:00:00. > :00:00.The biggest fine ever handed to a British water company.
:00:07. > :00:09.Thames Water is ordered to pay ?20 million for
:00:10. > :00:16.Almost 1.5 billion litres of raw sewage was allowed to enter
:00:17. > :00:17.the river for months between Oxfordshire
:00:18. > :00:24.The fine is ten times larger than the previous record fine handed
:00:25. > :00:35.Easyjet confirms it's the first airline to introduce a ban
:00:36. > :00:38.on laptops being carried as hand luggage.
:00:39. > :00:41.Iraqi troops edge closer to the centre of Mosul as tens
:00:42. > :00:49.of thousands of civilians flee so-called Islamic State.
:00:50. > :00:52.One year on, Brussels remembers the terror attacks which killed 32
:00:53. > :01:00.And why the number of women working into their seventies has doubled
:01:01. > :01:07.And coming up in the sport on BBC News: Liverpool pay tribute
:01:08. > :01:09.to a true club legend, former coach and captain
:01:10. > :01:32.Ronnie Moran, who has died at the age of 83.
:01:33. > :01:36.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:37. > :01:40.It's the biggest fine ever imposed on a British water company
:01:41. > :01:48.Thames Water has been ordered to pay ?20.3 million for polluting
:01:49. > :01:51.the River Thames with almost 1.5 billion litres of raw sewage.
:01:52. > :01:54.The judge at Aylesbury Crown Court said the scale of the problem
:01:55. > :01:56.was such that bosses must have known about it.
:01:57. > :01:59.He called it "a shocking and disgraceful state of affairs".
:02:00. > :02:14.The ducks may be back, but this is one of the six outlets were raw
:02:15. > :02:18.sewage surged into the River Thames. For months and months of the
:02:19. > :02:23.untreated muck flowed in and this is what it looked like. The pictures do
:02:24. > :02:27.not convey the stench or the dangers, but for mile after mile it
:02:28. > :02:31.was what the judge called a catalogue of misery blighting the
:02:32. > :02:37.river, and why he imposed a record fine. It is clear from the
:02:38. > :02:40.sentencing today and the judge's powerful comment that the courts
:02:41. > :02:46.take environmental offending very seriously. This record fine and
:02:47. > :02:51.costs of over ?20 million sends a signal to the companies that
:02:52. > :02:54.safeguarding the environment is not an optional extra. It is an
:02:55. > :03:01.essential part of how businesses must operate. What was coming out
:03:02. > :03:05.was brought, untreated sewage. Dominic lives and works on the
:03:06. > :03:10.river, he was one of hundreds of people to complain and two were four
:03:11. > :03:15.months ignored by Thames water. It was awful. You live next to the
:03:16. > :03:19.Royal River Thames and you do not expect to see Royal sewage pass in
:03:20. > :03:22.your garden. When the river was in flood it was coming across our lawn
:03:23. > :03:29.and as it settled we had more sewage in the garden as well. The judge
:03:30. > :03:34.said Thames water had offended on a vast scale. It said equipment failed
:03:35. > :03:39.and alarms were ignored. He also said the company deliberately
:03:40. > :03:43.concealed the problems from the Environment Agency. Warnings laid
:03:44. > :03:49.out by staff in their logs were ignored by managers. One wrote,
:03:50. > :03:55.illegal discharge, managers aware. Another said, this was a failure
:03:56. > :04:00.waiting to happen. A third added, still discharging illegally, known
:04:01. > :04:13.to managers. It all meant the sewage continued to pour out. In the end it
:04:14. > :04:15.is thought around 1.4 billion litres of raw sewage ended up in the
:04:16. > :04:18.Thames. Anglers and fishermen were put out of business, cattle poisoned
:04:19. > :04:21.when they drank the water. The judge said he had to send a message to the
:04:22. > :04:26.water companies that this was not acceptable. Today he imposed a
:04:27. > :04:31.record ?20 million fine on Thames water, ten times larger than the
:04:32. > :04:35.previous fine. We apologise for all of those failings, but in the three
:04:36. > :04:42.years since those last incidents we have learned our lesson. There have
:04:43. > :04:46.been swooping, far reaching changes across the waste water business.
:04:47. > :04:51.Thames Water says shareholders, not customers, will pay the massive
:04:52. > :04:56.fine. This is the Thames now, cleaner and safer, but today's case
:04:57. > :04:59.is a warning for all water companies, that their failings will
:05:00. > :05:08.not go unpunished if they soiled the environment. We can talk to Duncan
:05:09. > :05:09.in Aylesbury. The judge is clearly sending a message and that message
:05:10. > :05:21.is loud and clear. And not just to Thames water. He was
:05:22. > :05:25.sending a message to all companies. You conclude that from the size of
:05:26. > :05:30.the fine and the way he addressed the management. The fine is ten
:05:31. > :05:34.times the previous record, a ?2 million fine for Southern water last
:05:35. > :05:38.year. But the language the judge used where he spoke of their
:05:39. > :05:44.shameful actions, their disgraceful way of management, and also the fact
:05:45. > :05:47.they deliberately concealed the pollution. He said all water
:05:48. > :05:54.companies have a duty to protect the environment. You also sent this
:05:55. > :06:01.message was picked up by Thames water. Richard a large, who you saw
:06:02. > :06:05.there, he too said this was a message to all water companies who
:06:06. > :06:14.had a duty and responsibility now to protect the environment. EasyJet has
:06:15. > :06:19.become the first airline to confirm a laptop ban affecting passengers
:06:20. > :06:21.flying to the UK from six countries in the Middle East and north Africa
:06:22. > :06:23.has come into effect today. Travellers will no longer be allowed
:06:24. > :06:26.to carry electronic devices bigger The ban is also being brought
:06:27. > :06:30.into effect in America where it is being reported that
:06:31. > :06:32.so-called Islamic State has been working on ways to smuggle
:06:33. > :06:35.explosives on to planes by hiding Here's our home affairs
:06:36. > :06:39.correspondent Daniel Sandford. Beirut's Hariri International
:06:40. > :06:41.Airport this morning. As the consequences of the laptop
:06:42. > :06:45.ban start to sink in. No passenger taking
:06:46. > :06:48.a direct flight to Britain will be allowed to have any
:06:49. > :06:51.electronic devices in their hand E-readers, tablets and laptops,
:06:52. > :07:01.will all have to go in the hold. You sit in the plane
:07:02. > :07:06.for four or five hours I totally believe
:07:07. > :07:13.the intelligence it is based on is sound,
:07:14. > :07:16.so we just have to put up I do not understand
:07:17. > :07:22.the technical details of But putting something in the hold
:07:23. > :07:27.presumably has the same effect, so I do not really
:07:28. > :07:29.understand why preventing it on board, upstairs,
:07:30. > :07:31.is going to make a great
:07:32. > :07:34.deal of difference. The countries affected by the UK
:07:35. > :07:52.laptop ban are Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt,
:07:53. > :07:52.Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. It affects all airlines including
:07:53. > :07:57.British Airways, easyJet We will continue to work closely
:07:58. > :07:57.with the wider industry over the next few weeks to ensure passengers
:07:58. > :08:00.with the wider industry over the know what is expected of them. I ask
:08:01. > :08:07.for their patience as these new measures bed in.
:08:08. > :08:09.What has been worrying ministers is a device like
:08:10. > :08:13.the one that blew a hole in the side of this Somali airliner last year.
:08:14. > :08:22.So why is a laptop all right in the hold but not in hand luggage?
:08:23. > :08:27.In the cabin a relatively small device can
:08:28. > :08:31.make a hole in the side of the plane and crash the plane.
:08:32. > :08:34.In the hold it is much less likely and the pilot
:08:35. > :08:38.has a good chance of getting the plane down on the ground.
:08:39. > :08:40.EasyJet has already started implementing the
:08:41. > :08:42.ban on its flights from Turkey and Egypt.
:08:43. > :08:44.Other airlines are expected to follow by the end of the week.
:08:45. > :08:50.Our business correspondent Theo Leggett is here.
:08:51. > :08:58.This has been brought in for safety of passengers, but it raises a lot
:08:59. > :09:02.of practical questions for travellers. Absolutely, for a start
:09:03. > :09:06.if passengers have not put their electronic goods in the hold at
:09:07. > :09:10.check-in, where will they be sifted out? Those passengers will be going
:09:11. > :09:15.along security queues alongside other passengers going to different
:09:16. > :09:19.destinations who are not covered by the band. The airlines will have to
:09:20. > :09:24.have an extra check on the gate. What happens with passengers who are
:09:25. > :09:29.travelling without baggage? EasyJet say they will make arrangements to
:09:30. > :09:34.put laptops for people who do not hold baggage in the hold. Then there
:09:35. > :09:39.is the question of endurance. Terms and conditions state if baggage is
:09:40. > :09:41.not attending, then you are not covered. That will be an issue as
:09:42. > :09:45.Iraqi forces are entering what could be the final phase
:09:46. > :09:47.of their operation to drive so called Islamic State
:09:48. > :09:49.out of Iraq's second biggest city, Mosul.
:09:50. > :09:52.It's been in the hands of IS militants since 2014
:09:53. > :09:54.and is their last stronghold in the country.
:09:55. > :09:57.The United Nations says around 45,000 people have fled the fighting
:09:58. > :09:59.in the past week alone, creating fears of a
:10:00. > :10:04.Our correspondent Wyre Davies reports.
:10:05. > :10:11.Under the protection of overwhelmingly superior airpower
:10:12. > :10:14.and coalition heavy artillery, Iraqi forces are entering
:10:15. > :10:17.what they say is the final phase in the fight to drive militants
:10:18. > :10:20.from so-called Islamic State out of Mosul.
:10:21. > :10:24.But with snipers on rooftops trying to dislodge fighters who have
:10:25. > :10:29.been dug in for months, progress is slow.
:10:30. > :10:33.In some parts of the maze of narrow streets that make up the old city,
:10:34. > :10:40.militants are even reported to have pushed government troops back.
:10:41. > :10:43.But observers on the ground and military commanders say it's
:10:44. > :10:51.We are only a few hundred metres away from the al-Nuri Mosque, says
:10:52. > :10:57.It's very symbolic and gives a huge morale boost
:10:58. > :11:04.Capturing the mosque has become a significant goal
:11:05. > :11:11.While Islamic State fighters are equally determined to defend it.
:11:12. > :11:14.It is where the IS supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivered
:11:15. > :11:18.a famous sermon three years ago just days after a caliphate had been
:11:19. > :11:24.Many civilians have been killed by retreating IS fighters,
:11:25. > :11:30.But amid the grief and loss, there is relief and even joy.
:11:31. > :11:33.This family reunited after being separated in the bitter
:11:34. > :11:43.I haven't seen my daughter for five months, since
:11:44. > :11:48.she was trapped in western Mosul after the East was liberated.
:11:49. > :11:52.The United Nations says at least 45,000 civilians have fled
:11:53. > :12:00.135,000 since the battle for western Mosul began.
:12:01. > :12:04.Most receive basic food and shelter in camps on the edge of the city.
:12:05. > :12:08.Camps that are now almost full to overflowing.
:12:09. > :12:17.The National Governors Association has urged the government to "stay
:12:18. > :12:20.brave" and press ahead with controversial plans
:12:21. > :12:22.for a funding shake-up for schools in England,
:12:23. > :12:26.A BBC survey of 4,000 governors has revealed deep
:12:27. > :12:29.concerns about budgets, with some describing the situation
:12:30. > :12:40.What do I like most about our school?
:12:41. > :12:42.Drayton Park primary school says it's already operating on very
:12:43. > :12:47.But it predicts its budget in real terms by 2019 will be
:12:48. > :12:55.The proposed new national funding formula in England will change
:12:56. > :13:01.Ministers argue it will narrow historical inequalities in funding
:13:02. > :13:07.But schools across the country are facing rising costs.
:13:08. > :13:14.Cuts to funding mean cuts to our service.
:13:15. > :13:21.So what we will see is fewer members of staff, lower quality of service
:13:22. > :13:24.and things that we currently do that we will have to
:13:25. > :13:28.In a survey for the BBC, school governors who responded
:13:29. > :13:31.and had a view on the proposed new formula were broadly
:13:32. > :13:34.in favour of the principal, but many also expressed serious
:13:35. > :13:36.concerns about the financial pressures ahead.
:13:37. > :13:47.Some said they planned to cut back on staff,
:13:48. > :13:48.others that they were looking at ways of raising extra cash
:13:49. > :13:49.including asking parents for voluntary contributions
:13:50. > :13:54.Everybody pretty much agrees that the principle
:13:55. > :13:56.of the formula is right, the elements in the formula
:13:57. > :13:59.are right, but actually the problem is there isn't enough money
:14:00. > :14:02.The government says funding is at record levels
:14:03. > :14:06.and that the proposed formula is a fairer way to help all schools.
:14:07. > :14:08.The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the proposed changes
:14:09. > :14:09.would correct clear inequities in funding levels
:14:10. > :14:13.But that such a radical reform would necessarily
:14:14. > :14:18.Well, the new schools funding formula dominated
:14:19. > :14:21.with angry exchanges between Theresa May
:14:22. > :14:33.His Shadow Home Secretary said her child to a private school. His
:14:34. > :14:42.shadow attorney general said her child to a private school... He
:14:43. > :14:47.sent... He sent his child to a grammar school. He went to a grammar
:14:48. > :14:57.school himself. Typical Labour take the advantage and pull up the ladder
:14:58. > :15:04.behind you! I want a decent, fair opportunity for every child in every
:15:05. > :15:08.I want a staircase for all, not a ladder for the few!
:15:09. > :15:12.Our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
:15:13. > :15:19.They certainly were angry exchanges. Just a week ago we had the
:15:20. > :15:22.government having to climb down over national insurance contributions and
:15:23. > :15:28.this week Theresa May is under pressure to climb down over the new
:15:29. > :15:32.funding formula for schools. The similarities with the U-turn over
:15:33. > :15:38.national insurers are striking. It is Conservative MPs who are most
:15:39. > :15:40.unhappy with the changes. Very often it is schools in Conservative
:15:41. > :15:48.constituencies that are hit hardest. Again there is the potential for a
:15:49. > :15:53.conservative repeat with loyal Tory MPs threatening to rebel. There is a
:15:54. > :15:57.manifesto pledge threatened to be broken and you wonder whether the
:15:58. > :16:01.government's political antenna have gone on the blink. Although this
:16:02. > :16:06.change makes sense in the corridors of the Department of education,
:16:07. > :16:10.outing or communities, head teachers, governors and local
:16:11. > :16:15.councillors are up in arms. The difficulty Theresa May faces is that
:16:16. > :16:20.in a time of austerity there is not much spare cash to put into the
:16:21. > :16:24.changes. And the government is ?2 billion further short after Philip
:16:25. > :16:28.Hammond's U-turn over national insurance contributions. But Theresa
:16:29. > :16:34.May does not want to look like a push over at Westminster because she
:16:35. > :16:39.has got difficult changes to get through, but she does not want to
:16:40. > :16:42.look like a pushover ahead of the Brexit negotiations because she
:16:43. > :16:43.knows EU negotiators are watching her to see if she cracks under
:16:44. > :16:48.pressure. The biggest fine ever handed
:16:49. > :16:54.to a British water company - Thames Water is ordered to pay
:16:55. > :16:57.?20 million for polluting Pastures new - why some farmers
:16:58. > :17:03.are turning to free range milk England manager Gareth Southgate
:17:04. > :17:10.says his side need to "lose They face World Champions Germany
:17:11. > :17:13.in a friendly this evening, while Scotland face
:17:14. > :17:25.Canada in Edinburgh. It's a year since three bombers
:17:26. > :17:29.killed 32 people and injured hundreds more in attacks at Brussels
:17:30. > :17:33.airport and on the subway. Today the King of Belgium
:17:34. > :17:36.has been leading events to remember the victims -
:17:37. > :17:38.with a minute's silence held at the city's airport to mark
:17:39. > :17:41.the moment when two of the suicide attackers blew themselves up
:17:42. > :17:44.in the departures hall. About friends, family,
:17:45. > :18:00.and those they never knew. And to consider the what ifs
:18:01. > :18:03.and maybes of a year ago. Chance decisions that
:18:04. > :18:10.determined life or death. That morning, two suicide bombs
:18:11. > :18:14.shattered the terminal. Through the dust and the panic,
:18:15. > :18:17.a camera captured one After eight operations,
:18:18. > :18:26.he's starting to walk again. You know, sometimes I have a good
:18:27. > :18:28.cry, sometimes I just have a moment to myself where,
:18:29. > :18:33.you know, I find energy in that place, I find
:18:34. > :18:36.the strength to continue, you know, building myself
:18:37. > :18:38.back up to being even In this corner there
:18:39. > :18:47.was Sebastien Bellin, This is the journalist who caught
:18:48. > :18:53.that moment of terror. Personally for me it is
:18:54. > :18:56.very, very difficult. And we must remember those
:18:57. > :19:03.who lost their lives here. How important do you think your
:19:04. > :19:06.photographs are in showing people what actually happened,
:19:07. > :19:10.what people went through? Yes, I think that we should show
:19:11. > :19:13.to our viewers and readers In the city centre the Belgian
:19:14. > :19:31.Royal Family joined survivors of the underground train blown up
:19:32. > :19:33.an hour later. The shock wave knocked
:19:34. > :19:35.a nation out of step. Security has been tightened
:19:36. > :19:41.here in the last year, the Army But more generally, some feel
:19:42. > :19:46.the security services They face big challenges monitoring
:19:47. > :19:59.extremists plotting alone. And Sebastien thinks
:20:00. > :20:01.they are failing. I'm a victim, I know the pain
:20:02. > :20:04.and suffering my family went I know the pain and
:20:05. > :20:07.suffering I went through. I want this to be preventable
:20:08. > :20:09.as much as possible. People are still healing
:20:10. > :20:14.and they will not forget why. Plans are under way for two
:20:15. > :20:28.new prisons to be built at Full Sutton near York
:20:29. > :20:30.and Port Talbot in South Wales. The Justice Secretary Liz Truss also
:20:31. > :20:32.confirmed that jails at Rochester, Kent and Hindley
:20:33. > :20:34.in Greater Manchester The proposals are part of a ?1.3bn
:20:35. > :20:38.government pledge to create 10,000 The Scottish Parliament
:20:39. > :20:42.will vote today on a call by the First Minister,
:20:43. > :20:45.Nicola Sturgeon, for a second The motion, which is
:20:46. > :20:51.likely to be passed after a second day of debate,
:20:52. > :20:53.will give the Scottish government a mandate to open negotiations
:20:54. > :20:55.with Westminster on Our Scotland Editor Sarah
:20:56. > :21:06.Smith is in Holyrood. The Scottish Parliament is expected
:21:07. > :21:10.to back the call later today for a second referendum? That is right,
:21:11. > :21:16.the debate is set to get underway in about an hour, the second day of the
:21:17. > :21:19.vote. Of course there were strong positions put out yesterday here in
:21:20. > :21:23.the Scottish Parliament and I think we can expect more of the same today
:21:24. > :21:26.from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out her stall, she
:21:27. > :21:31.wants the Scottish Parliament to support her in thinking the
:21:32. > :21:36.authority to hold a second referendum from Westminster. The
:21:37. > :21:40.timing is crucial, would like it to be between the autumn of next year
:21:41. > :21:45.and the spring of 2019 although she indicated this is negotiable. But
:21:46. > :21:50.the Prime Minister has said no, not now, she said now is not the time.
:21:51. > :21:54.That is not -- that is a sentiment that has been echoed by the Scottish
:21:55. > :21:57.Conservatives in error, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal
:21:58. > :22:03.Democrats are also opposed to the move. They believe the Scottish
:22:04. > :22:07.people do not want a second independence referendum, not at this
:22:08. > :22:10.time. Now at 5:30pm members of the Scottish Parliament will vote, we
:22:11. > :22:16.expect Nicola Sturgeon to have a majority backed by the Greens but
:22:17. > :22:19.this will be significant, Downing Street say not now, the Scottish
:22:20. > :22:22.Government will see this as a mandate for the second referendum.
:22:23. > :22:25.New figures show that the number of women working into their seventies
:22:26. > :22:26.has doubled over the last four years.
:22:27. > :22:29.More than 11% of women are still part of the workforce
:22:30. > :22:33.Many are working longer to try to maintain their standard of living.
:22:34. > :22:38.Here's our Personal Finance Correspondent, Simon Gompertz.
:22:39. > :22:39.How do you measure your working life and where is the cut-off point
:22:40. > :22:50.Anne, who runs a fabric store in Bristol's St Nicholas market,
:22:51. > :22:53.is one of a growing band of women in their 70s working on.
:22:54. > :22:55.She has little beyond the state pension to fall back on.
:22:56. > :22:57.Well, we have absolutely no pensions, little
:22:58. > :23:00.We always invested money into the business.
:23:01. > :23:04.It would certainly be a struggle and life would have to change,
:23:05. > :23:17.The proportion of women who don't stop working
:23:18. > :23:20.until they are beyond 70 has grown from one in 20 four years ago
:23:21. > :23:24.It has doubled and it is catching up with men.
:23:25. > :23:26.The government is encouraging people to work on, encouraging employers
:23:27. > :23:30.But if at least some are doing it because they're
:23:31. > :23:32.desperate for the money, then there is still a question,
:23:33. > :23:34.what happens when you really do have to stop?
:23:35. > :23:38.It is a concern because women tend to have much less than men in a way
:23:39. > :23:46.Particularly for women, if they haven't saved enough
:23:47. > :23:49.and in some cases they need to keep working later because they simply
:23:50. > :23:52.Women have smaller pension pots than men typically,
:23:53. > :23:55.and will continue to do so for some time to come.
:23:56. > :23:57.I've been selling jewellery for 30 odd years.
:23:58. > :23:59.Like many women, Elaine, who is 74, doesn't even get
:24:00. > :24:03.She loves her shop, but she too needs the extra money.
:24:04. > :24:06.I probably wouldn't be able to go to the hairdressers as often,
:24:07. > :24:09.I've probably wouldn't be able to go out for a meal as often
:24:10. > :24:12.And you know, these are things that are important to me.
:24:13. > :24:15.They talk about the rich pensioners, don't they, but a lot
:24:16. > :24:23.A lot of pensioners, you know, are just hanging on.
:24:24. > :24:27.It's got the nicest sound you'll ever hear.
:24:28. > :24:30.The pressure means the number of women like Elaine who are working
:24:31. > :24:34.into their early 70s has risen to around 150,000.
:24:35. > :24:38.Simon Gompertz, BBC News, in Bristol.
:24:39. > :24:41.The Northern Ireland Assembly is gathering today for a special
:24:42. > :24:43.sitting to allow politicians to reflect on the life
:24:44. > :24:48.Last night, thousands of people gathered at a candlelit vigil
:24:49. > :24:50.in west Belfast for the former Deputy First Minister who died
:24:51. > :25:04.Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Page is in Londonderry.
:25:05. > :25:11.Irish flags are flying at half-mast in the Bogside area of Derry where
:25:12. > :25:14.Mark McGuinness lived. The mood across Northern Ireland is of
:25:15. > :25:17.contemplation. Both were people who suffered greatly as a result of IRA
:25:18. > :25:18.violence and for those who regard Martin McGuinness mainly as a
:25:19. > :25:20.peacemaker. This shows how much
:25:21. > :25:22.Martin McGuinness was In west Belfast hundreds
:25:23. > :25:26.attended a vigil to remember The life of the former IRA
:25:27. > :25:32.commander was a complex story He ended up as the joint head
:25:33. > :25:39.of Northern Ireland's The Stormont assembly has
:25:40. > :25:44.held a special meeting to reflect on the man
:25:45. > :25:45.who was Deputy First Martin McGuinness was
:25:46. > :25:48.a political visionary. He played a key and enormous part
:25:49. > :25:52.in delivering fundamental change in this society and in transforming
:25:53. > :25:56.the relationships on this island But the memories of the IRA campaign
:25:57. > :26:04.are still strong and personal. The Democratic Unionist Party leader
:26:05. > :26:07.Arlene Foster survived the bombing Things have fundamentally
:26:08. > :26:15.changed since I was growing up in the 70s and 80s,
:26:16. > :26:18.and changed immeasurably And Martin McGuinness did play
:26:19. > :26:25.a role, which I will always condemn, But I also have to acknowledge
:26:26. > :26:34.the role which he played over this last decade and more in government
:26:35. > :26:36.in Northern Ireland. The coalition between her party
:26:37. > :26:39.and Sinn Fein collapsed in January. Negotiations are going
:26:40. > :26:42.on to try to restore A clergyman who was a mediator
:26:43. > :26:47.in the peace process says Martin McGuinness passionately
:26:48. > :26:51.wanted power-sharing to work. Reaching out, that
:26:52. > :26:53.was his great phrase. I want to keep reaching
:26:54. > :26:55.out and getting people As we now, we've got
:26:56. > :27:03.the structures, but what we now Mr McGuinness's death has come
:27:04. > :27:08.as Northern Ireland is facing But in his home city people
:27:09. > :27:14.are still considering the legacy of the leader who moved
:27:15. > :27:30.from the shadow of the gun As preparations are being made for
:27:31. > :27:35.the funeral service here tomorrow there has been News from a town not
:27:36. > :27:39.far away from Derry showing that the relative peace here remains uneasy.
:27:40. > :27:42.The police say some officers are lucky to be alive after a bomb
:27:43. > :27:46.exploded in Strabane last night, they believed it was a clear attempt
:27:47. > :27:49.to murder members of a police patrol. It is likely the attack was
:27:50. > :27:54.carried out by dissident republicans opposed to the peace process.
:27:55. > :27:56.Now, we've all got used to seeing free-range eggs and free-range
:27:57. > :27:59.meat in the supermarket but what about free-range milk?
:28:00. > :28:02.That's milk from cows who spend more time out in the fields,
:28:03. > :28:05.feeding on grass and if it takes off, it's hoped that it could keep
:28:06. > :28:08.One leading supermarket has already begun stocking free-range
:28:09. > :28:10.milk and they're hoping others will follow.
:28:11. > :28:14.Our Business Correspondent Emma Simpson reports.
:28:15. > :28:22.The cows hitting the field after winter indoors.
:28:23. > :28:30.But it's been increasingly hard for small dairy farms like this
:28:31. > :28:39.In actual fact, personally, I don't think I've ever been
:28:40. > :28:44.We were just lucky free range came along and gave us a new outlook.
:28:45. > :28:53.We've seen friends, neighbours, go out of business, we've seen
:28:54. > :28:58.In just ten years the number of dairy farmers has reduced, many
:28:59. > :29:02.But farmers are delivering more milk per cow, the average
:29:03. > :29:10.So fewer farms with bigger herds and some are kept in all year round.
:29:11. > :29:18.And Jenny is keen that shoppers know about it.
:29:19. > :29:22.You've got skimmed, semi-skimmed, whole, filtered,
:29:23. > :29:31.It's cheaper than organic, but 15p more than your average litre.
:29:32. > :29:38.Can I interest you in a milk taste test?
:29:39. > :29:46.We would probably try it and see how we get on.
:29:47. > :29:51.But long-term, I'm not sure, it depends on the cost of it.
:29:52. > :29:54.Asda said the milk sold better than they thought and they're now
:29:55. > :30:05.After a few rough years for this industry, here they are trying
:30:06. > :30:12.And hoping free range will earn them a fairer price.
:30:13. > :30:17.Emma Simpson, BBC News, Gloucestershire.
:30:18. > :30:19.Former Liverpool captain, coach and caretaker manager
:30:20. > :30:22.Ronnie Moran has died at the age of 83.
:30:23. > :30:27.He made 379 appearances between 1952 and 1968,
:30:28. > :30:29.and then became part of Bill Shankly's famous
:30:30. > :30:35.He had two spells as caretaker manager in his 49 years
:30:36. > :30:56.I hope there is no more snow. It is the date for woolly coats and
:30:57. > :31:01.for most of us a day for the waterproofs. This has been a typical
:31:02. > :31:06.scene across the UK, wet, miserable and cold. But by the weekend there
:31:07. > :31:11.is quite a transformation, it is going to feel like spring at last
:31:12. > :31:17.with some lovely sunshine for most. That is courtesy of high-pressure.
:31:18. > :31:24.At the moment we have no pressure and hence we have rain and a bit of
:31:25. > :31:30.snow across the far north of England and southern Scotland this morning.
:31:31. > :31:38.Some of those showers mean business, pushing up into the East of England,
:31:39. > :31:43.more persistent rain still across the north of England. Most of the
:31:44. > :31:47.snow turning back to rain. The northern half of Scotland enjoying
:31:48. > :31:51.some sunshine but not warm at around 34 degrees. And the wet weather is
:31:52. > :31:56.lodged across the far north of England with again some slow over
:31:57. > :32:03.the higher ground. More rain coming in to the south-east again. Where
:32:04. > :32:09.the skies are clear across parts of Wales and the South West of England,
:32:10. > :32:14.there should be some frost around. And up in the northern glens of
:32:15. > :32:20.Scotland as low as minus eight. Everything begins to head west, the
:32:21. > :32:24.band of rain pushing into Wales and the South West England and
:32:25. > :32:28.brightening up in the north and East. Not exactly warm but heading
:32:29. > :32:33.in the right direction. Still single figures for many, perhaps double
:32:34. > :32:39.figures further south but you have to factor in the cloud and blustery
:32:40. > :32:43.wind. That is still with us on Friday, further north things are
:32:44. > :32:48.settling down. Some rain across the far Northern Isles. But in between
:32:49. > :32:52.that wedge of sunshine as high pressure begins to build. And high
:32:53. > :33:00.pressure will be the dominant force as we head into the weekend. Around
:33:01. > :33:03.the periphery of that is still a notable breeze and for example
:33:04. > :33:08.across some Southern counties not feeling all that warm out in the
:33:09. > :33:14.breeze. But for the vast majority this weekend is looking good. Dry,
:33:15. > :33:20.plenty of sunshine, pinning warm. But still cold enough at night for
:33:21. > :33:22.some frost. But we will put up with that with some sunshine in store.
:33:23. > :33:28.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:29. > :33:33.The biggest fine ever handed to a British water company guide Thames
:33:34. > :33:34.Water ordered to pay ?20