:00:11. > :00:16.A Sunday Times journalist is among dozens of civilians killed and
:00:16. > :00:20.wounded in the Syrian city of Homs. Marie Colvin was covering a two-
:00:20. > :00:24.week assault by government forces. A French photographer died with her.
:00:24. > :00:28.This is a desperately sad reminder of the risks that journalists take
:00:28. > :00:33.to inform the world of what is happening and the dreadful events
:00:33. > :00:37.in Syria and our thoughts should be with her family and friends.
:00:37. > :00:41.It's been one of the bloodiest weeks in the siege of Homs. Her
:00:41. > :00:46.boss speaks of a passionate colleague. There's total shock at
:00:46. > :00:50.the Sunday Times. She has worked with us for 25 years. She is a much,
:00:51. > :00:55.much-loved member of staff here. A huge personality.
:00:55. > :01:00.There's mounting pressure for international action. Also tonight:
:01:00. > :01:03.A nightclub bouncer gets 35 years for the murder of 19-year-old
:01:03. > :01:08.Nikitta Grender. She was about to have a baby.
:01:08. > :01:12.For us to see our grandchild for the first time in a mortuary was
:01:12. > :01:17.the most heartbreaking thing we have ever had to do. She was so
:01:17. > :01:21.special and will remain in our hearts until we die.
:01:21. > :01:27.The controversy over Olympic ticket sales. Fans who missed out on the
:01:27. > :01:37.last two rounds get another chance. Singing the blues, President Obama
:01:37. > :01:41.shows off his skills at a White House charity concert.
:01:41. > :01:51.Later in the sport: We will have the action from Manchester City's
:01:51. > :02:05.
:02:06. > :02:11.Europa League second leg match Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:02:12. > :02:15.News at Six. One of the world's most celebrated war correspondents,
:02:15. > :02:19.Marie Colvin, was among 20 people killed in the Syrian city of Homs
:02:19. > :02:23.today. The award-winning French photographer, Remi Ochlik, also
:02:23. > :02:27.died in the attack by Syrian troops who have been shelling the city for
:02:27. > :02:30.two weeks. A British photographer was injured. Reacting to the deaths
:02:30. > :02:35.and the siege of the city, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague,
:02:35. > :02:40.called it a despicable campaign of terror. The UN says more than 5,000
:02:40. > :02:43.people have died in the 11-month uprising against the rule of
:02:43. > :02:49.President Bashar al-Assad. Some of the heaviest casualties have been
:02:49. > :02:59.in Homs and the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr. Paul Wood
:02:59. > :03:03.
:03:04. > :03:13.Today's shelling of Homs. It's been like this every day for almost
:03:14. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:23.three weeks. Syria's regime is trying to crush the revolution. The
:03:23. > :03:28.district of Baba Amr is holding out, but only just. Houses have been
:03:28. > :03:34.reduced to rubble. This one was the base of the few foreign journalists
:03:34. > :03:38.here. Many people died when this building was hit. Among them -
:03:38. > :03:42.Marie Colvin - one of the most respected foreign correspondents of
:03:42. > :03:49.her generation. Before she was killed, she described an attack on
:03:49. > :03:55.a city full of cold and hungry civilians. It's absolutely
:03:55. > :03:59.sickening, just today shelling started at 6.30am. I counted 14
:03:59. > :04:05.shells hitting this civilian area, Baba Amr, within 30 seconds.
:04:05. > :04:10.There's a small clinic. You can't really call it a clinic. It is an
:04:10. > :04:17.apartment. You have plasma bags hanging from coat hangers. I
:04:17. > :04:21.watched a little baby die today, a two-year-old who had been hit. The
:04:21. > :04:27.shrapnel had gone into the left chest and the doctor said, "I can't
:04:27. > :04:30.do anything." That is happening over and over and over. No-one here
:04:30. > :04:37.can understand how the international community can let
:04:37. > :04:45.this happen. The French photographer, Remi Ochlik, also
:04:45. > :04:50.died and the Syrian cameraman and blogger Remi Sayeed. President
:04:50. > :04:54.Sarkozy said the deaths showed the Syrian regime should go. Britain's
:04:54. > :05:01.Foreign Secretary said it was a terrible reminder of the suffering
:05:01. > :05:04.of the Syrian people as a whole. The British photographer, Paul
:05:04. > :05:11.Conroy, was injured in the blast which killed the others. There are
:05:11. > :05:17.efforts to get him out, along with the wounded French journalists.
:05:17. > :05:23.have imagined the scenario so many times over the last ten or 12 years.
:05:23. > :05:33.Suddenly, it is becoming a reality. It's an impossible thing to
:05:33. > :05:35.describe, to be honest, yeah. the bombardment of Homs is
:05:35. > :05:38.relentless. The International Committee of the Red Cross has
:05:38. > :05:42.called for a humanitarian ceasefire for all the victims of this
:05:42. > :05:49.conflict. There is growing international support for this
:05:49. > :05:52.demand. There are too fighters in Homs. They have only Kalashnikovs
:05:52. > :05:59.against the regime's artillery. Western governments say they will
:05:59. > :06:06.not arm the rebels, though that may change. Syria's border with Lebanon
:06:06. > :06:09.- a few refugees have made it out. Many more can be expected as the
:06:09. > :06:14.violence escalates. The international community has often
:06:14. > :06:18.seemed paralysed over Syria. The demand for a ceasefire may well
:06:18. > :06:22.attract support from even those nations which back the regime. But
:06:22. > :06:30.with bombs continuing to fall on Homs, the question is whether the
:06:30. > :06:33.Syrian government is listening. Today the Prime Minister led
:06:33. > :06:37.tributes to Marie Colvin, a journalist who has won numerous
:06:37. > :06:42.awards for her work. She reported from the world's most dangerous
:06:42. > :06:48.places for two decades. From Sierra Leone to Chechnya, she drew
:06:48. > :06:53.attention to the plight of civilians caught in conflict.
:06:53. > :06:58.Marie Colvin was a rare kind of foreign correspondent - brave
:06:58. > :07:00.under-fire, but defined by her humanity. Among those paying
:07:00. > :07:05.tribute today was the Prime Minister. Members of House will
:07:05. > :07:07.have seen the reports that the talented and respected foreign
:07:07. > :07:12.correspondent of the Sunday Times, Marie Colvin, has been killed from
:07:12. > :07:15.the bombing in Syria. This is a desperately sad reminder of the
:07:15. > :07:19.risks that journalists take to inform the world of what is
:07:19. > :07:24.happening and the dreadful events in Syria and our thoughts should be
:07:24. > :07:27.with her family and friends. Marie Colvin was an American who made her
:07:27. > :07:37.name working for Britain's Sunday Times. A statement from the
:07:37. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:53.Marie Colvin made a specialism of reporting the Middle East. But she
:07:53. > :07:58.covered most of the major conflicts of the last 30 years. She escaped
:07:58. > :08:03.death in 2001 in Sri Lanka where she was badly wounded. If you are
:08:03. > :08:09.going to cover a war, you always weigh the risks. I had shrapnel in
:08:09. > :08:18.my eye and lost the sight in my left eye. There was no way to go,
:08:18. > :08:23.without taking that risk. Last year she was among a small group to
:08:23. > :08:27.interview Colonel Gaddafi. Her editor recalled a determined
:08:27. > :08:31.reporter. She believed she was a witness there to report things that
:08:31. > :08:34.other people couldn't do. She believed in getting into places
:08:34. > :08:41.where no other people could go and she would stay there and report it
:08:41. > :08:46.and try and make a difference. Tonight, candles were lit in her
:08:46. > :08:56.memory at the journalists' church in London. Marie Colvin lived by
:08:56. > :09:00.
:09:00. > :09:04.the motto of the great correspondent Martha Geldhorn.
:09:04. > :09:07.Marie Colvin, who was killed in Homs today.
:09:07. > :09:13.A former nightclub bouncer was jailed for at least 35 years today
:09:13. > :09:16.for raping and murdering a heavily- pregnant teenager. Carl Whant
:09:16. > :09:23.attacked Nikitta Grender at her flat in South Wales before setting
:09:23. > :09:28.it on fire. She was two weeks away from giving birth. Jeremy Cooke is
:09:28. > :09:33.in Newport for us. Yes, this was a truly distressing
:09:33. > :09:39.case, not only was a young woman killed in the flat behind me, but
:09:39. > :09:46.the child she was carrying also lost her life. So Carl Whant was
:09:46. > :09:50.charged with murder and this highly unusual charge of child destruction
:09:50. > :09:56.and he was fuend guilty on all counts. She was 19 -- found guilty
:09:57. > :09:59.on all counts. She was 19, in the prime of life, pregnant with a baby
:09:59. > :10:03.daughter. When police were called to Nikitta Grender's flat on
:10:03. > :10:11.February 5th last year, they found her in the charred burned-out
:10:11. > :10:16.bedroom. She and her unborn baby both dead. Today the child's father,
:10:16. > :10:19.Ryan Mayes, saw his own cousin convicted of killing them both.
:10:19. > :10:24.us to see our grandchild for the first time in a mar Churchry was
:10:24. > :10:28.the most heartbreaking thing we have ever had to do. She was so
:10:28. > :10:33.special. She will remain in our hearts until we die. The killer,
:10:33. > :10:38.Carl Whant, is a former flight club bouncer and a drop-out soldier. The
:10:38. > :10:43.judge described him as calculating, vain and devious. He had been a
:10:43. > :10:48.close family member. Whant and Ryan Mayes said to be more like brothers
:10:48. > :10:54.than cousins. On the night of the killing, the men were out in
:10:54. > :10:58.Newport. A pub's CCTV footage giving no clue of the horror of the
:10:58. > :11:02.coming hours. His car was then caught on camera. Whant had left a
:11:02. > :11:07.house party saying he was driving to his nan's for cigarettes.
:11:07. > :11:13.Instead, he headed here to Nikitta Grender's flat. He then raped her,
:11:13. > :11:18.stabbed her in the neck and then set the place on fire. The case
:11:18. > :11:22.relied on DNA evidence. Drops of blood were found in Carl Whant's
:11:22. > :11:27.car and on his jacket. His semen was at the scene of the crime.
:11:27. > :11:34.Whant tried to explain that saying he had been invited to the flat the
:11:34. > :11:41.previous evening and that he had consensual sex with Nikitta at the
:11:41. > :11:46.suggestion of his cousin. Ryan Mayes has denied that. Nikitta
:11:46. > :11:50.Grender's family regarded this as a double murder. The fact that
:11:50. > :11:55.Kelsey-May had not been born brought legal complexities. This
:11:55. > :12:03.piece of legislation, which is thankfully very, very rarely used,
:12:03. > :12:09.is designed and can help protect the right of vulnerable children.
:12:10. > :12:15.Kelsey-May fitted that description. For Nikitta Grender's family it has
:12:15. > :12:19.been a highly emotional family and they mourn two lives lost.
:12:19. > :12:23.When today's verdicts were announced there were sighs in the
:12:23. > :12:27.Public Gallery. Carl Whant himself looked impassive but his cousin,
:12:27. > :12:35.Ryan Mayes, looked shocked and tearful as the judge sentenced his
:12:35. > :12:40.partner's killer to a minimum of 35 years.
:12:40. > :12:49.The hotel group Intercontinental plans to create 3,000 new jobs in
:12:49. > :12:52.the UK over the next three years. The Deputy Prime Minister described
:12:52. > :12:57.it as a huge boost for jobs across the country.
:12:57. > :13:01.The High Street retailer, Peacocks, has been sold to Edinburgh Woollen
:13:01. > :13:07.Mill. The firm had been put into administration and today's deal
:13:07. > :13:11.means 6,000 jobs should be saved. More than 3,100 staff will still be
:13:11. > :13:14.made redundant. Cherie Blair has begun legal
:13:14. > :13:19.proceedings against News Group Newspapers which publishes the News
:13:19. > :13:23.of the World claiming her phone messages were hacked. Lawyers say
:13:23. > :13:27.they won't be giving any more details at the moment.
:13:27. > :13:31.For the third week in a row, Ed Miliband has challenged the Prime
:13:31. > :13:36.Minister over his reforms of the NHS in England. The Labour Leader
:13:36. > :13:41.told David Cameron to ditch the controversial bill or risk the
:13:41. > :13:46.issue becoming his poll tax. Nick Robinson joins me now from
:13:46. > :13:52.Westminster. Three times in a row, David Miliband thinks he is on to
:13:52. > :13:57.something? And Ed Miliband, too! Ed Miliband is convinced that this
:13:57. > :14:00.will be David Cameron's poll tax, that it will be the policy that
:14:00. > :14:03.does for him what the poll tax does for Margaret Thatcher. What he's
:14:03. > :14:08.done week in week out is to do something that Prime Ministers
:14:08. > :14:13.always hate - quote their own words back at them, to say, "You are the
:14:13. > :14:21.guy who said there would be no top- down reorganisation of the NHS,
:14:21. > :14:25.surely that is what you are now doing?" The Labour Leader quipped
:14:25. > :14:31.he couldn't be in the same room this week as the representatives of
:14:31. > :14:35.doctors and nurses. The Prime Minister's answer is, "You save the
:14:35. > :14:38.NHS by reforming it, not by opposing reform." If you look at
:14:38. > :14:42.his face and of the Liberal Democrats around him, you can see
:14:42. > :14:47.they are not enjoying this. It is presumably more than just Labour
:14:47. > :14:51.who are against this? Absolutely. A couple of weeks ago we were talking
:14:51. > :14:56.about Tory doubts about this Health Bill, which is still to go through
:14:56. > :15:00.the Commons and the Lords. Now, the mutterings are all on the Liberal
:15:00. > :15:04.Democrats side of the coalition. Next week, the Bill comes back to
:15:04. > :15:06.the House of Lords, talk of more amendments to water down the
:15:06. > :15:11.measures on competition. What really is worrying the Liberal
:15:11. > :15:18.Democrats is this: They have a Spring Conference, there may be an
:15:18. > :15:20.emergency motion there, they can't rig their conference, and they may
:15:20. > :15:25.well lose. The Liberal Democrat Leader is telling his own allies
:15:25. > :15:29.that he is now losing more activists on this issue of the
:15:29. > :15:33.Health Bill than he was on the issue of tuition fees. It's got
:15:33. > :15:40.some in Downing Street worried that Mr Clegg may be about to renege on
:15:40. > :15:42.a deal with David Cameron to back Our top story tonight:
:15:42. > :15:44.The award-winning Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is among
:15:44. > :15:46.dozens of civilians killed in the Syrian city of Homs.
:15:46. > :15:49.Coming up: Nearly �2 billion of compensation
:15:49. > :15:59.payments are made to settle claims from the mis-selling of payment
:15:59. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:05.In business, a tie-up is on the cards for a Peugeot and General
:16:05. > :16:15.Motors. And why banks have paid out �2
:16:15. > :16:18.billion so far for me selling Fans who missed out in the last two
:16:18. > :16:24.rounds of Olympic ticket sales are to be given priority when the last
:16:24. > :16:27.batch of one million tickets goes on sale in April. 20,000 people
:16:27. > :16:30.will be given an exclusive chance to buy tickets for one day before
:16:30. > :16:33.the sales are open to about a million others who failed to get
:16:33. > :16:43.tickets. Our sports editor David Bond reports on the ticket
:16:43. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:48.controversy that's dogged the run We all know how hard it has been to
:16:48. > :16:51.get your hands on a London ticket. Even test events like today's
:16:51. > :16:57.diving World Cup at the aquatic Centre have sold out. Now it is
:16:57. > :17:00.going to be even harder, with London 2012 deciding to prioritise
:17:00. > :17:04.an exclusive group of one million people who missed out in last
:17:04. > :17:11.year's ballot. All we can do is keep going back and saying this is
:17:11. > :17:14.how we are doing it, we think it is as fair as it can be an sure, some
:17:14. > :17:19.people will be disappointed, but we will give everybody a chance and
:17:19. > :17:24.those who have been committed longest should have priority.
:17:24. > :17:28.how will it work? A 24 hour window will be offered to just 20,000
:17:28. > :17:32.people who were mistakenly told they had bought tickets last year.
:17:32. > :17:37.A second five-day window will then open for a further one million
:17:37. > :17:41.people who applied but also missed out. A general sale after that is
:17:41. > :17:47.unlikely because one million people are chasing one million tickets and
:17:47. > :17:51.that is certain to lead to more criticism for London 2012. Did you
:17:51. > :17:56.find the process frustrating? We applied for so much and there
:17:56. > :18:00.are six of us and we did not get that much. They have had a huge
:18:00. > :18:04.problem. Seb Coe said it has been supported, it will be fantastic,
:18:04. > :18:08.but it could have been done better. It is not clear how many seats will
:18:08. > :18:14.be available for this sort after opening ceremony, but we now know
:18:14. > :18:17.some of the other events. There will be 40,000 tickets for the
:18:17. > :18:22.athletics, 50,000 for the basketball and 30,000 for the
:18:23. > :18:28.diving. There's no lack of appetite among the British public to come to
:18:28. > :18:32.Olympic venues like this this summer. But London 2012's ticketing
:18:32. > :18:37.processed has left a lot of people angry and frustrated. That is why
:18:37. > :18:42.they can't afford any more mistakes. Website crashes, accusations of
:18:42. > :18:48.secrecy and perhaps too many tickets for sponsors and VIPs. All
:18:48. > :18:52.this has added to the pressure on Olympic bosses. They realise the
:18:52. > :18:57.cost in public confidence if there's a hiatus and I think it is
:18:57. > :19:02.all fingers crossed, plus a lot of very hard work to make sure it
:19:02. > :19:07.works next time. Despite all the problems, filling the venues has
:19:07. > :19:11.been the easy part. The harder task now is to ensure that those left
:19:11. > :19:14.empty-handed don't feel left out. Northern Ireland's first supergrass
:19:14. > :19:18.trial in 25 years has ended with nine men being acquitted of charges
:19:18. > :19:21.related to the murder of a loyalist leader 12 years ago. The
:19:21. > :19:23.prosecution was based on evidence from two former members of the
:19:23. > :19:33.Ulster Volunteer Force who gave evidence in return for shorter
:19:33. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:39.prison terms. Here's our Ireland Walking free from court, nine men
:19:39. > :19:44.accused of being in one of Northern Ireland's most notorious
:19:44. > :19:49.paramilitary gangs. They celebrated with their friends after being
:19:49. > :19:55.found not guilty of murder and membership of the loyalist UVF.
:19:55. > :19:59.They were accused of killing a rival, Tommy English, during the
:19:59. > :20:03.paramilitary putter for 12 years ago. His widow watched today as the
:20:03. > :20:09.nine men accused of murdering her husband were acquitted. Not very
:20:09. > :20:14.happy about it at the minute. was what is known that in Belfast
:20:14. > :20:19.as a supergrass case. It was based on evidence from two brothers,
:20:19. > :20:22.Robert and Ian Stewart, who were involved in the UVF killings. The
:20:22. > :20:27.Stewart brothers turned themselves in. They walked into this police
:20:27. > :20:30.station in Antrim and admitted their part in the murder. They
:20:31. > :20:36.claimed in court that nine other men were involved. But the judge
:20:36. > :20:38.did not believe them. He said they were ruthless, unflinching
:20:38. > :20:43.terrorists and their evidence against the accused was not
:20:43. > :20:47.reliable. So how does the supergrass system work? For Stewart
:20:47. > :20:50.brothers had to confess all have their own crimes and then agreed to
:20:50. > :20:53.give evidence against others. In give evidence against others. In
:20:53. > :20:58.return, they were put in to witness protection and gained a reduction
:20:58. > :21:03.in sentence. Instead of a 22 year in sentence. Instead of a 22 year
:21:03. > :21:08.jail term for murder, they served just three years. A similar
:21:08. > :21:13.supergrass system was used in the 1980s at the height of Northern
:21:13. > :21:18.Ireland's troubles, but many of the cases collapsed and it wasn't used
:21:18. > :21:22.again for more than two decades. The author Chris Ryder reported on
:21:23. > :21:28.the original supergrass cases. He says the authorities may have to
:21:28. > :21:32.rethink the process once more. think there has to be a disaster
:21:32. > :21:37.for... They invested very heavily in the case, they have spent a lot
:21:37. > :21:41.of money. Most of these people were on legal aid and they have plans to
:21:41. > :21:45.bring other cases in the future. There was no comment from the
:21:45. > :21:51.police outside the court, but later in a statement, they said the
:21:51. > :21:56.system of using evidence from convicted offenders would continue,
:21:56. > :22:01.and so would the murder investigation.
:22:01. > :22:04.A 47-year-old man was today charged with the vicar John Suddards and
:22:04. > :22:08.the retired teacher Betty Yates. Stephen Farrow will appear before
:22:08. > :22:10.magistrates tomorrow accused of killing the clergy man and the
:22:10. > :22:13.pensioner. At least seven people have been
:22:13. > :22:16.killed and dozens wounded during angry demonstrations over the
:22:16. > :22:20.disposal of copies of the Koran by NATO forces. Protesters chanted
:22:20. > :22:22."death to America", smashed windows and burned tyres. There were angry
:22:22. > :22:26.scenes in the Afghan parliament where politicians demanded speedy
:22:26. > :22:36.punishment for those responsible. President Karzai has appealed for
:22:36. > :22:38.
:22:38. > :22:40.calm and American officials have apologised, saying it was a mistake.
:22:40. > :22:43.The Financial Services Authority has revealed that �1.9 billion has
:22:43. > :22:45.been paid in compensation to people who were mis-sold payment
:22:45. > :22:48.protection insurance. PPI, as it's known, was supposed to cover loan
:22:48. > :22:52.repayments if someone lost their job or fell ill, but many customers
:22:52. > :22:58.would never have been eligible. With me is our personal finance
:22:58. > :23:03.correspondent, Simon Gompertz. Is there much more to be paid out
:23:03. > :23:07.to customers? Yes. This is turning into the biggest compensation bill
:23:07. > :23:12.the banks have ever faced. It is because they sold the insurers to
:23:12. > :23:17.people who might not have been able to use it and who were not going to
:23:17. > :23:23.have it in any case. In order to compensate them, they are having to
:23:23. > :23:28.set aside �7.6 billion. Of that, we learnt today that and �1.9 billion
:23:28. > :23:32.was paid out last year. There's an awfully long way to go. The money
:23:32. > :23:39.is going out at a rate of over 40,000 checks a week and the
:23:39. > :23:43.average amount is �2,750. The rough estimate is that 3 million people
:23:43. > :23:47.are affected or in line to get compensation, but it depends how
:23:47. > :23:53.many cent in claims. A lot of people have been approached by
:23:53. > :23:56.claims customers, how should customers do this? There was a
:23:56. > :24:00.warning today from the financial ombudsmen service that people
:24:00. > :24:04.should not use these claims management firms that have been
:24:04. > :24:09.advertising widely. The reason is that typically they charge 25% or
:24:09. > :24:13.more of your compensation as a fee. There's a free route. You can
:24:13. > :24:17.complain directly to the provider, that is free, and if you are not
:24:17. > :24:21.happy with their response, you can go to the financial ombudsmen and
:24:21. > :24:25.that is free as well. Thank you. Sometimes there are downsides to
:24:25. > :24:29.being president, says Barack Obama. You can't just go out for a walk.
:24:29. > :24:32.But then there are nights like last night that make up for it - when
:24:32. > :24:42.Mick Jagger and BB King pop over to the house and belt out the blues.
:24:42. > :24:45.
:24:45. > :24:49.Steve Kingstone reports from Blues night at the White House. The
:24:49. > :24:55.main event for America's Black History Month. On stage, BB King
:24:55. > :25:01.and a rolling stone. In the front row, the first family grooved like
:25:02. > :25:05.Mick Jagger. And then the show- stopper. With a little coaxing from
:25:05. > :25:10.Mick Jagger, the President took the microphone.
:25:10. > :25:16.# Come on. Baby, don't you want to go? The Song, a tribute to his home
:25:16. > :25:20.town. Music, a survival guide for hard times.
:25:20. > :25:24.# Sweet Home Chicago. Music teaches us that when we find
:25:24. > :25:31.ourselves at a crossroads, we don't shy away from problems, which owns
:25:31. > :25:35.them, we face up to them, we deal with them, we sing about them.
:25:35. > :25:39.this election year, opponents say he is all showbiz and no substance.
:25:39. > :25:44.But rooted in the Blues is his campaign message, that after
:25:44. > :25:49.hitting rock bottom, America is hitting rock bottom, America is
:25:49. > :25:53.back. That brings us to the weather
:25:53. > :25:57.forecast. How do you follow that? I won't
:25:57. > :26:01.sing, but a rainy night in Glasgow last night following -- followed by
:26:01. > :26:06.a wet day for many of us today. The heaviest rain is clearing but we
:26:06. > :26:09.have been left with damp conditions. Mild conditions as well because we
:26:10. > :26:13.have south-westerly winds, which are easing from what we saw earlier
:26:13. > :26:20.in the day, but they will bring extensive low cloud across western
:26:20. > :26:25.areas. Temperatures of eight to 11 degrees. These are values higher
:26:25. > :26:30.than we should see by day at the moment, let alone night.
:26:30. > :26:35.Particularly Misty in southern and western parts. Allow yourself some
:26:35. > :26:39.extra time, poor visibility here. Struggling to brighten up, but east
:26:39. > :26:43.of high ground, we will see some brightness develop. Even if you are
:26:43. > :26:49.stuck with mist and low cloud and drizzle, temperatures still around
:26:49. > :26:52.12 or 13 degrees. Parts of East Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia
:26:52. > :26:59.and into the north-east of Wales and parts of Greater Manchester,
:26:59. > :27:02.some sunshine. Temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees. 15-17 possible
:27:02. > :27:05.across eastern parts of northern England and into the north-east of
:27:05. > :27:09.Scotland, but through much of Scotland and Northern Ireland, a
:27:09. > :27:13.lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. This patch of rain is a cold front
:27:13. > :27:19.which will work its way south, clearing the way some cold -- mild
:27:19. > :27:23.air on Friday. It will arrive in the south-east corner, but we could
:27:23. > :27:27.see highs of 15. Temperatures will be dropping around -- dropping away
:27:27. > :27:31.as showery conditions develop. Temperatures will be back to what
:27:31. > :27:36.they should do at this time of year. High-pressure in charge on Saturday
:27:36. > :27:40.and Sunday. A lot of dry weather, plenty of cloud, some showers in
:27:40. > :27:43.plenty of cloud, some showers in the West. Your five-day forecasts
:27:43. > :27:45.are online. A reminder of tonight's main news:
:27:45. > :27:50.The award-winning Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is among