:00:00. > :00:08.Delays discharging patients from NHS hospitals reach record levels.
:00:09. > :00:12.The latest figures show the NHS in England has missed key targets
:00:13. > :00:21.again amid warnings it will struggle this winter.
:00:22. > :00:24.We'll be asking what more can be done to take the pressure off
:00:25. > :00:28.Also this lunchtime: Flooded for the second time in just days -
:00:29. > :00:30.people in the Cumbrian of village of Glennridding had to be moved
:00:31. > :00:35.In the last four days we have tidied out of the whole shop, basically.
:00:36. > :00:37.Everything has been put outside for the insurance company,
:00:38. > :00:39.and then last night, it started to rain.
:00:40. > :00:41.Within a matter of minutes it was back inside the shop,
:00:42. > :00:45.The Government apologises after one of England's biggest health trusts
:00:46. > :00:53.failed to investigate the deaths of more than 1,000 patients.
:00:54. > :00:55.Our hearts go out to the families of those affected.
:00:56. > :00:57.More than anything, they want to know that the NHS
:00:58. > :01:00.learns from tragedies such as what happened
:01:01. > :01:02.to Connor Sparrowhawk, and that is something we patently
:01:03. > :01:11.failed to do on too many occasions at the moment.
:01:12. > :01:14.In a holding pattern over Heathrow - the Prime Minister will meet
:01:15. > :01:16.ministers this evening - but the decision's expected to be delayed.
:01:17. > :01:19.A Syrian mother and her seven children drown as they
:01:20. > :01:22.Her husband says they were fleeing Islamic State extremists.
:01:23. > :01:25.And how catch-up television is expected to dramatically change
:01:26. > :01:32.Later on BBC London: Most London hospitals are failing to meet A
:01:33. > :01:36.waiting times, according to new figures.
:01:37. > :02:00.We're on set with the man who brings droids to life.
:02:01. > :02:03.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:02:04. > :02:06.The NHS in England has missed targets in four key areas
:02:07. > :02:11.Targets for ambulance response times, A waiting, cancer care
:02:12. > :02:14.and diagnostic testing were all missed, and on many
:02:15. > :02:18.measures, the figures are worse than this time last year.
:02:19. > :02:21.The number of bed-days lost to delayed discharge has also
:02:22. > :02:26.In a moment we'll be speaking to our health editor,
:02:27. > :02:29.Hugh Pym, but first this report from our health correspondent,
:02:30. > :02:34.For many hospitals across the UK like the Queens Medical Centre
:02:35. > :02:36.in Nottingham, the pressure on A
:02:37. > :02:44.One big reason, the growing number of older, sicker patients
:02:45. > :02:46.being treated, and the difficulties in making sure
:02:47. > :02:48.they can be properly cared for back in the community.
:02:49. > :02:51.We have patients with much more complex patient care needs.
:02:52. > :02:55.We also have a huge demand for our services and obviously,
:02:56. > :02:57.once we have treated and made people well,
:02:58. > :03:01.we have also got to make sure we have got the right care and right
:03:02. > :03:06.services to discharge our patients back into the community.
:03:07. > :03:08.Even before winter kicked in, the NHS in England
:03:09. > :03:13.Figures in October show delays in discharging patients
:03:14. > :03:19.were at the highest level since monthly records began
:03:20. > :03:24.That in turn causes delays in A, where
:03:25. > :03:27.just over 92% of patients were dealt with within four hours,
:03:28. > :03:38.Other key targets, ambulance response times, cancer care
:03:39. > :03:39.and diagnostic tests were also missed.
:03:40. > :03:42.New research by the Nuffield Trust highlights why the system
:03:43. > :03:46.Last winter, a tiny proportion of mostly frail,
:03:47. > :03:49.elderly patients, just over 3.5%, accounted for more
:03:50. > :03:58.than a third of all NHS bed capacity in England.
:03:59. > :04:00.The system becomes blocked because wards are fuller
:04:01. > :04:05.There is an extra demand during winter, but the real issue
:04:06. > :04:08.is whether we can get patients out ay the back door.
:04:09. > :04:14.If we can't do that, there is no room for the ones coming
:04:15. > :04:17.in and you get this problem with the in performance.
:04:18. > :04:19.Surgery is cancelled, patients have to wait
:04:20. > :04:22.The NHS in Scotland is performing better.
:04:23. > :04:24.One reason, maybe schemes such as this one in Glasgow.
:04:25. > :04:26.Patients are discharged from hospital into care homes
:04:27. > :04:28.where they can complete their rehabilitation before going home.
:04:29. > :04:30.NHS England says the figures underline how much
:04:31. > :04:32.hospitals depend on well functioning social care services,
:04:33. > :04:34.particularly for older people living at home.
:04:35. > :04:40.The next few winter months will be a severe test for the NHS
:04:41. > :04:47.Our health editor, Hugh Pym, is with me.
:04:48. > :04:54.That is the big concern. Those figures were from October, before
:04:55. > :05:02.the busy winter months had even begun. Yes, six out of seven targets
:05:03. > :05:08.for NHS in England being missed. The four-hour wait for accident and
:05:09. > :05:12.emergency has been missed. And the winter months and cold weather is
:05:13. > :05:17.still to come. In Scotland, it is a slightly different story. More
:05:18. > :05:21.patients being seen within four hours, although England is ahead of
:05:22. > :05:27.Wales and Northern Ireland. The key issue is really being seen as the
:05:28. > :05:30.delayed transfers. You have to wait longer at the front end of the
:05:31. > :05:35.hospital coming in, partly because there are not enough beds. And that
:05:36. > :05:39.is because it is difficult to move people out of hospital and that
:05:40. > :05:42.sometimes down to the social care situation not being available. The
:05:43. > :05:48.government line is they have committed a lot more money to the
:05:49. > :05:52.NHS over the next four years. They say that shows the amount of
:05:53. > :06:00.resources available there. Actually, the targets for A are still pretty
:06:01. > :06:04.stretching and nine out of ten are being seen within four hours. Think
:06:05. > :06:07.tanks say that is for next year. This winter is still to come and
:06:08. > :06:11.real pressure there on the whole service. Thank you.
:06:12. > :06:14.Well, the BBC News website has more information about how the NHS
:06:15. > :06:16.You'll find more news, video and analysis
:06:17. > :06:21.Heavy rain overnight has caused yet more flooding in Cumbria.
:06:22. > :06:24.A river in the village of Glenridding near Ullswater
:06:25. > :06:26.burst its banks for a second time - forcing many people
:06:27. > :06:43.Judith Moritz is there. This is the case macro back. Where I
:06:44. > :06:53.am standing last night is underwater. It was so blocked tear
:06:54. > :06:59.from the floods at the weekend, that when the fresh rain came, add
:07:00. > :07:04.nowhere else to go, so for the second time in a week, the water
:07:05. > :07:08.went into shops, houses and hotels. It has caused a second round of
:07:09. > :07:15.devastation. This morning, they have been doing everything here, not just
:07:16. > :07:20.to clear up, but to prevent this sort of flooding.
:07:21. > :07:25.This was Glenridding last night, underwater for the second time in a
:07:26. > :07:29.week. This was the village minimarket which had only just been
:07:30. > :07:33.cleaned up when the river came right back in again. This morning, the
:07:34. > :07:38.shop was still under water. The Brown family have owned it for 30
:07:39. > :07:44.years. Although this is now their fourth flood, it does not get any
:07:45. > :07:52.easier. What do you do? There is nothing you can do. It was up to our
:07:53. > :07:55.waste again. We could not do anything. So much of the
:07:56. > :08:00.mountainside collapsed in the weekend floods, the river here was
:08:01. > :08:04.blocked when the rain came here again yesterday. A call went out for
:08:05. > :08:09.big diggers. Local volunteers responded, working through the night
:08:10. > :08:13.and the morning to dredge the back. I know everyone around here, so I
:08:14. > :08:17.just needed to do my bit to help out. When you see the massive team
:08:18. > :08:24.effort from everybody, you have to try and do your bit, haven't you?
:08:25. > :08:28.Paul Edgar's own home flooded. Once he bailed that outcome he came to
:08:29. > :08:34.pitch in with the river dig. Do you think enough has been done by
:08:35. > :08:39.agencies? No, they have done nothing here, the Environment Agency. How
:08:40. > :08:43.good has the effort been by the locals? Tremendous, out of this
:08:44. > :08:49.world. The Environment Agency are on-site working with local people
:08:50. > :08:54.and volunteers. Are they doing the right job, volunteering, that should
:08:55. > :08:57.have been done by other agencies like the Environment Agency?
:08:58. > :09:02.Resources are stretched. This is a community out doing it itself which
:09:03. > :09:08.is brilliant. We will support them to do what they can to make things
:09:09. > :09:12.right again. Those who live here no flooding is a risk, but they say
:09:13. > :09:17.they have never seen it this bad, and to be hit twice in a week feels
:09:18. > :09:27.doubly cruel. The scenery here, the mountains and
:09:28. > :09:31.rivers have brought great pleasure. The tourist drive keep somewhere
:09:32. > :09:36.like this going, but they also know the very difficult, harsh flip side
:09:37. > :09:40.of that is this can be a very cruel place to live and work, when this
:09:41. > :09:47.sort of devastation happens. There is still a massive job ahead of
:09:48. > :09:51.these people. You can see the are still out. They are still clearing
:09:52. > :09:57.this rubble. There is so much of it. They know it will take some time.
:09:58. > :10:02.There is also, as well as the volunteers, huge number of different
:10:03. > :10:06.organisations. The police, the bar at agency, mountain rescue and
:10:07. > :10:11.others who are all trying to coordinate the effort. It has just
:10:12. > :10:16.started raining again. They are not expecting another deluge but they
:10:17. > :10:20.say before -- until they clear this river fully and it has been properly
:10:21. > :10:25.diverted, they will not rest easy. Even when they have done that, there
:10:26. > :10:28.is the clean-up to begin. How difficult that is, to begin it for a
:10:29. > :10:30.second time. Thank you.
:10:31. > :10:33.The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has described the failure of an NHS
:10:34. > :10:36.trust to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than a thousand
:10:37. > :10:38.people as "totally and utterly unacceptable".
:10:39. > :10:42.He was speaking to the Commons following the publication
:10:43. > :10:44.of a report which investigated deaths at Southern Health NHS
:10:45. > :10:49.Let's speak to social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan
:10:50. > :10:58.who's outside the Trust headquarters in Southampton.
:10:59. > :11:06.Jeremy Hunt was hauled to the Commons this morning, to explain the
:11:07. > :11:10.problems at Southern Health, mental health and learning disability NHS
:11:11. > :11:15.trust here in Hampshire. He paid tribute to the family of Connor
:11:16. > :11:20.Sparrowhawk, a teenager who died in 2013 at a hospital run by Southern
:11:21. > :11:25.Health in Oxford, and whose death led to NHS England commissioning
:11:26. > :11:29.this report into how Southern Health investigated all unexpected deaths
:11:30. > :11:34.over a four-year period. He all issued an apology to all families
:11:35. > :11:37.affected by the trust's failings. Our hearts go out to
:11:38. > :11:40.the families of those affected. More than anything,
:11:41. > :11:42.they want to know that the NHS learns from tragedies
:11:43. > :11:44.such as what happened to Connor Sparrowhawk,
:11:45. > :11:46.and that is something we patently failed to do on too many
:11:47. > :11:52.occasions at the moment. Nor should we pretend this
:11:53. > :11:55.is the result of the wrong There is an urgent need to improve
:11:56. > :12:01.the investigation and learning from an estimated 200 avoidable
:12:02. > :12:19.deaths, we have every week Mr Hunt said he was particularly
:12:20. > :12:22.appalled by the low level of learning disability deaths that
:12:23. > :12:26.Southern Health had investigated, just 1% of deaths in that capacity
:12:27. > :12:33.were looked into over the period of this report. He said because of
:12:34. > :12:37.that, next June the government would introduce ratings for quality of
:12:38. > :12:41.care for people with learning disabilities, as well as asking
:12:42. > :12:45.Bristol University to conduct a study of mortality rates across the
:12:46. > :12:51.whole of England. Southern Health have still not commented on what
:12:52. > :12:53.Jeremy Hunt had to say this morning. Thank you.
:12:54. > :12:55.The Prime Minister and the Chancellor will meet ministers
:12:56. > :12:57.later to discuss the timetable for any proposed expansion at Heathrow.
:12:58. > :13:00.A Government-appointed commission has recommended a third runway
:13:01. > :13:02.as the best option, but it looks like a decision could be postponed
:13:03. > :13:09.Our transport correspondent, Richard Westcott, reports.
:13:10. > :13:18.The aircraft might have changed a bit. But the issue has been the same
:13:19. > :13:24.for decades. Where should Britain build a major new runway? There is a
:13:25. > :13:28.chance the government will finally name a favourite scheme today, or
:13:29. > :13:32.they may delay it yet again. Business leaders say a lack of
:13:33. > :13:37.flights to new markets is already costing us billions in lost trade.
:13:38. > :13:40.The previous government did not take a decision, this government is
:13:41. > :13:45.gearing up not to take a decision. We need a decision for the benefit
:13:46. > :13:59.of jobs, which is why businesses and unions together are saying, please
:14:00. > :14:02.just take a decision. Three years ago, the coalition government set
:14:03. > :14:04.this issue into the long grass by setting up an independent
:14:05. > :14:06.commission. Last summer, it finally chose Heathrow over its rival
:14:07. > :14:09.Gatwick. What is the hold-up? It is physically straightforward laying a
:14:10. > :14:11.new runway, but the reason why these projects keep being delayed, is
:14:12. > :14:16.because of the problems they create on the other side of the perimeter
:14:17. > :14:21.fence. These tiny plastic tubes could stop expansion in its tracks.
:14:22. > :14:25.They measure pollution, not so much from the airport, but from all the
:14:26. > :14:31.cars, lorries, buses and trains that people use to get there. Areas
:14:32. > :14:34.around Heathrow already break European air quality limits.
:14:35. > :14:42.Campaigners could use the issue to delay any new scheme in the courts.
:14:43. > :14:46.We may delay a judicial review. That could start off six months for an
:14:47. > :14:50.initial ruling, but it is very likely it will be appealed and go up
:14:51. > :14:56.to the Supreme Court. That could be two or three years. Picking Heathrow
:14:57. > :15:03.could come at a personal price for the Prime Minister. Look at this
:15:04. > :15:07.poster before the 2010 election. No ifs, no buts, no third runway.
:15:08. > :15:12.Heathrow is full, Gatwick is filling up. The government is under pressure
:15:13. > :15:17.to say once and for all what it plans to do.
:15:18. > :15:19.Let's speak to our Assistant Political Editor, Norman Smith.
:15:20. > :15:22.A bit like a heathrow holding pattern - no idea when a decision
:15:23. > :15:34.This is the longest-running saga in British politics. They have been
:15:35. > :15:38.discussing it since the 1960s, since England last won the World Cup. All
:15:39. > :15:41.the signs are they will keep discussing it for some time to come,
:15:42. > :15:45.because although the business community is screaming at Mr Cameron
:15:46. > :15:50.to decide in favour of Heathrow, there is the politics. The fear of a
:15:51. > :15:54.near Tory civil war, if he gives he threw the go-ahead, because Boris
:15:55. > :16:06.Johnson, the Mayor of London, has said he will lie down in
:16:07. > :16:15.front of the Cabinet. Walking. We could be heading for more fudge and
:16:16. > :16:17.delay. Maybe Mr Cameron will say Heathrow has made a terrifically
:16:18. > :16:23.good case, but perhaps we should give them a bit more time, another
:16:24. > :16:26.six months, just to meet all the environmental criteria. Some fear Mr
:16:27. > :16:31.Cameron may even seek to eke out that delay until he is no longer
:16:32. > :16:34.even Prime Minister. Norman Smith, thank you.
:16:35. > :16:38.The NHS in England misses key targets again -
:16:39. > :16:40.amid warnings it will struggle this winter.
:16:41. > :16:42.And coming up, we'll have the latest on the emissions scandal at VW.
:16:43. > :16:54.In football, a great night for Arsenal and Chelsea,
:16:55. > :16:57.we'll have a full sports round-up along with a look ahead at the rest
:16:58. > :17:12.of the week's weather - that's coming up in 15 minutes.
:17:13. > :17:17.Thousands of migrants and refugees are still trying to get across the
:17:18. > :17:21.street to cross the Europe despite the winter weather and as the flow
:17:22. > :17:25.of people continues, so do the tragedies. This week a mother and
:17:26. > :17:29.her seven children, the youngest just weeks old, drowned while trying
:17:30. > :17:31.to cross the Aegean Sea. Only the father survived. Mark Lowen has been
:17:32. > :17:35.speaking to him. Somewhere in the vastness
:17:36. > :17:38.of the Aegean he lost them. Ali Alsaho scours the spot
:17:39. > :17:40.where he and his family took their boat bound
:17:41. > :17:45.for Europe, a new life. It flooded and Ali's wife
:17:46. > :17:53.and his seven children drowned. The smugglers told them
:17:54. > :18:01.they wouldn't need life jackets, How to comprehend such a tragedy -
:18:02. > :18:11.it is too much to bear. They had fled Islamic State
:18:12. > :18:13.hoping for sanctuary, believing the worst
:18:14. > :18:18.horrors were behind them. TRANSLATION: I had the most
:18:19. > :18:25.affectionate wife. I took my family out of Syria
:18:26. > :18:29.to escape the killing. My children could have
:18:30. > :18:31.had a future in Europe. What is your message to other
:18:32. > :18:39.Syrians who want to make TRANSLATION: I would say
:18:40. > :18:43.don't take this risk, They said we would reach
:18:44. > :18:52.Greece within 15 minutes. Stay in Syria, however
:18:53. > :18:59.difficult it is. The bodies of some of his
:19:00. > :19:02.children have been found. The others and his wife
:19:03. > :19:04.are still missing, but hope The Greek island
:19:05. > :19:11.of Chios is so close. This week, six other children -
:19:12. > :19:14.Afghans - died here, Turkey is under pressure
:19:15. > :19:21.to stop the boats. Shortly after Ali and his family set
:19:22. > :19:24.off from here the waves rose up Over 3500 people have died this year
:19:25. > :19:32.trying to make the trip to Europe. The EU is giving Turkey money
:19:33. > :19:35.and resources to patrol the border But still, even in winter,
:19:36. > :19:40.the desperate ones are making His dreams of Europe now
:19:41. > :19:46.just wretched memories. How many more will follow
:19:47. > :19:57.in his wake? Let's speak to our correspondent,
:19:58. > :20:00.Chris Morris, who's on the island of Lesbos - still one of the main
:20:01. > :20:12.destinations for people crossing Has the winter weather had any
:20:13. > :20:21.effect at all on the numbers who are taking, risking, this perilous
:20:22. > :20:24.journey? Very little. I think a lot of policymakers thought if we get
:20:25. > :20:29.through to roughly November or so, then we have a few months, a window,
:20:30. > :20:34.when the whip -- when the numbers will fall off dramatically, but that
:20:35. > :20:38.hasn't happened. Behind me, we have seen 15 boats coming full of
:20:39. > :20:43.migrants. All told on average during the first few days of December, 4000
:20:44. > :20:46.people a day are arriving on the Greek island, 2000 of them here in
:20:47. > :20:52.Lesbos. When you look back through the year the numbers are simply
:20:53. > :20:57.astounding. More than 920,000 people, according to the UN, have
:20:58. > :21:00.now crossed by sea to Europe during the course of 2015. Some of them
:21:01. > :21:04.have come across from Libya to Italy. Most of them, the vast
:21:05. > :21:08.majority, from Turkey to the grill islands full -- the Greek islands.
:21:09. > :21:12.What we are seeing here in Lesbos over the last few days is the
:21:13. > :21:16.direction of the journey has changed. They used to come to the
:21:17. > :21:19.northern coast of the island, the shortest sea route from Turkey, but
:21:20. > :21:22.in the last week or so, we believe this may be because the Turkish
:21:23. > :21:27.authorities are starting to crack down on smugglers in certain places,
:21:28. > :21:32.they have been at sea for much longer, up to three or four hours,
:21:33. > :21:33.really dangerous journeys. Chris Morris on the Greek island of
:21:34. > :21:37.Lesbos, thank you. David Cameron has failed to win
:21:38. > :21:39.Poland's support for his plans to change the benefits rules
:21:40. > :21:42.for European Union migrants coming The Prime Minister visited Warsaw
:21:43. > :21:46.as part of his effort to negotiate a new relationship with the EU
:21:47. > :21:48.before the in/out referendum. The Polish prime minster confirmed
:21:49. > :21:51.she did not see "eye-to-eye" He said curbing "excessive
:21:52. > :21:54.migration" was a difficult goal, but was key to his EU
:21:55. > :21:59.renegotiations. The number of people arrested
:22:00. > :22:02.on terrorism charges has reached a record level, driven by rises
:22:03. > :22:05.in the number of women Arrests of women more than doubled
:22:06. > :22:11.to 50, while the number of under-18s Overall, there were 315 arrests
:22:12. > :22:16.in the year up to September - an increase of a third
:22:17. > :22:21.on the previous year. One of the men who killed
:22:22. > :22:24.Fusilier Lee Rigby is trying to sue the Prison Service for compensation
:22:25. > :22:27.after two of his front teeth Michael Adebolajo claims
:22:28. > :22:32.he was assaulted by officers They were investigated but told
:22:33. > :22:36.there was no case to answer. The Ministry of Justice says it
:22:37. > :22:42.will "robustly defend" the claim. Volkswagen says it believes only
:22:43. > :22:44.a small number of people were involved in the car
:22:45. > :22:46.maker's emissions scandal. The firm's new chairman,
:22:47. > :22:49.Hans Dieter Poetsch, says the beginnings of the crisis
:22:50. > :22:52.stretched back ten years - and that winning back trust
:22:53. > :22:55.was the firm's "top priority Let's speak to our Berlin
:22:56. > :22:59.correspondent, Jenny Hill, who's at the firm's
:23:00. > :23:12.headquarters at Wolfsburg. Wingback trust is hard thing for
:23:13. > :23:16.them to do? It certainly is. Today, the two men at the top of the W
:23:17. > :23:23.stood together for the first time since the scandal broke and promised
:23:24. > :23:26.to do just that -- at the top of VW. They promised to be relentless in
:23:27. > :23:29.their pursuit of what they say is a small number of individuals
:23:30. > :23:32.responsible for Reading those emissions tests. Interestingly, they
:23:33. > :23:38.say those individuals got away with it at the time because of a culture
:23:39. > :23:42.if you like in some parts of BW, that culture they pledged today will
:23:43. > :23:47.now change. They made promises today the customers, particularly those in
:23:48. > :23:52.Europe. They have said all affected vehicles will be recalled and
:23:53. > :23:57.repaired by the end of 2016. It will be a staggered recall. They will be
:23:58. > :24:03.no cost, they say, the customers and car owners. I asked the Chief
:24:04. > :24:05.Executive of Volkswagen, Mateus Muller, whether customers would be
:24:06. > :24:10.compensated for what they might perceive to be a loss of -- loss of
:24:11. > :24:14.residual value following this scandal. He replied yes, BW are
:24:15. > :24:22.trying to come up with some kind of package, but he said there will be
:24:23. > :24:26.some form of compensation -- VW. They are still working but they are
:24:27. > :24:29.determined to win back trust which they considered vital. In the words
:24:30. > :24:30.of the chief Executive, we are fighting for every customer and
:24:31. > :24:34.every car. Not so long ago millions of us
:24:35. > :24:37.would sit down at the same time on Christmas Day to watch
:24:38. > :24:39.programmes like EastEnders Catch-up television now means more
:24:40. > :24:44.and more of us won't sit down to watch programmes
:24:45. > :24:47.live as they go out - Our technology correspondent
:24:48. > :25:03.Rory Cellan-Jones is with me. Television is changing rapidly.
:25:04. > :25:07.There are lots of new gadgets. Research shows UK viewers are ahead
:25:08. > :25:10.of the game in adapting to the New World. 80% of adults who are
:25:11. > :25:17.connected to the Internet are using an online service, such as the BBC
:25:18. > :25:24.iPlayer, Netflix, Amazon Prime, or so on, compared with 65% in the US,
:25:25. > :25:28.and 54% in the Japan. When it comes to using tablet computers like this
:25:29. > :25:34.to catch up on TV, again we are ahead of the pack. 16% of the people
:25:35. > :25:38.in the UK compared with 6% in the USA and 5% in Japan, way behind.
:25:39. > :25:43.It's worth remembering most of us are still watching most of our TV
:25:44. > :25:48.live, three hours and 40 minutes a day is the average that we spend
:25:49. > :25:51.watching live traditional TV, although that's falling faster in
:25:52. > :25:55.the UK than in those of the countries we have mentioned. There
:25:56. > :25:59.is always this question, is it going to see the end of appointment to
:26:00. > :26:04.view television? We have been seeing that predicted for years but it has
:26:05. > :26:08.stubbornly refused to happen. We are still watching a lot of live TV. A
:26:09. > :26:13.lot of people are looking at the behaviour of 16-24 -year-olds,
:26:14. > :26:16.watching YouTube and other forms of tea the com on mobile phones, they
:26:17. > :26:22.are not really sitting down to watch appointment to view TV Wash there
:26:23. > :26:28.watching other forms of TV on mobile phones. The question is is this
:26:29. > :26:34.change permanent? Who knows? Thank you. American scientists have
:26:35. > :26:38.announced as the Robert Dodd has given birth to the world's first
:26:39. > :26:43.test-tube puppies. They were born in July. The sperm and eggs were
:26:44. > :26:46.fertilised in vitro into the host mother.
:26:47. > :26:50.We have seven normal happy, healthy puppies. You will see this one here
:26:51. > :26:59.is a cross between a cocker spaniel and a beagle. Where is this one over
:27:00. > :27:03.here is a beagle eagle, and they all came from the same litter but they
:27:04. > :27:08.had different mums and dads, but were born at the same time and raced
:27:09. > :27:14.together. Yes, I like you to! In vitro fertilisation is a really
:27:15. > :27:18.powerful tool to help preserve endangered species of dog. If we
:27:19. > :27:23.want to breed them in captivity and collect the eggs and sperm we have
:27:24. > :27:30.to be able to do IVF to create new members of that species. IVF is also
:27:31. > :27:34.important for the health of our pets because it opens up the possibility
:27:35. > :27:39.that we could identify certain genes that cause disease and fix those,
:27:40. > :27:42.replace them with a good copy of the gene, before those dogs are even
:27:43. > :27:45.born. So instead of trying to cure disease we can help prevent it from
:27:46. > :27:50.happening in the first place. Very sweet, the professor from
:27:51. > :28:06.Cornell University there. Today, the North of the UK are
:28:07. > :28:10.seeing the bright, sunny skies. That is snow, it is cold, there are
:28:11. > :28:14.plenty of snow showers across northern areas. To compensate, the
:28:15. > :28:18.skies are bright and sunny. The cold heirlooms across northern areas. The
:28:19. > :28:23.dividing line, a band of rain across central areas. To the south, Miles,
:28:24. > :28:27.cloudy and white. The rain will fragment as it moves south this
:28:28. > :28:31.afternoon. Some sunshine following behind. Across Northern Ireland and
:28:32. > :28:35.Scotland, a scattering of showers, some of them heavy and with thunder
:28:36. > :28:41.and lightning mixed in, snowdrop -- not just falling over the higher
:28:42. > :28:45.ground, but at lower levels. Quite a wintry feel. Sunshine in between the
:28:46. > :28:49.showers, as they will be for Northern Ireland and the extreme
:28:50. > :28:52.north of England. The showers clearing away from Cumbria as the
:28:53. > :28:56.afternoon wears on. Some sunshine the northern parts of Wales, the
:28:57. > :29:00.North Midlands, but for much of southern England drab conditions,
:29:01. > :29:04.fairly mild but grey skies, outbreaks of patchy light rain. The
:29:05. > :29:08.rain will move southwards clearing southern areas, a cluster of showers
:29:09. > :29:12.following behind but as we head into the latter part of the night, most
:29:13. > :29:16.showers, find the Northern Ireland and Scotland. These will be wintry
:29:17. > :29:20.to all levels. Cold in the north, a bit milder across the South. The
:29:21. > :29:23.pressure chart for Friday shows the weather from looming in the English
:29:24. > :29:27.Channel, affecting southern areas and another weather front and
:29:28. > :29:32.tightly packed isobars affecting the northern half of the UK. Quite a
:29:33. > :29:37.wintry feel. Bands of showers moving in, wintry down the lower levels in
:29:38. > :29:41.Scotland. In the centre of the country, dry and bright with some
:29:42. > :29:44.sunshine. Southern counties having the cloud and outbreaks of rain.
:29:45. > :29:49.Temperatures into double figures. For much of the UK, in the cold air.
:29:50. > :29:54.Saturday, the rain band starts to move northwards again. It will push
:29:55. > :29:57.into the cold air across the North. We could see transient snow on the
:29:58. > :30:01.leading edge for a time across Wales and parts of northern England. Some
:30:02. > :30:06.heavy rain here. Southern areas will be cloudy and mild again. The North
:30:07. > :30:09.is cold but bright with some sunshine. Cumbria could see some
:30:10. > :30:13.heavy rain for Saturday so weather warnings have been issued for that.
:30:14. > :30:18.As we move into Sunday the rain band through central areas fizzles out
:30:19. > :30:23.and we see is a marked contrast with the milder air across the South,
:30:24. > :30:30.northern areas bright but cold with some sunshine. Keep tuned to the
:30:31. > :30:31.weather forecast until -- or the website online for the weather
:30:32. > :30:35.warnings for Saturday. Now a reminder of our top
:30:36. > :30:37.story this lunchtime. The NHS in England has
:30:38. > :30:39.missed key targets again - amid warnings it will
:30:40. > :30:49.struggle this winter. Flooded for the second time, people
:30:50. > :30:53.in the Cumbrian village of Glennridding had to be moved to
:30:54. > :30:57.safety overnight. We have tied a doubt the shop, everything put aside
:30:58. > :31:02.for the insurance company, then the rain started again and in a matter
:31:03. > :31:03.of minutes it was back in the shop, the deeper than before. George Alec