:00:00. > :00:00.The Health Secretary acknowledges that patients are facing "completely
:00:07. > :00:17.unacceptable" delays at hospitals in England.
:00:18. > :00:20.But Jeremy Hunt says the NHS is not alone in dealing with growing
:00:21. > :00:29.patient numbers. It is wrong to suggest to people
:00:30. > :00:33.that these profound challenges such as the ones we face of an ageing
:00:34. > :00:35.population other ones with a silver bullet where you can solve that
:00:36. > :00:39.problem overnight. The BBC has spent the week
:00:40. > :00:41.highlighting some of We'll be speaking to our Health
:00:42. > :00:50.Editor about what's been uncovered. Also, many areas in England and
:00:51. > :00:53.Wales could face above inflation council tax rises.
:00:54. > :00:55.A US appeals court rejects President Trump's attempt
:00:56. > :01:00.to re-instate a ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.
:01:01. > :01:07.We have a situation where the security of our country is at stake
:01:08. > :01:11.and it is a very, very serious situation so we look forward, as I
:01:12. > :01:17.just said, to receiving them in court.
:01:18. > :01:24.A firm of London plumbers loses legal battle over whether to give
:01:25. > :01:28.freelance plumbers the same rights as full-time staff.
:01:29. > :01:42.And England prepare to take on Wales this weekend.
:01:43. > :01:49.And coming up in the sport, the Russian athlete stripped of her gold
:01:50. > :01:56.medal and banned for doping. Good afternoon and welcome
:01:57. > :02:00.to the BBC News at One. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,
:02:01. > :02:03.says it's "completely unacceptable" that some patients in England
:02:04. > :02:06.are waiting up to 13 hours in A Figures show that waiting times
:02:07. > :02:08.in casualty units are worse Mr Hunt says he does
:02:09. > :02:14.have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time,
:02:15. > :02:30.and says there's no silver bullet. NHS England figures this winter show
:02:31. > :02:34.the worst waiting time performance in A E units since records began
:02:35. > :02:38.more than a decade ago. Jeremy Hunt paid tribute to the work of stuff
:02:39. > :02:42.but said the problems of high patient demand were not unique to
:02:43. > :02:45.the NHS and all leading health systems or grappling with the
:02:46. > :02:50.challenge. He said there was no silver bullet. I think it is wrong
:02:51. > :02:55.to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we face
:02:56. > :03:04.with an ageing population are ones where there is a silver bullet so
:03:05. > :03:07.you can solve the problem overnight. We have a very good plan, it has the
:03:08. > :03:10.support of the NHS and it will take time to deliver. Asked about BBC
:03:11. > :03:14.coverage this week of patients enduring long waits in A E and an
:03:15. > :03:18.elderly woman spending six months in hospital because no care place was
:03:19. > :03:23.available he said he did not want to make excuses and these problems were
:03:24. > :03:27.completely unacceptable. It is incredibly frustrating for me, doing
:03:28. > :03:32.this job because I want NHS care to be the safest and the best in the
:03:33. > :03:36.world, and that kind of care is completely unacceptable, no one
:03:37. > :03:49.would want it for members of their own family. But it is
:03:50. > :03:53.happening in a hospital rated good, so what can you do about it? What
:03:54. > :03:55.you need to recognise is that overall there are positive things as
:03:56. > :03:58.well as negative things and there is huge commitment in the NHS to sort
:03:59. > :04:01.out those negative things and the particular pressure point we have is
:04:02. > :04:04.A E. What we need to do is find ways of treating people with complex
:04:05. > :04:08.conditions, older people with dementia, treating them at home or
:04:09. > :04:13.in the community. And that is the big direction of change we have
:04:14. > :04:18.embarked on. There have been cuts to social care funding under your
:04:19. > :04:23.government, has that not created the problem? No. On social care the
:04:24. > :04:26.Prime Minister has been very clear, we recognise the precious, we know
:04:27. > :04:29.there is a problem with sustainability in the system and
:04:30. > :05:00.that needs to be addressed and we will do
:05:01. > :05:04.that. More money in the budget? That is for the Chancellor and the Prime
:05:05. > :05:07.Minister. Look at what the Prime Minister said this week, this is an
:05:08. > :05:09.area where there is pressure and we need a long-term sustainable
:05:10. > :05:11.solution and not a quick fix. Although Labour has accused the
:05:12. > :05:14.government of losing control of the NHS this winter, patients paying the
:05:15. > :05:16.price as targets missed. Sir Robert Francis who headed the Staf
:05:17. > :05:19.fordshire inquiries as the NHS is in an existential crisis and pressures
:05:20. > :05:21.continued there could be a repeat of the mid Staffordshire care on the
:05:22. > :05:23.NHS and even the Health Secretary says there are some unacceptable
:05:24. > :05:26.problems. Your assessment of what we have learned? On one level, Rita, we
:05:27. > :05:31.have learned from images we showed of patients in Hugh is with me now.
:05:32. > :05:33.We have spent the week reporting on the NHS and even the Health
:05:34. > :05:35.Secretary says there are some unacceptable problems. Your
:05:36. > :05:44.assessment of what we have learned? On one level, Rita, we have learned
:05:45. > :05:48.from images we showed of patients happening because of the real
:05:49. > :05:52.difficulties hospital says even with staff working flat out. The other
:05:53. > :05:55.thing we have had this week 's important data. We learned yesterday
:05:56. > :05:57.that it was the worst waiting for hours, mothers sitting on floors
:05:58. > :05:59.with babies, in some hospitals there is a strain which the Health
:06:00. > :06:02.Secretary has admitted is quite unacceptable. I suspect Blackburn is
:06:03. > :06:04.not alone. We've had a lot of reports from around the country of
:06:05. > :06:06.this kind of thing happening because of the real difficulties hospital
:06:07. > :06:09.says even with staff working flat out. The other thing we have had
:06:10. > :06:12.this week is important data. We learned yesterday that it was the
:06:13. > :06:14.worst A E England hospitals since records began in 2004. A leaked
:06:15. > :06:16.document revealed to the BBC that January would be even worse. Today
:06:17. > :06:19.we've learned that the number of operations cancelled by NHS England
:06:20. > :06:21.at the last minute, a very traumatic experience for patients, was at a
:06:22. > :06:24.high last year. So the performance figures show that the NHS is really
:06:25. > :06:27.struggling at the moment. There's a debate that's also been going on,
:06:28. > :06:30.we've had figures on the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggesting that
:06:31. > :06:32.although NHS spending has gone up in Britain it will tail England
:06:33. > :06:35.hospitals since records began in 2004. A leaked document revealed to
:06:36. > :06:37.the BBC that January would be even worse. Today we've learned that the
:06:38. > :06:39.number of operations cancelled by NHS England at the last minute, a
:06:40. > :06:42.very traumatic experience for patients, was at a high last year.
:06:43. > :06:45.So the performance figures show that the NHS is really struggling at the
:06:46. > :06:47.moment. There's a debate that's also been going on, we've had figures
:06:48. > :06:48.from the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggesting that although NHS
:06:49. > :07:05.spending has gone up in Britain it will so there's a lot of pressure on
:07:06. > :07:07.the government to put more money into health, and accusations it has
:07:08. > :07:09.been underfunded in England, equally it could be more efficient, more
:07:10. > :07:12.needs to be done with the resources that have been pledged. The debate
:07:13. > :07:15.goes on. Is there likely to be more money? You had Jeremy Hunt say they
:07:16. > :07:17.are looking hard at social care because the problem in England is
:07:18. > :07:26.that the funding has been cut over the last seven years, even as NHS
:07:27. > :07:29.funding has gone so that house if you like head back on the NHS
:07:30. > :07:32.because of shortcomings in social care. He made it clear work was
:07:33. > :07:34.going on. When I ask about the budget he said it was up to the
:07:35. > :07:37.Chancellor and Prime Minister. In other words he's making his pitch to
:07:38. > :07:39.say to Downing Street that this needs urgent attention. I think work
:07:40. > :07:42.is going on there, what happens in the budget, will have to wait and
:07:43. > :07:43.see. Hugh, thank you can see all the you can see all the
:07:44. > :07:46.A federal appeals court in the United States has refused
:07:47. > :07:48.to reinstate Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven
:07:49. > :07:51.The controversial immigration reform was suspended last week,
:07:52. > :07:53.when a judge in Seattle issued a temporary order.
:07:54. > :07:55.But the President appears determined to continue the legal battle,
:07:56. > :07:57.saying on Twitter: "See you in court.
:07:58. > :07:59."The security of our nation is at stake!".
:08:00. > :08:06.Od the office upon which I'm about to enter...
:08:07. > :08:09.As his controversial pick for Attorney General was sworn in,
:08:10. > :08:11.Donald Trump hailed a new era of justice in America.
:08:12. > :08:14.Former Senator Jeff Sessions, now the US' top law enforcement officer,
:08:15. > :08:26.I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical
:08:27. > :08:28.Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America.
:08:29. > :08:37.Donald Trump's sudden ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim
:08:38. > :08:40.nations caused chaos at airports and sparked protests across the US.
:08:41. > :08:44.Then, last week, a district judge in Seattle granted a stay,
:08:45. > :08:47.and now a San Francisco-based appeals court has backed that stay,
:08:48. > :08:53.citing, amongst other things, the fact that nobody from those
:08:54. > :08:57.seven nations has actually carried out an attack on the US.
:08:58. > :08:59.The decision infuriated Donald Trump.
:09:00. > :09:02."See you in court," he wrote, "The security of our
:09:03. > :09:07.Prompting the leader of one of the states leading
:09:08. > :09:09.the court challenge, Washington governor Jay Inslee,
:09:10. > :09:12.to reply, "Mr President, we just saw you in court,
:09:13. > :09:16.The president is nonetheless convinced he will win.
:09:17. > :09:19.It's a political decision, we're going to see them in court
:09:20. > :09:25.So you believe the judge has made...
:09:26. > :09:28.We have a situation where the security of our country
:09:29. > :09:31.is at stake, and it's a very, very serious situation so I look
:09:32. > :09:35.forward, as I just said, to seeing them in court.
:09:36. > :09:39.We are a nation of laws, and as I've said, as we have said,
:09:40. > :09:44.from day one, those laws apply to everybody in our country.
:09:45. > :09:48.And that includes the President of the United States.
:09:49. > :09:51.An appeal to the highest court in the land, the US
:09:52. > :09:57.But that could put the decision in the hands of a court that's
:09:58. > :10:00.currently evenly divided, and a tied decision would leave
:10:01. > :10:10.Mr Trump maintains his ban is necessary in order to protect
:10:11. > :10:14.the US from the threat of terrorism, but it may yet be proven
:10:15. > :10:20.And, until he has his day in court, refugees from around the world
:10:21. > :10:22.and citizens of those seven Muslim nations can continue
:10:23. > :10:40.on the BBC say a man and a woman have died in a house fire in the
:10:41. > :10:44.south of the city, firefighters were called there at 2:30am police in
:10:45. > :10:47.Manchester say a man and a woman have died in a house fire in the
:10:48. > :10:53.south of the city, firefighters were called at 2:30 the children aged
:10:54. > :10:59.between ten and 17 are being treated for injuries, another man is in a
:11:00. > :11:02.serious condition, police 's handling of the arrival of
:11:03. > :11:05.unaccompanied child refugees from an investigation to establish the cause
:11:06. > :11:07.of the blaze. Campaigners are at the High Court to challenge the
:11:08. > :11:17.government 's handling of the arrival of unaccompanied child
:11:18. > :11:20.refugees from scheme. Council tax rises could hit many households in
:11:21. > :11:25.England and Wales according to new research.
:11:26. > :11:30.The Local Government Information Unit
:11:31. > :11:32.says that 94% of council leaders and senior officials
:11:33. > :11:35.questioned said they would be forced to put up taxes and increase
:11:36. > :11:38.Some households will face rises of up to five-percent,
:11:39. > :11:43.Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports.
:11:44. > :11:50.From rubbish collections to road resurfacing, local councils are
:11:51. > :11:54.responsible for the nitty-gritty of community life. The pressure their
:11:55. > :11:57.finances are under is well known is that it is not surprising that the
:11:58. > :12:02.majority of them want to take measures to bring in more money. But
:12:03. > :12:07.now some councils are warning that things are so desperate, they simply
:12:08. > :12:12.cannot make ends meet. We are really at a crisis point now. Councils have
:12:13. > :12:20.already cut all the mice to have things and they are down to the bare
:12:21. > :12:22.bones, the statutory services they have to deliver, adult social care,
:12:23. > :12:24.looking after elderly people, protecting vulnerable people,
:12:25. > :12:28.keeping the streets clean, collecting referees. There is a real
:12:29. > :12:32.chance in the next two to three years we will see councils not able
:12:33. > :12:36.to meet those obligations and that would be a tragedy for the
:12:37. > :12:41.communities they serve. Survey of local councils in England and Wales
:12:42. > :12:48.was carried out, 131 responded, 94% of them say they will be forced to
:12:49. > :12:53.increase council tax by more than 1.5% next year. 42% say the cuts
:12:54. > :12:59.they make will be evident to the public and 80% say they will add an
:13:00. > :13:03.extra charge for social care. In Salford the authority is considering
:13:04. > :13:08.raising Mixu's council tax together with its charge for social care by a
:13:09. > :13:12.total of just under 5%. Lisa Stone has been a Salford councillor for
:13:13. > :13:17.six years and says it is becoming impossible to balance the books. We
:13:18. > :13:21.were able to freeze council tax for six years but we had to put it up
:13:22. > :13:50.last year and will be looking to put it up again this year unfortunately.
:13:51. > :13:54.Do you remember things being as bad? No, this is the worst it's ever been
:13:55. > :13:57.because every year you have to make more cuts on top of those you've
:13:58. > :13:59.made in previous years. Five councils, not named, planned to go
:14:00. > :14:01.to the polls to increase bills significantly but have decided not
:14:02. > :14:03.to after a 15% rise was controversially dropped by Surrey
:14:04. > :14:06.council this week. But all of the councils surveyed had one thing in
:14:07. > :14:08.co not one of them said that it was able to reduce council not one of
:14:09. > :14:16.them said that it was able to reduce next year. -- one thing in are
:14:17. > :14:22.facing an Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt acknowledges that hospitals are
:14:23. > :14:24.facing we look forward to another weekend of fierce but friendly
:14:25. > :14:30.rivalry in the six Nations tournament in rugby union treasures.
:14:31. > :14:33.And in the sport, in Cardiff as we look forward to another weekend of
:14:34. > :14:35.fierce but friendly rivalry in the six Nations tournament in rugby
:14:36. > :14:36.union. One change to the side that beat Ireland as one change to the
:14:37. > :14:50.side that beat None of the UK's fleet of attack
:14:51. > :14:53.submarines is currently Seven nuclear-powered vessels,
:14:54. > :14:55.including three new Astute-class submarines, which cost more
:14:56. > :14:57.than ?1 billion each, and four Trafalgar-class
:14:58. > :14:59.boats are all currently Normally at least one
:15:00. > :15:02.of these boats is deployed. A Royal Navy spokesman said
:15:03. > :15:05.they wouldn't comment on specific Our diplomatic correspondent
:15:06. > :15:08.James Landale reports. They're known as hunter killers,
:15:09. > :15:15.the attack submarines armed with torpedoes and Cruise missiles
:15:16. > :15:18.that the Royal Navy uses to project Normally, at least one
:15:19. > :15:21.is always at sea on active duty, but it's now emerged that none
:15:22. > :15:29.is currently deployed on operations. If none of them are operational,
:15:30. > :15:33.it is very serious. The submarines are needed
:15:34. > :15:35.for our security vis-a-vis Russia, who at the moment
:15:36. > :15:40.is sabre rattling. They are good to ease tension
:15:41. > :15:43.because they are so capable, and the Russians know that,
:15:44. > :15:45.and they can give us They are very important
:15:46. > :15:56.in the Middle East, around around the Persian Gulf
:15:57. > :15:58.and areas like that. Their intelligence
:15:59. > :15:59.capability is quite There are currently seven Royal Navy
:16:00. > :16:02.attack submarines in Four are ageing
:16:03. > :16:06.Trafalgar-class boats They are to be withdrawn
:16:07. > :16:09.from service from next year. The other three, the
:16:10. > :16:11.Astute class, are the Four more are due to
:16:12. > :16:17.enter service by 2024. The BBC understands that the Navy's
:16:18. > :16:21.struggling to maintain the Trafalgar submarines,
:16:22. > :16:23.and the bigger Astute class have One submarine has been repaired
:16:24. > :16:30.after colliding with a merchant vessel off
:16:31. > :16:32.Gibraltar last year. And HMS Astute is understood to be
:16:33. > :16:35.at sea, but only to conduct The Ministry of
:16:36. > :16:39.Defence said it would not comment on specific
:16:40. > :16:41.submarine operations, but said the Royal Navy continues
:16:42. > :16:45.to meet all of its operational tasking, deploying
:16:46. > :16:47.globally on operations, and An MoD source insisted
:16:48. > :16:53.that there were attack submarines that were operationally capable
:16:54. > :16:56.and ready, but where they might be was clearly
:16:57. > :16:58.sensitive operational information But not having one on active
:16:59. > :17:05.operations will raise fresh questions about the effectiveness
:17:06. > :17:26.of Britain's naval fleet. ScottishPower has become the latest
:17:27. > :17:31.of the Big Six energy companies to raise its prices. It is increasing
:17:32. > :17:34.the price of electricity by 11% and gas by nearly 5%. British Gas has
:17:35. > :17:42.said it is freezing prices until August. Simon Gumpert is here with
:17:43. > :17:48.me now. Last week, we had npower raising its prices, now this. What
:17:49. > :17:52.is going on? People would say competition is going on. On the one
:17:53. > :17:56.hand, you have ScottishPower raising prices for more than 1 million
:17:57. > :17:59.customers, so bad news for them. On the other hand, you have British Gas
:18:00. > :18:04.extending its price freeze, which was supposed to be over the winter,
:18:05. > :18:08.up until March, and it has been extended until August, benefiting 5
:18:09. > :18:12.million customers, a lot of whom had been worried about speculation in
:18:13. > :18:16.the press of a very significant increase in the standard tariff.
:18:17. > :18:20.This affects the standard tariffs, which tend to move up and down, not
:18:21. > :18:23.the millions of customers on fixed-rate tariffs, who continue
:18:24. > :18:31.with what they have. What is going on in the background,? They have
:18:32. > :18:35.said that their costs work-out slightly higher, so they may have
:18:36. > :18:38.more wriggle room. There is always pressure on British Gas, because it
:18:39. > :18:42.is the biggest player and there result was an outcry when it moves,
:18:43. > :18:49.so maybe that is why it has held back. Maybe it has been better at
:18:50. > :18:54.securing future stocks of gas. They might have done well on that score.
:18:55. > :19:00.In any case, it is a relief to British Gas customers. There is
:19:01. > :19:02.still -- there are still, though, some suppliers who have not
:19:03. > :19:08.announced what they are going to do. What can we expect from them? There
:19:09. > :19:15.are six bigger suppliers. Npower last week said it would bring in a
:19:16. > :19:20.big price increase. EDF has said electricity will go up next month,
:19:21. > :19:24.and now we have ScottishPower. The other three, British Gas says it
:19:25. > :19:29.will be frozen until August, but aeon and SSE have also had a price
:19:30. > :19:34.freeze in place over the winter. What about them? We wait to hear.
:19:35. > :19:39.SSE tell me that there are price freeze will be in place until at
:19:40. > :19:41.least April. At least - maybe a little bit of hope there for its
:19:42. > :19:42.customers. Simon, thank you. The London firm Pimlico Plumbers has
:19:43. > :19:45.lost its challenge over the employment status
:19:46. > :19:46.of a former worker. The Court of Appeal upheld
:19:47. > :19:49.the ruling that it has to offer workers, hired on an ad-hoc basis,
:19:50. > :19:54.the same holiday and pensions The head of the company had said
:19:55. > :19:59.the employee involved had wanted Our industry correspondent,
:20:00. > :20:13.John Moylan, reports. Is Pimlico Plumbers is one of
:20:14. > :20:17.London's best-known firms. It is claimed that plumbers here can earn
:20:18. > :20:24.more than ?100,000 a year, but they are all self-employed, so they don't
:20:25. > :20:28.have the raw it's -- the rights enjoyed by employees. When Gary
:20:29. > :20:38.Smith went to a tribunal, it found that his employment status was the
:20:39. > :20:41.same as that of a worker. He was classed as a worker because he
:20:42. > :20:45.provided a personal service to Pimlico Plumbers. They controlled
:20:46. > :20:51.him. He had to wear the uniform, to drive their fan, and he was tightly
:20:52. > :20:53.controlled by Pimlico Plumbers. Self-employment has soared in recent
:20:54. > :21:00.years, with many people juggling several insecure jobs, what some
:21:01. > :21:09.call the gig economy. Tribunal 's have ruled against high-profile
:21:10. > :21:15.businesses, including Uber and city sprint. The Government has launched
:21:16. > :21:18.a review of modern working practices. The founder of Pimlico
:21:19. > :21:23.Plumbers said that Mr Smith wanted to have his cake and eat it. This is
:21:24. > :21:28.an historic case. This was a contract we had with Gary six years
:21:29. > :21:32.ago, on a self-employed basis, absolute by England revenue, -- the
:21:33. > :21:37.Inland Revenue and employment lawyers. He had the benefit of being
:21:38. > :21:40.self-employed. Six years down the line, you had a heart attack and
:21:41. > :21:44.wanted the benefits of being an employee. This is the highest court
:21:45. > :21:48.yet to tackle this complicated issue of employment status, but it will
:21:49. > :21:52.not be the last. There are a number of cases pending and more about to
:21:53. > :21:56.be launched, which looks set to challenge firms over how they treat
:21:57. > :22:05.people in the so-called gig economy. John Moylan, BBC News.
:22:06. > :22:15.Hundreds of Wales had beached themselves in New Zealand. They
:22:16. > :22:24.ended up high and dried as the tired fell -- whales. A warning - some
:22:25. > :22:28.viewers might find images in this storing district -- in this story
:22:29. > :22:32.distressing. A tragedy rarely seen on such an enormous scale New
:22:33. > :22:35.Zealand's shores. Hundreds of volunteers poured water on the
:22:36. > :22:47.survivors while waiting for the high tide. This large part of pilot
:22:48. > :22:50.whales washed Ashour. Rescuers were forced to put their efforts of until
:22:51. > :22:55.Friday morning, but by then, almost three quarters of the pod had
:22:56. > :22:58.already died. This is the largest mass grounding we have recorded.
:22:59. > :23:08.Logistically, it is a massive undertaking. Of the more than 400
:23:09. > :23:13.whales that beached themselves, now just over 100 are alive. Some had
:23:14. > :23:18.successfully refloated on the high tide, but most were quickly stuck
:23:19. > :23:23.again as the tide ebbed. Many hands still don't make light work. The
:23:24. > :23:32.huge task is far from over. There are people from all over the world
:23:33. > :23:34.have heard about this. We brought three hitchhikers over who said they
:23:35. > :23:44.wanted to come and do anything they could. It is good. It is fine, it is
:23:45. > :23:51.good to be here to help. It is the largest whale stranding since 1985,
:23:52. > :23:58.when 350 were stranded in Auckland. Wales also -- whales often get
:23:59. > :24:03.stranded here. Volunteers will continue to work through the night,
:24:04. > :24:05.keeping the surviving whales as comfortable as possible before
:24:06. > :24:14.another attempt to refloat them tomorrow.
:24:15. > :24:16.It's another weekend of fierce rivalry, intense pressure
:24:17. > :24:18.and big expectations in the Six Nations tournament.
:24:19. > :24:20.England take on Wales tomorrow, and if England win,
:24:21. > :24:23.they will be just three games away from breaking the world record
:24:24. > :24:25.for the most unbeaten Test matches - a title currently held
:24:26. > :24:29.Italy take on Ireland, and Scotland play France on Sunday.
:24:30. > :24:40.Our sports correspondent, Joe Wilson, reports.
:24:41. > :24:46.The prospect is enough to warm the coldest of weekends. Both teams won
:24:47. > :24:49.their opening matches in Asia's tournament, neither at their best.
:24:50. > :24:54.England in particular know they need to improve a great deal after
:24:55. > :24:58.scraping past brands. They have won their last 15 matches, so why would
:24:59. > :24:59.they be nervous about this game? I think, quite simply, because we are
:25:00. > :25:01.in Cardiff. Their coach wondered this week
:25:02. > :25:10.why England have seemed 2013 has a lot to do with it,
:25:11. > :25:17.when a buoyant England team sank The current coach says
:25:18. > :25:26.it's just another city. Yes, but in Cardiff,
:25:27. > :25:36.it's named after the Welsh captain - The game does mean a lot
:25:37. > :25:40.to a lot of people. We are able to share that,
:25:41. > :25:43.and hopefully we can We are very fortunate
:25:44. > :25:46.to have a stadium that is suitable and
:25:47. > :25:53.adds to the occasion. Cardiff stage-manages sensationally
:25:54. > :25:56.- lights, fire, music. England's Eddie Jones suggests
:25:57. > :25:59.he is preparing for what he calls What are the shenanigans
:26:00. > :26:05.you are prepared for? Oh, I don't know, but they are
:26:06. > :26:08.a cunning lot, the Welsh, aren't They've got goats,
:26:09. > :26:12.daffodils, they got Mischievous, friendly rivalry,
:26:13. > :26:17.that's what the Six Nations should It is an outlet for passion,
:26:18. > :26:25.and that's exactly why England have decided
:26:26. > :26:27.that here in Cardiff, the roof should be open
:26:28. > :26:29.for Allowing all that Welsh noise
:26:30. > :26:32.to escape into the sky. Everyone in professional sport
:26:33. > :26:36.is trying to find an edge. That's Gareth Southgate
:26:37. > :26:38.at England training this week, as in the England
:26:39. > :26:41.football manager. Fresh ideas are always
:26:42. > :26:46.being sought in sport. Fresh faces too, like England
:26:47. > :26:49.fly-half George Ford. He took a break from
:26:50. > :26:52.training this week I think, as a player,
:26:53. > :26:59.if you learn to embrace it, and learn
:27:00. > :27:01.to be excited about it, I think that's the best
:27:02. > :27:09.way to approach it. You look back on it in a few
:27:10. > :27:12.years or whenever, if you look back and feel
:27:13. > :27:14.you didn't enjoy it, After their scintillating
:27:15. > :27:17.victory over Ireland last weekend, Scotland
:27:18. > :27:38.suddenly look like the team to After that defeat in it before
:27:39. > :27:42.Ireland, they are under pressure to win tomorrow against Italy. You
:27:43. > :27:44.wouldn't expect them to lose again, but if it were predictable, it
:27:45. > :27:46.wouldn't be the Six Nations. title at London 2012,
:27:47. > :27:51.has been found guilty of doping by the Court
:27:52. > :27:56.of Arbitration for Sport. Savinova will now be stripped
:27:57. > :27:59.of all her titles won between 2010 and 2013,
:28:00. > :28:07.including her Olympic gold. Caster Semenya, who finished second
:28:08. > :28:15.in 2012, and British athlete Jenny Meadowsm, who finished in
:28:16. > :28:18.bronze behind Savinova at the 2010 European Championships, both stand
:28:19. > :28:20.to have their medals upgraded. The Hollywood film star
:28:21. > :28:23.George Clooney and his wife Amal are expecting twins,
:28:24. > :28:25.with reports suggesting that they The news was confirmed
:28:26. > :28:27.by Clooney's fellow actor and close friend Matt Damon,
:28:28. > :28:30.who said he was "thrilled for the pair" and that they were
:28:31. > :28:43.going to be "awesome parents." Congratulations are in order for
:28:44. > :28:49.George and Amal loony. The news was broken by Entertainment Tonight. It
:28:50. > :28:54.has been confirmed that the 55-year-old superstar and his very
:28:55. > :28:58.accomplished attorney wife are expecting twins. At 55, George
:28:59. > :29:01.Clooney has hung back a bit before taking on fatherhood, but his good
:29:02. > :29:05.friend Matt Damon has no doubts about how to did he will be to his
:29:06. > :29:10.new role. He's a good man, incredibly smart. He is a loving,
:29:11. > :29:17.funny guy. He is married to a spectacular woman, who is going to
:29:18. > :29:22.be an amazing mother. And you know, you know, again, those kids are just
:29:23. > :29:26.incredibly lucky. They are going to be... They are all going to be fine.
:29:27. > :29:33.George Clooney's marries just over two years ago finally took him off
:29:34. > :29:38.the list of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors. And today's news
:29:39. > :29:43.has brought congratulations. In a little echo Beyonce's famous photo
:29:44. > :29:48.posted to announce that she was expecting twins, Ellen DeGeneres
:29:49. > :29:59.posted this version of the famous picture. Amal loony, a human rights
:30:00. > :30:02.lawyer, has worked on cases including Julian Assange Wikileaks
:30:03. > :30:06.and the campaign to return the Elgin marbles to Greece. She's also the
:30:07. > :30:10.president of the Cluny foundation for justice. Her twins are expected
:30:11. > :30:17.in June. The demands and pressures of raising a family now to add to
:30:18. > :30:22.her and her husband's already full public life.
:30:23. > :30:43.It is a bleak picture for most of us, lots of damp and dismal weather.
:30:44. > :30:46.Good spells of sunshine in Scotland. Speckled wintry showers coming in in
:30:47. > :30:57.the afternoon and into the evening. This picture captures everything.
:30:58. > :31:03.Wintry showers of rain, sleet and snow over eastern areas, the best of
:31:04. > :31:07.the brightness in the West. Brightness in the South West of
:31:08. > :31:10.England and North and West Wales. Elsewhere, cloud will be thick and
:31:11. > :31:22.it will be a dismal, cold feeling day. The best of brighter weather
:31:23. > :31:27.will be across north and west of Scotland, some of it getting into
:31:28. > :31:33.Northern Ireland as well. Temperatures between two and five
:31:34. > :31:41.Celsius. Overnight, showers pouring from the East, mainly affecting the
:31:42. > :31:44.coast. Sleet and snow inland. Accumulations through central and
:31:45. > :31:47.eastern parts. Don't be surprised to wake up tomorrow to a modest
:31:48. > :31:55.covering of snow, certainly over high ground. A cold night with frost
:31:56. > :31:59.and ice in the West. There will be further wintry showers this weekend,
:32:00. > :32:05.and it will be cold because of the wind. Snow will be confined to the
:32:06. > :32:09.hills over the weekend. This feature pushing in across the country will
:32:10. > :32:12.bring more organised showers on Saturday, and then noticed this
:32:13. > :32:21.squeezing isobars on Sunday. It will be really cold and raw. Later in the
:32:22. > :32:29.day, it looks like the snow will retreat to the higher ground. Brain
:32:30. > :32:34.on lower levels. It will be a cold day, temperatures below single
:32:35. > :32:47.figures. The wind will be a feature on Sunday. Temperatures may be up,
:32:48. > :32:53.but it won't feel like that because of the strength of the wind. Heading
:32:54. > :32:57.into next week, we start seeing these orange colours migrating up
:32:58. > :32:59.from the south. Temperatures will just about make double figures in
:33:00. > :33:01.one or two places. A reminder of our main
:33:02. > :33:03.story this lunchtime: The Health Secretary acknowledges
:33:04. > :33:05.that patients are facing "completely unacceptable" delays at hospitals
:33:06. > :33:17.in England. I think it's wrong to suggest the
:33:18. > :33:22.people that these profound challenges, such as we face with an
:33:23. > :33:26.ageing population, are ones where there is a silver bullet that you
:33:27. > :33:28.can solve the problem with overnight.
:33:29. > :33:31.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.