:00:03. > :00:08.Stephen Lawrence's best friend in tears as he tells the court about
:00:08. > :00:13.the fatal attack. Duwayne Brooks said he heard racist remarks before
:00:13. > :00:18.the brutal assault. He broke down as he remembered how confused
:00:18. > :00:22.Stephen was as he tried to run away from the scene.
:00:22. > :00:27.Also on tonight's programme: The nationalised bank Northern Rock
:00:27. > :00:33.sold to Virgin Money. Taxpayers lose hundreds of millions on the
:00:33. > :00:38.deal but it's defended by the Government. We are going to have a
:00:38. > :00:41.powerful new presence on the high street, offering better deals to
:00:41. > :00:44.families and real choice and competition. It is also good for
:00:44. > :00:48.British taxpayers. We are getting some of the money back.
:00:48. > :00:51.The NHS in England is told to treat those on a hidden waiting list.
:00:51. > :00:56.250,000 patients could benefit. And whatever happened to our golden
:00:56. > :01:03.age of engineering? The Queen gives her name to a prize to find new
:01:03. > :01:08.talent. I will be he with a Sportsday later
:01:09. > :01:18.in the hour, including more on Martin Johnson's resignation as his
:01:19. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:34.former captain said he should have Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:01:34. > :01:37.News at Six. 18 years on from the fatal attack on Stephen Lawrence,
:01:37. > :01:40.his best friend, Duwayne Brooks, broke down in court as he
:01:41. > :01:44.remembered what happened that night. He told the jury about the racist
:01:44. > :01:50.remarks he heard and the brutal assault that followed. Mr Brooks
:01:50. > :01:53.said Stephen Lawrence was bleeding and confused. Our home affairs
:01:53. > :01:58.correspondent has returned to the scene of the crime in south-east
:01:58. > :02:01.London. Yes, George, in this case we have
:02:02. > :02:06.heard from a number of people who have stood at that bus-stop, who
:02:06. > :02:10.caught a glimpse of what happened to Stephen Lawrence that night, but
:02:10. > :02:13.we have not yet heard from Duwayne Brooks, who was walking with
:02:13. > :02:21.Stephen a long this at Bath when they were attacked. That evidence
:02:21. > :02:26.came today -- along this a footpath. It was difficult for Duwayne Brooks
:02:26. > :02:31.to remember. This report contains a racially aggressive form of words
:02:31. > :02:35.that were said in court. We are reporting it as it was said.
:02:35. > :02:40.Duwayne Brooks met Stephen on the first day at secondary school. His
:02:40. > :02:43.description of their relationship: Stephen was my best friend. Facing
:02:43. > :02:48.the court and the media would have been daunting on the best of days
:02:48. > :02:52.but Duwayne Brooks's father died last night. He told the judge he
:02:52. > :02:56.wanted to give his evidence nonetheless. The jury heard an
:02:56. > :03:04.emotional description of Stephen's last minutes. It focused attention
:03:04. > :03:08.on Eltham, south London, and on the night of the killing. That two had
:03:08. > :03:18.been waiting for a bath. The service had been disrupted. They
:03:18. > :03:21.went to the corner to see if it was Duwayne Brooks told the court they
:03:22. > :03:26.gang shouted, using racially abusive language, "What, what,
:03:26. > :03:36.nigger". The other had what looked like an iron bar. Duwayne Brooks
:03:36. > :03:40.He showed a jury how the weapon was raised and bore down upon his
:03:40. > :03:50.friend. After the gang ran off, Stephen struggled to his feet. They
:03:50. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :03:59.both ran past watching passengers At this point in court, Duwayne
:04:00. > :04:09.Brooks was in tears. He was asked if he wanted to take a break. No,
:04:10. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:21.he said, I want to say what Stephen had managed to make it more
:04:21. > :04:26.than 200 yards. He was later found to have two knife wounds. Today, a
:04:26. > :04:30.simple memorial marks the spot where Stephen Lawrence died. For
:04:30. > :04:34.Stephen's father and his mother, Doreen Lawrence, it was another
:04:34. > :04:39.difficult day of evidence. David Norris, on the left, and Gary
:04:39. > :04:43.Dobson, both deny murder. The court heard this eyewitness evidence will
:04:43. > :04:46.be the start of the case. Duwayne Brooks gave a graphic account of
:04:46. > :04:50.the attack but it was clear that he could not identify the attackers
:04:50. > :04:58.and so much of the rest of this case will focus on forensic
:04:58. > :05:02.There was some questioning of Duwayne Brooks's evident in court.
:05:02. > :05:06.A police officer, the first on the scene, was told she said by Duwayne
:05:06. > :05:10.Brooks that he did not see the attack, that his view was
:05:10. > :05:14.obstructed. Perhaps that is why this is not because built on
:05:14. > :05:18.eyewitness evidence, it will be BUILT on forensic. The forensics on
:05:18. > :05:21.to come in the weeks that follow -- it will be a case of built on
:05:21. > :05:23.forensics. Northern Rock, the collapsed bank
:05:23. > :05:27.that was nationalised by the Government nearly four years ago,
:05:27. > :05:30.has been sold to Richard Branson's Virgin Money. The taxpayer could
:05:30. > :05:37.stand to lose �400 million on the deal but the chancellor, George
:05:37. > :05:41.Osborne, said it was the best one available. Robert Peston reports on
:05:41. > :05:45.the bank that came to symbolise the start of the financial crisis
:05:45. > :05:49.forced of Northern Rock, whose near-collapse and nationalisation
:05:49. > :05:54.became a symbol of the global financial crisis.
:05:54. > :05:59.It is becoming part of Virgin Money. At the same as Northern Rock brand
:05:59. > :06:02.dies, is there a bright new dawn for British banking? We have been
:06:02. > :06:06.following Northern Rock for nearly four years, says the crisis of the
:06:06. > :06:10.2007, and we have kept focused on it and the reason for that is
:06:11. > :06:17.because it has got so much that it can bring alongside Virgin Money to
:06:17. > :06:26.increase competition in UK banking. Virgin Money is buying Northern
:06:26. > :06:31.16 billion of savings, a 14 billion of mortgages, and it has said the
:06:31. > :06:38.headquarters will be based in Newcastle. There will be no more
:06:38. > :06:42.compulsory redundancies for at least three years of. Really good
:06:42. > :06:46.news for the region. Whatever Richard Branson touches turns to
:06:46. > :06:51.gold. It is very good news, particularly for the North East,
:06:51. > :06:58.when so many jobs are going. So why did the Chancellor decide to sell
:06:58. > :07:02.We hired independent advisers, we looked carefully at all the figures
:07:02. > :07:06.and it was clear that this was the best deal for the British taxpayer.
:07:06. > :07:15.We were getting more back than any other deal on that table. So what
:07:15. > :07:20.1.4 billion of taxpayers' money has gone into the Northern Rock. That
:07:20. > :07:26.is much more than the 747 million that Virgin Money will pay when the
:07:26. > :07:31.deal is completed. Virgin could pay a further �280 million if the Bank
:07:31. > :07:39.performs well but even so, taxpayers will end up losing
:07:39. > :07:42.between �373 million and �653 The question the Chancellor will
:07:42. > :07:46.need to explain is why he has chosen now to make the sale when it
:07:46. > :07:50.still means a loss to the taxpayer. We need to look in detail at this
:07:50. > :07:55.to make sure the taxpayer is getting value for money.
:07:55. > :07:58.September 2007, the queues outside branches like this told the world
:07:58. > :08:02.of the looming banking disaster so dull but Northern Rock's
:08:02. > :08:07.privatisation means there are better times around the corner?
:08:07. > :08:10.Maybe, but what is striking is that the Chancellor has chosen to sell
:08:10. > :08:14.the Northern Rock now and generate a substantial loss rather than wait
:08:14. > :08:18.for the better times, which may mean that he fears that no
:08:18. > :08:23.significant recovery in markets or the economy is given to happen
:08:24. > :08:28.anytime soon. Of course, Northern Rock was not the only bank rescued
:08:28. > :08:32.by taxpayers in the last crash. We also had to bail out Lloyd's and
:08:32. > :08:35.the Royal Bank of Scotland to the tune of �65 billion, and unlike
:08:35. > :08:39.Northern Rock, the time for getting any of that back his many years
:08:39. > :08:43.away. Robert is with me now. Picking up
:08:43. > :08:52.on that last point, where do you not think we will get the money
:08:52. > :08:55.back from the other banks soon? Well, as I said, we put �65 billion
:08:55. > :09:00.into the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyd's when we built them out. If
:09:00. > :09:06.you look at the current market price of those banks, were we to
:09:06. > :09:11.sell those stakes now, I hope you are sitting comfortably, the loss
:09:11. > :09:15.for taxpayers would be a staggering �40 billion. Totally unaffordable!
:09:15. > :09:20.There is not the faintest chance of George Osborne trying to privatise
:09:20. > :09:23.the stakes for years and years and years. In that context, a few
:09:23. > :09:26.hundred million that we will lose from Northern Rock does not look
:09:26. > :09:30.too bad and actually, some of that loss is to do with the fact that
:09:30. > :09:33.this is a business losing money at the moment. If you look at the
:09:33. > :09:38.price that Richard Branson is paying compared to the net assets
:09:38. > :09:42.of this bank when the deal closes, in my view the price does not look
:09:43. > :09:47.too bad. A Tory MP has said that Richard Branson is getting this
:09:47. > :09:50.business for a steel. I am not sure this is exactly prove that.
:09:50. > :09:53.Two British soldiers from 1st The Queen's Dragoons Guards have been
:09:53. > :09:57.killed in a roadside bomb attack in Helmand Province in Afghanistan
:09:57. > :10:02.today. Their families have been informed. Yesterday, another
:10:02. > :10:04.soldier was also killed by an explosion in Helmand province. He's
:10:04. > :10:08.been named as 25-year-old Lance Corporal Peter Eustace, from 2nd
:10:08. > :10:10.Battalion The Rifles. His commanding officer said he was an
:10:11. > :10:16.utterly professional rifleman who served on two very demanding tours
:10:16. > :10:18.of duty. Earlier today, the body of a
:10:18. > :10:22.Territorial Army soldier killed last week in Helmand was
:10:22. > :10:25.repatriated to the UK. Private Matthew Thornton, from 4th
:10:25. > :10:29.Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, was killed by an improvised
:10:29. > :10:38.explosive device. His commanding officer described him as a fine
:10:38. > :10:41.soldier and an even finer man. The NHS has been told to tackle
:10:41. > :10:44.what ministers are calling a hidden waiting list in English hospitals.
:10:44. > :10:48.They are currently doing well at meeting the target for treating
:10:48. > :10:52.most patients within 18 weeks. But about a quarter of a million
:10:52. > :10:57.patients are having to wait longer than that. Our health correspondent,
:10:57. > :11:00.Branwen Jeffreys, is here. How important is this?
:11:00. > :11:04.Waiting times for treatment is one of those issues that really matters
:11:04. > :11:09.to patients. In the last ten years in England, they have fallen
:11:09. > :11:12.dramatically. That's partly due to tough targets. For most patients,
:11:13. > :11:16.that means a wait of less than 18 weeks between the GP deciding to
:11:16. > :11:21.send them to hospital and treatment beginning. Hospitals can be fined
:11:21. > :11:23.for treating patients later than 18 weeks. So there is no incentive for
:11:23. > :11:29.them after that point, leaving some patients feeling they have been
:11:29. > :11:34.forgotten. For a farmer like David Evans,
:11:34. > :11:39.there is not much time to be ill. He needed an operation to repair a
:11:39. > :11:43.hernia. Damaged muscles in his stomach meant his organs are not
:11:43. > :11:48.being held in properly. After waiting more than 18 weeks, the NHS
:11:48. > :11:53.still haven't given him a date. One delay after another meant David
:11:53. > :11:58.struggled on for almost a year before finally being treated.
:11:58. > :12:03.got increasingly were so that up to three times a day, the intestine
:12:03. > :12:07.would come out and I would have to hold it to get back indoors until I
:12:07. > :12:11.could use the ultrasound scanner that I had four scanning my sheep
:12:11. > :12:16.in order to have and look to see what had come out and get it back
:12:16. > :12:21.properly. Some cases are not straightforward. One reason why
:12:21. > :12:27.delays can happen. Not everyone can be treated quickly. But not all of
:12:27. > :12:31.the long waits can be explained away. The target now just counts
:12:31. > :12:36.patients who have already been treated so in September, that was
:12:36. > :12:40.just under a million people. From next year, all the patients waiting
:12:40. > :12:44.will also be looked at. In September that was around 2.5
:12:44. > :12:49.million people. And from next year, most of this group will also have
:12:49. > :12:56.to be treated within 18 weeks. So how has the NHS in England been
:12:56. > :13:03.This graph shows the number of patients waiting more than a year.
:13:03. > :13:07.You can see a big drop from four years ago. But some hospitals are
:13:07. > :13:13.treating patients very quickly, so of that 20,000, one big life is
:13:13. > :13:22.down to just one hospital Trust. St George's in south London has more
:13:22. > :13:25.than 5,000 patients waiting for If I was in charge of pith and
:13:25. > :13:31.trying to do something, I would target the particular hospitals
:13:31. > :13:35.which are contributing to the long waiting lists and I would try to
:13:35. > :13:40.solve the problem at a local level. Whichever way you look at it, this
:13:40. > :13:44.is a new waiting target for the NHS. In the past, targets really helped
:13:45. > :13:50.cut waiting. This is more modest but it will help tackle a group of
:13:50. > :13:52.patients who have been overlooked. Our top story tonight: Stephen
:13:52. > :13:57.Lawrence's best friend Duwayne Brooks breaks down in tears in
:13:57. > :14:00.court as he recalls the night he was killed.
:14:00. > :14:10.Coming up: Bringing back that loving feeling. Why the hug could
:14:10. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:20.I am not back to this, I am sorry! Later on the news channel, the
:14:20. > :14:23.Virgin on the Rocks. Virgin Money buys Northern Rock from the
:14:23. > :14:33.government. And we ask Donatella Versace what
:14:33. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:39.she makes of the economic crisis in The Queen has given her name to a
:14:39. > :14:44.new �1 million prize for Engineering, funded by industry. It
:14:44. > :14:48.will be awarded every two years and people from around the world will
:14:48. > :14:51.qualify. The idea is to encourage a new generation into the profession.
:14:51. > :14:56.Organisers hope it will eventually achieve the status of the Nobel
:14:56. > :15:03.Prize. So, whatever happened to Britain's golden age of
:15:03. > :15:07.engineering? As the birthplace of the Industrial
:15:07. > :15:13.Revolution, Britain was the great pioneer. In everything from steam
:15:13. > :15:19.travel, to dramatic constructions like the Clifton Suspension Bridge,
:15:19. > :15:23.spanning the Avon gorge. Engineers like Isambard Kingdom Brunel were
:15:23. > :15:29.leaders in new technology. Logie Baird and the first television.
:15:29. > :15:34.Recently, British Engineering has slips from the public imagination.
:15:34. > :15:38.Today, to rekindle that enthusiasm, a rare show of unity. The Prime
:15:38. > :15:48.Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition,
:15:48. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:53.together, launching a new �1 A photo opportunity to push the
:15:53. > :15:58.message. David Cameron, on the McLaren assembly line. Just the
:15:58. > :16:02.kind of world-leading technology committee says, that Britain needs
:16:02. > :16:07.more of. Is there a risk of another Wimbledon, a British contest, but
:16:07. > :16:11.never a British winner? I think it is right to open it to the world.
:16:11. > :16:14.This is not just about inspiring scientists and engineers in Britain,
:16:14. > :16:19.it is about saying something to the world about Britain's respectful
:16:19. > :16:23.silence -- science. Amid this gleaming technology, it is obvious
:16:23. > :16:26.that Britain has the ideas and the expertise. The problem is a
:16:26. > :16:30.desperate shortage of the people with the skills to do this kind of
:16:30. > :16:38.work, just as other countries, China, Japan and Germany are
:16:38. > :16:44.forging ahead. The key is attracting new recruits. Yeah, and
:16:44. > :16:48.Little Formula One Stardust to enthuse. Jenson Button and Lewis
:16:48. > :16:53.Hamilton see a model car powered by a mousetrap. It is a start to a
:16:53. > :16:58.life in engineering. I would say to kids looking into it, I think they
:16:58. > :17:04.would take a serious consideration for it. It is good fun and you can
:17:04. > :17:08.come and work for us, which is not a bad job to half. The country that
:17:08. > :17:11.bought you the mini and the inventor of the World Wide Web is
:17:11. > :17:14.trying to get back into the lead. Is that really possible? A what is
:17:14. > :17:19.really good is that the leaders of the political parties were here
:17:19. > :17:22.today. The problem is, none of them have set out a strategy and a
:17:22. > :17:26.vision to show how Engineering will be at the heart of the British
:17:26. > :17:32.economy in 20 years' time. Ambition for a bright new future in
:17:32. > :17:36.engineering is one thing. Delivery is quite another.
:17:36. > :17:39.They have been some of the most distressing stories we have
:17:39. > :17:44.reported on. Now, the children's minister in England says that the
:17:44. > :17:49.courts need to be more sympathetic and understanding to victims of
:17:49. > :17:56.child sexual exploitation. Tim Loughton has said that changes to
:17:56. > :18:00.the legal process must be made. Late at night in Burnley, the
:18:00. > :18:07.police are checking houses. Their primary concern is the safety of
:18:07. > :18:11.vulnerable children. Officers have found girls who they believe are at
:18:11. > :18:15.risk of sexual exploitation here before. This visit raises familiar
:18:15. > :18:20.worries. She is talking about a couple of nights ago, a high risk
:18:20. > :18:25.girl was picked up in a car by a 25-year-old male. That is a real
:18:25. > :18:28.worry for you guys? Yes. Similar work, specifically trying to
:18:28. > :18:32.prevent grooming, is not being done in every part of the UK. Some
:18:32. > :18:36.police forces have even indicated that they don't believe sexual
:18:36. > :18:42.exploitation is a problem in area. It's difficult to say exactly what
:18:43. > :18:45.goes on in other forces. I would say until four or five years ago,
:18:45. > :18:50.Lancashire turned a stone over, we didn't know the scope of the
:18:50. > :18:54.problem. I think it is endemic across all society. The Government
:18:54. > :18:58.agrees. Next week, the coalition will publish an action plan,
:18:58. > :19:03.putting pressure on all forces and safeguarding children bought to do
:19:03. > :19:06.more. Saying it is not a problem around here is not an excuse, it is
:19:06. > :19:09.an admission that somebody is not doing their job properly. I don't
:19:09. > :19:15.want to be alarmist, but it is happening in every part of the
:19:15. > :19:19.country. I am lucky for your brother. -- looking for your
:19:19. > :19:22.brother. The police can keep watching suspects they know about,
:19:22. > :19:28.but they say they need people to come forward with information about
:19:28. > :19:32.those involved. That doesn't always happen. Jane was 12 when she was
:19:32. > :19:35.groomed by a 21-year-old man. you stood there in front of that
:19:35. > :19:40.person and you are testifying against them, all it takes is one
:19:40. > :19:44.luck and then they are, like, no, he didn't. You are scared of that
:19:44. > :19:46.person, but you are also scared to lose that person. There have been
:19:46. > :19:51.high profile trials that have collapsed and other cases that
:19:51. > :19:55.never made it to court. The problem for the police is that they are
:19:55. > :19:59.often relying on the evidence of victims. Ministers are concerned
:19:59. > :20:03.that the legal process is putting too much pressure on vulnerable
:20:03. > :20:06.children. We need to change the courts. The courts are there to
:20:06. > :20:10.nail perpetrators, not to intimidate the victims. The
:20:10. > :20:16.Attorney-General has been part of the working group to see if we can
:20:16. > :20:20.make court processes simpler and more sympathetic. I think you are
:20:20. > :20:23.quite vulnerable. You are out on the streets. No parent wants to
:20:23. > :20:28.think their child will put themselves at risk. But the action
:20:28. > :20:33.plan will make clear that they need to be protected, just in case.
:20:33. > :20:35.There has been heavy security in new York's financial district as
:20:36. > :20:40.hundreds of anti-capitalist protesters took to the streets.
:20:40. > :20:43.There were several scuffles as police tried to arrest people
:20:43. > :20:48.supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement. In London, the deadline
:20:48. > :20:53.has passed for protesters at St Paul's Cathedral to leave. Eviction
:20:53. > :20:59.orders obtained by the Corporation of London gave them until 6:00pm
:20:59. > :21:03.this evening. Jeremy Cook is there. What is happening? Well, the clock
:21:03. > :21:07.on St Paul's Cathedral says that it is exactly 6.20, 20 minutes past
:21:07. > :21:10.the deadline on which these protesters were supposed to start
:21:10. > :21:15.packing up and moving on. That tonight is simply not happening.
:21:15. > :21:19.But the clock is now taking on a legal process that could eventually
:21:19. > :21:24.mean forced eviction, with all of the potential for confrontation
:21:24. > :21:30.that goes with that. As soon as the legal notices were posted, they
:21:30. > :21:34.were ripped down. A clear statement of intent by the activists, who say
:21:34. > :21:38.their anti-capitalist protest is here to stay. Certainly in the
:21:38. > :21:42.kitchen, nothing has changed. The meals keep coming and nobody is
:21:42. > :21:46.packing up. It looks like the kitchen is here to stay? Of course,
:21:46. > :21:51.we had everything, food, we are not putting up, no. We are not going
:21:51. > :21:56.nowhere. We are here to stay. Welcome to the Democratic Republic
:21:56. > :22:02.of kitchen! Here they are. Most of the men -- land is publicly owned.
:22:02. > :22:06.The City of London's legal notice says that all tents must be removed.
:22:06. > :22:11.Some are on the pavement and it is not clear if those are subject to
:22:11. > :22:16.legal proceedings. A handful of protesters are parked on church
:22:16. > :22:20.owned land, which has ruled out taking any eviction action. That
:22:20. > :22:23.has led to speculation that some protesters could move on to church
:22:23. > :22:29.property. The Corporation of London has said that the demonstrators
:22:29. > :22:36.have made a point and should go. They have raised issues which are
:22:36. > :22:40.resonating with the public and which we are very happy to look at.
:22:40. > :22:44.But a permanent campsite is not the place, it is not the time and it is
:22:44. > :22:48.not the way to do it. The church itself is in a potentially
:22:48. > :22:53.uncomfortable position. It said it would not sign up to any eviction.
:22:53. > :22:55.But if the main bulk of protesters do move on to church land and
:22:55. > :23:05.effectively close down St Paul's, as we approach Christmas, they
:23:05. > :23:10.would come under severe pressure. The atmosphere here is chilled out.
:23:10. > :23:16.In any case, if they evict us, it will not change anything. We will
:23:16. > :23:22.grow bigger and bigger. I know that. I am sure. You really believe in
:23:22. > :23:25.this, you believe in what you're doing here. Yes, 100%. There is no
:23:25. > :23:28.immediate prospect for forced eviction. That would take a legal
:23:28. > :23:32.process that would probably take months and could cost millions of
:23:32. > :23:35.pounds. Well, some of the protesters here
:23:35. > :23:39.tonight have told us they are determined to stay here for months
:23:39. > :23:45.to come. If that happens, we can only expect the legal battle to
:23:45. > :23:49.escalate even further. Now, it is a simple gesture. But
:23:49. > :23:56.apparently it can mean a lot. Today, hundreds of people queued up in
:23:56. > :24:01.London to receive a hug. The woman giving them is Amma, known as the
:24:01. > :24:11.Divine Mother. She is an Indian spiritual leader who, for the last
:24:11. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:20.30 years, has been offering what I cannot describe how you feel.
:24:20. > :24:27.Blissful. There is, in this hug, something unusual. Very comfortable,
:24:27. > :24:35.very warm, very loving. She is known as The Hugging Saint, Amma.
:24:35. > :24:41.It is claimed that she has given 30 million hugs in her lifetime.
:24:41. > :24:46.not back to this world yet, sorry! And who was here? Hindu, Christian,
:24:46. > :24:50.believers, non-believers, the slightly curious. I watched a
:24:50. > :24:57.documentary with Louis Theroux. I wanted to see what it was like.
:24:57. > :25:04.he has had a hug, where it began in Amma's home, where she defied
:25:04. > :25:10.taboos by offering a hug to those in need. She now travels the world,
:25:10. > :25:16.attracting huge crowds. Richard Gere and Sharon Stone have joined
:25:16. > :25:20.the huggers. Over the last three days, 10,000 people have queued up
:25:20. > :25:26.waiting for their hug from Amma. But is there an explanation? What
:25:26. > :25:36.is going on here? For Georgina, who you can see receding hair hug, it
:25:36. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:43.was all rather overwhelming. -- I am crying because off the love. I
:25:43. > :25:47.felt this overwhelming feeling of love. It was so beautiful.
:25:47. > :25:57.science behind the hug is actually a burgeoning area of research. It
:25:57. > :26:06.has revealed some startling chemical reactions. Boxy toxin in
:26:06. > :26:14.the brain. In turn, that activates our fight and flight fear response.
:26:14. > :26:21.It reduces fear and increases Trust. How was your hug? Good. The crowds
:26:21. > :26:31.here were certainly feeling something. The Amma effect, the hug,
:26:31. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:37.Well, we will not be hugging each other to keep warm over the next
:26:37. > :26:41.few days. It is a mild outlook. The satellite pictures show a huge heap
:26:41. > :26:45.of cloud pushing to the West. There is very heavy rain now a cross-
:26:45. > :26:49.party Scotland, particularly in the West. Windy as well, gales across
:26:49. > :26:54.the Irish Sea. All the while, further east across the UK, it will
:26:54. > :26:58.stay dry. The bit of mistiness, but any fog will not be widespread and
:26:58. > :27:03.it will not be cold. No problems with Frost or anything like that.
:27:03. > :27:07.It will be a dumb start to the day across northern and western areas.
:27:07. > :27:12.Some regional detail, which I will talk about later. The further east
:27:12. > :27:18.and south you go, it will be drier, brighter and mild. Mid-afternoon,
:27:18. > :27:23.let's get into that detail. In south-west England, just the odd
:27:23. > :27:27.spot of rain. With some shelter, for instance the north coast of
:27:27. > :27:31.Devon and Somerset, some brightness. It at a brightness across parts of
:27:31. > :27:35.Wales, with dribs and drabs of rain across western areas on and off.
:27:35. > :27:39.For Northern Ireland, a fair bit of cloud. A hint of brightness in
:27:39. > :27:44.eastern areas, rain threatening in the West. For Scotland it is
:27:44. > :27:48.complicated, so bear with me. Along the Moray coast it should be
:27:48. > :27:53.reasonably bright. For the south and west, the southern Highlands, a
:27:53. > :27:57.whole dollop of rain. For central and eastern parts of England, it
:27:58. > :28:02.should be dry with some reasonable spells of sunshine. Mild, 14 or 15
:28:02. > :28:08.degrees, the wind is not too strong. That is good news. What about the
:28:08. > :28:12.weekend? It stays mild virtually nationwide. Some places are seeing
:28:12. > :28:17.a lot of cloud, other places seeing quite a lot of sunshine. Check out
:28:17. > :28:21.the new weather website. It is full of facts, features and forecasts,
:28:21. > :28:29.including an explanation about just how dry and warm it has been this
:28:29. > :28:34.The main news: Stephen Lawrence's best friend, Duwayne Brooks, breaks
:28:34. > :28:38.down in tears in court as he recalls the night he was killed. I