:00:08. > :00:14.David Cameron promises a referendum on Europe. If he is still Prime
:00:14. > :00:17.Minister, it will take place within five years. Mr Cameron says he will
:00:17. > :00:22.renegotiate Britain's links with the EU and then let people decide
:00:22. > :00:28.whether to stay in or pull out. It is time for the British people
:00:28. > :00:33.to have their say. It is time for us to settle this question about
:00:33. > :00:36.Britain and Europe. Labour opposes the referendum and
:00:36. > :00:41.says it will lead to years of uncertainty.
:00:41. > :00:44.Why doesn't he admit it? He's been driven to it, not by the national
:00:44. > :00:49.interest, but he's been dragged to it by his party.
:00:49. > :00:53.So the politicians have add their say. We will get the reaction here
:00:53. > :00:58.and abroad. Also tonight: All change for A-level students in
:00:58. > :01:03.England. From 2015, they will sit one set of exams after two years.
:01:03. > :01:06.The construction worker who faced a brick wall. Their names were on a
:01:06. > :01:09.secret jobs blacklist. Nearly a week on, we are still in
:01:09. > :01:14.the grip of a big chill. The Met Office says we have still got a
:01:14. > :01:22.couple of days to go. And they have certainly got
:01:22. > :01:26.something to shout about. Bradford City make footballing history.
:01:26. > :01:30.Coming up, England have lost the one-day series against India. They
:01:30. > :01:40.were beaten by five wickets. The fifth match on Sunday will be
:01:40. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:56.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. It's been much talked
:01:56. > :01:59.about and much delayed. Finally, David Cameron has delivered a major
:01:59. > :02:02.speech that could end up changing Britain's relationship with the
:02:02. > :02:07.rest of Europe. He promised that if he's still Prime Minister, there
:02:07. > :02:12.will be a referendum on whether the UK should stay in or pull out of
:02:12. > :02:16.the European Union by the end of 2017. Before that, he would try to
:02:16. > :02:21.renegotiate our links with the EU. Labour said the pledge would mean
:02:21. > :02:28.years of uncertainty. The party's own position has also come in for
:02:29. > :02:33.criticism. No speech by the Prime Minister has
:02:33. > :02:37.been agonised over for so long. None will be of such consequence.
:02:37. > :02:41.None based on a bigger political gamble. David Cameron promised you
:02:41. > :02:46.a vote on whether Britain stays in Europe, or whether we should get
:02:46. > :02:51.out. Listen hard. This is a vote that won't come now and it won't
:02:51. > :02:56.come before the next election. next Conservative manifesto, in
:02:56. > :02:59.2015, will ask for a mandate from the British people for a
:02:59. > :03:03.Conservative Government to negotiate a new settlement with our
:03:03. > :03:08.European partners in the next Parliament. When we have negotiated
:03:08. > :03:13.that new settlement, we will give the British people a referendum
:03:13. > :03:21.with a very simple in or out choice. To stay in the European Union on
:03:21. > :03:24.these new terms, or to come out altogether. It will be an in-out
:03:24. > :03:29.referendum. Europe had to change he said to become more flexible, more
:03:29. > :03:33.competitive, more accountable. The EU's mission should no longer be
:03:33. > :03:37.ever closer union. If not, it was clear where he thinks we are
:03:37. > :03:41.heading. If we don't address these challenges, the danger is that
:03:41. > :03:47.Europe will fail and the British people will drift towards the exit.
:03:47. > :03:50.I do not want that to happen. I want the European Union to be a
:03:50. > :03:56.success and I want a relationship between Britain and the European
:03:56. > :04:02.Union that keeps us in it. The last time, the only time, Britain had a
:04:02. > :04:08.vote on Europe was way back in 1975 when TV graphics were a little more
:04:08. > :04:12.basic! Back then, Labour's Harold Wilson and the Tories's Mrs
:04:12. > :04:16.Thatcher voted "yes". David Cameron's promised vote could be
:04:17. > :04:20.another four years away and what would he do? Let me say now that if
:04:20. > :04:25.we can negotiate such an arrangement, I will campaign for it
:04:25. > :04:30.with all my heart and all my soul. What the Prime Minister didn't say
:04:30. > :04:35.today is what new deal he really wanted or what he would do if
:04:35. > :04:39.Europe said no. If you cannot get a better deal, are you saying you
:04:39. > :04:44.would vote "no" for Britain to get out of Europe? If you fudge the
:04:44. > :04:48.question, are we entitled to assume that you want people to think that
:04:48. > :04:58.but you are scared to say it? would answer that directly. Who
:04:58. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:05.goes into a negotiation hoping and expecting to fail? Less impressed
:05:05. > :05:10.were the Labour Leader who condemned a speech he said was
:05:10. > :05:15.written to please them, not the country. Why can't he say that he
:05:15. > :05:19.will vote "yes" in a referendum? He is frightened because of the people
:05:19. > :05:25.behind him. The only thing that's changed is a few months ago, when
:05:25. > :05:31.he said he was against ab in-out referendum -- an in-out referendum
:05:31. > :05:37.was the situation in the Tory Party. Why doesn't he admit it? He's been
:05:37. > :05:45.dragged to it by his party. most basic question of all is do
:05:45. > :05:54.you want a referendum? I do. Does he? We don't want an in-out
:05:54. > :05:59.referendum. Clear enough, until his spin-doctors explained he didn't
:05:59. > :06:05.mean no, just no to making the promise now. Labour's opponents are
:06:05. > :06:09.smelling blood. Ed Miliband's stance will drive Old Labour voters
:06:09. > :06:13.towards UKIP. I think the civil wars within the Conservative Party,
:06:13. > :06:18.you will start to see them in the Labour Party. Labour is not alone
:06:18. > :06:21.in condemning the Prime Minister's promise. Even his own Deputy said
:06:21. > :06:26.the country should be focusing on turning the economy around. That
:06:26. > :06:29.job is made all the harder if we have years of grinding uncertainty
:06:29. > :06:34.because of a protracted renegotiation of Britain's status
:06:34. > :06:38.within the EU. That will hit growth and it will hit jobs and that is
:06:38. > :06:42.why it is not in the national interest. The speech David Cameron
:06:42. > :06:45.delivered here could be a first step towards a European exit for
:06:45. > :06:50.Britain. The Prime Minister insists it is not what he wants, nor what
:06:50. > :07:00.he believes will happen. But of course what he's done today is
:07:00. > :07:00.
:07:00. > :07:03.ensure that he is no longer in charge. He claims that you are.
:07:03. > :07:08.The Prime Minister did say he wanted the British people to settle
:07:08. > :07:12.the question of Europe once and for all. So what do people make of the
:07:12. > :07:19.decision to offer a referendum? Richard Bilton has been to
:07:19. > :07:24.Birmingham to gauge reaction in the Over the past week, the Midlands
:07:24. > :07:29.has worried more about its relationship with the Arctic than
:07:29. > :07:32.Europe! What do those enjoying warm lattes think of the Prime
:07:32. > :07:35.Minister's view that disillusionment with the EU is at
:07:35. > :07:40.an all-time high? I'm more concerned about the cuts that are
:07:40. > :07:45.going on at the moment. We need to be worrying more about what is
:07:45. > :07:54.happening at home. I would like to see a debate. It should be up to
:07:54. > :08:01.the public to voice their opinion. It feels like words and points-
:08:01. > :08:05.scoring off each other. I don't know how that translates down into
:08:05. > :08:09.normal people's lives. Birmingham sees itself as in the industrial
:08:09. > :08:14.heartland. Metal-bashing is not what it was. It means in places
:08:14. > :08:20.like this the UK's relationship with Europe is about more than just
:08:20. > :08:24.politics. It is about jobs and livelihoods. Here, they don't bash
:08:24. > :08:28.metal, but they do manufacture. These precision tools are used by
:08:28. > :08:32.industry around the world. The MD says Europe is no longer the key
:08:32. > :08:38.market but the debate is important. Too much of the regulation that
:08:38. > :08:43.comes out of Europe, a lot of the waste that we see, we don't want to
:08:43. > :08:47.be part of that. What we need to do is to renegotiate our position, but
:08:47. > :08:51.remain in. Down the road, a different side of the UK economy.
:08:51. > :08:58.This is a distribution centre. These water and gas meters are not
:08:58. > :09:02.made here, but from here, they head out across Europe. I think it is a
:09:03. > :09:08.mistake. An in-out referendum can harm my business. It will introduce
:09:08. > :09:14.uncertainty into the marketplace. That will cause difficulty for this
:09:14. > :09:20.business. On the shop floor, the concern was not about Europe, but
:09:20. > :09:29.about jobs. Plenty of business for the company I work with. And plenty
:09:30. > :09:33.of progression. So if it keeps me in work, there is no problem.
:09:33. > :09:39.relationship with Europe has actually become less of a political
:09:40. > :09:43.issue. Today, David Cameron brought it back into the spotlight.
:09:43. > :09:47.There's already been plenty of reaction from Britain's European
:09:47. > :09:50.partners. From France and Germany, the two great powers of the EU,
:09:50. > :09:56.politicians have said the UK shouldn't assume it can just pick
:09:56. > :10:02.and choose which bits of the EU it wants to be a part of. Gavin Hewitt
:10:02. > :10:08.reports now from Berlin on reaction within the EU.
:10:08. > :10:11.Berlin, chilly and uneasy. The government here had been nervous
:10:11. > :10:16.about David Cameron's speech, despite being briefed beforehand.
:10:16. > :10:24.Even on the streets, there is an understanding that leaving the EU
:10:24. > :10:29.is now an option for Britain. absolutely really is important. We
:10:29. > :10:33.need Great Britain in the EU. about time for Britain to decide
:10:33. > :10:36.whether they want to belong to the European project or not. Soon after
:10:36. > :10:40.the Prime Minister's speech, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel,
:10:40. > :10:45.said Germany was prepared to talk about Britain's wishes. But she
:10:45. > :10:48.said a fair compromise was needed, balancing Britain's demands with
:10:48. > :10:53.those of other countries. Her Foreign Minister made it clear that
:10:53. > :11:00.what they couldn't accept was Britain picking and choosing what
:11:00. > :11:05.it liked and disliked. Cherry- picking is not an option.
:11:05. > :11:10.The German and French leaders had met last night and had co-ordinated
:11:10. > :11:14.their response. The French too are willing to discuss a more open,
:11:14. > :11:18.flexible EU. But no special deal for the UK.
:11:18. > :11:24.TRANSLATION: Imagine the EU as a football club. Once you have joined
:11:24. > :11:28.up and you are in this club, you can't say, "We want to play rugby."
:11:28. > :11:34.Some MEPs watched David Cameron's speech and some welcomed his vision
:11:34. > :11:41.for a leaner, less bureaucratic Europe. It was a breakthrough
:11:41. > :11:45.speech, a remarkable speech which sets out a complete vision of
:11:45. > :11:52.European Union for the future. David Cameron is at the World
:11:52. > :11:56.Economic Forum in Davos. Also there, the Prime Minister of Sweden.
:11:56. > :12:02.Cameron is not the only one who has been presenting ideas on how to
:12:02. > :12:08.reshape or alter the direction of the European corporation. We have
:12:08. > :12:11.been able to solve this in a way that is good for everyone.
:12:11. > :12:16.message coming out of Berlin is shared in other capitals. They want
:12:16. > :12:20.Britain to stay in the EU, but not at any price. The door isn't closed
:12:20. > :12:26.to offering some concessions, but there is very little appetite to
:12:26. > :12:31.give Britain a whole range of opt- outs for itself. The reality is
:12:31. > :12:36.that Britain will need the support of the 26 other EU members to claw
:12:36. > :12:43.back powers from Europe. And that is likely to be a drawn-out and
:12:43. > :12:48.difficult negotiation. Let's round this off now with Nick
:12:48. > :12:52.Robinson in Downing Street. There are still plenty of ifs and buts.
:12:52. > :12:56.We have heard some already. This is a big gamble for David Cameron?
:12:56. > :13:01.is a gamble, yes. David Cameron thinks it is paying off tonight.
:13:01. > :13:06.Why? Tory MPs cheered him in the Commons. A few weeks ago, they were
:13:06. > :13:10.voting against him inside the House of Commons. He saw Ed Miliband, the
:13:10. > :13:14.Labour Leader, appeared to say no and then appeared to say maybe,
:13:14. > :13:18.perhaps, in certain circumstances to a referendum. That increased the
:13:18. > :13:22.smiles on Tory faces. They believe this is a popular position with the
:13:22. > :13:28.British public. So game over for David Cameron? Not one bit of it.
:13:28. > :13:33.It was he who told his party that they lost in the 1990s because they
:13:33. > :13:38.obsessed about Europe and he has given them permission now to obsess
:13:38. > :13:46.all over again and obsess they already are away from the cameras.
:13:46. > :13:50.He needs to spell out what powers they want to get back. Another said,
:13:50. > :13:55."We are going to force him to harden up his manifesto until we
:13:55. > :13:59.know we can trust him." Businesses may get worried in all that time.
:13:59. > :14:04.There is the small matter of those European leaders who might say,
:14:04. > :14:09."You know what you want? We have no intention of giving it to you." If
:14:09. > :14:12.David Cameron pulls this off, it will be a triumph. He knows that
:14:12. > :14:16.Harold Wilson's Labour Party was split, so too John Major and
:14:16. > :14:22.Margaret Thatcher's Tory Party. This is merely page one in the
:14:22. > :14:27.latest chapter of the longest and bloodiest saga in British politics.
:14:27. > :14:33.Our relations with Europe. There's to be a big shake-up in the
:14:33. > :14:39.way A-level students are tested in England. Students will face a
:14:39. > :14:43.single set of exams at the end of a two-year period. Michael Gove wants
:14:44. > :14:46.the students to have a deeper understanding of their subjects.
:14:46. > :14:56.The plans have been criticised by Labour and several teaching
:14:56. > :14:58.
:14:58. > :15:01.It's back to the future for A- levels. From 2015, sixth formers in
:15:01. > :15:05.England, like so many of their parents, will take exams only at
:15:05. > :15:11.the end of their two-year course, with AS-levels no longer counting
:15:11. > :15:17.towards the final grade. What we want to do was essentially
:15:17. > :15:21.try to ensure that A-levels, which are primarily not exclusive as you
:15:21. > :15:25.know preparation for university education, give people a better
:15:25. > :15:28.preparation for universities. wants to get rid of what he called
:15:28. > :15:32.bite-sized learning and have more detailed study. At this school in
:15:32. > :15:38.London, sixth formers considered the plans. I think it would deter
:15:38. > :15:41.students from going to sixth form in the 23 place because of the --
:15:42. > :15:46.first place because of the pressure. I wouldn't handle the build-up of
:15:46. > :15:50.knowing my final examination, my last chance to shine was it.
:15:50. > :15:54.Michael Gove says end of course exams, rather than modules help
:15:54. > :15:58.promote deeper learning and understanding. No-one's against his
:15:58. > :16:03.aims but many question his methods. Among them Cambridge which uses AS-
:16:03. > :16:07.levels taken at the end of year 12 to make offers to sixth formers.
:16:07. > :16:12.found in this university that year 12 results with the best guidance
:16:12. > :16:16.we have about how well a student can go on and perform when here. To
:16:16. > :16:19.use that would throw us back on GCSE results or optimistic
:16:19. > :16:25.predictions of what they may do in the future. Neither of which is
:16:25. > :16:28.anywhere near as good as the actual proper exam results of year 12.
:16:28. > :16:37.Pupils in Wales and Northern Ireland will have to wait to find
:16:37. > :16:40.out the future of both A-levels and GCSEs for them. In England, the
:16:40. > :16:44.module system does look set to bite the dust.
:16:44. > :16:49.Britain's two biggest construction firms, McAlpine and Balfour Beatty
:16:49. > :16:53.have admitted using an illegal secret list to vet potential
:16:53. > :16:56.employees, including work on Olympic projects. The practice was
:16:56. > :17:00.condemned as national scandals in Parliament today and there were
:17:00. > :17:04.calls for all workers on the list to be told. Here is our industry
:17:04. > :17:09.correspondent, John Moylan. It's being called a national scandal.
:17:09. > :17:14.For years, dozens of firms in one of our most important industries
:17:14. > :17:18.helped compile information on more than 3,000 people. They then used
:17:19. > :17:25.it to ensure they were blacklisted and denied work.
:17:25. > :17:31.I'm Dave Smith. I worked as an engineer in the construction
:17:31. > :17:36.industry for 12 years. I was forced out because I was blacklisted.
:17:36. > :17:42.includes details of his home, car, involvement in disputes and his
:17:42. > :17:47.role as a health and safety rep. pay went from �36,000 in one year
:17:47. > :17:50.to �12,000 the next year. It was that big an impact. After 1999 I
:17:50. > :17:58.could never get a job that lasted more than a few weeks.
:17:58. > :18:01.The file was one of 3,000 uncovered in 2009 in a raid of the Consulting
:18:01. > :18:07.Association based in Droitwich. Now it's emerged that vetting occurred
:18:07. > :18:10.on major public projects, including the Olympics. Balfour Beatty and
:18:10. > :18:15.Sir Robert McAlpine have both confirmed that checks were carried
:18:15. > :18:19.out, but individuals were not refused work.
:18:19. > :18:25.McAlpine have never operated or sought to operate out of practice.
:18:26. > :18:29.I would also say the Consulting Association only used members'
:18:29. > :18:34.references in relation to sabotage and unlawful activity.
:18:35. > :18:41.Today, senior politicians weighed in. What has happened here is
:18:41. > :18:44.nothing short of a national scandal. The sadness is that we cannot say
:18:44. > :18:49.with confidence that these practices are still not continuing.
:18:49. > :18:52.If it is actually going on, it's a serious matter and it does need
:18:52. > :18:55.investigation and of course I will want to see it properly
:18:55. > :18:58.investigated. Many believe workers were
:18:58. > :19:05.blacklisted for simply being Trade Union members or for raising safety
:19:05. > :19:11.concerns. If proved, that would leave firms open to legal claims.
:19:11. > :19:14.The blacklist itself had 3,000 names on it. For the industry, if
:19:14. > :19:18.these thousands of people take action against the companies, it
:19:18. > :19:21.could be wide-ranging for the industry as a whole and could run
:19:21. > :19:25.into many millions. These brick layers of the future
:19:25. > :19:29.will be hoping their new skill will guarantee them income and
:19:29. > :19:35.employment for years to come, and that never again will the prospects
:19:35. > :19:41.for construction workers be blighted by the widespread use of a
:19:41. > :19:45.secret blacklist. The time is 6.19. Our top story
:19:45. > :19:48.tonight: David Cameron promises a referendum on Europe in the next
:19:48. > :19:52.five years if he is still Prime Minister.
:19:53. > :20:02.Coming up - the history boys - Bradford City become the lowest
:20:03. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:21.ranked club to make it to a major Wembley Cup Final. It's six days
:20:21. > :20:25.now and Britain is still in the grip of the big freeze. The
:20:25. > :20:29.snowfall has switched from east to west, north to south. Hundreds of
:20:29. > :20:33.schools are still shut in Wales and last night, dozens of drivers were
:20:33. > :20:36.stranded in their vehicles. Right now, it's the south-west
:20:36. > :20:41.that's causing most concern. Our correspondent, John Kay, who
:20:41. > :20:46.was himself stranded by the snow last night, reports on today's
:20:47. > :20:51.extreme weather. Today it looked like somebody had
:20:51. > :20:57.pressed the pause button on the A39. Freeze frame.
:20:57. > :21:02.Dozens of vehicles were abandoned here overnight as heavy snow fell
:21:02. > :21:06.on the Mendip Hills. These men came back to get theirs
:21:06. > :21:13.this afternoon. They'd been using a van to move
:21:13. > :21:17.house. But had to leave it and find a floor to sleep on.
:21:17. > :21:22.Awful driving. Really scary. Then we got to this point and all the
:21:22. > :21:27.cars had stopped so I mean we were stuck here. It's the remote rural
:21:27. > :21:33.parts of the West Country that are struggling the most. In some places,
:21:33. > :21:37.it's not so much a blanket of snow as a whole pile of them.
:21:37. > :21:40.Of course, less than a month ago, we were here reporting about severe
:21:40. > :21:48.flooding in Somerset. There are plenty of people around here who're
:21:48. > :21:53.worried about what will happen when all this melts and turns to water.
:21:53. > :21:59.That will be yet another concern for farmers. For them, the snow
:21:59. > :22:06.follows a dire few months. We found one farmer struggling to
:22:06. > :22:08.reach his hungry cattle today and accepting any offers of help.
:22:08. > :22:13.is Edward, he should have gone to school today but he's come out
:22:13. > :22:19.helping us, chucking hey out and what have you. Are you working? Not
:22:19. > :22:23.a day off?! Are you happy working? Yes. Good for you!
:22:23. > :22:29.In Devon too, they've been suffering. The village of
:22:29. > :22:33.Rackenford has given itself a chilling new name. But after nearly
:22:33. > :22:38.a week of atrocious conditions in so many parts of the UK,
:22:38. > :22:47.forecasters say things are finally set to improve. After the big
:22:47. > :22:53.freeze, prepare for a gradual thaw. Unemployment's fallen to its lowest
:22:53. > :22:58.level for 18 months. The UK's jobless fell by 37,000 in the last
:22:58. > :23:00.quarter to just under 2.5 million, the lowest since spring of 2011.
:23:00. > :23:03.Our Chief Economics Correspondent, Hugh Pym, joins me now. It's
:23:03. > :23:08.puzzling. We keep talking about tough times, yet the jobless
:23:08. > :23:11.figures look quite good? Yes, George, they did come as a pleasant
:23:11. > :23:15.surprise and people wonder whether things aren't quite as bad as some
:23:15. > :23:20.of the data suggests. Let's look at the latest job figures. The one
:23:20. > :23:25.that stood out for me was the total number in work, nearly 30 million
:23:25. > :23:28.in the three months ending in November, a record level. The
:23:28. > :23:33.increase over the previous 12 months up to that period, that was
:23:33. > :23:37.more than 500,000, the fastest rise since the late 80s. Those are the
:23:37. > :23:42.headline numbers, but the employment rate as a percentage of
:23:42. > :23:46.the workforce was up as well. Where do we go from here? Positive news
:23:46. > :23:51.from McDonald's who want to create 2,500 jobs this year, Lloyds
:23:51. > :23:56.Banking Group want to cut 1,000 jobs, so uncertainty ahead and some
:23:56. > :23:59.retail failures we have seen, the fallout from that's not yet hit
:23:59. > :24:03.these figures. Thank you. Prince Harry's just
:24:03. > :24:08.arrived back in Britain, he landed at RAF Brize Norton just over an
:24:08. > :24:12.hour ago after completing his tour of duty in Afghanistan. He was
:24:12. > :24:16.asked about his recent comments which sparked headlines saying he'd
:24:16. > :24:23.killed Taliban fighters. You get asked to do things that you'd
:24:23. > :24:26.expect to do wearing this uniform and that's as simple as that really.
:24:26. > :24:32.Now, they're entire team costs less than one of their opponents earns
:24:32. > :24:35.in just a week, but that hasn't stopped Bradford City making
:24:35. > :24:39.history. They beat Aston Villa to become the lowest placed football
:24:39. > :24:48.side ever to reach a kem by Cup Final. As Tim Franks has been
:24:48. > :24:54.finding out, they achievement is still sinking in with the fans --
:24:54. > :24:56.Wembley Cup Final. The big game is yet to come. Try telling that to
:24:57. > :25:02.Bradford City. They knocked out three Premier
:25:02. > :25:06.League clubs en route to the final, no other fourth tier team's managed
:25:06. > :25:10.such a feat. 1911 was the last time, the only
:25:10. > :25:14.time Bradford City were in a major Cup Final. Their hero last night
:25:14. > :25:18.was a former supermarket shelf stacker. It's not really sunk in
:25:18. > :25:21.what the lads have achieved and it's delight for everyone connected
:25:21. > :25:26.to the club, the back room staff that work hard and the two chairmen
:25:26. > :25:29.that put the money in and the fans that come week in week out. It was
:25:29. > :25:34.without a doubt... This fan had more than most invested in a
:25:34. > :25:39.Bradford win. His scarves were printed up even before kick off
:25:39. > :25:43.last night. I think I lost half a stone. I was pacing like a caged
:25:43. > :25:47.lion watching it. It was more than 50 years ago that a team from the
:25:47. > :25:50.fourth division of the league made to it a major Cup Final, Rochdale
:25:50. > :25:55.losing in the end to Norwich. Over the years, as the chasm between the
:25:55. > :26:00.top and bottom of the Football League has widened and deepened,
:26:00. > :26:05.the prospect of a repeat appeared all the more distant I've been a
:26:05. > :26:09.fan since I were four-year-old down here. 1964 we'd get 2,000. I see
:26:09. > :26:13.those lads now and it's great. I bet they've all got a smile on
:26:13. > :26:19.their face and it's nice to do that for them. So much of football is
:26:19. > :26:23.drenched in a stale hysteria, but this has been an achievement of
:26:23. > :26:31.real wonder. Under freezing grey skies, Bradford City's given sports
:26:31. > :26:33.lovers a story that will warm them for years to come.
:26:33. > :26:36.for years to come. Time for the weather now. Couple
:26:36. > :26:40.more days of snow and ice and we may have to worry about rain and
:26:40. > :26:43.floods, would you believe. In the short-term, the widespread hazard
:26:43. > :26:47.will be ice tonight, very few places immune from that. We have
:26:47. > :26:51.still got some snow to worry about, particularly across parts of Devon,
:26:51. > :26:54.South Wales, quite heavy here at the moment with heavy showers in
:26:54. > :26:59.the Midlands. They will tend to fade through the night.
:26:59. > :27:04.Temperatures will drop below freezing almost everywhere, the ice
:27:04. > :27:09.is the main problem. Your journey tomorrow morning and temperatures
:27:09. > :27:14.around the south coast just about above freezing. Grey skies at this
:27:14. > :27:19.time, but temperatures well below freezing elsewhere. We could go
:27:19. > :27:23.down to minus seven or eight, possibly even minus ten. Freezing
:27:23. > :27:28.patches of fog to watch out for, Inverness prone to that in
:27:28. > :27:35.particular. Very low temperatures to start the day in Highland
:27:35. > :27:40.tomorrow. We are not expecting any snow to fall tomorrow, but the
:27:40. > :27:44.stuff on the ground will thaw very slightly because in the sunshine,
:27:44. > :27:48.temperatures only really getting up to around one or two. A much
:27:48. > :27:53.quieter day so a chance to draw breath. As we go into Friday, it's
:27:53. > :27:57.all hands to the pumps with much milder air prushing in from the
:27:57. > :28:00.west. Heavy rain in the west. Further east, the cold air holds on.
:28:00. > :28:04.In the battleground, heavy snow looks likely through the course of
:28:04. > :28:08.the day. The further north you are, the heavier the snow is likely to
:28:08. > :28:11.be. In Scotland and northern England, we could see two to five
:28:11. > :28:15.centimetres, possibly more over high ground and it will be drifting.