:00:12. > :00:17.G20 leaders leave Cannes with some agreement to boost finances, but no
:00:17. > :00:22.detail on how to save the eurozone. There are strong words about how
:00:22. > :00:27.the leaders will not allow Europe to fail.
:00:27. > :00:32.TRANSLATION: We will fight to defend Europe and the euro. It's
:00:32. > :00:35.not speculation. We will have the last word on this issue.
:00:35. > :00:41.Realism too about the limits of what has been achieved and how much
:00:41. > :00:46.remains to be done. We took some positive steps forward today, to
:00:46. > :00:51.tealing the instability in the world -- dealing the instability in
:00:51. > :00:55.the world economy. I will not pretend all the problems in the
:00:55. > :00:59.eurozone have been fixed. They haven't. In Greece, protestors
:00:59. > :01:03.gathered ahead of a crucial vote of confidence in the Government later
:01:03. > :01:09.this evening. Also on tonight's programme: How officials have lost
:01:09. > :01:15.track of a population of asylum seekers the size of Cambridge.
:01:15. > :01:22.Today, 25 years ago, when one of football's most revered managers
:01:22. > :01:25.made his debut at Manchester United. Coming up in Sportsday: We preview
:01:25. > :01:35.the weekend's football, as Newcastle look to continue their
:01:35. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:52.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News. It was billed as the meeting
:01:52. > :01:55.for world leaders to save the euro. As the various G20 leaders leave
:01:55. > :01:58.Cannes after two days of negotiations, have they done it?
:01:58. > :02:03.There was some agreement, but no detail or precise numbers. A
:02:03. > :02:06.decision was taken to boost the resources of the International
:02:06. > :02:10.Monetary Fund. By exactly how much has been deferred until next year.
:02:10. > :02:16.Meanwhile, in Greece, which has dominated the G20 meeting there
:02:16. > :02:22.were protests outside Parliament, ahead of a vote of confidence in
:02:22. > :02:27.the Prime Minister, George It was not meant to be like this
:02:27. > :02:31.and doesn't France's President Sarkozy know it? The summit he
:02:31. > :02:34.chaired has not done what he wanted and it has not done what they
:02:34. > :02:39.wanted. The Prime Minister and President Obama said there were six
:02:39. > :02:45.weeks to save the euro. The six weeks are up and the euro is
:02:45. > :02:49.certainly not saved. The British mutters about the Germans not
:02:49. > :02:53.stumping up the cash and the Chinese who could don't see why
:02:53. > :02:58.they should. The French President is not one to give up easily. He
:02:58. > :03:02.insists the struggle goes on. TRANSLATION: We will fight to
:03:02. > :03:07.defend Europe and the euro. It's not any amount of speculation or
:03:07. > :03:11.anyone you like who will have the last word on this issue. Europe is
:03:11. > :03:15.the best construction for the service of peace in the world.
:03:15. > :03:19.All here in Cannes have been forced to watch and wait and worry about
:03:19. > :03:23.events in Athens. Greece has been told, in effect, there's to be no
:03:23. > :03:28.new deal, no choice but to stay in or get out. No point in a
:03:28. > :03:33.referendum. No wonder they are calling it "the Greek tragedy."
:03:33. > :03:36.Silvio Berlusconi could soon be waving goodbye to power, as his
:03:36. > :03:41.country's finances are in chaos. He has been forced to accept that the
:03:41. > :03:46.IMF will now look at Italy's books. He has turned down their offer of
:03:46. > :03:52.cash. What this summit did not agree is who would pay what into
:03:52. > :03:55.Europe's bail out fund, or who would pay too much to the IMF, the
:03:55. > :04:00.International Monetary Fund, to ensure no other country can go the
:04:00. > :04:06.way of Greece. For those outside the eurozone,
:04:06. > :04:13.it's all rather frustrating and all rather puzzleing. I think I'm not
:04:13. > :04:18.sure if it was Sarkozy, Merkel or Barroso, they joked with me that I
:04:18. > :04:21.had a crash course on European politics over the past several days.
:04:21. > :04:25.Crash course maybe an unfortunate choice of words. David Cameron is
:04:25. > :04:31.warning that every day this crisis goes on is bad for the British
:04:31. > :04:35.economy. But he claimed the G20 had made important workman like
:04:35. > :04:41.progress. Isn't it starker than you are saying, there's no deal on the
:04:41. > :04:44.eurozone and no deal on IMF financing? All the details have yet
:04:44. > :04:48.to be done. The problem is not there is not a deal. The problem is
:04:48. > :04:52.not all of the detail, all of the specifics, all the action has been
:04:52. > :04:56.put in place. What they cannot do is string this out endlessly with
:04:56. > :05:01.another round of conversations, discussions and negotiations. The
:05:01. > :05:11.world can't wait. President Sarkozy hoped for so much
:05:11. > :05:13.
:05:13. > :05:17.from his summit in Cannes. When it comes to the eurozone the word
:05:17. > :05:23.still is. The G20 will boost the
:05:23. > :05:27.international fund if needed. No numbers were forthcoming. The IMF
:05:27. > :05:33.will monitor the reforms. Stephanie Flanders has been
:05:33. > :05:37.speaking to the head of the IMF. End of summit, time to reflect on
:05:37. > :05:41.whether the world's safer now than it was a few days ago, before all
:05:41. > :05:46.the drama kicked off. This summit started with France and Germany
:05:46. > :05:48.telling Greece it could not hold the eurozone to ransom. To many
:05:49. > :05:53.here it felt like the eurozone was doing the same to the global
:05:53. > :05:56.economy, asking the G20 to contribute to a fire wall that the
:05:56. > :06:06.Europeans could not build for themselves. The answer, this
:06:06. > :06:08.afternoon, came back, "No." Or at least, "Not yet." I asked the IMF's
:06:08. > :06:13.managing director whether she was disappointed.
:06:13. > :06:18.For the moment I have sufficient resources to face requests. If
:06:18. > :06:25.there was a crisis, if there was escalating demands, then the
:06:25. > :06:34.members of the IMF, present in the room today, said we'll put what it
:06:34. > :06:37.takes to make sure you can continue to play the system. People on the
:06:37. > :06:40.French side and other countries were saying we will see numbers in
:06:40. > :06:45.that communique, we will see an increase. Is it not the case that
:06:45. > :06:50.the rest of the world said, "No, this is Europe's job. We are not
:06:50. > :06:53.coughing up any more money?" Everybody understands it is
:06:53. > :06:59.Europe's job. The Europeans sitting at the table heard it. They said it,
:06:59. > :07:04.it was their yob to face the crisis. Italy has -- Job to face the crisis.
:07:04. > :07:14.Italy has asked. I am coming to Italy. I might be coming to Italy,
:07:14. > :07:15.
:07:15. > :07:19.actually. I am invited. See! We will go
:07:19. > :07:23.quarter terly. We will checked what Italy has promised it is delivering.
:07:23. > :07:27.If it is not delivering I will say so. The problem for Italy was the
:07:27. > :07:32.cost of borrowing was rising in the markets. It has leapt today on
:07:32. > :07:38.hearing this news. It doesn't seem to be going well so far. Let's see
:07:38. > :07:44.how things pan out. If you look at the way markets assess risks, it
:07:44. > :07:49.east very bizarre. Two taboos have been broken. Europe's leaders have
:07:49. > :07:53.formally drawn a link between Italy and the IMF and openly contemplated
:07:53. > :07:58.the idea of a country leaving the euro. Now they have to hope they
:07:58. > :08:01.have not tempted fate. Crowds of protestors gathered
:08:01. > :08:05.outside the Parliament building in Athens ahead of a vote of
:08:05. > :08:08.confidence in the Greek Government tonight. The Finance Ministry has
:08:08. > :08:12.confirmed the planned referendum on the eurozone rescue package has
:08:12. > :08:15.been abandoned. The question remains as to whether the vote will
:08:15. > :08:19.throw the country into fresh chaos. Our Europe correspondent is in
:08:19. > :08:24.Athens. Greek Members of Parliament have
:08:24. > :08:29.been arriving this evening for a confidence vote that's too close to
:08:29. > :08:33.call. Some Rebel MPs have indicated they may now back their leader,
:08:33. > :08:39.even if he survives he is weakened. The country faces continuing
:08:39. > :08:43.political uncertainty. This is the man at the eye of the
:08:43. > :08:47.storm, Greece's Prime Minister caused panic when he suggested a
:08:47. > :08:53.referendum on the latest debt bail out package for the country.
:08:53. > :08:58.Many here feared a "no" vote might mean Greece having to leave the
:08:59. > :09:02.euro and few want that. What the situation will be after leaving the
:09:02. > :09:10.euro. I think it would be much worse than now.
:09:10. > :09:15.If you leave the euro? If we leave the euro. I think that we will be
:09:15. > :09:20.totally alone. Without the help of Europe, the things that will be
:09:20. > :09:24.very difficult for Greece. Already though Europe is losing
:09:24. > :09:27.confidence in Greece's ability to deal with its debt problem. This is
:09:27. > :09:31.very much the epicentre of the global financial uncertainty at the
:09:31. > :09:35.moment. Until the politicians in this
:09:35. > :09:39.building can work out exactly who is going to run Greece, Europe
:09:39. > :09:44.stands very little chance of being able to contain its debt crisis.
:09:44. > :09:48.Already the political turbulence here is affecting other vulnerable
:09:48. > :09:52.economies, especially Italy. In the cafes here, you find little
:09:52. > :09:57.belief that the current politicians can get them out of this mess.
:09:57. > :10:02.You never know. Maybe things need to get so dark before a great
:10:02. > :10:08.leader comes around and makes a big change. Once again, tonight, there
:10:08. > :10:13.is a demonstration. Anger outside the Parliament, and indeed.
:10:13. > :10:17.-- inside. Even from members of the Prime Minister's own party.
:10:17. > :10:22.We have been asked to vote in favour of a Government that
:10:22. > :10:26.everyone knows has lost the trust of the people of grost and --
:10:26. > :10:29.Greece and the international community. The next few hours will
:10:29. > :10:37.determine much. The future of Greece's Prime Minister, the future
:10:37. > :10:42.of his country and to a large extent the future of Europe.
:10:42. > :10:45.We can speak now to our Europe editor who is in Athens. Whatever
:10:45. > :10:50.the result of this vote of confidence in the Government
:10:50. > :10:55.tonight the future for Greece is likely to remain unstable.
:10:55. > :10:58.Absolutely, Fiona. Whatever the outcome there will be instability
:10:58. > :11:03.here. If George Papandreou wins tonight, then people will be saying,
:11:03. > :11:07.well how long will he stay in power? Can he decide to continue in
:11:07. > :11:11.office? If he loses there'll be elections. Of course that brings
:11:11. > :11:15.with it its own instability. There is a wider issue to all of this.
:11:15. > :11:21.That is six weeks ago I remember being told that Europe had a
:11:21. > :11:25.limited period of time, up until the G20 in order to come up with a
:11:25. > :11:29.comprehensive package to sort out the eurozone. It has made a start,
:11:29. > :11:35.but no more than that. If you look at the G20 there was one big
:11:35. > :11:38.question which needed answering, needed details. If a big country
:11:38. > :11:42.like Italy got into difficulty where was the rescue fund. Where
:11:42. > :11:46.was the fire power that would ensure it did not bring down the
:11:47. > :11:50.rest of the global economy? That central question as to how to help
:11:50. > :11:57.out the big economies in the eurozone, after all these meetings,
:11:57. > :12:00.still remains to be answered. Thank you.
:12:00. > :12:06.The owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group is set
:12:06. > :12:11.to buy BMI. The sale has been agreed in principal by BMI's owners,
:12:11. > :12:15.Lufthansa, but will have to be cleared by regulators. The airline
:12:15. > :12:19.which employs 3,500 people lost �130 million in the first nine
:12:19. > :12:23.months of this year. Detectives investigating allegation that the
:12:23. > :12:27.reporters made illegal payments to police have arrested a News
:12:27. > :12:32.International employee. Jamie Pyatt is understood to be the first Sun
:12:32. > :12:37.journalist to have been held in connection with either of Scotland
:12:37. > :12:40.Yard's inquiries into inappropriate payments or phone hacking.
:12:40. > :12:45.Immigration officials are being accused of losing track of more
:12:45. > :12:49.than 100,000 asylum seekers. A report says the UK Border Agency
:12:49. > :12:54.has no idea of where the warrants of 120,000 people. The Government
:12:54. > :13:01.insists it is making progress on sorting out what was, it claims a
:13:01. > :13:05.chaotic system. Cambridge, population roughly
:13:05. > :13:09.124,000. That about sums up the size of
:13:09. > :13:16.Britain's immigration backlog. That is the number of failed asylum
:13:16. > :13:20.seekers and immigration applicants the system has lost track of. Their
:13:20. > :13:25.cases effectively shelved. We want to know where these applicants are,
:13:25. > :13:29.why they cannot be found and why they are now in cyberspace?
:13:29. > :13:35.dates back to Labour's time in Government. Five years ago the
:13:35. > :13:40.number of outstanding asylum cases was 479,000. In the following years
:13:40. > :13:43.just over one-third were given leave to stay in Britain, so thoi
:13:43. > :13:49.were removed from the -- so they were removed from the backlog. The
:13:49. > :13:54.rest, well the files included out of date or duplicated applications.
:13:54. > :13:59.A fair chunk of the cases still have not been resolved. Around
:13:59. > :14:03.98,000 in total. They have been transferred to a controlled archive.
:14:03. > :14:07.As today's report describes it, a dumping ground for people the
:14:07. > :14:15.immigration system cannot find. Also added to the archive, 26,000
:14:15. > :14:19.people who have mainly overstayed their visa. A grand total of
:14:19. > :14:24.124,000 - the population of Cambridge. This builder has first-
:14:24. > :14:27.hand experience of the asylum system. He applied, because as a
:14:27. > :14:34.Kurdish Iraqi, he claimed his life was at risk at home, or at least
:14:34. > :14:38.was, because he came here 12 years ago. He still has not had a
:14:38. > :14:44.decision. For 13 years of my life I could have built a country by my
:14:44. > :14:50.own. If I stayed anywhere, any part of the world. You get letters
:14:51. > :14:54.saying you could be deported? Your file is still on the shelf
:14:54. > :14:58.somewhere?. Probably about five centimetres of dust on the files.
:14:58. > :15:02.In the past the Home Affairs Select Committee has said so many rejected
:15:02. > :15:05.applicants have been allowed to stay, it amounted to an amnesty.
:15:05. > :15:09.The Government rejects that description. Ministers say Labour
:15:09. > :15:19.left the system in a mess and the coalition has since nearly doubled
:15:19. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:37.the number of failed seekers let to The driver of this train was told
:15:37. > :15:43.today he could have done nothing to avoid this crash. Somehow 108
:15:43. > :15:48.people escaped these carriages with their lives. Paul Fly lives by the
:15:48. > :15:52.line. When you step back from it and think that the train stopped in
:15:52. > :15:56.almost its own length from 95 miles an hour and there was one person
:15:56. > :16:00.killed. Whilst that a tragedy, it is hugely better than you would
:16:00. > :16:04.have expected from probably older rolling stock. The nine carriages
:16:04. > :16:07.were left broken and scattered along and over an embankment.
:16:08. > :16:12.Investigations found that a badly maintained said of points caused
:16:12. > :16:16.the train to derail. The engineer responsible for inspecting this
:16:16. > :16:20.stretch of track at the time told the crone they are he had forgotten
:16:20. > :16:24.to do so and that his team were understaffed and under pressure.
:16:25. > :16:31.And that very same engineer had e- mailed his boss as year before the
:16:31. > :16:33.crash to describe the inspection regime along here as a shambles.
:16:33. > :16:38.84-year-old Margaret Masson died that night because of the poor
:16:38. > :16:43.condition of the track. Her family are still angry that the line
:16:43. > :16:46.wasn't checked and patrolled properly. There've been changes
:16:46. > :16:51.implemented by Network Rail in relation to the length of patrol
:16:51. > :16:56.and the time period under which that patrol can be taken. That is
:16:56. > :17:02.indicative of the practices that were in place prior to this
:17:02. > :17:05.incidents were, to put it mildly, inadequate. Network Rail has poll
:17:05. > :17:11.genetically modified but the rail regulator says there may now be
:17:11. > :17:16.criminal proceedings for health and safety offences.
:17:16. > :17:18.Our top story tonight. World leaders pledge more money to
:17:18. > :17:22.support the world's struggling economies, but there's limited
:17:22. > :17:32.progress on solving the eurozone crisis.
:17:32. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:42.Coming up: It's life on Mars, but not as we know it. Why did these
:17:42. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:49.astronauts spend nearly 18 months In Sportsday, we look back as Sir
:17:49. > :17:59.Alex Ferguson celebrates his quarter century in charge of
:17:59. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:06.The jury in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray,
:18:06. > :18:08.has gone out to consider its verdict. Dr Murray denies the
:18:08. > :18:10.involuntary manslaughter of the singer at his home by administering
:18:10. > :18:20.a powerful tranquilliser drug two years ago. Alistair Leithhead
:18:20. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:29.reports. For six weeks America has followed every step of this trial.
:18:29. > :18:34.Each day the Jackson family were in court to see the man accused of
:18:34. > :18:40.killing Michael. Conrad Murray presented as unethical, the man who
:18:40. > :18:44.broke the trust between doctor and patient, out of greed.
:18:44. > :18:50.Michael Jackson was shown rehearsing for a demanding run of
:18:51. > :18:55.concerts in London. Hours later he was dead. He had become dependent
:18:55. > :19:00.on the drug Propofol to sleep, a powerful anaesthetic normally used
:19:00. > :19:04.in hospitals. Experts explained how it should never be given at home
:19:04. > :19:09.without monitoring equipment. Dr Murray provided it and was paid
:19:09. > :19:14.�100,000 a month. He was out of the room when Michael Jackson stopped
:19:14. > :19:19.breathing, and didn't call emergency services for 20 minutes.
:19:19. > :19:29.I Michael Jackson trusted Conrad Murray, but Conrad Murray corrupted
:19:29. > :19:30.
:19:30. > :19:34.that relationship and for that Michael Jackson paid with his life.
:19:34. > :19:38.The defence claimed Michael Jackson had injected himself with a drug
:19:38. > :19:42.that killed him. What they are really asking you to do is to
:19:42. > :19:46.convict Dr Murray for the actions of Michael Jackson. If you're going
:19:46. > :19:52.to hold Dr Murray responsible, don't do it because it's Michael
:19:52. > :19:56.Jackson. This is not a reality show. It's reality. The jury started
:19:56. > :20:01.their deliberations just a few hours ago. They'll have to decide
:20:01. > :20:05.not just whether Conrad Murray was negligent or unethical in the way
:20:05. > :20:10.he treated his patient but whether his actions directly led to the
:20:10. > :20:13.death of Michael Jackson. The Scottish Conservative Party has
:20:13. > :20:16.a new leader this evening. She's a former BBC journalist, Ruth
:20:16. > :20:23.Davidson, who was only elected to the Scottish Parliament in May this
:20:23. > :20:27.year. Lorna Gordon is in Edinburgh for us this evening. This report
:20:27. > :20:32.has flash photography. They are a party whose membership and share of
:20:32. > :20:36.the vote is shrinking. They have one MP at Westminster and the last
:20:36. > :20:39.election at Holyrood saw their ranks deplete there had too. So the
:20:39. > :20:43.party's faithful have been voting for a new leader in Scotland. One
:20:43. > :20:49.of the candidates arguing they needed a new name and more distance
:20:49. > :20:52.from the Conservative Party at Westminster. I have pleasure in
:20:52. > :20:57.declaring Ruth Davidson... But in the end they voted to stick with
:20:57. > :21:02.the status quo. A political party is not a leader. A political party
:21:02. > :21:06.is its membership. I want to bring our members at all levels much
:21:06. > :21:10.closer together in our party going forward, and to take our party
:21:10. > :21:16.forwards in unity. VOICEOVER: Britain's new Prime
:21:16. > :21:20.Minister... More than half a century ago Anthony Eden's MPs were
:21:20. > :21:24.the force in British politics. But they were wiped out, losing all
:21:24. > :21:28.their seats in Scotland. Since then they've struggled and some
:21:28. > :21:32.observers wonder if their new leader will be able to reverse the
:21:32. > :21:37.decline. It is an astonishing rise for someone who only became an MSP
:21:37. > :21:40.a year ago. She clearly has support at a grass roots level. What she
:21:40. > :21:45.lacks is really a winning strategy for the party. What she propose in
:21:45. > :21:49.this essence is her a fresh face leading the party and trying a bit
:21:49. > :21:54.harder at the next election. there are big challenges ahead.
:21:54. > :22:04.Uniting the party in Scotland after this heated leadership campaign and
:22:04. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:12.fighting the SNP in a referendum on independence.
:22:12. > :22:15.Now, it's been a dream of mankind for generations, to set foot on
:22:15. > :22:18.other planets in our solar system. Well, the reality of a manned
:22:18. > :22:21.mission to Mars came perhaps one small step closer today when six
:22:21. > :22:24.men emerged after 18 months' confinement in a metal box in a
:22:24. > :22:29.Moscow suburb. Their mission: to simulate the effects of a long-term
:22:29. > :22:36.space flight on the human mind and body. Daniel Sandford reports. It
:22:36. > :22:41.was the door that had not been opened for 520 days. Behind them
:22:41. > :22:46.five men who for 16 months had only each other for. They started to
:22:46. > :22:51.emerge. They had been on one of the strangest space missions in recent
:22:51. > :23:01.years - a voyage to nowhere but simulating a journey to Mars.
:23:01. > :23:06.really, really great to see you all again, rather overwhelming. On the
:23:06. > :23:10.Mars 500 mission we've achieved on Earth the longest space voyage ever,
:23:11. > :23:15.so that human kind can one day greet a new dawn on the surface of
:23:15. > :23:19.a distant but reachable planet. idea was to test whether the men
:23:19. > :23:24.could endure the stress and boredom of a long space voyage. Their minds
:23:24. > :23:29.and bodies were checked continuously. They kept themselves
:23:29. > :23:33.amused at Christmas for example, but scientists insist this was a
:23:33. > :23:36.serious experiment. The most exciting moment for the men during
:23:37. > :23:43.their 17-month-long mission was stepping out here on to this pile
:23:43. > :23:47.of sand, a simulation of a walk on the surface of Mars. But the
:23:47. > :23:52.experiment had major shortcomings. There was no weightlessness, no
:23:52. > :23:57.space radiation and the men were never in any real danger. So far
:23:57. > :24:02.man has only been to the Moon. It took three days to cover 220,000
:24:02. > :24:08.miles. Just getting to Mars will take at least 250 day, it is a
:24:08. > :24:12.minimum of 35 million miles. But astronauts say it is within reach.
:24:12. > :24:18.If we make a real big effort starting today, I think we can do
:24:18. > :24:23.it in ten or 15 years. More realistically it is more in the
:24:23. > :24:26.order of 25 years. For decades Mars has been a distant dream for those
:24:26. > :24:31.interested in human space flight. Today it came just a little bit
:24:31. > :24:34.closer. He's one of the most revered, and
:24:34. > :24:38.feared, managers in British football, and this weekend Sir Alex
:24:38. > :24:41.Ferguson clocks up 25 years in charge of Manchester United. After
:24:41. > :24:47.an inglorious start, a 2-0 defeat at Oxford in 1986, he's gone on to
:24:47. > :24:50.win the European Cup twice and a host of domestic silverware. Andy
:24:50. > :25:00.Swiss reports of the first quarter century of Sir Alex's reign at Old
:25:00. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:09.Trafford. November 1986, a time when this was number one, Margaret
:25:09. > :25:13.Thatcher had just opened the M25, and a struggling football team
:25:13. > :25:23.chose a new boss. REPORTER: How are you looking forward to your first
:25:23. > :25:29.game? I'm excited. Much has changed but he hasn't. For a quarter of a
:25:29. > :25:32.century he and mued have -- and Manchester United have been
:25:32. > :25:37.inseperable. You don't think it is going to half. It is a fairy-tale
:25:37. > :25:40.to last so long, and I appreciate that. Can I ask how much longer you
:25:40. > :25:44.would like to continue for? I will continue as long ooze I feel
:25:44. > :25:49.healthy enough to do it. In the fickle world of football, 125 years
:25:49. > :25:53.at one club is pretty mind-boggling. On average a manager gets the sack
:25:53. > :25:58.after just a year-and-a-half in England. In fact the other Premier
:25:58. > :26:02.League clubs have been through 235 managers since Sir Alex began here.
:26:02. > :26:07.That's some staying power. But it wasn't easy at first. Sir Alex had
:26:07. > :26:12.to wait seven years for a league time. Neatly his Captain then is
:26:12. > :26:16.his opposing manager tomorrow. is without question the best
:26:17. > :26:21.manager that there's ever been. I think to play for him you have to
:26:21. > :26:25.have and be a certain type. If you can't stand up to him, then he
:26:25. > :26:30.knows that you are not strong enough to play for Manchester
:26:30. > :26:38.United. Sir Alex's famous discipline has been key. His
:26:38. > :26:42.rollickings nicknamed the hairdryer treatment. No star was safe. David
:26:42. > :26:48.Beckham left after Sir Alex accidentally kicked a boot into his
:26:48. > :26:54.face. No hard feelings though. Being in awe of a manager like him,
:26:54. > :26:58.wanting to play under him, he gave me the chance to play for my dream
:26:58. > :27:02.club. It's been some journey for Sir Alex Ferguson, from bright
:27:02. > :27:06.young thing to elder statesman, proof to wing never goes out of
:27:06. > :27:09.fashion. fashion.
:27:09. > :27:14.Now the weather with John Hammond. It should be fine for Manchester
:27:14. > :27:18.United's game tomorrow. But not the case for all of us. We have heavy
:27:18. > :27:21.downpours in the Midlands and parts of Wales. They are heading in the
:27:21. > :27:27.direction of north-west England. If you are on the roads for the likes
:27:27. > :27:31.of Liverpool, Manchester, over the next few hours, a lot of surface
:27:31. > :27:34.water and spray. The rain will journey northwards up into the
:27:34. > :27:38.nuclear north-east of England, maybe south-east Scotland, before
:27:38. > :27:43.it fades into the North Sea. Elsewhere a lot of dry weather
:27:43. > :27:47.overnight. Misty, fog patches, mild in the southern half of the UK. A
:27:47. > :27:51.nip in air for Northern Ireland and Scotland, a touch of frost in rural
:27:52. > :27:56.areas. Tomorrow we lose one air of rain in eastern Scotland. Another
:27:56. > :28:01.air of rain develops in south-east England and East Anglia. It is
:28:01. > :28:04.westward extent is uncertain. It might fringe into the Midlands. But
:28:04. > :28:10.most of the UK will have a delightful day, particularly
:28:10. > :28:15.Northern Ireland, Scotland, north- western England and Wales and the
:28:15. > :28:18.far south-west. Temperatures not as high, the wind from the north. A
:28:18. > :28:24.west-east split tomorrow. The precise location of this dividing
:28:24. > :28:29.line is ep open to doubt that. General theme of dry and chilly
:28:29. > :28:33.weather for Bonfire Night, dampness hanging on in eastern England. A
:28:33. > :28:37.touch of frost across many parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland tomorrow
:28:37. > :28:41.night, and north-western parts of England and Wales. The lion's share
:28:41. > :28:45.of the sunshine on Sunday, a sparkling day after that chilly
:28:45. > :28:50.start. The cloud hangs on in eastern England. Rather drab, maybe
:28:50. > :28:51.the odd spot of rain. Not feeling as mild. For most of us not a bad