:00:09. > :00:16.Plans for more cuts get the cold shoulder from head teachers. They
:00:17. > :00:22.say a funding crisis is forcing them to increase class sizes and cut
:00:23. > :00:23.courses. We will be live at the head teachers' conference in Birmingham.
:00:24. > :00:26.Also... EU leaders meet in Brussels -
:00:27. > :00:28.without Theresa May - in what's billed as the last
:00:29. > :00:31.European summit before Brexit BT bows to demands to run a legally
:00:32. > :00:34.separate broadband operation, British Cycling admits not giving
:00:35. > :00:42.enough care to staff and athletes after ongoing claims
:00:43. > :00:45.of sexism and bullying. A new study aims to tell us
:00:46. > :00:51.about our musical tastes And coming up in the sport on BBC
:00:52. > :00:54.News, Owen Farrell remains a doubt for England's Six Nations match
:00:55. > :00:56.against Scotland tomorrow, but they have until an hour before
:00:57. > :01:20.kick-off to make a decision. Good afternoon and welcome
:01:21. > :01:31.to the BBC News at One. Schools in England are being forced
:01:32. > :01:38.to cut GCSE and A-level courses in an effort to balance the books,
:01:39. > :01:40.according to a head teachers' union. The Association of Scool and College
:01:41. > :01:45.Leaders has warned that budget pressures are causing them to cancel
:01:46. > :01:46.things like school trips. They have said budget constraints are driving
:01:47. > :01:48.up class sizes. Let's go to our education
:01:49. > :01:50.correspondent Gillian Hargreaves, who's at the conference
:01:51. > :02:01.in Birmingham. Between now and Easter there will be
:02:02. > :02:04.a number of teaching union conferences, this morning, head
:02:05. > :02:07.teachers in Birmingham. Justine Greening could have been left in no
:02:08. > :02:10.doubt about how strong their grievances are.
:02:11. > :02:18.Peter Woodman at the wheeled school might be a head teacher, but he
:02:19. > :02:23.still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it am
:02:24. > :02:26.partly because it saves money. The only reason we can't survive as we
:02:27. > :02:31.are carrying forward money from last year, if the Government stick to
:02:32. > :02:36.their pledges at the cash flow and budget, we will be making two cuts
:02:37. > :02:40.to around ?70,000 every year, year on year.
:02:41. > :02:43.Peter is one of dozens in heads in southern England who wrote to
:02:44. > :02:50.parents, informing them of the impact.
:02:51. > :02:54.In a poll, almost three quarters of members of this union said they had
:02:55. > :02:58.had to cut GCSE or vocational courses in the last 12 months.
:02:59. > :03:00.The most common web design and technology, performing arts, music
:03:01. > :03:04.and German and many teachers reported bigger class sizes to save
:03:05. > :03:08.money. Head teachers gathered in Birmingham
:03:09. > :03:12.this morning for the first of a series of teachers' conferences, the
:03:13. > :03:15.conversation dominated by cuts. It is the first time Education
:03:16. > :03:21.Secretary Justine Greening has laid out the Government's case in how
:03:22. > :03:22.schools should operate in these straitened times.
:03:23. > :03:28.Education Secretary Justine Greening has halted -- told head teachers
:03:29. > :03:32.that well there is no one money she will do her utmost to help them ease
:03:33. > :03:35.their way through the worst financial pressures in schools for
:03:36. > :03:38.20 years. It is really annoying to find
:03:39. > :03:42.Government constantly saying funding has never been higher, yes, because
:03:43. > :03:47.we have more students and because of inflation. We have an 8% cuts and
:03:48. > :03:51.are expected to continue delivering quality.
:03:52. > :03:57.How difficult is it? Like many schools across the country, we are
:03:58. > :04:01.all struggling to make ends meet. It is absolutely dire, we are having
:04:02. > :04:04.to make cuts to the curriculum and it is untenable.
:04:05. > :04:08.The Government points out that class sizes are at the lowest level for a
:04:09. > :04:10.decade and ?40 billion is being spent on schools in England this
:04:11. > :04:19.year, the highest cash figure ever. Now, this afternoon the new Chief
:04:20. > :04:23.inspector of schools for England, Amanda Spielman, will get up and
:04:24. > :04:26.make a speech to head teachers in which she says some schools are
:04:27. > :04:31.quite deliberately narrowing the range of subjects they are teaching
:04:32. > :04:35.and moving difficult pupils out of their schools to help them write up
:04:36. > :04:37.school league tables. Again, I suspect that will not go down well
:04:38. > :04:41.at all with some head teachers. Downing Street says it is confident
:04:42. > :04:45.it will meet its own deadline of the end of March for triggering
:04:46. > :04:48.the start of Britain's departure It comes as EU leaders met
:04:49. > :04:52.in Brussels to shore up unity Let's cross to Brussels and our
:04:53. > :05:07.Europe correspondent, Ben Wright. Well, European leaders are just
:05:08. > :05:11.leaving the summit now, having spent the morning talking about the EU's
:05:12. > :05:15.priorities, mapping out its future, a feature that will not include
:05:16. > :05:19.Britain. While the formal divorce Brexit talks have not started yet,
:05:20. > :05:23.there is a feeling that the separation has already begun.
:05:24. > :05:31.This is not quite as usual this morning as 27 EU heads of Government
:05:32. > :05:36.gathered without Britain Daesh business not quite as usual. Within
:05:37. > :05:39.weeks, the UK will start to unpick a decades long relationship with the
:05:40. > :05:44.EU and try to build a new one. Everyone expects the divorce to be
:05:45. > :05:48.difficulty. A crucial player on the EU side will be Donald Tusk,
:05:49. > :05:52.re-elected yesterday as President of the European Council, which
:05:53. > :05:55.represents EU leaders. In a fortnight, EU leaders will meet
:05:56. > :06:05.in Italy to celebrate 60 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, a
:06:06. > :06:07.foundation stone of the European unit.
:06:08. > :06:09.At Brexit will no doubt overshadow the party. Theresa May, who left the
:06:10. > :06:12.summit last night, insists she will trigger the starter Brexit by the
:06:13. > :06:15.end of the month and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been
:06:16. > :06:20.clear about the future cost of access to EU markets.
:06:21. > :06:27.It is not reasonable, I don't think, for the UK, having left the EU, to
:06:28. > :06:31.continue to make vast budget payments. I think everybody
:06:32. > :06:35.understands that and that is the reality.
:06:36. > :06:39.From the other side of the negotiation, an idea from the senior
:06:40. > :06:42.MEP who was not a negotiator but will represent the European
:06:43. > :06:47.Parliament during Brexit. He says there could be some way for UK
:06:48. > :06:50.citizens who wanted to retain their EU identity.
:06:51. > :06:54.Many UK citizens say I want to continue to have my European
:06:55. > :06:58.citizenship, I think we need to examine what type of special
:06:59. > :07:03.arrangement we can make for these individual citizens who want to
:07:04. > :07:06.continue to have a relationship with the European Union.
:07:07. > :07:10.But how that might work in practice is anyone's guess. We are on the
:07:11. > :07:13.brink of negotiations that have never been attempted before. The
:07:14. > :07:22.risks for both sides are high. Now, EU leaders desperately did not
:07:23. > :07:26.want Brexit to happen, but now it is going to they are keen to get on
:07:27. > :07:29.with it and there is a real sense of the phoney war phase of this coming
:07:30. > :07:33.to an end. Theresa May has said for a long time she intends to get the
:07:34. > :07:36.best deal for Britain, EU leaders and people within the institutions
:07:37. > :07:41.have insisted they will get a really good deal for the EU, crucially one
:07:42. > :07:48.serving as a warning to EU countries who might think about leaving in the
:07:49. > :07:51.future. But the next time Theresa May is here, the rhetoric around
:07:52. > :07:52.Brexit will have been replaced by the reality of tough negotiations.
:07:53. > :07:55.Thank you, Ben Wright. The row continues over
:07:56. > :07:57.the Government's plans to increase National Insurance contributions
:07:58. > :07:59.for some self-employed people. Labour has accused the Government
:08:00. > :08:01.of a partial U-turn after the Prime Minister said MPs
:08:02. > :08:04.won't vote on the plan Let's speak to our political
:08:05. > :08:14.correspondent, Iain Watson. He is at Westminster for us. Has the
:08:15. > :08:19.Prime Minister blinked here? Yes, she has. She is not closing her rise
:08:20. > :08:23.to the concerns of her own Conservative MPs, but it is not
:08:24. > :08:28.clear how far she will change your view. -- she is not closing her
:08:29. > :08:33.eyes. Because this boat will now be in the autumn, to bring in these
:08:34. > :08:36.measures, it will be after a review into working practices have been
:08:37. > :08:41.published -- because this bowled. It is likely to recommend more rights
:08:42. > :08:44.for the self-employed, such as rights to maternity and paternity
:08:45. > :08:48.leave, so the Government can argue from the autumn that the
:08:49. > :08:52.self-employed are getting more value for money from the National
:08:53. > :08:56.Insurance rise. What they might do, I have spoken to potential
:08:57. > :09:00.Conservative rebels and they say the Government to be more radical, to
:09:01. > :09:04.draw a clear distinction between the genuinely self-employed and those
:09:05. > :09:08.who worked just one company, such as a career company. They say that
:09:09. > :09:12.latter category should be hit with higher National Insurance but in
:09:13. > :09:15.return for full climate rights and perhaps the chance that they could
:09:16. > :09:20.find a little bit of time and space to ease the pain on the genuinely
:09:21. > :09:24.help -- self-employed such as hairdressers and plumbers. At every
:09:25. > :09:27.Conservative MP I have spoken to has said, of the record at least, that
:09:28. > :09:32.the Government should be more upfront about the fact that it had
:09:33. > :09:36.broken a manifesto pledge to some workers and explains why. They say
:09:37. > :09:39.they are not sure that a relatively small financial gain, ultimately, is
:09:40. > :09:42.worth all of this extended political pain. Thank you.
:09:43. > :09:45.BT has agreed to set up a new company to run the UK's
:09:46. > :09:46.national broadband network after being criticised
:09:47. > :09:50.BT Openreach has been accused of looking after its own customers
:09:51. > :09:52.at the expensive of rivals like Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone.
:09:53. > :09:54.Those companies welcomed the news, saying everyone's customers
:09:55. > :10:05.Here's our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
:10:06. > :10:12.It's got a massive and vital task rolling out fast broadband across
:10:13. > :10:17.the UK. Its critics say BT's Openreach has not been up to the
:10:18. > :10:23.job, delivering poor service are not investing enough. After a long
:10:24. > :10:28.battle, office-macro has said that Openreach should be separated from
:10:29. > :10:32.BT. This is what customers have demanded. They have been concerned
:10:33. > :10:38.that open reach is not performed well enough, broadband has not been
:10:39. > :10:43.good enough and they see the greater independence as a greater means for
:10:44. > :10:47.Openreach to operate with the telecoms industry at heart, not just
:10:48. > :10:52.BT. This deal is meant to make Openreach much more independent. It
:10:53. > :10:56.will have 32,000 employees working directly for it, there will be an
:10:57. > :11:01.independent board in charge of what goes on and it will have its own
:11:02. > :11:05.brand, the BT logo will disappear. BT had been accused of taking
:11:06. > :11:09.profits from Openreach and spending them on sports rights, a charger
:11:10. > :11:13.denies. The firm could have been ordered to sell the division
:11:14. > :11:17.completely and seems content with today's deal.
:11:18. > :11:21.We have listened to the criticisms from the general public, service
:11:22. > :11:24.providers, politicians and the media and looked to address them. That is
:11:25. > :11:30.what we are doing with the fundamental reforms today.
:11:31. > :11:34.Around 90% of UK homes have access to fast broadband but the hope is
:11:35. > :11:38.that the roll-out will accelerate and service will improve.
:11:39. > :11:43.We hope these reforms will really lead to a big change by Openreach
:11:44. > :11:48.and make them much more focused on delivering for their customers, but
:11:49. > :11:51.also transformed this market so that we see more competition and
:11:52. > :11:55.customers having much more choice about who they get their broadband
:11:56. > :11:59.and phone services from. Even rivals like TalkTalk who had
:12:00. > :12:03.once called for BT to be split up of welcome this more limited move, but
:12:04. > :12:05.they are calling for Ofcom to make sure that open Reach -- Openreach
:12:06. > :12:08.delivers on its promises. In South Korea, two people
:12:09. > :12:10.have died in clashes between police and demonstrators
:12:11. > :12:12.who were protesting at the removal from office of the President
:12:13. > :12:15.by the country's highest court. Park Geun-hye was found
:12:16. > :12:17.guilty of corruption But she's refusing to leave
:12:18. > :12:21.the presidential palace, as our correspondent in Seoul,
:12:22. > :12:28.Stephen Evans, now reports. The head of South Korea's highest
:12:29. > :12:34.court says President Park committed It was against the constitution
:12:35. > :12:44.and the trust of the people. Outside the court, pro-Park
:12:45. > :12:48.protesters clashed with police. Two died, one apparently by falling
:12:49. > :12:50.from the top of the bus The central allegation
:12:51. > :12:58.is that the country's biggest companies paid money
:12:59. > :13:01.to the President's best friend So top business leaders now face
:13:02. > :13:06.awkward questions which may yet The police have been out in force
:13:07. > :13:15.because feelings run so high. There will be a general
:13:16. > :13:20.election in 60 days. One of the consequences of that may
:13:21. > :13:26.be a move to the left. If the government here moved
:13:27. > :13:28.to the left, there would be a different attitude
:13:29. > :13:30.towards North Korea, Every Saturday night
:13:31. > :13:40.for three months now, there have been huge demonstrations
:13:41. > :13:45.against President Park. But what pushed her from office
:13:46. > :13:47.was a Constitutional Court finding her guilty of crime
:13:48. > :13:50.in a country which has only been Stephen Evans, BBC
:13:51. > :14:02.News, South Korea. A short time ago, Steve went out
:14:03. > :14:05.into the streets of Seoul to gauge the atmosphere,
:14:06. > :14:08.and sent this update. The centre of Seoul tonight feels
:14:09. > :14:11.like a victory rally for the protesters who pushed
:14:12. > :14:17.the president from power. There are also pro-Park people
:14:18. > :14:23.who are nursing their wounds, President Park, ex-President Park,
:14:24. > :14:30.rather, is in the presidential She emerges tomorrow as an ordinary
:14:31. > :14:40.citizen and she may well face criminal charges and end
:14:41. > :15:03.up behind bars. Steve Evans in Seoul.
:15:04. > :15:07.British cycling has admitted not paying enough care and attention to
:15:08. > :15:13.the welfare of staff and athletes. It was responding to the leak of the
:15:14. > :15:18.draft report into its handling of allegations of discrimination
:15:19. > :15:21.against Jess Varnish by Steve Sutton. David Ornstein is that the
:15:22. > :15:27.National cycling Centre, tell us about what is in the document?
:15:28. > :15:33.For almost one year this has been hanging over British Cycling,
:15:34. > :15:37.Britain's most successful and well funded Olympic sport, like a dark
:15:38. > :15:40.cloud. It started when Sprint cyclist Jess Varnish made
:15:41. > :15:45.allegations of sexism and discrimination against the former
:15:46. > :15:48.performance director Shane Sutton. That is before other riders and Stav
:15:49. > :15:54.supported her, talking about a culture of fear and bullying. --
:15:55. > :15:59.other riders and staff. A report into the culture of British Cycling
:16:00. > :16:05.was commissioned, a leaked draft published in the Daily Mail backed
:16:06. > :16:11.up many of the complaints, perhaps most damningly describing certain's
:16:12. > :16:14.predecessor, Sir Dave Brailsford, as being untouchable. It said many
:16:15. > :16:22.elite riders experienced trauma while with British Cycling and
:16:23. > :16:25.confirmed that culture of fear. Today British Cycling issued a
:16:26. > :16:29.statement disagreeing with the factual accuracy of some of the
:16:30. > :16:32.points made in the report, but admitting to specific shortcomings
:16:33. > :16:38.and a failure to address early warning signs of problems. It said a
:16:39. > :16:42.39 point action plan for reform announced here last week was already
:16:43. > :16:47.under way, while many of the key staff have since departed and been
:16:48. > :16:51.replaced. For the first time no British Cycling and, perhaps,
:16:52. > :16:54.British sport as a whole, have to address that difficult balance
:16:55. > :17:01.between them no compromise approach that has brought so much success and
:17:02. > :17:05.also a duty of care to athletes and Stav. Thank you.
:17:06. > :17:17.Classes in England are going up, say headteachers.
:17:18. > :17:19.And coming up in the sport at half-past: Ireland must win
:17:20. > :17:22.in Wales tonight in the Six Nations to realistically keep
:17:23. > :17:31.Anything less and they could open the door for England to wrap it up
:17:32. > :17:43.It may be more than 60 years since the Great Smog of London,
:17:44. > :17:47.but air pollution in the capital is again a huge issue.
:17:48. > :17:49.It damages people's health and contributes towards thousands
:17:50. > :17:55.All this week, the BBC has been highlighting the growing
:17:56. > :18:00.As part of our 'So I Can Breathe' series, our correspondent
:18:01. > :18:02.Graham Satchell has been looking at the changing conditions
:18:03. > :18:06.in Britain's cities, and how to achieve cleaner air.
:18:07. > :18:09.'London has been brought to a halt by dense smog,
:18:10. > :18:18.The Great Smog of 1952, dramatised in the Netflix series The Crown.
:18:19. > :18:22.'Be careful out there, it's a real pea-souper.'
:18:23. > :18:29.Anne Goldsmith was eight in 1952 and remembers it well.
:18:30. > :18:33.We could hardly see in front of us really, and when I got to school,
:18:34. > :18:45.the handkerchief would be absolutely black.
:18:46. > :18:47.'Special filtering masks are the latest weapons...'
:18:48. > :18:49.It's now thought 12,000 people died in the Great Smog.
:18:50. > :18:52.The enemy then - coal, used in factories and people's homes.
:18:53. > :18:55.What followed the smog was the Clean Air Act of 1956.
:18:56. > :18:59.It introduced smoke-control areas, where only smokeless
:19:00. > :19:03.Fast-forward 60 years and the enemy now is nitrogen dioxide,
:19:04. > :19:09.These are the engines that have been removed out
:19:10. > :19:12.The local authority here in Birmingham has got funding
:19:13. > :19:19.to replace the diesel engines in 65 taxis.
:19:20. > :19:22.We removed 99% of the nox that the taxi was producing.
:19:23. > :19:28.There are hundreds of taxis in Birmingham.
:19:29. > :19:32.The Government's overall plan is to introduce so-called 'clean air
:19:33. > :19:38.I will look at the evidence, and when the evidence comes
:19:39. > :19:41.through as to where the key areas of pollution are, we will take
:19:42. > :19:49.the action that is needed to address the need for clean air in the city.
:19:50. > :19:55.Well, I'm afraid the Government's been hopeless.
:19:56. > :19:57.Critics like Client Earth say what we need today
:19:58. > :19:59.is a new Clean Air Act, and a scrappage scheme
:20:00. > :20:03.You have to phase diesel vehicles off our roads.
:20:04. > :20:06.But it would cost a fortune, wouldn't it?
:20:07. > :20:09.Well, yeah, it's going to take time to do it, but we've got
:20:10. > :20:15.Back in Lewisham, in London, Anne is meeting nine-year-old
:20:16. > :20:19.We called it 'smog', and you couldn't see,
:20:20. > :20:24.On days when pollution is bad, Amy and Eloise are kept
:20:25. > :20:27.indoors at playtime, just as Anne was in 1952.
:20:28. > :20:30.Sometimes, we have to stay inside because the air is bad.
:20:31. > :20:38.More than 60 years on, air pollution is still damaging children's health,
:20:39. > :20:50.A tennis coach is on trial, accused of causing child cruelty
:20:51. > :20:54.as he coached his daughters to become tennis stars.
:20:55. > :20:58.In one incident, John De'Viana from Essex, is said to have kicked
:20:59. > :21:01.and punched one of his daughters after a tennis match.
:21:02. > :21:07.Our correspondent, Helena Lee, is at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
:21:08. > :21:15.Tell us more about what was said in court. This is the second day that
:21:16. > :21:21.the defendant John De'Viana is giving evidence in his own trial. He
:21:22. > :21:27.is accused of subjecting his two daughters, now 21 and 90, two years
:21:28. > :21:32.of physical and mental abuse, in his desire to get them to become tennis
:21:33. > :21:37.champions. The girls went on to become a successful junior tennis
:21:38. > :21:41.player, but in court today, John De'Viana told the jury that it was
:21:42. > :21:45.the decision of the girls to play tennis, that he had never forced
:21:46. > :21:51.them. He was asked by his defence team, did you force Monaei, his
:21:52. > :21:54.eldest daughter, to play? He said, no, that would be
:21:55. > :21:58.counter-productive. He said, you cannot just force a child to play a
:21:59. > :22:02.particular sport, especially when that child is progressing at a rapid
:22:03. > :22:08.rate. The court also heard earlier how Mr De'Viana had written an
:22:09. > :22:11.abusive notes on the back of match reports after the girls had played
:22:12. > :22:15.tennis when it did not reach the standard that he wanted them to and
:22:16. > :22:21.he was asked in the last moments in court why he used such language. He
:22:22. > :22:25.replied, it was the only way I could vent my frustration as a coach. He
:22:26. > :22:32.denies two charges of child cruelty in the case here at Snaresbrook
:22:33. > :22:33.Crown Court, which continues. Thank you.
:22:34. > :22:35.Rugby's Six Nations returns this weekend,
:22:36. > :22:37.with England playing Scotland in the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham.
:22:38. > :22:41.Scotland are after their first Triple Crown since 1990,
:22:42. > :22:44.while England are aiming to equal New Zealand's record
:22:45. > :22:53.We'll have more on that in a moment but, first, to Cardiff,
:22:54. > :22:56.where Wales take on Ireland in a match the visitors have to win,
:22:57. > :22:59.if they're to have any chance of securing their third title
:23:00. > :23:01.Katherine Downes is at the Millennium Stadium.
:23:02. > :23:08.-- the Principality Stadium. No pressure on Ireland! Yes, as you
:23:09. > :23:12.say, the Six Nations returns after a couple of weeks away and this will
:23:13. > :23:16.be the most pivotal weekend of the tournament so far because while the
:23:17. > :23:20.Championship cannot be won this weekend, it can certainly be lost.
:23:21. > :23:24.With still over six hours until kick-off at the Principality
:23:25. > :23:28.Stadium, the city centre in Cardiff is buzzing with pre-match
:23:29. > :23:32.excitement. Perhaps even pre-match nerves, particularly if you are an
:23:33. > :23:38.Irish fan, Ireland come here knowing they must beat Wales tonight to keep
:23:39. > :23:43.alive their chances of winning this year's Six Nations title. Welsh
:23:44. > :23:47.hopes already disappointed after those back-to-back losses to both
:23:48. > :23:52.England and Scotland. If Ireland win here tonight, they set up a final
:23:53. > :23:56.weekend showdown against England and that could well end up being the
:23:57. > :24:01.championship decider in a week's time. So let's look ahead to the
:24:02. > :24:04.night, and both sides name an unchanged starting line-up. Not
:24:05. > :24:08.surprisingly Ireland given the way they have played over the last
:24:09. > :24:12.couple of weeks, but Wales have had strong criticism for making that
:24:13. > :24:17.decision and some say it shows too much of a Conservative approach
:24:18. > :24:22.under their interim coach, Rob Howley. Attitude aside, besides
:24:23. > :24:28.equally matched in terms of experience. Ireland have 715
:24:29. > :24:33.international caps in their side, Wales just one fewer, 714. Ireland
:24:34. > :24:37.playing the way they have, Wales playing here at home in front of
:24:38. > :24:41.those passionate home fans, it is set to be a fiery encounter when the
:24:42. > :24:45.lights go down here at the Principality Stadium and this place
:24:46. > :24:50.comes alive. You can watch the pre-match build-up from 7:30pm on
:24:51. > :24:55.the match kicks off at 8:05pm also on BBC One. Thanks very much.
:24:56. > :24:57.More now on England's match against a resurgent Scotland team
:24:58. > :25:00.which has just reached its highest ever world rankings.
:25:01. > :25:03.So it's a team which believes it can do what no Scottish side has
:25:04. > :25:05.done for over 30 years - beat England at Twickenham.
:25:06. > :25:09.Here's our sports correspondent, Joe Wilson.
:25:10. > :25:11.South again to Twickenham, where Scotland do win,
:25:12. > :25:23.Rugby union was strictly an amateur sport.
:25:24. > :25:25.That really was one of the great Calcutta Cup tries!
:25:26. > :25:28.Scotland winger Roger Baird worked in the grain industry then,
:25:29. > :25:32.as he does now, and the spirit of '83 lingers.
:25:33. > :25:38.I still see, you know, a lot of the guys that I played with.
:25:39. > :25:40.So I think, yeah, you know, with a smaller nation,
:25:41. > :25:46.you always feel up against it a wee bit, you know.
:25:47. > :25:50.In adversity, you know, that maketh the man.
:25:51. > :25:56.So, yeah, I think the spirit will be there in aplenty.
:25:57. > :25:58.These days, England's rugby resources are unmatched, boasting
:25:59. > :26:00.In Scotland, that figure's around 49,000.
:26:01. > :26:08.This season, Scotland have already beaten Ireland and Wales.
:26:09. > :26:11.If you can't go through your opponents, you can dodge round them.
:26:12. > :26:19.Two chances, two scores, two tries for Scotland!
:26:20. > :26:22.Vern, knowing your players as you do now, what is the key
:26:23. > :26:24.asset which will enable you to win tonight?
:26:25. > :26:37.And making sure that, um, we back each other up
:26:38. > :26:40.and we keep our heads up the paddock and see what's coming.
:26:41. > :26:44.Well, back in '83, power ballads were the rage.
:26:45. > :26:49.It was only whispered here as the team left,
:26:50. > :26:52.but if Scotland beat England here, they could win the Six Nations.
:26:53. > :27:02.Whether it's pub music, summer festivals, or street buskers,
:27:03. > :27:05.the UK is alive with the sound of live music.
:27:06. > :27:08.But what does it tell us about our musical likes and dislikes?
:27:09. > :27:10.Today, the UK is carrying out its first live music
:27:11. > :27:14.Our Scotland correspondent, Lorna Gordon, has been taking
:27:15. > :27:24.a look - and a listen - to the music scene in Glasgow.
:27:25. > :27:26.Buskers on the streets of Glasgow, passionate about their music,
:27:27. > :27:34.I love it and I do it every day, and it's a way I can play
:27:35. > :27:37.with my friends and enjoy life with other people and share
:27:38. > :27:40.From classical to contemporary, from concert halls to gigs in pubs,
:27:41. > :27:54.In our cars, at home, on our phones, we listen to plenty of music.
:27:55. > :27:58.Volunteers in six cities across the country are
:27:59. > :28:06.We're asking them how many events they go to,
:28:07. > :28:08.why they maybe go to an event, what's the main reasons
:28:09. > :28:19.There are plenty of free performances to go to but, even so,
:28:20. > :28:21.British consumers spend more on concert tickets than on physical
:28:22. > :28:24.records, digital downloads and streaming combined.
:28:25. > :28:27.And the organisers of this census say that even those who think that
:28:28. > :28:29.silence is golden should care about the state of the
:28:30. > :28:34.Music is a huge driver economically within the creative
:28:35. > :28:36.industries which are, of course, a big export for the UK,
:28:37. > :28:45.There's a lot of research to suggest that music is also important
:28:46. > :28:48.for our health and well-being but, for me, music is really
:28:49. > :28:50.important because it's part of what makes us human,
:28:51. > :28:54.it's a fundamental part of being part of the human species.
:28:55. > :28:56.Glasgow has a really active music scene.
:28:57. > :29:02.There are 70 live music events in the 24-hour period this
:29:03. > :29:05.census is taking place, but here and across the UK, the live
:29:06. > :29:13.Some iconic locations where famous groups honed their acts have closed
:29:14. > :29:23.Some smaller, more intimate, venues are only just breaking even.
:29:24. > :29:25.Surviving as a small venue is difficult at the moment
:29:26. > :29:27.because property prices are increasing, because of the tight
:29:28. > :29:40.This attempt to measure the economic and cultural
:29:41. > :29:41.benefits of live music is, census organisers
:29:42. > :29:51.Whatever they find out, that live music in all its glorious
:29:52. > :29:57.forms brings joy to many is already beyond doubt.
:29:58. > :30:07.Now, you know that saying about how showbiz and children don't mix?
:30:08. > :30:16.Our colleagues on BBC World News were interviewing a contributor
:30:17. > :30:18.live from his his home, via the internet, when one
:30:19. > :30:22.of his children decided to make a guest appearance.
:30:23. > :30:29.Not to be upstaged, along came child number two.
:30:30. > :30:35.Followed very, very, quickly by a harassed mum!
:30:36. > :30:41.The interview, of course, faultlessly continued! And I am sure
:30:42. > :30:46.nobody noticed. Well, not many millions of people, anyway!
:30:47. > :30:48.That she had a lot of people this morning.
:30:49. > :31:00.It cheered us up in the weather centre. Yesterday, we were talking
:31:01. > :31:06.about how beautiful the clear blue skies were. This is today. A layer
:31:07. > :31:15.of grey, one of our weather watchers sent this picture. This is from
:31:16. > :31:27.Wales! This is another one from Dorset. Foggy here. And a nice
:31:28. > :31:32.sunrise from Hull. I will practice that Welsh name, I promise you. Cold
:31:33. > :31:37.breaking in some areas but overcast for most of the day with a what more
:31:38. > :31:43.cloud in the Atlantic heading our way for this weekend. Quite a mixed
:31:44. > :31:47.picture overall. Let's concentrate on this afternoon first. We have
:31:48. > :31:52.established with that great picture, cloudy across most of Scotland,
:31:53. > :31:58.although I suspect the Western Isles will be getting some glimmers of
:31:59. > :32:02.sunshine now and then. And you will notice some rain across the UK,
:32:03. > :32:07.almost anywhere really. Temperatures today getting no higher than around
:32:08. > :32:13.13, 14 degrees. Still feeling relatively mild. You have got some
:32:14. > :32:17.mist along the South Coast. The weather does not change this
:32:18. > :32:22.evening, so for the Six Nations, Wales versus Ireland, that kicks off
:32:23. > :32:27.just after eight o'clock, around 10 degrees and cloudy skies. Tonight,
:32:28. > :32:30.we keep the cloudy skies and the temperatures will not take away a
:32:31. > :32:37.lot of staying around double figures in London, up to 9 degrees. Rain
:32:38. > :32:42.pushing through. For Saturday, I have mentioned a lot of cloud across
:32:43. > :32:47.the UK, more cloud lining up in the Atlantic. This will come rushing our
:32:48. > :32:51.way during this weekend, so the first weather front is here on
:32:52. > :32:55.Saturday, in the North. We will see a weather front crossing the country
:32:56. > :32:59.on Saturday, but the weather is not that bad because on one side, to the
:33:00. > :33:02.North, there is sunshine across Scotland and Northern Ireland,
:33:03. > :33:06.Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast gets bright weather. In the South, clouds
:33:07. > :33:14.break up, we could get temperatures up to 18 Celsius. But those weather
:33:15. > :33:18.fronts keep coming and a different picture I think on Sunday. To
:33:19. > :33:24.summarise, the weekend, Saturday is your best today and by Sunday, it
:33:25. > :33:26.looks like we will get at least a bit of rain. Back to you.
:33:27. > :33:31.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:
:33:32. > :33:36.Head teachers say cuts in funding are leading the courses in England
:33:37. > :33:37.being scrapped and class sizes going up.
:33:38. > :33:40.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.
:33:41. > :33:42.And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.