:00:09. > :00:14.Britain commits hundreds of troops to help in the fight against
:00:14. > :00:18.Islamist militants in Mali. UK forces are already supporting the
:00:18. > :00:26.French intervention, but ministers say they will not be involved in
:00:27. > :00:30.combat missions. Joy in Mali as French-led troops enter the city of
:00:30. > :00:37.Timbuktu. Fear that is Britain could be sucked into a war that
:00:37. > :00:43.lasts for years. The jihadists may well revert to guerrilla warfare
:00:43. > :00:48.fair from the desert which is less simple and could be more protracted.
:00:48. > :00:53.Also on tonight's programme: Ministers are accused of
:00:53. > :00:57.compromising safety after they unveil plans to revamp childcare in
:00:57. > :01:04.England. The landmark verdict that could change the rules on criminal
:01:04. > :01:09.checks. Should one offence stain your record forever? This kind of...
:01:09. > :01:15.This shadow that follows me which I don't really think is justified
:01:15. > :01:24.really. 60 organisations back a 20p a litre tax on fizzy drinks, they
:01:24. > :01:28.say it will improve childrens' health. Milan claim the signature
:01:28. > :01:38.of Balotelli, two-and-a-half turbulent years at Manchester City
:01:38. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:54.will end tomorrow with a Good evening welcome to the BBC
:01:54. > :02:00.News' at 6.00pm. The number of British troops being sent to west
:02:00. > :02:03.Africa is to rise to 350. Most will train a regional force to tackle
:02:03. > :02:07.Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in Mali, but 40 will be stationed
:02:07. > :02:11.in the country itself as military advisers. It comes after a French-
:02:11. > :02:19.led force pushed the insurgents out of several cities in the North of
:02:19. > :02:22.the country including the desert city of Timbuktu. Our correspondent
:02:22. > :02:25.is at the Ministry of Defence. Planning here at the Ministry of
:02:25. > :02:30.Defence is well advanced as British officials have been meeting in
:02:30. > :02:33.Brussels to discuss the make-up and scope of that British EU-led
:02:33. > :02:37.training mission to Mali. Amid fears in Parliament and elsewhere
:02:38. > :02:43.that there could be mission creep for British forces latest
:02:43. > :02:49.operations as they try to help French and African forces end the
:02:49. > :02:54.Islamist threat in Mali. Rejoicing on the streets of Timbuktu. The
:02:54. > :03:02.relief clear as French and local troops took back the desert town,
:03:02. > :03:07.unopposed. Already, there has been looting and retributions as angry
:03:07. > :03:13.crowds gathered to threaten those who supported the militants.
:03:13. > :03:17.Islamists fighters could regroup and wage a deadly insurgency.
:03:17. > :03:22.Preventing that will be up to African troops from Mali and its
:03:22. > :03:26.neighbours. Donor nations met to raise money for the African-led
:03:26. > :03:30.mission which will include British military trainers. As Philip
:03:30. > :03:35.Hammond spelt out to the House of Commons, while insisting there was
:03:35. > :03:41.also an exit strategy. France has made it clear it inadvicages a
:03:41. > :03:45.short intervention to stabilise the situation on the ground, while the
:03:45. > :03:50.African forces from neighbouring countries and the Mallan Army
:03:50. > :03:55.deploy to sustain the situation in the longer term. The public are
:03:55. > :04:00.weary of conflict as a consequence of recent history. There will be
:04:00. > :04:03.worries about mission creep and the safety of UK trainers. It's
:04:03. > :04:08.essential that the Secretary of State allays those fears today.
:04:08. > :04:12.Government has made clear that no British combat troops will be sent
:04:12. > :04:15.to Mali. Number Ten is keen for the UK to help France and African
:04:15. > :04:19.nations to succeed in their mission there. The MoD has been drawing up
:04:19. > :04:23.plans to send British trainers, both to help with the EU-led
:04:23. > :04:30.training mission in Mali and with the African-led mission. UK forces
:04:30. > :04:37.for Mali will include 200 personnel to train troops in west Africa. 40
:04:37. > :04:45.for the EU training mission and 70 support personnel with the RAF
:04:45. > :04:51.Sentinel spy plane and 20 with the C-17 aircraft. It will make a total
:04:51. > :04:56.of 350 military personnel. Senior military figures here say the UK's
:04:56. > :05:00.support for French troops in Mali is in the national interest. Failed
:05:00. > :05:06.states bring with them instability. The Prime Minister has already
:05:06. > :05:11.touched on this, that Mali may sound in the middle of nowhere,
:05:11. > :05:16.Timbuktu used to be known, what happens in a global world in Mali,
:05:16. > :05:22.if the jihadists were to take over the country as a whole, it would
:05:22. > :05:28.not end there. In Timbuktu there is gratitude for western help as
:05:28. > :05:34.evidence of the attempt of destruction as valuable manuscripts
:05:34. > :05:37.emerged along with stories of beatings and repression. Today, the
:05:37. > :05:43.reminders of jihadist rules are being obliterated but the wider
:05:43. > :05:47.battle is not yet won. The importance of that wider battle
:05:47. > :05:56.against Islamic extremism in west and North Africa was underlined
:05:56. > :06:00.today with the Prime Minister saying he would visit Algeria
:06:00. > :06:04.tomorrow. Parents struggling to pay for childcare are being promised
:06:04. > :06:08.higher standards and lower costs. The Government wants to revamp the
:06:08. > :06:12.system in England by having better qualified staff looking after more
:06:12. > :06:21.children than is currently allowed. Critics fear the quality of care is
:06:21. > :06:25.bound to suffer if nursery staff end up being overstretched.
:06:25. > :06:29.Building a better childcare system for parents in the UK is anything
:06:29. > :06:35.but childs play. The Government unveiled some of its plans to
:06:35. > :06:39.improve provision and cut costs for families. From September, nursery
:06:39. > :06:43.staff in England will be able to look after more children than now,
:06:43. > :06:48.but only if they are more highly qualified. Their salaries will go
:06:48. > :06:51.up, but fewer staff could mean a saving for families. It will make
:06:51. > :06:57.it higher quality, more available and more affordable. This will take
:06:57. > :07:02.time. It will take time to recruit new people and take time to expand
:07:02. > :07:08.nurseries. What do parents at this south London nursery make of
:07:08. > :07:12.relaxing the ratios? It will be a welcome change. Nursery costs are
:07:12. > :07:16.high. You can't afford to have two parents going to work, the costs of
:07:16. > :07:21.having a full-time nursery is too high. I'm not particularly in
:07:21. > :07:26.favour of it. Even if they are more qualified on paper I think the more
:07:26. > :07:30.people you have to look after, the less attention you can give.
:07:30. > :07:33.England, the present ratio in nurseries for one-year-olds and
:07:33. > :07:36.older is one adult to three children. What is proposed is one
:07:37. > :07:42.adult to four children. Two-year- olds at present a one adult to four
:07:42. > :07:45.children. The proposed change is one to six. As for costs, as a
:07:45. > :07:50.proportion of family income, Switzerland is the most expensive
:07:50. > :07:57.with the UK in second place followed by Ireland and the United
:07:57. > :08:01.States. Kids Unlimited is one of the largest nursery change. Will
:08:01. > :08:07.loosening the ratios mean savings? Not necessarily. I think we would
:08:07. > :08:10.have to look at all of the issues involved. I can't speak for other
:08:10. > :08:14.providers, but certainly at Kids Unlimited we have no plans in the
:08:14. > :08:18.short-term, at least, to be reducing our ratios. Finding good
:08:18. > :08:22.quality childcare is hugely important for parents, but it's
:08:22. > :08:26.expensive. Many women are put off going back to work because of the
:08:26. > :08:32.costs. Some fear that government proposals for fewer staff could
:08:32. > :08:37.mean lower standards. We would worky if you had six two-year-olds
:08:37. > :08:40.for each worker rather than four at the moment there is the practical
:08:40. > :08:43.consideration of how many children anybody can look after, care for
:08:43. > :08:49.and help develop at any one time. David Cameron and Nick Clegg
:08:49. > :08:52.earlier this months pledged to make childcare a key issue. There are no
:08:52. > :08:58.details today of suggestion that is working parents could get a tax
:08:58. > :09:02.break to help with costs. Watching closely are mothers like Emma who
:09:02. > :09:09.can't afford childcare for her twins. I would love to go back to
:09:09. > :09:13.work, but whilst it is so expensive and, sort of, uncertain to have
:09:13. > :09:18.childcare, then it's just something we can't entertain. Better
:09:18. > :09:24.childcare, but at reduced cost to parents. That is the circle that
:09:24. > :09:28.ministers today are trying to square. Lawyers representing nearly
:09:28. > :09:34.200 Iraqis want a public inquiry into what they call systematic
:09:34. > :09:38.abuse by British troops after the invasion in 2003. Today, at the
:09:38. > :09:41.High Court, they alleged UK military personnel were guilty of
:09:41. > :09:51."terrifying acts of brutality.". Caroline Hawley's report contains
:09:51. > :09:55.graphic details of the allegations. Under interrogation, one of the
:09:55. > :10:01.Iraqis being represented in court today. He is being subjected to
:10:01. > :10:07.what is called harshing. He is heard to say he hasn't been given
:10:07. > :10:14.food or water for two-days. There are allegations of detainees being
:10:14. > :10:20.forced to strip naked and urinated on. This man says threats were made
:10:20. > :10:24.to kill and rape his family. His nose was broken and he was mocked
:10:24. > :10:28.for being made to undress. Trance trns they took me to the airport
:10:28. > :10:33.where they beat me up in the interrogation room. I want justice
:10:33. > :10:39.for all Iraqis who have been mistreated. This hearing relates to
:10:39. > :10:48.abuse alleged to have occurred to 192 Iraqis between 2003 and 200. An
:10:48. > :10:56.inquiry has been held into the death of Baha Mousa. It reported
:10:56. > :11:00.that there was violence against detainees. A team was set up to
:11:00. > :11:04.investigate allegations of abuse. It has paid out �15 million to
:11:04. > :11:08.settle more than 200 claims of mistreatment and unlawful detention.
:11:08. > :11:12.There is no doubt that a significant number of abuses did
:11:12. > :11:16.occur. What the court here must decide is how they should best be
:11:16. > :11:20.investigated so that Britain complies with its international
:11:20. > :11:25.human rights obligations. The Ministry of Defence say that is the
:11:25. > :11:29.establishment of a wide-ranging public inquiry to consider alleged
:11:29. > :11:32.systematic issues would be premature and disproportionate.
:11:32. > :11:39.It's important that we allow the team to get on with this important
:11:39. > :11:44.work and not be distracted by challenges to its competence and
:11:44. > :11:49.independence. The Army's chief Legal Officer in 2003 say as public
:11:49. > :11:53.inquiry is needed. The allegations are extremely serious. The
:11:53. > :11:56.allegation is that the British state was complicit in the torture
:11:56. > :12:01.and inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners. Therefore, this is a
:12:01. > :12:05.matter of great public interest as to how we conduct ourselves as a
:12:05. > :12:08.nation and how the British Army conducts itself. Almost a decade
:12:08. > :12:15.since British troops fought their way into Iraq, the military is now
:12:15. > :12:19.having to confront a dark side to its legacy. Opposition activists in
:12:19. > :12:23.Syria say more than 50 bodies have been found in a river in the
:12:23. > :12:26.northern city of Aleppo. Video posted on the internet, which can't
:12:26. > :12:31.be independently verified, suggests most of the dead were men. They
:12:31. > :12:36.were shot in the head and some appear to have had their hands
:12:36. > :12:38.bound. The Conservative plan to redraw the boundaries of
:12:38. > :12:41.parliamentary constituencies before the next general election has been
:12:41. > :12:47.defeated. The Liberal Democrats, who are part of the coalition,
:12:47. > :12:49.joined forces with Labour to reject the proposal. Our deputy political
:12:49. > :12:54.editor, James Landale, is in Westminster for us. You would
:12:54. > :12:59.imagine this sort of thing is going to add to strains within the
:12:59. > :13:04.coalition? Yes, it probably will. It has serious consequences. The
:13:04. > :13:06.Government wanted to go into the next election on up-to-date
:13:06. > :13:11.parliamentary boundaries so that all the constituencies are the same
:13:11. > :13:17.side and -- size and everyone's vote counts the same. Last year the
:13:17. > :13:20.Conservatives gave up support for House of Lords reform. The Lib Dems
:13:20. > :13:24.said these reforms, all-or-nothing. They withdrew their support for
:13:24. > :13:27.boundaries that is why they voted the way they did today. There are
:13:27. > :13:30.serious consequences. Not just because in the short-term there
:13:30. > :13:34.will be coalition tensions, both sides at the moment are saying,
:13:34. > :13:38.there might be irritation but the machine rolls on. This is another
:13:38. > :13:43.drop of poison in the coalition well. The first time that Lib
:13:43. > :13:47.Dem/Conservative ministers have voted against each other in the
:13:47. > :13:50.House of Commons. The more significant consequence the
:13:50. > :13:55.Conservatives lose 20 seats they would have got as a result of these
:13:55. > :14:00.changes. That could be the margin of victory and defeat at the next
:14:00. > :14:06.election. Huge consequences. A vote on a wet Tuesday could decide, help
:14:06. > :14:11.decide, who forms the next election in two-and-a-half years time.
:14:11. > :14:16.Should people applying for jobs be forced to disclose every previous
:14:16. > :14:19.criminal conviction when they apply for a job? Today, in a landmark
:14:19. > :14:23.legal ruling, the Court of Appeal said that demanding total
:14:23. > :14:30.disclosure is a breach of human rights. The case centred on a man
:14:30. > :14:35.who was warned about stealing bikes when he was 11 years old. Criminal
:14:35. > :14:41.record checks are there to protect children and vulnerable groups.
:14:41. > :14:46.Should a crime committed in your youth remain on your record
:14:46. > :14:53.forever? Music teacher Dan Greenwood was cautioused for
:14:53. > :14:59.stealing a record when he was 15. Every time the CRB comes through I
:14:59. > :15:07.have to see the Head teacher and account for this kind of offence
:15:07. > :15:14.which, as far as I'm concerned, is history, buried in a time when I
:15:14. > :15:19.was an unruly teenager. At the Court of Appeal today judges ruled
:15:19. > :15:27.in the case of a man given two cautions for stealing two bikes
:15:27. > :15:32.when he was 11. His lawyer thinks today make as welcome change.
:15:32. > :15:37.found the current provisions breach the right to privacy. It's a
:15:37. > :15:40.wholehearted approach that everything has to be disclosed.
:15:40. > :15:44.There needs to be consideration of what is relevant and what isn't.
:15:44. > :15:48.a result of today's judgment, nothing will change immediately.
:15:49. > :15:54.The Government has 28 days to seek permission to appeal to the Supreme
:15:54. > :15:59.Court. If it fails in that, the judges here have made it absolutely
:15:59. > :16:04.clear the Government must legislate to change the current system of
:16:04. > :16:10.blanket disclosure. That system also covers adults who commit minor
:16:10. > :16:14.offences which have to be disclosed. Some favour the way things are now.
:16:14. > :16:17.Children have rights too. So employers, when making a decision
:16:17. > :16:20.about who they should employ into a job that gives access to children,
:16:20. > :16:26.should have access to all of the relevant information so that they
:16:26. > :16:30.can make the right decisions about who to employ. This is a delicate
:16:30. > :16:34.balance between civil liberties and protecting the vulnerable. If the
:16:34. > :16:40.Government loses its appeal, a system will have to be found which
:16:40. > :16:50.filters out minor law breaking from criminal records for people like
:16:50. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:08.Dan while ensuring the safety of Minister stay soldiers in Mali will
:17:08. > :17:14.not be involved in combat missions. The Who hit the road again with the
:17:14. > :17:18.rock epic Quadrophenia. Ford makes record profits in 2012p
:17:18. > :17:21.to strong US sales, but demand for vehicles in Europe remains weak.
:17:21. > :17:31.France denies it is bankrupt even though the Labour Minister says
:17:31. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:36.More than 60 organisations including some of Britain's leading
:17:36. > :17:42.medical bodies are calling for attacks on the two drinks in the
:17:42. > :17:47.coming budget. -- a tax. They say 20p per litre will raise �1 billion
:17:47. > :17:53.which could be used to provide free fruit in schools. Companies say
:17:53. > :17:58.they are already doing their bit in the fight against obesity.
:17:58. > :18:02.Bottles of fizzy drinks, another drink we buy, or is it one of the
:18:02. > :18:06.things making a spatter as a nation? It is a row that has been
:18:06. > :18:11.fizzing up between businesses and health campaigners. Campaigners who
:18:11. > :18:16.want sugary drinks to face an extra tax.
:18:16. > :18:20.The only benefit of most sugary drinks to children or adults is the
:18:20. > :18:24.excess calories they provide and that is not a benefit because we
:18:25. > :18:29.have an obesity crisis. And they say this is where the
:18:29. > :18:33.money should go, Islington is one of the few councils in England to
:18:33. > :18:38.offer free school meals, but it is expensive and there is no national
:18:38. > :18:43.funding. This report argues that a tax on sugar based drugs could pay
:18:43. > :18:50.for it. Campaigners and doctors say she agreed drugs are full of empty
:18:50. > :18:56.calories, -- fizzy drinks. Added an extra tax would send a powerful
:18:56. > :19:00.message. That is likely to be strongly resisted by industry.
:19:00. > :19:05.is completely unfair to tackle one set of products like this. Obesity
:19:05. > :19:09.is a complex problem with many contributing factors. Part of it is
:19:09. > :19:13.the absence in some people of a balanced diet, part of it is the
:19:13. > :19:18.absence of an active lifestyle. would like people to come together
:19:18. > :19:26.on something that concerned all of us, obesity. Coca-Cola Eustace had
:19:26. > :19:29.voted to join the obesity debate. Tackling head-on the argument is
:19:29. > :19:33.product are part of the problem, highlighting the low-calorie drinks
:19:33. > :19:41.it sells to stop sugary drinks have been targeted by health campaigners
:19:41. > :19:45.around the world. Do shoppers here think that a tax is needed? I think
:19:45. > :19:50.it would make people buy the alternative, a fresh orange juice
:19:50. > :19:54.or natural juices. They are trying to get money from somewhere. I did
:19:54. > :20:00.think it will work. It probably will not make any difference but it
:20:00. > :20:05.is a good idea. The government says it is getting results by working
:20:05. > :20:09.with industry. Some companies have promised to reduce calories in the
:20:09. > :20:14.product but that is not likely to be enough to satisfy doctors and
:20:14. > :20:17.health charities. Last week we reported on the
:20:17. > :20:22.radical changes planned for secondary school exams in England.
:20:22. > :20:24.Today the Welsh government formally rejected his ideas and said it is
:20:24. > :20:32.sticking to the existing system. Northern Ireland is carrying out
:20:32. > :20:36.its own review of GCSEs and A- levels.
:20:36. > :20:39.The classrooms may look the same, the lessons may sound the same, but
:20:39. > :20:45.today's announcement means pupils in Wales and England will in future
:20:45. > :20:48.be taught and tested in fundamentally different ways. Greg
:20:49. > :20:52.and Paula Dickson a head teachers in schools either side of the
:20:52. > :20:56.border. The Welsh government has chosen to build on current
:20:56. > :21:01.qualifications rather than go for wholesale changes.
:21:02. > :21:08.There needs to be a strategy of communicating to employers,
:21:08. > :21:13.universities, just what the Welsh qualification system is all about
:21:13. > :21:17.and what their skills and attributes will bring.
:21:17. > :21:21.Paula's school is on the Wirral in England where pupils will face
:21:21. > :21:24.different tests. For national governments to make two different
:21:24. > :21:29.choices is very difficult for the young people today to know what is
:21:29. > :21:36.right, and for employers and parents and carers.
:21:36. > :21:38.What is changing? In England GCSEs in core subjects are being scrapped
:21:38. > :21:42.and been placed by the English Baccalaureate and it will mean
:21:42. > :21:46.sitting one set of exams. A sable be true of A-levels. Wales is
:21:46. > :21:51.sticking with GCSEs and will still allow people to pick up knocks
:21:51. > :21:55.during the year that affect their final grades. Top GCSE grades will
:21:55. > :21:58.count towards a national Welsh Baccalaureate.
:21:58. > :22:01.A I do believe the Welsh education system is broken, we have got
:22:02. > :22:07.excellent schools, they are achieving excellent results, we can
:22:07. > :22:10.do better and we will. But with Wales slipping fast in
:22:10. > :22:13.international league tables are falling even further behind England,
:22:13. > :22:18.Scotland and Northern Ireland the Labour government stands accused of
:22:18. > :22:23.failing pupils. Welsh Labour, when running education here in Wales,
:22:23. > :22:26.have proven not to deliver. There will not be good for Welsh students,
:22:26. > :22:31.employees and we will hold them to account to make sure qualification
:22:31. > :22:35.to stack up. Sharon is a mother of two and is
:22:35. > :22:39.glad the continuance assessment survives in Wales but her worry is
:22:39. > :22:43.simple, while sixteen-year-old Matthew will compete on a level
:22:43. > :22:47.playing field 14-year-old Jordan will lose out to people's from
:22:47. > :22:57.England if Welsh qualifications are seen a second rate. -- two peoples.
:22:57. > :22:59.I did what my children to be disadvantaged. They should have no
:22:59. > :23:03.problem with their choice at the end.
:23:03. > :23:08.That is the challenge for Welsh ministers. To make sure that if
:23:08. > :23:14.English qualifications are seen as the gold standard, exams sat by
:23:14. > :23:19.pupils in Wales will in future be equally valued.
:23:19. > :23:22.Football now and with just two days left until the end of the transfer
:23:22. > :23:26.window the controversial striker Mario Balotelli looks to be on his
:23:26. > :23:29.way out of Manchester City. The Italian club AC Milan have
:23:29. > :23:33.confirmed they have reached an agreement with Manchester City and
:23:33. > :23:41.he is due to arrive in Milan for Medical tomorrow. Manchester City
:23:41. > :23:49.are refusing to comment. -- for a medical.
:23:49. > :23:52.He is a controversial character. Absolutely right. I think a tabloid
:23:52. > :23:55.editors up and down the country will be mourning his impending
:23:56. > :24:02.departure because it will go down as one of the more remarkable
:24:02. > :24:09.playing careers. It looks all but there, barring the formality of a
:24:09. > :24:13.medical tomorrow. Milan are already selling his shirt on the website.
:24:13. > :24:16.His manager here Roberto Mancini will no doubt address the issue
:24:16. > :24:21.tonight after their match against Queens Park Rangers but it appears
:24:21. > :24:26.it was these photographs that may have sealed his fate. That well
:24:26. > :24:31.publicised Jocelyne, grappling with his manager during a training
:24:31. > :24:35.session. On his day he is one of the most feared strikers but this
:24:35. > :24:39.is one of the latest examples in a string of controversy is how off
:24:39. > :24:43.the field as long as an atrocious disciplinary record. If the right
:24:43. > :24:47.price came along, Manchester City would sell and it appears that is
:24:47. > :24:52.what has happened. He will be missed, but perhaps not for
:24:52. > :24:57.footballing reasons. They are British rock royalty with
:24:57. > :25:00.the track record stretching back 50 years. Now The Who are hitting the
:25:00. > :25:04.road again with one of their musical epics. Quadrophenia is
:25:04. > :25:13.coming to British venues next summer and the surviving members of
:25:13. > :25:18.the band have been talking about their plans.
:25:18. > :25:22.It is 40 years since Quadrophenia got to number two on the UK charts,
:25:22. > :25:27.a lavish -- lavished double album of songs describe as their seminal
:25:27. > :25:34.work. Two of the original line-up have since died rock-star deaths,
:25:34. > :25:41.but the other two are still keen to keep rocking.
:25:41. > :25:48.You were the band has said I did want to die before I get old.
:25:48. > :25:53.think that was taken out of context. The song was more about refusing to
:25:53. > :25:59.grow old rather than I did want to grow old, he was about refusing to
:25:59. > :26:05.grow old inside. For all their success Quadrophenia marked a
:26:05. > :26:12.period of growing tension. What is the relationship between the two of
:26:12. > :26:22.you now? We are waiting for me to be to die. We would like to think
:26:22. > :26:22.
:26:22. > :26:27.there is still some angst. I cannot imagine being looker -- lucky, I
:26:27. > :26:33.the best, to get to this place in our lives when we are pushing 70.
:26:33. > :26:40.Guitars which were once routinely sacrificed on stage last a little
:26:40. > :26:46.longer and the backstage demand a more pedestrian. But the band seems
:26:46. > :26:49.to be attracting a whole new generation to their songs.
:26:49. > :26:54.Reviews here have been favourable and having toured America they say
:26:54. > :27:01.they are ready to bring a little slice of British life back home
:27:01. > :27:11.where it belongs. We don't argue with our television sets edible.
:27:11. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:16.Those screens, I couldn't get them Even though they now qualify for a
:27:16. > :27:26.bus pass it is clear they could still be rocking well into their
:27:26. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:36.It has been a very mild day today. Temperatures widely into double
:27:36. > :27:43.figures, up to 14 degrees. The warmest day since November last
:27:43. > :27:48.year. With the mild air comes rain. That will turn more extensive
:27:48. > :27:53.across England and Wales. The amber rain warning in the south-west. It
:27:53. > :27:58.will be very windy. The strongest wind is further north. It may
:27:58. > :28:05.become drier for a time, storm the wind in the far north-west of
:28:05. > :28:10.Scotland. Some very big waves. That rain band is never too far away
:28:10. > :28:17.from the north of Scotland. We will find some further wetter weather
:28:17. > :28:25.sliding into central southern Scotland. Showers in Northern
:28:25. > :28:29.Ireland. Hot on the heels of the overnight rain which is just about
:28:29. > :28:33.their over East Anglia and the south-east. After that, a
:28:33. > :28:38.scattering of showers coming into South Wales and the south-west of
:28:38. > :28:42.England. The rain clears the south- west quickly and it is a day of
:28:42. > :28:48.sunshine and some showers. The heavy showers will run across
:28:48. > :28:53.Northern Ireland, central Scotland. A much brighter day on the whole.
:28:53. > :28:58.More in the way of sunshine, very gusty wind. It will feel colder
:28:58. > :29:02.than today. Temperatures in Iraq normal for the time of year and