:00:06. > :00:11.More than 170 flood alerts across England, and there's more rain to
:00:12. > :00:15.come. The Met Office says it's the wettest April for more than 100
:00:15. > :00:21.years. Parts of the south west have seen three times the normal
:00:21. > :00:29.rainfall. A man drowns as his car is caught in the floodwater -
:00:29. > :00:33.firefighters couldn't save him. water was very fast flowing. At the
:00:33. > :00:37.point where the car was submerged it was about 5 ft, it was
:00:37. > :00:39.completely submerged. We'll have the latest from the forecasters.
:00:40. > :00:42.Also tonight, ministers say they'll do more to ease the immigration
:00:42. > :00:47.queues at Heathrow as they're accused of damaging Britain's
:00:47. > :00:51.reputation. David Cameron refuses to order an investigation over his
:00:51. > :00:56.Culture Secretary's handling of the Murdoch BSkyB bid. And is this the
:00:56. > :01:04.new England manager? Roy Hodgson's interviewed for the job - the man
:01:04. > :01:12.regarded as the fans' favourite gives his verdict. No problem. And
:01:12. > :01:16.wish him all the best, he's a great guy. I've got a great job here.
:01:16. > :01:20.Later, I'll be here at the Etihad Stadium with a Sportsday special,
:01:20. > :01:30.as we look ahead to the local derby that the whole world is talking
:01:30. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:48.Good evening. More than 170 flood alerts are in place across large
:01:48. > :01:53.parts of England, with more heavy rain forecast the seating. A man
:01:53. > :01:57.died in Hampshire after his car was submerged in 5 ft of water. His
:01:57. > :02:00.passenger managed to escape. Elsewhere, the flooding has caused
:02:00. > :02:03.disruption to travel and sporting events. This evening, the Met
:02:03. > :02:09.Office confirmed that a pro has been the wettest in the UK since
:02:09. > :02:15.records began. -- that a pro has been the wettest in the UK since
:02:15. > :02:20.records began. This is the part in Tewkesbury on the banks of the
:02:20. > :02:24.River Avon. But tonight you can't see the banks of the river, or you
:02:24. > :02:28.can see is the River Avon. You might get this occasionally in a
:02:28. > :02:32.bad winter, but the last couple of winters have been very dry here.
:02:32. > :02:36.They'd not seen anything like this in April for some time. What's more,
:02:37. > :02:41.the levels of creeping up. It's not just here, it's the same in many
:02:41. > :02:48.other parts of England and Wales this evening. Just when we thought
:02:48. > :02:54.we knew where the weather was going, everything has changed. After a
:02:54. > :02:58.weekend of water, the Monday morning commute. This was Somerset,
:02:58. > :03:07.where they've had more rain in the last few days than they had all
:03:07. > :03:12.winter long. Every single river in this county is now on flood alert.
:03:12. > :03:15.Here, and across much of England and Wales, they've been clearing
:03:15. > :03:20.out the water weighs as levels continued to rise. At the moment it
:03:20. > :03:26.is flash flooding and localised flooding. But the reverse will
:03:26. > :03:30.respond. The effects go far and wide. Here in Hampshire, a man died
:03:30. > :03:35.when the car he was in became completely submerged in 5 ft of
:03:35. > :03:40.water. Thousands of rail passengers were left stranded when the main
:03:40. > :03:45.line between London and South Wales was a flooded, and had to be pumped
:03:45. > :03:48.clear. In Gloucestershire, it might look like everything is ready for
:03:48. > :03:53.the Badminton Horse trials later this week but in fact they've been
:03:54. > :03:58.cancelled. A major pre-Olympic sports event ruined by the weather.
:03:58. > :04:03.Almost every region of England and Wales now has areas on some kind of
:04:03. > :04:07.flood alert a warning. But despite all the rain, the areas in blue
:04:07. > :04:11.here are still officially in drought. And it seems that is
:04:11. > :04:16.unlikely to change any time soon. It's absurd when they see the
:04:16. > :04:22.amount of rainfall they've seen over the last 48 hours. But the
:04:22. > :04:26.fact is that groundwater levels are at an historic low. There are still
:04:26. > :04:30.Severe drought problems in terms of water availability. We want to keep
:04:30. > :04:34.people's taps flowing. Tonight, figures from the Met Office suggest
:04:34. > :04:37.this is set to be the wettest April in 100 years. Many weather
:04:38. > :04:43.monitoring stations across the UK have seen more rainfall than ever
:04:43. > :04:46.before. This was Tewkesbury today. At the cricket ground, rain looks
:04:46. > :04:50.like stopping play for the foreseeable future. They suffered
:04:50. > :04:53.badly year in the summer floods five years ago. And although the
:04:53. > :04:58.water meadows are filling up, so far there have been no major
:04:58. > :05:05.problems here. People are quietly confident. I don't think it will
:05:05. > :05:09.happen this time. Are you sure? There's not that confidence
:05:09. > :05:12.everywhere. These are the latest pictures from Somerset tonight.
:05:12. > :05:16.Although some streams and tributaries are now falling
:05:17. > :05:21.slightly, it will be a while before the major rivers reach their peak.
:05:21. > :05:27.And with more rain to in the next few days, it could be an anxious
:05:27. > :05:31.week as well as a wet one. We haven't felt a single drop of rain
:05:31. > :05:35.here all day. But the water levels are still creeping upwards. The
:05:35. > :05:40.reason for that is the rivers bring the rainwater from further up in
:05:40. > :05:46.the North of England and from Wales to places like Tewkesbury. But five
:05:46. > :05:50.years ago, during the summer floods, the water came up to here. As it
:05:50. > :05:53.can see, today is a very different story. But with a lot more rain
:05:53. > :05:59.forecast tonight and for the next few days across the country, people
:05:59. > :06:02.are understandably keeping many eyes on the skies. The Prime
:06:02. > :06:12.Minister was forced to cancel local election campaigning today to go to
:06:12. > :06:29.
:06:29. > :06:34.the House of Commons to defend his David Cameron has faced many
:06:34. > :06:38.questions about Jeremy Hunt, but those questions just will not go
:06:38. > :06:43.away. The Prime Minister was supposed to be out campaigning, but
:06:43. > :06:49.instead he was rushing to the Commons to explain why he had not
:06:49. > :06:59.ordered a new inquiry into what the culture secretary knew about his
:06:59. > :07:02.contacts with the Murdochs. At first it was relatively calm.
:07:02. > :07:12.secretary of state did not act in any way contrary to the ministerial
:07:12. > :07:16.It is neither necessary nor right to have a parallel investigation
:07:16. > :07:20.that could duplicate, cut across or possibly pre-empt what Lord Justice
:07:20. > :07:24.leaves and is doing. The reason why it was essential for the Prime
:07:24. > :07:29.Minister to come to the house today is that the Culture Secretary is in
:07:29. > :07:35.clear breach of the ministerial code. And the Prime Minister stands
:07:35. > :07:39.by and does nothing. That code is 25 pages of dos and don'ts for all
:07:39. > :07:43.ministers. Labour claims Jeremy Hunt has breached the code by
:07:43. > :07:50.failing to take responsibility for his special adviser, by giving MPs
:07:50. > :07:53.inaccurate information about the extent of his officers' contact
:07:53. > :07:57.with Newscorp. The Labour leader said all this should be
:07:57. > :08:02.investigated by Mr Cameron's independent adviser on the
:08:02. > :08:06.ministerial code. Then things got a little heated. In view of three
:08:06. > :08:10.clear breaches of the cold, why would he not referring to the man
:08:10. > :08:14.whose responsibility it is, Sir Alex Allen? The Prime Minister is
:08:14. > :08:18.defending the indefensible and he knows it. A Mr Cameron hit back,
:08:18. > :08:22.saying Mr Miliband was weak and wrong. If you are going to make
:08:22. > :08:27.these accusations, get your facts right. Endlessly questioning the
:08:27. > :08:30.integrity of someone when you don't have the evidence is bad judgment,
:08:30. > :08:34.rotten politics and plain wrong. We have learned something about the
:08:34. > :08:38.Labour leader today, and I think it is something he will regret. Labour
:08:38. > :08:41.accused Mr Cameron of dodging and weaving and failing to explain why
:08:41. > :08:45.he hadn't ordered a separate inquiry. Downing Street also said
:08:45. > :08:50.Mr Miliband had also overplayed his hand and failed to elicit any new
:08:50. > :08:55.information. Is it time for an inquiry, Prime Minister? Not yet,
:08:55. > :09:00.is his answer. But another day last on a row he would rather go away.
:09:00. > :09:04.The Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks will cut 1400 jobs across the UK in
:09:04. > :09:09.the next three years. The bank's owner, National Australia Bank,
:09:09. > :09:13.said the decision was taken after what it said was a significant
:09:13. > :09:16.downgrade in the growth prospects for the UK economy. Immigration
:09:16. > :09:20.officers from Manchester have been rushed down to Heathrow as
:09:20. > :09:24.passengers arriving at Britain's premier airport report long delays.
:09:24. > :09:28.The London mayor, Boris Johnson, has raised concerns about the
:09:28. > :09:32.Olympics, saying that queues could give a terrible impression of the
:09:32. > :09:36.UK. A border Agency employee has told the BBC that staff shortages
:09:36. > :09:45.are affecting security checks. But ministers insist security is
:09:45. > :09:50.paramount. Our Home Affairs correspondent reports. Smile. They
:09:50. > :09:55.won't believe me. Welcome to Britain. Passport, please. But last
:09:55. > :09:59.week at times it was taking passengers two hours plus to hear
:09:59. > :10:08.those words. When one traveller finally made it through, this was
:10:08. > :10:13.the reaction. Good luck, guys. Darren Pike arrived back in the UK
:10:13. > :10:16.on Thursday. His experience was typical. I've never seen the
:10:16. > :10:20.airport so busy. The queue was down the corridor before you even got
:10:20. > :10:24.into passport control. It was ridiculous. This Heathrow board
:10:24. > :10:29.officer, whose asked to remain anonymous, said at times a handful
:10:29. > :10:32.of staff are coping with hundreds of passengers. Despite the passport,
:10:32. > :10:36.take the Prince, ask the bare minimum of questions then stamp
:10:36. > :10:39.them and left them in. It is quicker to stamp somebody than
:10:40. > :10:43.adequately examine them, and dealing with the key was not the
:10:43. > :10:46.overwhelming priority for frontline immigration officers, over and
:10:46. > :10:50.above making sure this person is doing what they say they are
:10:50. > :10:54.supposed to be doing. Leaked figures suggest the waiting target
:10:54. > :10:58.for non-European passengers was breached on all but two days in the
:10:58. > :11:01.first half of April - the target is 45 minutes. But in the Commons, the
:11:01. > :11:07.immigration minister said the queues were shorter than passengers
:11:07. > :11:10.had claimed. The longest queueing time for immigration control was
:11:10. > :11:15.one-and-a-half hours on Friday night at Terminal 5 for non EU
:11:15. > :11:19.nationals. Times we UK and EU nationals were significantly lower.
:11:19. > :11:23.But these times are too long. Passengers demand an efficient
:11:23. > :11:29.service and the British public demands tough border controls. We
:11:29. > :11:32.need both. Labour blamed government incompetence and a lack of staff.
:11:32. > :11:36.There's no doubt the queues are resulting in angry passengers, but
:11:36. > :11:41.are they also affecting the way the Passport Control officers do their
:11:41. > :11:47.jobs? According to figures leaked to the BBC, the number of forged
:11:47. > :11:51.documents detected is falling - by 26 % in February. Is there a link
:11:51. > :11:55.between the number of staff on duty and this fall in the rate of
:11:55. > :11:59.detections of forged documents? There is no question in my opinion
:11:59. > :12:02.and the opinion of my immigration and customs colleagues that the
:12:02. > :12:07.fall in detection of forged documents is directly related to
:12:07. > :12:10.the lack of available staff. Home Office says better checks
:12:10. > :12:15.macro abroad and the use of biometric passports has reduced
:12:15. > :12:21.fraud. But the plan is to draft in more officers - 400 a week - before
:12:21. > :12:25.the Olympics. The inquest into the death of Gareth Williams, the MI6
:12:25. > :12:29.officer whose body was found in a bag, has heard that poisoning or
:12:29. > :12:33.suffocation could be to blame. A pathologist told the inquest that
:12:33. > :12:36.the post-mortem examination has been hampered by heat levels inside
:12:36. > :12:46.the bag. Radiators had been turned on them in the flat, even though it
:12:46. > :12:51.The second week of the inquest into the death of intelligence officer
:12:51. > :12:55.Gareth Williams. And still no definitive answers on how he died.
:12:56. > :13:00.Today, the coroner heard from three pathologists who had examined his
:13:00. > :13:04.body. One said he could not be totally sure of that thought that
:13:04. > :13:09.poisoning and asphyxiation of the foremost contenders for cause of
:13:09. > :13:13.death. Gareth Williams' body was found in the top bathroom of his
:13:13. > :13:18.Pimlico flat. It was inside a padlocked sports bag, lying in the
:13:18. > :13:23.foetal position. A set of keys were found underneath, but the back had
:13:23. > :13:26.been locked from the outside. Last week, an expert to try it said it
:13:26. > :13:29.was almost impossible to lock the bag from within, and said he
:13:29. > :13:33.thought Gareth Williams was unconscious or dead when placed
:13:33. > :13:37.inside. But today one pathologist disagreed, saying he thought it
:13:37. > :13:41.more likely he was alive when he went in. There were no clear signs
:13:41. > :13:45.of struggle or injury to suggest otherwise. By the time police came
:13:45. > :13:48.to Gareth Williams' flat, it is thought he'd already been dead for
:13:48. > :13:53.a week. That meant his body was badly decomposed, making it
:13:53. > :13:57.impossible to be certain about the cause of death. The court heard
:13:57. > :14:00.that even though it was the middle of summer, the radiators of the
:14:00. > :14:04.flat were turned on - 18 decomposition. DNA found in the
:14:04. > :14:09.flat has also proved inconclusive. With final evidence from police
:14:09. > :14:17.tomorrow, the coroner is expected to give her verdict on Gareth
:14:17. > :14:22.Williams' death by the middle of the week. Our top story tonight.
:14:22. > :14:28.More than 170 flood alerts across England, and there is more rain to
:14:28. > :14:37.come in the wettest April for more than 100 years. Still to come,
:14:37. > :14:41.opening up another side of the man who gave us the Mona Lisa. Later,
:14:41. > :14:45.1400 jobs go at the owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks. And
:14:45. > :14:54.Spain is in recession, after its economy shrinks in the first
:14:54. > :14:57.It's increasingly likely that the next manager of the England
:14:57. > :14:59.football team will be the West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson.
:14:59. > :15:03.He had talks today with the Football Association as front-
:15:03. > :15:07.runner for the job. The big question though is what happened
:15:07. > :15:11.with Harry Redknapp, the choice of many fans and footballers? Today,
:15:11. > :15:20.he wished Hodgson all the best. Live now to our Sports
:15:20. > :15:25.Correspondent Dan Roan at Wembley. Roy Hodgson has been talking to the
:15:25. > :15:29.FA for the last three hours. Those discussions continue. There could
:15:29. > :15:34.be an announcement later this evening. He could be unveiled as
:15:34. > :15:38.the new England boss as early as tomorrow. So why have the FA gone
:15:38. > :15:44.against public opinion and surprised a nation? This report
:15:44. > :15:49.contains some flash photography. Roy Hodgson arriving at Wembley for
:15:49. > :15:53.the biggest job interview of his life. He is seen as the safe choice
:15:53. > :15:58.as England manager and a surprise 1. He seems to be beeper third
:15:58. > :16:03.candidate of the FA. Harry Redknapp had been that they brought with the
:16:03. > :16:11.press, public and players, but today he was philosophical. There
:16:11. > :16:17.is no problem. I wish Roy the best. He is a nice guy. I do not hold
:16:17. > :16:21.grudges. I am very fortunate. Hodgson is one of the most
:16:21. > :16:26.experienced and well travelled managers in world football. His
:16:26. > :16:32.coaching career began in 1976. Over the years, he took charge of a host
:16:32. > :16:41.of clubs across Europe, including Italian giants Inter Milan. In
:16:41. > :16:47.England he masterminded Fulham's place in the Euro final. Hutcheon
:16:47. > :16:54.has major tournament experience. More recently, he endured a painful
:16:54. > :16:58.spell at Liverpool, lasting six months in the job. England fans
:16:58. > :17:05.will not be excited by the appointment, but will be excited if
:17:05. > :17:08.we make it through the European Championships. The biggest plus a
:17:08. > :17:11.for Hodgson is he will lower expectations. Redknapp was
:17:11. > :17:15.considered the front runner after being acquitted of tax evasion
:17:15. > :17:21.charges. The FA would have to pay millions in compensation to prise
:17:21. > :17:27.him away from Spurs, but many said he deserved an interview. If I was
:17:27. > :17:32.Harry Redknapp, I would be upset. The FA really need to justify their
:17:32. > :17:42.process. After the departure of Fabio Capello, an Englishman will
:17:42. > :17:45.now be in charge of a national side. It would be wrong for us to assume
:17:45. > :17:50.the only reason Hudson will be offered this job is because he
:17:50. > :17:55.comes cheap, but after the �24 million that is estimated to have
:17:55. > :17:59.been spent on Fabio Capello, I think the fact he is out of
:17:59. > :18:08.contract at West Brom counts in his favour. One thing for sure is that
:18:08. > :18:13.he is seen by many to buy into the long-term vision of the national
:18:13. > :18:20.team. But because of the controversy, I think he will have
:18:20. > :18:30.no honeymoon period. England will play France in six weeks' time and
:18:30. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:53.the pressure will be on immediately. Details of a military exercise for
:18:53. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:01.the Olympics have been unveiled. Voters go to the polls on Thursday
:19:01. > :19:04.in local elections. In Wales, Labour is hoping to regain much of
:19:04. > :19:07.the ground it lost in 2008. But there are challenges for all four
:19:07. > :19:11.main parties - Wales has a higher proportion of older voters than
:19:11. > :19:13.anywhere in the UK and more than fifth of young people are out of
:19:13. > :19:16.work. Our Wales Political Editor Betsan Powys reports. The North
:19:16. > :19:19.Wales coast - coast of coalitions with the outlook of Labour been
:19:19. > :19:25.grim. The party that once led half of all Welsh councils only had
:19:25. > :19:34.control of two. In places like Conwy, a quarter of voters are over
:19:34. > :19:38.65. We have worked hard, we have saved, we have paid our taxes as we
:19:38. > :19:43.go a long and suddenly things are changing. Lack of police on the
:19:43. > :19:47.street. I don't see them at all. In fact, I haven't seen a policeman on
:19:47. > :19:56.the street for about a year. Conservatives and Liberal Democrat
:19:56. > :20:06.say the backlash against the coalition is fading. People also
:20:06. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:20.fed up we beat inaction of the Welsh government. This man wants to
:20:20. > :20:30.know how the education system is going to be improved. I would vote
:20:30. > :20:38.for them if they were going to use the money properly. In Wrexham,
:20:38. > :20:44.Labour is keen to get back in power. The major issue here is the economy.
:20:45. > :20:50.Abbess local project, there is one question that really matters -
:20:50. > :20:54.whose plans will bring jobs and growth to Wrexham? -- at this local
:20:54. > :21:04.project. You cannot get your foot in the door. You just cannot go
:21:04. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:12.anywhere. Then need to do whatever they can to get people into work. -
:21:12. > :21:15.- they need. The largest ever exhibition of
:21:15. > :21:18.Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body go on display in the
:21:18. > :21:22.Queens Gallery at Buckingham Palace later this week. Da Vinci has long
:21:22. > :21:24.been recognised as a great artist but he was also a pioneer in the
:21:24. > :21:30.study of anatomy, dissecting the corpses of executed criminals or
:21:30. > :21:34.the destitute. The artist as an anatomist. Across nearly 90
:21:34. > :21:38.drawings, Leonardo da Vinci depicts the human body in astonishing
:21:38. > :21:44.detail. Using his skill as an architect and engineer, three-
:21:44. > :21:50.dimensional structures are revealed with extraordinary clarity. It is
:21:50. > :21:56.the biggest ever exhibition of its kind, but is it art or science?
:21:56. > :22:00.They are scientific papers. They are not works of art and he didn't
:22:00. > :22:04.conceive than as that. We find them beautiful and fascinating and so
:22:04. > :22:11.one and they are expressions of the human spirit that match art, but it
:22:11. > :22:16.is not art, it is science. Leonardo injected wax into the cavities of
:22:16. > :22:20.the brain to draw it more accurately and he created A-class
:22:20. > :22:27.model of the aortic valve so he could experiment how blood flowed
:22:27. > :22:32.through the heart. These drawings were made in Florence in 1507,
:22:32. > :22:35.following Leonardo of's first section of a 100 year-old man. They
:22:35. > :22:42.contained the first clear descriptions of narrowing of the
:22:42. > :22:45.arteries and cirrhosis of the liver. This museum in London contains
:22:45. > :22:50.thousands of anatomy specimens collected in the 18th century. By
:22:50. > :22:55.this stage, Leonardo's drawings were still unpublished and would
:22:55. > :23:00.remain so for another 200 years. But even today, anatomists say that
:23:00. > :23:06.some of the studies, such as these hands, using layers to build up the
:23:06. > :23:12.bone, muscle and tendons, are as accurate as any modern depiction.
:23:12. > :23:17.This idea of looking in layers is what we can now do with modern
:23:17. > :23:23.technology. So he predated an anticipated what we are doing 500
:23:23. > :23:28.years later. Leonardo produce the first accurate depiction of the
:23:28. > :23:33.spine. Again, compare it with a modern-day medical image. In
:23:33. > :23:39.anatomy as in so many fields, he was a genius far ahead of his time,
:23:39. > :23:42.showing a thirst for knowledge and a mastery of art and science.
:23:42. > :23:45.In less than two hours time the eyes of the football world will be
:23:45. > :23:50.on Manchester where City take on United in a crucial derby match
:23:50. > :23:53.which could decide who will be crowned Premier League champions.
:23:53. > :23:56.Just three points separate the two clubs with three matches to go. It
:23:56. > :24:01.promises to be a nail-biting evening for the teams' supporters.
:24:01. > :24:06.It is a night to say, I was there. It is being dubbed the biggest
:24:06. > :24:16.Manchester derby ever as fans arrived United in hope, but divided
:24:16. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:26.by loyalty as never before. Fans like this couple. We are going to
:24:26. > :24:33.win. We are going to win. It is for the title, we will win. Indeed it
:24:33. > :24:38.is. City versus United is rarely dull, but this has the Premier
:24:38. > :24:46.League up for grabs. City demolished United 6-1 a in the
:24:46. > :24:55.season, but they stop behind tonight. -- but they start behind
:24:55. > :25:05.tonight. They have to win, but we only have to draw. We start ahead
:25:05. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:13.of the game. I think they have got more chance than ours. -- than ours.
:25:13. > :25:18.City last won the title in 1968 when Manchester also brought the
:25:18. > :25:23.footballing world. So can they turn back the clock tonight? It will be
:25:24. > :25:29.an exciting game. Both sides will cost anything to the wind. They
:25:29. > :25:34.would just go for it. And it City do win, they what edge ahead of
:25:34. > :25:44.United on goal difference with just two matches left. The stage is set
:25:44. > :25:53.
:25:53. > :25:59.for a night of sporting drama. April was the wettest on record and
:25:59. > :26:03.does not break the drought one little bit. There are some Met
:26:03. > :26:06.Office and the warnings in force for more heavy rain tonight and
:26:07. > :26:16.into tomorrow. These other areas where river levels are still very
:26:16. > :26:21.high. There are areas of the heavy rain across central England and
:26:21. > :26:31.Wales on their way. Let us focus on the rain for the morning. The
:26:31. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:38.heavies will be across Wales and south-west England. Even if it is
:26:38. > :26:46.not raining, there will be surface water from the rain during the
:26:46. > :26:50.night. A lovely start across western Scotland with the sunshine.
:26:50. > :27:00.Temperatures will warm up through the day and reach highs of 19
:27:00. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:12.degrees. Much of Scotland and Northern Ireland spend the bulk of
:27:12. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:17.the day dry and bright. Wednesday, light and patchy rain across some
:27:17. > :27:24.parts of central, in eastern England and Wales. Many will have a