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:00:09. > :00:19.Her David Cameron defence at his EU veto. He says it was the right

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:00:21. > :00:25.thing to do -- defends his Euro He says signing up would have left

:00:25. > :00:30.Britain without protection. choice was a treaty without proper

:00:30. > :00:34.safeguards, or no treaty. The answer was no treaty. It is not a

:00:34. > :00:44.veto when the thing he wanted to stop goes ahead with algae. That is

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:00:46. > :00:51.called losing. The deputy -- goes The two young boys and their

:00:51. > :00:55.parents found dead in their two -- in their Leeds home. Friends and

:00:55. > :01:01.neighbours said they seemed a loving family. The bank that had to

:01:01. > :01:05.be bailed out by taxpayers. A new report blames bad management and

:01:05. > :01:10.risk-taking at RBS. Settling into their new Scottish

:01:10. > :01:14.home, the giant pandas from China come out into the open.

:01:14. > :01:19.Culling up on Sportsday on BBC News, build up to the big game at

:01:19. > :01:29.Stamford Bridge as Chelsea play host to league leaders, Manchester

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:01:48. > :01:52.It was one of the most momentous decisions of his premiership and

:01:52. > :01:58.David Cameron was in Parliament, defending his veto at the EU summit.

:01:58. > :02:04.Nick Clegg decided to stay away, raising more tensions about Europe

:02:04. > :02:09.in the coalition. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, hit back at David

:02:09. > :02:14.Cameron, claiming that the British veto had failed to stop the rest of

:02:14. > :02:20.the EU going ahead with their plans, anyway. Here is James Landale, his

:02:20. > :02:23.report contains flat photography. Christmas made -- flash photography.

:02:23. > :02:26.Christmas may have arrived in Downing Street but the question was

:02:26. > :02:29.whether any festive spirit had spread down the road to the House

:02:29. > :02:33.of Commons. David Cameron made the short journey there knowing that

:02:33. > :02:37.while his party would celebrate the decision to say no to Europe, his

:02:37. > :02:41.coalition partners would not. When the Prime Minister got to his feet,

:02:41. > :02:45.the cheers from his MPs were predictable. I went to Brussels

:02:45. > :02:49.with one objective, to protect Britain's national interest, and

:02:49. > :02:54.that is what I did. To the delight of his backbenchers, the Prime

:02:54. > :02:58.Minister defended his decision. choice was a treaty without proper

:02:58. > :03:03.safeguards, or no treaty, and the right answer was no treaty. It was

:03:03. > :03:07.not an easy thing to do but it was the right thing to do. Last week,

:03:07. > :03:14.Britain stood alone as Mr Cameron refused to back plans for a new

:03:14. > :03:18.treaty of all 27 EU countries. He said the deal was not in Britain's

:03:18. > :03:22.interests because it failed to protect the City of London from new

:03:23. > :03:32.European regulations and taxes. Mr Clegg said it was bad for Britain,

:03:33. > :03:36.

:03:36. > :03:40.would potentially leave Britain I have to say, how can the Prime

:03:40. > :03:44.Minister expect to persuade anybody else it is a good outcome, when he

:03:44. > :03:48.can't persuade his own deputy? Faced with a choice between the

:03:48. > :03:52.national interest and his party interest, he has chosen the party

:03:52. > :03:57.interest. We will rue the day this Prime Minister left Britain alone,

:03:57. > :04:03.without allies, without influence. It is bad for business, it is bad

:04:03. > :04:07.for jobs, it is bad for Britain. Last week, some Tory MPs were

:04:07. > :04:11.questioning their leader's judgment. Today, they were jubilant. I thank

:04:11. > :04:16.him for displaying the bulldog spirit in Brussels last week.

:04:16. > :04:21.congratulate my right honourable friend on his actions. Can he

:04:21. > :04:24.confirm he will not make any further policy concessions to the

:04:24. > :04:29.lickspittle Euro-fanatics on the Lib Dem benches, as a result of

:04:29. > :04:34.doing the right thing for Britain last week? Others were less

:04:34. > :04:40.enthusiastic? He has walked out without using his veto, without

:04:40. > :04:43.getting a rebate, like Mrs Thatcher did. He has walked out without a

:04:43. > :04:48.couple of opt-outs like John Major. As Del Boy would say, what a

:04:48. > :04:52.plonker. Although MPs were mostly restrained, some asked if

:04:53. > :04:55.constructive diplomacy might be better. Would the Prime Minister

:04:55. > :04:59.reflect whether that kind of constructive and positive diplomacy

:04:59. > :05:04.might be a better approach to securing British interests, than

:05:04. > :05:08.rushing for the exit? The Lib Dem leader once again made his

:05:08. > :05:12.disagreement clear, outside the Commons. Being isolated, as one, is

:05:13. > :05:18.potentially bad for jobs, bad for growth, bad for the light beards of

:05:18. > :05:21.millions of people in this country, but the coalition is here to stay -

:05:21. > :05:25.- bad for the livelihoods of millions of people. There is not

:05:25. > :05:29.much good cheer about among the coalition partners.

:05:29. > :05:33.As we have heard, the Prime Minister justified his action by

:05:33. > :05:37.saying he was protecting British interests, especially the financial

:05:37. > :05:45.sector which employs more than 1 million people. What do City and

:05:45. > :05:49.business leaders think about the possible effects on the UK economy?

:05:49. > :05:54.Whether it is UK banking, insurance or other financial services, the

:05:54. > :05:59.outcome of the side could redefine the landscape. Has the clash with

:05:59. > :06:04.the eurozone's leadership generated short-term gains because of David

:06:04. > :06:09.Cameron's stance, or are they long- term losses because UK influence is

:06:09. > :06:13.reduced? The Prime Minister said he wanted to safeguard the City of

:06:13. > :06:18.London from further European regulations. He couldn't get firm

:06:18. > :06:27.commitment Sony wouldn't sign the treaty. Some say he was right. --

:06:27. > :06:31.couldn't get firm commitments so he wouldn't. David Cameron had to do

:06:31. > :06:35.the best he could to try to protect British financial services from a

:06:35. > :06:39.slew of regulations, of which he would have had very little control

:06:39. > :06:42.inside the treaty. There was a warning from a senior European

:06:42. > :06:48.official that the City of London was not immune from further

:06:48. > :06:52.restrictions, even under the existing rule book. If this rule

:06:52. > :06:57.was at -- intended to prevent bankers from being regulated, that

:06:57. > :07:01.is not going to happen. It is a crucial issue, because financial

:07:01. > :07:07.services makes up 9% of the UK first past the post economic output,

:07:07. > :07:11.not far short of manufacturing, with just over 10% of the economy.

:07:11. > :07:16.When it comes to implement, financial services lags well behind

:07:16. > :07:19.manufacturing, with 2.3 million -- when it comes to employment. There

:07:19. > :07:23.is no doubting the importance of financial services, but there are

:07:23. > :07:27.many other sectors across the UK economy, some with different

:07:27. > :07:31.perspectives, including longer term views on whether their best

:07:31. > :07:35.interests have been served by the outcome of last week's summit.

:07:35. > :07:38.Japanese car maker Honda is a major investor in the UK. The company

:07:38. > :07:42.said its operations were not affected by Britain's political

:07:42. > :07:47.relationships in Europe, it was business as usual. Other industry

:07:47. > :07:51.leaders are more concerned. It is much better to be inside...

:07:51. > :07:57.Martin Sorrell, who runs a global media business, told the BBC that

:07:57. > :08:01.the UK's image had suffered. I was talking to an Indian businessman

:08:01. > :08:05.this morning about where would he locate his plant, given what has

:08:06. > :08:09.happened in the last 72 hours. The perception will be that the UK is

:08:09. > :08:14.outside western Europe. Looking into the future, the really big

:08:14. > :08:20.concern is the possible break-up of the euro, and fears about that sent

:08:20. > :08:25.share prices lower today. Let's delve a little deeper into

:08:25. > :08:29.that extraordinary session in Parliament. Nick Clegg was

:08:29. > :08:33.conspicuous by his absence today in Parliament. What does it say about

:08:33. > :08:38.the state of the coalition? I don't think I have attended a prime

:08:38. > :08:43.minister Oriel -- prime-ministerial statement quite like it, utterly

:08:43. > :08:46.dominated by the man who was not there. Nick Clegg's aides said they

:08:46. > :08:51.thought he might not be a -- thought he might be a distraction

:08:51. > :08:56.but he was a distraction by not being there. Labour MPs shouted it

:08:56. > :09:00.again and again, Where's Nick? Although he would not -- was not

:09:00. > :09:05.there, he had clearly helped to write the words of the Prime

:09:05. > :09:10.Minister. Designed to hear some of the coalition wins. While the Tory

:09:11. > :09:15.MPs cheered him on -- designed to heal. The Tory MPs were utterly

:09:15. > :09:19.silent when they said the EU was in Britain's interest and he wanted to

:09:19. > :09:24.stay in. Silence again when it became clear there was no question

:09:24. > :09:34.of a European referendum. Silent when it became clear that the

:09:34. > :09:38.institutions of the EU could, after all, perhaps be involved in this

:09:38. > :09:42.new European club of 26. Exactly the opposite of what we were told a

:09:42. > :09:45.day ago by the Chancellor. The Prime Minister can have a sigh of

:09:45. > :09:50.relief tonight, he has no major rebellion on his backbenchers, none

:09:50. > :09:54.at all, in fact. He is not fighting to get his legislation through all

:09:54. > :10:00.worrying about a referendum. But he has to worry about the long-term

:10:00. > :10:04.corrosive damage of a row with the man who is his deputy.

:10:04. > :10:09.A murder inquiry has begun in West Yorkshire after the bodies of a

:10:09. > :10:16.couple and their two sons were found in Pudsey near Leeds. Rigid

:10:16. > :10:19.and Clair Smith and their boys were found in an upstairs bedroom --

:10:19. > :10:23.Richard and plasma. Police say they are not looking for anyone else in

:10:23. > :10:28.connection with the accident our as Richard and Clair.

:10:28. > :10:32.A private ambulance took away the bodies of Richard, his wife Clare

:10:32. > :10:38.and their two children. Flowers were left outside the police cordon

:10:38. > :10:43.from friends, struggling to understand what has happened. Sara

:10:43. > :10:50.Turnbull and shell hides were good friends of the couple. -- Sheryl

:10:50. > :10:57.heights. Lovely, a really nice family. Devastating, shocked.

:10:57. > :11:03.were such a lovely family. It was only three or four weeks but I was

:11:03. > :11:07.talking to them at the cricket club. I can't believe this has happened.

:11:07. > :11:10.All four bodies were found in the bedroom and a fire had been started

:11:10. > :11:14.in the house. Police have launched a murder inquiry, but are not

:11:14. > :11:22.looking for anyone else. It has left family members like Gary

:11:22. > :11:24.tempest with many questions. They were the perfect family.

:11:24. > :11:29.suggestion that three family members have been murdered, the 4th

:11:29. > :11:34.a suicide, can you comprehend that? No. I don't believe that for a

:11:34. > :11:38.minute. I would find it very hard to believe that. Police have been

:11:38. > :11:42.speaking to neighbours to try to get a clearer picture of what led

:11:42. > :11:46.to the family's deaths. Detectives are also waiting for post-mortem

:11:46. > :11:52.examination results on all four bodies. That could reveal how they

:11:52. > :12:02.died, and what happened inside this house. Until those questions

:12:02. > :12:07.answered, the police cordon will It was one of the key moments in

:12:07. > :12:09.the phone hacking scandal that led to widespread public revulsion. The

:12:09. > :12:14.allegation that messages left on the phone of the murdered

:12:14. > :12:18.schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, were deleted by someone working for the

:12:18. > :12:21.News of the World. A police lawyer told the Everson inquiry into press

:12:21. > :12:25.standards that the paper may not have been responsible after all --

:12:25. > :12:29.told the Leveson Inquiry. It was the story that ignited

:12:29. > :12:34.public revulsion, placed the press under intense scrutiny and brought

:12:34. > :12:37.the News of the World's presses to a halt. It was the claim by the

:12:37. > :12:41.Guardian last July that the News of the World has hacked into the phone

:12:41. > :12:46.off the missing schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, and that the paper had

:12:46. > :12:49.deleted messages from her voicemail. It was this latter action that

:12:49. > :12:55.merely's mother, Sally, told the inquiry last month had given her

:12:56. > :13:02.hope. I rang her phone and it clicked through on to pervert -- 0

:13:02. > :13:08.voicemail, and I heard her voice. I jumped, she had picked up her

:13:08. > :13:14.voicemail. It was then, really. News of the World investigator,

:13:14. > :13:17.Glenn Mulcaire, has always denied deleting the messages and the

:13:17. > :13:22.inquiry in hurt -- heard that the Metropolitan Police had evidence to

:13:22. > :13:29.support that. It was unlikely that anything Mr Mulcaire did was

:13:29. > :13:33.responsible for what Mrs Dowler heard. The News of the World did

:13:33. > :13:36.hack into Milly Dowler's phone, that is not contested, but it seems

:13:37. > :13:41.that Mulcaire did not delete messages. As counsel for the

:13:41. > :13:46.Dowlers pointed out, over three days after her abduction, and

:13:46. > :13:52.messages were interfered with. Someone was continuing to access

:13:52. > :13:56.that voicemail, between the 21st and the 24th, and did delete those

:13:56. > :14:01.voicemail messages, which gave rise to Sally Dowler being able, finally,

:14:01. > :14:05.to get through to her daughter's voicemail. Why does this matter?

:14:05. > :14:10.What happened to the Dowlers had a significance in causing this whole

:14:10. > :14:20.inquiry to be set up, and as much indifference to their feelings as

:14:20. > :14:21.

:14:21. > :14:24.anything else -- in deference to The head of the Financial Services

:14:24. > :14:27.Authority, the City watchdog, has said there should be a public

:14:27. > :14:31.debate about how to make bank bosses more accountable. It follows

:14:31. > :14:35.a report from the FSA which blames the spectacular collapse of the

:14:35. > :14:39.Royal Bank of Scotland at the height of the financial crisis on

:14:39. > :14:49.poor management. The FSA also admitted that its own light touch

:14:49. > :14:54.Outside Edinburgh, a symbol of banking who press. Vast palatial

:14:54. > :14:58.offices, built by Royal Bank of Scotland and occupy shortly before

:14:58. > :15:03.the bank failed. Royal Bank of Scotland was rescued with �45

:15:03. > :15:07.billion of investment by taxpayers, who today faced more than �25

:15:07. > :15:12.billion of losses. Three years after the collapse, we have the

:15:13. > :15:16.verdict of the City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority.

:15:16. > :15:21.Management and regulator made woeful errors, but no one has been

:15:21. > :15:25.punished. Do you understand why people are so angry that no one has

:15:25. > :15:29.been seriously punished? absolutely understand the anger of

:15:30. > :15:34.ordinary people, not just about the failure of RBS, but about what

:15:34. > :15:39.happens to the overall financial system. The financial crash of 2008

:15:39. > :15:44.has caused enormous harm, and they ought to also be angry about a lot

:15:44. > :15:48.of the talk that existed before the crisis about the need for light

:15:48. > :15:57.touch regulation, unleashing the elegies and innovation of the

:15:57. > :16:01.It is startling to look at the areas which were made. The failure

:16:01. > :16:04.of the Royal Bank of Scotland was caused by a catalogue of mistakes

:16:04. > :16:09.by the bank's previous management. They paid too much at the wrong

:16:09. > :16:16.time to buy the Robert of -- the rub of a big international bank,

:16:16. > :16:20.ABN Amro. The bank became hideously, dangerously dependent on borrowing

:16:20. > :16:29.on markets, and when markets wouldn't lend to them any longer,

:16:30. > :16:36.we as taxpayers had to bail them Here's the Banker MOTs blamed for

:16:36. > :16:38.the collapse of RBS, Sir Fred Goodwin. He left with a pension pot

:16:38. > :16:44.Goodwin. He left with a pension pot of �16.6 million, but handed back a

:16:44. > :16:50.sizable amount of money. Do you believe you should have done more

:16:50. > :16:53.tos back more of Sir Fred Goodwin's enormous pension entitlement?

:16:53. > :16:58.had a completely rock-solid arrangement for all of his

:16:58. > :17:02.entitlement. We were told that we could be facing litigation, and we

:17:02. > :17:06.would have a negligible chance of winning. This is why we had to try

:17:06. > :17:10.to persuade Sir Fred Goodwin voluntarily to reduce his pension.

:17:10. > :17:14.The chairman of the Financial Services Authority thinks the law

:17:14. > :17:19.may have to be changed, so that those who run banks that go bust

:17:19. > :17:29.will face automatic professional and financial punishments. But

:17:29. > :17:34.

:17:34. > :17:37.perhaps that it should apply to Our top s#tory tonight... David

:17:37. > :17:42.Cameron has told the Commons his decision to block a new European

:17:42. > :17:45.Union treaty was "the right thing to do" for Britain. Coming up... A

:17:45. > :17:55.highlight from the BBC's Frozen Planet series, but this was filmed

:17:55. > :18:11.

:18:11. > :18:15.in a Dutch animal park - not in the American troops in Afghanistan

:18:15. > :18:20.called it the valley of death, a remote part of Helmand where the

:18:20. > :18:23.Taliban are still a lethal threat. In October, British soldiers, led

:18:23. > :18:27.by the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, took over control of the

:18:27. > :18:35.area between the towns of Sangin and Gereshk. Our defence

:18:35. > :18:41.correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, has been on patrol with them. One

:18:41. > :18:50.soldier has been killed and several others have been seriously injured.

:18:50. > :18:58.The battle here now is for the road, Route 611, which links the town of

:18:58. > :19:02.Sangin to Gereshk in the south. But unlike the Americans, who were here

:19:02. > :19:06.before, the job of the British is to make sure this road remains open

:19:06. > :19:10.for Afghans and NATO forces are like. The main focus for British

:19:10. > :19:15.forces in this area is to keep his route safe and open for people to

:19:15. > :19:19.travel on. But the Taliban are playing a deadly game, they cannot

:19:19. > :19:29.put bombs on the road, which has been Tarmac, so they're putting on

:19:29. > :19:34.the roadside instead, some terms to lethal effect. Travelling in the

:19:34. > :19:38.Mastiffs, we saw a packed local minibus. It swerved off the road,

:19:38. > :19:43.perhaps to avoid the military vehicles. Moments later, we hear

:19:43. > :19:52.muffled blast behind us. The minibus has hit a roadside bomb. We

:19:52. > :19:56.are told not to stop. 18 people are dead, five of them children. A few

:19:56. > :20:02.hours later, we are able to return, and this was all that was left of

:20:02. > :20:10.the bus after the Taliban's bomb. For the soldiers, who rescued the

:20:10. > :20:16.injured and picked up the bodies, it was a devastating day. At the

:20:16. > :20:23.time, I was more engrossed in the incident, trying to make sure those

:20:23. > :20:31.that arrived could stay alive. It is only afterwards when you think

:20:31. > :20:35.about it. At a checkpoint further north, the soldiers have had to

:20:35. > :20:39.deal with their own casualties from the first day. This regiment, 2

:20:39. > :20:44.Mercian, have fought in the area before. They know what they're up

:20:44. > :20:49.against. To separate friend from foe, they collect biometric data on

:20:49. > :20:54.local farmers and workers. But the Afghans know it will not be all

:20:54. > :21:04.that long before these combat troops leave, and the battle for

:21:04. > :21:07.

:21:07. > :21:10.the loyalties will then be waged by It was one of the most startling

:21:10. > :21:13.images in the BBC's Frozen Planet series - a polar bear giving birth,

:21:13. > :21:16.apparently buried under the snow and ice of the Arctic. Today, the

:21:16. > :21:19.programme's makers - and Sir David Attenborough - went on the

:21:19. > :21:22.defensive after it emerged that the sequence was actually filmed in a

:21:22. > :21:28.Dutch animal park. The BBC said the sequence was carefully worded, and

:21:28. > :21:37.denied misleading viewers. Lizo Mzimba reports. It has been one of

:21:37. > :21:41.BBC One's biggest hits. Frozen Planet has delighted audiences and

:21:41. > :21:46.enchanted millions of viewers. But the combination of words and

:21:46. > :21:53.pictures in one sequence has led to some criticising the programme.

:21:53. > :21:58.on these slopes, beneath the snow, new lives are beginning... This was

:21:58. > :22:01.filmed in an artificial den in an Animal Park in Holland. The

:22:01. > :22:06.programme makers say it would have been impossible to film this in the

:22:06. > :22:11.wild. So, were a review was misled? Sir David Attenborough, who

:22:11. > :22:19.presented the programme, says no, they were not. In the middle of

:22:19. > :22:23.this scene, to say, oh, by the way, this was filmed in a zoo, it would

:22:23. > :22:29.completely ruin the atmosphere and destroy the pleasure of the viewers.

:22:29. > :22:32.It is not a false it. We do not keep it secret, either.

:22:32. > :22:42.chairman of parliament's Culture, Media and Sport committee disagrees,

:22:42. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :22:58.but still has praise for the show. The opinions are split amongst

:22:58. > :23:02.viewers. I was not really misled, I thought it was fine. I was more

:23:02. > :23:09.interested in what was happening, then where it was filmed. Now, when

:23:09. > :23:13.I found out, yes, I was misled, but I do not really mind. The BBC also

:23:13. > :23:17.says it explained exactly how the sequence was filmed in a special

:23:17. > :23:22.film on the website. That film has been viewed tens of thousands of

:23:22. > :23:26.times. The programme itself had an audience in excess of 8 million,

:23:26. > :23:30.and some critics will continue to accuse the BBC of failing to learn

:23:30. > :23:39.from mistakes of the past, despite its robust defence of how it made

:23:39. > :23:42.It's the start of a week of stormy weather across the UK. Gale-force

:23:42. > :23:44.winds and torrential rain are expected to sweep through swathes

:23:44. > :23:46.of England and Wales tonight. South-east England could be

:23:46. > :23:53.hardest-hit. Our correspondent Robert Hall is in Mudeford in

:23:53. > :23:58.Dorset. But a terrible forecast - what precautions are people being

:23:58. > :24:02.advised to take? Yes, tonight is really just the start of it, it is

:24:02. > :24:05.going to be a pretty miserable week. Mudeford is in the path of the

:24:05. > :24:10.storm, which has been coming up the Channel this afternoon, bringing

:24:10. > :24:14.gusts of wind up to 70mph and driving rain. So far it has not

:24:14. > :24:18.been as bad as that which Scotland experienced last week. But there

:24:18. > :24:25.have been plenty of weather warnings, and flood barriers have

:24:25. > :24:30.been raised on the rivers. As yet, the flood alerts extend right along

:24:30. > :24:35.the south coast, up the coast of Wales, NW England and on into

:24:35. > :24:38.Scotland. It is likely this will blow itself out, but there is a

:24:38. > :24:42.worse storm due on Thursday night. The message I am hearing tonight is

:24:42. > :24:50.that people should be aware of his weather and be prepared for

:24:50. > :24:53.unexpected dangers. While we have been on air, Jonny Wilkinson has

:24:53. > :24:58.announced his retirement from international rugby. He first

:24:58. > :25:04.played for England when he was 18. The 32-year-old is currently

:25:04. > :25:07.playing in France. They flew in from China last week and have been

:25:07. > :25:10.settling into their new surroundings. Today Edinburgh Zoo's

:25:10. > :25:13.newest arrivals were supposed to be on show for the cameras. But the

:25:13. > :25:20.pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are taking a very different approach to

:25:20. > :25:28.their new fame. Lorna Gordon was lucky enough to be there. He's one

:25:28. > :25:34.half of what is hoped will become a very famous pairing. This is Yang

:25:34. > :25:41.Guang walking around his new home. Tian Tian was a bit more shy,

:25:41. > :25:46.apparently taking a nap. They're settling in fantastically well,

:25:46. > :25:51.straight for the bamboo, straight into the den. The female is a bit

:25:51. > :25:55.more quiet and shy, but she has settled in very nicely. She has got

:25:55. > :26:01.her favourite sleeping areas. can see each other through a small

:26:01. > :26:04.opening, they have been calling out, and we're told, touching. But they

:26:04. > :26:12.are solitary creatures, and will only come into close contact to

:26:12. > :26:16.mate. The elusive Tian Tian will only come into season for a couple

:26:16. > :26:23.of days a year. What they really like is a sleeping and eating. That

:26:23. > :26:28.has meant bamboo, and lots of it. Yang Guang has been eating about 30

:26:28. > :26:34.kilos of the stuff every day. It costs �70,000 a year for food,

:26:35. > :26:39.�600,000 the year for the loan of the pandas. But they hope that it

:26:39. > :26:45.will pull in the punters. It is a lot smaller than I expected, but it

:26:45. > :26:48.is nice to see them. We actually skipped school today to come and

:26:48. > :26:58.see them. He's so began cuddly looking, but you know that he could

:26:58. > :27:02.repeal part. Everything is being done to keep these giant pandas

:27:02. > :27:12.happy. Visitors will be able to see them from Friday. It is hoped that

:27:12. > :27:12.

:27:12. > :27:18.if all goes well, cubs will follow next year. What is the weather

:27:18. > :27:21.forecast, Alex? Yes, we have got that vicious weather coming our way.

:27:21. > :27:26.More stormy conditions coming up later in the week, as well as

:27:26. > :27:29.later in the week, as well as tonight. It has already arrived in

:27:29. > :27:33.parts of the south coast. You can see this big massive Stanley and

:27:33. > :27:43.swamping the country. Heavy rain, accompanied by the strengthening

:27:43. > :27:44.

:27:44. > :27:50.wind. It is not very pleasant out on the roads. Following on behind

:27:50. > :27:54.that, it could be icy. There will be further snow flurries coming in.

:27:54. > :28:00.It is going to be feeling cold on Tuesday, it will be a very blustery

:28:00. > :28:04.day. After that, there will be a bit of sunshine, but lots of

:28:04. > :28:07.showers. They will be providing snow across parts of Scotland and

:28:07. > :28:14.Northern Ireland and northern England. There will be some wintry

:28:14. > :28:18.showers even across parts of England and Wales. It is going to

:28:18. > :28:28.feel cold because of the strength of the wind, which could pick up

:28:28. > :28:32.

:28:33. > :28:36.further tomorrow evening across the This will be accompanied by another

:28:36. > :28:42.band of wet weather, which could bring more snow in some places. By

:28:42. > :28:47.Wednesday, the winds start to he's a bit. Some of the showers will be

:28:47. > :28:51.wintry again. Perhaps it will be coming down a touch on Wednesday,