:00:07. > :00:10.A 65-year-old former businessman is on his way to America, the latest
:00:11. > :00:14.Briton to lose his battle against extradition.
:00:14. > :00:19.Christopher Tappin is accused of selling missile parts to Iran. He
:00:19. > :00:24.denies the charge and says he has been unfairly treated. I have no
:00:24. > :00:30.rights. Abu Qatada is walking the streets of London today and we
:00:30. > :00:33.cannot extradite him. He has more rights than I have. If I was a
:00:33. > :00:39.terrorist, I wouldn't be going to America.
:00:39. > :00:43.Also tonight: As attacks continue in Syria, world leaders gather to
:00:43. > :00:47.urge the government to adopt an immediate ceasefire.
:00:47. > :00:51.The fire that destroyed a furniture shop during the summer riots - a
:00:51. > :00:57.man pleads guilty. Over 30 years ago the case that
:00:57. > :01:02.shocked Australia... I said to Michael, "A dingo has got the
:01:02. > :01:08.baby." Today, the mother fights again to clear her name.
:01:08. > :01:18.In sport: We hear from the new man in charge of Wolves. Terry Connor
:01:18. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:35.has 13 games to keep his club in Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:01:35. > :01:39.News at Six. A 65-year-old retired British businessman is on his way
:01:39. > :01:42.to America extradited on a charge of supplying missile parts to Iran.
:01:42. > :01:47.Christopher Tappin said his treatment was a disgrace and that
:01:47. > :01:51.he had fewer rights than the Muslim extremist cleric, Abu Qatada, who
:01:51. > :01:56.has so far fought deportation for terror charges to Jordan. Mr Tappin
:01:56. > :02:01.denies the charges against him. If convicted, he faces up to 35 years
:02:01. > :02:04.in jail. Christopher Tappin is accused of
:02:04. > :02:09.being part of an international criminal conspiracy. He is said to
:02:09. > :02:12.have been involved in a plot to sell missile parts to Iran. He
:02:12. > :02:17.maintains he's been falsely implicated by a business client
:02:17. > :02:21.arrested in a US undercover operation. At Heathrow before he
:02:21. > :02:28.went into the custody of American Air Marshalls, he went on the
:02:28. > :02:31.attack. I have no rights. Abu Qatada is walking the streets of
:02:31. > :02:37.London today and we cannot extradite him. He has more rights
:02:37. > :02:41.than I have. If I was a terrorist, I wouldn't be going to America.
:02:41. > :02:47.Downing Street says the cases are completely different. At
:02:47. > :02:55.Christopher Tappin's side, his wife, Elaine, who has health problems.
:02:55. > :02:58.REPORTER: How do you feel, Mrs Tappin? I don't think my wife would
:02:58. > :03:07.like to answer any questions. Sorry. Before he boarded the plane, there
:03:07. > :03:11.was a parting shot at the Prime Minister. I look to Mr Cameron to
:03:11. > :03:16.look after my rights and he's failed to do so. This case is the
:03:16. > :03:23.latest to highlight what some claim is the unfair extradition agreement
:03:23. > :03:25.between Britain and America. Critics say the UK doesn't
:03:26. > :03:31.scrutinise the evidence in the same way the Americans do before a
:03:31. > :03:36.suspect is put on a plane. A recent review decided the system was
:03:36. > :03:39.balanced and one lawyer with a background in English and American
:03:39. > :03:43.law agrees. A lot of people used to argue there was a different
:03:43. > :03:47.standard being applied, that to get someone extradited from America we
:03:47. > :03:52.had to show probable cause, whereas here there was only reasonable
:03:52. > :03:56.suspicion. In fact, the standards are the same. You still have to
:03:56. > :04:00.show a reasonable belief that criminal activity has taken place.
:04:00. > :04:05.Since the Act came into force, the UK has made 57 extradition requests
:04:05. > :04:12.to the US and 40 people have been returned here. The United States
:04:12. > :04:16.has made 134 requests to the UK. So far, 75 people have been dispatched
:04:16. > :04:20.to America. Amongst the cases still being decided is that of law
:04:20. > :04:25.student Richard O'Dwyer, accused of internet crime and the most high-
:04:25. > :04:28.profile, Gary McKinnon, wanted for hacking into US military computers.
:04:28. > :04:32.The NatWest Three who were convicted of fraud have all served
:04:32. > :04:37.time in American jails. Now back home, one of them wonders how
:04:37. > :04:41.Christopher Tappin will cope in prison there. I worry for him
:04:41. > :04:46.because I'm a 6ft 2in ugly Glaswegian and I found it hard,
:04:46. > :04:50.very, very hard and I was scared. It was one of the most scariest
:04:50. > :04:53.things in my life. Christopher Tappin will touchdown in Texas.
:04:53. > :04:58.Initially, he will be held at a federal detention centre as he
:04:58. > :05:02.tries to get bail. The Home Office says the Home Secretary considered
:05:02. > :05:06.all the relevant matters before she signed the extradition warrant.
:05:06. > :05:12.June joins me now. What are the chances that Mr Tappin will get
:05:12. > :05:17.bail and be able to return to the UK? Well, very slim. If he got bail,
:05:17. > :05:21.he would have to remain in the US. On the Abu Qatada point, it was the
:05:21. > :05:24.European Court which decided that Abu Qatada could not be sent back
:05:24. > :05:30.to Jordan. In Christopher Tappin's case, it's a British court which
:05:30. > :05:36.has said he can be sent to the US. When he gets to the States tonight,
:05:36. > :05:40.it will be 9.00 UK time, his first court appearance is not until
:05:40. > :05:43.Monday. His lawyers say his first bail hearing will be next Thursday
:05:43. > :05:47.and it is far from certain he will get bail. If he does, he will have
:05:47. > :05:51.to stay over there. They also say it could be two years before his
:05:51. > :05:55.case gets to court. So whatever happens legally, it looks as though
:05:55. > :06:01.Christopher Tappin is facing a long stay in the United States.
:06:01. > :06:11.Thank you. As the shelling continues in Homs,
:06:11. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:17.the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent have entered the area.
:06:17. > :06:27.William Hague said it was time to formally recognise Syria's main
:06:27. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:32.opposition. Homs today where Syrians are still being shelled by
:06:32. > :06:39.their own government. On one street people gather to send a message to
:06:39. > :06:44.the conference in Tunisia to intervene - help us militarily or
:06:44. > :06:49.not at all says one banner. More unverified footage, jubilant
:06:49. > :06:57.opposition fighters here Homs, with remnants of an armoured vehicle
:06:57. > :07:01.they say they destroyed. They too want the outside world to arm them.
:07:01. > :07:06.At the Tunis conference, the array of foreign ministers opposed to
:07:06. > :07:10.President Assad is impressive. Yet even powerful countries like the
:07:10. > :07:16.United States have to admit they are helpless to stop the violence.
:07:16. > :07:20.The problem is who is not in the conference room? Both Russia and
:07:20. > :07:27.China refused to come. Without any allies of President Assad here,
:07:27. > :07:32.there is no way to get him to agree to a ceasefire. Outside, a small,
:07:32. > :07:35.noisy protest of pro-Assad demonstrators did briefly disrupt
:07:35. > :07:42.proceedings. A reminder not everyone is against the Syrian
:07:42. > :07:45.President. The point is that ever since Russia and China blocked a UN
:07:45. > :07:49.Resolution criticising Syria, the outside world has been split and
:07:49. > :07:53.until that changes, getting UN legal authority to do anything in
:07:53. > :07:58.Syria, whatever is decided here in Tunis, will be virtually impossible.
:07:58. > :08:03.We have now reached the point where this is clearly a criminal regime.
:08:03. > :08:08.Yes, of course, all our efforts so far, the United Nations Security
:08:08. > :08:12.Council, to agree a resolution based on the Arab League plan which
:08:12. > :08:17.involved a cessation of violence, those efforts have been frustrated
:08:17. > :08:22.by Russia and China. To tackle the violence there are no easy options.
:08:22. > :08:27.Any ceasefire would need President Assad's consent. Calling for
:08:27. > :08:30."humanitarian corridors" is also tricky. They would need armed
:08:30. > :08:37.protection. And arming the opposition could also be dangerous.
:08:37. > :08:40.It might just make the bloodshed worse. So, meanwhile, it is a
:08:40. > :08:45.waiting game. As far as humanitarian aid goes, all this
:08:45. > :08:49.conference can do is prepare for a future when Syria's borders won't
:08:49. > :08:57.be closed by stockpiling aid in neighbouring countries and keeping
:08:57. > :09:03.up the diplomatic pressure. It was one of the most shocking
:09:03. > :09:08.images of last summer's riots, the huge fire at a South London
:09:08. > :09:12.furniture store which burnt to the ground. Today, 32-year-old Gordon
:09:12. > :09:22.Thompson admitted he started it changing his plea to guilty at the
:09:22. > :09:27.Old Bailey. It was one of the most devastating
:09:27. > :09:33.destructive acts of the summer riots, a family business trading in
:09:33. > :09:38.Croydon since 1867 deliberately burnt to the ground. Now, we know
:09:38. > :09:44.who was responsible - Gordon Thompson, 33, has admitted arson,
:09:44. > :09:48.burglary and violent disorder. People across the country were
:09:48. > :09:53.shocked at the level of violence that was committed on the 8th
:09:54. > :09:58.August 2011. The images of Reeves Corner are some of THE most iconic
:09:58. > :10:02.from that day. Gordon Thompson was among those rampaging through
:10:02. > :10:05.Croydon. He raided several shops before finding himself outside
:10:05. > :10:10.Reeves Furniture Store. Watch the group moving left to right at the
:10:10. > :10:18.top of the screen. One bends down, something burning in his hand. He
:10:18. > :10:22.appears to touch it to a sofa. This was Thompson as he started the fire.
:10:22. > :10:26.The flames spread fast feeding on hundreds of thousands of pounds
:10:26. > :10:31.worth of brand-new furniture. There was little the firefighters could
:10:31. > :10:39.do. The store was reduced to rubble and during the fire, embers drifted
:10:39. > :10:43.across the street to these flats. Inside lives were at risk. In this
:10:43. > :10:48.dramatic picture, shopworker Monika Konczyk jumps to safety as the fire
:10:48. > :10:52.spreads. Six months on, the father and son who owned the store which
:10:52. > :10:57.stood here are still negotiating with insurers and still disgusted
:10:57. > :11:00.at what happened. The business has been here for so long. As I have
:11:01. > :11:07.said many times, it survived two wars, it's survived the Great
:11:07. > :11:11.Depression and many other things that can be thrown at it. But this
:11:11. > :11:14.one incident burnt it down. It doesn't say much for society, does
:11:14. > :11:21.it? The investigation into the summer disorder continues. Thompson
:11:21. > :11:25.will be sentenced in April. The Government's programme to get
:11:25. > :11:28.the unemployed back to work has suffered another setback. In the
:11:28. > :11:33.last hour, Emma Harrison, Downing Street's former Family Champion,
:11:33. > :11:38.has announced she is stepping down as the chairman of her Welfare to
:11:38. > :11:47.Work firm A4e. Iain Watson is at Westminster. This company is at the
:11:47. > :11:51.centre of a media storm? It's going to get bigger, I think. A4e gets
:11:51. > :11:55.contracts worth �180 million from the Government. Its key task is to
:11:55. > :11:59.get the long-term unemployed back to work. It's paid by results. So
:11:59. > :12:01.at the time of rising unemployment, its efforts are crucial to the
:12:01. > :12:06.Government's attempt to get people back into the labour force more
:12:06. > :12:10.quickly. The trouble is that A4e has been investigated by the police
:12:10. > :12:15.over allegations of fraud. There is no suggestion that Emma Harrison is
:12:15. > :12:24.involved, but as you were saying, she resigned because of this bad
:12:24. > :12:29.publicity, David Cameron's Family Champion, now she has resigned from
:12:29. > :12:33.her own company. Government contracts should be suspended, the
:12:33. > :12:38.Government are said to review this. In addition to that, there is
:12:38. > :12:41.another problem I think for A4e this evening. Not only are they
:12:41. > :12:45.currently leaderless but they have had to launch an internal
:12:45. > :12:50.investigation into what is going on so therefore the media storm may
:12:50. > :12:54.continue for some time. Thank you.
:12:54. > :13:04.Lloyds Banking Group which is 40% owned by the taxpayer has announced
:13:04. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:15.a pre-tax loss of �3.5 billion. Most of the losses are setting down
:13:15. > :13:20.money for those that were mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance.
:13:20. > :13:24.Lloyds, the black horse, back in the red again. The previous year's
:13:24. > :13:30.return to profit, the apparent recovery didn't last. A whopping
:13:30. > :13:36.loss of �3.5 billion in 2011, largely because of a �3.2 billion
:13:36. > :13:38.charge to compensate the thousands of customers who were mis-sold PPI
:13:38. > :13:44.credit insurance. That's hit the results that we have now seen. They
:13:44. > :13:47.are keen to move away from that. A number of people have had their
:13:47. > :13:51.bonuses withdrawn because of that mis-selling that took place. Here
:13:51. > :13:55.is what should probably worry taxpayers, all of us who put �20
:13:55. > :13:59.billion into Lloyds to rescue this owner of the Halifax and the bank
:13:59. > :14:03.of Scotland. Lloyds would have made a loss of a few hundred million
:14:03. > :14:07.pounds even without the PPI charge. The big story is of a squeeze on
:14:07. > :14:12.what it earns, increasingly its customers are reluctant to borrow
:14:12. > :14:16.and some of them are repaying their debts because of the general
:14:16. > :14:21.economic uncertainty. Now, when Lloyds is able to lend, it is
:14:21. > :14:30.making less profit because banks have to borrow what they lend and
:14:30. > :14:34.the cost of borrowing is going up, quite a lot. In spite of the losses,
:14:34. > :14:37.�375 million of bonuses have been paid by Lloyds which some believe
:14:37. > :14:45.isn't appropriate. Though these bonuses have gone to thousands of
:14:45. > :14:51.staff so the average was �3,900. Far less than the bonuses at
:14:51. > :14:55.Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland. Lloyds' boss Antonio Horta-Osario
:14:55. > :15:00.is back in the saddle after his leave of absence. He told me today
:15:00. > :15:06.that Lloyds is just one year into a five-year recovery programme which
:15:06. > :15:14.means it will be years before taxpayers' 40% stake in the bank
:15:14. > :15:18.The motto is for the journey, and it looks like we will be on that
:15:18. > :15:21.journey for quite a long time. Eventually I am sure we will get
:15:22. > :15:26.our money back, it is a question of when. They might be in the red, but
:15:26. > :15:30.it is stronger than it was, less at risk of going bust. Even so, at
:15:30. > :15:39.best, it will be a slow trot and tell taxpayers get their �20
:15:39. > :15:43.Our top story: A British businessman has been extradited to
:15:43. > :15:48.America, accused of supplying missile parts to Iran. He claims
:15:48. > :15:53.his treatment is a disgrace. Coming up, Hollywood prepares for its big
:15:53. > :15:56.night. This time, the Oscar winners could be a distinctly international
:15:57. > :16:00.affair. In Sportsday, we will be previewing
:16:00. > :16:10.the Six Nations games this weekend, including England against Wales at
:16:10. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:20.Twickenham and Ireland playing 17 men at the heart of the UK's
:16:20. > :16:24.biggest fraud involving illegal catches of fish, along with a
:16:24. > :16:28.processing factory, have been fined almost �1 million. The trawler ship
:16:28. > :16:33.-- skippers from Shetland sold vast quantities of mackerel and herring,
:16:33. > :16:39.evading quotas. Two other factories were also involved in a �60 million
:16:39. > :16:43.fraud. In the deep waters off Britain, the
:16:43. > :16:47.largest and most profitable boats in the UK fleet trawl for mackerel
:16:47. > :16:51.and herring. The catch is limited by controversial European quotas in
:16:51. > :16:55.place to prevent overfishing, but it is still extremely lucrative. A
:16:55. > :16:59.single trip to see could be worth millions. These skippers have now
:16:59. > :17:03.admitted fraud on an industrial scale, the conspiracy to hide the
:17:03. > :17:05.scale of their landings involve the fishermen, some factories and
:17:05. > :17:12.industry middleman and more than half the Scottish boats catching
:17:12. > :17:16.these types of fish were also in on the crime. Wealthy people wanted to
:17:16. > :17:19.make themselves even wealthier. It is staggering, in terms of money
:17:19. > :17:23.involved both in terms of official landing of fish and the unofficial
:17:23. > :17:26.landings that we discovered. investigation started in Shetland,
:17:26. > :17:31.where authorities discovered that all but one of the large trawlers
:17:31. > :17:35.were ignoring legal limits on how much they could fish. The skippers
:17:35. > :17:40.involved in the scam were landing their catch of herring and mackerel
:17:40. > :17:43.at this processing plant on the edge of Lerwick. The factory was
:17:43. > :17:46.raided and everything appeared normal. The scales had been
:17:46. > :17:51.doctored to give false readings, masking the real weight of the
:17:52. > :17:56.catch. It was not confined just to the Northern Isles. In Peterhead,
:17:56. > :17:59.two other factories were raided. Police even uncovered a pipeline to
:17:59. > :18:03.smuggle fish ashore so that they would not be weighed. The fishing
:18:03. > :18:07.industry says practices have now changed. But they believe they have
:18:07. > :18:12.been singled out for breaking quotas. This was quite widespread,
:18:12. > :18:15.not only within the UK but across Europe as well. If you take a look
:18:15. > :18:19.at the approach is taken by different governments, is there a
:18:19. > :18:22.level playing field across Europe? We do not think areas. The
:18:22. > :18:26.staggering level of under declaration meant the EU reduced
:18:26. > :18:29.Britain's allocation of mackerel and herring to take account of the
:18:29. > :18:37.cheating. The authorities are now monitoring the fleet much more
:18:37. > :18:41.closely to make sure the quotas, however unpopular, our idiot to. --
:18:41. > :18:46.Ark appeared to. Police have appealed for calm after
:18:46. > :18:51.200 youths attacked a takeaway in Greater Manchester. It is connected
:18:51. > :19:00.to the ongoing trial 11 men accused of being part of a child sex ring.
:19:00. > :19:03.Chris Buckler is in Heywood. Last night, the police, a takeaway
:19:03. > :19:07.restaurant and cars were attacked in this town. While little remains
:19:07. > :19:17.of the physical damage that was caused, it is the impact on
:19:17. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:21.relationships and the community Placards, protesters and the police.
:19:22. > :19:28.One of pound's main streets was dominated by a demonstration last
:19:28. > :19:32.night. Many of those involved were many young. But at times things did
:19:32. > :19:36.turn violent. All of this was in response to an ongoing trial. 11
:19:36. > :19:42.men from Rochdale and Oldham deny charges of grooming and sexually
:19:42. > :19:46.abusing teenage girls. But it is last night's protest that has made
:19:46. > :19:51.today's headlines. There was a big group of them. I saw it last night.
:19:51. > :19:57.There are loads. The men on trial are Asian. There is concern that
:19:57. > :20:01.community tensions have been raised as a result of both the case and
:20:01. > :20:06.now the protest. It went into racism, it should not have, but
:20:06. > :20:11.there were people chanting racist things? I heard one or two things.
:20:11. > :20:14.I thought, that is not what it was about. There were also angry scenes
:20:14. > :20:18.outside the court in Liverpool where the trial is being held.
:20:18. > :20:23.After last night's trouble, police are worried that some groups may be
:20:23. > :20:28.trying to use those legal proceedings. There are clear racial
:20:28. > :20:32.element behind that. The day-to-day coverage of the trial adds tension
:20:32. > :20:38.into the community. There are elements within the community, not
:20:38. > :20:42.just within Rochdale, that would seek to use that to their own gain.
:20:42. > :20:47.Community relations are a key concern the day after the night of
:20:47. > :20:51.trouble. The police have promised a robust response to any person who
:20:51. > :20:55.tries to use anything as an excuse for violence. They say there will
:20:55. > :20:59.be extra officers on patrol in the town this evening.
:20:59. > :21:02.The Green Party's spring conference has opened at Liverpool with the
:21:02. > :21:06.party leader, Caroline Lucas, telling delegates that the party
:21:06. > :21:09.was growing on a local and national level because of disillusion with
:21:09. > :21:13.mainstream Westminster politics. She said the image of Britain as a
:21:13. > :21:18.fair country where people had equal access to proper community
:21:18. > :21:22.facilities was being undermined by the economic crisis. The courage to
:21:22. > :21:26.set out to dismantle the welfare state, to punish the poor, the old
:21:26. > :21:31.and the sick. To take away those things that we should all equally
:21:31. > :21:37.shared. So, the libraries are closing. The swimming pools are
:21:37. > :21:41.shutting down. The playing fields are sold off for development. But
:21:41. > :21:44.people are fighting back. We are fighting back, fighting for
:21:44. > :21:48.fairness and fighting for our principles.
:21:48. > :21:53.The leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas.
:21:53. > :21:56.Now it took controversy from over 30 years ago that still stirs
:21:56. > :22:02.strong emotions in Australia today. The death of a tiny baby in the
:22:02. > :22:06.outback. Her parents said she had been taken by a dingo. But her
:22:06. > :22:09.mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was convicted of her murder. She was
:22:09. > :22:15.eventually cleared, but speculation has never gone away. A full inquest
:22:15. > :22:18.has opened into the case. It was the case that divided
:22:18. > :22:23.Australia. Lindy Chamberlain, the young mother who claimed a wild
:22:23. > :22:28.dingo had taken her baby daughter. It happened 31 years ago, at what
:22:28. > :22:32.was then called Ayers Rock, during a family camping trip. Lindy
:22:32. > :22:38.Chamberlain claimed nine-week-old Azaria was snatched from the tent
:22:39. > :22:43.by a dingo and was never seen again. I ran out and I said, a dingo has
:22:43. > :22:49.got the baby. The jury did not believe her and convicted her of
:22:49. > :22:54.murdering Azaria. It was only when Azaria's jacket was found in a
:22:54. > :22:57.dingo's dent later that she was cleared. Now she is back in court
:22:57. > :23:01.to get a dingo officially blamed for the death. She and her husband
:23:01. > :23:06.have put forward new evidence cataloguing dozens of real life
:23:06. > :23:09.attacks on humans by dingoes. By calling for another inquest, the
:23:09. > :23:14.couple, who have since divorced, are looking for one more thing in
:23:14. > :23:18.this long-running case. For a coroner to record formerly and
:23:18. > :23:23.finally that it was a dingo that killed their daughter. Later, she
:23:23. > :23:27.thanked the court for hearing her arguments. It gives me hope, this
:23:27. > :23:37.time, that Australians will finally be warned and realise that dingoes
:23:37. > :23:38.
:23:38. > :23:43.are a dangerous animal. I also hope that this will give a final finding
:23:43. > :23:49.which closes the inquest into my daughter's death, which so far has
:23:49. > :23:53.been standing open and unfinished. It is unfinished of three decades.
:23:53. > :24:03.But with the coroner verdict due next week, they believe that the
:24:03. > :24:06.dingo baby story will finally come It is the US film industry's
:24:06. > :24:10.biggest night of the year and the night when Hollywood traditionally
:24:10. > :24:13.rewards... Well, Hollywood. But the Oscars this year could be
:24:13. > :24:17.remembered as a distinctly international affair, with the
:24:17. > :24:22.French film The Artist favourite to win several awards. Will Gompertz
:24:22. > :24:27.has been looking at the nominees. Preparations are under way for
:24:27. > :24:31.Sunday night's Oscar ceremony. It is a culmination of the eight-month
:24:31. > :24:38.epic that is the award season. Will the winners be as expected, or
:24:38. > :24:44.might there be surprises? Could it be that the British staff, Gary
:24:44. > :24:47.Oldman, wins best actor as George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier
:24:47. > :24:51.Spy? The right honourable gentleman knows very well that we had no
:24:51. > :24:56.choice but to close the school. This year, the Oscars have been at
:24:56. > :25:00.the centre of heated debate. A survey in the LA Times reveals that
:25:00. > :25:05.the academy lacks diversity among voting members, which the paper
:25:05. > :25:13.said were predominantly white, male and middle-aged. She doesn't seem
:25:13. > :25:21.to mind. Whose fault is that? YOURS! But does the most nominated
:25:21. > :25:27.actors of all time care about the Oscars? Sadly, it still matters! It
:25:27. > :25:32.does, it is so exciting. It really is. I remember the first time I
:25:32. > :25:41.went. Lord Olivier was there, I was next to Gregory Peck, Bette Davis
:25:41. > :25:45.was behind me. I mean, I have been going to that thing for many years.
:25:45. > :25:51.As for best film, well, all of the talk has been about the French
:25:51. > :25:56.silent-movie The Artist. Everyone from this kid at Harvard, who has
:25:56. > :25:59.got a programme of predicting the Oscars to all of the people in what
:25:59. > :26:03.they called the blogosphere, making predictions, everybody seems to
:26:03. > :26:07.think it is a fault on conclusion that The Artist as one Mark
:26:07. > :26:12.Cruddace. -- foregone conclusion. It doesn't seem like it will be the
:26:12. > :26:18.year of the American film. Or maybe it will. The Americans certainly
:26:18. > :26:24.are not out of the picture. There is Steven Spielberg's War Horse.
:26:24. > :26:28.There is Martin Scorsese's family feature Hugo. And Woody Allen's
:26:28. > :26:34.romantic comedy, Midnight in Paris. I just want to walk around Paris
:26:34. > :26:40.with you. I keep forgetting you're just a tourist. That put it mildly.
:26:40. > :26:50.The Help, a story about racial tensions in Mississippi, is another
:26:50. > :26:53.contender. And Viola Davies is Now the weather. It has felt
:26:53. > :26:57.distinctly spring-like down south? Yes, and Barlaston that warmth is
:26:57. > :27:00.disappearing now. There are still winners and losers in the weather.
:27:00. > :27:04.The last of the spring warmth home on for one more day across the far
:27:04. > :27:08.south-east. In Kent, a bit of sunshine poking through the cloud.
:27:08. > :27:12.We got too near 17 Celsius. Despite the sunshine in northern England,
:27:12. > :27:17.where we had 18 yesterday, closer to 10 this afternoon. The
:27:17. > :27:21.difference between the two is this strip of cloud, giving patchy rain.
:27:21. > :27:25.Is the dividing line between the mild air to the south and the coal
:27:25. > :27:29.they elsewhere. If you're in that cold air and you have well broken
:27:29. > :27:33.cloud, your temperature will be close to freezing. A touch of frost,
:27:33. > :27:38.particularly in the countryside. The cloud to the south, so that
:27:38. > :27:42.England and South Wales, is courtesy of that weather front.
:27:42. > :27:45.Your temperature holds up. Elsewhere, close to freezing and
:27:45. > :27:49.showers in northern Scotland turned to rain later in the night. These
:27:49. > :27:53.are the headlines. This is why there are more winners than losers.
:27:53. > :27:57.Unless you want rain, that is. Those temperatures are closer to
:27:57. > :28:01.where we would expect this time of the air. Day-by-day for tomorrow, a
:28:01. > :28:05.damp and drizzly start in the far south. We hold on to that sort of
:28:05. > :28:09.weather in the south-west during the day. The rain in north-west
:28:09. > :28:13.Scotland edges further south during the day. Still some sunshine. North
:28:13. > :28:18.Aberdeenshire, the best of the sunshine in Northern Ireland is
:28:18. > :28:21.down the eastern side. For England and Wales, not clear sky by any
:28:21. > :28:26.stretch of the imagination. But there are sunny spells and for many
:28:26. > :28:32.it is dry. We keep that cloud. Good shape in the south-east. 13 degrees,
:28:32. > :28:36.good enough for that time of year. Good shape for the rugby at
:28:36. > :28:39.Twickenham and for the League Cup final on Sunday. In the West, more
:28:39. > :28:42.cloud around, rain in western Scotland. Central and eastern areas
:28:42. > :28:47.have the best of the dry and bright weather on Sunday.