:00:08. > :00:12.Feeling the heat, bosses from the big energy companies face MPs'
:00:13. > :00:16.questions about their profits. They blame rising cost for bigger bills
:00:17. > :00:21.and say they make less money than many other major retailers. It's
:00:22. > :00:24.less than supermarkets make. It's a fraction of what mobile phone
:00:25. > :00:29.companies make. Although I do accept the point, it's still a big number.
:00:30. > :00:33.Will have the reaction of those facing higher bills. These Big Six,
:00:34. > :00:37.they have got it sewn up well, haven't they, to be fair to them.
:00:38. > :00:43.They really have. We will look at the numbers to see if the energy
:00:44. > :00:50.bosses have a case. Also tonight: A six figure settlement for the woman
:00:51. > :00:54.in charge when Baby Peter died after months of abuse. Tougher sentences
:00:55. > :01:03.for dog attacks England and Wales. If a victim dies it could be 14
:01:04. > :01:08.years. Thousands of Syrians flee a Damascus suburb that has been under
:01:09. > :01:16.siege for months. A BBC team watched the exodus. After battering Britain,
:01:17. > :01:24.how the St Jude storm went on to lash northern Europe. On the sport.
:01:25. > :01:26.Braun Brawn is set to leave his role as Mercedes team principle at the
:01:27. > :01:53.end of the F1 season. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:54. > :01:55.BBC's news at six. Senior executives from Britain's big energy firms have
:01:56. > :01:59.been defending their pricing polling cyst this afternoon. They have been
:02:00. > :02:03.facing some stiff questioning from MPs who have been asking them to
:02:04. > :02:08.justify the profits they make. It follows the recent rise in energy
:02:09. > :02:17.bills. Four of the energy companies have announced average price rises
:02:18. > :02:28.of 9.1% that takes the average dual fuel to more than ?1400 a year. Our
:02:29. > :02:34.energy -- are energy bills fair, do we get to good deal or are the Big
:02:35. > :02:39.Six firms ripping off consumers. MPs wanted answers. How can these
:02:40. > :02:45.profits be fair when people cannot afford to pay for their energy? If I
:02:46. > :02:49.don't make a # 5% profit in my business, I can't afford to continue
:02:50. > :02:52.employing my 20,000 people, which are equally members of our society
:02:53. > :02:55.in Britain. I can't afford to operate the company. It's less than
:02:56. > :02:59.supermarkets make. It's a fraction of what mobile phone companies make.
:03:00. > :03:03.The energy giants were asked why prices had gone up by similar
:03:04. > :03:09.amounts at roughly the same time. They listed rising wholesale gas and
:03:10. > :03:14.electricity costs, once more a rival was unconvinced. I have been
:03:15. > :03:17.somewhat confused by looking at the explanations for the price rises in
:03:18. > :03:22.the past three or four weeks from some of our competitors because we
:03:23. > :03:27.don't see nearly the same impact, especially on wholesale comodity
:03:28. > :03:34.prices. Prices make up half our energy bill. The industry regulator
:03:35. > :03:39.say it is accounts for around ?610 of an average annual dual fuel bill.
:03:40. > :03:44.It claims the costs are up just 1.7% over the past year. Now, the firms
:03:45. > :03:52.disagree. They say they have seen price rises of between 4% and 8%.
:03:53. > :03:56.They claim Ofgem's figures are flawed. The firms also blame the
:03:57. > :03:59.Government's social and green policies for pushing up bills. They
:04:00. > :04:05.claim it would be fairer for consumers if some of that was paided
:04:06. > :04:09.through the tax system. It should be out of the bill completely and put
:04:10. > :04:15.into general taxation. I actually agree with that. It is a regressive
:04:16. > :04:20.poll tax, stealth poll tax, essentially. If they are lifted,
:04:21. > :04:26.would you pass on the saving that you incur in total to your
:04:27. > :04:32.customers? Yes. Unquestionably yes. Yes. Yes. At this bowling club near
:04:33. > :04:37.Cardiff, the bosses' performance and the prospects of a reduction in
:04:38. > :04:41.bills didn't convince many. They were giving different conflicting
:04:42. > :04:45.figures. They keep on going up. I feel the Government should step in
:04:46. > :04:49.and do something about it. It's a very complicated market, obviously.
:04:50. > :04:53.These Big Six, they have got it sewn up well, haven't they? This session
:04:54. > :04:57.may have produced more heat than light, but the spotlight on the Big
:04:58. > :05:05.Six firms shows no sign of fading away. John is with me now. Will the
:05:06. > :05:09.energy bosses have persuaded any of their many critics? We heard from
:05:10. > :05:14.our unofficial focus group in Cardiff, they weren't convinced by
:05:15. > :05:17.their performance. My impression was that the MPs weren't that convinced
:05:18. > :05:22.either. What the companies did manage to do, I think, they got
:05:23. > :05:26.across the sense that they have invested a lot in Britain in recent
:05:27. > :05:30.years and many of the costs they have been hit with are outside of
:05:31. > :05:34.their control. There are some moments in the session when there
:05:35. > :05:37.were big disco nexts going on between the MPs and the bosses
:05:38. > :05:41.themselves, particularly on wholesale prices. It is a big part
:05:42. > :05:45.of our bill. One of the small splayers saying, I don't recognise
:05:46. > :05:50.the rises the companies have been talking about. They generate power
:05:51. > :05:52.and sell it to themselves. The MPs were requesting about how
:05:53. > :05:56.transparent the process was and the resulting profits that come out of
:05:57. > :06:01.it. If there is good news for all of us, the companies are engaged in
:06:02. > :06:04.this business of reforming and changing these green and social
:06:05. > :06:07.levies. The Prime Minister told us he would roll back the green levies,
:06:08. > :06:11.last week in parliament. The companies today said they will pass
:06:12. > :06:15.on those reductions if thats happens. I think, in a funny way,
:06:16. > :06:21.today increases the pressure on Government to deliver on all of this
:06:22. > :06:27.in the coming weeks. Thank you. There is widespread condemnation of
:06:28. > :06:32.a six-figure settlement to the former head of Children's Services
:06:33. > :06:36.in the London borough where Baby Peter died after months of abuse.
:06:37. > :06:39.The Health Minister has called it "shocking." Sharon Shoesmith is
:06:40. > :06:43.thought to be in line to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds
:06:44. > :06:47.after the Court of Appeal ruled her dismissal in 2008 was unfair. Peter
:06:48. > :06:51.Connelly died in the most appalling of circumstances. His little body
:06:52. > :06:55.had suffered more than 50 injuries at the hands of his abusers. For
:06:56. > :07:02.months he had been on the radar of social services and other agencies.
:07:03. > :07:05.They all failed to protect him. As head of Children's Services at
:07:06. > :07:11.Haringey, Sharon Shoesmith had been a high flying local government
:07:12. > :07:15.executive with a salary to match. The Baby P scandal ruined her
:07:16. > :07:19.reputation and her career. She hasn't worked since. My first
:07:20. > :07:26.priority is to put in place a new leadership and management team in
:07:27. > :07:28.Haringey children services. Ed Balls removed Sharon Shoesmith from her
:07:29. > :07:33.position, today he defended that decision and criticised her payout.
:07:34. > :07:37.I would do the same again. My duty was the safety of children. The idea
:07:38. > :07:43.there should be substantial payoff for an individual who failed in that
:07:44. > :07:49.way, frankly, I find shocking. The criticism has been reflected across
:07:50. > :07:53.the political spectrum. A six-figure sum, I'm afraid a lot of people will
:07:54. > :08:04.feel this is rewarding failure. It's really not appropriate. Shame on
:08:05. > :08:08.this country. The the atmosphere after Baby P's death was (inaudible)
:08:09. > :08:14.there was pressure for officials to be held to account. A week after Ed
:08:15. > :08:20.Balls intervention, Haringey Council sacked Sharon Shoesmith without
:08:21. > :08:23.compensation. Inspectors from Ofsted described the Haringey childrens
:08:24. > :08:28.department in the worse they have seen. Her employers ran rough shot
:08:29. > :08:33.over proper procedure. The Appeal Court ruled her dismissal was both
:08:34. > :08:39.unfair and unlawful. An employment lawyer says she has every right to a
:08:40. > :08:43.payoff. If a duff decision was made to take away her job, her position,
:08:44. > :08:48.that may be an answer as to how she managed to achieve something of the
:08:49. > :08:54.order of ?600,000, as she appears to have done. On a social media site
:08:55. > :08:57.tonight Sharon Shoesmith said children had been her life's work
:08:58. > :09:09.and she hopes to continue in some capacity. The steel manufacturer
:09:10. > :09:12.Tata u is to cut 500 jobs at its plants in Scunthorpe, Workington and
:09:13. > :09:15.Teesside. The company said weak demand for steel in the construction
:09:16. > :09:23.industry was to blame. Most of the jobs, 340, are expected to go in
:09:24. > :09:27.Scunthorpe. The maximum sentence for dog owners whose pet is involved in
:09:28. > :09:31.a fatal attack is to be increased from two to 14 years. Ministers are
:09:32. > :09:34.also going to close a loophole which prevents prosecution where the
:09:35. > :09:39.attack takes place at home or on private property. This was the
:09:40. > :09:45.animal which led a pack of dogs which killed a 14-year-old girl,
:09:46. > :09:48.Jade Anderson was savaged by the four dogs in a house in Wigan.
:09:49. > :09:51.Because she died on private property, the dog's owner, seen
:09:52. > :09:56.here, couldn't be prosecuted for the death. Now, her stepfather, Michael,
:09:57. > :10:02.has welcomed today's Government move to make dog-related sentences much
:10:03. > :10:08.tougher. If it could be more, I think it should be more. 14 years
:10:09. > :10:12.is, you know, for someone's life, you know your dog is out of control,
:10:13. > :10:18.they lose their lives, it's not just that person, it is everyone around
:10:19. > :10:22.that that it it affects. Dog attack on five police officers in London
:10:23. > :10:28.was filmed. Sentences for owners will, for the first time, also apply
:10:29. > :10:31.on private land. Dog attacks in people's homes can also be
:10:32. > :10:35.prosecuted. The sentence changes which apply to England and Wales
:10:36. > :10:39.mean owners could get 14 years in prison instead of two if their dog
:10:40. > :10:45.kills someone. Other dog attacks could lead to a five-year sentence.
:10:46. > :10:50.Attacks on assistance dogs could mean three years in jail, instead of
:10:51. > :10:57.six months now. There are, for instance, the arrange of escalating
:10:58. > :11:01.penalties, starting at relatively low level which nip issues of
:11:02. > :11:10.anti-social behaviour with dogs in the bud early. Necessary, they will
:11:11. > :11:14.escalate and we need maximum penalties like these. In Southampton
:11:15. > :11:18.today we came across a number of owners with more powerful breeds.
:11:19. > :11:23.Most said their dogs were not dangerous and didn't need more
:11:24. > :11:28.controls. If you have got a dog you know is aggressive or something,
:11:29. > :11:33.then you should take proper precautions to make sure it doesn't
:11:34. > :11:37.do... Attack someone or another dog. I have a fiesty dog. It's down to me
:11:38. > :11:42.to make sure everyone is safe when he is out. The key reason why the o
:11:43. > :11:51.Government wants to get stuff over -- tough over this is the sheer
:11:52. > :11:57.scale of the problem. Since 2005, 16 people have died as a result of
:11:58. > :12:00.their injuries. Some have suggested the Government overreacted to dog
:12:01. > :12:05.attacks with its new sentencing policy. It's very unlikely that the
:12:06. > :12:12.higher sentences will ever be used very often at all. There is already
:12:13. > :12:17.a maximum sentence of two years under the Dangerous Dogs Act. The
:12:18. > :12:21.reason people don't get custody for these offences is that the
:12:22. > :12:24.circumstances just don't deserve a custodial sentence. The new
:12:25. > :12:32.sentences won't apply to people whose dogs attack burglars, they are
:12:33. > :12:38.a message that with ownership comes responsibility. The jury's been
:12:39. > :12:40.sworn in the hacking trial for the former News of the World editor
:12:41. > :12:45.Rebekah Brooks and seven other defendants, including Andy Coulson,
:12:46. > :12:52.also a former News of the World editor and Head of Communications at
:12:53. > :12:56.Number Ten. We can speak to our correspondent Tom Symonds. The judge
:12:57. > :13:00.has been laying down some clear guidelines for this case? He has. Mr
:13:01. > :13:05.Justice Saunders told the jury that the defendants in this case were, in
:13:06. > :13:11.some cases, well-known public figures. The case against them had
:13:12. > :13:15.to be decided on the evidence in court. There had been an
:13:16. > :13:20.unprecedented coverage about hacking and some had been inaccurate, ill
:13:21. > :13:25.informed and abusive. He picked up in particular on private eye which
:13:26. > :13:29.published its November edition with a picture of Rebekah Brooks on the
:13:30. > :13:33.front cover. Police have been to speak to a vendor of Private Eye,
:13:34. > :13:38.quite close to the court, the Attorney General has said he does
:13:39. > :13:43.not regard the front cover of that magazine as breaching the court
:13:44. > :13:47.rules, even though the judge said it was in exceptionally bad taste. The
:13:48. > :13:50.case is expected to start proper tomorrow when the jury hear the
:13:51. > :13:56.opening statement from the prosecution. Thank you. In Syria,
:13:57. > :14:01.thousands of civilians have been fleeing a suburb of the capital
:14:02. > :14:04.Damascus which has been under siege by government forces for months.
:14:05. > :14:09.Opposition fighters say the government tried to starve the
:14:10. > :14:13.people into submission. Our chief international correspondent, Lyse
:14:14. > :14:21.Doucet, has just sent this report from the area. A tied of people --
:14:22. > :14:25.tide of people took to this road today, fleeing homes where they have
:14:26. > :14:34.lived under siege for nine long months. Some now too weak to walk.
:14:35. > :14:38.All exhausted by their ordeal. Syrian troops sealed off this area,
:14:39. > :14:46.where rebel fighters had taken control, telling them, surrender or
:14:47. > :14:51.starve. Civilians paid the price. TRANSLATION: Thank God we are out.
:14:52. > :14:57.Look, my body is shaking. There was no food. We had to eat grass. They
:14:58. > :15:02.wouldn't let us leave. These are the last of the civilians who were
:15:03. > :15:07.trapped inside this town since March. Only a few,000 people were
:15:08. > :15:10.able to escape. Nothing was getting in, no medical supplies, not even
:15:11. > :15:18.food. One Syrian said, you couldn't even get a piece of bread inside the
:15:19. > :15:23.town. Less than 10 miles from the capital, children died from
:15:24. > :15:26.starvation. Residents had sent out messages begging the world to help.
:15:27. > :15:31.Aid agencies called for urgent access for months. The government
:15:32. > :15:33.finally agreed. Civilians could leave, whoever stays, they say, is
:15:34. > :15:53.the enemy. They are terrorists. Now we take the
:15:54. > :15:58.civilians to safe places. Then those people are not our responsibility,
:15:59. > :16:02.they are terrorists. Women, children, the elderly were
:16:03. > :16:05.taken to a shelter. Men were separated from their families to be
:16:06. > :16:12.questioned about their involvement in the fight. In the home they left
:16:13. > :16:19.behind, the battle will now intensify.
:16:20. > :16:23.Our top story this evening: The big six energy companies defend price
:16:24. > :16:26.hikes before a committee of MPs - they blame rising costs and say they
:16:27. > :16:32.don't earn as much as other retailers.
:16:33. > :16:41.And where Monday's storm went after it left Britain - Europe counts the
:16:42. > :16:46.cost. In Sportsday on BBC News: A busy
:16:47. > :16:51.night of League Cup action - Arsenal face Chelsea replace in
:16:52. > :16:53.quarterfinals, Wayne Rooney is expected to be rested as Manchester
:16:54. > :16:59.United welcome Norwich to Old Trafford.
:17:00. > :17:05.There was another twist today in the troubled journey to deliver the HS2
:17:06. > :17:08.rail project. In its latest business case, the Government has slightly
:17:09. > :17:12.scaled back the likely economic benefits of the scheme. If it goes
:17:13. > :17:19.ahead, HS2 will link London to Birmingham by 2026. Later it will go
:17:20. > :17:23.on to the north of England. The cost is estimated at more than ?40
:17:24. > :17:27.billion. Ministers say HS2 will still bring massive benefits to the
:17:28. > :17:37.country. From Manchester, our transport correspondent, Richard
:17:38. > :17:41.Westcott, sent this report. It would be Britain's most expensive
:17:42. > :17:48.building project, cutting through great swathes of the country. But is
:17:49. > :17:52.HS2 worth the money? They don't know the value of the businesses that
:17:53. > :17:59.will be destroyed. John will take some convincing. The line will floor
:18:00. > :18:04.his 150 year-old oak tree and wipe out his farm. Government figures
:18:05. > :18:09.tell you half the story. They are trying to convince you that it will
:18:10. > :18:14.benefit us all, HS2, but they are not taking into the amount that it
:18:15. > :18:19.will destroy on its construction and it ripped through the countryside.
:18:20. > :18:23.This is the journey the trains would take through John's farm. The final
:18:24. > :18:28.budget for HS2 is more than ?42 billion, but there has been a drop
:18:29. > :18:35.in the predicted benefits. The benefit now say it will generate
:18:36. > :18:40.?2.30 for every ?1 it cost, down from ?2.50 earlier in the year. I
:18:41. > :18:45.don't think we have learned anything new today. I think we roughly know
:18:46. > :18:54.the costs and benefits of this project. I think that the benefits
:18:55. > :18:57.remain relative to the cost, and there are probably other ways we
:18:58. > :19:02.could better spend the money. At the government insists is HS2 will
:19:03. > :19:07.breathe new life into rundown parts of Britain. This is Old Oak Common,
:19:08. > :19:12.right now a train depot in one of the most deprived parts of London.
:19:13. > :19:17.If they build HS2, this area will be transformed, turning into one of the
:19:18. > :19:24.five busiest train stations in the country. Fresh off a slightly slower
:19:25. > :19:28.train to Manchester, the Transport Secretary told me he must convince
:19:29. > :19:31.his own chancellor he is on top of the budget. The idea there is a
:19:32. > :19:37.blank cheque, George Osborne does not give the a blank cheque. The
:19:38. > :19:44.money we have set aside has a proper Contin Jim see in it, and I believe
:19:45. > :19:51.it will be below that price. -- has a proper contingency in it. One of
:19:52. > :19:56.the main arguments against is that many business meetings will be held
:19:57. > :20:01.on in future. At this IT firm says that the scheme will help their
:20:02. > :20:05.business. We work closely with our customers, and that is important, we
:20:06. > :20:09.want to work with them face-to-face, we need to be on their premises and
:20:10. > :20:18.there is an expectation that we would be, we become so regret part
:20:19. > :20:21.is in the business. With Labour openly questioning, the future of
:20:22. > :20:23.HS2 and the land it will cross is not known.
:20:24. > :20:26.Well, as well as the economic impact over HS2, there's also major
:20:27. > :20:29.political issue around the project, which was first announced under the
:20:30. > :20:32.Labour Government. Let's go live to our deputy political editor, James
:20:33. > :20:37.Landale, who's at Westminster. HS2 was actually Labour 's idea, are
:20:38. > :20:41.they having second thoughts? Clearly all of the mood music from Labour is
:20:42. > :20:46.sceptical - no blank cheques, keep control over the cost, rake sure you
:20:47. > :20:49.know the benefits. But that is not the same thing as saying they will
:20:50. > :20:55.definitely vote against this eventually. Labour is trying to use
:20:56. > :20:58.HS2 to try to show voters that they can be careful with taxpayers'
:20:59. > :21:04.money, which polls suggest is clearly a work in progress. If they
:21:05. > :21:09.opposed HS2 about right, there would be a substantial political cost, not
:21:10. > :21:12.least there would be a lot of angry Labour council leaders in the
:21:13. > :21:16.Midlands and the north. They are angry already. Tonight, the leader
:21:17. > :21:19.of Birmingham City council has written on behalf of seven other
:21:20. > :21:25.Labour council leaders, Manchester and elsewhere, saying that if you
:21:26. > :21:31.carry on with these negative images of HS2, there will be, I quote,
:21:32. > :21:35.protracted conflict in public treat those readers and the Labour Party.
:21:36. > :21:38.A warning for Labour to fall into line. At the moment, studied
:21:39. > :21:42.ambiguity. A former driver for the BBC has been
:21:43. > :21:45.found dead in his London home on the day he was due in court to face sex
:21:46. > :21:48.offence charges involving a 12-year-old boy. David Smith's trial
:21:49. > :21:56.was to have been the first after arrests by police as part of
:21:57. > :21:58.Operation Yewtree. That operation followed the Jimmy Savile scandal.
:21:59. > :22:04.Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly is here. Just give us the
:22:05. > :22:07.background, June? When David Smith failed to turn up at court and
:22:08. > :22:14.failed Giroud bond to form calls, the police went to his flat, knock
:22:15. > :22:18.down the door and found him dead -- failed to respond to phone calls. We
:22:19. > :22:22.are told that the cause of death is not suspicious that it will not be
:22:23. > :22:27.made public until the inquest opens. David Smith faced multiple
:22:28. > :22:34.charges of sexually abusing a 12 year-old in 1984, this was made
:22:35. > :22:37.after the Jimmy Savile scandal came out, but there was no link between
:22:38. > :22:43.David Smith and Jimmy Savile. Because there is no trial, we can
:22:44. > :22:48.say that he was a prolific offender with 22 convictions for sex offences
:22:49. > :22:53.against young boys going back to 1966. He has been described
:22:54. > :22:56.throughout as a BBC driver, the BBC survey has no record of him ever
:22:57. > :23:02.being employed by the Corporation. Two more arrests today under
:23:03. > :23:12.Operation Yewtree, a man of 64 and a man of 74, ringing to 16 the number
:23:13. > :23:15.of people detained. The family of Ben Needham, the
:23:16. > :23:18.two-year-old who went missing on the Greek island of Kos 22 years ago,
:23:19. > :23:22.say they are disappointed that the young man who came forward and was
:23:23. > :23:25.DNA tested is not Ben. The man, who was filmed at a Roma church service
:23:26. > :23:28.on Cyprus and presented himself to authorities, was said to have
:23:29. > :23:31.similar features to a computer-generated image of how Ben
:23:32. > :23:33.may now look. A letter bomb addressed to Northern
:23:34. > :23:37.Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has been intercepted at Stormont
:23:38. > :23:42.Castle. Staff were evacuated after the device was discovered in the
:23:43. > :23:49.post room earlier today. Let's speak to Chris Buckler, who's at Stormont
:23:50. > :23:55.for us this evening. What is are the details of this
:23:56. > :23:59.incident which have emerged? Four letter bombs have been discovered in
:24:00. > :24:04.as many days, all of their intended destinations indicate that dissident
:24:05. > :24:09.republicans were probably responsible. The latest was found at
:24:10. > :24:12.Stormont Castle, this is where the First Minister and Deputy First
:24:13. > :24:16.Minister have their offices, as well as Northern Ireland Secretary,
:24:17. > :24:20.Theresa Villiers. The package was addressed to her. She was not here,
:24:21. > :24:26.but the First Minister was removed from his office as the device was
:24:27. > :24:31.made safe. Devices have been sent to the Chief Constable and an officer
:24:32. > :24:36.of the public prosecution. It has caused consternation unconcern, it
:24:37. > :24:39.is putting postal workers in danger and it also indicates a spike in
:24:40. > :24:41.dissident republican activity, something the police are worried
:24:42. > :24:45.about. The south and East of England got
:24:46. > :24:48.back on its feet today after being hit by storm St Jude. More than
:24:49. > :24:51.50,000 homes are still without power this evening mainly in East Anglia
:24:52. > :24:55.and Essex. There were also some continuing problems on the rail
:24:56. > :24:59.network today. St Jude itself has moved on to cause problems across a
:25:00. > :25:06.large swathe of northern Europe as Jeremy Cooke reports.
:25:07. > :25:13.After the storm, the hard work. Emergency crews on the case through
:25:14. > :25:18.the night and all day, getting on with the job of reconnecting the
:25:19. > :25:24.600,000 properties cut off by the storm. Most homes and businesses
:25:25. > :25:28.have the lights back on, but some, like these shops, are still off the
:25:29. > :25:36.grid more than 24 hours after the events. For them, it is all still
:25:37. > :25:40.costing money. This cafe has been closed for business, again.
:25:41. > :25:46.Yesterday I thought, OK, a few hours, but right through until
:25:47. > :25:54.today, tonight? It is ridiculous. The crews are tried in. -- trying.
:25:55. > :26:00.Hopefully. No choice but to throw out spoiled stock. Next door, this
:26:01. > :26:08.couple is dealing with a candle crisis. That is the last candle. I
:26:09. > :26:14.don't want to break the news, but that is pathetic. But it is still a
:26:15. > :26:18.source of light. At the station, they are not
:26:19. > :26:25.laughing. These commuters are hoping normal service would be resumed. No
:26:26. > :26:27.such luck. There are no trains. I can understand all forgive
:26:28. > :26:34.yesterday, but today is not good enough. I pay ?4000 each year, I
:26:35. > :26:38.thoroughly understood why could not got it yesterday but I think there
:26:39. > :26:42.has been plenty of time to repair and I am astonished.
:26:43. > :26:46.Storm St Jude has crossed to the continent, bringing down trees among
:26:47. > :26:52.the canals of Amsterdam. Creating chaos on the streets of muscles.
:26:53. > :26:59.Just walking through town was a risky, sometimes painful business.
:27:00. > :27:05.-- on the streets of Russells. And here is a Brazilian riding perhaps
:27:06. > :27:07.the biggest wave ever surfed. This is off the coast of Portugal. A
:27:08. > :27:17.remarkable event. And now the weather: Thankfully,
:27:18. > :27:22.things are returning to normal. We have had an joint and showers, but
:27:23. > :27:27.we will lose the show tonight, and with clear skies it will be very
:27:28. > :27:31.cold. A starry night with the risk of frost. We will keep some showers
:27:32. > :27:37.across northern and western areas, they will lose their intensity, most
:27:38. > :27:40.places having a dry night. Towns and cities will see temperatures
:27:41. > :27:47.dropping to five or six degrees, but in the countryside we see our lowest
:27:48. > :27:50.temperatures. We can even get just below freezing, minus one, to start
:27:51. > :27:55.tomorrow morning. A chilly start tomorrow, any places will be dry and
:27:56. > :27:59.bright with early-morning sunshine. But the cloud and the rain is
:28:00. > :28:02.arriving across Northern Ireland to the first part of the morning,
:28:03. > :28:07.heading to the West of Scotland, Wales and the West of England for
:28:08. > :28:11.the afternoon. Generally staying dry across the south-east corner. The
:28:12. > :28:16.winds will be picking up, especially across the North West of Scotland,
:28:17. > :28:19.web is the risk of dust of about 60 mph, along with some pretty heavy
:28:20. > :28:28.rainfall parts of Southwest Scotland. -- there is the risk of
:28:29. > :28:34.dust is of about 60 mph. Some of the rain can be heavy at times across
:28:35. > :28:39.the south-west corner. Whilst we can't rule out a future was around
:28:40. > :28:42.the south-east coast of England, for many it will stay dry, fine and
:28:43. > :28:47.bright and top temperatures of around 14 degrees. That band of rain
:28:48. > :28:50.could linger for a time in the south-east corner on Thursday. A
:28:51. > :28:56.mixture of sunshine and showers behind it, a fairly breezy day with
:28:57. > :29:00.a top temperature of ten to 15 degrees. It looks like it will stay
:29:01. > :29:04.unsettled with more wet and windy weather for Friday and even into the
:29:05. > :29:06.weekend. That's all from us. Now the news
:29:07. > :29:08.where you are.