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The fragile ceasefire in Syria tonight for the first time after | :00:09. | :00:12. | |
months of bloodshed. There have been reports of some violations on | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
both sides, but the UN secretary general said that the truce appears | :00:17. | :00:26. | |
to be holding. The world is watching, however, with sceptical | :00:26. | :00:31. | |
eyes since many promises previously made by the Government of Syria | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
have not been capped. All so on the programme: Policies | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
breached and boundaries blurred. The Met Police is heavily | :00:40. | :00:49. | |
criticised for employing a former News of the World employee as a PR | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
consultant. Hundreds of patients are sent home | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
in the early hours of the morning. She could not get a lift home and | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
the taxi arrived and took her to a cash machine and made her withdraw | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
�60 before he would take care. What will London 2012 leave behind? | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
We will report from Barcelona on the next Olympic legacy. There is | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
no question that the Olympics help to regenerate Barcelona, turning it | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
into one of the most vibrant and popular cities in the world. But up | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
here, where most of the sport actually happened, that is a very | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
different story. I will have Sportsday later on the | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
BBC News Channel, including the best action from Aintree at the | :01:30. | :01:40. | |
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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six. A fragile ceasefire in | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
Syria seems to be holding 12 hours after it came into force. Reports | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
suggest there has been a drop in violence despite both sides | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
reporting violations of the truce during the day. Anti-government | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
activists claim they have seen no sign of President Assad pulling his | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
forces away from opposition strongholds like Homs. Tens of | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
thousands of Syrian civilians who fled the violence are living in | :02:19. | :02:26. | |
refugee camps on the Turkish-Syrian border. We report from there. | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
After months of violence, it did seem a very different kind of dough. | :02:30. | :02:36. | |
Not so much peace, but the absence of large-scale conflict. -- kind of | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
day. Activists recorded these pictures of Government tanks on the | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
mood. In Aleppo, they were able to film a sniper position. And in the | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
same city, students came out to form a chain bearing the words SOS. | :02:51. | :02:57. | |
Both sides accuse each other of violations. In this Damascus suburb, | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
a activists said they filmed shelling by the army. For its part, | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
the Government accused the opposition of a lethal roadside | :03:04. | :03:13. | |
bomb attack. The Secretary-General of the UN spoke for many with a | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
wary response. At the moment the situation looks calm. The world is | :03:17. | :03:25. | |
watching, however, with us -- sceptical eyes because many | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
promises previously made by the Government of Syria have not been | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
kept. In Damascus, among supporters of the regime, there was a welcome | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
for the ceasefire but also for the Government's threat to retaliate if | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
attacked. We are against the withdrawal of the army and | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
especially in the hot stones. We are seeking stability for the | :03:44. | :03:50. | |
country. -- hot zones. Syrians are supporting the ceasefire because we | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
are tired of this mess and the events taking place. What is meant | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
to happen now? Under the plan, the Government's heavy weapons, tanks | :04:00. | :04:08. | |
and troops are supposed to be withdrawn. UN monitors are meant to | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
report on compliance with the plan. And both sides are meant to meet | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
with an intermediary. But this evening there was a blunt rejection | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
of this from the command of the rebel army. This regime has already | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
violated the ceasefire, from the first minute. It will not honour it | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
or its pledges. We cannot enter into dialogue with a criminal | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
regime. We believe that this regime is illegitimate. The Refugees that | :04:36. | :04:44. | |
dream of returning home, today's news present the possibility. This | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
woman is in her 70s and was separated from her children and | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
grandchildren when they tried to escape serious. When everything is | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
peaceful I will go home to my children. Every day I am crying and | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
thinking about them. The news from across the board is confused. | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
Generally quiet but with reports from some areas of violations. The | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
Kofi Annan, the problem is that the political crisis that caused the | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
violence is not resolved. The opposition will not accept any | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
solution that keeps President Assad in power. After thousands of deaths, | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
tens of thousands driven into exile, the bitterness and mistrust in the | :05:21. | :05:28. | |
way of real peace is immense. It is telling perhaps I did not meet any | :05:28. | :05:35. | |
Refugees today who believed they would be going home soon. | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
Our diplomatic correspondent is with me now. The ceasefire holds | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
for now. But there are plenty of people that are pretty sceptical | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
about whether it can last. That is right and possibly with good reason. | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
There have been peace plans before. The Arab League had one and look | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
what happened there, with observers going in a just lead to more | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
violence. The verdict from the UN so far seems to be cautiously | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
hopeful. Ban Ki-Moon said that it looked, and Kofi Annan said there | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
was a rare moment of calm for Syria. But behind the scenes, he seemed to | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
be tougher. He has called on them to demand collectively that | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
President Assad should withdraw those troops and heavy weaponry is | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
from built up areas. Presumably the heavy lifting will be done by | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
Russia and China, part of this peace plan. In before they were not | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
in concert with the rest of the UN. It looks like Kofi Annan wants to | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
move swiftly. They want a small observer team, possibly of 30 | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
people, possibly in the next two days, to be put in to test the | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
waters before sending in a bigger team. But before that, there could | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
be a moment when the ceasefire is tested and that comes tomorrow, | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
after Friday prayers. If tens of thousands of people take to the | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
streets, according to the peace plan they should be able to | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
peacefully demonstrate. Will that be allowed? Will this fragile truce | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
collapse into more violence? Thank you. | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
Senior staff at Scotland Yard have been criticised for poor judgement | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
over their decision to hire a former News of the World executive | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
as a PR consultant. The police watchdog the IPCC said that | :07:21. | :07:22. | |
Scotland Yard had blurred professional boundaries when they | :07:22. | :07:30. | |
employed Neil Wallis in 2009. Yes, the phone hacking scandal | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
reignited just over a year ago. In the intervening time, the doors at | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
Scotland Yard have been revolving nearly as much as the famous sign, | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
with the departure of senior staff. The affair has also left a number | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
of investigations on-going with the Independent Police Complaints | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
Commission. The final report on those have been published today. | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
The police and the press. Since the phone hacking affair reignited last | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
year, it has been claimed that senior Met Police staff were just | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
too close to the News of the World. In particular, Assistant | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
Commissioner John Yates and the communications chief at the police, | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
Dick Fedorcio. Today the police watchdog gave its final verdict. | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
Why did you give this to the man who was the deputy editor of the | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
News of the World? Dick Fedorcio has faced repeated questions about | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
his relationship with News of the World journalists and executives. | :08:26. | :08:33. | |
Today's report focuses on one decision that he made in 2009. As | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
Director of Public Affairs at the Met Police, he employed Neil Wallis, | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
freelance public-relations consultant as a media adviser. But | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
he is the former deputy editor of the News of the World. The IPCC's | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
report says that Dick Fedorcio compromise the competitive process | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
by signing him up before signing a proper contract. Policies were | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
breached. And Dick Fedorcio could be guilty of misconduct. Senior | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
people appear to be oblivious to the perception of conflict. It is | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
clear to me that professional boundaries became blurred. | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
Imprudent decisions were taken and poor judgment was shown by a senior | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
Metropolitan Police personnel. IPCC also reported on the link | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
between former newspaperman Neil Wallis and former senior policeman | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
John Yates. He passed the CV of Neil Wallis's daughter to the Met | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
Police personnel department, displaying poor judgment according | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
to the IPCC, because it created the expectation that she would be found | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
a job. The commission did not conclude that he or Dick Fedorcio | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
acted corruptly. But both men have now resigned. Dick Fedorcio only | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
went about two weeks ago, shortly before, it is thought, the | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
Metropolitan Police were about to begin disciplinary proceedings | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
against him. The IPCC have said that his departure before | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
disciplinary action is hugely damaging for public confidence in | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
the Met Police. The Government is facing growing | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
pressure tonight to alter its planned changes to the tax system, | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
following concerns that wealthy people could be deterred from | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
giving to charities. The Chancellor wants to cap the relief on | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
donations to cut down on tax avoidance. Liam Watts and has the | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
latest. David Cameron says that he believes | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
in the Big Society because the state has to make savings, so | :10:31. | :10:34. | |
charities and voluntary groups should do more. But charities are | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
warning that changes to the tax laws could cost those and those | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
that depend on them dearly. believe that if this tax change | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
proceeds as is currently proposed, that it will be the poorest and | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
most vulnerable children paying the price of that. They could pay that | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
price with their lives. Some charities say they rely heavily on | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
wealthy individuals. Millionaires are responsible for as much as �750 | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
million worth of donations. There are fears that the attempts to cut | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
down on tax avoidance could hit charities in the pocket. At the | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
moment, someone earning �4 million a year could give �2 million to | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
charity before any income tax is deducted. They would then pay tax | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
only on the remaining �2 million. But from April next year, the | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
proposal is that someone earning �4 million would be limited to giving | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
a maximum of �1 million, or quarter of their income, to charity before | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
tax is deducted. They would then have to pay income tax on the | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
remaining �3 million. They could still give more money to charity, | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
but it would not be tax free. Through the use of various tax | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
reliefs, very wealthy individuals are able to reduce their income tax | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
rate, not to the 45, 40, 20% that people generally pay, but down to | :11:54. | :12:03. | |
very low numbers indeed. Possibly not paying any income tax at all. | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Some coalition MPs are drumming up opposition here. Vince Cable is | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
calling for a rethink so that charges do not suffer from wider | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
moves to tackle tax avoidance. Some Conservative ministers say they | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
were not consulted on the policy and even more and charitably, a | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
former Conservative minister has told the BBC that this must be | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
reversed. -- uncharitably. Labour have accused them of incompetence. | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
Only this Government could be so out of touch, and so failing to | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
realise that we are all in it together, that they cut taxes for | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
the most affluent people in our society, at the top 1%, except for | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
those that do the right thing. Except for those that want to give | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
money to charity. The Government could pay an unexpected political | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
price for tackling tax avoidance. A 90 year-old woman with dementia | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
sent home from hospital at 4 o'clock in the morning. A 94 year- | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
old man put in a taxi on his own in the middle of the night. Another | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
patient discharged without any shoes at 4:30am. These are some of | :13:12. | :13:14. | |
the distressing stories that have emerged from the research which | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
reveals that almost a quarter of a million patients in England have | :13:18. | :13:25. | |
been discharged from hospital overnight in the past year. | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
When a patient leaves hospital, they expect to be well enough to go | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
home and to be able to get there. But many are being discharged in | :13:32. | :13:35. | |
the middle of the night when families and care homes are not | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
expecting them. They sent me home in a taxi. I could not get into the | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
house because the front door was locked from the inside. We were | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
extremely surprised that she was in and out so quickly. Residents | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
returned late at night with a flimsy nightdress and of that will | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
like it. Lisa Smurf's elderly mother and law was sent home at 11 | :13:59. | :14:08. | |
o'clock. -- and a hospital blanket. They phoned her a taxi because they | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
would not give her a lift home. The taxi took her to a cash machine and | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
made to withdraw �60 before he would take her home. Figures | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
obtained by the Times newspaper from nearly two-thirds of hospital | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
trusts in England found that a quarter of a million patients were | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
discharged between 11 o'clock at night and 6 o'clock in the morning. | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
Those figures are not straightforward. University | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
Hospitals of Leicester discharged 9000 patients overnight, but that | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
includes 7200 patients who died during the night, were on a | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
maternity ward, or went home voluntarily. Derby hospitals have | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
the highest rate of overnight discharges but they say that | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
includes discharged patients moved to different wards and when they | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
run short of beds they sometimes have no alternative. Clearly | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
discharging people in the middle of the light, for that particular | :15:01. | :15:09. | |
patient, it is not ideal and it is not going to be ideal. But when you | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
look at the needs of a desperately sick person in casualty, it is | :15:13. | :15:17. | |
often balancing those needs. Some fear that growing pressures on | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
health service could make this a growing problem, and ministers say | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
that must not happen. It is a particular problem for elderly and | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
vulnerable patients to be sent home at a time of day that is not safe | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
or convenient. The Government has promised to investigate and says | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
that hospitals must only ever send patients home when it is safe for | :15:39. | :15:45. | |
Our top story tonight: A fragile ceasefire is holding | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
across much of Syria, though there have been reports of sporadic | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
violence on both sides. And coming up - Munch's Scream on | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
public display, and on course to become the world's most valuable | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
work of art. It's a portrait of torment, anxiety and despair - how | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
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many tens of millions of pounds is Later, more than 1,000 jobs at risk | :16:14. | :16:20. | |
as British Airways reveals its plans for BMI. Struggling retail at | :16:20. | :16:30. | |
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Mothercare is to close over 100 of In just five months' time, after | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
all the years of planning and hard work, the London 2012 Olympics will | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
be over - the athletes and crowds will have been and gone. So what | :16:42. | :16:45. | |
will be left behind? In the second of our series from former host | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
cities, our sports editor, David Bond, has been to Barcelona, which | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
hosted the games 20 years ago, to find out what the legacy has been | :16:51. | :17:00. | |
for that city. Take a boat along Barcelona's | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
waterfront, and it is easy to see the legacy the Olympics left here. | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
20 years ago, this city had its back turned to the sea. Now it is | :17:11. | :17:14. | |
the perfect spot for a bit of sport, or maybe something a little less | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
taxing. It is hard to imagine, but before the Games, this long stretch | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
of sandy beach was an industrial dumping ground. Maria and her | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
friends have been meeting here for years. They remember what it was | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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But it wasn't only about spending billions on redevelopment projects. | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
The global profile of the game's transformed the city's image. Now | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
it is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world, with the | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
number of visitors doubling in the decade which followed. There is no | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
question the Olympics help to regenerate Barcelona, turning it | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
into one of the most vibrant and popular cities in the world. But up | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
here, where most of the sport actually happened, that is a | :18:23. | :18:31. | |
Build many of its Olympic venues, including the diving, on Montjuic. | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
While they had stunning views, they were not all developed with long- | :18:35. | :18:44. | |
When we visited the diving Centre, it was in a shocking state. Only | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
used in high summer, it has been largely neglected. So does the | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
iconic then you have a future? let's say, the economic turnaround | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
comes, and the City has money, it is a facility to invest and make it | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
Indore. But it is true that it hasn't been a big demand. | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
Olympic Stadium has been well looked after, and still attracts a | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
lot of visitors. The only problem is there is not a lot to see. | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
Football club Espanyol moved out three years ago, leaving it without | :19:17. | :19:24. | |
an anchor tenant. 20 years ago, the stadium was packed to see Sally | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
Gunnell win gold for Great Britain. Such a shame... Back at the scene | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
of her greatest triumph, she told me she hoped London would take note | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
of the experience here. A great stadium, it has got a fantastic | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
surface. OK, maybe it doesn't work so well for football, but there is | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
no reason why we can't see athletics on here. I think we have | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
to learn from this. I hope they learn from what we can do back in | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
London. Away from the flagship venues, most of the smaller | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
stadiums, like the velodrome, continue to have community use. | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
Although even here, the lack of a roof means it can't host big | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
competitions. Few did more to bring the Games to Barcelona than the | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
late IOC president, Juan Antonio Samaranch. His son says his | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
father's legacy goes way beyond infrastructure. You look at | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
basketball, football, handball, team sports, tennis, where ever you | :20:24. | :20:30. | |
look, you have very competitive Spanish sports men and women who | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
are doing very well. That all started over there in that stadium, | :20:33. | :20:41. | |
20 years ago, yes. Maybe so, but Barcelona's Olympic achievement was | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
to prioritise urban renewal of the sporting legacy. London is | :20:44. | :20:54. | |
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promising both. The Welsh Conservative Party has | :20:56. | :20:58. | |
launched its manifesto for next month's local elections, saying | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
Tory-run councils would prioritise cleaning up litter and dog mess, | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
and repairing roads. The party is defending around 160 seats on May | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
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3rd. For decades it's been a port of | :21:15. | :21:18. | |
call for mums and parents-to-be. But today, Mothercare announced | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
it's to close more than 100 of its outlets over the next three years. | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
The majority will be Early Learning Centres. The company announced more | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
than 700 redundancies, but said it hoped some of those who'll lose | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
their jobs can be redeployed. Shopping for a baby is always a bit | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
special, but Mothercare has lost its shine. UK sales are continuing | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
to fall. A household name that has struggled to keep up with the | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
competition. In the past, it was all about how many stores you had. | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
Accessibility for retailers was number of stores. Now accessibility | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
is about the internet, you don't need as many stores. The stores | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
that you have have to work harder. If someone is going to visit a | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
store, they want a really positive experience. Neither Mothercare, not | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
only learning centre, have kept up with that. -- nor Early Learning | :22:07. | :22:15. | |
Centre. No surprise that more closures are on the way. 730 jobs | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
will be affected. Closing underperforming stores is all part | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
of Mothercare's plans to revive its UK business. The going may be tough | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
at home, but it is a different story overseas. International sales | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
are growing. Mother can now has more than 1,000 stores in 58 | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
countries -- Mothercare now has. Like here in Saudi Arabia. Success | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
that is based on an historic brand. In the old days, Mothercare was the | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
one stop mother and baby shop. Attracting families today is much | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
harder. Obviously a lot to do with internet shopping, people's habits | :22:54. | :23:02. | |
have changed. People used clothes from supermarkets, but yes, the big | :23:02. | :23:09. | |
online monster will soldier on. company says the fightback has | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
begun with a leaner, more competitive business in future. | :23:13. | :23:21. | |
Getting there, though, won't be It's one the most recognisable and | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
highly-valued works of art in the world. The Scream - by the | :23:24. | :23:26. | |
Norwegian, Edvard Munch - is a haunting depiction of man's | :23:27. | :23:29. | |
alienation. Today, the only version of the painting in private hands | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
went on display at Sotheby's in London. It's to be sold in New York | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
next month and is expected to fetch around �50 million. Our arts | :23:36. | :23:46. | |
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correspondent, David Sillito, has The Scream is for sale. It is a | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
phase of torment, despair and magazines, posters, cartoons, book | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
covers. It has been reproduced in a million cartoons and films, fridge | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
magnets, inflatable toys. It has a sort of double life, as both in | :24:02. | :24:05. | |
fine art, one of the defining images of the Expressionist | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
movement, but's also an image that is recognisable around the world. | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
So this is not just another painting going on display before a | :24:13. | :24:19. | |
sale. It is a global icon of despair, inspired by a walk by the | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
sea in Norway. Edvard Munch wrote that he was with some friends when | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
he suffered a sudden attack of anxiety, a scream passing through | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
nature. He painted three other versions, but they are all in | :24:31. | :24:36. | |
museums. This one was acquired by a neighbour, and it is his family who | :24:36. | :24:42. | |
are putting it up for sale. It is the only version of The Scream to | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
be in private hands, and this image is one of the most famous in the | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
whole of art history. So how do you put a price on it? The estimate, | :24:50. | :24:57. | |
�50 million, puts it on a par with this painting by Renoir, and this | :24:57. | :25:01. | |
one by Van Gogh, which were in their time record breaking prices. | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
Then came the shock of this painting by Cezanne, rumoured to | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
have been sold privately for �160 million. With such work, normal | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
rules do not apply. This is going to be the only The Scream in | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
private hands and that is the most extraordinary opportunity for | :25:19. | :25:25. | |
someone. You set the price and you set the value. It is the paradox of | :25:25. | :25:31. | |
the market. From advertisers to art thieves, The Scream is undoubtedly | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
popular. The question now is, what is that worth in the auction room | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
Let's have a look at the weather now. | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
From one disturbing picture to another. Things have got very | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
lively over the last few hours, torrential thunderstorms across | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
parts of England and Wales, hail, gusty wind, and his band is | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
bringing heavy rain to the south coast. This photo was taken in | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
Littlehampton, symptomatic of the storms which will rumble on but | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
gradually eased down through the evening. One or two will linger. | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
Just like last night, it will turn mighty cold in rural areas, perhaps | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
a touch of frost. The showers turning increasingly wintry, to | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
lower and lower levels by the time we reach tomorrow. That is the | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
theme, turning colder across is part of the world. Once more, the | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
showers will develop. No two days are the same, that has been the | :26:28. | :26:31. | |
case through this week. It looks like the heaviest of the showers | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
will be across southern areas, further north they will be lighter. | :26:36. | :26:39. | |
One or two showers for Northern Ireland, northern England, but not | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
as heavy or as widespread as they have been recently. The southern | :26:44. | :26:49. | |
half of the UK will catch the heavy ones. Maybe the odd thundery one to | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
the South East and more showers today in the south-west of England. | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
We concentrate on these powers -- areas because we could see pronged | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
areas -- prolonged showers for a time. Elsewhere, cold wind | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
spreading down. For many, brightness around, one or two | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
showers, fewer than we have seen recently. That is good news for the | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
Grand National. I am hopeful it will be dry and bright through | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
Saturday at Aintree. Looking ahead to Sunday, after a very frosty | :27:19. | :27:23. | |
start, most places are again dry with a chilly wind. Temperatures | :27:23. | :27:33. | |
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A reminder of tonight's main news: After over a year of bloodshed, a | :27:35. | :27:38. |