:00:06. > :00:16.Millions of people mark Armistice Day with communities falling silent
:00:16. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:37.In Afghanistan, British troops hold their own commemoration reflecting
:00:37. > :00:40.on lives lost in a decade of conflict.
:00:40. > :00:43.93 years on from the World War One armistice, we'll be looking at the
:00:43. > :00:48.enduring appeal of the nation's remembrance.
:00:48. > :00:50.Also tonight: Italy votes to adopt new austerity
:00:50. > :00:59.measures, but the eurozone crisis remains a negative force on
:00:59. > :01:02.Britain's jobs and growth. Police apologise to the relatives
:01:02. > :01:05.of a mother and daughter murdered by a registered sex offender who
:01:05. > :01:07.lived next door. Mike Tindall faces the end of his
:01:07. > :01:17.international rugby career after losing his place on the England
:01:17. > :01:20.squad. They are clearly sending out a message to the rest of the rugby-
:01:20. > :01:24.playing public who are English- qualified that if you represent
:01:24. > :01:28.your country, quite rightly you have to behave yourself.
:01:28. > :01:38.And good news for London - the city wins through to host the World
:01:38. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:51.I'll be here with sports day later. Down-and-out in Paris. Murray's
:01:51. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:05.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:02:05. > :02:08.Millions of people stopped what they were doing at precisely 11
:02:08. > :02:13.o'clock this morning to take part in commemorations for Remembrance
:02:13. > :02:17.Day. The two-minute silence came on the 11th hour of the 11th day of
:02:17. > :02:22.the 11th month. This the 93rd anniversary of the armistice that
:02:22. > :02:32.ended the First World War. Robert Hall reports on the day of
:02:32. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:39.The sound of the bugle echoing across the parade ground at Camp
:02:40. > :02:44.Bastion in Afghanistan. A reminder that today's act of remembrance
:02:44. > :02:48.spanned conflicts stretching over more than nine decades. My thoughts
:02:48. > :02:53.were quite obviously with everyone that has given their lives in past
:02:53. > :02:57.conflicts as a soldier. But also as the brother of someone who made the
:02:57. > :03:02.ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. I was thinking about my brother and
:03:02. > :03:08.the sacrifice he made in 2008. the Defence Secretary paid his
:03:08. > :03:17.tribute to the fallen, forts were focused on Private Matthew Thornton,
:03:17. > :03:21.of 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, the 345th soldier to die in this
:03:21. > :03:25.operation. Painstakingly restored by the Imperial War Museum for this
:03:25. > :03:30.anniversary, the stark images from the First World War battles on the
:03:30. > :03:35.Somme which claimed more than 57,000 lives on the first day alone.
:03:35. > :03:44.A four-year conflict which ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of
:03:44. > :03:54.the 11th month in 1918. The hour, when on a cloudy morning in 2011,
:03:54. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:07.silence spread outwards from the There were moments of formality.
:04:07. > :04:11.But the record number of copies sold this year, around 46 million,
:04:11. > :04:20.suggested growing level of public engagement with this act of
:04:20. > :04:24.remembrance. From shopping centres to railway stations to the gardens
:04:24. > :04:32.of remembrance established at schools and local communities.
:04:32. > :04:36.just feel like all of the soldiers that died were so brave. It is not
:04:36. > :04:41.just a thought that people have served, it is affecting the
:04:41. > :04:46.families as well. Two short minutes when new generations had time to
:04:46. > :04:50.consider their links with the past. Two minutes when families and
:04:50. > :04:57.friends could reflect on their own a more recent losses. The worst bit
:04:57. > :05:02.was stood in front of so many crosses with photographs form of
:05:02. > :05:06.people killed. I know their families very well. They were not
:05:06. > :05:11.just photographs of lads, they were loved ones of the family's I've
:05:11. > :05:17.come to know and love myself. the ceremonies in London ended,
:05:17. > :05:20.police arrested 170 supporters of the English Defence League near the
:05:20. > :05:25.Cenotaph amid concerns they were planning to target an anti-
:05:25. > :05:30.capitalist camp in Westminster. But this was a day when the majority
:05:30. > :05:34.took time out from the concerns of a hectic modern life to pay tribute.
:05:34. > :05:38.To lay their poppies and crosses at a time when past and present are
:05:38. > :05:43.forever intertwined. And we can talk to Robert at the
:05:43. > :05:48.Cenotaph in central London now. A record number of poppies sold this
:05:48. > :05:54.year, but how has the way we remembered changed over the years?
:05:54. > :05:58.I think there's a number of factors at play. This Armistice silence was
:05:58. > :06:02.only reinstated in the 1990s after a successful campaign by the Royal
:06:02. > :06:06.British Legion. Since then we have seen conflicts in Iraq and
:06:06. > :06:10.Afghanistan. Pictures of repatriations from Royal Wootton
:06:10. > :06:13.Bassett and Brize Norton. We are losing service personnel in
:06:13. > :06:16.theatres of operations in the present as we did in the past. Add
:06:16. > :06:22.to that the internet, people's ability to research their own
:06:22. > :06:26.family members, perhaps lost many years ago, to put names and faces
:06:26. > :06:32.together, to hear personal stories. It increases that sense of relevant.
:06:32. > :06:36.Part of the Armistice commemoration today took place on the internet.
:06:36. > :06:41.Although this is something which derives from the past, it is a
:06:42. > :06:44.ceremony or a series of ceremonies which is still evolving. Her thank
:06:44. > :06:47.you. After another week of chaos in the
:06:47. > :06:50.eurozone, there were signs today that tension might be easing.
:06:50. > :06:52.Shares on the financial markets rose after news that Italy's senate
:06:52. > :06:57.had approved a long-delayed economic reform package demanded by
:06:57. > :07:00.the EU. In Greece, Lucas Papedemos has been sworn in as the interim
:07:00. > :07:04.Prime Minister. He'll lead a new coalition government aiming to
:07:04. > :07:06.implement the conditions for Greece's latest bail out. Here, the
:07:06. > :07:12.Chancellor, George Osborne, has warned of continuing economic
:07:12. > :07:21.danger, but said Britain is ready to weather the storm. Here's our
:07:21. > :07:25.chief economics correspondent, Hugh At times this week the eurozone
:07:25. > :07:28.crisis seemed to be spinning out of control. The mood has now can't do
:07:28. > :07:33.little, but still there are big questions over what events in
:07:34. > :07:38.Greece and Italy could mean for the rest of Europe, including the UK.
:07:38. > :07:41.The Chancellor, today on a visit to a renewable energy project north of
:07:41. > :07:46.Inverness, warned of the possible implications for the British
:07:46. > :07:49.economy. It is a very, very difficult and dangerous situation
:07:49. > :07:53.in the eurozone. Britain is impacted by what is happening,
:07:53. > :07:58.there's no doubt growth and jobs in Britain have been hit by what is
:07:58. > :08:01.going on in the eurozone. But the Labour leader, visiting a college
:08:01. > :08:05.in Warwickshire, said the government should do a lot more to
:08:05. > :08:11.help resolve Europe's problems. think what David Cameron needs to
:08:11. > :08:15.do is say to Europe's leaders, we must meet urgently as 27 countries
:08:15. > :08:19.and get this problem sorted out once and for all. Her financial
:08:19. > :08:20.turmoil has had an impact on turmoil has had an impact on
:08:20. > :08:25.pensions here. The Italian government's cost of borrowing has
:08:25. > :08:29.soared, it is now just below 7% as investors decided it was risky.
:08:29. > :08:33.Money has moved into other markets like the UK. The British
:08:33. > :08:38.government's borrowing costs has government's borrowing costs has
:08:38. > :08:42.fallen to just above 2%. That is good in many ways for the UK, but
:08:42. > :08:46.it is bad news for many workers who I just about to retire. Their
:08:46. > :08:50.annual pension income is closely linked to him -- interest rates
:08:50. > :08:53.paid by the government. His how the eurozone crisis has hit pension
:08:53. > :08:59.returns. Some workers retire having returns. Some workers retire having
:08:59. > :09:03.built up a stand-alone pension pot. Let's say that his �50,000. In
:09:03. > :09:08.November 2008, that would have guaranteed a pension of just over
:09:09. > :09:10.�3,200 per year. Anyone retiring �3,200 per year. Anyone retiring
:09:10. > :09:16.this month would only be offered around �2,600 for their annual
:09:16. > :09:23.pension. One part of the UK economy especially vulnerable to a eurozone
:09:23. > :09:26.slowdown is exports. Nearly half goes to continental Europe. This
:09:26. > :09:31.business in Telford makes components for a range of
:09:31. > :09:36.industries. They are doing well, but in the last month they have
:09:36. > :09:41.seen European orders tailing off. We have just started to see a
:09:41. > :09:47.softening. The interesting thing is yes, 25% of our business is in
:09:47. > :09:53.Europe, mainly Germany, Benelux, France, Spain, but we are also
:09:53. > :09:57.seeing a similar thing happening in other areas in the world. Markets
:09:57. > :10:01.have rallied a bit today. There are hopes of more stability in Italy
:10:01. > :10:04.and Greece, but everyone is agreed the eurozone crisis is far from
:10:05. > :10:08.over. The England rugby captain, Mike
:10:08. > :10:11.Tindall, has been kicked out of the national squad and fined �25,000 by
:10:11. > :10:14.the Rugby Football Union. It comes after Tindall, who is married to
:10:14. > :10:17.the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, was caught on camera with
:10:17. > :10:27.a woman at a bar during the team's ill-fated World Cup campaign. Our
:10:27. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:33.sports correspondent Joe Wilson has For more than a decade, Mike
:10:33. > :10:36.Tindall has been a figurehead of the England team, many of his 75
:10:36. > :10:40.caps came as captain. The small matter of marrying the Queen's
:10:40. > :10:44.granddaughter this year sent his profile into another dimension. So
:10:44. > :10:48.it was that images of him in a New Zealand bar in the middle of the
:10:48. > :10:52.World Cup attracted huge attention. A night out described by the
:10:52. > :10:56.England manager at the time as rather ordinary. Other teams have
:10:56. > :11:02.done the same thing in the same town and gone out for a few drinks.
:11:02. > :11:12.If we get away from having that in the rugby World Cup, I don't think
:11:12. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:24.that is for the best. But today the An example was being made. They are
:11:24. > :11:27.clearly sending out a message to the rest of the rugby-playing
:11:27. > :11:32.public who are English-qualified that if you represent your country,
:11:32. > :11:36.quite rightly, you have to behave yourself otherwise we will deal
:11:36. > :11:41.with you very severely. We don't care who you are and what service
:11:41. > :11:45.you have done for the country. You will cockpit. It is here at
:11:45. > :11:50.Twickenham that the RFU's decisions are made, but right now it is not
:11:50. > :11:56.clear just who's in charge here with resignations and inquiries.
:11:56. > :12:00.But clearly players must also protect the image of the game. Two
:12:00. > :12:03.other England players, Chris Ashton and James Haskell, both received
:12:03. > :12:07.suspended fines for an incident involving a hotel chambermaid
:12:07. > :12:11.during the World Cup. And let's not forget man you tell a lengthy
:12:11. > :12:16.jumping from a ferry. Do England players know how to behave?
:12:16. > :12:19.need guys to go out there and enjoy things. Where you place that line
:12:19. > :12:25.is up to the guys in charge and what they see as right and wrong.
:12:25. > :12:28.It is also up to the players to make that decision. For me going
:12:28. > :12:32.through the 2011 World Cup put me on constant and alert and that
:12:32. > :12:36.still goes with me everywhere. Tindall will appeal against his
:12:36. > :12:40.fine, but it still seems he has paid for his World Cup mistakes
:12:40. > :12:43.with his England career. A nurse from east London has been
:12:43. > :12:45.jailed for three years for killing her baby daughter through force-
:12:45. > :12:48.feeding. 31-year-old Gloria Dwomoh was obsessed with her daughter's
:12:48. > :12:52.weight and poured liquidised food down her throat while she was
:12:52. > :13:02.weaning her onto solids. The ten- month-old child died from pneumonia
:13:02. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:06.caused by food in her lungs. London will host the 2017 World
:13:06. > :13:08.Athletics Championships. The sport's world governing body chose
:13:08. > :13:13.London over the Qatari capital Doha and made the announcement this
:13:13. > :13:23.afternoon in Monaco. Our sports editor, David Bond, is there for us
:13:23. > :13:26.It has been one of the closest races in world athletics for years.
:13:26. > :13:30.Even as late as lunchtime today, bid leaders from London were
:13:30. > :13:34.telling me it was too close to call. But in the end it was a comfortable
:13:34. > :13:38.victory for London. They got 16 votes to Doha's 10.
:13:38. > :13:44.Her having twice pulled out of bids to stage the World Athletics
:13:45. > :13:49.Championships, it was third time lucky for London today. London.
:13:49. > :13:54.After months of campaigning, there was jubilation, but also a great
:13:54. > :13:58.sense of relief among the winning bid team. It is the world's third
:13:58. > :14:02.largest sporting event coming to London for nine days. We have the
:14:02. > :14:07.Olympic Games in 2012, we now have the world athletics championships
:14:07. > :14:11.in 2017. Despite Qatar's great wealth, London Bebo Park with its
:14:11. > :14:15.promise to deliver big-money TV and commercial deals in one of the
:14:15. > :14:19.world's most iconic cities. The bid also vowed to put on a
:14:19. > :14:22.championships centred around the athletes. Back home at his training
:14:22. > :14:26.camp in Loughborough, Britain's world champion hurdler Dai Greene
:14:26. > :14:30.was waiting anxiously for news from Monaco. As an athlete it is
:14:30. > :14:34.fantastic that we have won the bid. It is a great feeling to be
:14:34. > :14:39.competing in front of your home fans and I will get an opportunity
:14:39. > :14:42.next year, but to get it in another six years will be fantastic.
:14:42. > :14:46.Failure to land the 2018 World Cup might have taken the shine off it,
:14:46. > :14:50.but the next few years still promised a golden era for British
:14:50. > :14:53.sport. First up the most prestigious, the London 2012
:14:53. > :14:57.Olympics. Scotland will hope to keep the momentum going when
:14:57. > :15:01.Glasgow hosts to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2015 England
:15:01. > :15:05.will be hoping to make up for its dismal showing in New Zealand when
:15:05. > :15:10.it stages the Rugby World Cup. And now following today's vote, London
:15:10. > :15:13.will again be at the centre of the sporting spotlight when it stages
:15:13. > :15:17.the World Athletics Championships. Landing the 2017 event was crucial
:15:17. > :15:21.to the future of this place, London's �500 million Olympic
:15:21. > :15:24.Stadium for top West Ham were supposed to be moving in after 20
:15:24. > :15:31.Guelph, but a legal challenge from Tottenham Hotspur Forster dramatic
:15:31. > :15:35.U-turn. -- 2012. Ministers scrap to deal with West Ham last month to
:15:35. > :15:40.boost the 2017 bid and reassure world athletics chiefs that track
:15:40. > :15:42.and field remain central to the stadium's legacy plans after 2012.
:15:42. > :15:45.Failure to secure the World Championships would have been
:15:45. > :15:50.deeply embarrassing for the government and raised serious
:15:50. > :15:53.questions about what happens next. We took quite a risk when we took
:15:53. > :15:59.the stadium back into public ownership three weeks ago. Part of
:15:59. > :16:03.the reason was to end the legal uncertainty, but to bring certainty
:16:03. > :16:06.to the World Athletics Championships bid. Today's bit --
:16:06. > :16:13.result would end the controversy over the stadium, but it will go
:16:13. > :16:16.some way to delivering on the London impressed with its legacy
:16:16. > :16:22.promises, particularly around the stadium after 2012 but this was
:16:22. > :16:26.also a bid about hard cash. Doha promised around �150 million,
:16:26. > :16:30.including �5 million in prize money. Now at the last minute London
:16:30. > :16:33.offered to match that and that was clearly influential today and
:16:33. > :16:40.underlined just how important it was for London to win.
:16:40. > :16:44.Thank you. Our top story tonight: Communities
:16:44. > :16:53.across the UK have marked Armistice Day, remembering those who died
:16:53. > :16:56.serving their country. Coming up: This is Birdie, 15,
:16:57. > :17:01.still at school with a first album coming out, we are looking at the
:17:01. > :17:05.hopes and fears of the British music industry.
:17:05. > :17:15.And on the BBC News channel Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button set the
:17:15. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:26.pace for McLaren ahead of the Grand It's often suggested that eating
:17:26. > :17:29.more fibre is good for you but there's now evidence of exactly how
:17:29. > :17:32.much you need in order to reduce your risk of cancer. Researchers
:17:32. > :17:37.from Imperial College London say that an extra 10 grammes of fibre a
:17:37. > :17:43.day would cut the risk of developing bowel cancer by 10%.
:17:43. > :17:48.This report from our health correspondent Dominic Hughes. Just
:17:48. > :17:54.how much fibre should we eat? Since the 1970s experts have suggested
:17:54. > :17:57.that high fibre foods like cereals, pwrapb and wholemeal bread could
:17:57. > :18:02.prevent bowel cancer but they lacked hard proof. Now a new study
:18:02. > :18:07.suggests a high fibre diet could provide some protection to what is
:18:07. > :18:12.the UK's second biggest cancer killer. Mark Davis developed bowel
:18:12. > :18:16.cancer in his early 30s. He has made a full recovery but he
:18:17. > :18:21.believes his poor diet was to blame. Diet was definitely a factor in me
:18:21. > :18:25.getting cancer so early and young at 31. I was working very long
:18:25. > :18:34.hours and I was eating the wrong foods at the wrong time, takeaways,
:18:34. > :18:38.burgers, but all the time. Now post-cancer my diet's changed a lot.
:18:38. > :18:41.Bowel cancer has been linked to a poor diet, too much red meat, for
:18:41. > :18:44.example. But this study says that people who eat very little fibre
:18:44. > :18:49.stand to benefit the most from increasing their intake of
:18:50. > :18:54.wholegrain foods. If aud bowl of porridge for break fast this
:18:54. > :18:57.morning it probably had under 3 grams of fibre. If you are starting
:18:57. > :19:02.with a low fibre diet you can reduce your risk of bowel cancer by
:19:02. > :19:06.up to 10% by increasing the amount of fibre to eat to ten grams a day,
:19:06. > :19:11.the equivalent of three bowls of porridge.
:19:11. > :19:16.This is a scan of... Bowel cancer experts say diet is just one factor
:19:16. > :19:21.in a complicated disease. There are other very important risk factors
:19:21. > :19:25.for bowel cancer, such as high consumption of meat, obesity, and
:19:25. > :19:29.physical inactivity. That allows to us look at these in greater detail.
:19:29. > :19:32.Finally, there's the question about screening and particularly for
:19:32. > :19:37.bowel cancer there are new methods coming in forward and the future
:19:37. > :19:40.will be able to reduce this cancer by up to 33%. People have long been
:19:40. > :19:44.encouraged to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables as part of a healthy
:19:44. > :19:48.lifestyle, this research found no evidence they helped guard against
:19:48. > :19:53.bowel cancer in the same way as high fibre foods. Cancer charities
:19:53. > :19:56.say fruit and veg should still play an important part in diet but the
:19:56. > :20:00.role fibre can play in the fight against bowel cancer is becoming
:20:00. > :20:03.clearer. Police have apologised to relatives
:20:03. > :20:06.of a mother and daughter who were murdered by a registered sex
:20:06. > :20:10.offender. Diane Fallon and her 10- year-old daughter, Holly, were
:20:10. > :20:13.killed by Thomas Smith after he was found to be living in a flat next
:20:13. > :20:15.door to them in Ayrshire. An independent review said police
:20:15. > :20:23.missed several opportunities to intervene before the murders took
:20:23. > :20:30.place. Lorna Gordon is in Ayrshire for us now. What else are they
:20:30. > :20:33.saying? Well, this is the small hamlet where Thomas Smith lived,
:20:33. > :20:38.when he moved here he was already on the sex offenders' register. He
:20:38. > :20:42.had served a jail sentence for indecently assaulting a young child.
:20:42. > :20:46.When he moved here he ended up living next door to Diane Fallon
:20:46. > :20:53.and her ten-year-old daughter, Holly. He befriended the family.
:20:53. > :20:57.Then he went on to subject them to an appallingly prolonged attack. He
:20:57. > :21:01.raped ten-year-old Holly before killing both her and her mother.
:21:01. > :21:04.Today, the police apologised to Holly and Diane Fallon's family and
:21:05. > :21:07.said there were things they could and should have done better in
:21:07. > :21:12.monitoring the movements of Thomas Smith.
:21:12. > :21:17.This is uncomfortable for us. You know, much less so, of course, than
:21:17. > :21:20.it is for the family of Diane and Holly Fallon. But when we have got
:21:20. > :21:26.it wrong we will say we have got it wrong and we will make sure we put
:21:26. > :21:30.things right for the future. Well, neighbours here have welcomed the
:21:30. > :21:34.findings of this independent review. They've said if it helps the police
:21:34. > :21:37.and other authorities who were involved in the monitoring of
:21:37. > :21:41.Thomas Smith improve their proceed euros, then -- procedures, then
:21:41. > :21:45.that will be a good thing. The review makes 34 recommendations in
:21:45. > :21:49.total T says there should be improved sharing of intelligence
:21:49. > :21:52.between the various authorities, it also says that perhaps the law
:21:52. > :21:57.should be changed when it comes to monitoring sex offenders. It says
:21:57. > :22:01.there should be increased powers for police to enter their homes if
:22:01. > :22:05.they're high risk offenders. It also says it should have powers -
:22:05. > :22:08.police should have powers to examine mobile phones and in this
:22:08. > :22:18.case it might have found out Smith was in contact with the family with
:22:18. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:27.the Fallons. In football, Frank Lampard will
:22:27. > :22:30.captain England at Wembley for tomorrow's friendly against Spain.
:22:30. > :22:33.The Manager, Fabio Cappello, has confirmed that John Terry will be
:22:33. > :22:35.on the bench, but will get the captaincy against Sweden on Tuesday.
:22:35. > :22:41.He's insisted the ongoing racism allegations and investigation have
:22:41. > :22:43.had nothing to do with his decision. The recording arm of the British
:22:43. > :22:46.record label EMI is being sold to the French-owned Universal Music
:22:46. > :22:49.Group for �1.2 billion. EMI, the home of The Beatles, Coldplay and
:22:49. > :22:52.Pink Floyd, was taken over by its main creditor, the American bank,
:22:52. > :22:55.Citigroup, in February. Two severely disabled men from the
:22:55. > :22:58.Isle of Wight have won a High Court action against their local
:22:58. > :23:01.council's plans to cut its budget for adult social care. A judge
:23:01. > :23:07.ruled that new criteria used to decide who was eligible for care
:23:07. > :23:09.were unlawful. The council says it will now reconsider. Let's talk to
:23:09. > :23:12.our social affairs correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti who's here now.
:23:12. > :23:15.What are the implications of this? There are implications for local
:23:15. > :23:18.authorities up and down the country who are looking to balance the
:23:18. > :23:22.needs of vulnerable adults in their care, with having to make budget
:23:22. > :23:26.cuts. Now in this particular case on the Isle of Wight the two men
:23:26. > :23:29.involved had complex needs, they were both autistic, one had brain
:23:29. > :23:34.damage. Their families challenged the way in which the council
:23:34. > :23:38.decided to change its policy on funding care, limiting that funding
:23:38. > :23:42.just to people whose needs were assessed as critical or at risk of
:23:42. > :23:46.becoming critical and as you said the High Court supported the
:23:46. > :23:49.families in judges that was unlawful. This isn't an isolated
:23:49. > :23:53.case, there was another case in court this week, one in Birmingham
:23:53. > :23:56.a few months ago. It's interesting these cases about cuts in care are
:23:56. > :23:59.being challenged successfully in the courts. The local councils say
:23:59. > :24:02.that the social care system is under great strain with less money
:24:02. > :24:12.and more demand. The Government acknowledges that there is less
:24:12. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:20.money, but it says that the best councils are managing.
:24:20. > :24:23.It's the busiest week in the music calendar with Britain's biggest
:24:23. > :24:26.bands timing their new releases for the Christmas rush. But today
:24:26. > :24:28.brought a warning that the big earners are more likely to be
:24:28. > :24:31.pensioners than young wannabes. The Performing Rights Society says the
:24:31. > :24:35.number of new acts breaking through is plummeting. Our arts
:24:35. > :24:38.correspondent David Sillito has the details.
:24:38. > :24:43.It must be strange going to school and coming home and talking about
:24:43. > :24:53.album deals? Yeah, it is. Today has been really weird, going from
:24:53. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:57.science revision to recording. Birdy, still at school and this
:24:57. > :25:01.week has gone into the top ten with her first album. And her ambition?
:25:01. > :25:07.Travelling around the world and playing at huge concerts. That's
:25:07. > :25:17.what I love, performing really. she's just 15 and it's looking good.
:25:17. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:23.But what about 18, 21, 25? The music industry has real fears.
:25:23. > :25:29.Because the real money is being made in live music and the body
:25:29. > :25:34.that represents songwriters says there's a problem. Age. I think
:25:34. > :25:39.it's right to point the imbalance dominating that sector and ask the
:25:39. > :25:42.question who is going to be selling out stadiums and festivals in 2025.
:25:42. > :25:48.The figures are startling. In the top tier touring over the last year
:25:48. > :25:54.you have The Rolling Stones, Elton John, 40% of those top acts on the
:25:54. > :26:00.circuit are over 60. 19% are like U2 and Madonna, now in their 50s.
:26:00. > :26:05.In fact, 96% were over 40. Britney Spears was the only 20-something on
:26:05. > :26:10.this list. X Factor for instance may create fame, but long-term
:26:10. > :26:15.success? If you have a hit with your first single you are dropped,
:26:15. > :26:21.it's all over. So it's extremely fickle, a quick turnaround.
:26:21. > :26:30.number of songwriters is at a record high, but long-term just who
:26:30. > :26:37.are going to be the heritage acts of tomorrow?
:26:37. > :26:42.Let's look at the weekend weather Not shaping up too badly, which may
:26:42. > :26:45.come as a surprise if you are under the rain clouds. It's been pouring
:26:45. > :26:48.with rain across Northern Ireland and still across parts of the
:26:48. > :26:51.south-west and Wales and south- western parts of Scotland. Nasty
:26:51. > :26:55.conditions on the roads. This band of rain will move west to east
:26:55. > :26:59.across most of the country, although the amounts of rain will
:26:59. > :27:03.vary. Some of us seeing a lot, others not very much at all T will
:27:03. > :27:07.stagger its way eastwards as we go through the night. Something drier
:27:07. > :27:11.following on behind, although one or two sharp showers behind it
:27:11. > :27:15.across parts of Wales and the south-west of England. No problems
:27:15. > :27:22.with frost or anything t will be a mild Friday night. Might be a grey
:27:22. > :27:28.start across eastern parts of England, still rain around but it's
:27:28. > :27:31.getting better. Most of us will see increasing amounts of sunshine.
:27:31. > :27:35.Mid-afternoon across Scotland, for example, I am hopeful that you will
:27:35. > :27:39.see more blue sky than cloud. Still the odd shower left behind across
:27:39. > :27:43.the western Highlands and islands but most of us will avoid these
:27:43. > :27:46.with sunshine. Brighter too for Northern Ireland, light winds again.
:27:46. > :27:49.Northern England should be dry with increasing amounts of sunshine.
:27:49. > :27:54.Wales and the West Country, too. For eastern parts of England might
:27:54. > :28:00.be a struggle, a cloudy start. Hopefully things will turn brighter
:28:00. > :28:04.and in the sunshine it will feel mild. For Remembrance Sunday it
:28:04. > :28:07.should be dry, that's good news. Again the sunshine will come and go,
:28:07. > :28:11.probably the best across the more western areas. This is the picture
:28:12. > :28:16.on Sunday. A fair bit of cloud towards some north-eastern coasts
:28:16. > :28:20.of England and Scotland. But in the sunshine should feel pleasant.
:28:20. > :28:23.Tomorrow Britain in a Day, that means go out and take a picture and
:28:23. > :28:29.put it on the website, we will be interested to see it. Thank you
:28:30. > :28:33.very much. Our main news: