:00:07. > :00:13.Guilty of murder - Vincent Tabak is sentenced to life for the killing
:00:13. > :00:15.of Joanna Yeates. The judge said he had committed a
:00:15. > :00:18."dreadful, evil act" and he "thought there was a sexual
:00:18. > :00:28.element" to the murder. Joanna Yeates's family say they
:00:28. > :00:29.
:00:29. > :00:36.hope Tabak's life in jail will now be "a living hell".
:00:36. > :00:43.Vincent Kompany is an intelligent and manipulative man, a man who had
:00:43. > :00:45.the presence of mind to kill Jo and dispose of her body on evidence
:00:45. > :00:48.linking him to her flat. Also on tonight's programme:
:00:48. > :00:52.Changing the rules for William and Kate's future children - how royal
:00:52. > :00:58.succession is moving with the times. In future, the order of succession
:00:58. > :01:00.should be determined simply by the order of birth, and we have agreed
:01:00. > :01:06.to introduce this for all descendants from the Prince of
:01:06. > :01:08.Wales. And Britain's top company
:01:08. > :01:11.directors' pay jumps by 49% according to new research.
:01:11. > :01:16.St Paul's Cathedral reopens to the public as legal action begins to
:01:16. > :01:21.remove the protestors camped outside.
:01:21. > :01:26.Later on the BBC News Channel, a special programme from BBC Points
:01:26. > :01:36.West on the conviction of Vincent Kompany, including tributes to the
:01:36. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:49.woman he murdered, Jo Yeates. That's at 6.30pm.
:01:49. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:52.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at 6.00pm. Vincent Tabak has
:01:52. > :01:56.been found guilty of murdering the landscape architect Joanna Yeates
:01:56. > :01:59.in what the judge called a "dreadful, evil act". Her body was
:01:59. > :02:04.found covered with snow in a country lane on Christmas Day last
:02:04. > :02:07.year. She had been strangled eight days earlier. As Tabak begins his
:02:07. > :02:10.life sentence, police have revealed that he'd looked at images of
:02:10. > :02:13.violence against women on the internet and tried to keep one step
:02:13. > :02:16.ahead of the police investigation. Jon Kay joins us now from outside
:02:16. > :02:23.Bristol Crown Court. Jon, an extremely difficult day for Joanna
:02:23. > :02:26.Yeates' family. Absolutely. So difficult, those
:02:26. > :02:32.chose not to be in court for the verdict. When it came Vincent Tabak
:02:32. > :02:36.bit his lip for a moment, but apart from that, not a single flicker of
:02:36. > :02:41.emotion. Police say that is typical of the man. This is somebody very
:02:41. > :02:45.intelligent, with a Ph.D in engineering, but somebody cold,
:02:45. > :02:53.somebody calm, somebody who could murder his next door neighbour,
:02:53. > :02:58.dump her body then walk away as if nothinged. Sanged in the shadows --
:02:58. > :03:01.nothing happened. Standing in the shadows, when Vincent Tabak
:03:01. > :03:06.returned from his Christmas holiday abroad, he thought he'd got away
:03:06. > :03:10.with murder. Two weeks earlier, he'd used this car to dump the body
:03:10. > :03:17.of Jo Yeates after killing her in the Victorian mansion block where
:03:17. > :03:21.they both lived. Tabak rented a basement flat on the left with his
:03:21. > :03:25.girlfriend Tanja Morson. Jo Yeates lived next door with her boyfriend
:03:25. > :03:29.Greg Reardon. A week before Christmas on the 17th of December,
:03:29. > :03:34.they were both home alone. Jo's parents chose not to be in
:03:34. > :03:39.court for this afternoon's verdict, but they now know their daughter
:03:39. > :03:43.was murdered by her next-door neighbour, strangled by a man who
:03:43. > :03:50.had viewed internet pornography featuring violence towards women.
:03:50. > :03:54.We so miss hearing her happy voice. The family's statement was read by
:03:54. > :04:00.a police officer. "We saw no emotion nor remorse nor regret for
:04:00. > :04:05.what he did to Jo. We felt that all emotion expressed by him were false.
:04:05. > :04:10.All we heard were words of self- pity." That morning Jo Yeates had
:04:10. > :04:14.been out for a couple of drinks with colleagues from work. She left
:04:14. > :04:19.the pub early to walk home to the Clifton area of Bristol around a
:04:19. > :04:24.mile away. She stopped a couple of times to buy cider and a pizza,
:04:24. > :04:29.finally reaching her garden gate at about 8.45pm. Their flat was
:04:29. > :04:33.decorated for Christmas, and it was snowing outside as Jo started to
:04:33. > :04:39.bake mince pies. Vincent Tabak then entered the flat, and minutes later,
:04:39. > :04:44.Jo was dead. He told the court he'd gone to kiss
:04:44. > :04:49.Jo Yeates, and when she screamed, he'd held her throat to stop the
:04:49. > :04:55.noise, but the jury rejected that story, accepting instead that this
:04:55. > :05:01.was a premeditated, sexually- motivated crime. Sentencing him to
:05:01. > :05:06.thrief, judge said his crime had been a dreadful, evil act committed
:05:06. > :05:10.against a vulnerable woman in her own home. He said, "In my judgment,
:05:10. > :05:14.you're very dangerous." Vincent Tabak is an intelligent,
:05:14. > :05:20.manipulative man. A man who killed Jo, then had the presence of mind
:05:20. > :05:24.to dispose of her body and evidence linking him to her flat. After
:05:24. > :05:30.killing her, he carried her around the back of his building to his
:05:30. > :05:35.flat a few steps away. There he placed her into a bicycle storage,
:05:35. > :05:39.then into the boot of his waiting car. What he did next even his own
:05:39. > :05:44.legal team described as disgusting. Vincent Tabak went shopping for
:05:44. > :05:51.beer and crisps with Jo's body still in his car. Then he dumped
:05:51. > :05:57.her three miles away in a quiet country lane. I just want her back.
:05:57. > :06:01.Wherever she is, Jo, my little Jo, come back. While Jo's parents and
:06:01. > :06:07.boyfriend made desperate appeals, her murderer went on holiday.
:06:07. > :06:11.Vincent Tabak spent New Year with his family in Holland, pretending
:06:11. > :06:15.to be concerned and upset about his missing neighbour, but when he
:06:15. > :06:19.returned to Bristol, a voluntary DNA sample linked him to material
:06:20. > :06:24.on Jo's body. He was charged with her murder, and now, ten months
:06:24. > :06:29.later, the jury has found him guilty.
:06:29. > :06:33.Well, the court heard during this trial in the days after murdering
:06:33. > :06:37.Jo Yeates, Vincent Tabak went to Christmas parties, drank champagne
:06:37. > :06:41.with friends, and nobody had a clue that he could have been responsible.
:06:41. > :06:45.When one friend asked him who might have killed Jo Yeates, he described,
:06:45. > :06:50."It must have been a detached, crazy person," and the prosecution
:06:50. > :06:57.here said that absolutely summed up the man Vincent Tabak himself, as
:06:57. > :07:00.Robert Hall now reports. He was cool and in control, able to
:07:00. > :07:03.mislead and to hide his inner feelings - that was the
:07:03. > :07:07.prosecution's assessment of Vincent Tabak, the man who watched a
:07:08. > :07:11.family's agony whilst maintaining the facade of a worried neighbour.
:07:11. > :07:15.On Christmas Day last year, a local couple were walking their dog near
:07:15. > :07:20.their home on the outskirts of Bristol. It was just over a week
:07:20. > :07:25.since Jo Yeates had disappeared. Here on Longwood Lane about three
:07:25. > :07:30.miles from Jo's flat, they discovered her body. It was covered
:07:30. > :07:36.in snow and lying on a grass verge which overlooked a deep quarry.
:07:36. > :07:40.What had begun as a missing person inquiry was now a murder
:07:40. > :07:44.investigation. 700 miles away in the Dutch city of Eindhoven,
:07:44. > :07:48.Vincent Tabak was also watching Longwood Lane and the police
:07:48. > :07:53.activities via the internet. No-one around him had any idea that he was
:07:53. > :07:57.capable of violence. TRANSLATION: I really can't imagine
:07:57. > :08:01.that he could do anything like this. I've obviously known him for a long
:08:01. > :08:10.time. He is a friendly, warm and helpful young man. He's a lovely
:08:10. > :08:16.person. I thought, eh? Vincent? He isn't able to do that - no, no, no,
:08:16. > :08:20.no. I couldn't believe it. Tabak's online efforts would have revealed
:08:20. > :08:24.the detectives were following up over a thousand lines of inquiry,
:08:24. > :08:28.but their attention was focused on Jo Yeates's Clifton home and of
:08:28. > :08:32.those who might have come into contact with her on the night she
:08:32. > :08:37.died. During his trial, Tabak was reminded of just how far he'd gone
:08:37. > :08:40.to research the way crimes are investigated. His computer drive
:08:40. > :08:45.showed ever more internet activity, behaviour, said the prosecution,
:08:45. > :08:49.which was almost clinical. We now know that he visited websites which
:08:49. > :08:54.dealt with unsolved crimes, with sex and violence and with the
:08:54. > :09:00.abduction of women by car. On the one happened, Tabak was a
:09:00. > :09:06.respectable young man, pictured here on his graduation day, who
:09:06. > :09:10.worked as a computer programer, on the other, a callous killer, who
:09:10. > :09:17.went on to implicate his landlord, Christopher Jefferies and expose an
:09:17. > :09:21.innocent man to a storm of media speculation, a killer who texted
:09:21. > :09:25.affectionate messages to his girlfriend as he planned where to
:09:25. > :09:29.leave his victim's body. The real Vincent Tabak, who fled the
:09:29. > :09:34.consequences of his crime and researched his plan to escape
:09:34. > :09:41.justice. The jury, like the police, saw the truth which lay beneath his
:09:41. > :09:46.lies. As well as the internet pornography
:09:46. > :09:50.found on his computer, the police found that Vincent Tabak's phone
:09:50. > :09:53.had been used to contact escort agencies during work trips he'd
:09:53. > :09:57.made both to the north-east of England and abroad to the United
:09:57. > :10:00.States just a few days before Jo Yeates was murdered. The police
:10:00. > :10:05.have confirmed to the BBC tonight that they have more questions to
:10:05. > :10:09.ask Vincent Tabak. Michelle? Jon, thank you. Jon Kay
:10:09. > :10:11.reporting from Bristol. Centuries of tradition are to be
:10:11. > :10:14.overturned. First-born daughters will be allowed to inherit the
:10:14. > :10:16.throne. The change to the succession laws was agreed at the
:10:16. > :10:19.Commonwealth leaders' summit in Australia. It means any first-born
:10:19. > :10:22.daughter of Prince William would become Queen, even if she later had
:10:22. > :10:25.a younger brother. The ban on the monarch and their heirs marrying
:10:25. > :10:33.Roman Catholics will also be lifted. From Perth, our royal correspondent
:10:33. > :10:38.Nicholas Witchell reports. She is a monarch who has probably
:10:38. > :10:43.never been more respected and is very nearly 60 years into one of
:10:43. > :10:47.the most successful reigns in British history. And yet the
:10:47. > :10:51.coronation in 1953 of Elizabeth II would never have happened if she'd
:10:51. > :10:57.had a younger brother, because for more than a thousand years, the
:10:57. > :11:02.daughters of mon, a have always had to give way to sons, regardless of
:11:02. > :11:06.age, but now that is to change, and for once, the Queen revealed what
:11:06. > :11:13.she thought about equality for women at the opening of the
:11:13. > :11:18.Commonwealth leaders' summit. theme this year is women as agents
:11:18. > :11:25.of change. It reminds us of the potential in our societies that is
:11:25. > :11:33.yet to be fully unlocked, and it encourages us to find ways to allow
:11:33. > :11:40.girls and women to play their full part. This is why the politicians
:11:40. > :11:42.are finally changing the laws of succession. The marriage of Prince
:11:42. > :11:47.William and Catherine Middleton and the prospect of them having
:11:47. > :11:50.children, but changes such as these require the agreement of 15 other
:11:50. > :11:54.countries, the realms where the British monarch is also head of
:11:54. > :11:59.state. There, Prime Ministers met and came to a decision. I'm very
:11:59. > :12:04.pleased to say that we've reached a unanimous agreement on two changes
:12:04. > :12:08.to the rules of succession. First, we will end the male primogenital
:12:08. > :12:14.rule so that in future the order of succession should be determined
:12:14. > :12:17.simply by the order of birth. The other proposed change would
:12:17. > :12:23.affect people in the line of succession like Prince Harry.
:12:23. > :12:28.They'd no longer be barred from marrying Roman Catholics, but it's
:12:28. > :12:31.the potential impact on Prince William and his wife David Cameron
:12:31. > :12:35.highlighted. Put simply, if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were
:12:35. > :12:40.to have a little girl that girl would one day be our Queen.
:12:40. > :12:44.important thing to note - the changes wouldn't be retrospective,
:12:44. > :12:49.so Princess Anne won't move up the line of succession, but it is
:12:49. > :12:54.historic. It has to be said the changes are complicated. In Britain
:12:54. > :12:58.alone the centuries old Bill of Rights and Settlement will have to
:12:58. > :13:00.be amended, but potentially, they will change the future face of the
:13:00. > :13:03.monarchy. Also at the Commonwealth summit,
:13:03. > :13:06.the Prime Minister has said he's more optimistic about the economic
:13:06. > :13:09.prospects of the Eurozone after this week's summit. EU officials
:13:09. > :13:12.are in China at the moment trying to persuade the Government there to
:13:12. > :13:15.invest in bonds and help Europe out of the debt crisis. Shares in
:13:15. > :13:24.London traded lower today amid some uncertainty about the detail of the
:13:24. > :13:31.Eurozone rescue plan. Here's our political editor Nick Robinson.
:13:31. > :13:38.The right honourable David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United
:13:38. > :13:43.Kingdom. An X Factor intraps for the Prime Minister at the
:13:43. > :13:47.Commonwealth Summit and every other leader. President of Nigeria, Prime
:13:47. > :13:52.Minister of Canada. There are 54 countries in this organisation,
:13:52. > :14:01.covering six continents and a third of the world's population, but it
:14:01. > :14:05.has just one real star. And Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth iI, head
:14:05. > :14:13.of the Commonwealth. The Queen calls the Commonwealth she heads
:14:13. > :14:16."the first worldwide web". It brings together wealthy Liberal
:14:16. > :14:21.Democracys with countries that are much less wealthy and much less
:14:21. > :14:25.liberal and democratic too. They're here to see if they can agree on
:14:25. > :14:28.some things that do bind them together - other, that is, than
:14:28. > :14:32.history and Her Majesty. The Queen's visit to Australia is big
:14:32. > :14:36.news here, but the Commonwealth Summit certainly isn't, making the
:14:36. > :14:40.headlines here, as thousands of miles away, "Europe" and the crisis
:14:40. > :14:44.which all the leaders at this summit know could still damage
:14:44. > :14:48.their own economies. After a meeting with his Australian
:14:48. > :14:51.host, the Prime Minister told me he was feeling a little more
:14:51. > :14:55.optimistic about the economy than he had been.
:14:56. > :14:59.The eurozone situation is a little better than it was, and that was
:14:59. > :15:02.clearly having a chilling effect on Britain, so the more progress they
:15:02. > :15:06.make, the better for us. This is all about confidence. People may
:15:06. > :15:11.now say it is time for the British Government to take British measures
:15:11. > :15:15.to get the economy growing again. Oh, I accept we have to have the
:15:15. > :15:18.most active growth programme we possibly could. That is in addition
:15:18. > :15:23.to dealing with our debts and our deficit, which absolutely has to be
:15:23. > :15:26.done. David Cameron came here from Brussels. He's worried that when
:15:27. > :15:31.the 17 eurozone countries pull together, they may act against
:15:31. > :15:35.Britain's interests. The City of London is, he says, under constant
:15:35. > :15:40.attack from EU directives. Look, all countries in Europe pursue
:15:40. > :15:43.their national interests. Would the French and the Germanss like a
:15:43. > :15:47.larger share of financial services in Paris and Frankfurt? Of course.
:15:47. > :15:50.I want to make sure we keep them in London. That's why we fight very,
:15:50. > :15:54.very hard for our national interests, for jobs, for businesses,
:15:54. > :15:57.for investment. That is what we do in the European Union. The Prime
:15:58. > :16:02.Minister will be in Australia for less than 40 hours, less time than
:16:02. > :16:12.it takes to fly here and fly back. Next week there is another summit
:16:12. > :16:16.of the G20 in France. Its agenda - Our top stories tonight: Guilty of
:16:16. > :16:24.murder. His entire back is sentenced to life for the killing
:16:24. > :16:29.of Joanna Yeates. -- Vincent Tabak. Coming up: India is in the fast
:16:29. > :16:33.lane ready to host the World's most expensive sport. But is it a sign
:16:33. > :16:39.that India is pulling ahead, or just the elite?
:16:39. > :16:43.And on the BBC News Channel, a special programme from BBC Bristol
:16:43. > :16:53.on the conviction of Vincent Tabak for the murder of Joanna Yeates,
:16:53. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :16:59.including an investigation into his St Paul's cathedral has reopened to
:16:59. > :17:02.the public after a week of intense disruption because of the anti-
:17:02. > :17:06.capitalist demonstrators camped outside its doors. The City of
:17:06. > :17:11.London Corporation, in effect the local council, has now begun legal
:17:11. > :17:16.action aimed at a victim of protesters, whose action is now in
:17:16. > :17:22.its 14th day with around 200 tents still outside the cathedral. Robert
:17:22. > :17:26.Pigott is outside St Paul's. St Paul's cathedral has faced stern
:17:26. > :17:29.criticism for the way it has handled his occupation. It has been
:17:29. > :17:33.accused of being weak and vacillating, not being able to make
:17:33. > :17:37.up its mind. The former Archbishop of Canterbury said it had presided
:17:37. > :17:41.over the debacle which had tarnished the image of Christianity.
:17:41. > :17:44.The service today was an opportunity for the cathedral to
:17:44. > :17:49.present a different image. For week, the doors of St Paul's have been
:17:49. > :17:52.closed against the clamour of the world outside. At midday, they
:17:52. > :17:56.swung open again. Around 1 million people go to the cathedral every
:17:56. > :18:03.year simply to worship. This afternoon they flooded back for a
:18:03. > :18:07.special service to mark the reopening of the cathedral. It was
:18:07. > :18:12.a moment for reconciliation. There were prayers for the protesters and
:18:12. > :18:18.the Dean are used to a sermon to pledge St Paul's help in fighting
:18:18. > :18:25.for social justice. The two temples, those build of human flesh and
:18:25. > :18:33.those built of stone, both have their distinctive part to play in
:18:33. > :18:36.addressing the urgent issues of our own times. St Paul's says only by
:18:36. > :18:40.acting to safeguard health and safety was it able to reopen.
:18:40. > :18:44.Protesters denied a claim. I think it is really unfortunate that the
:18:44. > :18:50.church closed. It was open for much of the beginning of the protest and
:18:50. > :18:54.it is opening today, which shows, I think, we are not really the reason
:18:54. > :18:58.why the church closed. St Paul's confirmed today that they will take
:18:58. > :19:03.legal action to evict the campaigners. They will work with
:19:03. > :19:06.the local council, the Corporation of London. It is a question of
:19:07. > :19:11.trespass for the church. It is their land and they want them off
:19:11. > :19:14.their land. Sadly, because of the laws of today, having invited
:19:15. > :19:18.someone in, if they did, they cannot just get rid of them when
:19:19. > :19:23.they want. Difficult or not, the Prime Minister has added his voice
:19:23. > :19:26.for calls for the camp to go. all in favour of the freedom to
:19:26. > :19:33.demonstrate but I don't quite see why the freedom to demonstrate has
:19:33. > :19:36.to include the freedom to pitch a tent almost anywhere you want to.
:19:36. > :19:39.Campaigners that were among the congregation at St Paul's today
:19:39. > :19:43.said that the church should be a movement of people committed to the
:19:43. > :19:46.poor, rather than buildings of brick and stone. But St Paul's is
:19:47. > :19:51.also a national shrine, theatre for spectacular worship, and they
:19:52. > :19:55.reasserted that part of their role today. Of course there is always
:19:55. > :19:59.going to be a different reality out here on the streets. Legal action
:19:59. > :20:02.could take until next spring to reach a conclusion and that will
:20:02. > :20:08.leave the cathedral in the uncomfortable position for several
:20:08. > :20:11.months, possibly, of taking legal action against campaigners, who
:20:11. > :20:14.despite their desperate agenda, have shared a common cause of
:20:14. > :20:18.sticking up for the poor and the needy.
:20:18. > :20:21.The footballer Titus Bramble has been charged with two counts of
:20:21. > :20:25.sexual assault. The Sunderland defender is due before Teesside
:20:25. > :20:28.magistrates next month. He was first arrested in September and re-
:20:28. > :20:33.arrested three weeks later following a second delegation. His
:20:33. > :20:36.lawyer said that he would vigorously contest the allegations.
:20:36. > :20:41.And 18 year-old man has been arrested in connection with the
:20:41. > :20:45.death of 28 year-old Stuart Walker, whose body was found at an
:20:45. > :20:50.industrial estate last Saturday. The teenager is due before the
:20:50. > :20:53.courts on Monday. Company bosses across the UK's top
:20:53. > :20:58.listed firms have seen a big rise in their earnings over the last
:20:58. > :21:04.year. Directors to account on average 49% more in their total pay
:21:04. > :21:08.package. Nick Clegg has called it a slap in the face of ordinary people.
:21:08. > :21:12.Our business correspondent is in the studio now. It is an issue that
:21:12. > :21:17.gets under people's skin. Yes, it does. It has been an issue for
:21:17. > :21:22.years. The difference now is that we are in tough times. Many people
:21:22. > :21:27.are experiencing effective pay cuts. No wonder politicians from all
:21:27. > :21:30.parties have been making a lot of noise today. Soaring boardroom pay
:21:30. > :21:36.is a much more sensitive, uncomfortable issue for them when
:21:36. > :21:41.we are well meant to be sharing the pain. -- we are all meant to be
:21:41. > :21:45.sharing the pain. The squeeze is on for many workers. Prices are rising
:21:45. > :21:50.and wages of failing to keep pace with inflation. Pay deals in the
:21:50. > :21:55.private sector are running at 2.6%. When it comes to the chief
:21:55. > :22:01.executives of our top 100 companies, they enjoyed a 43% increase in
:22:01. > :22:10.their total earnings last year. It was even more for directors, up by
:22:10. > :22:15.49%. WPP is the world's biggest advertising agency and a FTSE 100
:22:15. > :22:20.company. Today the man behind it was asked about his 17% rise in
:22:20. > :22:24.earnings. You have to look at fixed pay and the incentive, short-term
:22:24. > :22:30.and long-term. And the investment that I continue to make in the
:22:30. > :22:34.company and have done for 26 years. Go back to 2009 and there was a
:22:34. > :22:42.substantial reduction. How does boardroom pay compare? The average
:22:42. > :22:46.pay of a full-time worker is �26,500. The Prime Minister gets a
:22:47. > :22:53.salary of �142,000. Meanwhile, total earnings for leading
:22:53. > :22:58.executives has now reached �2.7 million. But critics wonder if pay
:22:58. > :23:02.is really matched by performance. They are calling for reform.
:23:02. > :23:08.don't think that this is going to change overnight. We don't think
:23:08. > :23:11.there is any silver bullet. I think the system is unsustainable and
:23:11. > :23:15.even some executives with in it admit that but they cannot change
:23:15. > :23:19.things on their own. They almost want people to come in and change
:23:19. > :23:23.things for them. Vince Cable is looking at ways to make companies
:23:24. > :23:27.more transparent. There may be closer scrutiny of these bumper
:23:27. > :23:30.deals in the future. But at the end of the day it is not the
:23:30. > :23:36.politicians that the side, it is the company shareholders that have
:23:36. > :23:41.to take action if these rewards are not deemed to be fair. -- it is not
:23:41. > :23:45.the politicians that decide. India gets a taste of the world's
:23:45. > :23:52.most expensive sport this weekend when they host their first ever
:23:52. > :23:58.Formula One Grand Prix. They hope it will banish memories of the
:23:58. > :24:01.Commonwealth Games corruption allegations from last year. It will
:24:01. > :24:06.cost �250 million to build the racetrack, which may not sound like
:24:06. > :24:09.much for the 9th biggest economy in the world, but with one third of
:24:09. > :24:16.Indians living in poverty, it could just increase the gulf between the
:24:16. > :24:20.rich and the poor. The spin machine is in overdrive.
:24:20. > :24:24.Formula One cars racing through the centre of Delhi. They are promoting
:24:24. > :24:30.it as the new sport for a rise in India and its burgeoning middle
:24:30. > :24:34.classes. There is a brand new track and stadium, built on time and on
:24:34. > :24:38.budget. The organisers hope that it will erase memories of last year's
:24:38. > :24:43.chaotic Commonwealth Games here. Seats have been selling fast. Even
:24:43. > :24:46.the cheapest are way beyond the pockets of most Indians. India is
:24:46. > :24:51.in the fast lane, that is the message here, ready to host the
:24:51. > :24:59.world's most expensive sport. Is it a sign that India is pulling ahead
:24:59. > :25:07.or just its wealthy elite? Just the other side of the track, it is a
:25:07. > :25:11.world away from the high-octane glamour and speed of Formula One.
:25:11. > :25:14.Some have done well, getting compensation from the racetrack for
:25:14. > :25:20.their farmland. They have gone on a spending spree on new cars and
:25:20. > :25:30.houses. Can everyone that has received compensation for the track
:25:30. > :25:37.put their hands up? But it is a lottery. Those with land doing
:25:37. > :25:41.really well, those without getting nothing. With the land gone, Kabir,
:25:41. > :25:47.a farm labourer, now has no work. He cannot afford to send his
:25:47. > :25:57.children to school. Kabir says he wishes Formula One had never come
:25:57. > :26:03.But preparations for the multi- million-dollar race are now in top
:26:03. > :26:07.gear. The owner of India's Grand Prix teams saying the country is
:26:07. > :26:11.now in the big lead. I do not know why the international media keeps
:26:11. > :26:16.on focusing on the poor part of India. Sure, we have poverty, but
:26:16. > :26:22.why not focus on what India has? A large middle class, perhaps the
:26:22. > :26:27.size of Europe, OK? A growing disposable income. An aspirational
:26:27. > :26:31.population that is very successful. And the market is large enough.
:26:31. > :26:36.country is roaring ahead in many ways. The danger is that it is
:26:36. > :26:46.becoming more and more two Indias but one being left ever further
:26:46. > :26:51.Now the weekend weather. It is not as hot as Delhi but
:26:51. > :26:54.pretty mild this weekend, despite the fact we will have gusty winds
:26:54. > :27:01.at times. This evening, at temperatures will fall away quite
:27:01. > :27:07.click -- quickly through the central slice of the UK, with some
:27:07. > :27:10.areas getting close to freezing. The cloud will be thickest across
:27:10. > :27:14.Northern Ireland and Scotland and it will turn quite wet through the
:27:14. > :27:17.night with gusty winds strengthening. That will be a
:27:17. > :27:21.feature of the weather on Saturday as well. Coming up from the South,
:27:21. > :27:24.it will be wet for a time in Northern Ireland and Scotland with
:27:24. > :27:29.the rain edging into western fringes of Wales as we go through
:27:29. > :27:32.the day. The best of the sunshine will be further East across the UK,
:27:32. > :27:36.with the eastern half of England having a reasonable afternoon.
:27:36. > :27:40.There will be a breeze coming from the South West but with sunshine
:27:40. > :27:43.and temperatures up into the mid- teens, it should feel quite good.
:27:43. > :27:48.In the West, the cloud will thicken across South West England with rain
:27:48. > :27:52.knocking on the door of Cornwall by the end of the afternoon. And in
:27:52. > :27:59.western parts of Wales after a dry start it will turn down there.
:27:59. > :28:03.Eastern areas should stay dry. In Northern Ireland, things will pick
:28:03. > :28:07.up in the afternoon, so perhaps some late sunshine. Much of
:28:07. > :28:12.Scotland will stay pretty cloudy and damp, especially at West, with
:28:12. > :28:15.gusty winds. Taking a step back, you can see on Sunday another set
:28:16. > :28:22.of weather fronts coming up from the South West. They are bringing
:28:22. > :28:26.in some warm southerly winds, hence the orange colouring. It will be
:28:26. > :28:31.particularly mild on Sunday with temperatures getting as high as 17
:28:31. > :28:34.or 18 degrees, despite lots of cloud. Some dampness in the South
:28:34. > :28:37.and more heavy rain in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
:28:37. > :28:41.Thank you. A reminder of the main news