:00:16. > :00:21.Bottom of the class - our young people lagging behind in the global
:00:21. > :00:24.race for skills. 16 to 24-year-olds in England and Northern Ireland do
:00:24. > :00:26.worse in English and maths than their grandparents. Head teachers
:00:26. > :00:28.are shocked. It's really startling to know that a country as well-off
:00:29. > :00:31.as ours is doing so Padley against other countries. We'll be looking at
:00:31. > :00:34.what this means for Britain's economic future. Also tonight: The
:00:34. > :00:36.banks start unveiling their new mortgage deals under the
:00:36. > :00:39.Government's latest Help To Buy scheme.
:00:39. > :00:49.The British scientist behind the world's biggest experiment gets a
:00:49. > :00:52.Nobel Prize for Physics. The mother of Baby Peter should be released
:00:52. > :00:55.says the Parole Board. Watch your favourite BBC shows even before
:00:55. > :01:01.they're broadcast - the new boss unveils his plans for the
:01:01. > :01:07.Corporation's future. Coming up in the sport: Blackpool
:01:07. > :01:26.manager Paul Ince has been given a five-match stadium ban.
:01:26. > :01:34.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. A major international
:01:34. > :01:37.study has found that 16 to 24-year-olds in England and Northern
:01:37. > :01:40.Ireland lag far behind young people in other industrialised countries
:01:40. > :01:45.when it comes to literacy and numeracy tests. The Organisation for
:01:45. > :01:51.Economic Co-operation and Development put them in the bottom
:01:51. > :01:54.10%. In numeracy, Northern Ireland is
:01:54. > :01:58.ranked 18th, while England is third from bottom out of 24. And in
:01:58. > :02:05.literacy England slips even further to 22nd, with Northern Ireland
:02:05. > :02:08.remaining at 18th. As Reeta Chakrabarti reports, England is the
:02:08. > :02:17.only country where the young are less skilled than the old. It's
:02:17. > :02:21.careers advice day for these pupils with a visit from people working in
:02:21. > :02:25.top City businesses. Today's figures present a bleak picture of the
:02:25. > :02:28.skills of those who have just started work. It's really startling
:02:28. > :02:33.to know that a country as well-off as ours is doing so badly against
:02:33. > :02:39.other countries in terms of literacy and numeracy. In this school and I
:02:39. > :02:42.know in many others they're core skills we focus on across every
:02:42. > :02:44.subject in order to make sure that our youngsters are fully prepared
:02:44. > :02:48.and really developing those skills. our youngsters are fully prepared
:02:48. > :02:53.The teenagers here have a strong focus on maths and English. Overall,
:02:53. > :02:56.the survey shows that England is the only country where results are going
:02:56. > :03:01.backwards with older people doing slightly better than younger. These
:03:01. > :03:05.children represent the workforce of the future. The lack of skills of
:03:05. > :03:09.those who have left school in the last decade or so is deeply worrying
:03:09. > :03:12.with young adults in England and Northern Ireland achieving some of
:03:12. > :03:19.the lowest scores of those in their age Group 4. It's a -- in their age
:03:19. > :03:30.group. It's a different story in Korea. Experts say the young are not
:03:30. > :03:34.particularly ative or risk-takers but excel in their field. If you are
:03:34. > :03:40.looking for skill sets meant for manufacturing and production you
:03:40. > :03:44.won't find a more consistent group of highly qualified graduates than
:03:44. > :03:47.here. Given that level of international competition, the fear
:03:47. > :03:51.is that skills in the UK nations are bound to decline over the next
:03:51. > :03:58.decade unless urgent action is taken. The managing director of the
:03:58. > :04:02.group that runs Premier Inn says they're vital but so are softer
:04:02. > :04:05.skills. It's important kids come out of school with the right
:04:05. > :04:08.qualifications. It's equally important they come out with good
:04:08. > :04:12.social skills, able to deal with the public and work in teams and we can
:04:12. > :04:15.help develop their skills to make sure they're successful in our
:04:15. > :04:19.industry. Who is to blame for today's poor performance? Ministers
:04:19. > :04:22.say labour was in charge when the young people in the report were at
:04:22. > :04:26.school. Labour says it actually drove up standards in English and
:04:26. > :04:31.maths. Whoever's at fault, the country clearly needs to up its
:04:31. > :04:35.game. Our business editor Robert Peston is
:04:35. > :04:38.here. How serious are the implications of this report for
:04:38. > :04:45.Britain's economic future? Well, look, Britain is still struggling
:04:45. > :04:52.under record levels of debt. It's been years since certain
:04:52. > :04:57.self-sufficient in energy so we are really pendant on the skills of our
:04:57. > :05:03.people to generate growth. Right now the skills of British people don't
:05:03. > :05:07.look too bad against international competitors. As it was just said,
:05:07. > :05:12.the reason is because we are really dependent on the skills of people of
:05:12. > :05:18.our age and older. Our young people, and it is remarkable, are really the
:05:18. > :05:24.only young people in the world less skilled, very basic numbers,
:05:24. > :05:31.literacy, working with IT, less skilled than the older age group.
:05:31. > :05:35.That raises the serious prospect that we will struggle as an economy
:05:36. > :05:39.in coming years to perform, to pay our way in the world unless
:05:40. > :05:44.emergency action is taken of some sort to improve their training.
:05:44. > :05:50.There is another really worrying point about all of this, the lowest
:05:50. > :05:55.skills are those from the poorest backgrounds, those whose parents had
:05:55. > :06:00.pretty poor education. Our schools are not helping the disadvantaged to
:06:00. > :06:05.move up the ladder. There is this risk of a low growth economy and a
:06:05. > :06:15.more socially divided economy unless we fix this skills problem. Thank
:06:15. > :06:19.you. Some of Britain's banks have begun
:06:19. > :06:20.to unveil details of the mortgages they'll offer under the
:06:20. > :06:24.Government-backed Help to Buy scheme. The aim is to assist people
:06:24. > :06:27.who can't afford the big deposits that banks require at the moment.
:06:27. > :06:29.RBS, NatWest and Halifax will start taking applications this week, with
:06:30. > :06:35.HSBC and Virgin Money joining later. Here's our personal finance
:06:35. > :06:39.correspondent Simon Gompertz. The housing market's been all but
:06:40. > :06:44.closed to buyers without a 20% deposit. Now banks are rallying
:06:44. > :06:50.behind the Government's Help To Buy scheme designed to cut the deposit
:06:50. > :06:54.you need. It's just what Rob's family from Bath needed. With
:06:54. > :06:59.£15,000 for a deposit when banks were demanding more than double
:06:59. > :07:04.that, Help To Buy could be the kick they wanted. This looks as though
:07:04. > :07:09.it's going to help fast-track us on to the property market even though
:07:09. > :07:13.we aren't young first-time buyers. We are still first-time buyers, and
:07:13. > :07:18.my guess is there are a lot in our position. Yet Help To Buy may not
:07:18. > :07:22.help John, looking to buy with his wife in the London market. The
:07:22. > :07:24.overall price of the house in the first place in London is very high.
:07:24. > :07:29.Even with the reduction that the first place in London is very high.
:07:29. > :07:32.Help To Buy scheme could provide in terms of the deposit there will
:07:32. > :07:37.still be a lot going out and that's more than I can afford at the
:07:37. > :07:41.moment. For buyers the key feature is that you have to put down a 5%
:07:41. > :07:46.deposit but then you have to cover the remaining 95% with a mortgage,
:07:46. > :07:50.not easy in the current climate. The Government's providing a taxpayer
:07:50. > :07:57.guarantee for the top 15% of that which makes you much less risky to
:07:57. > :08:01.lend to. Today HSBC and Virgin Money added their names to the list of
:08:01. > :08:06.those promising to take part. There are already mortgages being made
:08:06. > :08:12.available. From Friday, Halifax and Bank of Scotland are offering a
:08:12. > :08:16.two-year fixed rate of 5.19% on a 5% deposit with a fee. RBS and NatWest
:08:16. > :08:25.are already accepting applications for a fixed rate mortgage of 4. 99%
:08:25. > :08:29.with no fee. A lot of people will struggle to do that, as they need
:08:29. > :08:33.the stamp duty, as well. Those are people for whom these schemes are
:08:33. > :08:37.going to work well. The Prime Minister in Northampton today faces
:08:37. > :08:42.concerns from MPs and economists that Help To Buy now covering both
:08:42. > :08:44.old and new homes will pump up a new housing bubble. I don't believe it
:08:44. > :08:46.old and new homes will pump up a new will. If we look at house prices
:08:46. > :08:50.across the United Kingdom, if you will. If we look at house prices
:08:50. > :08:55.exclude London and the south-east thoer only going up by 0.8% a year.
:08:55. > :08:57.Here on this estate because of the Help To Buy scheme the people who
:08:57. > :09:02.are building this have explained to me they're going to build more.
:09:02. > :09:07.Whether prices race ahead will depenned on how many manage to get a
:09:07. > :09:13.mortgage via Help To Buy. Some say thousands could give it a go.
:09:13. > :09:16.And there's much more on our website, including a calculator to
:09:16. > :09:19.find out where in the country you could afford to live and whether it
:09:19. > :09:31.would be cheaper to rent or buy. That's bbc.co.uk/where can I live.
:09:31. > :09:34.The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic forecast for
:09:34. > :09:38.Britain, despite downgrading its forecast for global growth. The IMF
:09:38. > :09:44.had said there would be growth here of 0.9% this year but has increased
:09:44. > :09:50.that to 1.4%. In 2014, the IMF says the economy will grow by 1.9%. In
:09:50. > :09:53.the last hour, the Chancellor, George Osborne, said these figures
:09:53. > :09:59.showed the Government's economic strategy was working. It's clearly
:09:59. > :10:02.welcome that the IMF says the UK is growing more strongly than it was
:10:02. > :10:06.and that shows that our economic plan is working and jobs are being
:10:06. > :10:10.created in this country. But the IMF also warns us that there are a lot
:10:10. > :10:13.of risks out there in the world economy and that's why we have to
:10:13. > :10:18.stick with this economic plan that's helping Britain turn the corner. The
:10:18. > :10:21.last three years the economy has flatlined. That's why the deficit
:10:21. > :10:25.has not come down but more importantly, is why families are
:10:25. > :10:28.worse off and even now the Government's been complacent saying
:10:28. > :10:35.the economy plan is working, for families it's not working. They're
:10:35. > :10:38.worse off. Our political editor Nick Robinson is in Downing Street for
:10:38. > :10:41.us, outside the Chancellor's residence.
:10:41. > :10:45.Those two have been arguing about economic policy ever since the last
:10:45. > :10:49.election. Will the latest figures help to settle the argument? Oh, no,
:10:49. > :10:55.they won't do that. There's no doubt the men inside Number 11 are being
:10:55. > :11:00.careful not to say I told you so, but they are absolutely delighted
:11:00. > :11:04.that the man from the IMF who just six months ago was warning them that
:11:04. > :11:09.they were playing with fire, that it might be right to slow down the
:11:10. > :11:12.drive to austerity, to slow down cuts, if you like, the man warning
:11:12. > :11:16.there might not be growth again in the British economy in the
:11:16. > :11:19.short-term, he has now stopped saying those things and that means
:11:19. > :11:25.that a powerful voice that was very helpful to the Labour Party has, in
:11:25. > :11:29.effect, been silenced but Ed Balls is still able to say hold on, the
:11:30. > :11:33.man from the IMF was asked today whether the forecast settled that
:11:33. > :11:38.row between plan A and plan B and he said, and insisted that it didn't.
:11:38. > :11:41.Furthermore, he said that the Treasury should still consider the
:11:41. > :11:46.possibility of borrowing money when it's cheap to build houses, to spend
:11:46. > :11:50.on investment which is of course the Labour Party's policy and the
:11:50. > :11:54.forecast Labour are pointing out is much better now but that's because
:11:54. > :11:57.it was downgraded before and it's gone back again. I end with a
:11:57. > :12:01.forecast of my own, whether I am standing here in two years' time or
:12:01. > :12:05.someone else is standing here in 50 years' time, they will still be able
:12:05. > :12:10.to have the argument between plan A and plan B because the economists,
:12:10. > :12:17.the historians, and absolutely the politicians will still not agree.
:12:17. > :12:25.Thank you very much. The leader of the English Defence
:12:25. > :12:45.League is leaving the controversial -- controversial group. The
:12:45. > :12:48.co-leader is also leaving. The British scientist Peter Higgs
:12:48. > :12:52.has won the Nobel Prize for Physics - the greatest prize in science. In
:12:52. > :12:55.the 1960s he was among those scientists who came up with a theory
:12:55. > :12:58.to describe the most basic building block of the universe - sometimes
:12:58. > :13:03.called the god particle. Here's our science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh.
:13:03. > :13:05.Professor Peter Higgs, winner of the biggest prize in science for
:13:05. > :13:14.predicting the existence of a particle that holds the universe
:13:14. > :13:17.together, the Higgs Boson. Peter's contribution has been a big advance
:13:17. > :13:20.scientifically. The journey we have taken in discovering it has been
:13:21. > :13:24.something that's brought along not just theoristses but
:13:24. > :13:29.experimentalists and many people excited to see us chasing down this
:13:29. > :13:36.mysterious and difficult to find particle. It was discovered last
:13:36. > :13:43.year by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva. As a
:13:43. > :13:48.young physicist Peter Higgs was fascinated by the behaviour of
:13:48. > :13:55.sub-atomic particles. He went on to develop a theory of how they gained
:13:55. > :13:59.substance or mass. The theory of sub-atomic physics predicts the
:13:59. > :14:05.existence of 17 particles, each with its own symbol. The discovery of the
:14:05. > :14:09.Higgs last year was a final piece of the jigsaw. This was important
:14:09. > :14:13.because it enables researchers to complete their theory, locking it
:14:13. > :14:18.together. And to use it to discover newer, better explanations for how
:14:18. > :14:23.the universe works. A year ago Peter Higgs wiped away a
:14:23. > :14:28.tear at the news that scientists have discovered the particle he
:14:28. > :14:33.predicted nearly 50 years earlier. He shares the award with Professor
:14:33. > :14:37.Francois Englert of Belgium. I have never been in a scientific meeting
:14:37. > :14:43.like that before, because people got up and cheered and stamped. I
:14:43. > :14:47.regarded it as cheers for the home team. And that was what it was
:14:47. > :14:52.really about. Maybe they were cheering me, too, but this was a
:14:52. > :14:57.minor issue. Controversially, though, scientists from the Large
:14:57. > :15:01.Hadron Collider have received no recognition for their discovery.
:15:01. > :15:06.Through his school visits Professor Higgs is inspiring a new generation.
:15:06. > :15:17.A shy man, he wouldn't give interviews today. But he said he was
:15:17. > :15:22.overwhelmed to receive the award. Muslim school in Derby has been told
:15:22. > :15:36.to stop discriminating against women or girls or face closure. The letter
:15:36. > :15:41.came after a visit from inspectors. This faith school only opened its
:15:41. > :15:45.doors to pupils last September. Tonight its future is in doubt. The
:15:45. > :15:50.Department for Education has serious concerns about the way it is being
:15:50. > :15:54.run and is considering removing its funding. In a letter to the chair of
:15:54. > :15:58.governors, the education minister said the school had breached its
:15:58. > :16:02.contract with the government by failing to ensure the safety of
:16:02. > :16:08.children. Delivering an unacceptably poor standard of education and
:16:08. > :16:12.discriminating in its policies and procedures towards female staff.
:16:12. > :16:16.There have been reports of segregation of boys and girls and of
:16:16. > :16:23.the enforcing of the strict dress code on non-Muslim teachers. This
:16:23. > :16:27.former teacher said she was left feeling shocked and upset. After
:16:27. > :16:32.working there for about three weeks, at about 9:30pm one night I
:16:32. > :16:39.received a text from the principal making a comment about the way I had
:16:39. > :16:42.been dressed at work. It had been deemed to be immodest. Obviously I
:16:42. > :16:47.was incensed. Doctor Stuart Wilson deemed to be immodest. Obviously I
:16:47. > :16:53.is in charge of the pupils here. He says they are working to put them
:16:53. > :17:00.first. There are things we had to address, without disagreeing with
:17:00. > :17:06.the Ofsted report but their view is objective. Ofsted has already made
:17:06. > :17:09.public its concern about incomplete record keeping of safeguarding
:17:09. > :17:15.checks on staff. Its full report will be published soon, but the
:17:15. > :17:18.clock is ticking for this school because the Department for Education
:17:18. > :17:21.says it needs to see an action plan for change by the beginning of
:17:21. > :17:33.November or else public funding will be withdrawn.
:17:33. > :17:37.Our top story this evening - and international study says young
:17:37. > :17:42.adults in England and Northern Ireland are close to the bottom of
:17:42. > :17:47.global league tables in maths and English. Still to come: It is a
:17:47. > :17:54.British success story, a cheap computer designed in Cambridge and
:17:54. > :17:58.made in Wales that aims to the will -- change the way children interact
:17:58. > :18:01.with technology. We will bring you the latest from the England camp,
:18:01. > :18:16.the players have been talking to the press ahead of their game against
:18:16. > :18:19.Montenegro. The BBC's new Director General has laid out his plans for
:18:19. > :18:22.the future of the corporation. Following one of the most
:18:22. > :18:24.controversial periods in the BBC's history, dominated by the Savile
:18:24. > :18:27.scandal and executive pay-offs, Tony Hall said he wanted a more
:18:27. > :18:30.personalised BBC. He spoke about the next generation iPlayer, which would
:18:30. > :18:35.allow viewers to see programmes before they are broadcast. There'll
:18:35. > :18:41.be a new plus one service for BBC One, where programmes will be aired
:18:41. > :18:46.an hour later. And Lord Hall set an ambitious target to double global
:18:46. > :18:55.audiences to 500 million a week. Our Arts Correspondent David Sillito has
:18:55. > :19:00.more details. It has been a turbulent year for the
:19:00. > :19:05.BBC but this was a speech aiming to shift the debate both to the future
:19:05. > :19:10.and the way the corporation relates to us. At the moment we treat
:19:10. > :19:16.audiences like licence fee payers, we should be treating them like
:19:16. > :19:19.owners. A new relationship. The iPlayer will become increasingly
:19:19. > :19:28.personalised, its features increased. Increasingly watching
:19:28. > :19:30.whenever you want on whatever device you have, wherever you are. Wherever
:19:30. > :19:37.whenever you want on whatever device you are in the world. And the BBC
:19:37. > :19:39.has got a new target to double its global audience to half a billion.
:19:39. > :19:45.It wants to get more of its contents global audience to half a billion.
:19:45. > :19:51.seen around the world, probably for free on advertising supported
:19:51. > :19:58.platforms. Whereas the BBC in Britain, you will have to pay the
:19:58. > :20:02.licence fee. One of our roles is of being an information provider, a
:20:02. > :20:06.provider of debate, of coverage of our hearts and these other things,
:20:06. > :20:14.which is kind of unique in the world. We have an important role. It
:20:14. > :20:17.was also a chance to show off new possible programme technology. This
:20:17. > :20:27.allows you to point the camera where you want. The BBC is about to enter
:20:27. > :20:32.negotiations about its next ten years Charter. What will happen with
:20:32. > :20:36.BBC funding in a world where it has got these wonderful OnDemand
:20:36. > :20:40.services, the temptation from a politician to say you can monetise
:20:40. > :20:44.that, you can charge for those services now, you don't need the
:20:44. > :20:49.licence fee any more, that is definitely going to be the long-term
:20:49. > :20:56.challenge to the way the BBC is financed. I am incredibly flattered
:20:56. > :21:02.to be asked about my ideas... The celebrities were also doing their
:21:02. > :21:06.bit today. It is hoped it will be a simpler, less bureaucratic
:21:06. > :21:10.corporation. The parole board says that Tracey
:21:10. > :21:26.Connelly, the mother of baby Peter, should be released from jail. She
:21:26. > :21:29.was released indefinitely -- jailed indefinitely, with a recommended
:21:29. > :21:32.minimum term of five years, in May 2009, for causing or allowing her
:21:32. > :21:35.son's death in north London. A Parole Board panel recommended her
:21:35. > :21:38.release from prison following a second review of her case. Is there
:21:38. > :21:41.any way of knowing when she will be released? In theory, as soon as the
:21:41. > :21:46.decision is made by the parole board, she could be released. It is
:21:46. > :21:50.extremely unlikely anything will have happened today because there
:21:50. > :21:54.are plans to be made, housing for instance would need to be sorted.
:21:54. > :21:58.The Ministry of Justice will not say when she is being released, or
:21:58. > :22:04.whether she will get help in changing her identity or advice.
:22:04. > :22:08.After all, it was such a high-profile case. Our sources
:22:08. > :22:12.suggest it is unlikely that will happen. She will be released on
:22:12. > :22:14.licence so if she breaches the terms of that release she will be recalled
:22:15. > :22:21.licence so if she breaches the terms to prison. She served six years.
:22:21. > :22:25.That is because Peter died in August 2007, she was arrested sometime
:22:25. > :22:31.after that although she was not sentenced until May 2009, that
:22:31. > :22:39.sentence will include the time she spent on remand. Thank you. The
:22:39. > :22:42.Welsh Government says it will increase its spending on the health
:22:42. > :22:45.service to improve patient safety and cope with rising demand. It made
:22:45. > :22:49.the announcement as it set out its 15 billion pounds budget plans for
:22:49. > :22:52.next year - cuts are being made in other departments to pay for the
:22:52. > :22:56.plans. More from our Wales correspondent, Hywel Griffith.
:22:56. > :23:04.From the first years in the classroom to caring for growing,
:23:04. > :23:10.elderly population. Adding infrastructure and the Welsh
:23:10. > :23:14.government has a long list of demands for the £15 billion it has
:23:14. > :23:18.been allocated from Westminster. But nothing has been scrutinised or
:23:18. > :23:23.criticised more than the Labour administration 's record on health.
:23:23. > :23:28.In four years, it has cut back more on the NHS than any other part of
:23:28. > :23:34.the UK. Today a turnaround of sorts with an extra £570 million over
:23:34. > :23:38.three years. There are huge pressures on the health service and
:23:38. > :23:42.we are responding particularly to the Francis review of the crisis at
:23:42. > :23:47.we are responding particularly to Mid Staffordshire foundation trust
:23:47. > :23:53.and we are responding to that. It is a small step in the right
:23:53. > :23:58.direction. Cat spent three years waiting for a hip operation. In 2012
:23:58. > :24:03.she made it as far as the ward before surgery was cancelled because
:24:03. > :24:08.of the bed shortage. They obviously need the money to be put into the
:24:08. > :24:14.hospitals so that patients like myself and other people in constant
:24:14. > :24:17.pain can get these operations done. There are few patients who will
:24:17. > :24:21.argue against giving more money to the NHS at a time when demand is
:24:21. > :24:26.growing and waiting times are getting longer, but spending more
:24:26. > :24:29.money here as to mean cuts elsewhere. Specifically in local
:24:29. > :24:35.government, libraries and other council services will take a 9% cut
:24:35. > :24:39.over two years. Local government will take a massive hit, I think
:24:39. > :24:45.many Labour council leaders across Wales will be looking hard at their
:24:45. > :24:52.colleagues and asking why they have been meted out for special
:24:52. > :24:59.treatment. It will be under more pressure than ever to show it can
:24:59. > :25:03.deliver on the NHS. It's the size of a credit card,
:25:03. > :25:06.cheap to buy and was aimed at teaching children about the skills
:25:06. > :25:08.of computer programming - now 18 months since its launch, the one
:25:08. > :25:12.millionth Raspberry Pi has just rolled off the production line in
:25:12. > :25:14.South Wales. Its creators say it's a great success story for British
:25:14. > :25:23.technology. Here's Rory Cellan-Jones. Made in Wales, the
:25:23. > :25:30.tiny educational computer which has been a worldwide hit. At this Sony
:25:30. > :25:37.factory in South Wales, they have now made a million Raspberry Pis. It
:25:37. > :25:39.all started with a Cambridge scientist who wants to change our
:25:39. > :25:43.relationship with computers. His scientist who wants to change our
:25:43. > :25:49.idea was a computer that will demand a bit of work from the user, rather
:25:49. > :25:55.than just switching it on. I remember being told this was a
:25:55. > :25:59.non-saleable product. I think a lot of our success has come from the
:25:59. > :26:06.fact that there was a latent need for something like this. Enthusiasts
:26:06. > :26:12.have found all sorts of weird and wonderful uses for the Raspberry
:26:12. > :26:20.Pi, from playing xylophone... To Saturn system for bikes... To
:26:20. > :26:26.filming the leap from a high altitude balloon by a teddy bear.
:26:26. > :26:29.This has been a hit with computed using us around the world but that
:26:29. > :26:34.was not the point, it was designed to change the way children use
:26:34. > :26:39.computers and to teach them programming. That involves learning
:26:39. > :26:41.to speak the languages that make computers work, typing in an
:26:41. > :26:49.instruction to make something happen. At a Cambridge School, this
:26:49. > :26:54.class is getting a first taste of computer programming, using the
:26:54. > :27:00.Raspberry Pi to make music. I think it is really good. It is really fun
:27:00. > :27:05.as well. Not complicated. It definitely made me want to do more
:27:05. > :27:11.with computers. It is really clever. Would you like to learn to do more?
:27:11. > :27:16.Yes, I want to do more with this. This is a rare sight in schools.
:27:16. > :27:19.Raspberry Pi has shown we can make computers in Britain but the
:27:19. > :27:28.revolution in how we teach children to use them as some way to go.
:27:28. > :27:35.Now, the weather forecast with John Hammond. 20 degrees plus today but
:27:35. > :27:40.we can wave goodbye to that because it is time for a reality check with
:27:40. > :27:46.cold air surging its way across in the next few days.
:27:47. > :27:54.There will also be a strong, northerly wind. It will be turning
:27:54. > :27:58.colder, but for many there will be plenty of dry weather around as
:27:58. > :28:02.well. Some showers around at the moment but a lot of dry weather and
:28:02. > :28:06.that is the way it will stay for most. Further north, signs of
:28:06. > :28:14.change, the showers pepping up, the wind picking up, and this is a sign
:28:14. > :28:18.of things to come because this cold and windy weather will head its way
:28:18. > :28:23.southwards during the course of the day. It will carry bands of
:28:24. > :28:29.showers. One such band of showers will be heading its way down through
:28:29. > :28:34.Wales towards southern counties mid-afternoon. Still some reasonable
:28:34. > :28:37.temperatures but not as warm as today and turning progressively
:28:37. > :28:43.colder further north. Just 10 degrees in the mid part of the
:28:43. > :28:46.afternoon. A whole packet of showers further north and some wild wind
:28:46. > :28:52.across the far north-east of Scotland, severe gales here and snow
:28:52. > :28:58.across the Grampians. These strong winds go all the way down the east
:28:58. > :29:03.coast, there will be big waves crashing over the seafront. Further
:29:03. > :29:08.west after a cold, possibly frosty start, plenty of dry and bright
:29:08. > :29:12.weather around. Looking further ahead towards the weekend, after a
:29:12. > :29:17.frosty start in places, some sunshine across many northern areas.
:29:17. > :29:21.Further south, some uncertainty. It looks like there will be an
:29:21. > :29:24.increasing chance of rain developing through the weekend.
:29:24. > :29:24.That is all from