:00:38. > :00:41.We'll be looking at accusations that jobs in England have been sacrificed
:00:42. > :00:47.because of next year's referendum on Scottish independence. Also tonight:
:00:48. > :00:50.A mother's desperate attempts to save her four-year-old daughter from
:00:51. > :00:54.being mauled to death by the family's bulldog. Taken from prison
:00:55. > :01:03.to court - veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall faces fresh charges of
:01:04. > :01:06.raping two teenage girls. Victory for disability campaigners who win a
:01:07. > :01:11.court battle to stop the Government changing a benefit they say gives
:01:12. > :01:14.them independence. And sizing up a new image for women - how one high
:01:15. > :01:26.street retailer is making its mannequins larger.
:01:27. > :01:27.Rafa Nadal will end the year as world number one following victory
:01:28. > :01:56.today over Stanislas Wawrinka. Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:57. > :02:00.news. More than 500 years of shipbuilding will come to an end in
:02:01. > :02:04.Portsmouth next year after the defence giant, BAE Systems,
:02:05. > :02:11.announced cuts added shipyards across the UK. Almost 1800 jobs will
:02:12. > :02:16.go in total. 940 of those will be in Portsmouth, home to the Navy. More
:02:17. > :02:22.than 800 will also go at other sites, most of them in Glasgow and
:02:23. > :02:27.Rosyth. In a moment, reaction. First, Duncan Kennedy is in
:02:28. > :02:31.Portsmouth. Tonight there are many angry and many frustrated people
:02:32. > :02:36.here in Portsmouth. Angry because they are losing their jobs.
:02:37. > :02:41.Frustrated because many see this as a political, not a commercial
:02:42. > :02:48.decision. This afternoon, I saw one man almost in tears, so distressed
:02:49. > :02:52.was he at losing his job. One MP described it as a disaster for this
:02:53. > :02:56.city. It is Britain's oldest naval base,
:02:57. > :03:02.where chips have been made for more than five centuries. Today the
:03:03. > :03:06.decision was made to bring military shipbuilding in Portsmouth to an
:03:07. > :03:13.end. After being told the News, many workers sounded off their anger.
:03:14. > :03:18.Many accused Bae and the Government of sacrificing their jobs for
:03:19. > :03:23.Scottish ones. We build a better product than Govan. We have been
:03:24. > :03:27.told they are better -- we are better. Then they pulled us out.
:03:28. > :03:32.Most of the directors are Scottish. It is mostly political. The Scottish
:03:33. > :03:38.workers would be quite happy. Everything has been taken away from
:03:39. > :03:44.them this yard. It is a sad day for the South yet again. A political
:03:45. > :03:49.decision for Scotland to have all of the work and asked to have nothing.
:03:50. > :03:54.More than 900 shipbuilding jobs will be lost. Skills built up over
:03:55. > :03:56.decades in some cases. Nearly everybody blames Scottish and
:03:57. > :04:04.Westminster politics for the decision. It has been a cold,
:04:05. > :04:10.calculated political game. The independence vote is pending in
:04:11. > :04:13.Scotland. Portsmouth is the sacrificial lamb in delivering a
:04:14. > :04:18.rejection of independence in Scotland. The Government insisted
:04:19. > :04:22.the ending of shipbuilding in Portsmouth was a commercial and not
:04:23. > :04:31.a political decision. Work is soon to end on building Britain's row
:04:32. > :04:35.aircraft carriers. -- Britain's. The loss of jobs is regrettable but was
:04:36. > :04:41.always going to be inevitable as the workload comes to an end. Labour
:04:42. > :04:45.played down the England versus Scotland row, concentrating instead
:04:46. > :04:50.on the human cost of the cuts. I deeply regret the job losses. This
:04:51. > :04:56.is a terrible blow for the workers and their families. The priority now
:04:57. > :05:02.is to do everything we can to help those people find alternative
:05:03. > :05:07.employment. They have been building ships in Portsmouth since the time
:05:08. > :05:12.of Henry VIII. 500 years of almost unbroken tradition. Now that long
:05:13. > :05:21.line of naval, maritime heritage and the livelihoods of hundreds of
:05:22. > :05:25.people will come to an end. Here on the River Clyde they are
:05:26. > :05:31.also proud of their shipbuilding heritage. This river sent ships all
:05:32. > :05:35.over the world. In recent years it has relied on the British state for
:05:36. > :05:41.their survival. Today was no different.
:05:42. > :05:44.The men and women of the Clyde arrived at work anxious for news.
:05:45. > :05:50.They had been summoned to the shipyard to hear their fate. It took
:05:51. > :05:56.just a few minutes to hear that 800 jobs were going. It is not good
:05:57. > :06:00.news, obviously. I think we knew this was coming. We have been
:06:01. > :06:05.through this before and we have gone through it again. We will come out
:06:06. > :06:11.the other end. Things are looking better for the Clyde. That does not
:06:12. > :06:18.mean to say we have not got feelings for our comrades in Portsmouth. For
:06:19. > :06:22.a decade, these workers have been busy building warships for the
:06:23. > :06:26.British government, including two aircraft carriers. That work comes
:06:27. > :06:31.to an end in 2015. The next order will not start straightaway. To keep
:06:32. > :06:36.the Clyde yard is ticking over, there is a plan to bridge the gap.
:06:37. > :06:40.Today is difficult news. On the other hand, it is very good news for
:06:41. > :06:44.the Clyde. We have secured a contract for the manufacture of
:06:45. > :06:51.three ocean patrol vessels which will take work through here in this
:06:52. > :06:58.area until 2016. This is the real price for the Clyde. The MoD wants
:06:59. > :07:01.to build 13 of these but it will not sign the contracts until after
:07:02. > :07:07.Scotland votes on independence. Nobody should be in any doubt of two
:07:08. > :07:13.things. Under this comment we will have aircraft carriers, submarines.
:07:14. > :07:22.If there is an independent Scotland, we will not have any warships at
:07:23. > :07:25.all. I think it is a preposterous suggestion, the idea that people in
:07:26. > :07:29.Scotland should be somehow punished for voting yes. I would hope that
:07:30. > :07:33.all serious politicians would distance themselves from that kind
:07:34. > :07:37.of suggestion. The Clyde is and will remain the best place to build these
:07:38. > :07:42.frigates. In the end, what happens you will not be a decision for the
:07:43. > :07:44.Scottish Government alone. These yards have been dragged into a
:07:45. > :07:54.political battle about the future of Britain.
:07:55. > :07:58.Nick Robinson is in Portsmouth. The question many people are asking
:07:59. > :08:03.tonight, is this a political or business decision? You wouldn't get
:08:04. > :08:08.much of a hearing for it in this city on this night. But if you ask
:08:09. > :08:13.the leaders of the company that runs the shipyard here, if you ask
:08:14. > :08:17.ministers, they would all insist this is about a business decision
:08:18. > :08:22.and not about politics. Before people scoff, it is worth noting
:08:23. > :08:27.that even the Labour Party don't really disagree. This is the
:08:28. > :08:33.reason. The possibility of closing shipbuilding here in Portsmouth was
:08:34. > :08:37.first discussed two or three years ago. Politicians and business
:08:38. > :08:41.leaders knew that once all that work on those two huge aircraft carriers
:08:42. > :08:47.came to an end, they simply would not be enough work for three
:08:48. > :08:55.shipyards in the UK to carry out. If one has got too close, why this one
:08:56. > :08:59.to Mac --? What I am being told is the work is cheaper in Glasgow. What
:09:00. > :09:03.I am being told also is that there is more expertise on the Clyde and
:09:04. > :09:10.there is here in building complex warships. They insist it is not
:09:11. > :09:16.about politics. The workers know one thing. Even if that is true, the
:09:17. > :09:19.Clyde in Glasgow has one thing they could never match. The view of
:09:20. > :09:24.politicians throughout Westminster that they simply could not stop
:09:25. > :09:31.shipbuilding in Scotland, not a year before the referendum. That would
:09:32. > :09:35.simply be too politically dangerous. Police say the mother of a
:09:36. > :09:38.four-year-old girl who was mauled to death by the family's bulldog,
:09:39. > :09:42.desperately tried to save her daughter by stabbing the dog with a
:09:43. > :09:46.kitchen knife. Lexi Branson was off school sick when she was attacked in
:09:47. > :09:50.her home near Loughborough. The family had only got the dog two
:09:51. > :09:55.months ago from a local rescue centre.
:09:56. > :09:59.Lexi Branson, described by her family as a bright, bubbly little
:10:00. > :10:03.girl. She was home from school yesterday, feeling unwell, and was
:10:04. > :10:09.playing in the lounge when her pet dog attacked. Her mother tried to
:10:10. > :10:15.save her daughter by stabbing the bulldog with a kitchen knife. But
:10:16. > :10:19.Lexi died in hospital. The dog was aged between six and eight years
:10:20. > :10:23.old. It had only been with the family for two months. Not
:10:24. > :10:28.dangerous, according to the law, but still it attacked Lexi. The manager
:10:29. > :10:32.of this kennels in Loughborough has confirmed to me that the dog did
:10:33. > :10:39.come from here. But while the police investigation continues, he said he
:10:40. > :10:44.is not able to comment further. Police say why this is a tragic
:10:45. > :10:47.case, it is not a criminal inquiry. We are going to look completely at
:10:48. > :10:50.the history of where the dog has come from. We are doing an
:10:51. > :10:55.investigation on behalf of the coroner to show the events leading
:10:56. > :11:01.up to the death of Lexi. There are thought to be 9 million dogs in the
:11:02. > :11:06.UK. Each year around 6000 people need hospital treatment after dog
:11:07. > :11:13.attacks. Since 2005, 17 people have been killed, ten of them children,
:11:14. > :11:16.including Lexi. Neighbours in Mountsorrel are deeply shocked.
:11:17. > :11:22.Glennis Goddard used to see Lexi playing with the dog. I said that
:11:23. > :11:29.was a nice dog. She told me they got it from the rescue. She said she
:11:30. > :11:32.loved him to bits. He looked so placid. Friends have been leaving
:11:33. > :11:37.flowers to remember a little girl who was lively and chatty. All
:11:38. > :11:45.thoughts tonight are with Lexi Branson's family.
:11:46. > :11:48.Five disabled people have won their court battle to stop the Government
:11:49. > :11:53.closing a scheme which provides them with money and support. The
:11:54. > :11:56.Independent living fund, which is claimed by around 20,000 severely
:11:57. > :12:03.disabled people, was due to be shot in 2015. This report from Clive
:12:04. > :12:08.Coleman. These two men both receive money
:12:09. > :12:15.from the Independent living fund. Gabriel is visually impaired. He had
:12:16. > :12:19.three brain tumours. The money allows him to live at home
:12:20. > :12:27.independently, with support for nine hours each day. You don't need
:12:28. > :12:34.health care. I can use the toilet whenever I want to. Schonberger and
:12:35. > :12:42.has helped at home and at his work in London. -- Sean McGovern. I have
:12:43. > :12:50.a life outside. The fund takes up the slack. The fund was established
:12:51. > :12:56.in 1988 and does what it says. It provides money to disabled people to
:12:57. > :13:00.assist them to live independently. Some 18,500 people receive money
:13:01. > :13:08.from it. This year, it will cost ?306 million. Each person receives
:13:09. > :13:12.on average ?300 a week. Last December, the Government decided to
:13:13. > :13:15.close the fund and devolve the funding to local authorities. That
:13:16. > :13:20.meant the money would no longer be ring fenced. It would be subject to
:13:21. > :13:26.normal budgetary cuts. Many disabled people feared they would lose it.
:13:27. > :13:31.The High Court initially upheld the Government plan. But five disabled
:13:32. > :13:38.people appealed, supported by many others. The Court of Appeal quashed
:13:39. > :13:42.the decision to close the fund because it found that the Government
:13:43. > :13:46.had not properly considered issues raised under the equality act. The
:13:47. > :13:53.court said these were not optional in times of austerity, and they
:13:54. > :13:55.included the need to improve equality of opportunity among
:13:56. > :14:00.disabled people, and to encourage them to take part in a full, active
:14:01. > :14:03.public life. The Government say the judgement was based on a
:14:04. > :14:10.technicality and has until Friday to start an appeal. It has not ruled on
:14:11. > :14:16.whether we were right or wrong. We spent ?50 billion a year on
:14:17. > :14:19.disability benefits. We are transferring that benefit to local
:14:20. > :14:24.authorities. For people like Gabriel, today has provided hope
:14:25. > :14:31.that the care which provides in with independence will continue.
:14:32. > :14:37.New figures show that nearly 400,000 people have lost their job seekers
:14:38. > :14:40.allowance due to tougher Government rules that claimants are actively
:14:41. > :14:43.seeking work. The number of sanctions handed out for failing to
:14:44. > :14:50.arrive at a job interview or leaving a job voluntarily has risen by 6% up
:14:51. > :14:54.to June 13th compared to the previous year. Critics have
:14:55. > :14:59.described the sanctions is all stick and no carrot, but ministers insist
:15:00. > :15:00.it is all part of getting people back to work.
:15:01. > :15:07.The former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has appeared in court to face
:15:08. > :15:11.fresh allegations of historic sex offences, including 15 counts of
:15:12. > :15:16.rape and one of indecent assault against two girls in the late 1970s
:15:17. > :15:19.and early 1980s. Judith Moritz was in court and her report contains
:15:20. > :15:23.flash photography. Stuart Hall was led into court in
:15:24. > :15:28.handcuffs, brought here from prison, where he is serving a 30 month
:15:29. > :15:33.sentence. In separate proceedings in May, he pleaded guilty to 14 counts
:15:34. > :15:37.of indecent assault. Last month, the 83-year-old was charged with 16
:15:38. > :15:43.further sex offences against two girls in the 1970s and 1980s, aged
:15:44. > :15:46.between 11 and 16 at the time. Stuart Hall is charged with 15
:15:47. > :15:49.counts of rape and one of indecent assault. Standing in the dock of
:15:50. > :15:54.courtroom number two, the pensioner struggled to hear and he craned
:15:55. > :16:03.forward, asking the clerk to repeat herself. He spoke to give his full
:16:04. > :16:08.name of James Stuart Hall. Stuart Hall is best known for hosting the
:16:09. > :16:15.game show It's A Knockout in the 1970s and was later given an OBE for
:16:16. > :16:19.services to broadcasting, but was stripped of it for bringing the
:16:20. > :16:24.system interviewed. He did not enter a plea and afterwards was taken back
:16:25. > :16:28.to prison, describing the weather outside is "not clement". He will
:16:29. > :16:35.next appear in court on November 29th.
:16:36. > :16:38.The time is just after 6:15pm, the top story this evening:
:16:39. > :16:41.The end of 500 years of shipbuilding in Portsmouth as the defence giant
:16:42. > :16:44.BAE cuts almost 1,800 jobs across the UK.
:16:45. > :16:47.And how these 18th century paintings that gave the British public their
:16:48. > :16:54.first glimpse of the kangaroo and the dingo have been saved for the
:16:55. > :16:58.nation. Coming up in the sport, three
:16:59. > :17:02.British clubs are in action in the Champions League. Celtic are in
:17:03. > :17:04.Amsterdam to play Dyaks, whilst Chelsea and Arsenal both phase
:17:05. > :17:14.German opposition -- to play Ajax. Skinny models and clothes draped
:17:15. > :17:22.over stick-thin mannequins in shops - such images have sparked plenty of
:17:23. > :17:25.controversy and debate. The standard dress size for
:17:26. > :17:28.mannequins on the high street is a size eight or ten - a far cry from
:17:29. > :17:31.the dimensions of the average British woman nowadays, who is a
:17:32. > :17:34.size 16. But now Debenhams has decided to
:17:35. > :17:37.make women's body images a little more realistic by becoming the first
:17:38. > :17:45.high-street retailer to bring in size 16 mannequins for their
:17:46. > :17:52.clothes. Sangita Myska reports. Beautiful, famous and slim. Driven
:17:53. > :17:56.by the fashion industry and celebrity culture, pressure on women
:17:57. > :18:01.to be thin, many argue, is, at best undermining, and at worst,
:18:02. > :18:06.potentially dangerous. Today, one High St retailer has decided to act.
:18:07. > :18:12.Debenhams has launched a new size 16 mannequin to appear alongside its
:18:13. > :18:16.standard size American mannequins. The retailer says it has a moral
:18:17. > :18:21.obligation to reflect the clothes size of the choppers, but it makes
:18:22. > :18:26.commercial sense to, with similar strategies receiving huge amounts of
:18:27. > :18:30.positive publicity. We think it is important to be as inclusive as
:18:31. > :18:35.possible. We started this four years ago, when we launched a campaign
:18:36. > :18:41.with a model in a wheelchair, and we moved on to lingerie and swimwear
:18:42. > :18:46.shots. Not all of our customers are a size 8. At is the theory in the
:18:47. > :18:54.boardroom but what do shoppers think? I think that is fair, we are
:18:55. > :19:01.not all size 8 and 10. I don't go and see if there is any for myself,
:19:02. > :19:07.because it will not fit to be. It is not a realistic look. Debenhams is
:19:08. > :19:11.trying to seize the moralistic high ground when it comes to female body
:19:12. > :19:16.image, but with arguably more serious issues that need addressing
:19:17. > :19:21.like equal pay, forced marriage and even Twitter abuse, is today's
:19:22. > :19:29.debate about mannequins simply an unhelpful distraction? Presenting
:19:30. > :19:33.the correct body image is important, says the Government, and came out in
:19:34. > :19:36.favour of the size 16 mannequin. A whole range of issues affect women
:19:37. > :19:40.and this is an important one, particularly when you look at the
:19:41. > :19:44.rising rates of eating disorders amongst young girls, and the impact
:19:45. > :19:48.that this lack of body confidence can have on people's lives, but it
:19:49. > :19:53.is one of many things we are working in Government. The debate about her
:19:54. > :19:59.clothes are presented on mannequins is likely to continue, as the
:20:00. > :20:02.average British woman now wears a size 16. So far, no other retailers
:20:03. > :20:05.have announced plans to follow the example of Debenhams.
:20:06. > :20:08.The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi ballet has describing the
:20:09. > :20:12.moment he had acid thrown in his face in an attack which nearly
:20:13. > :20:16.blinded him earlier this year. A former top dancer at the Bolshoi and
:20:17. > :20:19.two other men are being tried over the assault, in a case that has
:20:20. > :20:26.revealed bitter in-fighting at the world-famous ballet company. Steve
:20:27. > :20:32.Rosenberg was in court in Moscow. He had been badly burned, and nearly
:20:33. > :20:34.blinded. This was the Bolshoi ballet's artistic director nine
:20:35. > :20:40.months ago. Someone had thrown sulphuric acid into Sergei Filin's
:20:41. > :20:47.face. Now he had the chance to confront his alleged assailants.
:20:48. > :20:50.From the crush of TV cameras outside the courtroom, you could tell that
:20:51. > :20:55.the drama inside would be as gripping as anything you had ever
:20:56. > :21:00.seen on the stage at the Bolshoi. That is because among those on trial
:21:01. > :21:05.here is one of the ballet troops own dancers, Pavel Dmitrichenko, accused
:21:06. > :21:10.of organising the attack. He is said to have felt seething resentment
:21:11. > :21:14.towards his boss. Here in court today, Sergei Filin described Pavel
:21:15. > :21:18.Dmitrichenko is a talented dancer who he had promoted, but who had
:21:19. > :21:23.turned against him. He angrily rejected claims by the dancer that,
:21:24. > :21:29.as artistic director, he had taken bribes or had intimate relations
:21:30. > :21:31.with some of the ballerinas. The Bolshoi has always been one of the
:21:32. > :21:38.jewels in Russia's cultural crown, but for one of -- this theatre, this
:21:39. > :21:41.court case is a huge embarrassment and shines a spotlight on the murky
:21:42. > :21:48.backstage world of jealousy, fierce rivalry and revenge. But that comes
:21:49. > :21:52.as no surprise to those who know the Bolshoi well. There is so much
:21:53. > :21:58.jealousy inside all of the theatres, but not in such a big thing like the
:21:59. > :22:05.Bolshoi. At the Bolshoi, it is something huge, and what we see now
:22:06. > :22:10.is criminal, it is criminal stories. Sergei Filin has had more
:22:11. > :22:15.than 20 operations to try and save his side. In court, he spoke of the
:22:16. > :22:18.excruciating pain he felt after the attack and he said he would never
:22:19. > :22:25.forgive those who had carried it out.
:22:26. > :22:28.Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has appeared at the High Court to
:22:29. > :22:32.defend himself against allegations that he made a "corrupt bargain" in
:22:33. > :22:35.a bid to stay as the head of Formula One. Mr Ecclestone is being sued,
:22:36. > :22:38.along with three other defendants, by a German media group. It claims
:22:39. > :22:44.that Formula One was deliberately undervalued when a German bank sold
:22:45. > :22:49.its stake in it in 2005. Our Chief Sports Correspondent Dan Roan
:22:50. > :22:55.reports. How do you feel ahead of today?
:22:56. > :22:59.Good. When it comes to the leadership of Formula One, there has
:23:00. > :23:03.been no revolving door. Bernie Ecclestone has been at the top of
:23:04. > :23:06.the sport for a generation, but as the 83-year-old made a somewhat
:23:07. > :23:09.stalled entrance to the high court this morning, he would have been
:23:10. > :23:16.hoping this case will not eventually force him out. The long-time
:23:17. > :23:19.commercial rights holder of the motorsports series is accused of
:23:20. > :23:24.deliberately undervaluing Formula One when it was sold in 2006.
:23:25. > :23:29.Konstantin, a German media firm, say they lost out and are seeking ?100
:23:30. > :23:33.million worth of damages, alleging he made a corrupt payment, a
:23:34. > :23:37.multi-million pound bribe to an executive in charge of the deal, go
:23:38. > :23:43.hard Gribkowsky, who has since been jailed, in order to stay on as chief
:23:44. > :23:47.executive. Speaking quietly and banging the desk in frustration,
:23:48. > :23:51.Ecclestone told the court he had only paid the bank because he said
:23:52. > :23:58.he would create difficulties with the tax authorities. He said...
:23:59. > :24:10.Later, Philip Marshall QC, said... Mr Ecclestone refuted that,
:24:11. > :24:15.saying... This is just up one of a number of
:24:16. > :24:18.legal cases connected to the sale of Formula One which could threaten the
:24:19. > :24:23.position of the most powerful figure in the sport. A German court is
:24:24. > :24:27.currently deciding whether or not Bernie Ecclestone should stand trial
:24:28. > :24:31.on bribery charges in the New Year. Bernie Ecclestone denies any
:24:32. > :24:35.wrongdoing, but if these legal challenges go against him, he could
:24:36. > :24:39.find it hard to retain control of a sport it is now hard to imagine
:24:40. > :24:42.without him. The case continues. When Captain Cook first sailed to
:24:43. > :24:47.the Pacific, he brought back sketches of some of the unusual
:24:48. > :24:49.creatures he'd seen on his voyage. They were later turned into
:24:50. > :24:52.paintings by the artist George Stubbs, giving the British public
:24:53. > :24:57.their first ever glimpse of the Kangaroo and the dingo. And now the
:24:58. > :25:02.18th century works have now been saved for the nation. Will Gompertz
:25:03. > :25:06.reports. A kangaroo looking back over its
:25:07. > :25:09.shoulder and a dingo walking in the Australian landscape. Two animals
:25:10. > :25:11.previously unfamiliar to those living in the UK, including George
:25:12. > :25:18.Stubbs, the celebrated artist who painted them. He worked from skins
:25:19. > :25:22.and information brought back on Captain Cook's Endeavour from his
:25:23. > :25:27.Voyage of Discovery. They were collected by the scientist Sir
:25:28. > :25:30.Joseph Banks. Stubbs, who was a very good biologist, very good anatomist,
:25:31. > :25:33.he was presented with this dried, shrivelled skin of a kangaroo, and
:25:34. > :25:40.he simply couldn't make head nor tail of it. So he actually sewed it
:25:41. > :25:44.up and then blew it up... Well, he moistened it, so it was pliable,
:25:45. > :25:47.blew it up and then saw that it really did have these tiny, small
:25:48. > :25:56.arms and this huge tail and these whopping great legs. I really like
:25:57. > :25:59.the way that Stubbs has tried to make a very three-dimensional
:26:00. > :26:03.creature. I think given that he was literally either working from verbal
:26:04. > :26:06.descriptions or a stuffed pelt, he did tremendously well to give a
:26:07. > :26:11.sense of life and blood pumping through these creatures. They were
:26:12. > :26:14.in a private collection and have now been acquired by the National
:26:15. > :26:15.Maritime Museum in London, much to the annoyance of the National
:26:16. > :26:25.Gallery of Australia. They had been negotiating
:26:26. > :26:33.to buy the paintings. Australia's earliest coat of arms was based on
:26:34. > :26:38.Stubbs's kangaroo. But the British Government stepped in, giving the
:26:39. > :26:43.National Maritime Museum time to raise the ?5.5 million needed to buy
:26:44. > :26:45.them. It will now sit here with famous pictures from Captain Cook's
:26:46. > :27:01.voyages across the Pacific. Let's have a look at the latest
:27:02. > :27:11.weather, with Peter Gibbs. We will use a bit more blue later
:27:12. > :27:15.on, and there will be more to come across England and Wales, especially
:27:16. > :27:19.wet in the next two or three hours across northern England and the
:27:20. > :27:23.Midlands, the rain pushing southwards but it will be a slow
:27:24. > :27:26.process. Brisk winds across western Scotland into Northern Ireland, the
:27:27. > :27:33.showers in Scotland are still falling snow over the higher ground.
:27:34. > :27:38.A at lower levels -- a frost at high levels across Scotland. Quite chilly
:27:39. > :27:41.start across northern England tomorrow morning. At eight o'clock
:27:42. > :27:45.in the morning, more heavy showers are moving into western Scotland,
:27:46. > :27:49.but temperatures are fairly close to freezing, so there could be some ice
:27:50. > :27:54.around elsewhere. A nice, bright, crisp spell if you don't mind the
:27:55. > :27:57.cold. Through northern England, the Midlands and much of Northern
:27:58. > :28:02.Ireland starting drive. Further south and east, the remnants of that
:28:03. > :28:04.rain is still sitting there across the south-east corner, Kent and
:28:05. > :28:09.Sussex particularly, but it won't last too long. As we go through the
:28:10. > :28:13.morning, that rain is creeping away, taking strong winds with it. A
:28:14. > :28:18.fairly blustery day across northern parts, the showers feeding through
:28:19. > :28:22.one or two western fringes of England and Wales but generally a
:28:23. > :28:27.lot of dry and bright weather, chilly but nothing colder than you
:28:28. > :28:32.would expect this time in November. Friday, we keep the sunny spells and
:28:33. > :28:36.showers been going, a fairly brisk wind blowing in from the West, dry
:28:37. > :28:40.weather in between the showers. Similar temperatures and we start
:28:41. > :28:44.with similar temperatures into the weekend. A pew showers on Saturday,
:28:45. > :28:49.more persistent rain spreading in from the west on Sunday.
:28:50. > :28:50.from the west That is all from the BBC