:00:00. > :00:14.Lift off of Tim Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko and Timothy Peake
:00:15. > :00:14.on their way to the international space station.
:00:15. > :00:17.And he's off - Tim Peake makes history as the rocket carrying him
:00:18. > :00:22.and two other astronauts launches from Kazakhstan.
:00:23. > :00:25.He was in good spirits as he set off on his six-month journey
:00:26. > :00:29.as the first official British astronaut.
:00:30. > :00:32.Thrills and elation at London's Science Museum.
:00:33. > :00:34.The audience watching lift-off included former astronaut Helen
:00:35. > :00:39.Everybody's incredibly excited here but you're keeping a very
:00:40. > :00:47.Tim's going through pretty much what I went through.
:00:48. > :00:50.I did it 24 years ago, and Tim's just really
:00:51. > :00:55.going through that now, so it brings back all those memories.
:00:56. > :00:58.We'll bring you all the latest news and images on this memorable day.
:00:59. > :01:05.The rate of inflation has nudged back up, rising to 0.1%.
:01:06. > :01:08.After police shot dead a man in north London last week,
:01:09. > :01:12.a firearms officer is to be suspended from duty.
:01:13. > :01:14.And under the hammer, Lady Thatcher's handbags
:01:15. > :01:20.And on BBC London: A new deal, designed to give more
:01:21. > :01:25.decision-making power to London health organisations is signed
:01:26. > :01:27.Calls for action to reduce the number of motorcyclists killed
:01:28. > :01:48.on London's streets, 25 so far this year.
:01:49. > :01:51.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:52. > :01:53.For nearly two hours now the British astronaut Tim Peake has
:01:54. > :01:57.been orbiting the Earth on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
:01:58. > :02:01.He successfully blasted off this morning at three minutes past eleven
:02:02. > :02:04.with two other crew members from the Baikonur cosmodrome
:02:05. > :02:07.in Kazakhstan, bound for the International Space Station.
:02:08. > :02:09.They'll orbit the Earth for the next four hours
:02:10. > :02:11.before docking with the ISS at around twenty past
:02:12. > :02:15.Our Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh watched the launch and sent
:02:16. > :02:34.A momentous day for Tim Peake and an historic one for Britain. How do you
:02:35. > :02:37.feel? Really good. He is finally on his way to space. Tim and his
:02:38. > :02:43.team-mates are at the Cosmodrome to get ready for the launch. On the
:02:44. > :02:50.other side of the glass are his family, Tim's wife Rebecca and his
:02:51. > :02:55.sons Thomas, six, and Oliver, four. This will be the last time they will
:02:56. > :03:03.see him before he blasts off into space. With him is his commander,
:03:04. > :03:09.cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. Next to him is Tim Kopra. How does Rebecca
:03:10. > :03:14.feel now before the launch? I am really happy. It has been a long
:03:15. > :03:18.journey to get to this point. We are really excited to get to the stage
:03:19. > :03:23.in the game and I am here and he is so ready for it and it is great.
:03:24. > :03:29.Then a final wave goodbye before Tim and the rest of the crew get on
:03:30. > :03:34.board their Soyuz rocket. It stands on the same launch pad from which
:03:35. > :03:41.Yuri Gagarin set off to become the first man in space more than 50
:03:42. > :03:46.years ago. On board, strapped in and helmets on, the crew received their
:03:47. > :03:49.oxygen through their suits in case the spacecraft deep pressure rises
:03:50. > :03:58.during the launch. Now they make their final checks. The engine is
:03:59. > :04:04.firing. Ramping up the flight speed. The main engines have now started.
:04:05. > :04:13.Very soon Tim Peake will be on his way to the International Space
:04:14. > :04:17.Station. There he goes! Liftoff with Tim Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim
:04:18. > :04:26.Peake who are on their way to the International Space Station. So far,
:04:27. > :04:32.getting good. The Soyuz delivering thrust from its four boosters and
:04:33. > :04:37.single core engine. 68 feet in length and 24 feet in diameter, it
:04:38. > :04:48.will burn liquid fuel for the first two minutes and six seconds of the
:04:49. > :04:53.flight. On the ground, cheering and jubilation from his friends and
:04:54. > :04:59.family. Absolutely ecstatic. That must have been the most perfect
:05:00. > :05:05.liftoff. The weather, depute, the sky and the condensation just
:05:06. > :05:13.magical. Then, nine minutes later, Tim is in space. The astronauts are
:05:14. > :05:18.weightless. The danger from the launch is now over. For the next few
:05:19. > :05:23.hours they will be chasing the International Space Station in
:05:24. > :05:25.orbit. Then they will dock, after which Tim Peake will begin his five
:05:26. > :05:33.and a half month mission in space. will begin his five and a half
:05:34. > :05:36.month mission in space. Tim Peake and his two crewmates
:05:37. > :05:38.will join three other astronauts For the next six months he'll orbit
:05:39. > :05:43.250 miles above the Earth working on a series of experiments
:05:44. > :05:45.on the effects of weightlessness The International Space Station
:05:46. > :05:50.is a symbol of international co-operation, divorced
:05:51. > :05:54.from disagreements on Earth. 16 countries have
:05:55. > :05:56.helped to build it. There have been people living on it
:05:57. > :06:00.continuously since the year 2000. So, in numbers, it's 240 feet wide
:06:01. > :06:06.and almost 350 feet long. That's the length
:06:07. > :06:08.of a football pitch. At around ?100 billion,
:06:09. > :06:11.it's the most expensive The pressurised internal space
:06:12. > :06:17.is the size of a jumbo jet, and it's powered by
:06:18. > :06:21.an acre of solar panels. It orbits every 90 minutes
:06:22. > :06:26.and travels at five miles a second. This is the actual suit worn
:06:27. > :06:29.by the very first Briton in space, She, along with all the other
:06:30. > :06:33.astronauts, also have a seat specially molded, it's padded,
:06:34. > :06:36.so that they are not injured It's strange to think
:06:37. > :06:43.that it is actually quite close. 250 miles is less
:06:44. > :06:46.than London to Glasgow. So this is how you wash your
:06:47. > :06:55.hair in zero gravity. And this is a bed,
:06:56. > :07:00.or rather a sleep pod. You just hitch your
:07:01. > :07:04.sleeping bag to the wall. Astronauts seem to enjoy
:07:05. > :07:06.the sensation of weightlessness, They need to exercise at least two
:07:07. > :07:13.hours a day to stop muscle wastage. At any one point there are over 300
:07:14. > :07:20.active experiments on board. Some say the huge cost of manned
:07:21. > :07:23.spaceflight isn't worth it, that we can achieve
:07:24. > :07:27.more with robots. You can do more science on Earth
:07:28. > :07:30.than you can do in space for the same of amount of money,
:07:31. > :07:33.but there is some science you can't do on Earth, and there is so much
:07:34. > :07:36.more than just doing experiments, this is pushing forward
:07:37. > :07:38.the boundaries, this is international co-operation
:07:39. > :07:42.and looking for how people can survive on Earth and off the planet
:07:43. > :07:45.in the long-term future. Apart from anything else,
:07:46. > :07:48.this is putting Britain back Today, thousands of children
:07:49. > :07:54.across the country watched One of the main goals of this
:07:55. > :08:00.mission is to inspire and excite. Among these faces could be
:08:01. > :08:03.the astronauts of the future. Claire Marshall, BBC News,
:08:04. > :08:16.in the Science Museum. We will have more on that story with
:08:17. > :08:22.our science editor later in the programme. You can follow the rest
:08:23. > :08:24.of Tim's mission on the news channel and on a special live page on our
:08:25. > :08:29.website. The rate of inflation moved
:08:30. > :08:32.above zero in November. The Consumer Prices Index showed
:08:33. > :08:34.that inflation is now 0.1% because of the cost of transport,
:08:35. > :08:37.alcohol and tobacco. Here's our economics
:08:38. > :08:42.correspondent, Andy Verity. It's not just fuel that's getting
:08:43. > :08:44.cheaper before Christmas, Second-hand car prices are 4.6%
:08:45. > :08:50.lower than they were a year ago. To these buyers, that means
:08:51. > :08:53.they are getting a bargain. They are definitely
:08:54. > :08:55.a lot cheaper, yeah. There's definitely much
:08:56. > :09:00.better value now. The reason car prices are coming
:09:01. > :09:06.down is the same reason that the price of most goods has
:09:07. > :09:09.been coming down right on offer and less demand -
:09:10. > :09:15.in other words fewer buyers buying the products which mean the buyers
:09:16. > :09:18.have the upperhand and they can pull Whilst second-hand car
:09:19. > :09:24.and fuel prices fell, it was by less than the previous
:09:25. > :09:27.month, one reason the cost of living Break that down and goods prices
:09:28. > :09:33.fell by 1.9% while the price Before the slowdown in economies
:09:34. > :09:39.like Brazil and China, the Bank of England thought that
:09:40. > :09:42.average prices would be rising And it would know when to
:09:43. > :09:49.raise interest rates. Instead, the slowdown meant less
:09:50. > :09:52.demand worldwide for goods, I think the MPC won't be in any
:09:53. > :09:59.hurry to follow the US in raising They will wait until the middle
:10:00. > :10:03.of next year. Even then, interest rates
:10:04. > :10:06.here will rise at a gradual pace. That puts us on a different
:10:07. > :10:09.economic path to the US. The woman running their Central
:10:10. > :10:12.Bank, the Federal Reserve chair, is widely expected to announce
:10:13. > :10:15.an official rise in interest rates A Metropolitan Police firearms
:10:16. > :10:25.officer is to be suspended from duty, after a man was shot dead
:10:26. > :10:28.in north London last Friday. 28-year-old Jermaine Baker
:10:29. > :10:32.was killed during a police operation to foil a suspected attempt to free
:10:33. > :10:37.two prisoners being taken to court. Let's speak to our home
:10:38. > :10:39.affairs correspondent, June Kelly, who's at
:10:40. > :10:51.New Scotland Yard for us. The officer is to be suspended,
:10:52. > :10:56.reflecting the gravity of the situation? That is right. It is
:10:57. > :11:02.normal for the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which in
:11:03. > :11:08.every police shooting, but what is much less normal is for that
:11:09. > :11:11.investigation to become, as this one has, a homicidal investigation.
:11:12. > :11:17.Theoretically it could result in charges of murder or manslaughter.
:11:18. > :11:21.But the IPCC stresses that just because there is an investigation
:11:22. > :11:25.does not mean there will be charges. As a result of that homicidal
:11:26. > :11:30.investigation, this officer will be suspended when he returns from work
:11:31. > :11:35.from the period following the shooting on Friday. Quite a big
:11:36. > :11:38.investigation is going on. There has been an investigation at the scene
:11:39. > :11:44.of the shooting, near Wood Green Crown Court. The theory is that this
:11:45. > :11:49.was an attempt to help two criminals escape from a police van as they
:11:50. > :11:55.headed towards the court. In a meeting with reporters at Scotland
:11:56. > :11:59.Yard, the commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, says he has full respect
:12:00. > :12:04.and support for officers who are carrying firearms on behalf of the
:12:05. > :12:08.public as members of the police force. It is important to remember
:12:09. > :12:12.police officers have to justify every use of force that they do and
:12:13. > :12:16.that is why this investigation will be looking very much at what the
:12:17. > :12:20.officer did and what the circumstances were that surrounded
:12:21. > :12:27.The British astronaut Tim Peake is on his way
:12:28. > :12:29.to the International Space Station after taking off from
:12:30. > :12:34.And still to come: The Force Awakens.
:12:35. > :12:38.The long-awaited new Star Wars movie is premiered in Los Angeles.
:12:39. > :12:43.The mother of a girl who died in a playground accident says
:12:44. > :12:46.the local authority should face charges of corporate manslaughter.
:12:47. > :12:49.And Chelsea's season goes from bad to worse -
:12:50. > :13:02.defeat at Leicester leaves them just a point above the relegation zone.
:13:03. > :13:05.A body set up by the shale gas industry has said fracking in the UK
:13:06. > :13:10.But the report from the Shale Gas Task Force says the industry
:13:11. > :13:13.could create thousands of jobs and improve UK energy security -
:13:14. > :13:16.and it calls for exploratory drilling to begin.
:13:17. > :13:20.But the report, which comes just days after a climate deal was agreed
:13:21. > :13:23.in Paris, has been criticised by environmentalists.
:13:24. > :13:30.Here's our industry correspondent, John Moylan.
:13:31. > :13:40.Drilling for oil and gas, onshore around the UK, this has been going
:13:41. > :13:45.on for decades. Today's report says we need to go a step further and
:13:46. > :13:50.start fracking as well. At the moment we simply do not know how
:13:51. > :13:55.much recoverable gas there is. In order to establish that we need to
:13:56. > :13:58.go ahead with four or five-man exploratory wells and get the
:13:59. > :14:03.information from down there so that we can as a nation make proper
:14:04. > :14:08.decisions. What impact could fracking have? It could produce
:14:09. > :14:12.thousands of jobs according to the report, but it is unlikely to reduce
:14:13. > :14:16.energy prices due to the modest amount of gas that would be
:14:17. > :14:22.produced. The impact on house prices is uncertain. That will worry many
:14:23. > :14:27.living near potential fracking sides. Fracking involves injecting
:14:28. > :14:31.water, sand and chemicals at high pressure into rocks deep
:14:32. > :14:37.underground. That releases gas trapped within which can be brought
:14:38. > :14:41.back to the surface. Burning fossil fuels in decades to come will need
:14:42. > :14:45.technology to capture carbon emissions, but the government
:14:46. > :14:53.recently axed funding for such schemes, a decision the report's
:14:54. > :14:56.authors describe as absurd. Environmentalists warn that fracking
:14:57. > :15:02.is not compatible with the landmark climate deal made in Paris at the
:15:03. > :15:07.weekend. We have just had an international agreement fated by
:15:08. > :15:12.international leaders saying we are coming to the end of the fossil fuel
:15:13. > :15:18.era. Yet here we are talking about starting a new fossil fuel industry
:15:19. > :15:23.in the UK. They do not marry up. But the government insists it is going
:15:24. > :15:25.all out for shale and is expected to open up vast new areas for fracking
:15:26. > :15:29.later this week. European lawmakers are considering
:15:30. > :15:31.raising the age at which children are allowed to use
:15:32. > :15:40.Internet services to 16. Social media firms and child
:15:41. > :15:42.protection experts say this Prosecutors in the Vatican have
:15:43. > :15:48.launched 13 new investigations into suspected money-laundering this
:15:49. > :15:51.year - and 11 million euros A committee run by the Council
:15:52. > :15:55.of Europe has been examining how far the Holy See has responded
:15:56. > :15:57.to a previous inquiry which identified loopholes
:15:58. > :16:03.in its banking practices. Pensioners who've bought annuities
:16:04. > :16:05.will be able to cash them in under the Government's latest reforms
:16:06. > :16:08.to the pensions system. The change comes into
:16:09. > :16:12.effect in April 2017. Our personal finance correspondent,
:16:13. > :16:15.Simon Gompertz, is with me. Who is this for and
:16:16. > :16:24.will it be worthwhile? It is for those millions of people
:16:25. > :16:26.who missed out from the so-called pension freedoms which the
:16:27. > :16:31.Government brought in this year, where people who had saved up
:16:32. > :16:34.through their lives in pension schemes could cash in the money once
:16:35. > :16:39.they got to 55 and use it as they liked. That was of no use at all who
:16:40. > :16:43.had gone the traditional route and used the money in their pension pot
:16:44. > :16:47.to buy an income for the rest of their lives, what is called an
:16:48. > :16:51.annuity. They will be able to cash their annuities in from 2017. Will
:16:52. > :16:54.it be worthwhile? I think a lot of people depend on that monthly
:16:55. > :16:58.income, so they won't want to get the lump sum. Some who have got
:16:59. > :17:03.other pensions might fancy a lump sum. Or perhaps if they need to pay
:17:04. > :17:07.off debts. We have a lot of detail from the Government about it today.
:17:08. > :17:11.You won't be able to cash in part of your annuity. There will have to be
:17:12. > :17:14.a lot of warnings to make sure people don't get ripped off and
:17:15. > :17:19.people don't get a lump sum when having it might affect their ability
:17:20. > :17:24.to claim benefits, or to get help with care home fees. There will be
:17:25. > :17:28.basic free guidance for people, but if you have a reasonably-sized
:17:29. > :17:32.annuity, the Government has told us you will have to get paid-for
:17:33. > :17:40.financial advice and that can cost ?1,000 at a time. If you take that,
:17:41. > :17:44.the charges - it could be that some won't find it worthwhile. Thank you.
:17:45. > :17:46.Some of Margaret Thatcher's personal belongings are being sold
:17:47. > :17:49.They include the suit she wore during the Commons debate
:17:50. > :17:53.in which she famously said "No, no, no" to closer European ties.
:17:54. > :17:56.Also for up for sale is her red dispatch box,
:17:57. > :17:58.Christie's says it expects to raise about ?500,000,
:17:59. > :18:05.For sale, the wardrobe of a woman who once dominated British politics,
:18:06. > :18:13.These clothes are a reminder of our past, a past shaped by Thatcherism.
:18:14. > :18:18.Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces
:18:19. > :18:27.Thatcherism was the doctrine of Britain's first and still only
:18:28. > :18:32.The most prominent public figure of the post-war era,
:18:33. > :18:37.who once described herself as the strongest man in the Cabinet.
:18:38. > :18:41.Open for bids is this cashmere coat Margaret Thatcher wore
:18:42. > :18:43.in the Soviet Union, which first christened her the Iron
:18:44. > :18:52.She played a part in ending the Cold War.
:18:53. > :18:57.Always scrutinised, Lady Thatcher knew the power of clothes.
:18:58. > :19:04.Bling is the last word I would describe Mrs Thatcher as.
:19:05. > :19:08.You think these clothes have been worn in the '80s when Joan Collins
:19:09. > :19:20.She went into battle often, over the Falklands,
:19:21. > :19:24.against the miners and in pursuit of a smaller state.
:19:25. > :19:29.This outfit, minus the goggles, is also going under the hammer.
:19:30. > :19:32.For Margaret Thatcher, clothes like these were part
:19:33. > :19:36.She dressed, says her daughter, for the role of PM.
:19:37. > :19:39.As a woman, surrounded by men in suits, she rarely appeared
:19:40. > :19:46.The winner of three elections, after 11 years at the helm,
:19:47. > :19:51.was brought down by the poll tax, Europe and her Cabinet.
:19:52. > :19:55.She described her 1990 departure from Number Ten as treachery
:19:56. > :20:06.As well as clothes, other Thatcher memorabilia are up for auction,
:20:07. > :20:10.The politician said to survive on little sleep would stay up
:20:11. > :20:16.On offer here is a taste of the life of Margaret Thatcher,
:20:17. > :20:21.who gave us a political philosophy and a new verb, to handbag.
:20:22. > :20:27.For Star Wars fans, it was the moment they've waited
:20:28. > :20:31.Last night saw the world premiere of the latest in the series -
:20:32. > :20:36.Many fans had camped outside the cinema for days to see the stars
:20:37. > :20:38.of the film, including the two British actors,
:20:39. > :20:41.Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, who were virtually unknown
:20:42. > :20:45.That, though, is about to change, as our entertainment correspondent,
:20:46. > :20:48.Lizo Mzimba, reports from Los Angeles.
:20:49. > :20:54.His report contains some flashing images.
:20:55. > :21:00.John Boyega, one of the film's young British leads,
:21:01. > :21:02.reunited with Mark Hamill, who reprises his role
:21:03. > :21:08.The film's other new lead, Daisy Ridley, chats
:21:09. > :21:12.with George Lucas, the writer-director who created it
:21:13. > :21:18.The meeting of the generations, a key selling point for this film,
:21:19. > :21:21.the first in more than 30 years to feature the main actors
:21:22. > :21:28.I've always been very thrilled for the success these
:21:29. > :21:35.I don't think I can explain why, you know.
:21:36. > :21:38.I'm not going to take on the task to explain why they are.
:21:39. > :21:44.Is this the day you have been waiting for when it finally goes out
:21:45. > :21:47.there and people see what you can do?
:21:48. > :21:49.No, because then I think I would have wished away
:21:50. > :21:53.It's very exciting for it to be here now.
:21:54. > :21:57.But life is cool and the in-betweeny bits are cool too, so it is nice
:21:58. > :22:02.to enjoy things in waves, this is a cool wave to write.
:22:03. > :22:10.Disney paid George Lucas more than $4 billion for the rights
:22:11. > :22:14.to the series and other Lucas Film properties.
:22:15. > :22:17.Thanks to one of the biggest deals in Hollywood history,
:22:18. > :22:25.This movie is the first stage of them trying to recoup that
:22:26. > :22:27.investment by convincing millions of fans to see the film,
:22:28. > :22:30.buy the merchandise and, crucially, to keep repeating that
:22:31. > :22:35.process as each new Star Wars film is released annually until 2019
:22:36. > :22:40.The reaction from members of the audience?
:22:41. > :22:44.It's like one of my favourite movies.
:22:45. > :22:49.I had really high expectations coming in.
:22:50. > :22:53.Anything that disappointed you or expectation was too high for?
:22:54. > :22:57.Yeah, there's good things and bad things, but nothing
:22:58. > :23:01.bad about the writing, it was all perfect.
:23:02. > :23:13.A reaction Disney would no doubt like to see repeated everywhere.
:23:14. > :23:19.Lizo Mzimba, BBC News, Los Angeles.
:23:20. > :23:21.More now on our main story: Tim Peake has blasted
:23:22. > :23:26.He's currently orbiting the Earth and will dock
:23:27. > :23:28.with the International Space Station later this afternoon.
:23:29. > :23:31.Back on Earth there was great excitement at Tim Peake's home
:23:32. > :23:32.village of Westbourne near Chichester, and our
:23:33. > :23:40.correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is there.
:23:41. > :23:48.Yes, Tim Peake was a pupil here between 1977 and 1984. You can tell
:23:49. > :23:52.that by the size of the cheer and by the sense of pride shown by local
:23:53. > :23:58.people here just after 11.00 this morning. This hall was filled with
:23:59. > :24:02.children from his school, teachers, friends, family, they all piled in
:24:03. > :24:07.here to finally see their local boy make it into space.
:24:08. > :24:17.Four, three, two, one... CHEERING Countdown from the place where it
:24:18. > :24:21.all began, Tim Peake's primary school, today on cloud nine. What
:24:22. > :24:26.did you think of that take-off? It was brilliant. I can't believe
:24:27. > :24:30.someone from Westbourne Primary School is going up in space to the
:24:31. > :24:36.space station. What did you think of that take-off? I thought it was
:24:37. > :24:41.really exciting and I feel really proud for him. What did you think of
:24:42. > :24:46.that lift-off? I thought it was astonishing. He came to this school
:24:47. > :24:50.and he's learned and he's sat in one of our seats. You can tell how proud
:24:51. > :24:59.they are of Tim Peake here by the size of the arrow on his schoolboy
:25:00. > :25:03.photo. Yeah, that is him. And his school buddies were here, too. His
:25:04. > :25:07.biggest goal was to fly helicopters. He did that to the highest level.
:25:08. > :25:17.His next goal was to go into space. He has achieved that. Tim Peake went
:25:18. > :25:22.from this school to study science, Sandhurst, and now space, but has
:25:23. > :25:24.never forgotten his roots. Today he waved at the world and to those who
:25:25. > :25:34.know him and wish him the best. Tim Peake sent his own message to
:25:35. > :25:38.his school here before lift-off saying he was glad they were
:25:39. > :25:42.following his mission. He's also hinting he may come back here when
:25:43. > :25:46.he lands back on Earth six months from now but judging by the reaction
:25:47. > :25:51.we got from the schoolchildren here today, there will be no shortage of
:25:52. > :25:52.volunteer astronauts for the European Space Agency in the decades
:25:53. > :25:55.ahead. Duncan Kennedy there. Let's speak to our science
:25:56. > :26:06.editor, David Shukman, David, there was a huge sense of
:26:07. > :26:10.anticipation as people gathered to watch the rocket blasting off. What
:26:11. > :26:15.was the atmosphere like? It was extraordinary. In fact, even now,
:26:16. > :26:18.you can probably hear the excited chatter of dozens of kids in the
:26:19. > :26:25.space section here at the Science Museum, but a couple of hours ago,
:26:26. > :26:29.11.03am, the atmosphere was electric, deafening, as 3,000
:26:30. > :26:34.schoolchildren let rip. That's exactly the reaction that Tim Peake
:26:35. > :26:41.has always wanted. When I first met him six years ago, when he was
:26:42. > :26:46.selected to join the European Astronaut Corps, we talked about the
:26:47. > :26:49.adventure that lay ahead, but the thing that motivated him, the thing
:26:50. > :26:53.he most wanted to convey to me was his aim for his mission to be an
:26:54. > :26:58.inspiration to the younger generation, to get them excited into
:26:59. > :27:02.the whole area of space, engineering, science, because he
:27:03. > :27:05.wanted to try to re-create what they call an Apollo effect, where the
:27:06. > :27:08.Americans had those Apollo moon missions which led to a whole
:27:09. > :27:12.generation of people getting involved in engineering and science,
:27:13. > :27:17.leading to many technological inventions that we take for granted.
:27:18. > :27:21.This is just the beginning. Day one. Tim Peake will be up in orbit for
:27:22. > :27:25.six months and there are some amazing adventures for him ahead,
:27:26. > :27:29.which we will be sharing. Next month, he might be doing a
:27:30. > :27:32.spacewalk, venturing outside the space station. That will be live on
:27:33. > :27:35.television. We will bring it to you. Thank you.
:27:36. > :27:45.If you look up at the skies tonight to catch a glimpse of the space
:27:46. > :27:48.centre, you will get a face full of rain! We have some wet weather to
:27:49. > :27:53.come overnight. If you don't like the cold winter weather, a good
:27:54. > :27:59.place to escape to is the Azores, where temperatures are around 17
:28:00. > :28:04.degrees. This warm weather is going to be wafting its way from the
:28:05. > :28:08.Azores, boosting our temperatures, bringing us some mild weather for
:28:09. > :28:11.the time of the year. Temperatures in London will reach around 16
:28:12. > :28:16.Celsius, hard to believe it is December. These are the temperatures
:28:17. > :28:22.we would normally see in May. No wonder the daffodils are confused!
:28:23. > :28:29.For today's weather, we have a weather front on the chart. This big
:28:30. > :28:33.lump of cloud has been bunching in. The rain has already moved in across
:28:34. > :28:37.Wales. It will continue north and eastwards through the day today.
:28:38. > :28:43.Ahead of that, there is extensive cloud, a few breaks for the
:28:44. > :28:47.north-west of Scotland, very cold in Aviemore.
:28:48. > :28:53.There's that weather front bringing outbreaks of rain. Ahead of that,
:28:54. > :28:58.temperatures are struggling, just 6 or 7 Celsius. Some dense fog
:28:59. > :29:03.patches, some murky weather. It is, however, mild. 14 in Plymouth, as
:29:04. > :29:07.that band of rain continues to edge northwards and eastwards. Overnight
:29:08. > :29:12.tonight, that area of rain will continue to push its way northwards
:29:13. > :29:15.across the country. It stays cloudy, misty and murky, and we will have
:29:16. > :29:19.some strong winds for a time, particularly around the coast and
:29:20. > :29:23.hills of south-west England. It will be a mild night. Temperatures into
:29:24. > :29:28.double figures, barely budging over the course of 24 hours.
:29:29. > :29:32.For Wednesday, outbreaks of rain will ease off fairly quickly during
:29:33. > :29:36.the morning. We will be left with a legacy of cloud and some damp and
:29:37. > :29:41.drizzly conditions. Underneath the cloudy skies, it will be a mild day,
:29:42. > :29:46.but still fairly gloomy. Temperatures, 9 to 15 Celsius. If
:29:47. > :29:52.anything, it will get warmer as we head through the following 24 hours.
:29:53. > :29:55.We could break UK records for temperatures overnight Wednesday
:29:56. > :30:00.night into Thursday. Thursday, with more of a breeze blowing, that
:30:01. > :30:03.should help lift some of the cloud. With that stronger wind, the clouds
:30:04. > :30:08.will lift, so it will look a bit brighter. You might get a bit of
:30:09. > :30:12.sunshine at times. It is going to stay mild.
:30:13. > :30:16.Temperatures could reach 16 degrees on Thursday.
:30:17. > :30:22.But we'll leave you with some of the images of Tim Peake's
:30:23. > :30:25.historic flight to the International Space Station.