:00:00. > :00:07.The Government sets out its plans to convert EU law
:00:08. > :00:13.The Brexit Secretary David Davis says the Great Repeal Bill
:00:14. > :00:20.will ensure a smooth and orderly exit from the European Union.
:00:21. > :00:23.We have been clear that we want a smooth and orderly exit -
:00:24. > :00:25.and the Great Repeal Bill is integral to that approach.
:00:26. > :00:29.It will provide clarity and certainly for businesses,
:00:30. > :00:32.workers and consumers across the United Kingdom
:00:33. > :00:44.Angela Merkel says after Brexit, the EU to put -- the UK has to put
:00:45. > :00:49.effort into Europe. We'll be live at both Westminster
:00:50. > :00:52.and in Malta for the very latest. The bodies of five people have been
:00:53. > :00:56.found inside the wreckage of a helicopter which has
:00:57. > :01:05.crashed in Snowdonia. Cutting out the sweet stuff. Lands
:01:06. > :01:10.to cut sugar intake in our children by 20% by the end of the decade.
:01:11. > :01:12.And grin and bear it - the sculpture of Ronaldo that's
:01:13. > :01:14.got everyone talking but for all the wrong reasons.
:01:15. > :01:16.And in sport: Wenger keeps us waiting -
:01:17. > :01:18.the Arsenal manager, who's been under increasing
:01:19. > :01:20.pressure, wouldn't confirm whether he'll stay at the club past
:01:21. > :01:43.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:44. > :01:46.The government has been outlining how it plans to transfer thousands
:01:47. > :01:51.of pieces of European Union legislation, into British law.
:01:52. > :01:54.The Great Repeal Bill will give Parliament,
:01:55. > :01:56.or the devolved assemblies, the power to scrap,
:01:57. > :02:02.The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, told MPs it
:02:03. > :02:04.would ensure the UK's "smooth, orderly" exit from
:02:05. > :02:10.But the plans also involve giving ministers the power to make changes
:02:11. > :02:12.without full parliamentary scrutiny, and that's proving controversial.
:02:13. > :02:14.Our first report today is from our political
:02:15. > :02:27.The law that took us into the European Union was passed in 1972.
:02:28. > :02:32.Now, our EU membership is about to end. Not with a bang, but with a
:02:33. > :02:36.rather complicated process. The government now has 24 months to
:02:37. > :02:42.unravel a relationship which has lasted for 44 years. The Secretary
:02:43. > :02:47.of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis. Brexit Secretary
:02:48. > :02:51.set out the first steps today with the promise of a Great Repeal Bill.
:02:52. > :02:55.We have been clear that we want a smooth and orderly exit and the
:02:56. > :03:00.Great Repeal Bill is integral tool -- integral to that approach. It
:03:01. > :03:05.will provide clarity for businesses and workers across the United
:03:06. > :03:10.Kingdom on the day we leave the EU. It will mean that as we exit the EU
:03:11. > :03:15.and seek a new and special partnership with the European Union,
:03:16. > :03:19.we will be doing so with the same standards and rules. If you were to
:03:20. > :03:23.look at the dictionary definition of repeal you would find that it needs
:03:24. > :03:28.to reverse or cancel something but the government's Great Repeal Bill
:03:29. > :03:31.actually keeps -- actually seeks to keep in place existing EU
:03:32. > :03:36.legislation. Some say it would be more appropriate to call it a cut
:03:37. > :03:40.and paste bail. But the government argues that by keeping the same
:03:41. > :03:44.rules as the EU, it will be easier to negotiate a trade deal and of
:03:45. > :03:51.course the two governments would be free to change those roles in due
:03:52. > :04:03.course. Labour was concerned they would try to speed through their
:04:04. > :04:11.repeal Bill at the expense of other issues. All rights and protections
:04:12. > :04:18.must be transferred into domestic law. No less occasions and sunset
:04:19. > :04:25.clauses. This MP wanted more detail about what laws might pass from
:04:26. > :04:28.Brussels to Edinburgh rather than Westminster. He accused the
:04:29. > :04:32.government of a lack of preparation. It strikes me that the government
:04:33. > :04:37.has passed the big wet button marked Brexit with their fingers crossed
:04:38. > :04:40.and very little idea of what comes next. Historically, Parliament
:04:41. > :04:45.haven't had to change so many laws in a relatively short time. The
:04:46. > :04:51.process could be painful and longer drawn-out than intended. Apart from
:04:52. > :04:55.the repeal Bill, major policy changes on immigration, agriculture
:04:56. > :04:59.and fisheries will entire -- will require entirely new legislation.
:05:00. > :05:02.That's a lot to squeezing in two years so we asked an experienced
:05:03. > :05:08.official how long he thought it would take. Well, until everything
:05:09. > :05:11.is absolutely separate and every T crossed and every eye dotted, it
:05:12. > :05:18.could be years. It could be a decade. But a lot of stuff will
:05:19. > :05:23.happen either upon Brexit day or reasonably shortly after that. The
:05:24. > :05:27.government has promised us a smooth and orderly Brexit but to achieve
:05:28. > :05:35.that, it may find it has little time for anything house. Let's pick up on
:05:36. > :05:39.some of those points with our assisted political editor Norman
:05:40. > :05:43.Smith who is in Westminster. Today, the business begins in earnest. As
:05:44. > :05:49.we have been hearing, there is a lot to do. This is the first big plank
:05:50. > :05:54.of Brexit which is being nailed down by the government. It is a
:05:55. > :05:58.legislative colossus, transferring all those many, many thousands of EU
:05:59. > :06:03.rules that we have acquired over the past 40 years, governing pretty much
:06:04. > :06:08.every note and cranny of our daily lives, from employment rights to
:06:09. > :06:13.environmental protection to the size of a chicken hutch you can have if
:06:14. > :06:16.you want to read hands, transferring that into British law, a process
:06:17. > :06:24.which we have heard could take ten years. It is the matters -- a
:06:25. > :06:32.massive legislative process but more than that, it is hugely symbolic,
:06:33. > :06:43.the moment that marked separation from the European Lord's, with
:06:44. > :06:47.British justice supreme. The supreme task will be pushing out anything
:06:48. > :06:54.out that the government wants to pursue though. That is the best
:06:55. > :06:57.risk. The second risk is that this provides an opportunity for critical
:06:58. > :07:02.MPs to cause Mrs May grief, because whilst the Prime Minister is away in
:07:03. > :07:07.Brussels arm wrestling with EU ministers to try to get that deal,
:07:08. > :07:11.critical MPs can use this huge legislation to try to cause her
:07:12. > :07:17.difficulties, because legislation can be delayed, it can be amended,
:07:18. > :07:22.it can be voted on. So for those MPs who want to cause trouble, this is
:07:23. > :07:25.the perfect vehicle for causing trouble. On that note, Norman, thank
:07:26. > :07:31.you very much indeed. Theresa May has already
:07:32. > :07:34.spoken to the leaders of Ireland, Poland,
:07:35. > :07:37.Italy, France and Spain, following the triggering
:07:38. > :07:38.of Article 50. A spokesman for the Prime Minister
:07:39. > :07:40.said their response had been European leaders are meeting
:07:41. > :07:42.in Malta to formulate their first response,
:07:43. > :07:48.as Dan Johnson now reports. The impact of six pages, and
:07:49. > :07:53.delivered in Brussels, still rippling across Europe. Political
:07:54. > :07:59.leaders meeting in Malta had absorbed Britain's political message
:08:00. > :08:02.and were ready to respond. I lot of people are telling us now they will
:08:03. > :08:07.try to reduce the damage but I have to tell you now this decision will
:08:08. > :08:14.create a lot of damage, but both sides. Germany is the powerhouse of
:08:15. > :08:18.the European project and Angela Merkel's position is important. She
:08:19. > :08:25.already signalled that she did not agree with Theresa May's position.
:08:26. > :08:30.Today there, no direct mention of Brexit, instead speak on the refugee
:08:31. > :08:34.policy and calls to walk more closely together. The French
:08:35. > :08:40.president also said the UK's ties with the EU need to be untangled
:08:41. > :08:48.first, then a new relationship can be built. There was musk sadness in
:08:49. > :08:52.the EU yesterday but the council president, Donald Tusk, has seen
:08:53. > :08:58.some positives. There is also something positive in Brexit. Brexit
:08:59. > :09:02.has made us a community of 27 more determined and united than before. I
:09:03. > :09:09.am fully confident of this, especially after their declaration
:09:10. > :09:14.and I can say that we will remain determined and united also in the
:09:15. > :09:18.future. Theresa May has reached out through the European press, writing
:09:19. > :09:21.articles denying any rejection of our shared values and giving
:09:22. > :09:26.assurances there was no intention to harm the EU. There are many more
:09:27. > :09:30.disagreements to come down the line as Britain's Brexit clock keeps on
:09:31. > :09:34.ticking. Dan Johnson, BBC News, Brussels.
:09:35. > :09:36.Let's speak to our Europe Correspondent, Chris Morris,
:09:37. > :09:49.In the shadow of Brexit, what's your sense of the mood today? It was
:09:50. > :09:52.interesting, Kate, the fact that Angela Merkel virtually didn't
:09:53. > :09:55.mention Brexit. There was a subliminal message that it's not all
:09:56. > :09:59.about you and we are moving on with the other issues which concern us.
:10:00. > :10:03.But clearly in the margins that has been an awful lot of talk about
:10:04. > :10:07.Brexit. There is that mood of regret and sadness but we also hear from
:10:08. > :10:13.everyone that we will be united on this. I know it's an easy thing to
:10:14. > :10:17.say, but over the last five years of covering the EU, I'm not sure I've
:10:18. > :10:22.ever seen the other countries are united as they seem to be at the
:10:23. > :10:26.moment on Brexit. Sure, the UK will try to chip away and pick off
:10:27. > :10:29.specific countries on specific issues but at the moment I think
:10:30. > :10:34.they do realise that in unity lies strength. The next step, and Donald
:10:35. > :10:39.Tusk, the president of the European Council is here, and we would expect
:10:40. > :10:46.why tomorrow, possibly late this evening, for him to release diet --
:10:47. > :10:51.draft guidelines about the negotiations and should show us what
:10:52. > :10:55.the EU thinks negotiations will look like, in terms of a schedule and the
:10:56. > :10:58.pinks to be discussed first. We know London would like to start talking
:10:59. > :11:04.about trade straightaway but it's pretty clear the rest of the EU is
:11:05. > :11:08.not interested in that. They want to have agreement in principle on the
:11:09. > :11:13.broad outlines of the divorce. That means settling the accounts, the
:11:14. > :11:17.status of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens elsewhere in the
:11:18. > :11:22.EU. Once the broad understanding of those issues is down, only then will
:11:23. > :11:31.there be feature discussions about a trade agreement.
:11:32. > :11:33.So how will converting all these EU rules into British law
:11:34. > :11:35.impact on our lives, if at all?
:11:36. > :11:37.Currently, European law governs many areas, from employment law
:11:38. > :11:39.to food regulations, from the environment
:11:40. > :11:45.Wyre Davies is here to explain how things might change.
:11:46. > :11:51.One of the big claims during the referendum campaign was that the UK
:11:52. > :11:58.will be able to make its own laws, free from Brussels law.
:11:59. > :12:00.Sovereignty would return to Parliament - the UK would be
:12:01. > :12:04.So now the Great Repeal Bill white paper has been published,
:12:05. > :12:07.in which areas of our lives could we see changes?
:12:08. > :12:08.Let's take a look at workers' rights.
:12:09. > :12:11.At the moment, the EU says that most people don't have to work more
:12:12. > :12:13.than 48 hours a week, unless they want to.
:12:14. > :12:16.There are voices that say that restricts British industry,
:12:17. > :12:19.So would the UK keep that law or change it?
:12:20. > :12:21.Could we see an effect on workers' rights?
:12:22. > :12:28.Some businesses, some politicians, are calling for employment rights to
:12:29. > :12:32.be ripped up help watered down once we leave the European Union. But
:12:33. > :12:37.what they call red tape, we call important rights for working people
:12:38. > :12:41.including protection from excessive working hours, writes to holiday
:12:42. > :12:45.pay, protection from discrimination. The TUC is calling for the
:12:46. > :12:48.government to make a proper commitment and to take effective
:12:49. > :12:53.action to ensure these rights are protected, not simply from day one
:12:54. > :12:56.but for the long-term. We also want guarantees from the government that
:12:57. > :13:00.UK employment rights will keep pace with our European partners.
:13:01. > :13:09.At the moment under EU law, VAT on household gas and electricity
:13:10. > :13:13.Outside of the EU, the government could now opt to remove it -
:13:14. > :13:15.which could mean lower energy bills, although whether the Chancellor
:13:16. > :13:18.would want to take the hit remains to be seen.
:13:19. > :13:25.And could we see a change in the shops on our high street?
:13:26. > :13:26.For instance, European regulations control everything
:13:27. > :13:28.from what preservatives can be added to how potential allergens have
:13:29. > :13:33.Getting rid of them, say some, is good because it
:13:34. > :13:35.gets rid of red tape, so decreasing costs for businesses.
:13:36. > :13:37.But actually the UK may decide to keep
:13:38. > :13:39.many of the regulations because if we want to trade
:13:40. > :13:42.with Europe, we'll need to have the same standards.
:13:43. > :13:45.Theresa May yesterday acknowledged in her letter that in many areas,
:13:46. > :13:47.both sides have 'regulatory frameworks and standards
:13:48. > :13:54.So what could be the impact on small businesses?
:13:55. > :14:00.There are all sorts of regulations which affect all kinds of businesses
:14:01. > :14:04.in different ways, everything from disposing of waste to the kind of
:14:05. > :14:08.chemicals that can be in paint to employment rules for their
:14:09. > :14:11.employees. Now, small businesses might want things to be simplified
:14:12. > :14:15.in future in terms of how to comply with these things and anything
:14:16. > :14:19.unnecessary got rid of, but at the same time, there is a recognition
:14:20. > :14:23.that there are many regulations which do have a purpose. It's just
:14:24. > :14:24.that there may be a simpler way of getting there for small businesses
:14:25. > :14:27.to comply with. There are so many areas in which EU
:14:28. > :14:31.laws effect our lives - and today it's only
:14:32. > :14:34.the first stage of many. Given the scale of the legislative
:14:35. > :14:35.task ahead, none of the changes to anything come into force
:14:36. > :14:37.until we leave the EU, We went to see the impact for a long
:14:38. > :14:43.time. The world's biggest insurance firm,
:14:44. > :14:46.Lloyds of London, says it's moving It says it wants a presence
:14:47. > :14:51.in the heart of continental Europe The question is, will
:14:52. > :14:54.other companies follow? It's the world's oldest insurance
:14:55. > :15:02.market, famous for the Lutine bell from HMS Lutine,
:15:03. > :15:04.which went down two centuries ago It already has some foreign offices
:15:05. > :15:11.but because of Brexit, Lloyd's of London will now become
:15:12. > :15:14.Lloyds of Brussels as well. In fact, what it does is it helps
:15:15. > :15:22.to secure the future of Lloyd's. About 5% of our business is impacted
:15:23. > :15:25.by the UK coming out of EU. We want to be able to provide
:15:26. > :15:27.continuous coverage and continue to issue insurance policies
:15:28. > :15:31.for customers based in EU. The Lloyd's building
:15:32. > :15:35.houses a marketplace. It's some of the staff
:15:36. > :15:38.who oversee the operations who are going and it's not clear how
:15:39. > :15:41.many of the underwriters It's good for Lloyd's to be
:15:42. > :15:48.seen to be embracing it. It'll be interesting to see how it
:15:49. > :15:50.goes and how they can maintain it in London
:15:51. > :15:52.being the centre of insurance. Does it signal an exodus
:15:53. > :15:55.from the City? London has been incredibly
:15:56. > :16:02.successful for all sorts of reasons What we've got to be
:16:03. > :16:06.is nimble and alert to the possibilities
:16:07. > :16:08.and the dangers. What this shows is the variety
:16:09. > :16:11.of places across the channel that City organisations might move some
:16:12. > :16:15.of their operations to. So not just one big rival
:16:16. > :16:17.to the city, like say Frankfurt, but also Amsterdam, Brussels,
:16:18. > :16:21.Dublin, or Paris. And it may not even be European
:16:22. > :16:26.centres that benefit most There are other hubs
:16:27. > :16:33.elsewhere in the world, Singapore springs to mind,
:16:34. > :16:35.a couple in the Middle East and of course Bermuda,
:16:36. > :16:39.which will be hungry to use Brexit as an opportunity to grab
:16:40. > :16:42.as much of the worldwide But is this trickle from the City
:16:43. > :16:51.of London the start of a flood? The Prime Minister tried to allay
:16:52. > :16:53.fears yesterday by saying she wants to include financial services
:16:54. > :16:55.in an overall trade The government has been outlining
:16:56. > :17:10.how it plans to transfer thousands of pieces of European legislation
:17:11. > :17:14.into UK law. A mixed response to a bust of
:17:15. > :17:22.the Portuguese footballer, Ronaldo. And in sport: Johanna Konta
:17:23. > :17:25.continues to show her title winning potential and becomes the first
:17:26. > :17:28.British woman to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open,
:17:29. > :17:41.where she'll face Venus Williams. The process of leaving
:17:42. > :17:45.the European Union is well and truly under way,
:17:46. > :17:47.with the publication today of what's But what about our future relations
:17:48. > :17:51.with countries who've been EU The UK and Germany
:17:52. > :17:55.have long been allies, Our Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill
:17:56. > :17:59.has been to the town of Bergen - which was once home to a British
:18:00. > :18:02.army base - to see what German people make of the start
:18:03. > :18:11.of the Brexit process. Germany has developed quite a taste
:18:12. > :18:13.for all things British. Bergen's UK Army base is long gone,
:18:14. > :18:23.but they're still serving the full English and preparing again to bid
:18:24. > :18:31.the Brits farewell. TRANSLATION: To be honest, really,
:18:32. > :18:38.why do they want to go it alone? Army housing, due for demolition,
:18:39. > :18:44.and a future relationship Of all the EU member states,
:18:45. > :18:51.Germany was probably the most saddened and shocked at Britain's
:18:52. > :18:57.decision to leave. It's also the most likely
:18:58. > :18:59.to want to retain a strong relationship with the UK,
:19:00. > :19:05.but not at any cost. What Germany fears
:19:06. > :19:08.most, instability. Britain is one of its most
:19:09. > :19:12.important trading partners. It can also be positive,
:19:13. > :19:15.if it becomes a wake-up call I mean, what is the value
:19:16. > :19:23.of the European Union for? It must be valuable
:19:24. > :19:25.for every member. And we can also have only
:19:26. > :19:28.free trade agreements That works, there are
:19:29. > :19:32.no other conditions. So we could have the same
:19:33. > :19:36.with Britain, basically. But in a country which is European
:19:37. > :19:39.first, German second, it is the EU's future
:19:40. > :19:46.which matters most. TRANSLATION: To be honest, really,
:19:47. > :19:49.why do they want to go it alone? Army housing, due for demolition,
:19:50. > :19:52.and a future relationship Of all the EU member states,
:19:53. > :19:55.Germany was probably the most saddened and shocked at Britain's
:19:56. > :19:58.decision to leave. It's also the most likely
:19:59. > :20:00.to want to retain a strong relationship with the UK,
:20:01. > :20:03.but not at any cost. What Germany fears
:20:04. > :20:04.most, instability. Britain is one of its most
:20:05. > :20:06.important trading partners. It can also be positive,
:20:07. > :20:08.if it becomes a wake-up call I mean, what is the value
:20:09. > :20:15.of the European Union for? Search teams have found the bodies
:20:16. > :20:18.of five people inside the wreckage of a helicopter that's
:20:19. > :20:20.crashed in Snowdonia. The aircraft disappeared on a flight
:20:21. > :20:22.from Milton Keynes to Dublin. Let's speak to our
:20:23. > :20:35.correspondent, Holly Hamilton, What do you know at this stage? At
:20:36. > :20:38.the minute, sadly, we have just discovered in the past hour that
:20:39. > :20:43.police have confirmed that the bodies of those five people have
:20:44. > :20:47.been found with the wreckage of the helicopter. This follows extensive
:20:48. > :20:52.searches that have been going on since yesterday afternoon. It began
:20:53. > :20:56.when that helicopter left, a privately owned airfield that Aden
:20:57. > :21:01.Airport, destined for Dublin. It failed to make a scheduled stop in
:21:02. > :21:11.North Wales -- it left from Luton airport. Operations began after 4pm.
:21:12. > :21:14.The operation had to stop late last night due to hazardous to
:21:15. > :21:19.conditions, poor visibility. The search operation continued on land
:21:20. > :21:23.by North Wales Police and mountain rescue teams here in South
:21:24. > :21:27.Snowdonia. Sadly, that has resulted in the discovery of the wreckage
:21:28. > :21:32.alongside five Bobbitt is. We have no details as yet about the
:21:33. > :21:36.identities of the people who have died. Police have not given as any
:21:37. > :21:39.details. However, they have told as they've contacted the families and
:21:40. > :21:44.they have been informed of their deaths. The search operation here
:21:45. > :21:48.has now become a recovery operation. An investigation will take place
:21:49. > :21:52.into what exactly has happened. We have no details currently off that
:21:53. > :21:56.just yet. That will be the next step in this investigation. That will
:21:57. > :21:59.take some time, especially in what police have described here in South
:22:00. > :22:01.Snowdonia is very difficult and hazardous conditions. Holly, thank
:22:02. > :22:04.you. Cakes, biscuits,
:22:05. > :22:05.sweets and chocolates. Our children may love them,
:22:06. > :22:08.but they contain large amounts of sugar, which is linked
:22:09. > :22:11.to obesity and diabetes. Which is why Public Health England
:22:12. > :22:14.has published new guidelines to limit the amount of sugar that's
:22:15. > :22:18.in some of our favourite foods. The aim is to cut the amount
:22:19. > :22:21.of sugar eaten in foods most often eaten by children in the UK by 20 %
:22:22. > :22:25.in the next few years., as our health correspondent,
:22:26. > :22:29.Jane Dreaper, now reports. But eating too much sugar
:22:30. > :22:33.is rotting children's teeth A third of children
:22:34. > :22:38.are overweight or obese Now as part of government plans
:22:39. > :22:43.to tackle the problem, the food industry is being given
:22:44. > :22:48.new limits for how much sugar should Companies are being urged
:22:49. > :22:52.to reformulate their products so that they contain less sugar,
:22:53. > :22:56.or to make them smaller. The aim is for the UK's annual diet
:22:57. > :23:00.to contain 200,000 fewer We expect people to see over time
:23:01. > :23:07.smaller chocolate bars, smaller cakes, smaller biscuits,
:23:08. > :23:10.particularly when they eat away from home, in family
:23:11. > :23:13.restaurants and so on. We also expect people not
:23:14. > :23:16.to notice the changes, because we know if changes
:23:17. > :23:19.are gradually made to our food, Your bread is now 40% less salty
:23:20. > :23:25.than it was ten years ago. Everyday foods like
:23:26. > :23:30.these will be affected. The companies that make them
:23:31. > :23:33.are being told to cut their sugar Cafes and restaurants
:23:34. > :23:39.are being told to take action too, because up to a third
:23:40. > :23:42.of the calories we eat are now And there will also be
:23:43. > :23:47.the new tax on sugary drinks, Dieticians say there's no
:23:48. > :23:52.time to lose in trying Around one in five ten
:23:53. > :24:02.to 11-year-olds are obese. We know from research that excess
:24:03. > :24:05.sugar is linked to weight gain and when you are obese you are more
:24:06. > :24:08.at risk of conditions like type two diabetes,
:24:09. > :24:11.which can lead to heart disease The food industry isn't being forced
:24:12. > :24:14.to make these changes, but trade bodies say they'll take
:24:15. > :24:17.on the challenge and experts in nutrition think this
:24:18. > :24:19.is the quickest way It's actually an advantage
:24:20. > :24:25.that they are voluntary, because the legal process of writing
:24:26. > :24:30.mandatory guidelines is so awkward, so long, people resist it and try
:24:31. > :24:35.and protect their own interests, that doing it on a voluntary basis
:24:36. > :24:38.is actually quicker to write the regulations and quicker to amend
:24:39. > :24:42.them if they don't work. The nine food groups announced today
:24:43. > :24:45.account for less than half of children's total sugar intake,
:24:46. > :24:48.so there's still work to be done on sugar that's less obvious,
:24:49. > :24:53.in foods like pasta sauces. Health campaigners have praised
:24:54. > :24:56.the plans, but they want the government to keep up
:24:57. > :24:58.the pressure on food companies. Tens of thousands of people
:24:59. > :25:06.are still without power, and thousands of others
:25:07. > :25:08.are still stranded on remote islands, after Cyclone Debbie hit
:25:09. > :25:10.the east coast of Australia. The threat from more torrential rain
:25:11. > :25:13.has led to people being told to leave their homes
:25:14. > :25:15.in the state of Queensland. It's been called the
:25:16. > :25:22.never-ending storm. From north to south,
:25:23. > :25:28.Queensland is dealing with several Rising river levels,
:25:29. > :25:33.towns cut off and sudden gusts that are leaving homes
:25:34. > :25:39.and their residents rattled. Well, I wasn't too worried
:25:40. > :25:42.at the start, but I started hearing the wind picking up
:25:43. > :25:44.and getting more intense. There was a few thoughts
:25:45. > :25:47.going through the head then that something could come flying
:25:48. > :25:49.through the window, you know? In Bowen, the Prime Minister flew
:25:50. > :25:52.in to see the scale of the damage and stressed the size
:25:53. > :25:55.of the response. 1300 members of the Army,
:25:56. > :25:57.Navy and air force are here As I said, this is an example
:25:58. > :26:04.of nature flinging her The people of the Whitsunday route
:26:05. > :26:08.and the people of north Queensland, far north Queensland,
:26:09. > :26:11.are very familiar with cyclones. They'll need to be pretty
:26:12. > :26:18.tough in the south too. In Brisbane, a month's worth of rain
:26:19. > :26:22.is expected in one day. More than 1000 schools have been
:26:23. > :26:26.closed across the area. It's another city
:26:27. > :26:28.going into lockdown. We have not seen the worst of this
:26:29. > :26:39.severe weather system We are going to see
:26:40. > :26:44.heavy rain falls. And it's one which has
:26:45. > :26:53.touched every walk of life. With warnings that snakes,
:26:54. > :26:56.crocodiles, even sharks, can wash up in the flood,
:26:57. > :26:59.much of Queensland Organisers of the Oscars say
:27:00. > :27:08.they will continue to work with the accountancy firm,
:27:09. > :27:11.PwC, despite the mistake which led to La La Land being wrongly
:27:12. > :27:14.announced as the winner of Best This is the moment Hollywood
:27:15. > :27:19.realised someone hadn't followed the script
:27:20. > :27:22.at the ceremony last month. To make sure a similar mistake
:27:23. > :27:25.doesn't happen next year, there will be an extra accountant
:27:26. > :27:27.on hand, and electronic devices Capturing the likeness and character
:27:28. > :27:38.in a portrait can always be a bit So there was an understandable air
:27:39. > :27:42.of expectation when the footballer, Ronaldo, turned up in his hometown
:27:43. > :27:44.of Madeira to unveil Well, our sports correspondent
:27:45. > :27:52.Joe Wilson has the story of a work of art that's taken everyone's
:27:53. > :27:55.breath away - but not necessarily For the local hero,
:27:56. > :28:02.everything was arranged. Politicians, well-wishers,
:28:03. > :28:04.all there for the very famous Well, they were naming
:28:05. > :28:10.Madeira's airport after him. Just one thing, why
:28:11. > :28:12.had they unveiled a new bust of the former Irish
:28:13. > :28:21.international Niall Quinn? The man himself was
:28:22. > :28:30.full of gratitude. "To see my name given
:28:31. > :28:33.to this airport is "Everyone knows I'm very
:28:34. > :28:47.proud of my roots." Roots meaning homeland,
:28:48. > :28:49.not his hair. Social media mockery based around
:28:50. > :28:53.the bust has quickly followed. Football does have a long
:28:54. > :28:57.association with statues. At Wembley, Bobby Moore,
:28:58. > :28:59.at Ipswich Town, Bobby Robson. And at Fulham's Craven
:29:00. > :29:00.Cottage, Michael Jackson. This statue was the idea of the then
:29:01. > :29:04.chairman Mohammed Al Fayed and wasn't universally
:29:05. > :29:05.appreciated at the time. After a couple of years,
:29:06. > :29:13.Fulham took this statue down. And then, deep breath,
:29:14. > :29:16.there was Ted Bates. Southampton supporters
:29:17. > :29:18.were so angered by this depiction of their former player and manager,
:29:19. > :29:21.it was replaced immediately and Statues are supposed
:29:22. > :29:29.to be tributes, and the Madeira Airport is an honour well
:29:30. > :29:32.intended for a genuine star. A 57-year-old flight engineer,
:29:33. > :29:49.Peggy Whitson, is, as we speak, breaking the record for the most
:29:50. > :29:51.spacewalks to be These are the live pictures from
:29:52. > :29:55.the International Space Station. The American astronaut -
:29:56. > :30:00.in the spacesuit with red stripes - will be outside the station for over
:30:01. > :30:06.six hours, finishing cable connections and checking over
:30:07. > :30:10.the station in preparation This is Flight Engineer Whiston's
:30:11. > :30:30.eighth space walk, and beats Bravo one, counter two.
:30:31. > :30:33.Extraordinary stuff, congratulations to her.
:30:34. > :30:47.A rather damp morning in Durham. There has been some rain around.
:30:48. > :30:52.It's a day of contrasts. Damp weather across parts of northern
:30:53. > :30:54.England and southern Scotland, very wet in southern Snowdonia. Down
:30:55. > :30:58.towards the south-west a few showers ahead of that. But the main story
:30:59. > :31:01.across the more southern and eastern parts of the UK is the rising
:31:02. > :31:06.temperatures. The warmest day of the year by far. Some places are
:31:07. > :31:11.enjoying scenes like this. You could almost hear the birdsong, well,
:31:12. > :31:15.almost, can't you? It's a beautiful afternoon. 22 degrees is possible
:31:16. > :31:18.when north-east of London perhaps. Widely into the high teens and low
:31:19. > :31:23.20s in a few places. A warm southerly wind wafting up across
:31:24. > :31:27.this part of the world. Further west, more cloud, a few showers
:31:28. > :31:30.knocking about across parts of the south-west. They'll be pretty
:31:31. > :31:36.isolated. Most places staying dry. Rather more rain in western and
:31:37. > :31:39.northern most parts of Wales. Parts of England are disappointing, near
:31:40. > :31:42.the Scottish border. Some dry spells in Northern Ireland and some
:31:43. > :31:46.sunshine in the northern half of Scotland but temperatures lower than
:31:47. > :31:50.the south-east of England. We ended the day with the main thrust of rain
:31:51. > :31:53.up across the more northern and western parts of the UK, maybe a
:31:54. > :31:58.shower across the south-east but it will stay essentially dry here until
:31:59. > :32:02.tomorrow morning. A mild night, no problems with frost. Temperatures in
:32:03. > :32:05.double figures. Early brightness across East Anglia and the
:32:06. > :32:09.south-east tomorrow morning, but it will turn into a different sort of
:32:10. > :32:13.day, a freshening breeze. It won't feel as warm. Some showers scooting
:32:14. > :32:17.across. The wettest weather further north, particularly through
:32:18. > :32:21.Scotland. Heavy rain here. Brining up further south. Another clutch of
:32:22. > :32:27.showers coming across Northern Ireland and westernmost parts of
:32:28. > :32:29.England and Wales. Not as warm as today. Present in the sunshine,
:32:30. > :32:31.particularly in East Anglia and the south-east. It will turn fresher for
:32:32. > :32:35.all others into the weekend. A little trough of low pressure
:32:36. > :32:40.generating showers. This ridge of high pressure promises a better day,
:32:41. > :32:43.we think, on Sunday. This is a snapshot of Saturday. A lot of
:32:44. > :32:47.showers knocking about. It's a hit and miss a day, you will be dodging
:32:48. > :32:51.the showers. Some places staying dry around the coastal fringe but expect
:32:52. > :32:55.a shower, that's my advice. It's the first day of the new month, April
:32:56. > :32:59.showers. Chilly overnight into Sunday, Sunday is looking good.
:33:00. > :33:08.Sunday is the better of the two days. It should be dry, cellulite
:33:09. > :33:12.winds and feeling presently warm. -- cellulite winds.
:33:13. > :33:16.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:17. > :33:19.The government has been outlining how it plans to turn European
:33:20. > :33:23.legislation into UK law. On BBC One we now join the BBC's
:33:24. > :33:24.news teams where you are.