:00:12. > :00:16.The coffee chain Starbucks bows to mounting pressure over its tax
:00:16. > :00:19.arrangements. It will pay �20 million over the next two years,
:00:19. > :00:24.after criticism it had paid little or no corporation tax. We've done
:00:24. > :00:29.it because we have listened to customers these last six or seven
:00:29. > :00:32.weeks. Our customers are clear that they expect we can and will do
:00:32. > :00:38.something. What we really want to see here is the Government
:00:38. > :00:43.clampdown on tax avoidance across the board and make these companies
:00:43. > :00:49.pay their fair share. Also on tonight's programme: The publicist
:00:49. > :00:54.Max Clifford is arrested on suspicion of sex offences. Police
:00:54. > :00:58.took items from his home for investigation. His lawyer says he
:00:58. > :01:02.will assist police as best he can. The Duchess of Cambridge leaves
:01:02. > :01:08.hospital after treatment for morning sickness. Prince Charles
:01:08. > :01:13.says he's looking forewartd to the baby's arrival. -- forward to the
:01:13. > :01:16.baby's arrival. A nice thought of grandfatherhood. I am glad my
:01:17. > :01:24.daughter-in-law is getting better. Police in Northern Ireland appeal
:01:24. > :01:31.for calm after the latest confrontation over the Union Flag.
:01:31. > :01:34.And Alastair Cook makes history by scoring more Test match centuries
:01:34. > :01:39.than any other British player. Later in the hour, we'll have
:01:39. > :01:49.Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, with all the latest reports,
:01:49. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:05.interviews and features from the Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:02:05. > :02:09.News at Six. Starbucks says it will pay about �20 million in
:02:09. > :02:14.corporation tax over the next two years T company, which employs
:02:14. > :02:18.thousands of staff and has hundreds of coffee shops in the UK, has
:02:18. > :02:22.faced mounting criticism over its tax affairs after it emerged it had
:02:22. > :02:30.paid no corporation tax for three years. MPs say the payment is long
:02:30. > :02:35.overdue. Some pressure moves called the move, "A hollow promise." It
:02:35. > :02:41.sells millions of cups of coffee every week. Starbucks failed to
:02:41. > :02:45.fill one profits here in the UK. No profits mean no corporation tax -
:02:46. > :02:53.until today. What we have announced today is we are taking action to
:02:53. > :02:57.pay corporate tax here in the UK. We'll do it with what is required
:02:57. > :03:04.beyond the law. We think it is unprecedented. We think - to my
:03:04. > :03:09.knowledge - it has never been done before. What is changing? Last year
:03:09. > :03:14.Starbucks had nearly �400 million in sales, but paid zero corporation
:03:14. > :03:20.tax. Now the company has agreed to pay about �10 million. Next year
:03:20. > :03:24.and the year after, regardless of whether it turns a profit. It will
:03:24. > :03:29.claim fewer tax deductions, which helps reduce its liabilities. It is
:03:29. > :03:36.hard to think of any big company that pays more tax than it has to.
:03:36. > :03:38.Starbucks, a business that's everywhere on our high streets, has
:03:38. > :03:43.clearly been stung by all the criticism, especially at a time
:03:43. > :03:45.when all the customers are having to tighten their belts. If they can
:03:45. > :03:50.get away with it and the Government is letting them get away with it,
:03:50. > :03:55.well, good luck to them. What would you do? Some sort of tax dodge is
:03:55. > :04:00.what she was saying to me, which is disgusting, considering there are
:04:00. > :04:06.so many branches. Pay our tax rates. We have to. I run a business and we
:04:06. > :04:10.pay corporation tax. I am not happy. It was here, last month, that the
:04:10. > :04:15.furore began as MPs accused the bosses of Starbucks, Google and
:04:15. > :04:22.Amazon of immoral tax avoidance. Today, one of them welcomed star
:04:22. > :04:26.buck's decision. I hope it -- Starbucks' decision. I hope it
:04:26. > :04:33.shows to those who export profit sos they don't pay tax here for the
:04:33. > :04:38.activity that takes place here. tax affairs of multinationals like
:04:38. > :04:42.star bucks are under scrutiny like never before. Some believe today's
:04:42. > :04:49.move is just a token gesture. we want to see here is a clampdown
:04:49. > :04:53.on tax avoidance across the board and make companies like Starbucks,
:04:53. > :04:58.Google and Amazon pay their fair share. Tonight, the mighty Amazon
:04:58. > :05:04.and Google said they comply with all tax rules as well as contribute
:05:04. > :05:07.to the UK economy. The pressure is now on for them to follow suit.
:05:08. > :05:12.Let's talk now to our political correspondent, who joins us from
:05:12. > :05:16.Westminster. As maem was saying, lots of press -- as Emma was saying,
:05:16. > :05:20.lots of pressure on other companies to follow suit. I think they will
:05:20. > :05:24.watch extremely closely. This reflects a real change in attitude
:05:24. > :05:27.that there's been in the last couple of years. That of course
:05:27. > :05:31.because of the economic backdrop. In a week when the Government has
:05:31. > :05:35.squeezed benefits for some of the poorest, when taxes are set to rise
:05:35. > :05:38.and times are difficult for anyone, it doesn't sit well when big
:05:38. > :05:43.companies are seen to be avoiding tax. Of course they are not doing
:05:43. > :05:47.anything illegal. We saw this, didn't we with famous people who
:05:47. > :05:49.used legal tax avoidance schemes. They came under moral pressure.
:05:49. > :05:55.That is what happened here. MPs have come down on them. We've had
:05:55. > :06:00.the Government on their backs saying they will put more into
:06:00. > :06:03.Revenue & Customs. Not all MPs are happy yet because they say this
:06:04. > :06:10.illustrates for some they can negotiate with the taxman about how
:06:10. > :06:14.much they pay. The rest of us can't do that. Thank you.
:06:14. > :06:19.The publicist Max Clifford has been arrested by detectives
:06:19. > :06:22.investigating historic sex offences. Mr Clifford was taken from his home
:06:22. > :06:24.in Surrey in connection with Operation Yewtree, the inquiry into
:06:24. > :06:29.allegations against Jimmy Savile and others in the entertainment
:06:29. > :06:37.industry. His lawyer said he will assist the police as best he can
:06:37. > :06:43.with their inquiries. Anyone who has read the papers,
:06:43. > :06:46.followed the news, will have at some time encountered the work of
:06:46. > :06:50.Max Clifford. Famous for his ability to sell stories, but also
:06:50. > :06:56.for keeping many out of the news. Today, it was his name in the
:06:56. > :07:06.headlines. At 7.40am police arrived at Max Clifford's Surrey home. He
:07:06. > :07:08.
:07:08. > :07:14.is, without doubt, Britain's most famous celebrity publicist. It's
:07:14. > :07:18.very simple - it's common sense.... Last night, he was on BBC News
:07:18. > :07:25.being interviewed about the prank calls made to the nurse looking
:07:25. > :07:35.after the Duchess of Cambridge. Today he was interviewed. It was
:07:35. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:39.confirmed by his lawyer Sayd Abad: He is being questioned by officers
:07:39. > :07:42.from Operation Yewtree, the investigation set up following
:07:42. > :07:48.allegations about Jimmy Savile. The operation is divided into three
:07:48. > :07:52.parts. The first two are Savile and Savile and others. This is the
:07:52. > :07:56.third category, called others and is not related to Jimmy Savile. So
:07:56. > :08:01.far, six people have been questioned. Among them is Gary
:08:01. > :08:06.Glitter, the comedian, Freddie Starr and the DJ, Dave Lee Travis.
:08:06. > :08:11.No-one has been charged. Police say that they are following around 500
:08:11. > :08:18.lines of inquiry, most are directly related to Jimmy Savile. Both
:08:18. > :08:23.police and the NSPCC has led to a number of people coming forward
:08:23. > :08:28.with historic allegations of sexual abuse. Police were here before 8am,
:08:28. > :08:33.left just after 3pm. So far, no sight nor word from Mr Clifford
:08:33. > :08:38.himself. Thank you.
:08:38. > :08:42.The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the hospital in
:08:42. > :08:47.central London where she was being treated for acute morning sickness.
:08:47. > :08:51.She left with Prince William at her side, saying she felt much better.
:08:51. > :08:56.This report does contain some flash photography. REPORTER: How are you
:08:56. > :09:00.feeling? Much better, came the reply. Kate emerged from hospital
:09:00. > :09:04.looking more subdued than normal, but that is only to be expected.
:09:04. > :09:08.Walking carefully and with a wave to hospital staff who have treated
:09:08. > :09:14.her since Monday afternoon. She was taken from the King Edward VII
:09:14. > :09:18.Hospital, near London's Harley Street, to the couple's home at
:09:18. > :09:23.Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
:09:23. > :09:27.Kate's recovery is a relief for the Royal Family. Prince Charles
:09:28. > :09:31.visiting members of a Commonwealth expedition, preparing to set off to
:09:31. > :09:38.Antarctica, managed a joke about that Australian prank call to the
:09:38. > :09:44.hospital. How do you know I'm not a radio station? I'm thrilled. Very
:09:44. > :09:47.nice thought of grandfatherhood. That's splendid. I'm very glad my
:09:47. > :09:51.daughter-in-law is getting better. Thank goodness.
:09:51. > :09:55.The important thing for Kate now, according to doctors, is to get as
:09:56. > :09:59.much rest as possible. The first thing Kate should be doing is
:09:59. > :10:04.resting and avoiding any commitments that are not absolutely
:10:04. > :10:09.essential. If she doesn't, there is a risk her vomiting could get worse
:10:09. > :10:14.and she could end up in hospital. The need to protect the health of
:10:14. > :10:18.Kate and the unborn baby raise some very real practical issues for the
:10:18. > :10:22.couple. The royal doctors here in London are hardly going to be
:10:22. > :10:29.content at the moment for Kate to return to Anglesey in North Wales,
:10:29. > :10:32.where William is based as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot. Both have
:10:33. > :10:38.decisions to make. Kate has to decide whether she stays in London,
:10:38. > :10:42.but that would have to be without William's full-time support. He's
:10:42. > :10:49.needed back in Anglesey. And William must decide in the next few
:10:49. > :10:54.weeks whether to remain as a Search and Rescue pilot, to leave the role
:10:54. > :10:58.or leave the military although. It should mean important discussions
:10:58. > :11:03.when William and Kate join the rest of the Royal Family at Sandringham
:11:03. > :11:07.for Christmas. David Cameron has strongly defended
:11:07. > :11:11.the measures set out by his Chancellor in yesterday's Autumn
:11:11. > :11:17.Statement, including a squeeze on many welfare benefits which will
:11:17. > :11:20.cap annual rises at 1% for the next three years. Labour say it will
:11:20. > :11:28.penalise working people who receive benefits, the group they call the
:11:28. > :11:32.strivers and the bat lers. Today after the mini-budget our
:11:32. > :11:37.correspondent assesses the winners and losers. It was called the
:11:37. > :11:41.Autumn Statement, but it felt like the middle of winter. Those on
:11:41. > :11:45.working-age benefits will feel the chill of the decision to cap annual
:11:45. > :11:49.increases - a decision he defended today. What we have to do is try
:11:49. > :11:56.and save across the system. You cannot do that without looking at
:11:56. > :12:01.the benefits bill. It is fair it goes up by 1%, the working-age
:12:01. > :12:04.benefits. We are protecting the disabled and pensioners. Some
:12:04. > :12:09.families in work would be hit by the policy. He talked about people
:12:09. > :12:16.with the curtains drawn when others go to work. When you look at the
:12:16. > :12:21.fact - 60% of people who are hit are in work. These are low and
:12:21. > :12:25.middle-income families who are losing benefits. What is the impact
:12:25. > :12:28.on households and families? How will the Chancellor's policies
:12:28. > :12:33.affect different sections? Well, a day on from the Autumn Statement,
:12:33. > :12:37.experts have been looking hard at the detail to try and work that out.
:12:37. > :12:42.The leading think-tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, has
:12:42. > :12:47.come up with its analysis. It said the hardest hit, receiving benefits
:12:47. > :12:54.and tax credits and the most wealthy who lose out because of
:12:54. > :13:00.some tax changes. The least hit are pensioners. Middle income workers
:13:01. > :13:07.on benefit who gain from the higher tax-free allowance. We have been to
:13:07. > :13:11.this clothing manufacturing in Derbyshire. Caroline is a working
:13:11. > :13:15.mother, part-time and married with two children. She gets tax credits.
:13:15. > :13:22.She is worried her family may be worse off. The cost of everything
:13:22. > :13:30.is rising. What we bring into the household is not rising accordingly.
:13:30. > :13:34.There's only so many cuts you can make. Marian has been at the
:13:34. > :13:42.company for 18 years. She is pleased her pension is not being
:13:42. > :13:47.cut, but she says it is a challenge to pay the bills. It is 2.5, is it
:13:47. > :13:51.April? Is it? But the bills are rising a lot quicker and a lot more
:13:52. > :13:54.than what your pension is, isn't it? For these and other workers
:13:54. > :13:58.there was a working about how the austerity programme might affect
:13:58. > :14:04.them after the next election, with a view that tax rises are
:14:04. > :14:08.unavoidable. We are looking at really big cuts beyond 2015-2016.
:14:09. > :14:15.If he continues to protect health and does not raid taxes, then the
:14:15. > :14:19.scale of n other budgets is inconceivable - 30% cuts over the
:14:19. > :14:22.consultation period. Tax rises, welfare cuts are almost inevitable.
:14:22. > :14:26.There is a prediction that one million more people will find
:14:26. > :14:31.themselves in the higher rate tax bracket by 2015. Another
:14:31. > :14:34.consequence of the Chancellor's wintry Autumn Statement.
:14:34. > :14:38.Northern Ireland's chief constable has appealed for people to step
:14:38. > :14:41.back after the violence in connection with a decision to stop
:14:41. > :14:51.flying the Union Flag over Belfast City Hall. Last night, a young
:14:51. > :14:56.family was attacked and an office In Northern Ireland. A young family
:14:56. > :15:00.attacked in their own home as a result of a row over a flag. A
:15:00. > :15:06.paint bomb was thrown at the house last night. Fortunately baby Grace
:15:06. > :15:10.was not playing with her toys at the time. Her mum and dad belong to
:15:10. > :15:13.the cross community Alliance Party. Its support for the removal of the
:15:13. > :15:19.Union Flag from Belfast City Council has sparked a series of
:15:19. > :15:24.attacks by loyalists. I had just gone to bed with Grace, the bed is
:15:24. > :15:29.just below the window. I never realised what's had happened. Sorry,
:15:29. > :15:36.the glass has just fallen off the window there. As soon as I realised
:15:36. > :15:41.what had happened, I was extremely upset, couldn't stop shaking. It
:15:41. > :15:44.was beside myself. You can see how jumpy we were there. The trouble
:15:45. > :15:49.began on Monday evening. Belfast City Council decided to take down
:15:49. > :15:53.the Union Flag and only fly it on special occasions. The Alliance
:15:53. > :15:59.Party's vote for the move was crucial and since then they've been
:15:59. > :16:02.the subject of violent attacks by loyalists. Last night a nearby
:16:03. > :16:08.Carrickfergus their party office was destroyed. Protesters tried to
:16:08. > :16:11.burn it down. The outbreak of violence comes the day before the
:16:11. > :16:20.American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is due to visit
:16:20. > :16:24.Northern Ireland. I would like Mrs Clint TB to -- like Mrs Clinton to
:16:24. > :16:28.come to Carrickfergus and see what a full-front attack on democracy is
:16:28. > :16:32.like. The world is watching and lit make its judgment on the events of
:16:32. > :16:36.the next few days. The first test comes tomorrow. The arrival of
:16:36. > :16:40.Hillary Clinton will be a chance for politicians here to show off
:16:40. > :16:46.the bright new Northern Ireland, but the truth is old problems
:16:46. > :16:55.continue to cast a long shadow. Behind the scenes extensive efforts
:16:56. > :16:59.are being made to ensure there is no more violence.
:16:59. > :17:04.Our top story tonight. Starbucks bows to pressure from consumers and
:17:04. > :17:08.MPs and says its will pay millions of pounds in tax.
:17:08. > :17:18.Coming up: Man's best friend as you've never seen him before.
:17:18. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:31.Interest rates are kept on hold again, that's 45 months and
:17:31. > :17:34.The Government says mistakes that led to the collapse of the West
:17:35. > :17:38.Coast Main Line franchise must never happen again. An independent
:17:38. > :17:42.report into the bidding process was scathing in its criticism. Virgin
:17:43. > :17:45.Trains will continue to operate the line for the next two years. Our
:17:45. > :17:55.transport correspondent, Richard Westcott, is at Euston Station with
:17:55. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:00.the details now. This is the 1847 to Manchester. The passengers
:18:00. > :18:04.getting on this train tonight won't notice any difference to their
:18:04. > :18:07.train services, but the battle to run these services has today
:18:07. > :18:17.exposed some serious flaws in the way the Department for Transport
:18:17. > :18:20.has been running our railways. It is one of the biggest failures
:18:21. > :18:27.since the railways were privatised. Back in August FirstGroup thought
:18:27. > :18:30.hit beaten rivals Virgin to run the busy and lucrative West Coast Main
:18:30. > :18:34.Line, but the deal collapsed because civil servants had made
:18:34. > :18:39.catastrophic errors, and today's report means more embarrassment for
:18:39. > :18:43.the Government. I do not hide from the seriousness of its findings.
:18:43. > :18:47.They make extremely uncomfortable reading for the department. They
:18:47. > :18:55.caused serious problems for the bidding firms, including FirstGroup,
:18:55. > :18:58.who were in no way at fault. They must and will be acted upon.
:18:58. > :19:03.report tells the story of Department for Transport officials
:19:03. > :19:07.not following their own guidelines. Failing to include inflation in
:19:07. > :19:12.their figures, and of Ministers given the wrong information before
:19:12. > :19:15.making critical decisions. It recommends major changes to the way
:19:15. > :19:20.future deals with managed. Including putting one official in
:19:20. > :19:24.charge of the whole thing. Labour says it is passengers who will
:19:24. > :19:28.suffer. The truth is when commuters go back to work in the new year and
:19:28. > :19:32.find their fares have gone up by as much as 6% above inflation, they
:19:32. > :19:37.will know it is Ministers from this incompetent Government who instead
:19:37. > :19:42.of imposing a strict cap on fare rises instead blew taxpayers' money
:19:42. > :19:46.on this franchise fiasco. These trains were meant to be
:19:46. > :19:50.getting a new colour scheme this weekend. FirstGroup had been Tui to
:19:50. > :19:54.take over services on Sunday. But they'll be red for at least two
:19:54. > :19:58.more years as Virgin runs services while companies re-bid fort
:19:58. > :20:03.contract. So now we have a clearer picture of
:20:03. > :20:08.what went wrong, but not who is to blame. Three suspended officials
:20:08. > :20:11.have now gone back to work. Meanwhile some say this fiasco
:20:11. > :20:15.could cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds.
:20:15. > :20:18.We can't have a situation where the department simply shrugs its
:20:18. > :20:22.shoulders and says we'll write this money off, taxpayers will foot the
:20:22. > :20:26.bill, and nothing will change. We need utter transparency and this
:20:27. > :20:30.report is clear, that department's processes were not transparent.
:20:30. > :20:35.Virgin could make �9 million from running the trains for a little bit
:20:36. > :20:39.longer. They promise to give any profits to charity. For the 30
:20:39. > :20:43.million passengers who use this line every year there'll be little
:20:43. > :20:46.Ching to their service for their fares.
:20:46. > :20:48.-- little change to their service or their first.
:20:48. > :20:51.Patients in England say they're waiting longer in accident and
:20:51. > :20:53.emergency wards, according to an independent survey. The Care
:20:53. > :20:56.Quality Commission gathered the views of 46,000 people, and a third
:20:56. > :21:04.said they spent more than four hours in A&E. Our health
:21:04. > :21:08.correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys, has more details. A&E, the front
:21:08. > :21:13.line of the NHS, day or night treating people who need urgent
:21:13. > :21:18.care. The promise to patients, that you will be seen within four hours,
:21:18. > :21:23.but a watchdog says patients are telling them something different.
:21:23. > :21:27.Surveys are an important indication of how people feel and therefore we
:21:27. > :21:30.should always take them seriously. We should think about what they can
:21:30. > :21:36.do within their own individual hospital to get this better.
:21:36. > :21:42.find out what's going on, every four years patients are asked about
:21:42. > :21:48.their experience for the A&E survey. 46,000 people responded. In early
:21:48. > :21:56.2012 33% said they remembered waiting four hours or more. Up from
:21:56. > :22:01.27% in 2008, and 23% in 2004. But the Department of Health says
:22:01. > :22:05.official statistics show that 5% or less of patients waits over the
:22:05. > :22:10.four-hour target. A&E departments have been getting busier. There are
:22:10. > :22:14.more than 20 million visits to A&E every single year in England. And a
:22:15. > :22:18.growing number of patients are saying that they are facing longer
:22:18. > :22:22.waits. Some also said they had to wait in ambulances before being
:22:22. > :22:25.handed over to hospital care. Government's figures on A&E
:22:25. > :22:28.departments don't add up. What we are hearing on our helpline, which
:22:28. > :22:32.is exactly the same as what the Care Quality Commission are telling
:22:32. > :22:37.us, are that the waiting times in A&E are just too long. Either in
:22:37. > :22:40.A&E or sitting in the ambulance. That is not good enough. The
:22:40. > :22:43.Government have to do something about it quickly and get waiting
:22:43. > :22:47.times down. We need a safe and quick A&E department service.
:22:47. > :22:51.Ministers argue that most people are still seen quickly, with
:22:51. > :22:56.priority given to the most serious emergencies. What's we are seeing
:22:56. > :22:59.is there are now 1 million more people being treated in A&E every
:22:59. > :23:03.year than before, and that is for a number of reasons. What we also
:23:03. > :23:07.know is that the majority of those patients are seen quickly, are
:23:07. > :23:13.treated well. The sickest patients are treated first. A&E doctors say
:23:13. > :23:17.they are doing their best, but the number of patients is growing every
:23:17. > :23:20.year, putting evergreater pressure on yaefpbltd
:23:20. > :23:23.-- on A&E. Cricket - and the England captain,
:23:23. > :23:27.Alastair Cook, has made history by scoring more Test match centuries
:23:27. > :23:30.than any other English player. He made his 23rd century in the third
:23:30. > :23:33.Test against India in Kolkata. At stumps, England were 216 for 1,
:23:33. > :23:39.with Cook not out on 136. Here's our sports correspondent, Joe
:23:39. > :23:45.Wilson. This is one thing in cricket you must never do. Dropping
:23:45. > :23:49.Alastair Cook is close to sinful. He made just 17 when this happened
:23:49. > :23:53.in Kolkata, Pujara's guilty hands. India knew what would happen next.
:23:53. > :23:58.Cook made a century. Even by his own standards recent weeks have
:23:58. > :24:01.been extraordinary, taking the captaincy has inspired rather than
:24:01. > :24:06.burdened him. Hundreds in three consecutive Test matchs to take his
:24:06. > :24:11.career total to 23. A record. India was where it all started for Cook.
:24:12. > :24:17.Flown out in 2006 to replace the injured Michael Vaughan, who now
:24:17. > :24:22.marvels at how far Cook has come. It is his mentality that impresses
:24:22. > :24:28.me more than anything. To score three centuries on the trot takes
:24:28. > :24:33.some menta. Most players, me included, once you get 100 you get
:24:33. > :24:40.a bit giddy, start your next innings as if you are on 120. He
:24:40. > :24:49.doesn't do that. Cook has overtaken Geoffrey Boycott, who had a career
:24:49. > :24:53.that spanned 23 years. He has even overtaken Wally Hammond. Here eat
:24:53. > :24:56.the Lords museum, in the future there may be a corner here devoted
:24:57. > :25:01.to Alastair Cook. Certainly in terms of English cricket he has
:25:01. > :25:06.time to set records which may never be broken.
:25:06. > :25:11.Kevin Pietersen is just behind him but Cook could have another decade
:25:12. > :25:16.with England. India would like to get rid of him this week. England
:25:16. > :25:19.are only one wicket down and Cook will be back in the morning.
:25:19. > :25:22.They already catch burglars, guide the blind and herd sheep. But now
:25:22. > :25:25.dogs, it seems, have added to their skill set. Three from New Zealand -
:25:25. > :25:28.called Monty, Ginny and Porter - are leading the way in a new
:25:28. > :25:31.project aimed at showing how intelligent they are. And as Daniel
:25:31. > :25:40.Boettcher explains, it's thought they're the first canines ever to
:25:40. > :25:46.drive a car. Calm and apparently in control, this is Monty at the wheel
:25:46. > :25:50.of a modified Mini. He is one of three dogs being taught to drive by
:25:50. > :25:56.an animal rescue charity in New Zealand. And this is how they do it.
:25:56. > :26:01.First getting used to mock controls, paws on pedals, then they are
:26:01. > :26:07.harnessed in a cart to get to grips movement and steering. Monty and
:26:07. > :26:11.his fellow pooch pupils Porter and Ginny started with the basics.
:26:11. > :26:14.After several weeks of training and lots of treats it was time for the
:26:14. > :26:18.real thing. We've got ten behaviours we are putting together.
:26:18. > :26:22.Each behaviour is a trained behaviour. We put them into a
:26:22. > :26:27.sequence. It's a lot to do. For the dog to get an idea of what's
:26:27. > :26:32.happening takes a quite a long time. In the car itself the dogs are
:26:32. > :26:35.guided by human commands and there is the occasional helping hand. The
:26:35. > :26:39.society for the prevention of cruelty to animals in New Zealand
:26:39. > :26:46.says it is doing this to show the clever side of the abandoned dogs
:26:46. > :26:51.it looks after, in the hope more rescue animals will find homes.
:26:51. > :26:54.Though new owners may wants to hide the car keys.
:26:54. > :26:57.Clever dogs. Let's look at the weather now with
:26:57. > :27:01.Let's look at the weather now with Jay Wynne. This is the radar
:27:01. > :27:05.sequence. It show as large area of blue, mostly rain, spreading across
:27:05. > :27:10.the United Kingdom. I say mostly rain, because there's been snow
:27:10. > :27:14.over the hills of northern Britain. A lot of rain around falling on
:27:14. > :27:19.saturated ground in the South West. Snow over the hills-northern
:27:19. > :27:23.Britain, but by dawn a lot of the persistent rain will have eased
:27:23. > :27:27.away. Snow in eastern England but more significantly the skies will
:27:27. > :27:30.clear, temperatures will drop. Ice will become a problem across
:27:30. > :27:35.central and eastern parts. Icy stretchs in parts of Scotland
:27:35. > :27:43.through the morning. Still a few of showers in the north and east. It
:27:43. > :27:47.might be wintry over the hills, with a strong wind. Northern
:27:47. > :27:50.Ireland ice-free but not in northern England.
:27:50. > :27:54.Wintry weather first thing across East Anglia in particular. Move
:27:54. > :27:57.towards the south and west and the skies are clearer, so a little bit
:27:57. > :28:03.of sunshine to be found. It is always the western half of the UK
:28:03. > :28:07.which sees the best of the weather, further east, Scotland, eastern
:28:07. > :28:11.England, a grey day, with further showers. Wintry in the afternoon.
:28:11. > :28:17.For all of us there is that wind. Temperatures reaching 5-7 degrees.
:28:17. > :28:22.Adds on the wind and it feeting a raw day. The winds ease down on
:28:22. > :28:30.Friday night into Saturday. The isobars spread out. A recipe for a
:28:30. > :28:35.cold start to the day on Saturday. But the southern half of the UK