:00:06. > :00:12.More powers for Scotland. David Cameron makes a new offer in the
:00:12. > :00:14.devolution debate. A first meeting with Alex Salmond
:00:14. > :00:21.over rules for the independence referendum. Mr Cameron says talks
:00:21. > :00:26.on more devolution would come after a no-vote. We have to settle that
:00:26. > :00:31.question before going and asking, legitimately, it is there more we
:00:31. > :00:37.can do to improve the divorce settlement? How can we make the
:00:37. > :00:41.United Kingdom or better? -- the devolution settlement. IMC in
:00:41. > :00:44.Keighley, let's hear what the other option is, give us the details.
:00:44. > :00:47.But the two men can't even agree on how the referendum should be held.
:00:47. > :00:50.Also tonight: Former energy secretary Chris Huhne appears in
:00:50. > :00:57.court claims that he asked his ex- wife to take speeding penalty
:00:57. > :00:59.points for him. In court: The woman accused of
:00:59. > :01:02.murdering the teenage girl in a Doncaster park, as Casey Kearney's
:01:02. > :01:07.parents pay tribute to their beautiful, intelligent child.
:01:07. > :01:12.Prison works. Plans to create up to 20,000 jobs for English and Welsh
:01:12. > :01:22.prisoners. And it's a big day for him. And a
:01:22. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:28.well done from her. Ronnie Corbett In our business, to work or your
:01:28. > :01:30.life and still be working and then to have this honour at this age
:01:30. > :01:38.from her Majesty in Buckingham Palace, it doesn't come much
:01:38. > :01:42.better! Coming up: Rangers administrators
:01:42. > :01:52.revealed they have received several expressions of interest in the club.
:01:52. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:07.They have also been discussing the Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:02:07. > :02:10.News at 6pm. David Cameron has for the first time said he would
:02:10. > :02:14.consider devolving more power to Scotland so long as there is a no-
:02:14. > :02:18.vote in a future independence referendum. He made the comments
:02:18. > :02:21.before talks with Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond. The meeting
:02:21. > :02:25.broke up without any agreement on how the referendum should be
:02:25. > :02:32.conducted. Mr Salmond said it was wrong of the Prime Minister to make
:02:32. > :02:37.a new offer about devolution without spelling out the detail.
:02:37. > :02:42.Scotland is heading for a critical junction in its history. A
:02:42. > :02:45.referendum that will for the first time allow voters to decide if
:02:45. > :02:52.Scotland should become an independent country or continue
:02:52. > :02:57.with its 305-year-old political union with England. The union is to
:02:57. > :03:02.David Cameron's taste and he fortified himself for his fight to
:03:03. > :03:08.keep Scotland in it with a visit to a Polish factory in Fife. In an
:03:08. > :03:12.interview with the BBC, he mentioned the possibility of
:03:12. > :03:17.devolving more power to the Scottish Parliament only if the
:03:17. > :03:22.Scottish public reject independence first. The we have to settle that
:03:22. > :03:27.question before asking legitimately, is there more that we can do to
:03:27. > :03:33.improve the settlement? How can we make the UK work better? The Prime
:03:33. > :03:38.Minister and his party's Scottish leader know that opinion polls
:03:38. > :03:42.consistently suggest that devolution is more popular than
:03:42. > :03:48.independence or leaving things as they are, but this does passions on
:03:48. > :03:54.all sides. It should be independent, Scotland is a way of the country
:03:54. > :03:59.and anybody who thinks otherwise is wrong! -- wealthy country. I don't
:03:59. > :04:02.see any need for independence. protesters tried to upstage the
:04:02. > :04:07.Prime Minister in Edinburgh, he tried to add a little passion of
:04:07. > :04:12.his own to the debate in his first major speech of what could be a
:04:12. > :04:18.two-and-a-half year campaign. believe in the United Kingdom. I am
:04:18. > :04:23.a Unionist, head, heart and soul. Then the Prime Minister went to see
:04:23. > :04:27.the man who wants to take over his responsibilities in Scotland. The
:04:27. > :04:31.first minister Alex Salmond. David Cameron sees him as a formidable
:04:31. > :04:36.opponent, who won a political mandate to hold a referendum when
:04:36. > :04:41.he secured a majority of the seats in Scottish Parliament last May.
:04:42. > :04:46.are being told that on the table is another proposition. I am saying,
:04:46. > :04:51.give us the detail. You can't seriously expect the people of
:04:51. > :04:54.Scotland to go into this great debate, the biggest debate for 300
:04:54. > :04:59.years about the future of the country, and have people say, we
:04:59. > :05:03.are thinking about giving you something else but we will not tell
:05:03. > :05:08.you what. It is hard for David Cameron to campaign in Scotland. It
:05:08. > :05:13.is not that he is unpopular with anti-cuts protesters, who prevented
:05:13. > :05:18.him entering by the front door, but that his party is unpopular with
:05:18. > :05:24.the voters. The Conservatives have only one of the 59 MPs elected in
:05:24. > :05:31.Scotland. But there will be many voices seeking to influence the
:05:31. > :05:35.direction Scotland accuses. -- Scotland chooses. Let's go live
:05:35. > :05:39.to Edinburgh. How significant was the Prime Minister's intervention
:05:39. > :05:43.today? I think today was a very
:05:43. > :05:47.significant day in the debate. Not only because the Prime Minister set
:05:47. > :05:52.out in detail his court case for keeping the union, mainly he
:05:52. > :05:57.believes we are stronger, safer, more wealthy together, but he also
:05:57. > :06:02.came with a new offer for the Scottish people, that he is
:06:02. > :06:06.prepared to consider ceding more power to Scotland if they vote no
:06:06. > :06:12.in the independence referendum. That is a pitch designed to appeal
:06:12. > :06:16.to soft nationalists, those who are wavering with the voting for
:06:16. > :06:21.independence, but it is also designed to reinforce his argument
:06:21. > :06:25.that there should only be one question on the ballot paper. Yes
:06:25. > :06:29.or No to independence. And there is no need for a devo max question
:06:29. > :06:34.because the government is already prepared to consider that.
:06:34. > :06:39.Interestingly, Alex Salmond did not reject the proposal out of hand. He
:06:39. > :06:42.simply said he wanted David Cameron to put his plans on the table.
:06:42. > :06:46.Although there are still significant sticking points, like
:06:46. > :06:49.timing, my sense is that we are moving towards a deal on the
:06:49. > :06:51.referendum. Thank you.
:06:51. > :06:54.The former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne and his ex-wife have made
:06:54. > :06:59.their first appearance in court accused of perverting the course of
:06:59. > :07:02.justice. The Liberal Democrat MP is alleged to have asked Vicky Pryce
:07:02. > :07:08.to take his penalty points for a speeding offence almost a decade
:07:08. > :07:13.ago. This report contains flash photography.
:07:13. > :07:18.It was going to be a procedural hearing lasting minutes. The sort
:07:18. > :07:22.of thing that normally passes unreported. That the accused is a
:07:22. > :07:28.former Cabinet minister and so Chris Huhne was met by a media
:07:28. > :07:36.melee. He's co-accused and former wife, Vicky Pryce, was also making
:07:36. > :07:43.her first appearance at court. The case results from a speeding ticket
:07:43. > :07:48.issued in March 2003 to the driver of Chris Huhne's car. At that time,
:07:48. > :07:52.Vicky Pryce received the penalty points but in the 2010, there were
:07:52. > :07:57.allegations that Chris Huhne had been driving. Both are now facing
:07:57. > :08:00.charges of perverting the course of justice. It is claimed that during
:08:00. > :08:06.the investigation, each of them falsely informed the authorities
:08:06. > :08:09.that she was behind the wheel. They were told to sit in the dock. They
:08:09. > :08:14.sat apart to hear the judge tell them the case would be passed to
:08:14. > :08:18.Southwark Crown Court for a full jury trial. This can result in a
:08:18. > :08:24.life sentence but if they are found guilty, prison terms measure
:08:24. > :08:30.demands are more likely. -- measured in months. Both Chris
:08:30. > :08:33.Huhne and Vicky Pryce were able to leave court on unconditional bail.
:08:33. > :08:38.Neither has formally pleaded not guilty but they say they will
:08:38. > :08:43.protest their innocence. The trial of a former Cabinet minister and
:08:43. > :08:50.his former wife is going to attract enormous media interest. The pair
:08:50. > :08:53.are next back in court on 2nd March. The parents of the 13-year-old
:08:53. > :08:57.stabbed to death in a Doncaster park have paid tribute to her
:08:57. > :09:00.saying Casey Kearney was beautiful, intelligent and bright. Today a 26-
:09:00. > :09:06.year-old woman, Hannah Bonser, was charged with murder and remanded in
:09:06. > :09:14.custody. Our correspondent is outside the park where a vigil is
:09:14. > :09:18.taking place. Yes, George, we are not far away
:09:18. > :09:22.from the place where Casey was stabbed and this vigil has been
:09:22. > :09:26.organised by friends of her family. As you can see, hundreds have
:09:26. > :09:33.turned up but many of the people did not know the 13-year-old. But
:09:33. > :09:37.all these people wanted to show their support to her family. Casey
:09:37. > :09:41.Kearney's family released this picture today. They said she was
:09:41. > :09:46.the most beautiful, intelligent and bright young girl, with her whole
:09:46. > :09:51.life ahead of her, and for the first time, Casey's family arrived
:09:51. > :09:56.at court to see the woman accused of killing the schoolgirl. 26-year-
:09:56. > :10:01.old Hannah Bonser. She appeared at Doncaster magistrates facing one
:10:01. > :10:05.charge of murder and two charges of possession of a knife. Hannah
:10:05. > :10:09.Bonser was led into court wearing a blue T-shirt. She was asked to
:10:09. > :10:14.confirm her name and she nodded towards the magistrates. She was
:10:14. > :10:18.asked to confirm her date of birth and she nodded. The only time she
:10:18. > :10:23.spoke was when she was asked to tell the court her address. She was
:10:23. > :10:27.remanded in custody and there was no application for bail. For a
:10:27. > :10:31.third day at Elmfield Park, friends and family left flowers and
:10:31. > :10:41.messages need to the place where Casey was stabbed. They are in
:10:41. > :10:48.shock. This is Casey's Auntie. Casey was lovely. Polite, just...
:10:48. > :10:56.Just that. She was a nice teenagers. Consider the effects Casey's death
:10:56. > :11:01.has had on children in Doncaster. It is really sad. I am not even
:11:01. > :11:09.allowed to play out with my friends any more because of what happened
:11:09. > :11:14.to Casey. I'm really scared to go out anyway. Tonight police have
:11:14. > :11:20.continued their search for evidence while Casey's family have now asked
:11:20. > :11:28.for time alone with their friends. All these people, friends and
:11:28. > :11:32.family members, are making their way through to the park for the
:11:32. > :11:34.first time. Hannah Bonser has been remanded into custody and she will
:11:34. > :11:37.appear before Sheffield Crown Court next week.
:11:37. > :11:39.Thank you. Parts of Britain could face the
:11:39. > :11:43.worst drought for over 35 years with some households facing water
:11:43. > :11:45.restrictions by April. The Environment Secretary, Caroline
:11:45. > :11:53.Spelman, has called a crisis meeting next week after two
:11:53. > :11:56.consecutive dry winters have left water levels dangerously low.
:11:56. > :11:58.The head of the senior civil servants union, Jonathan Baume, has
:11:58. > :12:04.called on the government to end arrangements under which senior
:12:04. > :12:07.officials can avoid paying some of their income tax. It follow reports
:12:07. > :12:12.that the Department of Health was paying the salaries of 25 senior
:12:12. > :12:15.staff direct to limited companies. There have been high level
:12:15. > :12:19.negotiations between Jordan and Britain over the fate of the Muslim
:12:19. > :12:24.extremist Abu Qatada this week. A British minister has now left the
:12:24. > :12:28.Jordanian capital, Amman. The European Court has blocked Qatada's
:12:28. > :12:30.deportation to Jordan to face terror charges. But today Prince
:12:30. > :12:36.Hassan of Jordan questioned the European Court's right to lecture
:12:36. > :12:40.his country about its legal standards. June Kelly reports.
:12:40. > :12:45.Abu Qatada arriving back at his London home after being released
:12:45. > :12:49.from prison. Since he went inside late on Monday night, he has not
:12:49. > :12:55.emerged, although under his bail conditions, he is allowed out for
:12:55. > :13:01.two hours every day. Thousands of miles away in a man, with the
:13:01. > :13:04.diplomatic moves have been continuing, one of the most senior
:13:04. > :13:07.members of the Royal Family was asked whether he would give the
:13:07. > :13:14.assurance that evidence obtained by it torture would not be used
:13:14. > :13:18.against Abu Qatada if he returned there -- in Jordan Foster of he has
:13:18. > :13:23.never taken the lives of a political opponent of the regime.
:13:23. > :13:28.If this man has committed crimes, which is presumably why he was
:13:28. > :13:33.being held in England, I don't know what kind of court one has to offer
:13:33. > :13:38.to the Europeans. Does he want the juvenile court? So no absolute
:13:38. > :13:43.assurance. But even if there are absolute assurances, it will still
:13:43. > :13:46.be a protracted process to get Abu Qatada up on an aeroplane. Even if
:13:46. > :13:52.they reach an agreement, Jordan will have to change its laws and
:13:52. > :13:58.any decision to deport Abu Qatada, he will no doubt challenge that
:13:58. > :14:03.here. In north-west London, the media are waiting for a short of
:14:04. > :14:08.the cleric called a danger to national security. We in the media
:14:08. > :14:12.are banned from revealing any details about the area he lives.
:14:12. > :14:17.His family only moved here recently and his lawyers are keen to protect
:14:17. > :14:21.the privacy of his wife and children, who are still at school.
:14:21. > :14:26.His battle with the authorities have gone on for more than a decade
:14:26. > :14:30.and it appears that the Abu Qatada saga still has some way to run.
:14:30. > :14:32.Our top story tonight: A first meeting with Alex Salmond over
:14:32. > :14:42.rules for the independence referendum. David Cameron says
:14:42. > :14:48.
:14:49. > :14:53.talks on more devolution would come Coming up: What's the name of the
:14:53. > :14:56.directory that lists the names of the peerage? A study of old
:14:56. > :15:03.fossils? Ronnie Corbett is awarded a CBE for services to entertainment
:15:03. > :15:10.and charity. Record profits for car manufacturer GM in the United
:15:10. > :15:16.States but � 9 billion lost in Europe over the last decade. And
:15:16. > :15:19.high street banks are told to change or be changed.
:15:19. > :15:24.In the week that UK unemployment rose again, it's emerged that up to
:15:24. > :15:27.20,000 jobs are to be created inside prisons in England and Wales.
:15:27. > :15:30.Prisoners would be paid below the minimum wage and some of their
:15:30. > :15:36.earnings would go to help victims of crime. But critics say any new
:15:36. > :15:39.jobs should go to hard-working people, not convicts. Our home
:15:39. > :15:46.editor, Mark Easton, has been given exclusive details of how the new
:15:46. > :15:50.system will work. For most prisoners life behind bars one of
:15:50. > :15:54.enforced idleness, with just 24,000 workplaces in a prison estate
:15:54. > :15:59.holding more than 85,000 people in England and Wales, the problem is
:15:59. > :16:02.less to do with laziness and more to do with lack of opportunity.
:16:02. > :16:06.The coalition Government however believes in the redemptive and
:16:06. > :16:11.healing power of work. It has pledged to instil a regime of
:16:11. > :16:16.honest labour behind bars, creating 20,000 full-time jobs inside
:16:16. > :16:20.prisons by 2020. The industry of this inmate in a factory at
:16:20. > :16:26.Coldingley jail in Surrey is held up as a model of what Ministers
:16:26. > :16:29.want to do everywhere. This is a chance for all of us to be in this
:16:29. > :16:33.together, if we can have the chance to work in prison and get
:16:33. > :16:39.experience, perhaps we won't reoffend when we get out. Work is
:16:40. > :16:45.clearly better than idleness for prisoners, but creating employment
:16:45. > :16:49.for offenders when there is rising unemployment among law abiding
:16:49. > :16:53.people pose as challenge for this Government. Ken Clarke has no
:16:53. > :16:59.Government money to invest in jobs behind bars, so he is wooing
:17:00. > :17:03.business to create and fund work inside prisons. You can run a
:17:03. > :17:07.perfectly satisfactory commercial- type enterprise inside prison and
:17:07. > :17:12.you can get a return out of it. carrot for them is access to a
:17:12. > :17:16.captive and cheap labour force. Prisoners won't get the minimum
:17:16. > :17:20.wage. There will be a contribution to crime victims, but bosses won't
:17:21. > :17:26.have to worry about expensive employment rights. It is real work
:17:26. > :17:30.that people are doing. It must not be an unfair competitor. It is
:17:30. > :17:36.bound to be unfair because they are not paying the minimum wage - if
:17:36. > :17:39.you think that, it does employ more to employ somebody in a prison.
:17:39. > :17:46.This internet-based marketing firm turns over �30 million of business
:17:46. > :17:50.a year but the staff are all prisoners, earning less �30 a week
:17:50. > :17:55.and the office is inside the Wolds jail in Hull. If you wanted to make
:17:55. > :17:58.a quick turn in a buck you wouldn't do a it in a prison. There's much
:17:58. > :18:04.easier ways to make profit than undercutting a labour market.
:18:04. > :18:12.Secondly, what we are looking for, and any businessman will tell you
:18:12. > :18:16.they want well-moat vaited -- well- motivated people, and this what we
:18:16. > :18:19.are able to produce. A few miles away Alex is looking for a job, a
:18:19. > :18:26.graduate who was made redundant just before Christmas, what does he
:18:26. > :18:31.think of giving work to convicts? When we are pulling jobs from the
:18:31. > :18:36.public sector to people who haven't committed crimes and they are
:18:36. > :18:41.putting jobs into prisons, that's 20,000 less jobs that people like
:18:41. > :18:47.myself can apply for. There is broad agreement that making jails a
:18:47. > :18:52.place of graft and toil is a good idea, but at a time of budget cuts
:18:52. > :18:56.and soaring unemployment achieving that aim without causing resentment
:18:56. > :18:59.will be difficult. A man found guilty of murdering an
:18:59. > :19:01.elderly couple in Wolverhampton will serve at least 34 years in
:19:01. > :19:04.jail. Lieneusz Bartnowski brutally attacked Giuseppe and Caterina
:19:04. > :19:14.Massaro in their home last year. After killing them, he stole two
:19:14. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:20.televisions and their car. Ben Ando reports. They were frail and
:19:20. > :19:25.elderly and in the words of the judge they were in the sanctuary of
:19:25. > :19:29.their own home. It was a case, he said, that had moved him almost to
:19:29. > :19:34.tears, as the fear and pain that Giuseppe and Caterina Massaro had
:19:34. > :19:37.suffered in their dying moments was, he said, almost unimaginable.
:19:37. > :19:40.Giuseppe and Caterina Massaro came from Italy more than half a century
:19:40. > :19:43.ago to find a better life in Britain. They made their home in a
:19:44. > :19:48.terraced house in Wolverhampton. In April last year, they went shopping,
:19:48. > :19:58.stocking up on provisions ready for a family Easter. But hours later
:19:58. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:03.both were dead, murdered in their home by Polish drifter Lieneusz
:20:03. > :20:09.Bartnowski, a man the judge called evil beyond belief. Their bodies
:20:09. > :20:15.were found by their granddaughter. I touched them and they were cold.
:20:15. > :20:19.That is something that a granddaughter should never have to
:20:19. > :20:24.do. The couple were found lying side by side in a bedroom. The
:20:24. > :20:29.attack was described as dreadful. Mr Massaro had been stabbed in the
:20:29. > :20:32.head, the neck and the body. One wound was 14cms deep. His wife had
:20:33. > :20:37.been stabbed in the neck and bled to death. The prosecutor said one
:20:37. > :20:42.must have watched the other being attacked, and known the same would
:20:42. > :20:46.happen to them. Lieneusz Bartnowski had ransacked
:20:46. > :20:52.their home and taken two televisions and their Peugeot car.
:20:52. > :20:56.He was jailed for life and will serve at least 34 years in prison.
:20:56. > :21:01.Outside court Mr Massaro's sister said justice had been done. I've
:21:01. > :21:05.lost two lovely people and they didn't deserve what was done to
:21:05. > :21:11.them. That's all I can say. Some elderly members of the Massaro
:21:11. > :21:14.family had travelled from Italy for the case, as too had the youngest,
:21:14. > :21:17.seven-month-old twin great- grandchildren that cat cat and
:21:17. > :21:21.Giuseppe Massaro did not live to see.
:21:22. > :21:26.We should acknowledge I think the dignity of the Massaro family. It
:21:27. > :21:35.was they who pointed out that this case has destroyed three lives not
:21:35. > :21:40.just those of Giuseppe and Caterina but Lieneusz Bartnowski, who is 22
:21:40. > :21:43.but will who will not be released until he is 56 years old, in 34
:21:43. > :21:46.years' time. Back to you.
:21:46. > :21:49.Doctors' leaders in Wales say a "slash and burn" approach is being
:21:49. > :21:53.taken to making cuts to the Health Service. The Welsh NHS faces deeper
:21:53. > :21:55.cuts than any other part of the UK, after a decision not to ring-fence
:21:55. > :22:04.health spending. Our correspondent, Hywel Griffith, has been looking at
:22:04. > :22:09.the concerns of one rural community in North Wales. From all walks of
:22:09. > :22:12.life they came to protest. The people of Pwllheli are angry that a
:22:12. > :22:17.ward at their local hospital has been shut until the end of the
:22:17. > :22:20.financial year. Staff have been moved to a larger hospital over an
:22:20. > :22:25.hour away. It is not fair the way they are doing the cuts. No more.
:22:25. > :22:29.We've had enough. This is it. We pay our taxes and national
:22:29. > :22:32.insurance the same as everybody else, so why should we get a
:22:32. > :22:36.downgraded service? The hospital in Pwllheli is one of seven across
:22:36. > :22:40.Wales which has had a temporary closer enforced until the end of
:22:40. > :22:45.the financial year. The Welsh NHS is frantically trying to balance
:22:45. > :22:48.its books, as it faces up to a deeper budget cut than any other
:22:48. > :22:53.part of the UK. Health spending in England, Scotland and Northern
:22:53. > :23:00.Ireland are all heading towards small real-terms increases of less
:23:00. > :23:05.than 1%. In Wales, the NHS budget is set to shrink by 4% compared to
:23:05. > :23:10.last year. Doctors warn cuts are being poorly planned. It has been
:23:10. > :23:13.very much a bit of a panic situation really, brought about by
:23:13. > :23:18.staff shortages. Original planning has gone by the board, so
:23:18. > :23:22.effectively it has been as you described it a slash and burn
:23:22. > :23:26.attitude to try to keep heads above water. Managers argue the changes
:23:26. > :23:33.are to strengthton health service. The main issue here is patient
:23:33. > :23:36.safety. We don't want to have our services spread too thinly around
:23:36. > :23:40.the organisation, especially we are seeing excessive pressures due to
:23:40. > :23:43.illness. The tensions in Wales have not gone unnoticed in Westminster.
:23:43. > :23:48.The coalition accusing the Welsh Labour Government of failure.
:23:48. > :23:52.we now what happens if you don't put in the money and you don't do
:23:52. > :23:57.the reform, because there's one part of the NHS that is run by
:23:57. > :24:01.Labour, and that is in Wales. Minister in charge in Wales says Mr
:24:01. > :24:06.Cameron's health reforms are a shambles and says her NHS is well
:24:06. > :24:09.funded. The health boards are given a huge amount of money to provide
:24:09. > :24:12.health services for their local population and I expect them to
:24:12. > :24:16.live within their means and come in on budget. The purse strings are
:24:16. > :24:19.tightening across the NHS. Campaigners argue that shouldn't
:24:19. > :24:22.mean closes wards. The administrators of Rangers
:24:22. > :24:25.Football Club have said they are "wholly confident" that it won't
:24:25. > :24:28.have to close, and revealed they've received several expressions of
:24:28. > :24:35.interest in the club. Rangers went into administration on Tuesday
:24:35. > :24:38.owing �9 million in PAYE and VAT payments. The administrators said
:24:38. > :24:44.today that liquidation was unlikely, but there could be a cut in the
:24:44. > :24:48.number of players. He's one half of the Two Ronnies, a
:24:48. > :24:51.comedian who's cemented his role as a British institution. Ronnie
:24:51. > :24:56.Corbett, already an OBE, was further honoured today with a CBE
:24:56. > :25:06.for his services to entertainment and his charity work. Lizo Mzimba
:25:06. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:10.reports from Buckingham Palace. For decades he's been one of the
:25:10. > :25:14.best known faces on television. Good evening it's nice to be with
:25:14. > :25:19.you again, isn't it Ronnie? Yes, it is. Today receiving a CBE from the
:25:19. > :25:24.Queen he said it brought back memories of his famous on-screen
:25:24. > :25:30.partner. I was last here probably about nearly 40 years ago with dear
:25:30. > :25:37.Ronnie B when the two of us were honoured through our OBE, so it is
:25:37. > :25:40.easy to remember touching times with Ron. Lovely to be here. He's
:25:40. > :25:46.been recognised for two areas of his life, his charity work with
:25:46. > :25:50.organisations like the RNLI and Comic Relief, as well as fizz long-
:25:50. > :25:57.standing career as one of Britain's best-known and best-loved
:25:57. > :26:06.entertainers. His TV career began close to half a century ago after
:26:06. > :26:10.being spotted for David Frost's The Frost Report. It was the the
:26:10. > :26:13.affection for his humour and the theory that the two of them would
:26:13. > :26:19.have worked together well. double act with Ronnie Barker led
:26:19. > :26:24.to one of TV's most successful pairings. Where else could you meet
:26:24. > :26:31.so many fellas? We are just a pair of scrubbers who are grateful.
:26:31. > :26:36.his own he was famed for his monologues. Ronnie Corbett is a
:26:36. > :26:41.huge influence. For me he was one of the first comics to adapt his
:26:41. > :26:47.stand-up to TV, in the way he delivered that monologue in a chair,
:26:47. > :26:55.like he is talking to you. Now he can reflect on being honoured as
:26:55. > :26:57.one of entertainment's most one of entertainment's most
:26:57. > :27:03.enduring stars. Very confusing weather, because it
:27:03. > :27:07.was cold last weekend. It is milder now. In fact in some places it felt
:27:07. > :27:13.spring-like. 13 degrees in the east of Scotland. Come the weekend it
:27:13. > :27:18.will be found to 5, with snow around. There'll be dampness
:27:18. > :27:22.trickling southwards through Wales towards the West Country. No great
:27:22. > :27:26.amounts. Damp and drizzly here. Where the skies are clear in north-
:27:26. > :27:30.east England and Scotland we might see a touch of frost. Tomorrow a
:27:30. > :27:32.mild day nationwide. This damp weather heads north, pushing
:27:32. > :27:35.through parts of Northern Ireland, north-west England, in the
:27:35. > :27:39.direction of western Scotland, where it takes all day to reach
:27:39. > :27:44.eastern Scotland and north-east England. In any event from the
:27:44. > :27:49.Midlands southwards it will stay generally dry, albeit cloudy
:27:49. > :27:53.through the day. Temperatures if anything higher than today. 11-12
:27:53. > :27:58.degrees in places. In the south- west of England the odd spot of
:27:58. > :28:04.drizzle. There'll be lengthy dry spells. For Wales there'll be
:28:04. > :28:07.dampness around. Journeying north, so rain for snow donia, crossing
:28:07. > :28:14.the Irish Sea. There'll be rain in Northern Ireland and western
:28:14. > :28:18.Scotland, for much of the afternoon. To the east of the mountains we'll
:28:18. > :28:22.probably have protection so staying largely dry until late in the day.
:28:22. > :28:27.Saturday, heavy rain pushing through England and Wales. That's
:28:27. > :28:31.an important dividing line between the relatively mild conditions in
:28:31. > :28:34.the south-east. Much colder conditions spreading into the north.
:28:34. > :28:42.Despite the sunshine you will notice a chilly wind. Snow showers