:00:13. > :00:18.David Cameron says motorists should top up their tanks in case the fuel
:00:18. > :00:23.strike goes ahead. There are no dates yet, but there are queues
:00:23. > :00:26.outside some pet control station -- petrol stations. There's no fuel
:00:26. > :00:31.anywhere. It's ridiculous. People are panic buying and making the
:00:31. > :00:37.situation worse. Retailers say ministers are creating a crisis,
:00:37. > :00:40.but the Government says fill up a jerry can and take sensible
:00:41. > :00:45.precautions. There are lives at risk as well as massive
:00:46. > :00:51.inconvenience to millions of people up and down the country. Also
:00:51. > :00:56.tonight - MPs accuse the NHS are putting -- pushing women into two
:00:56. > :01:00.operations after it refuses to replace faulty breast implants.
:01:00. > :01:05.Surgeons perform the most extensive face transplant ever. They say it's
:01:05. > :01:13.like giving someone a new life. The veteran remember one of the most
:01:13. > :01:19.daring raids of the Second World War. Coming up in sportsday at 6.30,
:01:19. > :01:29.England face a record run chase in Sri Lanka. They closed day three on
:01:29. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:43.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. David Cameron has
:01:43. > :01:47.suggested that motorists should top up on fuel in case a strike by
:01:47. > :01:50.tanker drivers goes ahead. Another minister advised families to keep a
:01:50. > :01:55.jerry can in the garage. They've been criticised by unions and fuel
:01:55. > :01:59.retailers have accused them of creating a crisis. Tonight, there
:01:59. > :02:01.are signs that some motorists are queuing for petrol. Labour has
:02:01. > :02:03.accused the Government of being irresponsible, but ministers say
:02:03. > :02:13.it's about taking sensible precautions.. Here's our transport
:02:13. > :02:18.correspondent, Richard Westcott. We still don't know if there's going
:02:18. > :02:25.to be a strike, but just look at this. A tank running low near
:02:25. > :02:29.Ipswich. Queues in North Wales. And in south London. It's not exactly
:02:29. > :02:32.panic buying, but it's not everywhere, but people are clearly
:02:32. > :02:36.worried. It's ridiculous, isn't it? Everyone is panic buying and making
:02:36. > :02:41.the situation a lot worse. I must get some today because we've got
:02:41. > :02:46.hospital appointments to keep. livelihood is gone lls I can get to
:02:46. > :02:50.work -- unless I can get to work. This dispute has been dribbling on
:02:50. > :02:55.for months, but now it's turned toxic, the Government advice, fsh
:02:55. > :02:57.fill up if you can. There are lives at risk, as well as massive
:02:57. > :03:03.inconvenience to millions of people up and down the country. The
:03:03. > :03:08.greater the extent to which people have petrol, fuel in their vehicles,
:03:08. > :03:13.maybe a little in the gather in a jerry can the longer we'll keep
:03:14. > :03:17.things going. It's advice that has been condemned by retailers.
:03:17. > :03:22.couldn't believe the news this morning that the Government were
:03:22. > :03:27.encouraging people to stockpile fuel. This could be the start of
:03:27. > :03:31.panic buying that the Government themselves have fuelled and also
:03:31. > :03:36.that the health and safety issue of stockpiling fuel at home is not
:03:36. > :03:39.appropriate. The Unite union happens to be Labour's biggest
:03:39. > :03:45.backer. Ed Miliband has been asked to condemn the ask. He didn't go
:03:45. > :03:48.that far. My message to all sides, unions and employers and to the
:03:48. > :03:55.Government, is to make sure both sides get around the table and sort
:03:55. > :04:00.out the problem. Look, we no -- know we can't afford a strike. The
:04:00. > :04:05.way it has to be stopped is with proper negotiations. What's this
:04:06. > :04:09.dispute actually about? The unions says this drivers are suffering in
:04:09. > :04:15.a clamber for profits and wants a minimum standard across the
:04:15. > :04:18.industry for wages, pensions and safety. The delivery firms say they
:04:19. > :04:23.have excellent safety records, but their training is good and that
:04:23. > :04:27.drivers are some of the best-paid in the business, around �45,000 a
:04:27. > :04:33.year. It all means an uncertain time for anyone who relies on their
:04:33. > :04:37.car, bus or van. What's your advice to motorists? Ministers joined
:04:37. > :04:40.David Cameron today to thrash out an action plan. I think we should
:04:40. > :04:43.have a lot of resilience in the position. We are planning to make
:04:43. > :04:48.sure we have more storage and tanker drivers. The public should
:04:49. > :04:54.also make sensible plans. There's no need for panic and queuing, but
:04:54. > :04:57.I think they should keep their petrol tanks topped up. Tonight,
:04:57. > :05:05.the union says it's willing to talk, but even the thought of a strike
:05:05. > :05:09.has been enough to cause a number of queues across Britain. Richard,
:05:09. > :05:12.what is the latest? It's very patchy to be honest. Lots of people
:05:12. > :05:17.getting in touch all day with the BBC. Some saying they've been to
:05:17. > :05:21.fill up and there are long queues and even forecourts running out.
:05:21. > :05:25.Other people saying it's absolutely fine. It's very easy to forget they
:05:25. > :05:30.may never -- there may never be a strike. The union hasn't named a
:05:30. > :05:33.date. If they do, we'll get a week's notice. Something like nine
:05:33. > :05:42.in every ten journeys in this country is by road. We need our
:05:42. > :05:47.fuel. We love it. That's why people are worried. Thank you very much.
:05:47. > :05:52.We'll join James Landale in Westminster. The Government being
:05:52. > :05:56.accused of scaremongering tonight. It's a tricky issue - how do you
:05:56. > :05:59.warn the public to take sensible precautions without causing a
:05:59. > :06:04.panic? Downing Street say they're clear the message is sensible. If
:06:04. > :06:08.you are passing a station fill up. Don't queue. This is as important
:06:08. > :06:11.as making sure there are enough replacement tanker drivers
:06:11. > :06:14.available. Clearly, there is a balance. Labour say that Francis
:06:14. > :06:19.Maude got it wrong by suggesting people should fill up their cans,
:06:19. > :06:22.because that implied stockpiling and that could lead to supplies
:06:22. > :06:26.dwindling, even if there's no strike. Downing Street say the
:06:26. > :06:31.remarks are out of context and exaggerated, but people in
:06:31. > :06:35.Government admit it hasn't been helpful. Where does all this lead
:06:35. > :06:40.the dispute now? This is a tricky one for Labour, because this is a
:06:40. > :06:44.dispute that has been threatened by a union which pays most of Labour's
:06:44. > :06:48.bills. So far, Ed Miliband says he doesn't want a strike and everybody
:06:48. > :06:53.should get around the table, but he hasn't condemned the union. The
:06:53. > :06:58.Government says it's not for them, it's a dispute between employers
:06:58. > :07:02.and the employees. ACAS is holding talks so there is a possibility of
:07:02. > :07:04.a negotiated solution. Thank you. The NHS is being accused of putting
:07:04. > :07:06.women under unnecessary risk because it refuses to replace
:07:06. > :07:09.faulty breast implants. Current guidelines for England, Scotland
:07:09. > :07:12.and Northern Ireland mean that women who had implants privately
:07:12. > :07:15.can only have them removed on the NHS. The Health Committee says the
:07:15. > :07:18.women should be offered the option of paying for them to be replaced
:07:18. > :07:28.on the NHS to avoid undergoing two operations. Our medical
:07:28. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:36.correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports. Is this implant a danger?
:07:36. > :07:43.This lab is trying to find out. Comparing PIP filler with medical-
:07:43. > :07:48.grade silicone. 47,000 British women, most who had PIPs privately
:07:48. > :07:52.for breast enlargement, need to know. Wales is offering free
:07:52. > :07:57.replacements, but elsewhere, the NHS is refusing to replace their
:07:57. > :08:02.implants and is simply offering removal. I don't think it's fair,
:08:02. > :08:06.nor do I think it's good medicine to expect a woman who has a faulty
:08:06. > :08:12.implant and acknowledge that that should be removed, but who wants it
:08:12. > :08:16.replaced then to go through a second separate surgical procedure.
:08:16. > :08:22.Jane Brown's PIP implants are leaking and she's in pain. She says
:08:22. > :08:28.her only option is to get the NHS to remove them now and save up for
:08:28. > :08:32.private treatment later. operations is always a risk. Two
:08:32. > :08:39.lots of general an necessary thetic. Ideally, the clinic should be doing
:08:39. > :08:45.it for us. -- anaesthetic. Ideally, the clinic should be doing it for
:08:45. > :08:48.us. The fact we have to fall back on the NHS is not a good thing.
:08:48. > :08:53.have discovered this Merseyside hospital broke ranks. It's been
:08:53. > :09:03.removing PIP implants on the NHS and charging for replacements. A
:09:03. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:07.Trust document said: It's now stopped, but ministers won't be
:09:07. > :09:12.pleased. Once the NHS puts something in your body it then has
:09:12. > :09:18.a duty of care which could be a lifetime duty of care. There has
:09:18. > :09:23.been monitoring and there may even be further operations, so there are
:09:23. > :09:27.costs that mean that there are NHS patients who have clinical needs
:09:27. > :09:32.are put down the queue. That's unfair. We don't know whether the
:09:32. > :09:36.implants pose a health risk. The MPs said there was a striking
:09:36. > :09:42.absence of evidence, compounded by uncertainty over the exact nature
:09:42. > :09:46.of the filler that was used inside them. That's why these tests are
:09:46. > :09:52.vital, to see whether PIP implants contain anything which might prompt
:09:52. > :09:56.more women to have them removed. Oil industry engineers are
:09:56. > :09:59.monitoring the risk of an explosion on a North Sea oil rig. Tonight,
:09:59. > :10:02.there are fears that a gas leak could be ignited by a flare that
:10:02. > :10:05.continues to burn even though the platform has been shut down. Total,
:10:05. > :10:10.the company which owns the rig, says the wind is currently blowing
:10:10. > :10:15.the gas cloud away from the open flame. The Elgin platform is 150
:10:15. > :10:17.miles off the coast of Aberdeen. The flare was left burning when the
:10:17. > :10:22.platform was evacuated at the weekend The flame is 75 metres
:10:23. > :10:25.above the platform. Total says there is a visible gas cloud
:10:25. > :10:35.surrounding the platform. Our Scotland correspondent, Lorna
:10:35. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:43.Gordon, is in Aberdeen. Lorna, how dangerous is this open flame?
:10:43. > :10:49.flame, a flare, above a platform leaking highly flammable gas,
:10:49. > :10:52.sounds pretty risky, doesn't it? But Total say there's no imminent
:10:52. > :10:57.risk of an explosion. They've been explaining today how events
:10:57. > :11:01.unfolded over the weekend. They say this flare was left burning
:11:01. > :11:04.deliberately. They said their priority was to get workers off the
:11:05. > :11:09.flat form safely. Also to extinguish the flare would have
:11:09. > :11:14.taken further time. They also point out that this flare is above the
:11:14. > :11:18.gas cloud and it is situationed away from the prevailing winds.
:11:18. > :11:21.That said, at the moment it's too dangerous for workers to go back on
:11:21. > :11:25.to the platform to extinguish the flare, so they're hoping it will
:11:25. > :11:29.burn itself out naturally. What about the gas leak itself? Well,
:11:29. > :11:33.they've confirmed that from a distance you can actually hear the
:11:33. > :11:37.sound of escaping gas and said the cloud is visible and it's drifting
:11:37. > :11:42.eastwards. They think the gas is leaking from somewhere on the
:11:42. > :11:47.platform itself, from the well head, so actually fixing it could take
:11:47. > :11:50.many months. For the time being, for a fourth night, this gas is
:11:50. > :11:54.continuing to escape from a platform abandoned and way out in
:11:54. > :11:57.the North Sea. Thank you. Two British servicemen killed in
:11:57. > :11:59.Afghanistan on Monday have been named by the Ministry of Defence.
:11:59. > :12:02.Sergeant Luke Taylor, of the Royal Marines, and Lance Corporal Michael
:12:02. > :12:12.Foley, of the Adjutant General's Corps were shot by a rogue Afghan
:12:12. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:16.soldier at their base in Lashkar Gah, in Helmand Province. The
:12:16. > :12:18.latest figures on the economy show that it shrank by more than the
:12:18. > :12:24.previous estimate for the final quarter of last year. Official
:12:24. > :12:26.figures show that gross domestic product declined by 0.3%. The
:12:26. > :12:29.previous estimate was 0.2%. Thousands of insurance claims by
:12:29. > :12:33.families of people who died after being exposed to asbestos could be
:12:33. > :12:36.allowed following a ruling by the UK Supreme Court. Judges have ruled
:12:36. > :12:44.that insurance liability began at the time an employee was exposed to
:12:44. > :12:47.asbestos not when the symptoms first appeared. An American man has
:12:47. > :12:52.been given a new face, nose, teeth, tongue and jaw, in what his
:12:52. > :12:55.surgeons say is the most extensive facial transplant ever performed.
:12:55. > :12:57.Richard Lee Norris has been a recluse since he was disfigured in
:12:57. > :13:07.a gun accident 15 years ago. Our health correspondent, Jane Hughes,
:13:07. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:12.has this report. It's a surprising transformation, from a young man
:13:12. > :13:16.with his Haifa head of him, Richard Norris went to being so badly
:13:16. > :13:22.disfigured he felt unable to go out without a mask. Now he can look
:13:22. > :13:29.forward to leading a more normal life. Surgeons led a team of over
:13:29. > :13:32.100 medical staff in a 36-hour operation. They believe it's the
:13:32. > :13:36.most extensive face transplant procedure ever carried out. When he
:13:36. > :13:43.was accidently shot in the face 15 years ago, Richard lost his nose,
:13:43. > :13:45.his lips and most of the movement in his mouth. Surgeons used finely-
:13:46. > :13:50.tuned computer techniques to transplant the bones in his nose
:13:50. > :13:55.and the area around it. They then gave him a new jaw, including teeth,
:13:55. > :14:00.as well as a new tongue. Finally, all his soft tissue was replaced
:14:00. > :14:04.right from his hairline to his neck, including nerves and mussels. Six
:14:04. > :14:08.days -- muscles. Six days on he can move his tongue and smell for the
:14:08. > :14:13.first time in 15 years. When we look at the donor and look at
:14:13. > :14:18.Richard, it's a blend of two individuals. Clearly, there are
:14:18. > :14:24.some specific features, like the nose and chin, but behind that
:14:24. > :14:28.soft-tissue draping, it's Richard Norris. This was Isabel after the
:14:28. > :14:33.world's first partial transplant in 2005. She made good progress, but
:14:33. > :14:38.experts say physical recovery is just the start. The surgey of that
:14:38. > :14:41.sort you don't recover that quickly and he'll have to gradually come to
:14:41. > :14:49.terms with this new thing that he sees in the mirror, which will be
:14:49. > :14:54.his face and I hope he will have the support to own his face, as his
:14:54. > :15:01.face. Doctors funded by the US military have been developing face
:15:01. > :15:03.transplants techniques for years. The aim is to refine them to help
:15:04. > :15:13.injured veterans returning from Afghanistan. For Richard Norris,
:15:14. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:19.after 15 years, it means a chance Our top story:
:15:19. > :15:22.No date for a fuel strike, but there are queues in some parts of
:15:22. > :15:25.the country as the Prime Minister warns drivers to top up.
:15:26. > :15:32.Coming up, panic in the skies - why the passengers had to overpower the
:15:32. > :15:36.captain on this American flight. got him good. He was down. They
:15:36. > :15:46.subdued him. Honestly after that, it was like, OK, something bizarre
:15:46. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:01.has just happened. But we're going Thousands of trees are being
:16:01. > :16:03.planted across the west coast of Europe in a huge international
:16:03. > :16:07.experiment to find out which species will thrive in the warmer
:16:07. > :16:14.conditions predicted as a result of climate change. Forest researchers
:16:14. > :16:18.want to test how 30 different types of tree cope with pests and disease.
:16:18. > :16:27.Jeremy Cooke has to been to Crychan Forest in Wales - one of the five
:16:27. > :16:31.test sites in Britain. Britain's beautiful woodlands,
:16:31. > :16:35.broadly forested commercial conifer plantations - all our trees stand
:16:35. > :16:39.exposed to climate change. But can they survive and thrive in
:16:39. > :16:44.predicted warmer conditions? Can they resist new diseases which may
:16:44. > :16:47.result? Here in Wales scientists are planting trees from the
:16:47. > :16:52.Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, even California, looking for answers.
:16:52. > :16:55.Some of the species we currently have in our woodlands in Britain
:16:55. > :16:58.are actually getting out of their climate niche, if you like. We're
:16:58. > :17:02.already seeing problems with drought. We're getting drought
:17:02. > :17:07.crack in the timber. What we're looking for is some other species
:17:07. > :17:10.to replace those. It's all part of a fuel trial on an epic scale.
:17:10. > :17:13.Thousands of trees are being planted from the Azores in Portugal
:17:13. > :17:18.along the Atlantic coastline in Europe. The multi-national
:17:18. > :17:23.initiative will cover sites running some 1600 sites up to the Isle of
:17:23. > :17:28.Mull in Scotland. This, then, is a huge outdoor scientific experiment.
:17:28. > :17:32.6,000 trees from all around the world will be planted on this plot
:17:32. > :17:38.alone. The result, when they come, in are likely to have a profound
:17:38. > :17:42.impact on the future of our forests. For instance, if native oaks start
:17:42. > :17:48.to fail, should we plant them fromer on Europe? Can we identify
:17:48. > :17:52.trees with better commercial value? The research is highly ambitious,
:17:52. > :17:57.answers potentially a long way off. The main problem is the timescale.
:17:57. > :18:03.To be use. They need to be kept going until the trees mature. Of
:18:03. > :18:07.course, that's 50, a hundred years depends on the species. The data
:18:07. > :18:13.will benefit the forestry business. It also aims to protect our natural
:18:13. > :18:15.environment. Syrian authorities are
:18:15. > :18:25.systematically detaining and torturing children, according to
:18:25. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:28.the United Nations' human rights chief. In an interview filmed last
:18:28. > :18:31.week, Navi Pillay has told the BBC that President Bashar Al-Assad
:18:31. > :18:33.could end the detentions and stop the killing of civilians
:18:33. > :18:36.immediately, simply by issuing an order. Syria has accepted a peace
:18:36. > :18:41.plan amid scepticism about its intentions. Fergal Keane has this
:18:41. > :18:48.special report. In a place we cannot name with
:18:48. > :18:52.faces we cannot show, this is a kind of therapy for Syria's child
:18:52. > :18:59.survivors. These art lessons organised by activists for children
:18:59. > :19:07.who can no longer go to school. Some have seen parents dragged away
:19:07. > :19:12.in the night. Others have fled from the bombardment of Homs. This child
:19:12. > :19:20.describes being at a march hearing the chanting, and then the moment
:19:20. > :19:25.the Army opened fire. Now in an exclusive interview, the
:19:25. > :19:29.UN's top human rights official has accused the Syrian Government of
:19:29. > :19:34.deliberately targeting the children. They have gone for the children for
:19:34. > :19:37.whatever purpose in large numbers - hundreds detained and tortured. I
:19:37. > :19:41.have seen some of the evidence gathered by the Commission of
:19:41. > :19:45.Inquiry who talked with parents, who talked with other victims. It's
:19:45. > :19:50.just horrendous. APPLAUSE
:19:50. > :19:55.The Syrian Government denies the accusations and accuses the High
:19:55. > :19:58.Commissioner of bias. But under international law does President
:19:58. > :20:02.Assad bear command responsibility for crimes against humanity? That
:20:02. > :20:08.is the legal situation. Factually, there is enough evidence pointing
:20:08. > :20:14.to the fact that many of these acts committed by these security forces
:20:14. > :20:19.must have received the approval or the complicity at the highest level
:20:19. > :20:23.because the - President Assad can issue a single order and release
:20:23. > :20:27.all of these children and stop the killings.
:20:27. > :20:31.The High Commissioner also criticised abuses by opposition
:20:31. > :20:36.groups. But the UN and human rights organisations say the majority of
:20:36. > :20:40.violations are being carried out by the government's side. Much of what
:20:40. > :20:44.bombs and bullets do to the bodies of children is simply too
:20:44. > :20:50.distressing to show, and the trauma inflicted on young minds is beyond
:20:50. > :21:00.calculation. In Homs, a free-lance cameraman met
:21:00. > :21:16.
:21:16. > :21:20.a boy whose father had vanished Is Bashar Al-Assad ever going to
:21:20. > :21:24.face justice for the atrocities you say he bears responsibility for?
:21:24. > :21:29.People like him can go on for a very long time, but one day they'll
:21:30. > :21:35.have to face justice. But inside Syria in these anonymous rooms of
:21:35. > :21:38.refuge, justice is far away. A plane on an internal flight in
:21:38. > :21:43.America had to make an emergency landing after the captain
:21:43. > :21:47.apparently suffered a breakdown. He was overpowered by passengers on
:21:47. > :21:49.the JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas and was removed from the
:21:49. > :21:57.cockpit after shouting that there was a bomb onboard the plane.
:21:57. > :22:01.Alastair Leithhead reports. Chaos at 30,000 feet - passengers filmed
:22:01. > :22:04.the commotion as the captain freaked out, as they put it,
:22:04. > :22:09.running down the aisle shouting about Iraq and Iran and talking
:22:09. > :22:14.about a bomb. The co-pilot locked him out of the cockpit and diverted
:22:14. > :22:24.the plane. After 20 dramatic minutes, the plane made an
:22:24. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:28.The flight had started in New York and had been in the air more than
:22:28. > :22:33.three hours when the co-pilot decided to divert to Amarillo,
:22:33. > :22:38.Texas. He started to curse at me - you know, trying to tell me, "Hey,
:22:38. > :22:44.you better pray - Iraq and Iran," so I said, "You know what? I'm
:22:44. > :22:48.going to show you what Iraq and Iran is and I took him in a chose
:22:48. > :22:52.hold They got him down. They subdued him. After that, it was
:22:52. > :22:58.like, OK. Something bizarre has just happened but we're going to be
:22:58. > :23:03.OK. I was thinking of my wife and my children. That's the only thing
:23:03. > :23:06.I could think of. The plane was met by the ambulance and the FBI. The
:23:06. > :23:10.captain, Clayton Osborne was restrained as he was taken off the
:23:10. > :23:14.aircraft and escorted to hospital. JetBlue's Chief Executive said he
:23:14. > :23:18.had known him personally for years, a consummate professional with
:23:18. > :23:24.nothing in his record to suggest he'd be a risk on a flight, but
:23:24. > :23:29.something clearly went very wrong. The Football Association says it's
:23:29. > :23:33.investigating a huge punch-up that erupted between two League 1 sides
:23:33. > :23:38.last night. The final whistle had gone, and Crawley town had just
:23:38. > :23:41.beaten Bradford 2-1 when the fight began. Five players were red carded
:23:41. > :23:44.after the incident. The FA said it would talk to both clubs and review
:23:44. > :23:47.the video evidence. England's cricketers faced an
:23:47. > :23:55.uphill struggle if they're to beat Sri Lanka in the first test in
:23:55. > :23:58.Galle. The tourists will resume on day four on 111 for two, chasing a
:23:58. > :24:06.target of 340 for victory, having lost the wickets of their two
:24:06. > :24:11.openers Alistair Cooke and captain Andrew Strauss. It was one of the
:24:11. > :24:14.most daring raids of the Second World War. 70 years ago today an
:24:14. > :24:16.old US Navy ship was disguised to look like a German destroyer,
:24:16. > :24:19.packed with explosives and rammed into a dock in St.Nazaire on
:24:19. > :24:27.France's Atlantic coast. Gordon Corera joined a handful of veterans
:24:27. > :24:32.marking the day. 70 years on, the last handful of
:24:32. > :24:35.survivors gather to remember one of the most daring raids of World War
:24:35. > :24:41.II, an emotional moment for some. It was a battle that was brief and
:24:41. > :24:46.costly, but helped shape the course of the war.
:24:46. > :24:51.From 1941, a huge new German battleship, the Tirpitz, threatened
:24:51. > :24:54.to menace the Atlantic and Britain's vital supply link. There
:24:54. > :24:58.was only one dry dock on the Atlantic coast large enough to
:24:58. > :25:03.repair the Tirpitz, so if this dock here at St Nazaire could be
:25:03. > :25:08.destroyed, then the Atlantic would be safe from the German battleship,
:25:08. > :25:14.a daredevil plan was devised to destroy these vast gates.
:25:14. > :25:19.An old ship, the Cambletown, sailed from Falmouth disguised as German
:25:19. > :25:25.and with a huge bomb onboard. It navigated a six-mile estuary packed
:25:25. > :25:30.with German gun emplacements which opened fire as it approached. The
:25:30. > :25:34.Cambletown rammed into the dock gates and then the demandos jumped
:25:34. > :25:39.off. This 20-year-old colonel's job was to destroy one of the winding
:25:39. > :25:42.houses for the dock gates. I went and reported to my colonel and said,
:25:42. > :25:47."Sir, we have destroyed the northern winding house, and we're
:25:47. > :25:51.ready to return to England." What did he say? He then said to me,
:25:51. > :25:56."Old boy, take a look at the river. Our transport is not available."
:25:56. > :26:02.The small boats the men were supposed to escape on were burning.
:26:02. > :26:06.Within hours, they were arrested. But then ten hours after it crashed,
:26:06. > :26:12.the Cambletown, pictured here impaled on the gate, finally blew.
:26:12. > :26:17.Success came at a price. Nearly 170 men were killed, and today is a
:26:17. > :26:21.chance to remember for the last remaining few.
:26:21. > :26:31.We've got some wonderful people who are buried here. I come back in
:26:31. > :26:34.
:26:34. > :26:37.their memory, quite frankly, and Hello. We have been playing spot
:26:37. > :26:42.the clouds once more across the country, and we have been watching
:26:42. > :26:47.the America Yuri intently. We got up to 22 Celsius today. We may
:26:47. > :26:51.reach 23 Celsius tomorrow. But we're in for some changes as we
:26:51. > :26:54.head towards the weekend. Temperature curve takes a nosedive
:26:54. > :26:58.starting to drop off in the coming days. By did weekend we'll be
:26:58. > :27:03.closer to 11 Celsius. Temperatures tonight dropping sharply once more.
:27:03. > :27:07.It will be another chilly night under largely clear skies. Last
:27:07. > :27:12.night we hit minus 2-3 Celsius in rural areas. We will tonight. These
:27:12. > :27:16.are the towns and cities staying 4- 4 Celsius above zero, definitely a
:27:17. > :27:21.chilly morning. Mist and fog will disappear, then it's sunny pretty
:27:21. > :27:25.much everywhere again. There will be subtle changes. The western part
:27:25. > :27:30.of Scotland and more cloud will spill in around the Irish Sea
:27:30. > :27:35.coasts. Generally, it's blue skies. We'll be watching the temperatures
:27:35. > :27:39.once more reach 20 Celsius across southern counties of gays. We could
:27:39. > :27:43.hit 23 Celsius, a breeze blowing. Cooler around some coasts. Even
:27:43. > :27:47.temperatures here significantly above average. 18-19 Celsius in
:27:47. > :27:51.Northern Ireland. With more cloud along the coast, it will feel
:27:51. > :27:54.cooler. That cloud affecting Western Scotland, though generally
:27:54. > :27:59.sunny across the central belt and the south-east. That cloud becomes
:27:59. > :28:04.more extensive Friday, more wide across Northern Ireland, sinking
:28:04. > :28:08.into parts of north and West Wales, North England. Friday, hazy
:28:08. > :28:11.sunshine and we could reach 20 Celsius in the south. Further north,
:28:11. > :28:14.notice the temperatures are dropping a few degrees comfrey.
:28:14. > :28:18.That trend continues into the weekend. We will be cooler. There
:28:18. > :28:23.will be more cloud around. The weather isn't going to spoil your
:28:24. > :28:31.weekend. It looks generally dry. That's not good news, of course,