:00:08. > :00:12.It'll mean another ?25 billion of cuts on the way for Britain. The
:00:13. > :00:16.Chancellor wants half the extra savings to come from the welfare
:00:17. > :00:29.budget. He says there's a long way to go. It is far too soon to say job
:00:30. > :00:33.done. It's not even half done. That's my 2014 is the year of hard
:00:34. > :00:35.truths. We'll be looking at just how far there is to go before Britain
:00:36. > :00:40.balances the books. Also tonight: Another wave of storms
:00:41. > :00:45.batter the south and west. Winds of up to 80 mph are recorded.
:00:46. > :00:48.The Savile scandal. Dozens of his victims call for a single, major
:00:49. > :00:57.inquiry into how he evaded justice for decades.
:00:58. > :01:00.Barristers stage their first ever protest across England and Wales.
:01:01. > :01:05.They warn legal aid cuts threaten criminal justice.
:01:06. > :01:08.And the disaster down under - we'll hear from a former England captain
:01:09. > :01:13.on where England go after the 5-0 Ashes whitewash.
:01:14. > :01:17.Tonight on BBC London: Health experts warn the capital is on the
:01:18. > :01:20.cusp of a TB epidemic, as a new strain proves resistant to drugs.
:01:21. > :01:22.And 13,000 fines are issued in the Met's operation to make our roads
:01:23. > :01:47.safer. Good evening. Welcome to the BBC's
:01:48. > :01:50.News at Six. George Osborne has set out plans for another ?25 billion
:01:51. > :01:54.pounds of spending cuts if the Conservatives win the next election.
:01:55. > :01:58.Half the proposed savings would come from the welfare budget. The
:01:59. > :02:02.Chancellor says Britain has to face the hard truth that the job of
:02:03. > :02:07.cutting the deficit is not even half done. But his comments prompted a
:02:08. > :02:10.stern rebuke from within the Coalition. The Deputy Prime
:02:11. > :02:12.Minister, Nick Clegg, said the Conservatives were making a
:02:13. > :02:17.monumental mistake by attempting to balance the books on the backs of
:02:18. > :02:25.the poor. Our political editor, Nick Robinson, reports.
:02:26. > :02:30.If you thought the New Year would ease the pressure on the nation's
:02:31. > :02:35.purse, think again. The Chancellor said today the economy may be moving
:02:36. > :02:39.again, but billions more in cuts are needed now and after the next
:02:40. > :02:45.election if the deficit is to be eliminated. It is far too soon to
:02:46. > :02:50.say job done. It's not even half done. We've got to make more cuts.
:02:51. > :02:54.George Osborne says this will be a year of hard choices, and with an
:02:55. > :03:00.eye on the next election, he wants you to know that the Tories Trice is
:03:01. > :03:04.to cut the benefits bill. If we want to fix the deficit problems and not
:03:05. > :03:10.leave debts for our children to pay off, cutting the bill further is
:03:11. > :03:14.what we need to do. The nation is not forecast to be back in the back
:03:15. > :03:18.for another four years. The Chancellor says that means cutting
:03:19. > :03:28.another ?25 billion of government spending by 2030 -- by 2018. He gave
:03:29. > :03:33.to small examples of how. Stopping housing benefit for the under 25 and
:03:34. > :03:37.stopping social or council housing for high earners. Cutting spending
:03:38. > :03:42.that way would be a monumental mistake, says this man. You might
:03:43. > :03:47.just recall he is in the same government as Mr Osborne. I think it
:03:48. > :03:50.is simply not serious politics for the Conservative Party to say that
:03:51. > :03:56.they are so reluctant to ask the wealthiest in this country to make
:03:57. > :03:59.even a smidgen of extra contributions, they are going to ask
:04:00. > :04:04.all future sacrifices to come from the working age poor. That is
:04:05. > :04:12.unrealistic. The Tories proposals were, he said, and fair, unrealistic
:04:13. > :04:17.and unbalanced. He says the deficit should be cut, but by targeting the
:04:18. > :04:22.rich with a mansion tax, and taking away the winter fuel allowance and
:04:23. > :04:26.TV licences from richer pensioners, something the Tories say would raise
:04:27. > :04:30.very difficult. Both parties proposals would raise just a
:04:31. > :04:35.fraction of the ?25 billion they both agree is now needed. Who
:04:36. > :04:39.exactly should pay now to get the deficit in eliminated? That's the
:04:40. > :04:52.debate that began today, and it has pitted one side against the other.
:04:53. > :04:55.But the row between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats is, for the
:04:56. > :04:59.moment, about little more than loose change. It is always ask that
:05:00. > :05:05.suffer, not the rich people. We've all got to take cuts and stomach the
:05:06. > :05:09.consequences. Today's speech was as much about politics as economics.
:05:10. > :05:13.George Osborne wants his opponents to choose between his plan or
:05:14. > :05:18.admitting they will put your taxes up or run a higher deficit. Not
:05:19. > :05:22.surprisingly, it is a choice Labour reject. Whether or not we need cuts
:05:23. > :05:26.on that scale will depend upon whether we can get the economy
:05:27. > :05:32.growing more strongly, whether we can get young people back to work,
:05:33. > :05:35.and whether we will face fairer decisions to take away the winter
:05:36. > :05:39.fuel allowance. Whose purse should be raided next to pay off the
:05:40. > :05:44.deficit? Welcome to one of the main debates between now and election
:05:45. > :05:48.day. George Osborne says the austerity
:05:49. > :05:53.would have to continue for some years if he is transferred after the
:05:54. > :05:56.election. How much has been achieved so far? Our chief economics
:05:57. > :06:03.correspondent is with me. How is he doing? Not nearly as well as he had
:06:04. > :06:08.first hoped. His original deficit reduction plans were thrown off
:06:09. > :06:12.course by a weaker than expected growth outturn. Let's look at the
:06:13. > :06:18.deficit in the coalition's first year in office. Borrowing ?140
:06:19. > :06:23.billion in that year. He had hoped to wipe all of that out by the end
:06:24. > :06:28.of this Parliament, but in the current financial year just coming
:06:29. > :06:33.up, he will have to borrow ?96 billion. So it is down a fair amount
:06:34. > :06:38.but there is some way to go. His target is to get to a surplus,
:06:39. > :07:01.balancing the books and making a small surface -- a small surplus in
:07:02. > :07:04.2018-19 of ?2.2 billion. That is his plan if he is still in office. That
:07:05. > :07:06.is why he is setting out spending cuts after the election. Putting
:07:07. > :07:09.that into perspective, 12.5 billion amounts to less than 2% of total
:07:10. > :07:11.public spending. That is an indication of what he is trying to
:07:12. > :07:13.do. Thank you. The stormy weather has continued for
:07:14. > :07:16.many today with more than 100 flood warnings are still in place as rain
:07:17. > :07:21.falls on saturated ground. Forecasters are warning of winds
:07:22. > :07:26.gusting up to 70 mph. The Welsh coast has been badly hit again.
:07:27. > :07:30.This is the fourth day the Welsh coastline has been pummelled by the
:07:31. > :07:35.waves. Flood defences have struggled to cope with a mixture of high
:07:36. > :07:41.tides, strong winds and heavy rain. This footage, filmed at Aberystwyth
:07:42. > :07:45.at the weekend, shows why the authorities are so keen to keep the
:07:46. > :07:52.seafront is clear. A very lucky escape for this man. Today, at the
:07:53. > :07:57.bandstand, the latest victim of the elements, the promenade is now a
:07:58. > :08:00.beach. Sand is nearly covering the benches. Students have been
:08:01. > :08:07.evacuated from their seafront halls of residence for the second time
:08:08. > :08:13.since Friday. I live just behind the seafront. They said we had to be
:08:14. > :08:17.evacuated because of the high tides. A bit nervous. A bit sad that we
:08:18. > :08:23.have to leave, but we have a place to go now. We are going to take our
:08:24. > :08:27.laptops and do our essays in town. In Pembrokeshire, sea defences
:08:28. > :08:31.struggled to cope with the power of the waves. This is the main road
:08:32. > :08:35.which leads through this part of Pembrokeshire, and it has been
:08:36. > :08:48.completely covered by shingle which, until a few days ago, was part of
:08:49. > :08:51.the sea wall. The water is coming over again today because the flood
:08:52. > :08:53.defences just cannot cope with such ferocious weather, day after day. It
:08:54. > :08:56.is certainly spectacular, but locals say they have never seen such
:08:57. > :09:00.conditions. I have lived here all my life and I have never seen anything
:09:01. > :09:07.like this before. This is exceptional. Areas like this are
:09:08. > :09:13.suffering for a third day. The only consolation is better weather is
:09:14. > :09:17.forecast for tomorrow. One of the areas where people have
:09:18. > :09:21.been preparing for the worst is the Somerset levels. Some villages have
:09:22. > :09:27.been cut off by the floodwaters. Jon Kay reports from one of the villages
:09:28. > :09:31.affected. Until last night, you could still
:09:32. > :09:43.drive down this lane, but now, the boat is your only option. Muchelney
:09:44. > :09:52.is cut off. 100 villagers stranded. We joined the rescue teams as they
:09:53. > :09:57.took in supplies. It is people in the boat, getting the food
:09:58. > :10:04.delivered, journeys back and forth now until we have delivered all the
:10:05. > :10:10.food. What is your day job? Swimming pool manager. How appropriate. It is
:10:11. > :10:15.a dangerous business. We see an aerial sticking out of the water.
:10:16. > :10:22.That was a car. It shows you how deep the water is here. The first
:10:23. > :10:28.supplies reach Muchelney. Sent by local supermarkets to Somerset's new
:10:29. > :10:32.island community. This should last a few days at least, but they will not
:10:33. > :10:37.be wasting it. There's a lot of old people in the village, and you feel
:10:38. > :10:42.very sorry for them because they are very reliant on outside factors to
:10:43. > :10:47.help them at times like this. When you are on the outside, it carries
:10:48. > :10:51.on, the world, but you feel isolated because you are trapped in. You feel
:10:52. > :10:59.this could happen again? It looks like it. The Church becomes the
:11:00. > :11:02.village shop, where supplies can be picked up, along with medication
:11:03. > :11:07.that has been shipped in for residents who can no longer get to a
:11:08. > :11:12.chemist. Last winter, Muchelney was cut off for weeks, and people say
:11:13. > :11:17.the flooding has got worse in recent decades. It's much deeper. It comes
:11:18. > :11:22.up much faster and it stays much longer. This volunteer rescue team
:11:23. > :11:28.normally patrols the Somerset seaside, but they have spent all day
:11:29. > :11:31.ferrying supplies and villagers in and out of Muchelney, like getting
:11:32. > :11:43.Clare to the care home where she works. In Saxon times, Muchelney
:11:44. > :11:52.meant big Island. Tonight, it is living up to that name.
:11:53. > :11:57.Jimmy Savile's victims are calling for a single enquiry ins to how the
:11:58. > :12:01.TBC -- the TV presenter managed to evade justice. Dozens of those who
:12:02. > :12:10.were abused by him say the current investigations will not answer the
:12:11. > :12:18.key questions about the scandal. The year is 1964. The programme...
:12:19. > :12:22.It's Top of the Pops. One man remembers the studios rather too
:12:23. > :12:26.well. He is now 64, but we met to discuss an encounter when he was
:12:27. > :12:32.just 15 years old. And in counter with Jimmy Savile. It was
:12:33. > :12:37.unbelievable what he'd done to me. With both of his hands.
:12:38. > :12:44.Unbelievable. This is a difficult moment for you. I'm sorry. As I
:12:45. > :12:54.said, it's like yesterday. Yesterday. Why do people do these
:12:55. > :12:59.things? It ruins your whole life. He was speaking to me because he wants
:13:00. > :13:06.answers. An enquiry that answers all his questions. If there was just one
:13:07. > :13:16.enquiry, then we might know exactly why Jimmy Savile got away with
:13:17. > :13:20.serious sexual abuse for 50 years. There has been no shortage of
:13:21. > :13:25.investigations into Savile. The Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC
:13:26. > :13:30.report came out just under a year ago. Since then there's been enquiry
:13:31. > :13:35.after an enquiry after enquiry. The BBC, the police, the Crown
:13:36. > :13:40.Prosecution Service, 32 hospitals. Will it answer all the questions?
:13:41. > :13:46.One solicitor representing victims thinks not. There's no ability to
:13:47. > :13:51.compare the documents, or the production of people to appear
:13:52. > :13:56.before those enquiries and to be questioned and to be subjected to
:13:57. > :14:04.tough questioning. But 15 months have already gone by. The NSPCC has
:14:05. > :14:08.some Sears. All the time the overarching enquiry was going on,
:14:09. > :14:12.every question to be answered was booted into that enquiry and the
:14:13. > :14:17.lessons which wanted to the land quicker will be pushed off into the
:14:18. > :14:22.future. At the heart of this is Savile, and how did the victims get
:14:23. > :14:31.the truth? How did he get away with it? The time is 40 minutes past six.
:14:32. > :14:33.Our top story this evening: The Chancellor says there's another ?25
:14:34. > :14:37.billion of cuts to come to balance Britain's books. And still to come,
:14:38. > :14:42.we speak to the landlord who wants to evict 200 of his tenants for
:14:43. > :14:45.claiming housing benefit. Later on BBC London, paying more to
:14:46. > :14:53.drive into the congestion charge zone. The Mayor announces plans for
:14:54. > :14:57.a 15% increase. And we are with the Riverside
:14:58. > :15:04.community learning to live with the effects of the floods.
:15:05. > :15:09.For the first time, thousands of barristers and solicitors working on
:15:10. > :15:14.criminal cases have gone on strike, walking out of courts in England and
:15:15. > :15:20.Wales. They're protesting against a ?220 million cut in the legal aid
:15:21. > :15:23.budget. That could mean a 30% cut in lawyers' fees when working on the
:15:24. > :15:26.most complex cases. The Government says that last year 1,200 barristers
:15:27. > :15:32.in England and Wales earned more than ?100,000 from legal aid. But
:15:33. > :15:37.the Criminal Bar Association say half their members earn nearer
:15:38. > :15:47.?27,000 a year. Our legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman, has
:15:48. > :15:52.the details. No legal aid cuts! This has not
:15:53. > :15:55.happened before, barristers and solicitors downing wigs and breathes
:15:56. > :16:01.and bringing the criminal courts to a standstill. They are careful not
:16:02. > :16:06.to call it a strike. But that is what many will think it is. They are
:16:07. > :16:11.protesting against the government's proposed reforms to legal aid, some
:16:12. > :16:15.due to come into force in April. One junior barrister told me what he
:16:16. > :16:19.earns for making a bail application. I would be expecting to be paid
:16:20. > :16:23.around ?50 from the legal aid agency for covering that hearing, which
:16:24. > :16:37.could last the whole day. And out of that ?50, I have to cover my own
:16:38. > :16:40.travel costs, and I will mention that is before tax and VAT. We need
:16:41. > :16:42.to take the Government enough is enough, we are not paid enough to
:16:43. > :16:45.survive. Barristers and solicitors say this dispute is about more than
:16:46. > :16:47.just money. They say it is about the quality of legal advice and
:16:48. > :16:50.representation, that any member of the public can expect if they happen
:16:51. > :16:55.to be prosecuted for a crime by the state. Janis Sharp's son, Gary
:16:56. > :16:59.McKinnon, received more than ?250,000 in legal aid over a
:17:00. > :17:03.ten-year period to successfully challenge his extradition to the US
:17:04. > :17:08.on charges of hacking into government computers. Without it, we
:17:09. > :17:11.would have lost him, and it is no exaggeration, it is not
:17:12. > :17:15.sensationalist to say would have taken his own life, he would have.
:17:16. > :17:19.But because we have that hope and trust and it also gave us more time
:17:20. > :17:23.to get medical evidence. But the government says that at around ?200
:17:24. > :17:26.billion the year, we have one of the most expensive legal aid systems in
:17:27. > :17:31.the world and funding needs to be reduced. We are talking about
:17:32. > :17:35.taxpayers the' money, hard-working taxpayers whose money is going into
:17:36. > :17:39.the legal aid budget, and my responsibility is to ensure that
:17:40. > :17:43.money goes as far as possible, and I am confident that, at the end of the
:17:44. > :17:48.day, the legal aid budget will be adequate to make sure that those who
:17:49. > :17:53.qualify for legal aid are properly represented. This unprecedented half
:17:54. > :17:57.day of action will delay, not jeopardise, trials, but if this
:17:58. > :18:04.dispute isn't resolved, murder, rape and other trials due to start after
:18:05. > :18:07.April could be put at risk. An inquest into the death of David
:18:08. > :18:10.Rathband, the police officer who was shot and blinded by the gunman Raoul
:18:11. > :18:15.Moat, has been hearing from his former wife. Kath Rathband said he
:18:16. > :18:18.called up to 100 times a day shortly before he was found hanged at his
:18:19. > :18:27.home in Northumberland nearly two years ago. Ed Thomas reports from
:18:28. > :18:31.the inquest in Newcastle. He was called a hero, PC David
:18:32. > :18:36.Rathband, the officer who survived being shot by killer Raoul Moat. But
:18:37. > :18:42.within two years of the attack, he was found hanged at his home. Today
:18:43. > :18:47.his family arrived at the inquest into his death, still looking for
:18:48. > :18:51.answers. The findings of the coroner may be a foregone conclusion too
:18:52. > :18:56.many. Our hope is that he finds David's death was preventable in the
:18:57. > :19:01.circumstances. This is David Rathband before he was shot and
:19:02. > :19:04.blinded, but in July 2010 Raoul Moat was on the run. He had vowed to
:19:05. > :19:11.target the police. PC Rathband was his victim, alone here, he was shot
:19:12. > :19:16.twice at point-blank range. One week later, the manhunt ended after Raoul
:19:17. > :19:21.Moat killed himself in Rothbury. But it was not the end for PC Rathband,
:19:22. > :19:23.and as the months went by, he told the BBC how we struggled to cope.
:19:24. > :19:40.When I wake up in the morning, The first thing I see is darkness.
:19:41. > :19:45.PC Rathband's widow told the coroner that her husband's behaviour became
:19:46. > :19:51.erratic. Kath Rathband said he began an affair with another woman and
:19:52. > :19:56.sent hundreds of abusive messages to a mobile phone. The court also heard
:19:57. > :19:59.from a survivor of the 7/7 bombings and at the time David Rathband's
:20:00. > :20:03.partner, who said he often talked about suicide. She told the coroner
:20:04. > :20:08.she knew he was depressed but never believed he would take his own life.
:20:09. > :20:12.The court was also told that before PC Rathband died, he had refused to
:20:13. > :20:15.see health professionals. The inquest is expected to last five
:20:16. > :20:23.days. Ed Thomas, BBC News, Newcastle.
:20:24. > :20:27.Drivers on part of the M1 could be facing a 60 mph speed limit under
:20:28. > :20:30.plans from the Highways Agency. The restrictions would apply along a
:20:31. > :20:32.32-mile section of the road in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Danny
:20:33. > :20:40.Savage is at the motorway for us now. Danny, why are they doing this?
:20:41. > :20:43.Well, George, the highways agency says tougher European guidelines on
:20:44. > :20:47.air quality are behind today's proposals, so they have come up with
:20:48. > :20:51.what many are saying is a radical suggestion, to impose an almost
:20:52. > :20:56.permanent speed limit on a 32 mile stretch of motorway from Mansfield
:20:57. > :21:00.up to Chesterfield to Sheffield and Rotherham. Many of us are used to
:21:01. > :21:05.variable speed limits on the roads at peak times, when the limit comes
:21:06. > :21:11.down to 60 or 50 mph, but the plan on this 32 mile stretch is to put a
:21:12. > :21:15.60 mph limit in place from 7am in the morning until 7pm at night seven
:21:16. > :21:19.days a week. There has been a mixed response, and we have been talking
:21:20. > :21:25.to some people here at services this evening. I think it will work,
:21:26. > :21:29.because it will stop them tearing about. And there is no need for it
:21:30. > :21:33.whatsoever. The way cars are built, it will not help the environment, it
:21:34. > :21:40.will not help traffic delays. If anything, it will multiply it. Now,
:21:41. > :21:45.the RAC say this is a landmark proposal, it shows how much
:21:46. > :21:48.emissions can be affected by a small reduction in the speed limit, but
:21:49. > :21:52.they are concerned that it could be the first of many similar speed
:21:53. > :21:55.restrictions around the country, and the Sheffield chamber of commerce
:21:56. > :22:02.this evening has said this is an illogical solution to the problem.
:22:03. > :22:07.It is open until March for consultation, and if it comes into
:22:08. > :22:10.force, it could last several years. A 36-year-old man has been found
:22:11. > :22:13.guilty of dangerous driving after being filmed speeding at over 60 mph
:22:14. > :22:16.with both hands behind his head. Richard Newton was caught on police
:22:17. > :22:20.camera travelling on the A171 between Whitby and Guisborough last
:22:21. > :22:23.August. Magistrates, who said the evidence was conclusive, gave him a
:22:24. > :22:30.12-month driving ban and 100-hour community order.
:22:31. > :22:33.A landlord who owns nearly 1,000 properties in Kent says he'd rather
:22:34. > :22:37.have eastern European migrants as tenants than people on benefits.
:22:38. > :22:42.Fergus Wilson has issued eviction notices to every one of his 200
:22:43. > :22:46.tenants who receive housing benefit. The National Landlords Association
:22:47. > :22:54.says Mr Wilson is not alone. Andy Moore reports.
:22:55. > :22:59.22, which is just over 10% of the estate... Fergus Wilson owns and
:23:00. > :23:03.runs over 1000 houses in Kent. More than 200 used to be occupied by
:23:04. > :23:07.people on benefits, but not any more. Those tenants have or are
:23:08. > :23:12.being evicted, and in many cases they are being replaced by Eastern
:23:13. > :23:15.European is with jobs. With our tenants who are working, in the last
:23:16. > :23:21.two years there has not been one who has defaulted. Whereas, as far as
:23:22. > :23:29.those on benefits are concerned, it is now over 50%. They perhaps cannot
:23:30. > :23:32.help it, but I am not the DSS. Mr Wilson says many of his colleagues
:23:33. > :23:36.in the property will agree with him. The National Landlords
:23:37. > :23:40.Association is four out of five of the members will not consider
:23:41. > :23:44.renting to anyone on benefits. We are certainly seeing landlords
:23:45. > :23:47.moving away from tenants claiming benefits. The progress of the
:23:48. > :23:50.welfare reform agenda of the last three years, which means benefit
:23:51. > :23:55.levels have not kept up with rent levels, means it is a greater risk,
:23:56. > :24:00.and so they are looking to let to working tenants who do not fall into
:24:01. > :24:03.rent arrears as easily. The housing charity Shelter are worried that
:24:04. > :24:07.people on benefits are being squeezed out of the private rented
:24:08. > :24:11.market. This is extremely worrying news for families across the
:24:12. > :24:14.country, and if more landlords follow this type of behaviour, we
:24:15. > :24:18.could see black spots where ordinary families cannot get somewhere to
:24:19. > :24:22.live if they fall ill or lose their job. Mr Wilson says he feels sorry
:24:23. > :24:27.for those he has had to evict. The fundamental problem, he believes, is
:24:28. > :24:30.that there are too many people and not enough houses.
:24:31. > :24:33.Andy Moore, BBC News, Ashford. England cricket coach Andy Flower
:24:34. > :24:37.says he is determined to stay on after the crushing 5-0 defeat to
:24:38. > :24:40.Australia in the Ashes. He and captain Alistair Cook have come
:24:41. > :24:45.under pressure to resign, but he says it's time for a new start. Our
:24:46. > :24:52.chief sports correspondent, Dan Roan, reports from Sydney.
:24:53. > :24:58.And that is eight, 5-0 to Australia... It was one of sport's
:24:59. > :25:01.most spectacular from grace, England's cricketers whitewashed by
:25:02. > :25:05.an Australian team they were expected to beat. The inquiry into
:25:06. > :25:11.what went wrong has begun, the coach remains in charge. I do not feel
:25:12. > :25:15.proud of the way we played this Test series. So why will you not resign
:25:16. > :25:21.if you are not proud of what happened to Mike why have you
:25:22. > :25:24.decided to stay? I am proud of my involvement in England cricket. I
:25:25. > :25:31.think it is important that we review this logically and, as I said, learn
:25:32. > :25:37.from some of the mistakes we have made. And ensure that we get English
:25:38. > :25:42.cricket moving in the right direction again. Flower conceded
:25:43. > :25:45.personal agendas had been at play in the dressing room, Graeme Swann
:25:46. > :25:49.accused unnamed players of arrogance, having retired
:25:50. > :25:53.mid-series. He denied he had been referring to team-mates including
:25:54. > :25:57.Kevin Pietersen, but the star batsman cut an isolated figure here,
:25:58. > :26:00.and some believe he has played his last test. While Andy Flower and
:26:01. > :26:04.Alastair Cook will keep their jobs, what now looks certain is that the
:26:05. > :26:07.England team left the field here at the Sydney Cricket ground yesterday
:26:08. > :26:14.will look very different when it's place again next summer. It does
:26:15. > :26:18.feel like the end of some type of era, and there will be some sort of
:26:19. > :26:24.new start for the England cricket side. Preparations for a one-day
:26:25. > :26:28.series here began today, and with the next Ashes 18 months away, some
:26:29. > :26:33.now want a complete change in approach. The players, the
:26:34. > :26:38.management, the Haidara keep of the ECB, they need to look at the way
:26:39. > :26:42.that England have played cricket for two or three years now. -- the
:26:43. > :26:45.hierarchy. They have got to be dynamic and realise it is an
:26:46. > :26:48.entertainment business as much as a business that you have to win games,
:26:49. > :26:53.but you play the dynamic and you will win games. Having enjoyed the
:26:54. > :26:56.good times, the captain and coach are now experiencing some of the
:26:57. > :27:02.worst. The true test is about to begin.
:27:03. > :27:10.What about that whether? Susan Powell is here with the latest.
:27:11. > :27:14.We have another challenging 24 hours to come, it will remain when the
:27:15. > :27:17.overnight and through tomorrow, and there is more rain on the way as
:27:18. > :27:21.well. But the rain will come in the form of showers, and that means not
:27:22. > :27:24.warriors will see the worst of it, but for many southern counties of
:27:25. > :27:30.England there are showers this evening and overnight, and more
:27:31. > :27:32.showers too for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. A
:27:33. > :27:36.continued risk of coastal flooding along the south coast as well. It is
:27:37. > :27:41.at least a mild night, overnight lows of seven or eight degrees. We
:27:42. > :27:45.start Tuesday with a windy feel, and we will also see quite a few showers
:27:46. > :27:49.initially across the south-east and further north. But the story really
:27:50. > :27:52.as the day pans out is for things to become quieter, so by the afternoon
:27:53. > :27:56.more in the way of dry weather than we have seen today, more in a way of
:27:57. > :28:00.brightness, and the wind will start to become lighter. Temperatures of
:28:01. > :28:04.11 or 12, on the mild side, but we must keep a close eye on southern
:28:05. > :28:08.England, this weather front looks like it is going to bring more heavy
:28:09. > :28:11.and persistent rain into southern England through the small hours of
:28:12. > :28:15.Wednesday, and then another little area could come running in later on
:28:16. > :28:19.Wednesday. So we are not out of the woods yet, particularly to the
:28:20. > :28:22.south, but Wednesday on the whole much drier and brighter than we have
:28:23. > :28:25.seen in awhile and with lighter winds, temperatures a little lower,
:28:26. > :28:29.a chilly appeal, but again a reminder that we need to keep an eye
:28:30. > :28:33.to the south on these little waves spinning up, because we could be
:28:34. > :28:39.talking about another ten or 20 millimetres, the best part of an
:28:40. > :28:41.inch of rain across southern England and Wales before get into Thursday.
:28:42. > :28:44.But towards the end of the week, high-pressure washing towards us
:28:45. > :28:49.will open up the isobars, killing off the winds, allowing things to
:28:50. > :28:52.become drier. I am not promising new and entirely dry story, but it looks
:28:53. > :28:55.significantly improved by the end of the week.