:00:07. > :00:12.Two thirds of hospital staff in England and Wales say they feel
:00:12. > :00:15.unable to care properly for patients with dementia. A national
:00:15. > :00:22.report calls for a radical shake-up. It finds many patients aren't given
:00:22. > :00:26.adequate pain relief and their families are ignored. It was very
:00:26. > :00:31.obvious she was in intense pain, but irrespective of how many times
:00:31. > :00:34.we tried to tell them, they insisted that because she had
:00:34. > :00:37.dimentia it must be a behaviourial problem. Also on tonight's
:00:37. > :00:46.programme - in court, the US soldier accused of leaking hundreds
:00:46. > :00:50.of thousands of military and diplomatic secrets. Nick Clegg
:00:50. > :00:59.tells the French Prime Minister that his Government's criticisms of
:00:59. > :01:02.the UK economy are simply unacceptable. After the death of a
:01:02. > :01:09.five-year-old boy, a coroner blames a hospital for gross failure to
:01:09. > :01:16.provide basic medical attention. I want Harry to make a difference.
:01:16. > :01:19.And, Scotland's been shivering for days. Now other parts of the UK get
:01:19. > :01:29.their first blast of winter. Tough ties ahead for all the British
:01:29. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:43.teams still in the hunt for European silverware. Good evening.
:01:43. > :01:46.Welcome to the BBC News at Six. A radical shake-up is needed in the
:01:46. > :01:48.way the NHS deals with patients with dementia, that's the verdict
:01:48. > :01:53.of the first national audit of dementia care in hospitals in
:01:53. > :01:56.England and Wales. A quarter of hospital beds are occupied by
:01:56. > :01:59.people with dementia, but the report found most staff feel they
:01:59. > :02:02.aren't sufficiently trained to look after them. The Government said
:02:02. > :02:04.while there is some excellent practice, far too many hospitals
:02:04. > :02:14.are failing to provide appropriate care. Here's our health
:02:14. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:17.correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys. With every passing year, the NHS is
:02:17. > :02:22.treating more patients with dimentia. People, for whom hospital
:02:22. > :02:30.can be a frightening and confusing place. Experts say a radical shake-
:02:30. > :02:34.up is needed to cope. The NHS needs to move away from care that is
:02:34. > :02:41.often impersonal. When some hospitals that patients do not
:02:41. > :02:44.receive the specialised attention they deserved. That was the
:02:44. > :02:50.experience of these three women. They can look back on many fond
:02:50. > :02:54.memories of their mum, but they are angry and bitter about some of her
:02:54. > :02:58.hospital care. Mary Goulden had a broken bone and was in pain. But
:02:58. > :03:04.staff from the ward believed her distressed behaviour was caused by
:03:04. > :03:10.her dimentia. Had the staff just taken the time to listen to us
:03:10. > :03:14.instead of assuming that they knew best, but listen, that we knew our
:03:14. > :03:19.mum best and we knew the kind of person she was and she wasn't the
:03:19. > :03:28.kind of person that made a fuss. Never. How widespread are the gaps
:03:28. > :03:31.in dimentia care being given to our elderly? 25% of beds are occupied
:03:31. > :03:39.by dimentia patients. Only 32% of staff said they had had enough
:03:39. > :03:43.training. Just 40% of hospitals had policies to keep families informed.
:03:43. > :03:48.26% of wards in this study said there were not sufficient staff at
:03:48. > :03:53.meal times to help frail patients eat. Some experts say the NHS has
:03:53. > :03:57.to adapt as soon as it can. population in the United Kingdom is
:03:57. > :04:00.living longer. We have more and more elderly people. If we are a
:04:00. > :04:05.civilised society, we have to invest in the care of the elderly.
:04:05. > :04:09.Otherwise, you are just going to get a constant stream of reports
:04:09. > :04:15.that we keep getting on poor standards of care. Now is the time
:04:15. > :04:20.to act. Simple homely touches can make a hospital ward less
:04:20. > :04:24.frightening. Patients with dimentia are easily confused and become
:04:24. > :04:27.agitated. Keeping some of their things nearby and family
:04:27. > :04:37.photographs in sight can help. Some hospitals are already making this
:04:37. > :04:37.
:04:37. > :04:42.kind of change. Wards that focus on reorientating patients and feels
:04:42. > :04:48.more homely will hopefully reduce those levels of distress and help
:04:48. > :04:52.the patients recover much more quickly. The NHS in England and
:04:52. > :04:58.Wales has been told to make dimentia a priority. For the
:04:58. > :05:02.families of patients, change can't happen fast enough. Why are some
:05:03. > :05:07.hospitals getting it so wrong? clear that some are simply
:05:07. > :05:11.struggling to catch up with the scale of the challenge they are
:05:11. > :05:17.facing. They are already three quarters -- there are already three
:05:17. > :05:22.quarters of a million people with dimentia in the UK. That will rise
:05:22. > :05:26.rapidly. Many will need hospital treatment, not necessarily for
:05:26. > :05:30.dimentia, but maybe simply having a fall. Some hospitals are putting
:05:30. > :05:33.good, clear measures in place and thinking about the layout of wards,
:05:33. > :05:38.using big, bold signs and consulting families, who often know
:05:38. > :05:41.what the person is like when they are out of the hospital environment.
:05:41. > :05:44.To others this is a clear message that they need to begin to think
:05:44. > :05:48.about how they'll cope with what is a massive challenge for Health
:05:48. > :05:51.Services. He's the American soldier accused
:05:51. > :05:54.of leaking hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic secrets to
:05:54. > :05:58.the website, Wikileaks. Today 23- year-old Bradley Manning appeared
:05:58. > :06:01.in a military court for the first time. He faces charges including
:06:01. > :06:11.aiding the enemy and if convicted could be sentenced to life in
:06:11. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:17.prison. From Maryland, Paul Adams sent this report. A traitor
:06:17. > :06:24.deserving life for a reckless act of disloyalty or vulnerable young
:06:25. > :06:28.man performing a young man, hounded by a military? He's charged with
:06:28. > :06:37.knowingly giving evidence to the enemy through indirect means. In
:06:37. > :06:41.other words, to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. As an intelligence
:06:41. > :06:44.analyst in Iraq he stumbled across this video, showing an American
:06:44. > :06:50.helicopter attack which killed civilians and journalists. It
:06:50. > :06:55.became the first of his many leaks and caused a sensation. This was
:06:55. > :07:00.the largest leak of classified information in American history.
:07:00. > :07:04.The cables from American embassies all over the world and almost
:07:04. > :07:08.500,000 military records from Iraq and Afghanistan. The scope was
:07:08. > :07:14.breath-taking. Tactics were revealed. Afghan informants were
:07:14. > :07:18.named and senior American diplomats were compromised. This, for many,
:07:18. > :07:22.was the first glimpse of Bradley Manning. He sat in the courtroom
:07:22. > :07:25.here in Fort Meade in uniform, his hands in front of him. He said only
:07:25. > :07:32.that he understood his rights and aidified the lawyers representing
:07:32. > :07:35.him. Who is the man at the heart of this extraordinary story? Born in
:07:35. > :07:40.the Christian Conservative heartland. He rejected religion as
:07:40. > :07:47.a child and questioned his sexuality. He joined the Army, but
:07:47. > :07:50.fell out with colleagues and received counselling. Outside the
:07:50. > :07:55.military base here in Maryland, some of his many supporters are
:07:55. > :08:00.holding a vigil throughout the hearing. He should be given the
:08:00. > :08:04.medal of honour and released. We should continue to try to bring
:08:04. > :08:10.about a transformation of the Government, where secrecy is not
:08:10. > :08:14.overused. To the organisation he served and many other Americans,
:08:14. > :08:19.Bradley Manning seems distinctly less heroic. He faces a probable
:08:19. > :08:27.life sentence if convicted. Bradley Manning stands accused of a serious
:08:27. > :08:32.crime under US law. He's innocent until proven guilty. He took an
:08:32. > :08:36.oath of office to protect and defend the constitution and our
:08:36. > :08:39.national security and protecting information that is pertaining to
:08:40. > :08:43.our national security is part of the fundamental obligation. So far,
:08:43. > :08:46.his defence has tried to question the impartiality of the military
:08:47. > :08:51.court and ask what damage was really done by the leaks. They'll
:08:51. > :08:57.argue that his treatment in detention was often degrading. The
:08:57. > :09:00.hearing is likely to last several days. Here, the Supreme Court has
:09:00. > :09:03.agreed to hear an appeal by the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian
:09:03. > :09:06.Assange, against his extradition to Sweden. He's wanted there to answer
:09:06. > :09:11.sex crime allegations, but argues he will not receive a fair trial.
:09:11. > :09:14.The two-day appeal will be heard in February. The Deputy Prime Minister,
:09:14. > :09:18.Nick Clegg, has told France's Prime Minister that remarks by his
:09:18. > :09:21.government criticising the UK economy are simply unacceptable. In
:09:21. > :09:24.the last few days tension has been ratcheted up between the two
:09:24. > :09:25.countries as several members of the French Government have drawn
:09:25. > :09:35.unfavourable and outspoken comparisons between their economy
:09:35. > :09:41.
:09:41. > :09:45.and that of the UK. The two have had their differences but over the
:09:45. > :09:50.last week the gap has widened, as frustrations on the French side of
:09:50. > :09:53.the Channel become increasingly clear. It started with the French
:09:53. > :09:57.President's obvious an noise with David Cameron at the recent summit
:09:57. > :10:03.in Brussels, as the UK vetoed the planned treaty change. Now, French
:10:03. > :10:07.ministers are hitting back in a new row over the economy. TRANSLATION:
:10:07. > :10:10.We don't have lessons to give, but we don't want to be given any
:10:10. > :10:15.lessons either. The economic situation in Great Britain is very
:10:15. > :10:19.worrying and we would prefer being French than British from an
:10:19. > :10:27.economic standpoint. This followed an interview by the French Central
:10:27. > :10:31.Bank governor. These comments by French policy makers come in the
:10:31. > :10:35.wake of warnings that France's credit rating could be downgraded
:10:35. > :10:40.within weeks, along with some other eurozone governments. There is
:10:40. > :10:43.reportedly some irritation at crit suxes by British ministers of the
:10:43. > :10:47.handling -- criticisms by British ministers of the handling of the
:10:47. > :10:52.crisis. How does the UK compare with France? This year, British
:10:52. > :10:56.growth is forecast to be around 0.8%. France is set to do better,
:10:56. > :11:00.almost double that. UK Government debt is 84% of annual economic
:11:00. > :11:06.output. France is about the same. While the British Government has to
:11:06. > :11:08.pay just over 2% interest to borrow over ten years, France has to pay
:11:08. > :11:13.nearly 3%, because financial markets think France is more
:11:13. > :11:19.vulnerable. France is seen, not surprisingly, as rather closer to
:11:19. > :11:23.the eye of the starm, with regard to the eurozone -- storm, with
:11:23. > :11:27.regard to the eurozone debt crisis. France has exposure to the
:11:27. > :11:34.vulnerable economies like Greece and the other peripheral economies.
:11:34. > :11:37.There was a blunt message to France from one British MP. They are stuck
:11:37. > :11:41.in the euro at an uncompetitive exchange rate and their government
:11:41. > :11:45.has to spend more interest, borrowing money than the British
:11:45. > :11:47.Government, because we are outside the euro and we have a flexible
:11:47. > :11:51.exchange rate. I think they are rather jealous of our position in
:11:51. > :11:55.some respects. There was no sign of the cross-channel row easing as
:11:55. > :12:01.Nick Clegg told the French Prime Minister in a phone conversation
:12:01. > :12:05.that remarks by French ministers were simply unacceptable. A doctor,
:12:05. > :12:08.who took maternity leave and was then hounded out of her job, has
:12:08. > :12:10.been awarded what could be record damages of �4.5 million by an
:12:10. > :12:13.employment tribunal. Dr Eva Mikalak was dismissed by Pontefract General
:12:13. > :12:22.Infirmary in west Yorkshire in 2008. The tribunal said it was positively
:12:22. > :12:32.outraged by her treatment. Ed Thomas is there for us now. What
:12:32. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:36.happened that she should be awarded such a massive payout? Dr Mikalak
:12:36. > :12:41.faced a five-year campaign of harassment. It was in 2003, when
:12:41. > :12:45.she was seven months pregnant, that senior staff members held a meeting
:12:45. > :12:49.in private, together. They put together a plan to try to get her
:12:49. > :12:52.dismissed. When she returned from leave she faced complaints. She was
:12:52. > :12:56.also accused of bullying junior doctors before eventually being
:12:56. > :13:01.dismissed. Her husband told the tribunal that this had a
:13:01. > :13:05.devastating effect on her health. She now suffers from post-post-.
:13:05. > :13:10.She leaves the iron on and the -- post-traumatic stress disorder. She
:13:11. > :13:15.leaves the iron on and the oven and her husband had to give up his job
:13:15. > :13:17.to take care of her. That's why the tribunal awarded her the
:13:17. > :13:21.compensation. Now, in the last few minutes we have had a response from
:13:21. > :13:26.the NHS trust here. They say they take the findings extremely
:13:26. > :13:32.seriously. They also carried out an independent review of what happened
:13:32. > :13:39.here and found that discrimination was not widespread, but still,
:13:39. > :13:41.they've offered Dr Mikalak a full apology. Two men, who murdered a
:13:41. > :13:44.British couple on their honeymoon, have been given three consecutive
:13:44. > :13:46.life sentences. Avie Howell and Kaniel Martin were handed three
:13:46. > :13:49.consecutive life sentences at the High Court in Antigua. Ben and
:13:50. > :13:54.Catherine Mullany, from South Wales, were killed on the island in July.
:13:54. > :13:56.They were shot in the back of the head. Three couples have failed in
:13:56. > :14:00.their attempt to challenge a law which requires people to speak
:14:00. > :14:02.English before they can settle with their spouse in Britain. The High
:14:02. > :14:08.Court dismissed their claim that the legislation breaches their
:14:08. > :14:11.right to a family life and their right to marry. A coroner has ruled
:14:11. > :14:17.that a five-year-old boy died after gross failures at Milton Keynes
:14:17. > :14:20.Hospital to provide basic medical attention. Harry Mould died from a
:14:20. > :14:23.lack of oxygen to the brain after two days of treatment at the
:14:23. > :14:25.hospital for an asthma attack. The coroner said Harry would probably
:14:25. > :14:35.have survived if doctors had monitored him properly. Jeremy
:14:35. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:44.Five years old, full of life. Harry Mould was a bright, gifted boy,
:14:44. > :14:51.along with his twin sister Jessica or at the centre of family life.
:14:51. > :14:56.But one month later, tragedy. Harry was dead. He had been admitted to
:14:56. > :14:59.Milton Keynes General Hospital on 26th March, 2009 with breathing
:14:59. > :15:03.difficulties. Harry initially responded well to treatment which
:15:03. > :15:10.was then reduced. But when his condition worsened it was not
:15:11. > :15:15.picked up by the medical team. He died on March 30th. After a two
:15:16. > :15:21.week hearing the coroner has delivered a damning verdict. He
:15:21. > :15:25.said there was a gross failure to provide basic medical attention for
:15:25. > :15:30.Harry and he concluded that if proper action had been taken, Harry
:15:30. > :15:34.would probably have survived. His mum and dad told me that that is
:15:34. > :15:39.perhaps the most difficult thing they have to deal with. We have
:15:39. > :15:43.always believed that, absolutely. That is the hardest thing to get
:15:43. > :15:48.into our heads and to explain to our daughter, Jessica. When she
:15:48. > :15:52.does ask these questions and one day she will, we have to tell her
:15:52. > :15:58.that they could have made a difference to Harry's life. Harry's
:15:58. > :16:01.parents have been at the inquest every day, as have the executives
:16:01. > :16:07.of the hospital trust who heard that the five-year-old's treatment
:16:08. > :16:12.was negligent. That has upset me hugely. I'm determined that we as a
:16:12. > :16:17.hospital will not go back anywhere near to that status again. What you
:16:17. > :16:20.said the family who have sat through these two weeks? I have
:16:20. > :16:25.apologised to the parents in court and I have apologised to them
:16:25. > :16:29.outside. Following Harry Mould's death, Milton Keynes hospital says
:16:29. > :16:38.it has made radical improvements to ensure that nothing like this can
:16:38. > :16:42.never happen again. Our top story tonight: A national
:16:42. > :16:48.report calls for a radical shake-up of dementia care in hospitals in
:16:48. > :16:53.England and Wales. Coming up: After Scotland, an icy blast hits Wales
:16:53. > :16:59.and parts of England as the wintry conditions spread.
:16:59. > :17:09.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, it is a walk in the park for Lee
:17:09. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:19.Westwood. He is 11 shots clear at It is nine months since a giant
:17:19. > :17:24.tsunami swept across north-eastern Japan killing more than 15,000
:17:24. > :17:28.people. It also caused a meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, the
:17:28. > :17:33.world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Now the government
:17:33. > :17:37.says the reactors are stable and radiation leaks significantly
:17:37. > :17:44.reduced. People evacuated from some of the less contaminated areas may
:17:44. > :17:50.at last be able to return home. They became known as the Fukushima
:17:50. > :17:55.50, the men who saved Japan. Braving explosions and knockdowns
:17:55. > :18:00.in the days after the nuclear plant was crippled by a tsunami. In
:18:00. > :18:05.recent months, thousands more have joined them inside. Now the
:18:05. > :18:12.reactors have been stabilised. TRANSLATION: Since I took office I
:18:12. > :18:16.have been saying for Japan to be reborn. Fukushima had to be saved.
:18:16. > :18:22.The nuclear power plant accident needed to be stabilised. Since 11th
:18:22. > :18:27.March, we have been working with our full force to get the reactors
:18:27. > :18:31.under control. There is still a 12 mile exclusion zone around the
:18:31. > :18:38.nuclear power station but today's Mears is encouraging. The nuclear
:18:38. > :18:43.material, the heart of the reaction process has to be kept cool. -- the
:18:43. > :18:47.news are encouraging. If the rods are not cooled, they will melt and
:18:47. > :18:52.that is what has happened partly already. Now there is a degree of
:18:52. > :18:58.stability. The reactor is said to be in cold shutdown. Cooling water
:18:58. > :19:04.remains below bowling -- boiling point. But the no-go zone is likely
:19:04. > :19:10.to remain off-limits for years. Homes lying empty. Farm animals
:19:10. > :19:16.roaming wild. A flat on the 26th floor of a Tokyo tower block is
:19:16. > :19:20.where this couple live now. The review is good but it cannot
:19:20. > :19:30.replace the garden they planned to spend their retirement tending.
:19:30. > :19:31.
:19:31. > :19:37.Where is our life? We don't know where we belong. I cannot discard
:19:37. > :19:43.away our old house and garden. They are waiting for us, I believe.
:19:43. > :19:48.Japan, the challenge now is to keep the lights on in its great cities
:19:48. > :19:52.like Tokyo. Local fears me nearly all of the country's reactors are
:19:52. > :19:57.off-line. The government must either persuade people they can be
:19:57. > :20:07.operated safely or find alternative sources of power. At Fukushima, the
:20:07. > :20:11.plan now is to dismantle the plant. But the workers who tend the
:20:11. > :20:15.reactors will be old or gone before the job is finished. It could take
:20:15. > :20:19.more than 30 years. Labour has won the Feltham and
:20:19. > :20:24.Heston by-election with an increased majority. Turnout in the
:20:24. > :20:28.west London constituency was just 29 %, the lowest for a decade. The
:20:29. > :20:33.Labour leader Ed Miliband described his party's victory as a verdict on
:20:33. > :20:37.the government's economic policies. The Conservatives were second and
:20:37. > :20:41.the Liberal Democrats third. The writer Christopher Hitchens has
:20:41. > :20:46.died aged 62. Best known for his polemic journalism and essays, Mr
:20:46. > :20:50.Hitchens who wrote principally for Vanity Fair was suffering from
:20:50. > :20:54.cancer. Among those paying tribute, the novelist Salman Rushdie said a
:20:54. > :20:56.great voice had fallen silent. Tony Blair described him as an
:20:56. > :21:00.extraordinary, compelling human being.
:21:00. > :21:04.It is a year since councils England found out how much less money they
:21:04. > :21:08.would be getting from central government. Ministers described the
:21:09. > :21:13.deal as fair but Labour said poorest areas would be hardest hit.
:21:13. > :21:16.County Durham is one of the poorest parts of the country. Our local
:21:16. > :21:20.government correspondent went to the town of Crook to assess the
:21:20. > :21:26.damage a year on. County Durham has known hard
:21:26. > :21:31.economic times before. The council's spending so -- squeeze
:21:31. > :21:36.has brought new challenges. Until recently, the town of Crook was
:21:36. > :21:41.proud of its leisure centre. I used to go four times a week. That is
:21:41. > :21:47.now closed. Residents wait for the demolition. People in the community
:21:47. > :21:52.are devastated. They cannot believe it has happened. This was the
:21:52. > :21:56.heartbeat of A crook. Everyone used to come here.
:21:56. > :22:01.Crook's Youth Theatre Group echoes the concern. Cutbacks may threaten
:22:01. > :22:06.their performances. In the long term I am worried. The landscape
:22:06. > :22:11.has changed so much that it is hard to tell what might be here in three
:22:11. > :22:14.or four years' time for the young people who are here tonight.
:22:14. > :22:18.council says it is protecting the things which people said Warren
:22:18. > :22:26.Porter like road repairs. Assurances have also been given on
:22:26. > :22:32.the future of the library. This is exactly the kind of place critics
:22:32. > :22:39.say get a raw deal. Money is down 7%. But the council has almost
:22:39. > :22:44.�2,000 to spend per household. That is more than other authorities. How
:22:44. > :22:48.does the council leader respond to the view that the cuts are a
:22:48. > :22:51.necessary. The government says councils are finding clever ways to
:22:51. > :22:56.make savings and not cutting services. Why are you not doing
:22:56. > :23:02.that? It is simply not true to say you can take it all out of the back
:23:02. > :23:05.office, no one will notice. It does not work out like that. It is not
:23:05. > :23:12.possible. It has to have an impact on services. It is having an impact
:23:12. > :23:16.on services. With less money around, some are learning to fend for
:23:16. > :23:21.themselves. The leader of Crook's jujitsu Club says he does not want
:23:21. > :23:26.or need Council grants, just the use of empty buildings. You have to
:23:26. > :23:30.support yourself. That is what these kids are doing in some ways
:23:30. > :23:35.by learning self-defence and that is what we need to do as a
:23:35. > :23:38.community. We could put some life back into the community. His ideas
:23:38. > :23:43.of self-reliance may not appeal to everyone but councils are having to
:23:43. > :23:48.think carefully about the value of every activity they support us
:23:48. > :23:51.funding becomes more of a struggle. The last two remaining British
:23:51. > :23:55.teams in this year's Champions League have been handed tricky
:23:55. > :24:01.draws and the first knockout round of competition. Arsenal were drawn
:24:01. > :24:07.against AC Milan and Chelsea face Napoli hook at 10 their place at
:24:07. > :24:12.the expense of Manchester City. Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo were able
:24:12. > :24:19.to see the giant pandas for the first time today. Visitors with
:24:19. > :24:23.pre- -- pre-booked tickets were given 30 minutes lots to see Tian
:24:23. > :24:26.Tian and Yang Guang. Parts of Scotland have been
:24:27. > :24:32.shivering in the snow for some days now. Today was the turn of other
:24:32. > :24:37.parts of the UK to feel the first icy blast of winter. Areas in
:24:37. > :24:41.England, Northern Ireland and Wales have seen heavy snow and
:24:41. > :24:47.treacherous driving conditions. Colette Hume is in the Brecon
:24:47. > :24:51.Beacons. The temperature is already way below freezing here on the
:24:51. > :24:58.mountains of the Brecon Beacons. Pen Y Fan is just across the road
:24:58. > :25:04.from me. As you can see, the snow is continuing to fall.
:25:04. > :25:08.It was the day that winter came to Wales. Heavy snow brought freezing
:25:08. > :25:17.temperatures to parts of the country. Making driving conditions
:25:17. > :25:20.difficult and dangerous. Police warned motorists not to travel in
:25:21. > :25:24.the worst affected areas unless their journeys were essential.
:25:24. > :25:29.Drive with care and make sure you have got your safety kit in your
:25:29. > :25:33.car like a top up mobile phone. Make sure your windscreen wipers
:25:33. > :25:38.are ready to go, check your tyre pressures and the depth of your
:25:38. > :25:41.tyres as well. The Brecon Beacons National Park is one of the most
:25:41. > :25:45.popular destinations in the UK for walkers and climbers but mountain
:25:45. > :25:52.rescue teams say conditions on these peaks today would challenge
:25:52. > :25:56.even the most experienced. The snow began to fall in the early hours.
:25:57. > :26:02.Parts of the A 55, the main route across North Wales was closed for a
:26:02. > :26:06.time and motorists faced long delays. Meanwhile, there was a
:26:06. > :26:11.heavy fall overnight in Scotland. Six centimetres in Glasgow caused
:26:11. > :26:16.difficulties on some roads. In England, the North was among
:26:16. > :26:20.regions affected but generally, the destruction was kept to a minimum.
:26:20. > :26:25.Back in the Brecon Beacons, those who could make the best of the
:26:25. > :26:30.wintry conditions. Forecasters in Wales say more snow might be on the
:26:30. > :26:32.way with temperatures expected to dip below freezing. The
:26:32. > :26:38.temperatures are well below freezing already I can tell you
:26:38. > :26:40.here. It is not as bad as it was last year when we all had that
:26:40. > :26:44.terrible snow but what local councils here are saying is that
:26:44. > :26:48.they are confident this year that if the heavy snow does continue,
:26:48. > :26:51.they will have a -- they will have enough grit to keep the roads
:26:51. > :27:01.running. Thank you. Get indoors and keep
:27:01. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:05.For most of us there will not be more snow. The brief cold snap will
:27:05. > :27:11.not last long and it will get milder next week. The main concern
:27:11. > :27:18.is ice. It will be cold and frosty tonight. Wintry showers will wash
:27:18. > :27:23.salt off the roads. There are one or two it rain and sleet showers in
:27:23. > :27:29.the south-east at the moment. Most of the snow is above high ground.
:27:30. > :27:35.For many of us, ice will be the concerns. In Scotland there will be
:27:36. > :27:40.some icy stretches. A band of wintry showers pushing down through
:27:40. > :27:46.Lincolnshire and toured the South East. It will cloud over with some
:27:46. > :27:50.dampness for a time. Cornwall is seeing temperatures staying above
:27:50. > :27:55.freezing on the road surfaces of ice is not a concern here but
:27:55. > :27:59.certainly across Wales, it is snowing over higher ground. Ice
:27:59. > :28:03.will be a feature as it will be across Northern Ireland with some
:28:03. > :28:06.heavy wintry showers across the north coast in particular. As we go
:28:06. > :28:13.through the day there will become so showers moving down from the
:28:13. > :28:17.north-west. Much of the snow is restricted to the higher levels. In
:28:17. > :28:22.any sunshine out of the breeze it will not feel too bad but it will
:28:22. > :28:27.be a cold day. Then we do it all again tomorrow night. Temperatures
:28:28. > :28:33.plunge down, it will be a very cold night, probably colder than tonight.
:28:33. > :28:43.A frosty, crunchy start. Plenty of sunshine on Sunday. A lovely crisp
:28:43. > :28:45.