:00:11. > :00:14.Road disruption and power lines down as snow and blizzards hit
:00:14. > :00:19.parts of the country. There are confuse of traffic across northern
:00:19. > :00:26.England, as tens of thousands are left without electricity.
:00:26. > :00:32.We have no power. No mobile phone. No mains telephone. Devastated in
:00:32. > :00:36.this day and age that you can't get any information. Salvage experts in
:00:36. > :00:39.Wales struggle to get fuel off a cargo ship which ran aground in
:00:39. > :00:41.stormy seas. Parts of the country have civilian
:00:41. > :00:46.the heaviest April snow for 30 years.
:00:46. > :00:49.Also tonight: Britain's big airlines fear gridlock at airports
:00:49. > :00:54.over Easter. They say borders are dangerously understaffed.
:00:54. > :00:57.One of the country's most wanted men arrested, suspected of
:00:57. > :01:02.hijacking a car carrying two toddlers.
:01:02. > :01:06.More GPs are worried about whether they can make the controversial NHS
:01:06. > :01:12.reforms work. New research by the BBC.
:01:12. > :01:16.And Great Britain pip Australia to gold in the four-man team event at
:01:16. > :01:20.the World Championship. Next time they meet it's the Olympics.
:01:20. > :01:23.On BBC London, the hosepipe ban starts at midnight. Some businesses
:01:23. > :01:26.say they are suffering already. And the high court rules against
:01:26. > :01:36.protesters trying to stop the building of an Olympic training
:01:36. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:47.Hello and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:47. > :01:50.Tens of thousands of families are still without power tonight after
:01:50. > :01:56.gale-force winds, snow, sleet and rain brought power lines down in
:01:56. > :01:58.north-east England and Derbyshire. Elsewhere, across a wide sweep of
:01:58. > :02:07.northern England, there's been disruption on the roads, with many
:02:07. > :02:12.motorists stuck for hours. Ed Thomas is in Saddleworth with the
:02:12. > :02:16.latest for us. We might have the blue skies here now, but this
:02:16. > :02:20.morning we had the gales, is sleet and the snow. How much snow? Just
:02:20. > :02:25.look at this pile here. In Yorkshire they have had the
:02:25. > :02:33.heaviest snowfall in April for over 30 years. What all this has meant
:02:33. > :02:37.is homes without power and roads closed. This was rush hour on the
:02:37. > :02:41.M62. Drivers talked about blizzard- like conditions between Manchester
:02:41. > :02:50.and Huddersfield. Queues stretched for ten miles as the motorway was
:02:50. > :02:57.closed. It meant drivers were forced on to the back roads. But it
:02:57. > :03:01.wasn't long before they also became stuck. They knew it was snowing and
:03:01. > :03:07.they have done nothing about it. I haven't seen any gritters out in
:03:07. > :03:12.the last couple of days. It's caught them off guard again haven't
:03:12. > :03:17.it? The M62 was choc-a-block. Everybody is trying to get through
:03:17. > :03:22.this way. April. It should have come on April 1st!
:03:22. > :03:28.We joined Oldham's Mountain Rescue team in Saddleworth. By midday they
:03:28. > :03:34.had already dug out over 20 drivers and a snowplough. How bad was it?
:03:34. > :03:38.Early on it was quite severe. The winds were really high, gusting
:03:38. > :03:43.probably force 7 and 8, difficult to stand up in. Visibility was 15
:03:43. > :03:48.metres. Very, very cold. And the snow and ice has left tens of
:03:48. > :03:52.thousands of homes without power across North Yorkshire, Derbyshire
:03:52. > :04:00.and County Durham. Here in Consett many have been without electricity
:04:00. > :04:06.since last night. We have no power, no mobile phone, no mains telephone.
:04:06. > :04:11.No internet access. Other than the car, and the road, we have no
:04:11. > :04:16.communication. Devastated in this day and thaidge you can't get any
:04:16. > :04:20.information. We have no means of contact, radio, television or
:04:20. > :04:25.nothing. Mobile phones yes, we've tried to ring the frift board but
:04:25. > :04:28.after 15 or 20 minutes we are cut off. No information is given.
:04:28. > :04:33.Engineers are trying to restore power here. But the snow and ice is
:04:33. > :04:38.making their job harder. Currently we have about 25,000 customers
:04:38. > :04:43.still without power, having peaked through the night at 40,000, so we
:04:43. > :04:51.are working really hard under our major incident response plan to get
:04:51. > :04:55.everyone on supply. Off North Wales this cargo ship hit a rock off
:04:55. > :05:00.Colwyn Bay. There is concern that oil is leaking but there is praise
:05:00. > :05:04.for those who rescued seven crew members. It was difficult to rescue
:05:04. > :05:09.seven people off the ship which was moving at the time in stormy seas
:05:09. > :05:16.and bring them down safely on the M55. The snow is now melting. All
:05:16. > :05:21.of this was expected but it seems that many weren't prepared.
:05:21. > :05:25.They are still trying to clear this road. You can see how slow it is
:05:25. > :05:31.for the traffic, and the tractor trying to move the snow off the
:05:31. > :05:35.carriageway. But it is melting here quickly. This hopefully should be
:05:35. > :05:40.gone tomorrow. A quick word about homes without power. I'm told that
:05:40. > :05:42.12,000 homes in Whitby now have electricity. Ed, thank you.
:05:42. > :05:44.11 major airlines, including British Airways and Virgin, have
:05:44. > :05:48.warned that there could be "gridlock" at airports over busy
:05:48. > :05:50.periods like the Easter break. They say a shortage of staff at border
:05:50. > :05:54.controls could lead to unacceptable delays, but the Home Office says
:05:54. > :06:03.extra staff will be brought in to cope with the extra demand. Here's
:06:03. > :06:09.our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds. After a long haul flight
:06:09. > :06:12.it is hugs and friendly faces we expect, not an endless queue in
:06:12. > :06:16.passport control. But airlines say there's a risk of gridlock like
:06:16. > :06:22.this because of the upheaval in the UK Border Force, which places our
:06:22. > :06:26.borders. Last year it came to light that staff levels had been cut and
:06:26. > :06:30.fewer additional passport checks were being done. The Home Secretary,
:06:30. > :06:35.Theresa May, suspended the head of the agency here on the right, and
:06:35. > :06:39.demanded full checks were restored. But they take longer and require
:06:39. > :06:44.more staff. Virgin and the other airlines are now claiming there
:06:44. > :06:48.aren't enough people on duty and queues risk disrupting their entire
:06:48. > :06:51.operation. It is the middle of the afternoon. Quite a quiet period at
:06:51. > :06:55.Terminal 4. Passengers have been telling me that some from outside
:06:55. > :07:00.Europe have waited about 15 minutes to get through passport control.
:07:00. > :07:07.But the airport says it can sometimes take three hours, which
:07:07. > :07:11.BAA, owner of Heathrow, believes is unsent. We work hard to make sure
:07:11. > :07:16.we cut out confuse as much as wefpblgt it should take five
:07:16. > :07:20.minutes to get through security. Down stairs in immigration it is a
:07:20. > :07:27.different matter. That is not a good enough welcome to the UK.
:07:27. > :07:32.Heathrow said this weekend will be quieter than next weekend. But
:07:32. > :07:37.airlines and the Border Force union say their concerns go beyond Easter.
:07:37. > :07:41.We have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. The border needs
:07:41. > :07:46.to have enough staff. They need to be trained. They need to be in
:07:46. > :07:51.place, not temporary staff, proper, fully trained border officers.
:07:51. > :07:55.Home Office says extra staff are being brought in. The new border
:07:55. > :08:00.chief says warnings of serious disruption are simply speculation.
:08:00. > :08:03.My focus must be on making sure that our border is safe, that our
:08:03. > :08:07.travelling public are safe, and this we don't permit risks into the
:08:07. > :08:11.United Kingdom that could be a detriment to the safety of our
:08:11. > :08:15.communities. And trying to achieve that in a way that doesn't disrupt
:08:15. > :08:20.people any more than is necessary. Now clear that the airlines are
:08:20. > :08:22.closely watching the performance of Britain's Border Force.
:08:22. > :08:25.After a row about Government powers to monitor everything from our
:08:25. > :08:29.phone calls to internet use, there's fresh division at the heart
:08:29. > :08:31.of the coalition tonight over secret evidence in court. David
:08:31. > :08:34.Cameron says it's all about plugging gaps in national security,
:08:34. > :08:36.but many, including the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, appear
:08:36. > :08:46.unconvinced. Our deputy political editor, James Landale, has more
:08:46. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:51.details. Where should the balance of justice be decided? Always in
:08:51. > :08:54.open court or occasionally in private? So national security and
:08:54. > :08:58.the secrets of our spys are protected. To date the Prime
:08:58. > :09:04.Minister was clear. If courts want to hear more intelligence they need
:09:04. > :09:06.to do so behind closed doors. Government, Prime Ministers, have a
:09:06. > :09:10.responsibility for national security. We should take every step
:09:10. > :09:14.that's necessary to keep the country safe. We shouldn't put our
:09:14. > :09:19.civil liberties at risk by doing so, but where there are gaps that need
:09:19. > :09:23.to be plugged we need to plug those gaps. But how those gaps are
:09:23. > :09:27.plugged is testing this once happy relationship. Nick Clegg has tried
:09:27. > :09:33.to limit greater state monitoring of the internet. Now he's told
:09:33. > :09:39.Ministers that plans for more secret courts risk riding roughshod
:09:39. > :09:42.over civil liberties. I've been here 29 years arguing the case for
:09:42. > :09:48.civil liberties. One thing that justifies liberal democracy is
:09:48. > :09:54.defending the citizen against did overmighty state. We took on Labour
:09:54. > :09:58.for 13 years because they didn't understand that. On one level you
:09:58. > :10:03.have a Conservative Prime Minister emfising security, his Liberal
:10:03. > :10:09.Democrats deputy emphasising civil liberties. Nick Clegg is aware that
:10:10. > :10:13.he is facing tough local elections soon. So Mr Clegg has made clear he
:10:13. > :10:17.won't support more closed courts unless judges, not Ministers,
:10:17. > :10:20.decide when to used them. And he says they should never apply
:10:20. > :10:23.inquests. But Ken Clarke said secret courts are necessary to
:10:23. > :10:28.protect national security and to protect intelligence given to the
:10:28. > :10:31.UK by countries like the United States. In the case of the former
:10:31. > :10:34.Guantanamo Bay detainee, Binyam Mohamed, a summary of US
:10:34. > :10:37.intelligence was revealed in court and Ken Clarke says the Americans
:10:38. > :10:42.are now cutting back on the information they share. No-one is
:10:42. > :10:46.riding rough shot over the principles of open justice but you
:10:46. > :10:49.cannot have your spies giving sensitive information in public.
:10:50. > :10:54.And the result is you don't hear them at all at the moment. There is
:10:54. > :10:58.no open justice. This makes the security services more accountable.
:10:58. > :11:01.Labour like the Liberal Democrats think the plans for secret courts
:11:01. > :11:03.go too far, so pressure on the Government to get the right balance
:11:04. > :11:07.between security and liberty is growing.
:11:07. > :11:10.Network Rail has been fined �4 million and ordered to pay costs of
:11:10. > :11:13.nearly �120,000 for a breach of health and safety law which caused
:11:13. > :11:16.a train to derail near Grayrigg in Cumbria in 2007. One passenger was
:11:16. > :11:26.killed and 86 others injured when the 300 tonne engine derailed at 95
:11:26. > :11:31.
:11:31. > :11:37.mph after hitting a badly maintained and faulty set of points.
:11:37. > :11:43.A man suspected of master minding the September 11th attacks is to
:11:43. > :11:46.stand trial at a special tribunal. He and four others are being held
:11:46. > :11:50.at Guantanamo Bay accused of terrorism and aircraft hijack. If
:11:50. > :12:00.found guilty they could face the death penalty.
:12:00. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:04.One of Britain's most wanted men is under arrest tonight. Cedric Brown
:12:04. > :12:07.was cornered by West Midlands Police at the scene of a burglary
:12:07. > :12:10.and carjacking. Two toddlers were strapped into car seats at the time.
:12:10. > :12:13.As Daniel Boetcher reports from Birmingham, the man is also being
:12:13. > :12:20.questioned over a violent break-in two years ago which was featured on
:12:20. > :12:24.Crimewatch. Three suspects seen running from a vehicle were pursued
:12:24. > :12:27.by officers on foot along this street. Then the start of a brief
:12:27. > :12:31.but terrifying ordeal for one young family. Police say one of the
:12:31. > :12:33.suspects then grabbed a woman, pulling her out of her car. It is
:12:33. > :12:38.believed he was carrying a knife. He sped off in that direction,
:12:38. > :12:42.trying to escape. But in the back of the car were the woman's two
:12:42. > :12:47.young children, a one-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl. I heard
:12:47. > :12:55.the scream and I looked out the door to see a car spinning off up
:12:55. > :12:59.the road really. But the woman was really upset. Crying and that. But
:12:59. > :13:05.there was quite a few people helping her. I think he may have
:13:05. > :13:11.realised the children were in the back of the car. A man was arrested
:13:11. > :13:14.after he abandoned the car a short distance away and the children were
:13:14. > :13:17.safely reunited with their mother. The children themselves, the
:13:17. > :13:21.youngest didn't know much about it but the two-year-old was covering
:13:21. > :13:26.her face and was frightened and was talking about what's been going on
:13:26. > :13:31.today. The man arrested is believed to be 44-year-old Cedric Brown. He
:13:31. > :13:36.is wanted for questioning in ex- connection with a stabbing and
:13:36. > :13:39.burglary in Birmingham. The defence has begun in the trial
:13:39. > :13:42.of 11 men accused of sexually abusing girls in the Rochdale area.
:13:42. > :13:45.In court today a defendant, who like the other men charged, is
:13:45. > :13:47.Asian, accused one of the girls of being racist and the police of
:13:47. > :13:57.being corrupt. Our correspondent, Chris Buckler, was at Liverpool
:13:57. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:02.These are some of the men accused of sexually abusing five girls.
:14:02. > :14:07.Aged as young as 1. Among the accusation claims that they worked
:14:07. > :14:12.together as a gang, using drink, drugs and violence to groom the
:14:12. > :14:17.teenagers. Today in court another defendant, who we can't name for
:14:17. > :14:27.legal reasons, became the first of the men to gave evidence. He made
:14:27. > :14:29.
:14:29. > :14:35.his own claims. Calling one of the The 59-year-old man, who is as
:14:35. > :14:41.yangs accused the police of being corrupt.
:14:41. > :14:45.-- the 59-year-old man, who is Asian, accused the police of being
:14:45. > :14:49.corrupt. There've been protests by the BNP outside court earlier in
:14:49. > :14:52.the trial. And there had been demonstrations in the Heywood area
:14:52. > :14:57.of Rochdale, where it is alleged that vulnerable girls were
:14:57. > :15:03.trafficked and raped. But the defendant claimed they were
:15:03. > :15:09.involved in prostitution and said they in enough business acumen to
:15:09. > :15:11.win the television programme The Apprentice. At several points he
:15:11. > :15:16.became aggressive, accusing a police officer in court of United
:15:16. > :15:21.Kingdom him up. At another he took off his short, asking why a girl he
:15:21. > :15:26.is accused of having sex with failed to tell police he was hairy.
:15:26. > :15:36.A second defendant, Kabeer Hassan, gave Ed today. Like the other men
:15:36. > :15:37.
:15:37. > :15:44.There has been disruption to roads and power supplies after snow and
:15:44. > :15:48.high winds in parts of the country. Coming up... Gold medals and a new
:15:48. > :15:55.world record for Britain's cyclists. The perfect planning for London
:15:55. > :15:59.2012. Ind Business news, why charities are banking on a �600
:15:59. > :16:05.million Big Society cash pile. And how growth in the service sector
:16:05. > :16:13.suggests that Britain might have dodged the recession will it. --
:16:13. > :16:17.GPs seem to be losing faith in the Government's controversial reforms
:16:17. > :16:22.to the NHS in England. That's according to new research conducted
:16:22. > :16:26.by the BBC. 18 months ago, one in four thought giving GPs a greater
:16:26. > :16:32.say would improve care for their patients. Now it's just one in
:16:32. > :16:38.eight. Our health correspondent has the details. In every community in
:16:38. > :16:42.England, the NHS is changing. A year from now, GPs will be the
:16:42. > :16:47.leaders - making decisions together about how money is spent. So does
:16:47. > :16:52.this G P led system mean an improvement in care? In 20th
:16:52. > :16:59.September 10, 23 % agreed it would. By March this year that had fallen
:16:59. > :17:08.to just 12 % of GPs. The government says the NHS needs this scale of
:17:08. > :17:12.change. That convinced 65 % of GPs in 2010, but only 47 % agree now.
:17:12. > :17:19.Some critics argue this will mean a bigger role for private companies.
:17:20. > :17:25.71 % of GPs thought it would in 2010. That has now gone up to 87 %.
:17:25. > :17:29.Some GPs say they've become deeply disillusioned. We are very worried.
:17:29. > :17:36.As more details come out it becomes increasingly obvious that the power
:17:36. > :17:41.being given is not as real as it seems. We won't have a lot of power.
:17:41. > :17:47.What the government have done is shifted the decision-making
:17:47. > :17:51.processes on to us at a time when our services will have to be cut.
:17:51. > :17:54.These NHS changes are all about who makes decisions about money. GP
:17:55. > :18:00.surgeries like this one are joining together into groups. This time
:18:00. > :18:05.next year those G P led groups will take control of health budgets for
:18:05. > :18:10.the local communities. They could be more competition for the NHS
:18:10. > :18:15.from private companies and charities. And at the same time,
:18:15. > :18:20.the Health Service have to find big savings to help meet rising costs.
:18:20. > :18:24.It is that need to find savings at the same time that is worrying
:18:24. > :18:28.patient campaigners. We hear on a daily basis about the huge
:18:28. > :18:31.efficiency savings we've got to make. GPs going forward have got to
:18:31. > :18:36.make some very tough decisions about whether to treat a patient or
:18:36. > :18:43.not. That is going to have a huge impact on the GP patient trust and
:18:43. > :18:47.relationship. This ComRes pole used to see sample of more than 800 GPs
:18:47. > :18:53.interviewed in March. We asked them about future pressures on the NHS.
:18:53. > :18:58.Will the NHS be able to go on treating patients within 18 weeks?
:18:58. > :19:02.Just 22 % thought it could. Almost Just 22 % thought it could. Almost
:19:02. > :19:08.half disagreed. Will the NHS have to increase rationing of treatment?
:19:08. > :19:13.to increase rationing of treatment? 83 % of GPs think it will. GPs who
:19:13. > :19:17.support the changes say that is why they need to take the lead. GPs are
:19:17. > :19:20.in a very good position to know what conditions their patients are
:19:21. > :19:24.likely to experience. They can therefore plan services at a
:19:24. > :19:28.convenient for the patient, but also make sure they are provided in
:19:28. > :19:33.a cost-effective way. government says many GPs do back
:19:33. > :19:40.its vision. And, as the NHS goes on making savings, patients want
:19:40. > :19:50.doctors, not managers in charge. You can find out more about that
:19:50. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:54.Talks aimed at averting a strike by fuel tanker drivers have begun at a
:19:54. > :19:57.secret location in London. They are being overseen by ACAS, the
:19:58. > :20:02.conciliation service, which is mediating between the Unite union
:20:02. > :20:10.and officials from seven distribution companies. Richard
:20:10. > :20:13.Westcott is at ACAS for us now. Tell us what the latest is.
:20:13. > :20:17.All the union will say is these talks are still going on. I think
:20:17. > :20:23.we can take that as a good sign. They started early this morning,
:20:23. > :20:27.but they have got a lot to talk about. It isn't a single issue here.
:20:27. > :20:30.It isn't about pay, pensions, safety training, the unions say all
:20:30. > :20:34.of that has been degraded over the last few years but the company is
:20:34. > :20:39.disagreeing with that. This could go on for days, weeks, we have no
:20:39. > :20:43.idea. It's important to remember we are not suddenly going to have a
:20:43. > :20:52.strike sprung on us. Even if it breaks down, the unions come out
:20:52. > :20:56.and are now strike dates - they It's called Big Society Capital and
:20:56. > :21:00.its aim is to unlock billions of pounds of investment in social and
:21:01. > :21:03.community projects. The new fund, which has start-up cash of �600
:21:03. > :21:09.million, has the personal endorsement of the Prime Minister.
:21:09. > :21:13.But how much of an impact will it make? As our home editor reports,
:21:13. > :21:19.the initiative is being hailed as a new way of getting his -- getting
:21:19. > :21:22.big business to invest in grassroots projects. Britain is
:21:22. > :21:29.being invited to board a new vehicle for delivering public
:21:29. > :21:32.services. And this bus is an example of it. It looks like any
:21:32. > :21:36.London double-decker but unlike other routes where profit goes to
:21:36. > :21:41.shareholders, many made on this one subsidises community projects. In
:21:41. > :21:49.the jargon, it's a not-for-profit social enterprise. And the man who
:21:49. > :21:52.heads the project is a social entrepreneur. Former bus driver Dai
:21:52. > :21:57.Powell, wants to expand his feet, but traditional banks are often
:21:57. > :22:02.reluctant to lend to social enterprises. As of today, there is
:22:03. > :22:07.the Big Society Capital. The public sector has the tax take, the
:22:07. > :22:11.private sector has share Capital. We now have access to funds for
:22:11. > :22:14.social enterprise. When you say to the bank, I've got this social
:22:15. > :22:20.enterprise, what will you say? will say we need X amount of money
:22:20. > :22:26.and we will give you a financial return but also a social return.
:22:26. > :22:28.The application for a loan will stress sell his operation Bunce
:22:28. > :22:33.community mini buses for elderly and disabled people in north London,
:22:33. > :22:37.as well as generating enough income to repay his debts. Bankers may
:22:37. > :22:43.have an image problem that Animex passenger on the social enterprise
:22:43. > :22:47.bus is a banker with a difference. Does the chief executive of Big
:22:47. > :22:53.Society Capital honestly believed that hard-nosed City investors will
:22:53. > :22:56.be prepared to sacrifice profit to do good? I am absolutely convinced.
:22:56. > :23:03.Not just in London but about the UK, there are a significant number of
:23:03. > :23:06.people who want to take at least a part of their investment portfolio
:23:06. > :23:10.and dedicated to investment that not only gets them their money back
:23:10. > :23:13.but also earns them some sort of small return and, most importantly,
:23:13. > :23:17.help to make society and the communities they live in a better
:23:17. > :23:21.place to live. So is social enterprise takes its idea too Big
:23:21. > :23:25.Society Capital, which will look at what it offers for a financial
:23:25. > :23:29.return and social return. It may dip into its own funds, but most of
:23:29. > :23:33.the cash is likely to come from an outsider, a company, charity or
:23:33. > :23:37.individual, happy to earn a bit less interest if their investment
:23:37. > :23:42.also ends up making the world a better place. Within the charitable
:23:42. > :23:47.sector there are sceptics as to just where the Big Society boss is
:23:47. > :23:52.taking Britain. Social enterprise is not risk-free. It could go bust.
:23:52. > :23:55.It asocial enterprise is delivering a key public service and people
:23:55. > :23:58.have got to have continuous service on it then something will have to
:23:58. > :24:02.be done. It's important the government thinks about that now.
:24:02. > :24:05.If we get a lot more social enterprises delivering a lot more
:24:05. > :24:10.public services, this is an issue which would become real in the
:24:10. > :24:14.future. Enthusiasts believe Big Society Capital will help create a
:24:14. > :24:17.new sector for service delivery, incorporating the best of state and
:24:17. > :24:27.privately funded provision. Doubters fear it will suffer the
:24:27. > :24:31.weaknesses of both. Edinburgh Zoo says its two giant pandas have yet
:24:31. > :24:34.to make, two days after they were placed in the same enclosure for
:24:34. > :24:38.the first time. Tian Tian and Yang Guang have been showing some
:24:38. > :24:42.interest in each other but, with only 36 hours it year in which it's
:24:42. > :24:46.possible to conceive, it means the arrival of any panda cubs is now
:24:46. > :24:50.unlikely this season. When it comes to planning for London 2012, it
:24:51. > :24:54.could hardly get any better. A British four man team has just said
:24:54. > :24:57.the new world record at the track cycling world championships in
:24:57. > :25:01.Australia. But, as James Pearce reports from Melbourne, the British
:25:01. > :25:09.team are also competing against each other for places at this
:25:09. > :25:14.summer's Games. The roar from the Australian crowd as their team
:25:14. > :25:18.pursuit cyclist went head-to-head against the British. And then near
:25:18. > :25:23.silence. When they realised that the Brits had won in a world record
:25:23. > :25:26.time. I've been wanting this for the last four years and it's never
:25:27. > :25:31.quite happened. To come to Australia and beat the Aussies on
:25:31. > :25:34.their own turf makes it all the better. In Melbourne, the British
:25:34. > :25:38.cyclists could hardly be any further from London as the
:25:38. > :25:42.countdown to the Olympics continues. But it's here, 10,000 miles from
:25:42. > :25:45.home, where some agonising selection decisions will have to be
:25:45. > :25:49.made. The rules for the Olympic cycling have changed. This year,
:25:49. > :25:54.every country is going to be limited to just one competitor in
:25:54. > :26:00.each event. So Sir Chris Hoy won't even be able to defend all three of
:26:00. > :26:05.the titles he won in Beijing unless he can prove here that he is still
:26:05. > :26:12.Britain's number one in each of his event. This was Chris Hoy today,
:26:12. > :26:16.riding alongside Jason Kenny in the tree -- in the team sprint. This
:26:16. > :26:20.was Chris Foy at the last Olympics, beating him in the final of the
:26:20. > :26:24.individual sprint. After that race, an interesting prediction was made
:26:24. > :26:27.about a man he'd forced to settle for the silver medal. He's going to
:26:27. > :26:32.be the best in the world in a short space of time. This is the man
:26:33. > :26:36.who's going to win in London. Chris Hoy's ambition of winning
:26:36. > :26:40.three more gold medals in London will be thwarted before the Games
:26:40. > :26:46.even begin, unless he can demonstrate this week that his
:26:46. > :26:49.prodigy still can't overtake him. share a room with the guide, we
:26:49. > :26:52.trained together every day. He's a great bloke, we're good friends.
:26:52. > :26:56.But on the track it doesn't matter, you are just trying to do
:26:56. > :27:01.everything you can to win the race. That showdown will take place at
:27:01. > :27:11.the end of the week. Today belongs to Britain's men's pursuit team,
:27:11. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:18.the new world champions. Let's get Than fully the worst is over for
:27:18. > :27:24.oboes badly affected today. Let's remind ourselves of the vortex of
:27:24. > :27:32.thick cloud, this was the make-up of the snow. Blizzards for some,
:27:32. > :27:36.welcome rainfall for others. For many, a cold evening across central
:27:36. > :27:40.and southern areas. In the West Country, the chances of a few
:27:40. > :27:44.thundery showers in the next few hours. The worst of the weather
:27:44. > :27:49.will be across central and southern areas tonight. For the rest of the
:27:49. > :27:54.UK it is dry and quieter. The skies will be clearing across the North,
:27:54. > :27:58.that means a very cold night. Where you've got snow cover it will be
:27:58. > :28:03.extremely cold, a severe frost in some places. Later in the night,
:28:03. > :28:07.more cloud spreading to the north- west of Scotland. Rain arriving,
:28:07. > :28:11.not snow. This dampness will spread across other parts of Scotland and
:28:11. > :28:18.Northern Ireland. Further south it is looking good. The early cloud
:28:18. > :28:23.across seven areas will break up. A much better day across the North of
:28:23. > :28:26.England, dry and brighter. Breezy across southern areas but things
:28:26. > :28:30.should pick up through the afternoon. Temperatures in many
:28:30. > :28:34.places will be getting up into double figures. Patchy rain
:28:34. > :28:40.clearing from south Devon and Cornwall. Wales has a much better
:28:40. > :28:44.day. It will be brighter and warmer. For Northern Ireland it will tend
:28:45. > :28:49.to cloud over after a bright, frosty start. Patchy rain towards