:00:00. > :00:10.American intelligence agencies did not leak claims that Russia has
:00:11. > :00:12.compromising material on Donald Trump, says the head of US
:00:13. > :00:17.James Clapper say he spoke to Mr Trump and they had agreed that
:00:18. > :00:20.such leaks were damaging to national security.
:00:21. > :00:22.The man behind the report claiming Russia has compromising material
:00:23. > :00:25.on the US President-elect is understood to be a former MI6
:00:26. > :00:31.More festive cheer for the high street as Marks and Spencer,
:00:32. > :00:33.Debenhams and Tesco report better than expected figures
:00:34. > :00:40.Dozens of flights are cancelled at Heathrow as heavy snow starts
:00:41. > :00:47.Creating a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay - the government
:00:48. > :00:52.backs the idea to boost the Uk's energy supplies.
:00:53. > :00:55.And coming out of retirement - the 72-year-old former rally driver
:00:56. > :00:59.And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
:01:00. > :01:01.High hopes for British number one Johanna Konta,
:01:02. > :01:04.who warms up for the first tennis major of the year -
:01:05. > :01:27.by reaching the final of the Sydney International.
:01:28. > :01:30.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:31. > :01:34.The US Director of National intelligence has rejected
:01:35. > :01:36.suggestions made by Donald Trump that official agencies may have
:01:37. > :01:38.leaked unconfirmed claims that Russia had compromising
:01:39. > :01:45.In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President-elect
:01:46. > :01:47.to say the leak had not come from the intelligence services.
:01:48. > :01:52.This morning, that was flatly denied by the president elect himself.
:01:53. > :01:58.The Kremlin said they hoped that Donald Trump and Mr Putin would give
:01:59. > :01:59.along and there would be more mutual respect between the two countries.
:02:00. > :02:07.Eight days from now, Donald Trump goes into battle as the next
:02:08. > :02:13.commander-in-chief. Never before has an incoming president been warring
:02:14. > :02:17.on so many fronts. Not you, not you. Your organisation is terrible. Your
:02:18. > :02:23.organisation is terrible. Let's go. Go ahead. Quiet. Quiet. He is in
:02:24. > :02:29.conflict with the press, the ethics committee, pharmaceutical and
:02:30. > :02:33.defence industries, some of his own Senators, and of course the
:02:34. > :02:36.intelligence agencies. The dossier they investigated was an open
:02:37. > :02:41.secret. Journalists had been working on it for months. It is a tale of
:02:42. > :02:48.sordid sexual escapades, Russian espionage multi-million dollar cash
:02:49. > :02:53.payments funded to the Trump campaign. The question for
:02:54. > :02:57.Washington insiders is whether it is fact, part fact or fiction. And was
:02:58. > :03:07.the leaking political? I think it is deeply misguided for anybody at any
:03:08. > :03:10.level to question the integrity and motives of the patriots who serve in
:03:11. > :03:14.our intelligence community. It doesn't mean they are always right,
:03:15. > :03:22.but questioning the motives is another thing altogether. The man
:03:23. > :03:28.who first compiled the intelligence is 52-year-old Christopher Steele, a
:03:29. > :03:32.former British buyer who works here. He is now in hiding with his wife
:03:33. > :03:39.and children, in fear of his life. Mr Steele had worked on the Russian
:03:40. > :03:44.desk at MI6 for 20 years. In the 90s he spent time at the British Embassy
:03:45. > :03:48.in Moscow. More recently he had been hired to gather information on Mr
:03:49. > :03:53.Trump, first by Republicans and later Democrats. The allegations his
:03:54. > :03:57.undercover war -- he uncovered were handed to the FBI. With nothing to
:03:58. > :04:01.report, the media steered clear until a 2-page summary was handed to
:04:02. > :04:04.President Obama this week and Mr Trump himself. As early as last
:04:05. > :04:12.summer, there were reports circulating that the Russians had a
:04:13. > :04:16.tip. Whether or not the sources were telling the truth, we wait to see.
:04:17. > :04:17.These allegations are being treated as credible by the US intelligence
:04:18. > :04:31.community. Compromat, is how the Russians
:04:32. > :04:34.describe it. This year, the former Prime Minister, now a leading
:04:35. > :04:40.opposition figure, was allegedly taped having sex with his assistant
:04:41. > :04:45.behind his wife's back. He blamed the FSB. Even if there is no film,
:04:46. > :04:48.Mr Trump's presidency might already be compromised and not only by his
:04:49. > :04:53.dealings with Russia. Yesterday he ceded control of his business empire
:04:54. > :04:57.to his two adult sons, but in the eyes of the ethics committee in
:04:58. > :05:04.Congress, there is not enough distance to absolve him of any
:05:05. > :05:06.conflict of interest. In short, there are more questions than
:05:07. > :05:09.answers and no amount of tweeting from the President-elect, this is
:05:10. > :05:10.the latest, is going to remove the clouds that are circling next week's
:05:11. > :05:13.inauguration. Gary O'Donoghue is our
:05:14. > :05:21.correspondent in Washington. He joins me now. An extraordinary
:05:22. > :05:24.situation just days before he becomes president. How problematic
:05:25. > :05:27.that this fractious relationship with the US intelligence services
:05:28. > :05:33.before him? He has gone to a new low. The war of words, a public war
:05:34. > :05:38.of words between a President-elect and the people that he is meant to
:05:39. > :05:43.trust to keep the country safe. It is really unprecedented. I think the
:05:44. > :05:47.only light at the end of the tunnel, potentially, is that the leadership
:05:48. > :05:52.of many of these organisations, the CIA, for example, will change when
:05:53. > :05:56.Donald Trump comes in. As will the head of the director of national
:05:57. > :06:01.intelligence, he will be a new man in that job, as of January 20. And I
:06:02. > :06:04.think Donald Trump will be hoping he can rebuild the relationship,
:06:05. > :06:09.because recently cannot afford to be at war with these people. They are
:06:10. > :06:13.his eyes and ears, not just at home in terms of protecting the country
:06:14. > :06:20.from terrorism but also abroad as well. Protecting America's national
:06:21. > :06:24.interests around the world. It is a serious situation for him and the
:06:25. > :06:28.problems are piling up. The office of government ethics says that his
:06:29. > :06:33.business plans do not pass muster in terms of the standard expected from
:06:34. > :06:37.the president. I'm sure he will try to write that out because he has a
:06:38. > :06:43.Trump card in that regard, the idea that presidents cannot be the
:06:44. > :06:46.subject of a conflict of interest. Our security correspondent is with
:06:47. > :06:52.us now. How much do we know about this former MI6 officer who has
:06:53. > :06:59.compiled this dossier? Quite a lot. Normally there is a blanket ban on
:07:00. > :07:03.putting any details out into the public about former members or
:07:04. > :07:07.current members of the intelligence agencies but that has effectively
:07:08. > :07:11.been lifted as of ten o'clock last night. Christopher Steele is a
:07:12. > :07:16.52-year-old father of four with three cats. He lives in Surrey and
:07:17. > :07:21.he is a former Russian specialist at MI6. He was -- it is more accurately
:07:22. > :07:24.known as the secret intelligence service. He left ten years ago and
:07:25. > :07:33.set up a business intelligence firm and was hired by a firm of
:07:34. > :07:37.Washington lobbyists to look into allegations of Donald Trump's
:07:38. > :07:42.relations with Russia, and what he discovered in his report alarmed him
:07:43. > :07:47.sufficiently that in August he gave his findings to the FBI. They then
:07:48. > :07:51.sat on them, but they leaked out from October. And as you have heard,
:07:52. > :07:55.the US intelligence people are saying that they did not leak it but
:07:56. > :07:58.in those allegations, included in that are allegations that Donald
:07:59. > :08:02.Trump was in a room with Russian prostitutes, and that they have got
:08:03. > :08:11.what is called compromising material on him. Sex espionage, it is an all
:08:12. > :08:17.trade in Russia that has been going on for quite some time. There is no
:08:18. > :08:22.substantiation so far. I think what we may be looking at is a repeat of
:08:23. > :08:26.the so-called WMD dossier scandal where somebody has put out in their
:08:27. > :08:30.report what has been said, without any proof, and the caveats had been
:08:31. > :08:33.stripped out of it. Probably more has been made of this than is
:08:34. > :08:34.actually there. Thank you, Frank Gardner.
:08:35. > :08:37.There was a lot of festive cheer for many of the UK's high street
:08:38. > :08:43.Marks and Spencer saw a return to growth in its clothing
:08:44. > :08:44.division and homeware, after years of decline.
:08:45. > :08:47.Tesco, Debenhams and John Lewis all reported better than expected
:08:48. > :09:00.Our Business Correspondent, Emma Simpson, reports.
:09:01. > :09:07.Mrs Claus was popular this Christmas, delivering presents in
:09:08. > :09:11.Marks Spencer's glossy campaign. And this business served up a far
:09:12. > :09:19.bigger surprise present then just shoes. For the first time in two
:09:20. > :09:25.years, clothing sales are up by more than 2%. It is getting back to
:09:26. > :09:30.serving its core customers. The close are stylish, but without being
:09:31. > :09:34.too cutting-edge, and it has brought down clothing prices. It has also
:09:35. > :09:38.focused on getting the price right the first time so that when you buy
:09:39. > :09:42.something, there is less risk of the price being reduced in a couple of
:09:43. > :09:56.weeks and you have to ticket back to get a better deal. Too soon? Nah,
:09:57. > :09:58.bring it on. And King good for Britain's biggest retailer, enjoying
:09:59. > :10:04.an increase in sales, more proof that we have splashed out on food.
:10:05. > :10:09.On Christmas Eve, Tesco was serving 266 customers a second. If you look
:10:10. > :10:13.at the picture, on the whole it looks like retailers have done
:10:14. > :10:17.pretty well. Some had OK Christmases, some had really good
:10:18. > :10:20.Christmases. What that means is that consumers as a whole have gone out
:10:21. > :10:28.and spent a lot in the shops. Here is where the real growth is. Online.
:10:29. > :10:34.Today, ASOS reported a huge surge in sales. And John Lewis, a whopping
:10:35. > :10:37.40% of its business this year came from internet sales. But these
:10:38. > :10:41.department stores are also costly to run. Although festive trading has
:10:42. > :10:45.been decent, the staff bonus will be lower this year. The chairman told
:10:46. > :10:48.me that he is preparing for challenging times ahead. There are
:10:49. > :10:54.pressures on costs, pressures on prices, and those things are
:10:55. > :10:57.happening, and we have a consumer, who knows what happens next year,
:10:58. > :11:02.but the predictions are that we will see a slowdown in the growth in
:11:03. > :11:06.consumer income. Christmas was not sparkling but spending was solid
:11:07. > :11:11.overall. The questionnaires, can it be maintained? -- the question is.
:11:12. > :11:14.Dozens of flights of been cancelled at Heathrow Airport amid warnings
:11:15. > :11:17.that blizzard conditions will hit parts of the UK today.
:11:18. > :11:20.Heavy snow has already hit parts of Northern Ireland and snow showers
:11:21. > :11:22.and strong winds are also being forecast for Scotland,
:11:23. > :11:29.Our correspondent, Frankie McCamley, is at Heathrow.
:11:30. > :11:36.Let's be clear, this is pre-emptive because there is clearly no snow at
:11:37. > :11:42.Heathrow at the moment. Absolutely. Heathrow Airport says that they made
:11:43. > :11:46.this decision yesterday. They wanted to give passengers time to move on
:11:47. > :11:50.to earlier flights. Or time to change their plans completely. What
:11:51. > :11:54.the report says is that these runways operate up to full capacity,
:11:55. > :11:58.so they needed to decrease the number of flights to make sure that
:11:59. > :12:02.when these delays happen, when the snow falls, they will be able to
:12:03. > :12:09.keep flights consistently taking off. Elsewhere, Gatwick has also had
:12:10. > :12:11.to cancel four flights. We are looking at Birmingham, Manchester
:12:12. > :12:16.and Edinburgh. They say their business is running as usual. Here,
:12:17. > :12:19.British Airways is the main operator and it is offering passengers that
:12:20. > :12:23.have had their flights affected refunds or the chance to change onto
:12:24. > :12:27.other flights. The advice for passengers travelling later on this
:12:28. > :12:31.afternoon is to check before you travel but as you mentioned, there
:12:32. > :12:36.is no snow here at the moment. It has just started raining. How big
:12:37. > :12:40.the disruption is, that will depend on how much snow does fall over the
:12:41. > :12:41.next few hours. Thank you. No snow at Heathrow but a different picture
:12:42. > :12:42.in Stirlingshire. Lorna Gordon is in rural
:12:43. > :12:53.Stirlingshire for us. How disruptive is it expected to be?
:12:54. > :12:58.When the snow showers sweep through, the conditions here are proving a
:12:59. > :13:04.little unpleasant. It is leading to isolated incidents on the roads
:13:05. > :13:10.around rush hour. Earlier today on the M74 south of Glasgow, there was
:13:11. > :13:15.gridlock. The road had to be closed for a time to allow the gritters to
:13:16. > :13:21.get in. The lorries trying to travel on that stretch of motorway finding
:13:22. > :13:25.the icy conditions quite difficult. There has been some jackknifed
:13:26. > :13:29.lorries across Scotland, some cars skidding off the roads, but for the
:13:30. > :13:34.most part, those 200 gritters of that were out overnight have been
:13:35. > :13:40.managing to keep the roads clear. The road that you see behind me, it
:13:41. > :13:46.is the Anine, that runs up the spine of Scotland, towards the Highlands
:13:47. > :13:50.and further north. I have been driving on it today and when the
:13:51. > :13:56.snow showers pass it is a little tricky but for the most part
:13:57. > :14:00.conditions are OK. This has been a relatively mild winter here in
:14:01. > :14:06.Scotland. And this has been described as a short, sharp blast.
:14:07. > :14:09.It has not been a good season so far but the ski slopes, they will be
:14:10. > :14:14.hoping that some of the snow settles for a while and it is forecast that
:14:15. > :14:17.on higher ground, there may be up to eight inches of snow. Lorna Gordon,
:14:18. > :14:19.thank you. For the first time in a decade,
:14:20. > :14:22.ministers from Greece, Turkey and Britain are sitting down
:14:23. > :14:26.for talks on re-uniting Cyprus. The island has been divided
:14:27. > :14:28.for forty years between the Turkish controlled north and the Republic
:14:29. > :14:31.of Cyprus in the south. One of the main sticking
:14:32. > :14:35.points is the presence of 30,000 Turkish troops,
:14:36. > :14:37.something Greek Cypriots Jonny Dymond has been looking
:14:38. > :14:55.at at the roots of the conflict. Cyprus was once a British colony but
:14:56. > :14:59.by 1974 the Greek and Turkish sides were at war. Turkey launched an
:15:00. > :15:07.invasion, after Greek Cypriots declared a union with Greece. Ever
:15:08. > :15:12.since independence, Britain, Greece and Turkey have been guarantor
:15:13. > :15:20.powers with a role in the island's future. Turkey conquered one third
:15:21. > :15:29.of the island. Its troops stayed put. And one of the world's longest
:15:30. > :15:36.frozen conflicts began. The capital is divided between Turkish and Greek
:15:37. > :15:42.Cypriots. The so-called greenline runs through the city, controlled by
:15:43. > :15:48.the UN, it is a daily reminder of the island's division. The Turkish
:15:49. > :15:54.controlled north declared independence in 1983. Only Turkey
:15:55. > :16:03.recognises the territory as a country. The rest of the world shuns
:16:04. > :16:08.it. In 2004, a UN plan to reunify the island was put to a vote. The
:16:09. > :16:14.Turkish Cypriot north said yes. The Greek Cypriot south said no. And a
:16:15. > :16:22.divided island joined the European Union. In the talks in Geneva, there
:16:23. > :16:27.are still serious obstacles to be cleared. But there is a chance, a
:16:28. > :16:33.good one, but this time the frozen conflict will end.
:16:34. > :16:35.Those talks are taking place in Geneva, and our
:16:36. > :16:39.diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, is there.
:16:40. > :16:47.How likely is that they will strike a deal? The official position from
:16:48. > :16:50.the awareness that a deal is within reach, but there's still a lot of
:16:51. > :16:55.work to go. Clearly there are some positive signs. You've got everybody
:16:56. > :16:58.saying the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
:16:59. > :17:02.communities are determined to get a deal. Turkey and Greece have so many
:17:03. > :17:06.other issues on their plate, but I think there's a determination better
:17:07. > :17:09.get a deal, so they can solve one of their problems. The international
:17:10. > :17:13.community is piling into Geneva. You've got Boris Johnson and his
:17:14. > :17:16.Turkish and Greek counterparts, Theresa May, the Prime Minister,
:17:17. > :17:28.says she is willing to come if that would help. Similar signals from
:17:29. > :17:31.Athens and Ankara. There's a huge amount of good intention here.
:17:32. > :17:33.However, as Jonny Dymond said, there are still obstacles. The big
:17:34. > :17:35.obstacle is the question of how you guarantee the security of both sides
:17:36. > :17:37.once there's been some kind of reunified power-sharing federal
:17:38. > :17:40.government. It's a big issue. It centres on whether or not the
:17:41. > :17:44.Turkish army would be allowed to keep 30,000 troops on the island in
:17:45. > :17:47.the North on as they do now. It's a lot of work to be done on that. The
:17:48. > :17:52.thing that is really constraining these talks is that whatever is
:17:53. > :17:56.agreed here at in this extraordinary building behind me has to be
:17:57. > :18:00.acceptable to the people of North and south Cyprus in a referendum
:18:01. > :18:04.that would happen later this year. So nothing here is going to be
:18:05. > :18:09.definitively agreed and sorted out, until that moment happens. So they
:18:10. > :18:11.can make some kind of political framework agreement here, but the
:18:12. > :18:15.real test will be whether or not they can sell it to the people back
:18:16. > :18:19.home in Cyprus. James Langdale in Geneva, thank you.
:18:20. > :18:22.The head of America's National Intelligence Agency says
:18:23. > :18:25.they weren't the source of the leak that Russia has compromising
:18:26. > :18:29.Back behind the wheel - the 72-year-old rally driver making
:18:30. > :18:41.Coming up in the sport at 1:30pm: Refusing to play -
:18:42. > :18:46.High hopes for British number one Johanna Konta who warms up for the
:18:47. > :18:47.Australian Open by reaching the final of the Sydney Cup
:18:48. > :18:56.International. Tidal lagoons - could they be
:18:57. > :18:59.the answer to ensuring secure power A review is recommending that the UK
:19:00. > :19:03.should build tidal lagoons And today, the government
:19:04. > :19:07.gave its backing to plans to build one in Swansea Bay -
:19:08. > :19:09.after the report said it could provide clean,
:19:10. > :19:11.reliable electricity for more than 150,000 homes for
:19:12. > :19:13.more than a century. Here's our environment
:19:14. > :19:19.analyst, Roger Harrabin. Will this be the UK's latest source
:19:20. > :19:24.of low-carbon energy? The tides in Swansea Bay are some
:19:25. > :19:28.of the highest in the world, and utterly predictable,
:19:29. > :19:32.so why not build a sea wall The sea wall will trap the outgoing
:19:33. > :19:43.tide, then hydroelectric turbines will generate power as the water
:19:44. > :19:45.flows through the gaps The cost was thought too high
:19:46. > :19:52.for bill payers to bear. But a review says the annual subsidy
:19:53. > :19:57.isn't as high as it first appeared. If you spread the cost
:19:58. > :20:00.of the subsidy over the 120 lifetime, bear in mind these
:20:01. > :20:04.will last two times as long as a nuclear power station,
:20:05. > :20:07.three or four times as long as an offshore wind farm,
:20:08. > :20:10.if you look at it in that way, then essentially the cost of this
:20:11. > :20:13.for a consumer is less than a pint of milk
:20:14. > :20:15.on their electricity Supporters hope we'll see lagoons
:20:16. > :20:22.dotted along the western shores. That'll bring down
:20:23. > :20:25.the cost, they say. We need the government
:20:26. > :20:29.to get on with it. We need manufacturing scale
:20:30. > :20:32.to support industrial regeneration. It's great renewable energy and it's
:20:33. > :20:35.great for supporting jobs, Friends of the Earth support
:20:36. > :20:41.the lagoon for the clean The bird charity RSPB
:20:42. > :20:49.are cautious about the impacts. It would stop up fish,
:20:50. > :20:54.it would delay their migration, it could have impacts
:20:55. > :20:56.on seals and dolphins, with loss of habitat
:20:57. > :20:59.in the Severn estuary, but furthermore the economics
:21:00. > :21:02.on which this scheme is based and that's a huge time
:21:03. > :21:08.during which other technologies could come on stream,
:21:09. > :21:11.and we just don't think the lagoons will last that long before they get
:21:12. > :21:14.clogged up with silt. Today's report suggests
:21:15. > :21:18.the government should agree terms for one lagoon,
:21:19. > :21:33.then wait and see. Some breaking news. In the last few
:21:34. > :21:37.minutes it's been confirmed that the former England manager Graham Taylor
:21:38. > :21:40.has died. He was 72. Let's speak to other sports correspondent Andy
:21:41. > :21:45.Swiss, who is at the BBC Sports Centre. He was a player, then a
:21:46. > :21:50.manager, a pundit. He's been a big figure in the world of football for
:21:51. > :21:57.a long time now. That's right, yes, this is very sad news which has just
:21:58. > :22:00.broken within the last few minutes. Graham Taylor first rose to
:22:01. > :22:03.prominence as manager of Watford between 1977 and 1987. He was hired
:22:04. > :22:07.by the then new owner Sir Elton John. He guided Watford from the
:22:08. > :22:10.fourth division to the First Division in just five years, an
:22:11. > :22:15.extraordinary achievement. He guided them to the FA Cup final. He became
:22:16. > :22:19.manager of Aston Villa before in 1990, he took over as England
:22:20. > :22:24.manager from Sir Bobby Robson. He suffered a difficult few years in
:22:25. > :22:27.the England job. He took them to the European Championships in 1992,
:22:28. > :22:32.where they were knocked out in the group stages by Sweden. He
:22:33. > :22:35.controversially substituted, you might remember, Captain Gary Lineker
:22:36. > :22:41.in his very final match. That prompted the famous tabloid
:22:42. > :22:47.headline, Swedes two, turnips one. He stayed on but he resigned in
:22:48. > :22:51.1993, after failing to guide England to the World Cup. He suffered huge
:22:52. > :22:54.personal criticism during his time as England manager, particularly
:22:55. > :23:00.after a fly on the wall documentary, which was broadcast shortly after he
:23:01. > :23:05.resigned as England manager. You remember his famous quote in that,
:23:06. > :23:09.do I not like that? After that, he returned to club management and
:23:10. > :23:12.Watford, enjoyed more success there, guided them into the Premier League
:23:13. > :23:19.will stop and after that he became a radio pundit with BBC radio, hugely
:23:20. > :23:24.respected for his views, a very popular figure across football, with
:23:25. > :23:29.fans, with players, with other managers. This is very sad news
:23:30. > :23:34.indeed for the game. Andy Swiss, thank you. Some reaction from the
:23:35. > :23:36.former player Stan Collymore, who has treated saying, extremely
:23:37. > :23:39.saddened to hear the news that Graham Taylor has passed away. A
:23:40. > :23:41.genuinely kind, funny man, condolences to his family and
:23:42. > :23:45.friends. There was more evidence
:23:46. > :23:47.today of the pressures Figures for November show
:23:48. > :23:50.big increases in delays in discharging patients,
:23:51. > :23:52.because of the pressures The number of patients
:23:53. > :23:55.going to A was also up, The figures show there
:23:56. > :23:59.were an average of 31,000 emergency Our health editor,
:24:00. > :24:03.Hugh Pym, is with me. And the crucial thing here is these
:24:04. > :24:14.are just November figures. That's right, we only get these
:24:15. > :24:19.official figures from NHS England a couple of months after the event. Of
:24:20. > :24:24.course, the BBC got leaked document couple of days ago about how bad
:24:25. > :24:27.things were in January. This is looking back a couple of months,
:24:28. > :24:32.showing that then, things were not great either. All the key targets
:24:33. > :24:37.missed in terms of weights for cancer treatment, waits for
:24:38. > :24:41.operations, and that key four our weight in accident and emergency,
:24:42. > :24:46.95% of patients should be seen or assessed in that four hours, in
:24:47. > :24:50.England in November the figure was just 88.4%. That target hasn't been
:24:51. > :24:53.hit since the middle of 2015. England is slightly ahead of Wales
:24:54. > :24:58.and Northern Ireland on that measure, though they cover slightly
:24:59. > :25:05.different time periods. Scotland is above 90%, 92.3%. Once again, a
:25:06. > :25:08.considerable number of patients in hospital beds who could not be
:25:09. > :25:10.discharged, so-called delayed transfers, up nearly 30%
:25:11. > :25:15.year-on-year. That's because of difficulties out there with social
:25:16. > :25:19.care. A lot of them are down to social care, the inability to find a
:25:20. > :25:23.place for an elderly patient, so the patient is less -- left in hospital.
:25:24. > :25:25.All those problems in November, never mind where we are now. Thank
:25:26. > :25:28.you. The trial of Rolf Harris has been
:25:29. > :25:32.played the tape of a phone call, made by a woman to the NSPCC,
:25:33. > :25:34.alleging the entertainer The woman describes
:25:35. > :25:37.the alleged incident The 86-year-old is on trial
:25:38. > :25:40.at Southwark Crown Court, accused of indecently assaulting
:25:41. > :25:42.seven girls and women Let's speak to our correspondent,
:25:43. > :25:59.Sian Grzeszczyk, who's there. Today, the court heard from three
:26:00. > :26:02.women, the first alleging that Rolf Harris indecently assaulted her at a
:26:03. > :26:09.theatre when she was a teenager. The jury heard that recording of the
:26:10. > :26:13.cult of the NSPCC, which was made in July 2014, in which she describes
:26:14. > :26:17.the alleged incident as horrendous and said it had taken her years to
:26:18. > :26:21.come forward and have the courage to talk about it. She was being
:26:22. > :26:27.cross-examined by Rolf Harris's defence counsel about the timing of
:26:28. > :26:32.her making this call to the NSPCC. The QC said in the call, you said Mr
:26:33. > :26:36.Harris is being charged tomorrow, were you referring to his sentencing
:26:37. > :26:42.at the time? I can't remember, she replied. The QC said, we know that
:26:43. > :26:48.you did, do you accept you were following Mr Harris' trial in the
:26:49. > :26:52.media and press? She replied, I was following it intently. The
:26:53. > :26:58.prosecution then asked her if there was a financial motivation for her
:26:59. > :27:03.deciding to make the call. She said, no, I work full-time. Rolf Harris
:27:04. > :27:05.denies all of the charges. The trial at Southwark Crown Court is expected
:27:06. > :27:17.to last for five weeks. Thank you. More than 3000 American troops,
:27:18. > :27:19.tanks, and armoured vehicles arrive in Poland today -
:27:20. > :27:21.the United States' biggest military presence in the region
:27:22. > :27:23.since the Cold War. It's to support a Nato operation
:27:24. > :27:26.to deter Russian aggression, following fears from neighbouring
:27:27. > :27:27.countries since the Their arrival comes just days before
:27:28. > :27:31.the inauguration of Donald Trump, who's signalled he wants to improve
:27:32. > :27:33.relations with Moscow. This morning the Kremlin has said
:27:34. > :27:36.that the US military build-up in Poland is a threat
:27:37. > :27:39.to Russia's national security. A 72-year-old female rally driver
:27:40. > :27:42.is coming out of retirement to drive the original car
:27:43. > :27:44.in which she competed in the World Rally Cup
:27:45. > :27:46.almost 50 years ago. In 1970, Bronwyn Burrell
:27:47. > :27:49.was the youngest driver in the race Now she's been reunited
:27:50. > :27:53.with her Austin Maxi sports car, and is preparing to get behind
:27:54. > :27:56.the wheel again to She's currently in training,
:27:57. > :27:59.and John Maguire went Wembley, 1970, and a car
:28:00. > :28:05.rally marks the handover of the World Cup hosting duties
:28:06. > :28:10.from England to Mexico. Sir Alf Ramsey waves them off,
:28:11. > :28:14.and in car 20, three women We were going to be
:28:15. > :28:22.away for six weeks. It seemed like a lifetime, but
:28:23. > :28:25.wasn't a lifetime, it was a flash. This is us both in our lovely green
:28:26. > :28:30.C dresses and red puffer It was a stupid thing not to have
:28:31. > :28:47.short hair for that. The team was well-prepared,
:28:48. > :28:51.mechanically and personally. So we decided the best
:28:52. > :28:53.bet here was to have paper knickers, so we had
:28:54. > :28:55.colour-coded paper knickers. I think Tish was pink,
:28:56. > :29:01.and Tina was blue. So we could discard,
:29:02. > :29:03.didn't have to worry Such ingenuity may now return,
:29:04. > :29:08.as almost 50 years on, Bron has recently brought their original car,
:29:09. > :29:13.nicknamed Puff the Magic Wagon, What a shame Tish
:29:14. > :29:20.is no longer with us. I know, she'd love this,
:29:21. > :29:23.she'd love to be doing it all again, We're going to miss her,
:29:24. > :29:27.we are going to need The joy was she'd be pumping up,
:29:28. > :29:32.jacking up the tyre, you'd be loosening the nuts,
:29:33. > :29:35.I'd be getting the wheel off. Give me the wheel, back
:29:36. > :29:39.on the roof or in the car. I tell you what, shall
:29:40. > :29:46.we take her out on the track? Bron hasn't driven competitively
:29:47. > :29:53.since the early '70s, As you can see, Bron definitely
:29:54. > :29:57.comes from a rallying background. She's certainly not lacking
:29:58. > :29:59.in confidence out there in the car today, but you also see as well
:30:00. > :30:03.she's making quite a lot of little mistakes and that's why she's coming
:30:04. > :30:06.back to us a little bit In April, they'll drive
:30:07. > :30:10.to Portugal once again, It's a bit more controlled,
:30:11. > :30:14.because of health and safety. We used to do rallies and have one
:30:15. > :30:19.night's sleep in five days. The sport may have
:30:20. > :30:23.changed, but the car - and especially the driver -
:30:24. > :30:44.look as fast and furious as ever. Today, we have all sorts of weather
:30:45. > :30:46.happening across the UK. It's miserable across southern areas
:30:47. > :30:51.right now. We have some heavy rain around as well. Other parts of the
:30:52. > :30:55.country are experiencing some snow. The rain in the south could be
:30:56. > :30:59.turning to snow over the next few hours or so. We could have some
:31:00. > :31:03.heavy snow for a time across the South and Southeast in particular,
:31:04. > :31:06.as we had unfortunately to the rush hour. This is the nasty weather
:31:07. > :31:12.system across the South. We've also got frequent snow showers, wintry
:31:13. > :31:16.showers, across the north of the country, and also some very strong
:31:17. > :31:19.winds. We have a mix of weather happening out there today. Let's
:31:20. > :31:22.focus on the South first, because this is where the weather could be
:31:23. > :31:25.quite disruptive during the course of the rush hour. We were talking
:31:26. > :31:29.about this yesterday, the cold air mixing in with the milder rare.
:31:30. > :31:35.Let's see whether snow zone could from around about the South
:31:36. > :31:38.Midlands, going eastwards, across the south-east, and further north
:31:39. > :31:41.we've got those snow showers carried in by the really strong winds. We've
:31:42. > :31:45.seen pictures of Northern Ireland where we've had snowfall, also
:31:46. > :31:48.across parts of Scotland and in the North a little bit later on we could
:31:49. > :31:53.have blizzards across Scotland, so gales combined with the heavy snow.
:31:54. > :31:56.Let's focus across the south first. These are rough amounts of snow.
:31:57. > :32:03.It's so difficult to predict this. I'm not going to tell you we are
:32:04. > :32:06.going to get this absolutely spot on. It could be zero, it could be
:32:07. > :32:08.double that. Just be prepared. Going halfway. Most of that will probably
:32:09. > :32:12.settle across the hills but there could be some settling in towns and
:32:13. > :32:15.cities. That's one area of weather that should clear out eventually.
:32:16. > :32:18.These snow showers will affect other parts of the country through this
:32:19. > :32:22.evening and into tonight and tomorrow. Northern Ireland, parts of
:32:23. > :32:26.Wales, particularly the hills, Scotland, and another band of wintry
:32:27. > :32:30.weather crossing Yorkshire, moving southwards. Some of these Eastern
:32:31. > :32:32.counties as well. These are temperatures tonight, freezing. Any
:32:33. > :32:37.slushy stuff on the ground will look like this first thing tomorrow
:32:38. > :32:41.morning. This is probably the extreme. If you get this, it will be
:32:42. > :32:45.quite nasty. Look at this wintry weather affecting Eastern East
:32:46. > :32:48.Anglia, south-eastern areas through tomorrow morning, further wintry
:32:49. > :32:53.showers in the North, then it's actually a bright day. If you get
:32:54. > :32:58.one thing out of this weather forecast, the main thing is, just be
:32:59. > :33:01.prepared for some snow. Don't necessarily expect any, but be
:33:02. > :33:06.prepared for some nasty conditions and some delays as well. Now, how
:33:07. > :33:09.long is this weather going to last? Well, Saturday is looking pretty
:33:10. > :33:11.bright, but by the time we get the Sunday it looks like milder weather
:33:12. > :33:14.on the way. A reminder of our main
:33:15. > :33:21.story this lunchtime. The head of America's National
:33:22. > :33:25.Intelligence Agency says they were not the source of the leak that
:33:26. > :33:28.Russia has compromising material on Donald Trump. It's been announced
:33:29. > :33:34.that former England football manager Graham Taylor has died. He was 72.
:33:35. > :33:37.More on that throughout the day, but that's all from the BBC News that
:33:38. > :33:38.one. It's goodbye from me. We'll