:00:00. > :00:09.Nigella Lawson's two assistants are cleared of fraud. They had claimed
:00:10. > :00:12.they were allowed to spend huge sums if they kept quiet about her drug
:00:13. > :00:15.use. The celebrity chef admitted in court
:00:16. > :00:19.that she did take drugs but strongly denied that she was a habitual user.
:00:20. > :00:22.Ms Lawson has issued a statement criticising what she calls a
:00:23. > :00:26.ridiculous sideshow of false allegations.
:00:27. > :00:28.Also tonight, new revelations about surveillance by British and American
:00:29. > :00:32.spy agencies on EU officials, the UN, aid agencies and national
:00:33. > :00:35.leaders. How 17 different agencies failed to
:00:36. > :00:40.prevent men sexually abusing young girls in Rochdale.
:00:41. > :00:43.After 70 people are injured by a ceiling collapsing at a London
:00:44. > :00:51.theatre, safety checks on all the capital's historic theatres.
:00:52. > :00:53.And four shopping days to go, and how shops are trying to part you
:00:54. > :01:04.from your money. Coming up on Sportsday, a new Deal
:01:05. > :01:06.for Luis Suarez makes him the highest paid player in Liverpool's
:01:07. > :01:31.history. Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:32. > :01:33.News at Six. Two former assistants to the
:01:34. > :01:36.celebrity chef Nigella Lawson have been cleared of spending huge
:01:37. > :01:39.amounts of her money without permission. Francesca and Elisabetta
:01:40. > :01:42.Grillo had claimed that Nigella Lawson had approved their high
:01:43. > :01:47.spending in return for their silence about her alleged habitual drug use.
:01:48. > :01:50.During the trial, Ms Lawson admitted taking drugs on two occasions and
:01:51. > :01:52.talked about the unhappy state of her former marriage to
:01:53. > :01:55.multi-millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi. Following the verdict, Ms
:01:56. > :01:57.Lawson said in a statement that her experience as witness was deeply
:01:58. > :02:00.disturbing and there should be reforms of the court process to give
:02:01. > :02:07.witnesses more rights. Here's Luisa Baldini. One of the things I love
:02:08. > :02:15.about the Italians is their love of shopping. And shopping is what her
:02:16. > :02:20.two Italian personal assistants did, on her approval, they claimed.
:02:21. > :02:25.Nigella Lawson and the Grillos systems were like family. Elisabetta
:02:26. > :02:31.Grillo even appeared in her cookery programmes and contributed recipes.
:02:32. > :02:36.The sisters walked free from court today after being found not guilty.
:02:37. > :02:41.They made no comment but their solicitor spoke for them. This has
:02:42. > :02:46.been a long, hard fight played out in the gaze of the world's media.
:02:47. > :02:50.Elisabetta and Francesca would like to thank their friends and relatives
:02:51. > :02:54.for their love and support. Additionally, they would like to
:02:55. > :02:59.thank those members of the public who expressed their best wishes.
:03:00. > :03:03.Their defence was linked to their allegation that Nigella Lawson had a
:03:04. > :03:06.drug habit and they had a tacit understanding with her that they
:03:07. > :03:11.could spend on the credit card if they did not tell her then husband.
:03:12. > :03:15.In the witness box, the TV Cook denied being an habitual drug user
:03:16. > :03:20.and said she had only taken cocaine once during her second marriage. The
:03:21. > :03:24.defence asked the jury to consider whether that was credible, or
:03:25. > :03:30.whether her drug use was wider than she admitted. Today, in a statement,
:03:31. > :03:33.Nigella Lawson maintains the drug allegations are false and part of a
:03:34. > :03:38.sustained campaign to destroy her reputation. So where exact leaders
:03:39. > :03:43.this leave the reputation of the woman behind the domestic goddess?
:03:44. > :03:48.-- where exactly does this leave her reputation? When she strode into
:03:49. > :03:55.court, she was walking into a story that had it all dashed drugs,
:03:56. > :03:59.divorce and intimate terrorism by Charles Saatchi. This had been going
:04:00. > :04:03.on ever since a meal at a swanky Mayfair restaurant which led to a
:04:04. > :04:06.series of photos appearing in the papers, the image of Charles
:04:07. > :04:12.Saatchi's hand around her throat, the opening scene of the drama that
:04:13. > :04:17.then unfolded in court. She may not have been on trial but her
:04:18. > :04:24.reputation was. Why should her alleged dirty laundry be aired in
:04:25. > :04:28.public Western Mark is it relevant? She is not alleged to have before
:04:29. > :04:31.did anyone and was not photographed with her hand around someone's
:04:32. > :04:37.throat, and yet it seemed her life choices were on trial. It may have
:04:38. > :04:41.been uncomfortable for her, but if the opinion polls are anything to go
:04:42. > :04:45.by, the balance of sympathy is with Nigella. It is worth remembering
:04:46. > :04:51.another media storm years ago. Eight years on, Kate Moss appears to be in
:04:52. > :04:54.rude health. What is less sure is what the American market will make
:04:55. > :05:00.of the verdict. The second series starring the TV Cook as one of the
:05:01. > :05:03.judges begins next month. With me is our media correspondent
:05:04. > :05:06.David Sillito. Nigella Lawson was not the one on trial, but
:05:07. > :05:10.nonetheless she was forced to reveal intimate details about her life in
:05:11. > :05:18.court and admit to using drugs. This has been a highly unusual case.
:05:19. > :05:22.Absolutely. Her lawyers were amazed that this case became a trial of her
:05:23. > :05:27.reputation. They said the court had been used as a libel free zone to
:05:28. > :05:32.throw mud at her. Has it affected her reputation? Even the Prime
:05:33. > :05:37.Minister said he was on team Nigella, even though he was rebuked
:05:38. > :05:42.by the judge for it. And we have one bit of evidence, a poll, 75% of us
:05:43. > :05:47.say that even though we have heard the confessions by Nigella Lawson,
:05:48. > :05:51.we are not bothered. And then there is the issue of Charles Saatchi.
:05:52. > :05:54.Equally, it has been bruising for him, but there is the possibility he
:05:55. > :05:59.will press ahead with civil action against the Grillos. I spoke to one
:06:00. > :06:04.PR man who said if his client wanted to go back into court, his advice
:06:05. > :06:07.would be to dig two graves. There are more damaging revelations
:06:08. > :06:10.tonight about the number of targets placed under surveillance by British
:06:11. > :06:12.and American spy agencies. Newly emerged documents leaked by the
:06:13. > :06:15.former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden suggest targets
:06:16. > :06:17.included the European Union, the UN, aid agencies and national leaders,
:06:18. > :06:22.including the Israeli prime minister. Tonight, the European
:06:23. > :06:32.Commission said the claims, if true, were unacceptable. Gordon Corera
:06:33. > :06:36.reports. And embrace between the Prime
:06:37. > :06:40.Minister and Germany's Angela Merkel at a European summit in Brussels
:06:41. > :06:45.which ended today. The next time they meet, things might be more
:06:46. > :06:50.awkward, after fresh allegations about Britain spying on allies,
:06:51. > :06:53.including those in Europe. The claims, published in the Guardian
:06:54. > :06:59.just after the Prime Minister left Brussels, are based on documents
:07:00. > :07:03.from Edward Snowden. They say that written's GCHQ and America's NSA
:07:04. > :07:09.operated a lengthy list of surveillance targets. The documents
:07:10. > :07:13.are said to show over 1000 names of targets from 60 countries, including
:07:14. > :07:18.Israel's Prime Minister. There are also said to be terrorists. More
:07:19. > :07:21.surprisingly on the list are a senior member of the European Union,
:07:22. > :07:26.the vice president of the commission, who deals with economic
:07:27. > :07:32.and petition issues, humanitarian organisations like the United
:07:33. > :07:36.Nations children's charity, and a French medical charity. Companies
:07:37. > :07:42.like a French oil giant, and German government buildings in Berlin and
:07:43. > :07:46.overseas. We had a ready heard about the Americans targeting German
:07:47. > :07:48.Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, and that caused outrage. But the
:07:49. > :07:54.allegation that this country may also have been spying on allies may
:07:55. > :07:57.cause further problems. A European Commission spokesperson said they
:07:58. > :08:00.would raise the allegations with the US and UK, if they were true, they
:08:01. > :08:06.were annexed the ball deserve the strongest condemnation. This is not
:08:07. > :08:12.the type of behaviour we expect from strategic partners, let alone our
:08:13. > :08:16.own member states. GCHQ said it did not comment on intelligence matters
:08:17. > :08:20.and operated under one of the strongest systems of democratic
:08:21. > :08:26.accountability in the world. One of the charities involved also
:08:27. > :08:29.expressed surprise. We are bewildered by these extraordinary
:08:30. > :08:34.allegations. Our doctors, nurses and midwives are no threat to national
:08:35. > :08:40.security. British taxpayers will be horrified that money has been wasted
:08:41. > :08:45.on snooping on aid workers. Of course, other countries spy, too,
:08:46. > :08:48.but having your secrets exposed is always embarrassing and can lead to
:08:49. > :08:51.difficult questions. A "widespread pattern of weaknesses
:08:52. > :08:53.and failures". That's one of the conclusions of two serious case
:08:54. > :08:59.reviews of how seven young girls were groomed and sexually exploited
:09:00. > :09:02.in Rochdale between 2003-2013. All 17 agencies involved in the cases,
:09:03. > :09:05.including charities, social services and the police, that could have
:09:06. > :09:11.acted to predict or prevent a "significant part" of the abuse,
:09:12. > :09:15.failed. And in a separate case, five men have been jailed today for the
:09:16. > :09:22.prolonged abuse of another young girl in Rochdale, as Jeremy Cooke
:09:23. > :09:30.reports. Convicted of child sex abuse, in
:09:31. > :09:35.court to be handed sentences totalling 26.5 years. Today's case
:09:36. > :09:39.once again centres on Rochdale and involve the exploitation of a young
:09:40. > :09:44.girl, once again has prompted police to admit that they got it wrong. It
:09:45. > :09:49.took four years to get from an original rape complaint to today's
:09:50. > :09:52.conclusion. It all sounds too familiar, another victim failed by
:09:53. > :09:58.those who were supposed to protect her. This is not the first time the
:09:59. > :10:02.streets of Rochdale have been the centre of an investigation into the
:10:03. > :10:07.sexual exploitation of young women. Last year, nine men were convicted
:10:08. > :10:13.and sentenced, but only after some of their victims suffered years of
:10:14. > :10:16.abuse. The girls would hang around food takeaway shops, be given drink
:10:17. > :10:21.and drugs, and then repeatedly sexually abused. The case prompted
:10:22. > :10:27.today's report into what emerged as a widespread problem in Rochdale. It
:10:28. > :10:34.asked what went wrong and who is to blame. It concluded everything and
:10:35. > :10:36.everybody. Failures by 17 agencies involved. Greater Manchester Police
:10:37. > :10:43.admit mistakes but they say they were dealing with young girls who
:10:44. > :10:47.did not see themselves as victims. A culture of hopelessness had been
:10:48. > :10:51.created in Rochdale. At that time we had a particular group of girls who
:10:52. > :10:56.were being abused who did not recognise themselves as victims.
:10:57. > :10:59.Clearly, we had weaknesses in social services as well, and the trouble
:11:00. > :11:05.was that the culture of hopelessness had been created. Today's report
:11:06. > :11:09.said that one girl had reported being raped in 2007 but no
:11:10. > :11:14.investigation followed, a failing which may have this courage to
:11:15. > :11:19.others from coming forward. An important lesson. Listen to young
:11:20. > :11:23.people. Respect them. Listen, and make sure we are providing them with
:11:24. > :11:27.some safety. Often they will disclose little bits of information
:11:28. > :11:31.and test out. The biggest fear for young women is that there will be
:11:32. > :11:37.some retribution if they tell anybody. The court case in Liverpool
:11:38. > :11:42.was the subject of high security and media attention, but at least it got
:11:43. > :11:45.to trial. The Crown Prosecution Service is heavily criticised today
:11:46. > :11:50.for failing to bring some cases to court. Their message now is that
:11:51. > :11:56.things have changed, victims of sexual abuse will be heard and taken
:11:57. > :12:01.seriously. The landscape had to change. It took this case for the
:12:02. > :12:07.landscape to change. Additionally, people who may have been victims in
:12:08. > :12:13.2003, 1993, who are courageous enough, confident enough now to come
:12:14. > :12:17.forward, will get justice. Already, several key decision-makers have
:12:18. > :12:20.been replaced, but the failings here have consequences which the victims
:12:21. > :12:24.will carry forward into their adult lives.
:12:25. > :12:27.Safety checks are being carried out at every single historic theatre in
:12:28. > :12:31.London's West End, after a ceiling collapsed onto the audience at the
:12:32. > :12:35.Apollo Theatre last night. Two people remain in hospital. More than
:12:36. > :12:37.70 were injured. Surveyors say the Apollo's ceiling is now sound, but
:12:38. > :12:46.investigations continue into how the accident occurred. Robert Hall
:12:47. > :12:49.reports. It has been at the heart of
:12:50. > :12:55.London's west end for over 100 years. Tonight, the doors of the
:12:56. > :12:58.Apollo Theatre are locked as engineers and police investigators
:12:59. > :13:01.try to establish the cause of a collapse which sent over 700
:13:02. > :13:09.frightened theatre-goers hurrying to the X it is. A BBC team were filming
:13:10. > :13:13.with the Ambulance Service when the first emergency calls came in.
:13:14. > :13:17.Paramedics found dozens of dazed and injured people in the streets
:13:18. > :13:22.outside. Some were taken onto a bus which ferried them to nearby
:13:23. > :13:29.hospitals. As far as we know, the roof collapsed above us. I got a
:13:30. > :13:34.sharp bang on the head and the next thing I know I was in the foyer.
:13:35. > :13:39.Neighbouring theatres became casualty clearing stations, as
:13:40. > :13:42.paramedics treated dozens of theatre-goers, some with head
:13:43. > :13:48.injuries and others with breathing difficulties after inhaling dust.
:13:49. > :13:52.One of the actors said, watch out. There was a loud bang and the whole
:13:53. > :13:58.place was covered in dust and debris flying everywhere. These photos show
:13:59. > :14:01.the ornate interior of the Edwardian theatre and the decorated
:14:02. > :14:06.plasterwork above the audience areas. The Fire Brigade say a
:14:07. > :14:12.section broke away, striking the front of the dress circle as it
:14:13. > :14:16.fell. Stalls are covered with debris from the ceiling. There is dust and
:14:17. > :14:24.timber hanging down. It is quite a mess. We have established that the
:14:25. > :14:27.scene is now safe. The Apollo's layout and decor is echoed at the
:14:28. > :14:31.Noel Coward Theatre. It has also been adapted to cope with
:14:32. > :14:37.productions its founders could never have envisaged. Most of central
:14:38. > :14:42.London's theatres are over 100 years old, which poses a challenge for the
:14:43. > :14:45.owners, but safety is paramount. Ceilings have to be checked every
:14:46. > :14:50.three years. In fact, they are checked far more often. It is
:14:51. > :14:54.terrible when incidents like this happen, but it is a one-off incident
:14:55. > :15:01.and our theatres are safe for the public. Tonight, Theatreland is
:15:02. > :15:03.thronged once more. This was a rare incident but identifying the cause
:15:04. > :15:12.and possible remedies remain priorities. Our top story... Nigella
:15:13. > :15:18.Lawson's two assistants are cleared of fraud. It had been claimed they
:15:19. > :15:25.were allowed to spend huge sums if they kept quiet about her drug use.
:15:26. > :15:28.And still to come... Quit or be sacked. How the Cardiff chairman
:15:29. > :15:36.told his manager he was no longer required. Coming up in the sport on
:15:37. > :15:40.BBC News, a test drive for England 's cricketers. They hit the road
:15:41. > :15:49.some much-needed respite from the Ashes series.
:15:50. > :15:54.As if you didn't know it, there are four days left to get your Christmas
:15:55. > :15:57.shopping done. And retailers say they know a battle is on to persuade
:15:58. > :16:01.us to part with our cash. Researchers say they are expecting
:16:02. > :16:04.?12 billion to be spent over the next four days. That's as much as
:16:05. > :16:07.we'd spend in two weeks. Online sales are predicted to be 28% higher
:16:08. > :16:10.than this time last year. However, nearly 75% of shops are already
:16:11. > :16:16.having sales, slightly less than 2012, but the discounts are bigger.
:16:17. > :16:26.Emma Simpson joins us now from Oxford Street, in London's busy West
:16:27. > :16:32.End. The shoppers are out in force here tonight. You can probably hear
:16:33. > :16:36.the salvation army band. This has not been a great season so far for
:16:37. > :16:42.retailers. People may be feeling more confident, in fact we have new
:16:43. > :16:46.evidence out today that the UK economy had been growing faster than
:16:47. > :16:50.previously thought. People still feel under financial pressure and
:16:51. > :16:57.retailers are hoping that dashed to the shops is finally getting under
:16:58. > :17:02.way. You cannot miss the discounts on the high street. It has been a
:17:03. > :17:07.slow start to festive trading and prices are being cut to persuade
:17:08. > :17:13.shoppers to spend. Here in Bristol today, people were on the lookout
:17:14. > :17:19.for deals. We have managed to get things reduced. I do not think there
:17:20. > :17:25.is much of a change to previous years. You never know what is coming
:17:26. > :17:31.around the corner. On a budget this year, but do not tell my children
:17:32. > :17:36.that. We leave Christmas late every year but this year it seems later
:17:37. > :17:44.than ever. It leaves retailers nervous. They discount stock. It is
:17:45. > :17:50.great news for consumers and not so good for retail margins. In other
:17:51. > :17:54.words, profits. Some city analysts have already been cutting forecasts
:17:55. > :17:59.for several retailers. Order online and pick-up in store. Click and
:18:00. > :18:06.collect is one of the reasons why shoppers are more confident to wait
:18:07. > :18:13.until the last minute. The boss of Argos is one of retail 's longest
:18:14. > :18:18.serving CEOs. He thinks it is more competitive than ever. Over the
:18:19. > :18:24.years, it has got tougher and tougher. This is the opportunity for
:18:25. > :18:28.retailers to prove themselves. These last few days, they will find out
:18:29. > :18:34.whether they made target or not. Was it a good Christmas for them or not?
:18:35. > :18:37.What it comes down to is not just competitive on price but
:18:38. > :18:42.availability of products and providing a great service. Retailers
:18:43. > :18:45.certainly hope so. There are predictions that overall this
:18:46. > :18:54.festive season will prove better than last. It is just unlikely to be
:18:55. > :18:57.a bumper one. On my back of the envelope calculation, there are just
:18:58. > :19:01.under 50 shopping hours to go and that could make all the difference
:19:02. > :19:07.for retailers. As ever, there will be winners and losers will stop
:19:08. > :19:09.Labour says it will give councils the power to ban high stakes
:19:10. > :19:12.gambling machines from bookmaker shops if it wins the next election.
:19:13. > :19:15.Ed Miliband said the machines were spreading like an epidemic in parts
:19:16. > :19:21.of Britain and that they were causing poorest families to get into
:19:22. > :19:26.debt. Many councils have come to us and said, this is causing real
:19:27. > :19:31.misery in our community. It is causing addiction to gambling.
:19:32. > :19:33.People are having a casual bet in a betting shop and becoming hooked on
:19:34. > :19:37.these machines. Two former soldiers who threw petrol bombs at a mosque
:19:38. > :19:40.in Grimsby have both been jailed for six years. The attack took place
:19:41. > :19:43.just four days after Fusilier Lee Rigby was killed, just one of the
:19:44. > :19:49.wider repercussions of the soldier's horrific murder. June Kelly reports.
:19:50. > :19:55.It was described today as an act of retribution. Four days after the
:19:56. > :20:03.Woolwich Madoc, these men launched a petrol bomb attack on this mosque in
:20:04. > :20:08.Grimsby. Inside, Muslims at prayer. Their own CCTV had recorded them
:20:09. > :20:13.making the bombs. They mistakenly thought the CCTV at the mosque was
:20:14. > :20:20.not turned on. Muslims praying inside raise the alarm. During his
:20:21. > :20:25.army career, Harness had been based at Woolwich. The reason this mosque
:20:26. > :20:30.was targeted was because of the defendants. Leave that the Muslim
:20:31. > :20:35.religion was responsible for what happens in the tragic events in
:20:36. > :20:39.Woolwich. The judge took that into account. The murder of Lee Rigby led
:20:40. > :20:43.to a spate of anti-Muslim incidents. The killers were
:20:44. > :20:47.condemned and Muslim leaders, with the message they were not true
:20:48. > :20:53.representatives of Islam. Both had chosen the radical path will stop
:20:54. > :20:57.this was one of them, Michael added while they, at a demonstration at St
:20:58. > :21:08.Paul's Cathedral five months before he went to kill. This was them both
:21:09. > :21:16.protesting together. Today, in a BBC interview, this radical man
:21:17. > :21:20.repeatedly refused to condemn the murder of Lee Rigby. At one mosque
:21:21. > :21:26.in London, the imam made plain of what he thought of the killer 's
:21:27. > :21:39.defence that they were soldiers of Allah. How can you claim to be
:21:40. > :21:46.soldiers of Allah? He was also blunt over the refusal to condemn the
:21:47. > :21:53.killing. He would not get away with it had it been a Muslim country. He
:21:54. > :21:57.is abusing the democracy. Successive governments have had programmes in
:21:58. > :22:05.place to try to the radicalised young Muslims. In the wake of the
:22:06. > :22:13.Woolwich Madoc, new measures were put in place. This shows the extent
:22:14. > :22:16.of the challenge. The Russian oligarch, Mikhail Khodorkovsky,
:22:17. > :22:19.jailed for ten years for tax evasion and embezzlement, has been freed
:22:20. > :22:22.from prison in Siberia. He was once Russia's richest man and had used
:22:23. > :22:24.his wealth to fund opposition parties. President Putin signed a
:22:25. > :22:26.decree pardoning his former political opponent on humanitarian
:22:27. > :22:33.grounds. Our diplomatic correspondent, Bridget Kendall,
:22:34. > :22:36.reports. Mikhail Khodorkovsky being welcomed at Berlin airport today by
:22:37. > :22:43.the former German Foreign Minister who helped to negotiate his release.
:22:44. > :22:48.Whisked away for his first taste of freedom, the former oligarch who
:22:49. > :22:51.became the most famous political prisoner in Russia. Only this
:22:52. > :22:58.morning he was still behind bars in this remote and snowy penal colony
:22:59. > :23:03.in Russia. Then this presidential decree to secure his liberty. It was
:23:04. > :23:09.Mr Putin who confirmed he was prepared to offer clemency after
:23:10. > :23:14.Mikhail Khodorkovsky asked for a pardon to see his ageing parents
:23:15. > :23:22.again. An extraordinary turnaround after ten years of rivalry. This was
:23:23. > :23:27.a move no one was expecting. Once Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a powerful
:23:28. > :23:32.oil magnate, Russia 's richest man. Then he was put on trial and charged
:23:33. > :23:36.with fraud and tax evasion. He always insisted he was innocent, the
:23:37. > :23:42.victim of a Kremlin plot to prevent him from challenging Mr Putin. Why
:23:43. > :23:47.is he being released now? Well, it comes as a wider prison amnesty
:23:48. > :23:52.looks set to release protesters from Green Preece, including some
:23:53. > :23:58.Britons, and the Pussy Write rock band. Possibly it is all aimed on
:23:59. > :24:03.improving the image of Russia prior to the Winter Olympics. Maybe it is
:24:04. > :24:07.also a signal that President Putin no longer fears opposition rivals,
:24:08. > :24:11.so he can afford to be generous in releasing them. Quit or be sacked.
:24:12. > :24:15.That was the ultimatum to Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay, given by
:24:16. > :24:18.the club's owner in an e-mail. The Malaysian chairman, Vincent Tan,
:24:19. > :24:22.didn't pull his punches. He criticised Mackay's signings, his
:24:23. > :24:25.style of play and his results. And tonight he flew into Britain on the
:24:26. > :24:35.hunt for a new coach. Andy Swiss reports. One of Britain 's brightest
:24:36. > :24:38.managers and one of the world 's richest men. Malky Mackay and
:24:39. > :24:44.Vincent Tan have never been close but after taking Cardiff to the top,
:24:45. > :24:48.they have hit rock bottom. In a nutshell, Malky Mackay asked for
:24:49. > :24:53.more players, he was told to resign or be sacked. The manager was absent
:24:54. > :24:57.from his press conference, leaving his assistant with awkward
:24:58. > :25:01.questions. Yellow M I am here to talk about the Liverpool game
:25:02. > :25:08.tomorrow. Give me a question about the football match and I will answer
:25:09. > :25:12.it. Vincent Tan was no stranger to just it measures. Earlier this year,
:25:13. > :25:18.fans demonstrated after he changed the colour the team play in from
:25:19. > :25:23.blue to red. They were demonstrating again today, loyal to the manager
:25:24. > :25:29.and livid with what they see as an interfering owner. There is no rhyme
:25:30. > :25:34.nor reason as to why this is happening. He is the best manager we
:25:35. > :25:38.have ever had in this club. The owner has put a lot of money into
:25:39. > :25:44.the club but he has taken some decisions which have any native
:25:45. > :25:53.plans. This money may have helped to transform Cardiff city into a
:25:54. > :25:55.Premier League falls but with this cash has come control and
:25:56. > :25:58.controversy. I find it astonishing there is talk about him leaving.
:25:59. > :26:02.Absolutely astonishing. My only conclusion is that you have a
:26:03. > :26:08.business guy who is operating the club. He knows absolutely nothing
:26:09. > :26:12.about football. And so a year which saw promotion celebrations is ending
:26:13. > :26:19.on the sour wrist node. A sporting marriage, destined it seems, for the
:26:20. > :26:23.messiest divorce. -- on the most sour note. Time for a look at the
:26:24. > :26:35.weather. Here's Alex Deakin. More stormy conditions heading our
:26:36. > :26:40.way which could cause more flooding. Very strong winds. It is likely to
:26:41. > :26:46.cause travel problems in the run-up to Christmas. Christmas day might
:26:47. > :26:50.turn colder. This bank of rain and very strong winds, particularly on
:26:51. > :26:54.the West Coast, will linger in the south. Further north, there will be
:26:55. > :26:58.clear spells the temperatures staying well above freezing. This
:26:59. > :27:02.line of rain lingers in the south. It will rain for a good part of the
:27:03. > :27:09.day across the South East and dry up in the south-west. Further north, it
:27:10. > :27:13.is a case of sunshine. Frequent bands of showers will whizz across
:27:14. > :27:17.the UK. Some of them will be heavy. A bit of snow but only across the
:27:18. > :27:23.tops of the hills and mountains in Scotland. There should be sunny
:27:24. > :27:27.spells and frequent showers moving across Northern Ireland and much of
:27:28. > :27:32.northern England. Temperatures might just get into double figures. Quite
:27:33. > :27:36.great cross is anger in the afternoon. Slow to clear from the
:27:37. > :27:41.south is late in the afternoon. It will brighten up a touch in the
:27:42. > :27:47.West. We need to keep an eye on this line of intense rain. The winds
:27:48. > :27:51.whipping up quickly as the band of intense showers moved across England
:27:52. > :27:56.and Wales. It could cause a lot of surface water on the roads tomorrow
:27:57. > :28:00.night. We are left with sunshine and showers on Sunday. A brighter day in
:28:01. > :28:05.the south-east corner. More snow coming in on the higher ground. It
:28:06. > :28:09.will be colder on Sunday. Temperatures widely in single
:28:10. > :28:13.figures. It will turn stormy on Monday and Tuesday. Some very strong
:28:14. > :28:17.winds. A lot of you will be travelling around. If you have
:28:18. > :28:20.travel plans in the run-up to Christmas, the BBC weather website
:28:21. > :28:21.will keep you up to