tax breaks they get from

:06:44. > :06:48.relocating to the UK. The government insists that the proposed takeover

:06:49. > :06:49.is a matter for the company 's honour their boards and

:06:50. > :06:50.shareholders, but says it is is a matter for the company 's

:06:51. > :06:57.honour their boards continuing to engage with both the companies to

:06:58. > :07:00.protect British jobs and skills. Our chief political correspondent is

:07:01. > :07:04.in Westminster for us now. This is a business deal. How unusual is it for

:07:05. > :07:10.politicians to get involved? The truth is that in other EU

:07:11. > :07:13.countries, it is not at all unusual. They tend to be more proactive in

:07:14. > :07:18.defending key industries. Here, it is unusual. As lunchtime, and the

:07:19. > :07:22.ten worst receive that a final decision is entirely a matter for

:07:23. > :07:26.the companies. But I do detect a hardening of opinion at Westminster

:07:27. > :07:31.against the planned buyout. We now have two separate all-party select

:07:32. > :07:35.committee enquiries into the proposed deal. We have a

:07:36. > :07:39.conservative mayor of London, Boris Johnson, warning politicians against

:07:40. > :07:42.standing aloof from the deal. We have an urgent question in the

:07:43. > :07:45.Commons from Vince Cable this afternoon on the deal, and talking

:07:46. > :07:50.to senior Conservative MPs, I detect a real resistance to this going

:07:51. > :07:54.ahead. One said to me that keeping AstraZeneca was in our national

:07:55. > :07:58.economic interest. The question is, what actually can be done? In terms

:07:59. > :08:05.of specific levers to halt the deal, it is hard to see what the

:08:06. > :08:09.government can do. But if there is sufficient political disquiet, would

:08:10. > :08:12.that be sufficient to force Pfizer to back off or to encourage

:08:13. > :08:15.AstraZeneca's shareholders to stand firm, or to force the prime minister

:08:16. > :08:18.to intervene more directly? Scotland Yard says the missing armed

:08:19. > :08:21.robber known as the "Skull Cracker" has been spotted in London. Michael

:08:22. > :08:24.Wheatley, who's serving 13 life sentences, went on the run after

:08:25. > :08:27.being given day release from an open prison on the Isle of Sheppey in

:08:28. > :08:30.Kent on Saturday. Police say Police say Wheatley was seen

:08:31. > :08:43.in Twickenham last night. Michael Wheatley, a career criminal

:08:44. > :08:46.who is violent robberies of tanks and building societies earned him

:08:47. > :08:50.the nickname "Skull Cracker". His spree in 2001 began weeks after

:08:51. > :08:54.completing another print and sentence for robbery and he had

:08:55. > :08:58.absconded before. This time, he failed to return to some band that

:08:59. > :09:03.Hill open prison in Kent after being allowed out at the weekend. Although

:09:04. > :09:08.given 13 life sentences, he had served his minimum tariff and was

:09:09. > :09:13.being prepared for release. His escape has prompted an urgent review

:09:14. > :09:16.in the justice department. I am asking serious questions internally

:09:17. > :09:19.about whether we got this right. We are in the middle of changing the

:09:20. > :09:20.system so that in future, people who are in the middle of changing the

:09:21. > :09:25.system so that in released on temporary licence will be tagged and

:09:26. > :09:30.there will be a tighter risk assessment to ensure they are fit to

:09:31. > :09:34.be out there. Until now, GPS tags have not been thought necessary for

:09:35. > :09:37.prisoners so close to release, but a series of escapes has caused a

:09:38. > :09:41.rethink. In her garden, Claire Townsend worries about the threat

:09:42. > :09:47.posed by Wheatley, as she recalls how he put a gun to her head during

:09:48. > :09:50.a raid in south London. At two points, I thought he was going to

:09:51. > :10:01.kill me, at the beginning and when my mobile phone went off. I do have

:10:02. > :10:04.to say that as his raids went on, because there were several more

:10:05. > :10:09.after that, he was becoming more and more violent. Last night, police

:10:10. > :10:14.went to a house in Twickenham after reports that Wheatley had been seen

:10:15. > :10:17.there, but they found nothing. Rest assured, the Metropolitan Police,

:10:18. > :10:20.the Kent police and other officers who get intelligence and information

:10:21. > :10:25.around the country will work tirelessly to bring this man back

:10:26. > :10:28.into custody. I guess the citizen will be raising an eyebrow at a man

:10:29. > :10:32.who received 13 life sentences being prepared for release 12 years on.

:10:33. > :10:38.Michael Wheatley is still on the run. Police have warned the public

:10:39. > :10:38.not to approach him, but to dial 99 with any information. Richard

:10:39. > :10:41.Lister, BBC News. Asthma sufferers are dying

:10:42. > :10:43.unnecessarily, first national study of asthma

:10:44. > :10:45.deaths in the UK. The Royal College of Physicians found that complacency

:10:46. > :10:48.from patients and medical staff was often to blame. There were more than

:10:49. > :10:52.1200 deaths in the UK linked to There were more than 1200 deaths in

:10:53. > :10:55.the UK linked to asthma in 2012 - Correspondent Dominic Hughes

:10:56. > :11:09.reports. The family of 12-year-old Holly

:11:10. > :11:13.knows how deadly asthma can be. Last October should, she died after

:11:14. > :11:17.suffering a severe asthma attack. Now her mum wants people to wake up

:11:18. > :11:24.to the dangers. I never thought you could buy of it. I suffered asthma,

:11:25. > :11:29.and so does my sister. If you go about your daily life, you don't

:11:30. > :11:35.thing you are going to die of it. It is something quite shocking. Nearly

:11:36. > :11:38.five and a half million people in the UK live with asthma. But while

:11:39. > :11:44.it is a potentially life-threatening condition, a new study of as the

:11:45. > :11:47.deaths says it is not being taken seriously enough. Too few patients

:11:48. > :11:52.are receiving the right specialist care or taking their medication

:11:53. > :11:55.properly. The report's authors say complacency is costing lives. Many

:11:56. > :12:01.people think that asthma does not need further intervention. But we

:12:02. > :12:07.have seen from this report, with a high number of preventable deaths,

:12:08. > :12:10.that action does need to be taken. The National review of asthma deaths

:12:11. > :12:14.is the largest study of its kind ever undertaken. It involved a

:12:15. > :12:17.detailed examination of nearly 200 asthma deaths in the UK. It found

:12:18. > :12:22.nearly half of those who died received no medical help during

:12:23. > :12:27.their fatal asthma attack. Eight of the ten cases involving children

:12:28. > :12:30.were dead before they reached hospital. The number of asthma

:12:31. > :12:35.deaths has been falling, but there were still more than 1220 12,

:12:36. > :12:39.meaning the UK has one of the highest asthma death rates in

:12:40. > :12:43.Europe. Today's report calls for better monitoring and training for

:12:44. > :12:45.both doctors and nurses as well as patients and their carers. Dominic

:12:46. > :12:47.Hughes, BBC News. Fighting has intensified in parts

:12:48. > :12:50.of the Ukraine, with the Ukrainian government claiming that more than

:12:51. > :12:52.30 pro-Russian fighters have been killed during an assault on the

:12:53. > :12:55.eastern city of Sloviansk. Meanwhile, the separatists say they

:12:56. > :12:57.shot down a Ukrainian helicopter the same area on Monday. It's also

:12:58. > :13:01.emerged that the airport in nearby Donetsk has been closed. Our World

:13:02. > :13:12.Affairs Correspondent Mike Yesterday, these pro-Russian

:13:13. > :13:15.separatist were in a tough firefight with Ukrainian government troops.

:13:16. > :13:18.Today, guarding this railway crossing in Sloviansk ma they were

:13:19. > :13:23.braced for any further government action to seize back control of this

:13:24. > :13:25.key town, the stronghold of the rebels. Although the government says

:13:26. > :13:34.the latest fighting was costly for the separatists, they are defiant.

:13:35. > :13:39.We will fight to the very end, this man says. None of us in the militia

:13:40. > :13:44.planned to leave, and we will not leave. The very name of the town of

:13:45. > :13:52.Sloviansk speaks for itself. Slavs, and they do not surrender. Civilian

:13:53. > :13:57.life goes on among the makeshift barricades in Sloviansk, but the

:13:58. > :14:03.government says it now has the town of 120,000 surrounded. This man

:14:04. > :14:09.says, we hope the authorities in Kiev will hear the people and stop

:14:10. > :14:12.attacking and there will be no casualties and at last, there will

:14:13. > :14:18.be a referendum. The whole country in the world will know what we want.

:14:19. > :14:21.In Vienna, where the Council of Europe has met to discuss the

:14:22. > :14:24.crisis, one of the main issues was Ukraine's intention of holding

:14:25. > :14:31.presidential elections on May the 25th. Britain is among dishes that

:14:32. > :14:33.believe Russia is trying to thwart these elections. Borussia Park my

:14:34. > :14:39.Foreign Minister argued that constitutional reforms must come

:14:40. > :14:44.first. Holding presidential elections would be unusual, Sergei

:14:45. > :14:47.Lavrov said, while the government is trying to deploy the army against

:14:48. > :14:51.some of its people. He also said progress at talks would be possible

:14:52. > :14:57.only if representatives of Russian speaking areas of Ukraine were

:14:58. > :15:01.involved. And for now, events on the ground. This unverified video is

:15:02. > :15:08.apparently showing pro-Russian activist on the move, overshadowed

:15:09. > :15:10.the diplomacy. This seems to be increasingly what passes for normal

:15:11. > :15:14.life in the contested regions of eastern Ukraine.

:15:15. > :15:20.Mike Wooldridge, BBC News. Our top story this lunchtime: the veterinary

:15:21. > :15:23.broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty in court to one charge of

:15:24. > :15:26.indecent assault against a girl aged under 16.

:15:27. > :15:32.He denies a further 20 charges, including 15 counts of rape.

:15:33. > :15:37.Coming up, I will be live here at the famous stadium in Oxford, where

:15:38. > :15:43.60 years ago today, Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile.

:15:44. > :15:47.Later on BBC London, stopping the spread of disease - copper pyjamas

:15:48. > :15:54.go on trial at a south London hospital.

:15:55. > :15:56.Plus: After forming squeeze in the 70s, Glenn Tilbrook is going back,

:15:57. > :16:01.going solo on tour. Britain has joined the United States

:16:02. > :16:04.in offering assistance to Nigeria in trying to find as many as 300

:16:05. > :16:07.schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram three

:16:08. > :16:09.weeks ago. The leader of the extremist group

:16:10. > :16:12.released a video yesterday in which The White House has described the

:16:13. > :16:17.kidnappings as an "outrage". Tomi Oladipo has the latest from the

:16:18. > :16:28.Nigerian capital Abuja. A chilling video released three

:16:29. > :16:37.weeks after the schoolgirls went missing. The man in the centre

:16:38. > :16:41.standing in front of the armoured vehicle is this man. "I abducted

:16:42. > :16:46.your girls. I will sell the women in the market. There is a market for

:16:47. > :16:53.selling humans. Allah commands me to sell." He is the leader of Boko

:16:54. > :16:56.Haram, an extremist group whose name means "Western education is

:16:57. > :17:01.forbidden". The sect has used violence in its campaign to

:17:02. > :17:05.establish an Islamist state. The girls' families are in agony and the

:17:06. > :17:09.government seems unable to ease their pain. This has prompted public

:17:10. > :17:14.outrage and now daily demonstrations calling for more action. Nigeria's

:17:15. > :17:18.Finance Minister has defended the government's efforts. For the past

:17:19. > :17:23.three weeks, the government has been following up every lead using aerial

:17:24. > :17:27.surveys, using all the things at its disposal. The problem was that we

:17:28. > :17:31.never communicated it well. The shortcomings within the Nigerian

:17:32. > :17:35.government are increasingly evident and now the international community

:17:36. > :17:41.is offering help. We view what has happened there as an outrage. The

:17:42. > :17:44.President has been briefed. His national security team continues to

:17:45. > :17:47.monitor the situation there closely. The State Department has been in

:17:48. > :17:51.regular touch with the Nigerian government about what we might do to

:17:52. > :17:56.help support its efforts to find and free these young women. The Foreign

:17:57. > :18:00.Secretary also condemned the kidnapping. We are offering

:18:01. > :18:05.practical help. What has happened here that the actions of Boko Haram

:18:06. > :18:11.in using girls as the spoils of war, the spoils of terrorism, is

:18:12. > :18:15.disgusting, it is immoral. It should show everybody across the world they

:18:16. > :18:19.should not give any support to such a vile organisation. It's been three

:18:20. > :18:23.weeks since the girls were taken from their school and the priority

:18:24. > :18:29.for now must be to return them to their families.

:18:30. > :18:31.The Government has said jobseekers could lose their benefits

:18:32. > :18:34.temporarily, if they turn down certain "zero-hour contracts"

:18:35. > :18:38.Until now, people on Jobseeker's Allowance could say no to such

:18:39. > :18:41.But under the new universal credit, job seekers may have to

:18:42. > :18:45.take certain zero-hour jobs, or risk losing their benefits.

:18:46. > :18:51.Our Political Correspondent Iain Watson is in Westminster for us now.

:18:52. > :18:58.Yes, the rules are set to change. At the moment, if you are in job

:18:59. > :19:03.keekers allowance and you refuse to take a zero hours contract job, you

:19:04. > :19:08.wouldn't lose your benefits because those contracts offer no guarantee

:19:09. > :19:11.of regular work. In 2017, the Government wants to introduce a more

:19:12. > :19:17.sophisticated way of paying benefits. If you are to be offered a

:19:18. > :19:21.zero hours contract, then your local Jobcentre may insist that you take

:19:22. > :19:27.that job and that's because if an employer were to offer you little or

:19:28. > :19:30.no work in any given week, the new benefits system would top up your

:19:31. > :19:35.income. Labour say this is unfair. These contracts are unsuitable for

:19:36. > :19:37.some people, people with childcare responsibilities. What the

:19:38. > :19:41.Government are saying is there will be exemptions, if there are problems

:19:42. > :19:46.with childcare, you wouldn't necessarily lose your benefit. If an

:19:47. > :19:51.employer were to insist on exclusivity, that you have to work

:19:52. > :19:53.for them and no-one else, then you could turn that down, too without

:19:54. > :19:58.any loss of benefit. A lack of psychiatric beds in

:19:59. > :20:01.England is leading to some mental health patients being forced to seek

:20:02. > :20:04.emergency care hundreds of miles An investigation by BBC News and the

:20:05. > :20:09.online journal, Community Care, has found that the number of patients

:20:10. > :20:12.travelling long distances for treatment has more than doubled over

:20:13. > :20:14.the past two years. The Care Minister Norman Lamb says

:20:15. > :20:17.the situation is "unacceptable". Here's our Social Affairs

:20:18. > :20:31.Correspondent, Michael Buchanan. We seem to have a few problems

:20:32. > :20:38.bringing you that report. The Economic forecasting group, the

:20:39. > :20:41.OECD says action should be taken to In its latest report, it suggests

:20:42. > :20:45.limiting access to the Government's Help to Buy scheme by asking buyers

:20:46. > :20:47.for larger deposits The bodies of five British

:20:48. > :20:58.servicemen killed in a Lynx helicopter crash in southern

:20:59. > :21:00.Afghanistan, last month, are being The Ministry of Defence says the

:21:01. > :21:02.crash was a tragic accident and not It's the worst incident involving a

:21:03. > :21:06.British military helicopter in Afghanistan since the war began

:21:07. > :21:08.there in 2001. Jon Kay joins us from RAF Brize

:21:09. > :21:21.Norton in Oxfordshire. Yes, this will be the largest

:21:22. > :21:24.repatriation the base has seen in a couple of years. In the next few

:21:25. > :21:29.minutes, the plane carrying the bodies of the five servicemen will

:21:30. > :21:34.fly into RAF Brize Norton and one by one, the coffins will be carried

:21:35. > :21:40.from the plane by fellow members of the Armed Services. Then, later this

:21:41. > :21:44.afternoon, families of the dead men, their friends, colleagues and

:21:45. > :21:48.strangers, members of the public, will gather here to hold a

:21:49. > :21:52.two-minute silence. I can tell you more about the five men who died

:21:53. > :22:00.when that Lynx helicopter crashed ten days ago. They were from left to

:22:01. > :22:09.right Captain Thomas Clarke, he was 30. Flight Lieutenant Rakesh

:22:10. > :22:15.Chauhan, who was based at RAF Odiham. Warrant Officer Spencer

:22:16. > :22:23.Faulkner, he was 38, married with two young children. Corporal James

:22:24. > :22:27.Walters, 36, described by his colleagues as a consummate

:22:28. > :22:36.professional. Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas, he was 26. The deaths of

:22:37. > :22:41.those five servicemen in Kandahar takes the total number of British

:22:42. > :22:49.servicemen to be killed in Afghanistan to 453. Thank you.

:22:50. > :22:51.60 years ago, on a cold windy day in Oxford, Roger Bannister

:22:52. > :22:54.became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.

:22:55. > :22:56.Sir Roger went on to become a neurosurgeon and now aged 85, he's

:22:57. > :22:59.revealed that he is suffering from Parkinson's disease.

:23:00. > :23:03.His remarkable feat of athletics remains vivid to him and he's been

:23:04. > :23:06.sharing his memories of that day with Duncan Kennedy,

:23:07. > :23:17.It is hard to believe that it was 60 years ago today that that famous

:23:18. > :23:27.race took place here and not much has changed since then. They rebuilt

:23:28. > :23:38.the stadium and replaced the cinders that Roger Bannister ran on.

:23:39. > :23:39.NEWREEL: 25-year-old Roger Bannister, third from the left, gets

:23:40. > :23:41.under way at the Iffley Ground, Oxford, for the race of his life.

:23:42. > :23:45.May 6th, 1954, Roger Bannister is less than four minutes

:23:46. > :23:49.He's decided this is the right moment.

:23:50. > :23:55.Now 85, we asked Sir Roger to relive that remarkable race 60 years on.

:23:56. > :24:00.At this point it becomes quite painful.

:24:01. > :24:05.He recalls every step in the running spikes he had sharpened himself.

:24:06. > :24:08.Despite the slight wind, he is clocking a great time.

:24:09. > :24:11.He was now less than a minute from victory.

:24:12. > :24:18.I overtake Chris Chataway and begin the finish.

:24:19. > :24:23.And Bannister has done it. The mile in three minutes 59.4 seconds.

:24:24. > :24:30.For a country ready for post-war success, this was a tonic to

:24:31. > :24:38.Did you do it for yourself or your country? I think I did it for both.

:24:39. > :24:42.I don't think I could distinguish. There was certainly a feeling of it

:24:43. > :24:48.being a national event and something of a landmark for the country. But

:24:49. > :24:56.it had to be me attempting it, so it was entangled with my own effort.

:24:57. > :25:01.Peeking over the shoulder of Roger Bannister that day was a 15-year-old

:25:02. > :25:07.boy in his school cap. That boy was Robin Winstone.

:25:08. > :25:17.He was one of just 1,500 people to witness the mile milestone.

:25:18. > :25:20.It probably took almost as long as the race to come up with the

:25:21. > :25:25.timekeepers. The announcer - and he announced the result - very formal

:25:26. > :25:28.in those days, he said, "Here's the result of the one mile. First, RG

:25:29. > :25:34.Bannister. In a time of three..." And nothing was heard after that!

:25:35. > :25:40.The record that Sir Roger Bannister set here on May 6th, 1954, did not

:25:41. > :25:45.last long. In fact it was beaten just 46 days later by his great

:25:46. > :25:50.Australian rival John Landy. But like Everest before him, and the

:25:51. > :25:54.moon landings after, Bannister was one of those greats who did it

:25:55. > :25:58.first, and because of that he'll always be remembered.

:25:59. > :26:04.You once said that a man who can drive himself further once the

:26:05. > :26:08.effort gets painful is the man who will win.

:26:09. > :26:24.Roger Bannister, the man who created a brief time in history. I must tell

:26:25. > :26:34.you about that flag pole. It played a very important part on that day 60

:26:35. > :26:42.years ago. It is on the Church of account Steven's House. -- Church of

:26:43. > :26:45.St Steven's House. He was able to judge from the flag the speed of the

:26:46. > :26:49.wind. When he came down that back straight, he saw the flag drop and

:26:50. > :26:57.he knew that the record was on. He came round the he corner and came

:26:58. > :27:01.in. It is one of the things that's marking this day today. The college

:27:02. > :27:06.has put a flag back up today to mark the 60th anniversary. A number of

:27:07. > :27:09.events taking place here in Oxford. This morning, we had a team of

:27:10. > :27:14.schoolchildren who ran a relay around this track to go sub-four

:27:15. > :27:19.minutes. They did it in four minutes and two seconds. An idea of how hard

:27:20. > :27:24.it is and quite what an achievement it was for Roger Bannister to go

:27:25. > :27:30.sub-four minutes 60 years ago today. Indeed. Thank you. Disqualified

:27:31. > :27:38.drivers who kill or seriously injure people are to be given longer prison

:27:39. > :27:42.sentences. Banned drivers in Scotland, England and Wales could

:27:43. > :27:46.face up to ten years in prison. Ministers say the longer sentences

:27:47. > :27:49.reflect the devastating impact on victims and their families. It is

:27:50. > :27:53.appropriate the most significant sentences are available for those

:27:54. > :27:57.people and I think - and I know many other will think - two years isn't

:27:58. > :28:00.enough for people who do that. That is why we are making this

:28:01. > :28:06.significant increase. I hope people who are considering getting in their

:28:07. > :28:10.car when they are disqualified will think carefully indeed.

:28:11. > :28:12.Manchester City is facing a fine of around ?50 million for breaching

:28:13. > :28:14.UEFA's financial fair play rules.

:28:15. > :28:16.The club - one of nine across Europe being investigated for spending more

:28:17. > :28:19.than it earns - could also face a wage cap and a limit on the size of

:28:20. > :28:43.Let's have a look at the weather. Many places will probably dodge the

:28:44. > :28:48.showers altogether. It was certainly a sunny start. Notice the way the

:28:49. > :28:51.clouds have been building up. Large clumps of cloud heading towards

:28:52. > :28:56.northern ire lanld. This area is starting to see some of the showers.

:28:57. > :29:00.We are expecting to see showers popping up across the South West of

:29:01. > :29:05.England and Wales. One or two heavy ones developing over the next couple

:29:06. > :29:09.of hours. To the south of that, probably

:29:10. > :29:14.staying dry and to the east staying dry for a good few hours yet. Decent

:29:15. > :29:21.temperatures, up into the high teens. Similar temperatures across

:29:22. > :29:25.the North East of England. It will turn wetter here later on. For

:29:26. > :29:31.Scotland, the showers are a bit hit-and-miss. Across Northern

:29:32. > :29:40.Ireland, already the showers are getting going. They will turn

:29:41. > :29:45.heavier as the afternoon goes on. We have to talk about the increasing

:29:46. > :29:50.risk of heavy showers across Wales. Those showers will push eastwards.

:29:51. > :29:53.In fact, we will see a spell of wetter weather running in across

:29:54. > :29:59.Northern England, Scotland, clearing from Northern Ireland. But further

:30:00. > :30:07.showers coming along on those brisk south-west early winds. --

:30:08. > :30:11.south-westerly winds. Wednesday - let's talk sunshine and showers.

:30:12. > :30:16.Actually, some more persistent rain is in the frame for Northern

:30:17. > :30:20.Ireland, southern Scotland and Northern England. Brighter skies to

:30:21. > :30:23.the south of that. For northern Scotland, too, but through that

:30:24. > :30:31.central belt of Scotland, it could be quite a cool afternoon.

:30:32. > :30:35.If we look further ahead through into Thursday, this developing

:30:36. > :30:39.weather system means potential for a fairly unpleasant day for many of us

:30:40. > :30:42.on Thursday. Some more general rain across a good part of Northern

:30:43. > :30:47.Ireland, England and Wales. That will keep temperatures down a little

:30:48. > :30:50.bit. Brighter skies for Scotland. A mix of sunshine and showers almost

:30:51. > :30:52.anywhere for Friday. All the signs are that that unsettled weather is

:30:53. > :30:57.set to continue into the weekend. The veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall

:30:58. > :31:03.has pleaded guilty in court to one charge of indecent assault against a

:31:04. > :31:06.girl aged under 16. Police say the armed robber, known

:31:07. > :31:09.as the Skull Cracker, who absconded from prison, has been spotted in

:31:10. > :31:13.London.