:00:08. > :00:17.Syria's army mounts the heaviest attack yet in the 11 months
:00:17. > :00:21.uprising. Artillery fire aimed at the city of Homs, an opposition
:00:22. > :00:27.stronghold. Dozens killed in the last 24 hours. Reports that a
:00:27. > :00:32.hospital has been targeted. The BBC is in the city. The shelling is
:00:32. > :00:36.constant now. We are hearing an impact every few seconds. In reply,
:00:36. > :00:42.you can hear a little bit of Kalashnikov fire. It is a pretty
:00:42. > :00:46.futile gesture. Tonight, Britain recalls its ambassador. Also in the
:00:46. > :00:51.programme: Network Rail's boss turns down a bonus.
:00:51. > :00:55.The cash will go to improve rail safety. I think that is a sensible
:00:55. > :00:57.decision, it is a welcome decision and I think it shows they have
:00:57. > :01:03.understood the public mood on this issue.
:01:03. > :01:05.He has been dubbed a grave threat to Britain's National Security and
:01:05. > :01:10.now Abu Qatada is being released on bail.
:01:10. > :01:16.And 60 years to the day that she became Queen, Elizabeth II
:01:16. > :01:19.rededicates herself to serving the nation.
:01:19. > :01:24.In sport, England's batsmen are sent spinning to another defeat.
:01:24. > :01:34.They lost their final match by 71 runs, their first ever series
:01:34. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:50.Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.
:01:50. > :01:54.For 11 months, the Syrian government has been trying to put
:01:54. > :01:59.down a rebellion and today it has mounted its heaviest attack yet.
:01:59. > :02:03.From dawn it has been pounding the city of Homs. Unconfirmed reports
:02:03. > :02:07.suggest a hospital has been hit. The number killed in the city to
:02:07. > :02:12.date is at least 15. That is after scores of people died over the
:02:12. > :02:17.weekend. Homs has been a stronghold of the opposition. Our
:02:17. > :02:21.correspondent Paul Wood is in the city with cameraman Fred Scott.
:02:21. > :02:31.There are distressing images in this report.
:02:31. > :02:38.Daybreak in Homs. The artillery fire was just beginning. Dazed, he
:02:38. > :02:46.is steered gently to safety. In this part of the city, it is the
:02:46. > :02:51.worst they have endeared. -- endeared. God is great, he shouts,
:02:51. > :02:56.in defiance. The shelling is constant now. We are hearing an
:02:56. > :03:03.impact every few seconds. In reply, you can hear a little bit of
:03:03. > :03:13.Kalashnikov fire. It is a pretty futile gesture. Eyewitnesses say a
:03:13. > :03:16.
:03:17. > :03:21.field clinic was hit. They filmed Over several days of this, most of
:03:22. > :03:31.the casualties have been civilians. The houses do not have basements,
:03:32. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:39.there is nowhere to hide. Where is the Arab League, she shouts. This
:03:39. > :03:47.woman's son is badly winded. Give us guns, she screams, we cannot
:03:47. > :03:53.defend ourselves. Even in the midst of all this, most hide their faces.
:03:53. > :03:57.They say there is no telling what the regime will do. The only thing
:03:57. > :04:01.they had their hopes in was the UN. We wanted the Arab League to give
:04:02. > :04:08.our situation to the UN said the UN could help us. Now the UN has
:04:08. > :04:13.abandoned us. Who is going to help us now? This man died attacking her
:04:13. > :04:22.government sniper position yesterday. The regime says the
:04:22. > :04:27.violence is caused by the fighters of the Free Syrian Army. No, says
:04:27. > :04:31.the rebel commander here. Everything we do is to defend our
:04:31. > :04:38.people. The regime cannot get to us so it retaliate against civilians
:04:38. > :04:41.instead. They are certainly paying the price.
:04:41. > :04:51.The shroud does for a seven-year- old girl. They carefully write her
:04:51. > :04:54.
:04:54. > :05:04.Like all the dead here, she must be buried in darkness. Daytime is too
:05:04. > :05:11.dangerous. There is no family, no prayers and little dignity. They
:05:11. > :05:20.have to hurry, even now, they are attacked. There will be many more
:05:20. > :05:25.such desperate and lonely burials. We can go live to Paul in Homs now.
:05:25. > :05:32.Is this beginning to look more and more like a fully fledged civil
:05:32. > :05:35.war? That is certainly the fear about the way it could go. It is
:05:35. > :05:40.how it looked here this afternoon. About mid-afternoon we heard the
:05:40. > :05:45.sounds of a gun battle. It went on for about one per five hours. That
:05:45. > :05:50.was the Free Syrian Army, the rebel fighters, trying to break out and
:05:50. > :05:53.attack government checkpoints. They only have light weapons like
:05:53. > :05:57.Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades. That is no match for
:05:57. > :06:02.tanks and heavy artillery said they were driven back. On the way into
:06:02. > :06:06.Homs over the last couple of days, we saw a lot of small actions. In
:06:06. > :06:13.one attack we saw between 60 and 100 fighters attacking a government
:06:13. > :06:17.based. That is certainly, as people starting to call it here, a civil
:06:17. > :06:21.war. One caveat, we are seeing a very narrow view of Syria here. We
:06:21. > :06:24.are in perhaps the most divided city, the city with the most
:06:24. > :06:29.sectarian tensions and we are seeing a narrow fragment of a
:06:29. > :06:32.conflict. But what is happening in Homs, I think, a lot of people in
:06:32. > :06:38.Syria and outside a worried that this is the way things in the
:06:38. > :06:42.country as a whole will go. Thank you.
:06:42. > :06:45.Bosses at Network Rail have decided to go without their bonuses this
:06:45. > :06:51.year. The chief executive, said David Higgins, was in line to
:06:51. > :06:56.receive a bonus of up to �340,000. The decision follows intense
:06:56. > :07:01.political pressure which saw the head of RBS way it is bonus last
:07:01. > :07:06.week. James Landale reports. They run our railways and were on
:07:06. > :07:11.track for bumper bonuses. For the boss of Network Rail, Sir David
:07:11. > :07:16.Higgins, it might even have been as much as �340,000. But today, he and
:07:16. > :07:19.his fellow directors said they would waive their bonuses. The new
:07:19. > :07:23.Transport Secretary was under pressure to act and said she would
:07:23. > :07:27.have voted against Network Rail's bonus plans at a meeting this
:07:27. > :07:31.Friday. That meeting has now been postponed and Justine Greening said
:07:31. > :07:35.the rethinks showed the directors are understood public opinion.
:07:35. > :07:39.think it is a welcome opinion and it shows they have understood the
:07:39. > :07:43.public mood on this issue at the moment. Labour said it was their
:07:43. > :07:47.pressure which had forced ministers to act against a company which are
:07:47. > :07:51.supported in part by the taxpayer. It is a pity that Justine Greening
:07:51. > :07:55.and the government have been out of touch, had not realised that this
:07:56. > :07:59.is something which matters to the public and had taken action earlier.
:07:59. > :08:04.But I do welcome the fact that network well have done her job for
:08:04. > :08:07.her. Network Rail was criticised by the rail regulator before Christmas
:08:07. > :08:11.for late-running trains and it also admitted mistakes which led to the
:08:11. > :08:15.deaths of two girls at a level crossing. The company said any
:08:15. > :08:20.spare bonus cash would go into a fund to make level crossings safer.
:08:20. > :08:24.Last week, the boss of RBS had to give up his bonus. Today it is the
:08:24. > :08:28.rail bosses. Clearly, the political row about bonuses is beginning to
:08:28. > :08:34.have an impact but it is too soon to say if there is a new culture of
:08:34. > :08:37.restraint here. There was a mixed response from commuters in London.
:08:37. > :08:43.Alleluia. I would say it is a triumph for common sense. Everyone
:08:43. > :08:48.is feeling the crunch, so why shouldn't they? Without incentive,
:08:48. > :08:51.the country does not flourish. to shareholders who should be
:08:51. > :08:56.awarding bonuses, not the politicians. Some say the
:08:56. > :09:00.government has got to back off. What you do not expect is a message
:09:00. > :09:04.to come across from the government that it has an antique business
:09:04. > :09:07.message. Whether that is denied emphatically on not, that is the
:09:07. > :09:12.message that we are getting not only in the city of London, but
:09:12. > :09:17.right across the world of business, industry and commerce. It has to
:09:17. > :09:23.stop -- anti-business message. for now, there is light at the end
:09:23. > :09:28.of the tunnel. For many, there is a difficult journey ahead.
:09:28. > :09:32.The extremist Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada, is due to be released on
:09:32. > :09:35.bail in the next few days. Abu Qatada is described as a threat to
:09:35. > :09:39.national security. He is currently being held at a high-security
:09:39. > :09:45.prison in Worcestershire. The decision to release him under
:09:45. > :09:49.strict conditions comes after his sex full -- successful appeal
:09:50. > :09:54.against deportation to Jordan. For a decade, he has been doing
:09:54. > :09:58.battle against the British authorities as they have sought to
:09:58. > :10:03.detain and support him. Last month, Abu Qatada won the right to stay in
:10:03. > :10:13.the UK. Now, to the dismay of the Home Office, he has won the right
:10:13. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:27.And those conditions include virtual house arrest. He will be
:10:27. > :10:32.allowed out for just a couple of hours a day and will be banned from
:10:32. > :10:36.using mobile phones and the internet. In a BBC interview
:10:36. > :10:42.shortly after 9/11, Abu Qatada praised Osama Bin Laden.
:10:42. > :10:48.TRANSLATION: Bin Laden, in the image I have of him, that is the
:10:48. > :10:53.image of a Muslim man who defends the nation against its enemies, he
:10:53. > :10:56.should be supported by every Muslim. The UK is trying to return him to
:10:56. > :11:01.Jordan. Europe has said he cannot be sent back because evidence
:11:01. > :11:05.obtained by torture could be used against him. Human rights activists
:11:05. > :11:09.have welcome today's ruling. believe you should be released
:11:09. > :11:13.because he is in the United Kingdom and he has committed no offence in
:11:13. > :11:17.the UK. The European Court of Human Rights say he should not be sent to
:11:17. > :11:24.Jordan for retrial because their criminal justice system is not say.
:11:24. > :11:28.So, at a top-security prison in Worcestershire, one of their most
:11:28. > :11:32.notorious inmates is preparing for life outside. The last time he was
:11:32. > :11:36.free was in 2008. Then he was sent back to prison because he was said
:11:36. > :11:41.to be in danger of absconding. Ministers know they are running out
:11:41. > :11:43.of options as they fight to deport him.
:11:43. > :11:49.The former First Minister of Northern Ireland, Reverend Ian
:11:49. > :11:55.Paisley, has been admitted to hospital. The 85-year-old was taken
:11:55. > :11:59.ill yesterday but his condition is not yet known. Reverend Paisley was
:11:59. > :12:02.leader of the Democratic Unionist Party for almost 40 years.
:12:02. > :12:07.Large parts of Britain are still in the grip of wintry weather tonight
:12:07. > :12:12.with black eyes and freezing temperatures causing problems for
:12:12. > :12:16.many commuters. For much of the day, the A one in North Yorkshire was
:12:16. > :12:20.closed after a series of accidents but Heathrow managed to get back to
:12:20. > :12:25.normal after hundreds of cancellations yesterday. Jeremy
:12:25. > :12:29.Cooke joins us now from Reading. You can probably see that the M4 is
:12:29. > :12:33.moving pretty well tonight but I can tell you that it is already
:12:34. > :12:37.starting to feel really cold this evening. It could well be tonight
:12:37. > :12:42.that we have problems with ice, just as we had first thing this
:12:42. > :12:46.morning in many parts of England. The snow may have stopped, but the
:12:46. > :12:51.chaos remains. On the A one in North Yorkshire this morning, the
:12:51. > :12:55.new enemy was the ice. Jack-knifed lorries brought traffic to a
:12:55. > :13:01.standstill at the height of rush- hour. On the morning school run in
:13:01. > :13:06.Suffolk, two buses with pupils on board crashed in separate accidents.
:13:06. > :13:10.The children were not injured. The AA has reported thousands of calls
:13:10. > :13:14.from drivers broken down or stuck in the snow. The biggest problem
:13:14. > :13:17.has been flat batteries because the cold weather weakens your battery.
:13:17. > :13:20.If your batteries getting towards the end of its life, it may not
:13:20. > :13:26.last out and it will take more effort on the part of the battery
:13:26. > :13:31.to put out the power of the car needs. For those looking to escape
:13:31. > :13:35.to the Sun, better news today. Despite freezing fog, boats -- most
:13:35. > :13:41.flights were back on schedule. Still, the knock-on of 40 %
:13:42. > :13:46.cancellations yesterday has brought more misery and frustration today.
:13:46. > :13:50.This man is finally back in the UK after his flight from Los Angeles
:13:50. > :13:54.to Heathrow was diverted to Barcelona. The captain came on and
:13:54. > :13:59.said that as the usual chaos had occurred at Heathrow due to three
:13:59. > :14:03.inches of snow, we were diverting. He said, we will divert to
:14:03. > :14:08.Barcelona because it is a nice place to be. On the trains, that
:14:08. > :14:13.have been some delays and cancellations. Greater Anglian
:14:13. > :14:20.services into London among those impacted by frozen points. What
:14:20. > :14:23.next for iced up Britain? Stand by for more freezing weather. I do not
:14:23. > :14:28.think there will be much snow heading our way but it will remain
:14:28. > :14:32.cold overnight and there will be further warnings of icy conditions.
:14:32. > :14:36.The wintry weekend has certainly been one to remember for an Essex
:14:36. > :14:40.family. Baby Megan's mum went into labour at the height of the snow
:14:40. > :14:45.which meant the ambulance crew could not get three. A while I was
:14:45. > :14:51.on the phone to the ambulance, Sarah started giving birth. I ended
:14:51. > :14:56.up putting the phone down and she gave birth to Megan. Tonight, tank
:14:56. > :14:59.just are dropping once again in many parts of the country. --
:14:59. > :15:02.temperatures are dropping once again.
:15:02. > :15:07.There are two separate Met Office weather warnings in place tonight.
:15:07. > :15:11.One is for the whole of eastern England from Northumberland down to
:15:11. > :15:21.Kent and Sussex, that is for widespread ice. Also there is a
:15:21. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:31.Our top story tonight - the Syrian army launches its fiercest attack
:15:31. > :15:37.yet on the city of Homs, which has been the centre of resistance
:15:37. > :15:44.against the regime. Coming up - a disappointing whitewash for England
:15:44. > :15:49.as they suffer a 3-0 defeat against Pakistan in the cricket. Later -
:15:49. > :15:53.all the business news, including the latest developments in the
:15:53. > :16:03.Greek bail-out talks and why car dealers sold only 200 more cars in
:16:03. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:09.January than a year ago. The inquiry into tress standards has
:16:09. > :16:12.heard from the longest-serving editor of a national paper, Paul
:16:12. > :16:18.Dacre of the Daily Mail. He defended the paper's use of a
:16:18. > :16:21.private investigator, saying most papers did the same. Earlier,
:16:21. > :16:25.Scotland Yard's Deputy Assistant Commissioner told the inquiry that
:16:25. > :16:30.her team had identified over 800 people whose phones had been hacked.
:16:30. > :16:38.Paul Dacre rarely appears in public. Preferring the Daily Mail newsroom,
:16:38. > :16:42.where he's said to run Britain's second-biggest selling daily with
:16:42. > :16:46.drive. Today he was accused of believing attack is the best form
:16:47. > :16:49.of defence. It certainly seemed so. The Mail had paid damages to
:16:49. > :16:59.Christopher Jeffries, wrongly accused of murderingio Yates, but
:16:59. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:03.it wasn't as mad as other papers, he said, or as TV. What about a
:17:03. > :17:09.JanMoir's article. Thousands complained it was homophobic about
:17:09. > :17:16.Stephen Gately's death. This is an example about how twittering can
:17:16. > :17:19.create a fire storm. A well-known celebrity said it was unpleasant,
:17:19. > :17:25.who hadn't read the article and it was tweeted to people and we had a
:17:25. > :17:30.viral storm. Last week the mother of Abigail Witchalls, left
:17:30. > :17:34.paralysed by a knife attack, complained to the inquiry, but said
:17:34. > :17:38.Paul Dacre, it was a superb feature, compassionate and extraordinary.
:17:38. > :17:44.Then there was Hugh Grant, who came to the inquiry to accuse the Mail
:17:44. > :17:48.papers of phone hacking. That, said the Mail, at the time, was a
:17:48. > :17:53.mendacious smear. Today, he stood by the phrase, there his been no
:17:53. > :17:58.phone hacking at the Mail and he went further. Mr Grant has spent
:17:58. > :18:03.his whole life invading his own privacy. What wasn't the question.
:18:03. > :18:08.Please let me finish, particularly his -- he's spoken frequently about
:18:08. > :18:12.his desire to have a child and when he was making a film about a child.
:18:12. > :18:17.He also had a potentially explosive suggestion for locking newspapers
:18:17. > :18:21.in to a future system of voluntary self-regulation. Get the newspaper
:18:21. > :18:25.industry to issue reporters with a press card like this, without it
:18:25. > :18:29.they won't be allowed to report the courts, police press conferences
:18:29. > :18:32.and other official events. It would, he said, like a kite mark for
:18:32. > :18:36.responsible journalism, but some are already saying it's a bit too
:18:36. > :18:44.close to licencing journalists, something unacceptable in a free
:18:44. > :18:49.society. It's a day of celebration, but also
:18:49. > :18:53.one of commemoration. 60 years ago prince success Elizabeth discovered
:18:53. > :18:57.she had become queen after the death of her father, George VI.
:18:57. > :19:01.Today, in a statement to mark the anniversary, she renewed her vow to
:19:01. > :19:05.serve and said she was deeply moved by the support she has received.
:19:05. > :19:12.The main events marking the Diamond Jubilee will take place in the
:19:13. > :19:20.summer, but today it was a quiet visit to kings line in Norfolk. --
:19:20. > :19:23.kings line in Norfolk. -- kings Lynn in Norfolk. The Queen has said
:19:23. > :19:27.she has been deeply moved by the messages of support she has
:19:27. > :19:35.received, as she marks the 60th anniversary of her coming to the
:19:35. > :19:41.thereon. -- to the throne. At the Town Hall the Mayor delivered a
:19:41. > :19:44.loyal address and spoke for many. For 60 years Your Majesty has given
:19:44. > :19:49.dedicated and exemplary service to the people of this country and the
:19:49. > :19:51.Commonwealth. 60 years ago this morning, the nation had been
:19:51. > :19:59.stunned when the BBC interrupted its programmes to announce the
:19:59. > :20:05.death of the Queen's father, King George VI. This is London. It was
:20:05. > :20:11.announced from Sandringham at 10.45 am today, that the king, who
:20:11. > :20:15.retired to rest last night in his usual health passed peacefully away
:20:15. > :20:20.in his sleep earlier this morning. It's hard now fully to appreciate
:20:20. > :20:27.the impact the death of Britain's war-time King had on the country.
:20:27. > :20:31.Alistair conald Campbell was at ten at school -- Donald Campbell was
:20:31. > :20:33.ten at school. A teacher was taking a class. Half way through the class,
:20:33. > :20:39.one of the staff came in and whispered something into the
:20:39. > :20:44.teacher's ear. Suddenly we were conscious that this grown man
:20:44. > :20:51.sitting in front of us was crying. For a child of our generation and
:20:52. > :20:59.in the 1950s, you didn't often see grown men especially in public
:20:59. > :21:05.expressing emotion of that kind. He recovered himself, he slowly walked
:21:05. > :21:11.to the chalkboard and wrote the words in French, "The king is
:21:11. > :21:15.dead." That was how I learnt the news of King George's VI's death.
:21:15. > :21:20.The new queen was in Kenya at the time of her father's death. She was
:21:20. > :21:24.just 25 years old. She returned to London to be greeted by Prime
:21:24. > :21:28.Minister Winston Churchill and his Cabinet. At her accession council
:21:28. > :21:30.she pledged to continue the work of her beloved father and to serve
:21:30. > :21:34.Britain and the other countries of which she is monarch. This morning,
:21:34. > :21:37.on her last few days in Norfolk, before returning to Buckingham
:21:38. > :21:42.Palace, she was receiving the first of the thousands of greetings which
:21:42. > :21:52.will convey the country's thanches for 60 years of service. -- thanks
:21:52. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :21:59.for 60 years of service. Cricket - and England have slumped to a 71-
:21:59. > :22:01.run defeat in the third Test in Dubai. It means a first ever series
:22:01. > :22:05.whitewash to Pakistan. It also marks a complete turnaround since
:22:05. > :22:07.the sides last met in England when the series was overshadowed by the
:22:07. > :22:13.spot-fixing scandal. England now risk losing their status as the
:22:13. > :22:17.world's number one team, as Joe Wilson reports from Dubai. History
:22:17. > :22:23.will record that England's cricketers were tourists in Dubai.
:22:23. > :22:29.Neither tide nor time will erase the shame. They were left chasing
:22:29. > :22:32.324 to win. Losing Trot was a big blow. Pietersen's misreading seemed
:22:32. > :22:36.inevitable. He did nothing to advance his reputation in these
:22:36. > :22:42.matches. He wasn't alone. When Ian Bell bashed this ball straight into
:22:42. > :22:45.the hands of the fielder, he had scored 51 runs in the whole series.
:22:45. > :22:50.A flourish from Matt Prior took us into the late afternoon. A glimpse
:22:50. > :22:55.of what might have been. Reality was another RBW. Panesar last out.
:22:55. > :22:59.The match and series emphatically to Pakistan. Recognition. Once
:22:59. > :23:06.outcasts of world cricket, they had outplayed the world's top-ranked
:23:06. > :23:10.team. We would like to win the World Cup. It feels like it. We
:23:10. > :23:14.have everyone in Pakistan talking about what is happening with us in
:23:14. > :23:17.England, so all the media and television, they all need this win.
:23:17. > :23:24.We haven't been good enough or quick enough in adapting our games
:23:24. > :23:28.here. That is for sure. Obviously I haven't been involved in a series
:23:29. > :23:33.with so many of the batsmen have had a hard time as this one.
:23:33. > :23:37.England losing this series 3-0 is an embarrassment. They didn't see
:23:37. > :23:42.it coming, but they insist they won't panic. The question is - do
:23:42. > :23:44.they have the right technique or team? He was one of the most
:23:44. > :23:48.influential artists of his generation- his paintings known for
:23:48. > :23:51.their warts-and-all realism, especially of the human figure. Now,
:23:51. > :23:53.six months after his death, Lucian Freud's distinctive work is being
:23:53. > :24:03.showcased at a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery later
:24:03. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:11.this week. Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, has been to take a look.
:24:11. > :24:16.This is very, very rare footage. Lucian Freud did not usually let
:24:16. > :24:21.people film him at work. It was taken in his studio last year, on
:24:21. > :24:26.the last day he ever painted. It was his final portrait. He died,
:24:26. > :24:30.leaving it unfinished. The sitter is the same man who was allowed to
:24:30. > :24:35.film the artist at work. It is David Dawson, his long-time
:24:35. > :24:41.assistant. He would look very, very intently, closely at a certain part
:24:41. > :24:47.of your body, mix the colour on a pallet and put one mark down and
:24:47. > :24:50.look again and clean that bit off on his apron, mix some more, just a
:24:50. > :25:00.slight gradient difference, put that mark down. Decision-making all
:25:00. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:06.the time. Lucian Freud had the eyes of a hawk, with which he used to
:25:06. > :25:12.intensely scrutinise his subjects. He wanted to create paintings that
:25:12. > :25:16.revealed the inner personality of his sitter and the artist. He liked
:25:16. > :25:20.to paint family members and they liked to sit for him. Here is his
:25:20. > :25:26.daughter, Bella. He portrayed her many times and she got to observe
:25:26. > :25:31.how he worked. I would go in and he would just working on something new
:25:31. > :25:36.and he would sketch out the image and if it was a portrait there
:25:36. > :25:42.would be this piece around here, the brush strokes, like their mind
:25:42. > :25:46.was coming to life or something. was a meticulous painter and spend
:25:46. > :25:56.weeks, months, even years, on a single portrait. He rushed for no-
:25:56. > :25:56.
:25:57. > :26:02.one. I watched it slowly being made, what he did. I could talk, sit
:26:02. > :26:09.there talking until he began to paint the mouth, which was
:26:09. > :26:15.enjoyable. I could smoke as well. Yeah, it was a fascinating
:26:15. > :26:20.experience. I think it's a very good portrait. They have a haunting
:26:20. > :26:26.and timeless quality. You can feel the weight of the sitter and the
:26:26. > :26:28.intense gaze of the artist. It's time for an update on the weather
:26:28. > :26:32.time for an update on the weather with Matt Taylor. A little snow in
:26:32. > :26:37.the forecast shortly, but for some it is the familiar travel foes
:26:37. > :26:42.tonight of patchy, dense fog and also icy conditions. Icy where you
:26:42. > :26:48.have seen the showers today. Parts of snow in the south-west, but the
:26:48. > :26:53.showers will produce the snow later on, across inland areas of Suffolk
:26:53. > :26:56.and potentially Essex and Cambridge. Even a light dusting around London
:26:56. > :26:59.and to the south-east later on. Nothing too much to cause problems
:26:59. > :27:03.as far as snowfall, but it will turn icy later as temperatures for
:27:03. > :27:07.many drop well below freezing. Exception to the frosty, icy start
:27:07. > :27:11.to Tuesday morning will be Northern Ireland and western Scotland. A
:27:11. > :27:16.little more cloudy, keeping temperatures up. There may be a
:27:16. > :27:21.little bit of patchy frost and ice to watch out for. Northern Ireland
:27:21. > :27:24.-- sorry, Scotland, many will wake up to sunny, but for many there may
:27:24. > :27:30.be dense fog. Temperatures in the north of England as low as minus
:27:30. > :27:36.five to ten in one or two spots and again, some fog around the north-
:27:36. > :27:41.west and Merseyside. Wales, fairly cloudy. Nothing significant, but as
:27:41. > :27:44.that cloud works westwards, we lose the early morning sun that we have
:27:44. > :27:46.across West Wales and parts of northern England. Some of the fog
:27:46. > :27:50.in Scotland will linger and later in the day we see clearer
:27:50. > :27:54.conditions push into the south-east and East Anglia. Sunshine here, but
:27:54. > :27:57.it turns colder, so a frosty night to come across much of England and
:27:57. > :28:00.Wales and eastern Scotland. There will be areas of cloud around, but
:28:01. > :28:04.a generally dry and bright day. Different story for Northern
:28:04. > :28:07.Ireland and western Scotland. Windy and wet with snow on the hills.
:28:07. > :28:11.Temperatures will hold up on Wednesday night as the cloud pushes
:28:11. > :28:15.east. But for England and Wales it is going to be a very cold night
:28:15. > :28:21.Wednesday. A real widespread and severe frost with temperatures as