:00:00. > :00:08.Tony Blair urges Britons to rise up against the decision to leave the EU
:00:09. > :00:12.- he says people voted without knowing the real terms.
:00:13. > :00:14.The former Prime Minister says it's his mission to encourage people
:00:15. > :00:17.to speak out against what he called the government's drive
:00:18. > :00:32.The people voted without knowledge of the terms of Brexit. As these
:00:33. > :00:39.terms become clear, it is their right to change their mind. We heard
:00:40. > :00:43.all these arguments last year. Not a thing has changed. I think it really
:00:44. > :00:45.is insulting the intelligence of the electorate to say that they got it
:00:46. > :00:46.wrong. We'll have the latest
:00:47. > :00:48.live from Westminster. President Trump's choice
:00:49. > :00:54.for his new national security Retail sales fall unexpectedly -
:00:55. > :00:58.some analysts say it's the beginning of a long-anticipated slowdown
:00:59. > :01:03.in the economy. Brain power required -
:01:04. > :01:06.scientists appeal for more people to donate their brain,
:01:07. > :01:09.so they can do more research And Arsene Wenger says
:01:10. > :01:15.he will still be a football manager next season -
:01:16. > :01:22.even if that isn't at Arsenal. And coming up in the sport on BBC
:01:23. > :01:24.News: Watford are commissioning a statue of Graham Taylor
:01:25. > :01:27.at Vicarage Road, to honour their most successful manager,
:01:28. > :01:51.who died last month. Good afternoon and welcome
:01:52. > :01:54.to the BBC News at One. Tony Blair has said it is his
:01:55. > :01:58.mission to persuade Britons to "rise up" and change their mind
:01:59. > :02:01.about leaving the European Union. Speaking in the City of London,
:02:02. > :02:04.the former Prime Minister claimed that people had voted in last year's
:02:05. > :02:07.referendum without knowing His comments have been described
:02:08. > :02:13.as arrogant and undemocratic by the Conservative MP Iain Duncan
:02:14. > :02:15.Smith. Meanwhile, Theresa May has written
:02:16. > :02:19.in a French newspaper that Britain won't try to cherry pick which parts
:02:20. > :02:23.of EU membership it wants to keep, The Prime Minister meets her French
:02:24. > :02:39.counterpart, Bernard Cazeneuve, A former Prime Minister putting
:02:40. > :02:44.himself back in the debate full stop yes, the people voted for Brexit,
:02:45. > :02:51.said Tony Blair, but... It's their right to change their mind. Our
:02:52. > :02:56.mission is to persuade them to do so. This was a rallying cry. Britain
:02:57. > :03:00.faced an economic cliff edge, he said, and those who oppose Brexit
:03:01. > :03:06.should speak up. They will say leaving is inevitable. It isn't.
:03:07. > :03:13.They will say, we don't represent the people. We do. Many millions of
:03:14. > :03:16.them. And with that did had -- and with determination, many millions
:03:17. > :03:21.more. This is not the time for retreat, indifference or despair.
:03:22. > :03:25.But the time to rise up in defence of what we believe. The former
:03:26. > :03:31.Labour Prime Minister had frank words for his party, seeing the bill
:03:32. > :03:34.through Parliament. The debilitation of the Labour Party is the
:03:35. > :03:40.facilitation of Brexit. I hate to say that, but it's true. His
:03:41. > :03:43.opponents are armed with an awesome political argument, that they are
:03:44. > :03:48.carried out what people voted for. Mainz can be changed, he said. He
:03:49. > :03:52.faces another obstacle that will be exploited by his critics, the person
:03:53. > :03:56.who is delivering its. This is the guy who dragooned the United Kingdom
:03:57. > :04:00.into the Iraq war on a completely false prospectus, so I respectfully
:04:01. > :04:04.say to Tony Blair, those who call the British people to rise up
:04:05. > :04:09.against Brexit, I urge the British people to rise up and turn off the
:04:10. > :04:12.TV next time Blair comes on with his condescending campaign. But it
:04:13. > :04:17.wasn't only Brexit campaigners who questioned Mr Blair's speech. One
:04:18. > :04:21.former boss of the official Remain campaign told me it might lead to
:04:22. > :04:25.more division. Tony Blair isn't speaking for the whole of those on
:04:26. > :04:28.the Remain side of the argument. There are lots of different views,
:04:29. > :04:34.lots of people disappointed by the outcome, but the idea you tell
:04:35. > :04:40.people you need re-educating and we are not listening is wrong and
:04:41. > :04:44.patronising. Theresa May told Britain wouldn't try to cherry pick
:04:45. > :04:48.the best parts of EU membership when outside. With only weeks until the
:04:49. > :04:53.likely start of the Brexit process, the debate is intensifying. The
:04:54. > :04:56.speech from Tony Blair, tough in tone and uncompromising, has raised
:04:57. > :04:59.the temperature once again. Tom Bateman, BBC News, Westminster.
:05:00. > :05:03.Our political correspondent Carole Walker is in Westminster.
:05:04. > :05:11.More than six months have passed. The result of the vote can't be
:05:12. > :05:14.changed. What is Tony Blair's thinking here? What Tony Blair has
:05:15. > :05:18.seen is the way the debate has gone, the way the government's policy has
:05:19. > :05:21.evolved. He says the government is vexed with Brexiters claims the
:05:22. > :05:27.whole process is being driven by ideologues, those strongly connected
:05:28. > :05:31.to the process of taking Britain out of EU, and doing so by leaving the
:05:32. > :05:35.single market, probably leaving the customs union as well. And he
:05:36. > :05:40.believes that the Labour Party is failing to provide any adequate
:05:41. > :05:46.opposition to the way the process is unfolding so how is he going to
:05:47. > :05:48.bring about this change of mood from the British people? Well, he
:05:49. > :05:52.wouldn't commit to a second referendum, though it seems that is
:05:53. > :05:56.the only way this could possibly be reversed. But what he's doing is
:05:57. > :06:01.setting up this institute to try to, as he puts it, reposition the whole
:06:02. > :06:06.debate. Now it's perhaps no surprise that there has been an absolutely
:06:07. > :06:12.scathing reaction from pro-Brexit campaigners, accusing him of being
:06:13. > :06:15.arrogant, of being undemocratic, of treating the British people as mugs,
:06:16. > :06:18.dismissing them and saying they didn't understand what they were
:06:19. > :06:22.voting for, but what's interesting is as you heard in that report
:06:23. > :06:27.there, even some of those who wanted to remain inside the EU now say
:06:28. > :06:31.look, we've had that did vote in the referendum, we now need to accent it
:06:32. > :06:35.and move on. I think Tony Blair is hoping that his intervention will
:06:36. > :06:40.mobilise a very different tide of public opinion, but of course too
:06:41. > :06:44.many people he is quite a toxic figure and many doubt that he will
:06:45. > :06:47.make a huge difference to the course of our process out of the European
:06:48. > :06:50.Union. Carole Walker, thank you. The former naval Admiral
:06:51. > :06:52.chosen by President Trump to be his national security advisor
:06:53. > :06:55.has turned down the job, in another Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward
:06:56. > :06:59.was widely tipped for the post, after Donald Trump fired
:07:00. > :07:01.Michael Flynn on Monday. But Harward decided to reject one
:07:02. > :07:04.of the most important positions in the Cabinet,
:07:05. > :07:07.just hours after Mr Trump denied his At a news conference, the President
:07:08. > :07:13.said his team is operating Donald Trump is a president
:07:14. > :07:22.like no other. Critics say he governs
:07:23. > :07:25.and goes about his business like he's tearing up the rule book,
:07:26. > :07:29.lurching from crisis to crisis. But barely a month into his
:07:30. > :07:32.presidency, the billionaire businessman turned reality TV star,
:07:33. > :07:37.turned leader of the free world, insists things couldn't be
:07:38. > :07:40.going any better. I turn on the TV, open
:07:41. > :07:43.the newspapers, and I see This administration is running
:07:44. > :07:58.like a fine-tuned machine. But even as the president spoke,
:07:59. > :08:02.Vice Admiral Robert Harward, his preferred pick as the new national
:08:03. > :08:04.security adviser, was turning down The former Navy SEAL reportedly
:08:05. > :08:12.dissuaded by the power struggles and demands of the President's
:08:13. > :08:14.inner circle. Evidence, say Mr Trump's opponents,
:08:15. > :08:18.that he's struggling to keep the ship steady in the face
:08:19. > :08:23.of a raging storm. Every new administration has
:08:24. > :08:26.its growing pains, but consider his. He had to dismiss his
:08:27. > :08:29.acting Attorney General. He faced an executive order
:08:30. > :08:33.which was rejected by three different federal courts,
:08:34. > :08:37.and then he had to take the resignation of his
:08:38. > :08:39.national security adviser. That's never happened to any
:08:40. > :08:43.president in history. Fine-tuned machine, off
:08:44. > :08:46.to a pretty rough start. It's not hard to decipher
:08:47. > :08:49.who the president blames for creating an atmosphere of chaos
:08:50. > :08:54.that he says doesn't actually exist. The press has become so dishonest,
:08:55. > :08:59.that if we don't talk about it, we are doing a tremendous
:09:00. > :09:04.disservice to the American people, His principal targets
:09:05. > :09:11.are the established giants of the US media, the New York Times,
:09:12. > :09:15.CNN, but even some commentators on the normally supportive Fox News
:09:16. > :09:17.channel have their issues This president keeps telling untrue
:09:18. > :09:23.things and he does it every single time he's in front
:09:24. > :09:27.of the microphone. It's demonstrable, I can
:09:28. > :09:35.rewind the tape for you. Some of them are not really big,
:09:36. > :09:40.but they are coming from But Mr Trump is on a mission
:09:41. > :09:44.to rebuild America. His supporters say no amount
:09:45. > :09:46.of misplaced criticism from the established media
:09:47. > :09:47.will derail them. We are going to continue to do
:09:48. > :09:50.what we did so very, very successfully and the thing that
:09:51. > :09:53.put the former real estate billionaire into the White House,
:09:54. > :09:56.which is to break your sense The mainstream media no longer
:09:57. > :10:01.gets to monopolise news, and we are going to go straight
:10:02. > :10:04.to the audiences, whether it's through Twitter, whether it's
:10:05. > :10:11.through YouTube, it doesn't matter. Indeed, as he signed away
:10:12. > :10:13.environmental regulations, keeping a campaign promise
:10:14. > :10:16.to support coal-mining to appoint a new hard-line head
:10:17. > :10:20.of environmental protection, Mr Trump says he is getting
:10:21. > :10:23.on with the business of government. Not to the liking of liberal
:10:24. > :10:26.and media elites perhaps, Our correspondent Gary O'Donoghue
:10:27. > :10:41.is in Washington. He says it's business as usual. We
:10:42. > :10:50.are certainly hearing more about some other appointments, Gary? We're
:10:51. > :10:54.hearing as replacement for national security adviser that he was hoping
:10:55. > :10:58.to announce, Bob Harward, doesn't want the job. So we still don't have
:10:59. > :11:01.a national security adviser, after losing Michael Flynn at the
:11:02. > :11:06.beginning of the week. We are expecting later today for Scott
:11:07. > :11:10.Pruitt to be confirmed as the head of the environmental protection in
:11:11. > :11:14.the. That's the sort of Cabinet level job and an incredibly
:11:15. > :11:19.controversial job in this country. There's a lot of lobbying against
:11:20. > :11:22.the environmental protection agency, a lot of concern amongst Democrats
:11:23. > :11:28.that he is not a friend of the environment and has taken that a lot
:11:29. > :11:31.of cases as Attorney General in Oklahoma against the environmental
:11:32. > :11:37.protection agency, but that should go through. But still, we don't have
:11:38. > :11:42.a full cabinet. This is weak four, just ending today, of the
:11:43. > :11:45.presidency. He doesn't have a full cabinet, and he doesn't have a lot
:11:46. > :11:48.of those posts in place at the second tier in the various
:11:49. > :11:53.departments, deputy secretaries and assistant secretaries. So it's an
:11:54. > :11:56.administration that is running on half a tank at the moment, despite
:11:57. > :11:59.the president saying it's finely tuned. Gary O'Donoghue in
:12:00. > :12:02.Washington, thank you. The pound has fallen further
:12:03. > :12:04.against other currencies, including the dollar and the euro,
:12:05. > :12:06.after official figures showed the UK's retail sales took
:12:07. > :12:10.an unexpected tumble last month. Some analysts think the figures
:12:11. > :12:13.suggest that the slowdown predicted in the wake of a vote to leave
:12:14. > :12:17.the EU has now begun. Simon Gompertz has been taking
:12:18. > :12:20.a look at what's put the squeeze Despite the early sales, the January
:12:21. > :12:28.sales and now the late sales, have people become tired of shopping
:12:29. > :12:34.and wary about the future? I'm a self-employed carpenter
:12:35. > :12:36.and I think people are closing I'm not getting the work
:12:37. > :12:42.I was getting before Brexit as people don't
:12:43. > :12:46.know what's happening. I think people are expecting
:12:47. > :12:49.the worst so they're holding back until they know a bit more
:12:50. > :12:52.about the future. So maybe they've got the money,
:12:53. > :12:55.they're just not spending it. Personally I've spent more
:12:56. > :13:00.after Christmas, I think! I probably shouldn't but I think
:13:01. > :13:04.most of my mates are still shopping. The drop in retail sales in January
:13:05. > :13:10.sounds small, at 0.3%, but a rise was expected,
:13:11. > :13:13.and it comes after a 2.1% decline Officials say higher prices for food
:13:14. > :13:17.and fuel are partly to blame. If people really have
:13:18. > :13:20.closed their wallets, zipped up their purses,
:13:21. > :13:23.that could be crucial for the coming year because it's the British
:13:24. > :13:28.shopper keeping spending who's kept the economy growing
:13:29. > :13:30.despite the uncertainties The drop in the value of the pound
:13:31. > :13:36.after the referendum means imports like technology and cars
:13:37. > :13:40.as well as food are more expensive. That's off-putting and if people do
:13:41. > :13:43.buy, it means they have Only a week or so ago the Bank
:13:44. > :13:50.of England told us they expect the economy to grow by 2% this year,
:13:51. > :13:54.the same as last year, but this is an abrupt wake-up call
:13:55. > :13:57.that the economy could be slowing down and we may not achieve
:13:58. > :13:59.that sort of growth. The pound faltered again today,
:14:00. > :14:01.because of these worries The retail sales figures
:14:02. > :14:05.are highly volatile, like the pound itself,
:14:06. > :14:07.so it is possible that The US food giant Kraft has said
:14:08. > :14:20.Unilever, which makes goods from Marmite to PG Tips,
:14:21. > :14:31.has turned down a takeover offer. Although Unilever has rejected the
:14:32. > :14:35.initial approach, Kraft Heinz says it looks forward to working to reach
:14:36. > :14:38.an agreement. Let's find out more from our business correspondent,
:14:39. > :14:45.Jonty Bloom. How significant is all of this? Let's put this in context.
:14:46. > :14:51.Unilever is the company in the UK overall. It has 400 brands around
:14:52. > :14:56.the world, 13 of which, brands like Magnum and Lipton, sell more than ?1
:14:57. > :15:00.billion worth every year, and it employs about 170,000 people. It's
:15:01. > :15:07.one of the most important companies in the world. Heinz Kraft are trying
:15:08. > :15:12.to buy it for something like ?112 billion. What happens next? Unilever
:15:13. > :15:16.have rejected this original offer but that's the start of the dance,
:15:17. > :15:20.so to speak. Heinz could come back with a bigger offer, we probably
:15:21. > :15:23.expect them to do that. It will depend on whether you decides that's
:15:24. > :15:26.a good enough deal to recommend to shareholders and accept the
:15:27. > :15:30.takeover, or whether to fight it. Then there's the issue of
:15:31. > :15:34.regulation. You are talking about two of the largest food and
:15:35. > :15:38.household products companies in the world potentially merging. They
:15:39. > :15:40.spend a lot on TV and control a lot of products. Would governments
:15:41. > :15:44.around the world be happy, having all that spending power and products
:15:45. > :15:47.in one company? Jonty Bloom, thank you.
:15:48. > :15:50.Malaysia says it will not release the body of the half-brother
:15:51. > :15:52.of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, until it receives DNA
:15:53. > :15:55.Malaysia says it will not release the body of the half-brother
:15:56. > :15:57.of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, until it receives DNA
:15:58. > :15:59.samples from his family to confirm his identity.
:16:00. > :16:01.Kim Jong-nam died at Kaula Lumpur airport on Monday.
:16:02. > :16:04.Malaysia says it will not release the body of the half-brother
:16:05. > :16:06.of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, until it receives DNA
:16:07. > :16:12.samples from his family to confirm his identity.
:16:13. > :16:13.Pakistan's security forces have carried out raids
:16:14. > :16:16.across the country, killing and arresting dozens
:16:17. > :16:18.of suspected militants, following yesterday's suicide attack
:16:19. > :16:21.at a famous Sufi shrine in the south of the country.
:16:22. > :16:23.The attack was claimed by so-called Islamic State.
:16:24. > :16:30.Our Pakistan correspondent Secunder Kermani reports.
:16:31. > :16:32.The shrine was packed with men, women and children for the special
:16:33. > :16:35.devotional services that take place here on Thursday nights.
:16:36. > :16:43.Jihadists believe Muslims who attend shines like this are heretics
:16:44. > :16:51.Today the families of the dead began to bury their loved ones.
:16:52. > :16:56.This woman's 13-year-old son was among those killed.
:16:57. > :16:59.His uncle expressed the family's sorrow.
:17:00. > :17:02.TRANSLATION: He only wanted to pay his respects at the shrine.
:17:03. > :17:14.I raised him like my own child as I don't have any children.
:17:15. > :17:17.He was my own child and they took him from me.
:17:18. > :17:21.There have also been angry scenes close to the shrine where locals
:17:22. > :17:23.have clashed with police, who they blame for not having done
:17:24. > :17:32.We have been telling the police and other officials
:17:33. > :17:35.that there was no security and that anything could happen any time
:17:36. > :17:42.Security has been stepped up at religious sites considered
:17:43. > :17:46.possible targets like this Sufi shrine.
:17:47. > :17:49.Paramilitary forces say they have killed dozens of suspected militants
:17:50. > :17:52.in raids carried out across the country today
:17:53. > :17:55.but Pakistan has now suffered five attacks in five days carried out
:17:56. > :18:03.One faction of the Pakistani Taliban has vowed to unleash
:18:04. > :18:07.It's not known whether this latest attack by IS is linked to that
:18:08. > :18:09.but many here now fear that after a recent significant
:18:10. > :18:11.reduction in violence, the security situation
:18:12. > :18:27.Former Prime Minister Tony Blair urges Britons to rise up
:18:28. > :18:28.against the decision to leave the EU.
:18:29. > :18:34.He says people voted without knowing the real terms.
:18:35. > :18:42.How a man's search for food in rubbish bins has led to wedding
:18:43. > :18:48.Arsene Wenger will make a decision on his Arsenal future in March
:18:49. > :18:50.or April but won't be retiring this summer.
:18:51. > :18:53.The Frenchman says, "I will manage next season whether it is here
:18:54. > :19:04.Scientists are appealing for more people to donate their brain
:19:05. > :19:11.In particular, they need to carry out research on the brains of people
:19:12. > :19:13.who suffered illnesses such as depression and post-traumatic
:19:14. > :19:15.stress disorder, in order to develop new treatments.
:19:16. > :19:17.Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh reports from one
:19:18. > :19:20.of the largest brain banks in the world, in Boston,
:19:21. > :19:34.Inside it is as beautiful as it is complex.
:19:35. > :19:36.It is the wiring that changes and grows as we do.
:19:37. > :19:42.It is a physical embodiment of our behaviour and who we are.
:19:43. > :19:45.That is why they are stored in brain banks like this one.
:19:46. > :19:47.They are donated so that scientists can study them
:19:48. > :19:51.to discover what happens when our brains go wrong.
:19:52. > :19:58.3,000 brains are stored here at one of the world's largest brain banks.
:19:59. > :20:00.Most of them are from people with some form of mental
:20:01. > :20:07.They are now used by researchers to try and find new treatments
:20:08. > :20:09.for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and a whole host of
:20:10. > :20:19.Researchers here at McLean Hospital, just outside Boston,
:20:20. > :20:21.and in brain banks across the world, do not have enough specimens
:20:22. > :20:28.In particular, they are lacking donations from people who had
:20:29. > :20:30.depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, because they are thought
:20:31. > :20:36.of as being psychological and not due to changes in the brain.
:20:37. > :20:41.If people think there are no changes in the brain of someone suffering
:20:42. > :20:48.major depression or post-traumatic stress disorders,
:20:49. > :20:50.-- major depression or post-traumatic stress
:20:51. > :20:53.reason to donate their brain for research because there
:20:54. > :20:57.This conception is radically wrong from a biological point of view.
:20:58. > :20:59.I was so glad to donate my mother's brain.
:21:00. > :21:01.Caroline has decided to donate her brain for medical research,
:21:02. > :21:07.She hopes her donation will help researchers find a cure.
:21:08. > :21:09.And she is urging others to do the same.
:21:10. > :21:26.And how are we going to find out if we don't do the research
:21:27. > :21:28.on the brain which is where it is starting,
:21:29. > :21:32.Scientists say that new treatments for many mental and neurological
:21:33. > :21:36.diseases are within their grasp but it is a lack of brain tissue
:21:37. > :21:47.Princess Cristina of Spain has been cleared of tax fraud.
:21:48. > :21:50.If found guilty, she could have been jailed for up to eight years.
:21:51. > :21:54.The 51-year-old sister of the Spanish king was the first
:21:55. > :21:57.royal in Spain to face criminal charges since the restoration
:21:58. > :22:03.But her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, has been sentenced to six years
:22:04. > :22:16.Events are being held to mark the centenary of the sinking
:22:17. > :22:19.of a troop ship in the Channel during the First World War, with
:22:20. > :22:23.Most of those who died were black labourers from South Africa who'd
:22:24. > :22:25.been conscripted to help British forces during the conflict.
:22:26. > :22:32.The disaster is little known, as Tim Muffett reports.
:22:33. > :22:38.Private Daniel Mafika, Private Daniel Nkonyama.
:22:39. > :22:41.The names of more than 600 killed in one of the UK's
:22:42. > :22:53.Yet, most have never heard of the sinking of the SS Mendi.
:22:54. > :22:59.They have become the unremembered men of the First World War.
:23:00. > :23:03.The SS Mendi was sailing from Cape Town to northern France when,
:23:04. > :23:05.in thick fog, near the Isle of Wight, she accidentally
:23:06. > :23:09.More than 800 members of the South African Native Labour
:23:10. > :23:17.They were labourers needed to support the British Army
:23:18. > :23:23.They built railway lines, they built roads.
:23:24. > :23:31.The discrimination experienced by many members
:23:32. > :23:35.of the South African Labour Corps in life continued in death.
:23:36. > :23:38.The sinking of the SS Mendi was barely mentioned in official
:23:39. > :23:50.The few that were are now buried in Portsmouth.
:23:51. > :23:53.Tennyson, Sibonisa and Natalia are direct descendants of men
:23:54. > :23:56.who died on the Mendi and they have travelled from South Africa
:23:57. > :24:05.They did get on-board that ship because they were patriotic.
:24:06. > :24:08.They were seving both the union of South Africa and the King.
:24:09. > :24:19.It is an emotional event coming here.
:24:20. > :24:22.It is only now, after the new tone of South Africa, that SS
:24:23. > :24:35.The South African Navy band have also travelled
:24:36. > :24:38.Victims of a largely forgotten tragedy at sea
:24:39. > :24:47.English football's current longest-serving manager,
:24:48. > :24:49.Arsene Wenger, says he will definitely still be
:24:50. > :24:56.a manager next season, whether at Arsenal or elsewhere.
:24:57. > :24:59.It's the first time the 67-year-old has hinted that he may be prepared
:25:00. > :25:02.to leave the Gunners after 21 years in charge, and comes after his team
:25:03. > :25:07.Our reporter David Ornstein was at Arsene Wenger's news
:25:08. > :25:22.Arsenal have lost 5-1 in Munich, this type over before the second
:25:23. > :25:31.leg. -- this tie. Is this the lowest moment for one
:25:32. > :25:33.of English football's After 21 years in charge,
:25:34. > :25:37.is Arsene Wenger preparing to bid Today, for the first time, he hinted
:25:38. > :25:44.that the end could be nigh. No matter what happens, you do not
:25:45. > :25:48.stay somewhere the 20 years and walk out of a defeat like that... I have
:25:49. > :25:51.the strength and experience to respond to that.
:25:52. > :25:53.In 1996, Arsene Wenger arrived to headlines
:25:54. > :25:58.Soon he silenced the critics by collecting trophies.
:25:59. > :26:01.A pioneer on and off the pitch, he turned the likes of Thierry Henry
:26:02. > :26:04.invincibles, going an entire league season unbeaten.
:26:05. > :26:15.Among his achievements, three Premiership titles and six FA Cups.
:26:16. > :26:17.Arsene Wenger hasn't just managed this club but transformed it.
:26:18. > :26:21.The team, their new stadium and even this state of the art training
:26:22. > :26:32.Defeat in the 2006 Champions League final to Barcelona a particular
:26:33. > :26:34.blow, while an increase in supporter unrest this season has
:26:35. > :26:46.What is important is the club makes the right decisions for the future.
:26:47. > :26:50.I do not work here the 20 years not to care about this club. I have had
:26:51. > :26:56.many opportunities to go somewhere in that period. It is very important
:26:57. > :27:00.the club is always in safe hands. Arsenal are still in 3Com petitions.
:27:01. > :27:05.If his comments are anything to go by, this could well be his last
:27:06. > :27:10.crack at each. He will hope a final piece of glory is not out of reach.
:27:11. > :27:13.A couple who have been nicknamed The Lady and The Tramp are making
:27:14. > :27:16.the final preparations for their wedding this weekend.
:27:17. > :27:19.Joan Neininger met Ken Selway more than 40 years ago
:27:20. > :27:21.when he was sleeping rough on the streets of Gloucester.
:27:22. > :27:29.Our correspondent Jon Kay takes up their story.
:27:30. > :27:38.Back on the street where they first met.
:27:39. > :27:46.Appropriate that it began here in a bookshop.
:27:47. > :27:51.Joan ran the little shop in the centre of Gloucester
:27:52. > :27:54.with her husband, and one day in 1975 she saw Ken
:27:55. > :28:08.That's the bin where I used to go and look for food.
:28:09. > :28:13.So Joan gave Ken a cup of tea that day and sketched
:28:14. > :28:16.He was a shy man who'd suffered a head injury
:28:17. > :28:23.He developed schizophrenia and ended up sleeping rough.
:28:24. > :28:25.He always looked as if he didn't belong on the streets.
:28:26. > :28:35.Joan invited Ken to move into her family home, and she helped him
:28:36. > :28:38.Over the years, he became part of the household,
:28:39. > :28:45.Although Joan's relationship with Ken was purely platonic, her
:28:46. > :28:49.But, as the decades passed, the three of them
:28:50. > :28:57.Then, in 1983, Joan's husband Norman died.
:28:58. > :29:14.Ken and Joan are back to marry, 42 years after that first cup of tea.
:29:15. > :29:16.How much of a difference has Joan made to your life?
:29:17. > :29:25.I was on the street, it was terrible.
:29:26. > :29:35.At times, Ken's mental health problems have been severe.
:29:36. > :29:38.But Joan has helped him, and together they have tried
:29:39. > :29:48.There were voices in my head which would have
:29:49. > :30:10.It was Joan who proposed to Ken with the full support
:30:11. > :30:32.What about the future, what does it have in store for you?
:30:33. > :30:34.Well, there won't be babies and there won't be
:30:35. > :31:01.A lot of cloud and mild weather or cold? It is February. It will be
:31:02. > :31:06.mild for the next few days. Potentially very mild next week. It
:31:07. > :31:10.will come with a lot of cloud. You can see a lot of cloud across the
:31:11. > :31:14.country, the best of the sunshine in eastern areas and southern parts as
:31:15. > :31:19.well. We have a weak weather front juicing
:31:20. > :31:23.thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, mostly confined to western areas.
:31:24. > :31:30.Central and eastern parts turning dry.
:31:31. > :31:36.Temperatures are up to 30 degrees across central and southern England.
:31:37. > :31:41.This evening, staying damp across western areas, and north-west
:31:42. > :31:45.England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Drive for Wales
:31:46. > :31:50.and the South of England. In the cities, it will be mild with
:31:51. > :31:54.that blanket cover. Quite breezy for the North west
:31:55. > :32:00.corner of the UK at the start of the weekend. A weather front will move
:32:01. > :32:05.southwards. Wetter weather in parts of Wales in the afternoon. Blustery
:32:06. > :32:12.showers behind in Scotland. Some sunshine. Stained bright in the
:32:13. > :32:15.south-east and mild. Up to 14 Celsius.
:32:16. > :32:21.-- Staying bright. That wet weather clears away on Saturday night.
:32:22. > :32:25.Continuing with winds feeding in moist air from the tropics which is
:32:26. > :32:31.why it is so mild. Again, a lot of cloud on Sunday.
:32:32. > :32:41.Eastern Wales and Central and eastern arts of England mild.
:32:42. > :32:48.Double-figure values. Notice the deep orange colours from the
:32:49. > :32:51.Atlantic on Monday. It is not expected to be wall-to-wall
:32:52. > :32:56.sunshine. A lot of cloud around, still some rain and breezy.
:32:57. > :33:03.In the sunshine, highs of 17 Celsius. Still way off the February
:33:04. > :33:10.record of 20. Outbreaks of rain on Monday, the
:33:11. > :33:17.rain heavily in north-west Scotland. This is what textures will be like
:33:18. > :33:19.on Monday, mid teens. You can keep abreast of all the
:33:20. > :33:21.weekend whether online. A reminder of our main
:33:22. > :33:43.story this lunchtime. Tony Blair has urged Britons to rise
:33:44. > :33:44.up and speak out against the except of the