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:00:16. > :00:17.give their backing for companies fracking for gas. Ministers say

:00:18. > :00:20.councils could make up to ?10 million for every successful

:00:21. > :00:23.drilling site. Shale is important for our country. It could bring

:00:24. > :00:29.74,000 new jobs, over ?3 billion worth of investment, give us cheaper

:00:30. > :00:31.energy for the future. But environmental campaigners accuse the

:00:32. > :00:35.Government of bribing local councils into accepting the controversial

:00:36. > :00:38.technique. Also tonight... The biggest public inquiry into child

:00:39. > :00:45.abuse in the UK gets under way in Northern Ireland. Britain's obesity

:00:46. > :00:54.crisis is worse than we thought. Health campaigners say we're heading

:00:55. > :00:58.for a Doomsday scenario. We have to do something really serious now

:00:59. > :01:01.otherwise we are going to be in a sorry state as a nation in the

:01:02. > :01:11.future. Is this really fit for children? The film censors take a

:01:12. > :01:17.closer look at raunchy pop videos. On BBC London, police pay out. Two

:01:18. > :01:22.students wrongly accused of violence towards officers at the demo. A

:01:23. > :01:37.former psychiatric patient describes her rape ordeal.

:01:38. > :01:45.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. Local councils are

:01:46. > :01:48.being offered millions of pounds if they back controversial fracking

:01:49. > :01:51.schemes. Under new government proposals they could double the

:01:52. > :01:55.amount they raise in business rates and collect more money from the

:01:56. > :01:57.drilling companies themselves. David Cameron wants the country to get

:01:58. > :02:00.behind the fracking revolution, releasing gas from deep underground,

:02:01. > :02:05.but environmental campaigners have accused him of trying to bribe

:02:06. > :02:08.councils. Danny Savage reports from Barton Moss near Salford, the scene

:02:09. > :02:20.of the latest protest against fracking. As the Prime Minister

:02:21. > :02:25.urged objective is to fracking to get on board today, he probably did

:02:26. > :02:31.not mean this. Protesters climbed on tankers heading for a drilling site,

:02:32. > :02:35.leading to a stand-off with police. Every time someone climbs on top of

:02:36. > :02:39.one of these lorries, please have to get ladders and scaffolding out. It

:02:40. > :02:44.does not make it easy for the police to get to them. It is costing the

:02:45. > :02:49.force thousands of pounds a week to police this one protest site. Just

:02:50. > :02:54.look at the chaos. Traffic is queueing all the way down the 857

:02:55. > :02:59.and trying to get into Manchester. The road is closed while they tried

:03:00. > :03:04.to remove the protest. Fracking is a danger to human health and the

:03:05. > :03:16.environment. The risks are far too great. They far outweigh any

:03:17. > :03:18.benefits. We do not believe we will receive any benefits. The Prime

:03:19. > :03:23.Minister says otherwise. Today he was in Lincolnshire, where Total

:03:24. > :03:28.wants to invest millions of pounds in shale gas. It is important for

:03:29. > :03:33.our country. It will give us cheaper energy for the future and increase

:03:34. > :03:38.energy security. I want us to get on board. It is bringing so much

:03:39. > :03:46.benefit to North America and I want us to benefit from it as well. What

:03:47. > :03:49.are the incentives? 100% of business rates from each fracking site will

:03:50. > :03:54.go to each local authority. They could gain ?1.7 million a year

:03:55. > :03:58.each. The industry is offering communities 100,000 power to each

:03:59. > :04:04.Test drilling site. 1% of the revenue, if Shell gas is found. Is

:04:05. > :04:10.it enough to pacify the main groups objecting to fracking? Today's

:04:11. > :04:15.announcement from the Government is a desperate measure to try and

:04:16. > :04:19.persuade local authorities to accept unwanted fracking, purely through

:04:20. > :04:25.the financial incentives. Some people are concerned about a process

:04:26. > :04:29.which involves drilling underground and releasing a high-pressure mix of

:04:30. > :04:33.water, sand and chemicals to crack rocks and release gas stored inside.

:04:34. > :04:39.What about the people living near this protest site in Salford? Will

:04:40. > :04:47.community benefits sway them? I think the protests are causing more

:04:48. > :04:54.trouble. They should put something back into the communities. We could

:04:55. > :04:59.see between ten and 20 sites like this in the UK. Fracking could lead

:05:00. > :05:01.to lower energy bills here. There is unlikely to be a letup in protests

:05:02. > :05:12.yet. Our political editor is in

:05:13. > :05:17.Westminster. As we have just seen, it is a hugely controversial issue.

:05:18. > :05:23.The Prime Minister has given his total backing. Why take the risk of

:05:24. > :05:27.confronting local campaigners, who are frightened of fracking?

:05:28. > :05:30.Confronting green campaigners who accuse David Cameron of abandoning

:05:31. > :05:36.his interest in the past with wind power and solar power and the rest.

:05:37. > :05:40.The answer could not be simpler. The potential gains seen from Downing

:05:41. > :05:45.Street absolutely dwarf the risks. Against potentially, and I do

:05:46. > :05:49.underline potentially, of tens of thousands of jobs in Britain being

:05:50. > :05:54.created, cheap energy ending the worries about high energy bills, the

:05:55. > :06:00.potential gains of being much less dependent on the world 's trouble

:06:01. > :06:04.spot for the supply of oil and gas to supply energy needs. Those might

:06:05. > :06:08.not happen. There are campaigners who say they should be outweighed by

:06:09. > :06:13.other concerns. For David Cameron, this is a moment when there is a

:06:14. > :06:17.protest like this where arguments he has made largely without anyone

:06:18. > :06:21.hearing them finally might get some attention and finally might be

:06:22. > :06:25.heard. It is a pain barrier in other words he is willing to go through.

:06:26. > :06:26.And, BBC News Online has more on the arguments for and against fracking.

:06:27. > :06:34.That's at bbc.co.uk/business. The biggest public inquiry into

:06:35. > :06:37.child abuse ever held in the UK has begun in Northern Ireland. Its aim

:06:38. > :06:40.is to decide whether there was what it calls institutional abuse at

:06:41. > :06:46.homes run by the state, church or voluntary organisations. The inquiry

:06:47. > :06:51.is looking into allegations of abuse over a period of 70 years up to

:06:52. > :06:55.1995. More than 300 people are expected to give evidence. In all,

:06:56. > :06:59.13 institutions are under investigation. Nick Higham reports

:07:00. > :07:08.from Banbridge in County Down, where the hearing is taking place.

:07:09. > :07:14.Happy children, welfare and cared for in a wholesome environment. That

:07:15. > :07:18.was the public image children's homes across Britain and Ireland

:07:19. > :07:23.sought to project. The ballot he was sometimes very different. Many like

:07:24. > :07:27.this home in Scotland in the 1950s were run by religious orders like

:07:28. > :07:32.the Sisters of Nazareth. Kate Walmsley was taken into care at the

:07:33. > :07:36.age of seven. At Nazareth House in Londonderry, she wet the bed and was

:07:37. > :07:41.publicly punished for it. At confession, she was singled out for

:07:42. > :07:49.abuse by a priest. When she wrapped it, she was branded a delinquent. I

:07:50. > :07:57.was an abused child. I was calling for help. I was the her child. I

:07:58. > :08:03.just needed someone to ask me why I was not happy. The inquiries

:08:04. > :08:07.chairman said some victims of abuse had waited years to tell their

:08:08. > :08:13.stories. The inquiries council quoted Nelson Mandela. There can be

:08:14. > :08:17.no keener revelation of a society 's soul than the way it treats its

:08:18. > :08:22.children. By examining how vulnerable children living in

:08:23. > :08:27.children's homes in Northern Ireland in 1922 and 1995 were treated, this

:08:28. > :08:31.enquiry will essentially examine the soul of Northern Irish society over

:08:32. > :08:37.that period. Over the next 18 months, the inquiry team sitting at

:08:38. > :08:40.this courthouse in Banbridge will hear often harrowing accounts of

:08:41. > :08:46.childhood arrest of affection and scarred by cruelty, by physical and

:08:47. > :08:51.psychological abuse, and sometimes by sexual abuse as well. At the

:08:52. > :08:56.inquiry today, Margaret McGuckin, one of the campaigners who fought to

:08:57. > :09:00.set up the inquiry. She was a victim herself, taken into care when she

:09:01. > :09:05.was three, separated from her brothers and sisters. She is

:09:06. > :09:08.described childhood of sadness, darkness and loneliness and

:09:09. > :09:16.ill-treatment. Bath times were ritual, to be scrubbed in Jeyes

:09:17. > :09:25.fluid. You were ducked down into a steel basin. Screaming out for help

:09:26. > :09:30.and shivering. I remember waiting for that to happen. The inquiry will

:09:31. > :09:35.look at abuse into institutions run by the Church, charities and the

:09:36. > :09:39.States. But those still living who committed the abuse must face

:09:40. > :09:42.criminal charges. Warnings from health experts that half the British

:09:43. > :09:46.population will be obese by 2050 could actually be an underestimate.

:09:47. > :09:49.The National Obesity Forum is claiming that, unless there's a

:09:50. > :09:54.significant change in our lifestyle, we're heading for what it calls a

:09:55. > :10:06.doomsday scenario. Our health correspondent reports. 27 years old

:10:07. > :10:10.and 27 stone. Katie has battled weight problems ever since she was a

:10:11. > :10:15.child. She has tried diets and weight loss clubs but still she is

:10:16. > :10:20.struggling. She feels it is a fight she is having to conduct on her own.

:10:21. > :10:26.If I do not help myself, I will end up dying from this, or getting

:10:27. > :10:30.serious health concerns. The Bay City increases the risk of

:10:31. > :10:39.conditions like diabetes, heart disease and strokes. The numbers

:10:40. > :10:41.seem to have plateaued in recent years but millions are still

:10:42. > :10:43.struggling with their weight. We are in daily touch with clinicians

:10:44. > :10:52.around the country who are reporting disastrous levels of admission into

:10:53. > :10:57.clinics. It is thought that 26% of adults in the UK are classed as the

:10:58. > :11:03.beast. Previous reports suggested that by 2050, up to half of the

:11:04. > :11:07.population could be obese. The National obesity Forum argues that

:11:08. > :11:11.figure could be optimistic. Today's report says that unless there is

:11:12. > :11:15.concerted action across the board from individuals, businesses,

:11:16. > :11:20.society and government, we'll be lucky if only half the population

:11:21. > :11:29.are obese by 2050. It goes on to add, while there are no quick fixes,

:11:30. > :11:33.the situation is not hopeless. There are things that can be done. You

:11:34. > :11:41.have lost another K. Gloria has been visiting her local GP surgery to

:11:42. > :11:46.lose weight. We see pregnant ladies and children. In our conversations,

:11:47. > :11:50.we should be encouraging our patients to go down the healthy

:11:51. > :11:56.lifestyle. Recent figures suggested the number of the beast primary

:11:57. > :12:01.school children fell for the first time in years. We still face a

:12:02. > :12:03.sizeable weight problem. The Treasury has announced it will take

:12:04. > :12:05.full responsibility for Britain's ?1.4 trillion worth of debt,

:12:06. > :12:08.including Scotland's share, even if there is a yes vote in this

:12:09. > :12:11.September's referendum. The move apparently follows some fears in

:12:12. > :12:16.financial markets that Scotland might not be able to pay its debts

:12:17. > :12:24.if it opted for independence. Our Scotland political editor, Brian

:12:25. > :12:31.Taylor, is in Glasgow. How does this move play into the overall debate on

:12:32. > :12:35.this referendum? George, it is intriguing. What has been happening

:12:36. > :12:39.is the Treasury says it has been picking up jitters from investors in

:12:40. > :12:44.UK Government bonds to the effect that if there is not the UK in the

:12:45. > :12:50.event of Independence, who picks up the tab? Everyone agrees it is a

:12:51. > :12:55.sensible move by the Treasury. The dispute, the difference, lies in the

:12:56. > :12:59.interpretation of what is going on. For the Treasury, Danny Alexander

:13:00. > :13:02.says it proves there is institutional worry about Scottish

:13:03. > :13:06.independence, concerns that Scotland might default on its debt. This move

:13:07. > :13:12.is designed to prevent the rest of the UK facing a problem right now,

:13:13. > :13:14.facing what he calls a separation surcharge. Alex Salmond, the

:13:15. > :13:23.Scottish first Minster, disputes that. He said Scotland is ready to

:13:24. > :13:27.pick up its share of UK debt. He says that is sensible. He says also

:13:28. > :13:32.Scotland wants a share of assets. In effect, the Treasury has blinked

:13:33. > :13:37.first. It has allowed Scotland to leverage the access to use of

:13:38. > :13:40.sterling, access to a sterling zone. The Treasury says, absolutely not,

:13:41. > :13:44.the two issues are entirely separate. A memorial service has

:13:45. > :13:47.been held in Jerusalem for the former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel

:13:48. > :13:50.Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85. He's been buried on a

:13:51. > :13:53.family farm, six miles from Gaza. The US Vice President, Joe Biden,

:13:54. > :13:56.and the Middle East envoy, Tony Blair, were among the foreign

:13:57. > :13:57.dignitaries at the service. From Jerusalem, our Middle East editor,

:13:58. > :14:15.Jeremy Bowen, reports. With prayers and tributes outside

:14:16. > :14:19.its parliament, Israel and its friends said a final farewell to

:14:20. > :14:28.Ariel Sharon. Eight years to the month after a stroke removed him

:14:29. > :14:34.from power. Benjamin Netanyahu said he would go down in history as one

:14:35. > :14:41.of Israel 's greatest leaders it restored a lost legacy of Jewish

:14:42. > :14:45.bravery. To Ariel Sharon 's son and grandchildren, the vice president

:14:46. > :14:49.said his passing also felt like a death in the family to many

:14:50. > :14:54.Americans, even though at times he had had profound differences with

:14:55. > :15:00.American leaders. He was a complex man. To understand him better, I

:15:01. > :15:08.think is important also history will judge. He lived in complex times in

:15:09. > :15:15.a very complex neighbourhood. The Coffin was taken away to be buried

:15:16. > :15:18.at the family farm in southern Israel. Ariel Sharon is as

:15:19. > :15:24.controversial in death as you was in life. For many Israelis, it was his

:15:25. > :15:27.military qualities, his strength and capacity for ruthlessness, which

:15:28. > :15:35.made him a desirable prime minister at the time he was elected. Ariel

:15:36. > :15:38.Sharon owned a house in the old city of Jerusalem, where most residents

:15:39. > :15:43.are Palestinians. For many years, he led the drive to settle Jews in the

:15:44. > :15:50.occupied territories. Jewish settlers have armed security guards.

:15:51. > :15:54.This man, a prominent Palestinian, who believes in non-violent

:15:55. > :15:58.resistance to Israel, said Israeli should move on from the legacy. He

:15:59. > :16:03.thought he could deal with Palestinians and Arabs and the rest

:16:04. > :16:07.of the world only true force. What Israel needs is a different kind of

:16:08. > :16:12.political generation, people who understand that they themselves will

:16:13. > :16:14.not be free as Israel is from the system of apartheid and occupation

:16:15. > :16:21.unless we, the Palestinians, are free. As a soldier, Ariel Sharon

:16:22. > :16:26.ignored orders if he thought his plan was more effective. Often it

:16:27. > :16:29.was. Many Palestinians and some human rights campaigners think he

:16:30. > :16:34.should have been put on trial as a war criminal. But he goes to his

:16:35. > :16:43.grave mourned by Israelis who felt safer when he was alive.

:16:44. > :16:54.And you can see more on his life in a special programme, Arial Sharon,

:16:55. > :16:59.Israel's Ironman. . Our top story this evening. Councils that support

:17:00. > :17:01.fracking for gas schemes are to be given financial incentives by the

:17:02. > :17:07.government. Still to come: Success for British

:17:08. > :17:16.director Steve McQueen at the the Golden Globes.

:17:17. > :17:18.Later on BBC London. Why ambulance crews in Essex are

:17:19. > :17:21.routinely calling on police to take patients to hospital.

:17:22. > :17:34.And the British Armed Forces' first Muslim chaplain.

:17:35. > :17:38.Films like Black Swan make it big at the box office, but they also

:17:39. > :17:41.generate a huge number of complaints. The British Board of

:17:42. > :17:46.Film Classification has been hearing from the public, and there are going

:17:47. > :17:49.to be some changes. And it's not just films. People were asked about

:17:50. > :17:54.raunchy pop videos, like this one featuring Miley Cyrus. So having

:17:55. > :17:59.listened to people, the BBFC is going to get tougher on strong

:18:00. > :18:13.language and sexual content. Here's our arts editor, Will Gompertz.

:18:14. > :18:21.Decor made the pirate captain. This children's film was given a U rating

:18:22. > :18:27.by the British board of classic -- British board of classification, but

:18:28. > :18:40.it contains the word crap, which prompted the PBMC -- the BBFC to

:18:41. > :18:46.take a new approach. Children learn by copying, so they can learn by

:18:47. > :18:50.copying bad language. That can be embarrassing for parents, if they

:18:51. > :18:56.start repeating the language to the vicar or something. The BBFC will

:18:57. > :19:00.also pay more attention to how films containing scenes of Gore are

:19:01. > :19:05.treated, such as the thriller Black Swan. It had a 15 rating, but it

:19:06. > :19:11.might take a different approach to such films in the future, and

:19:12. > :19:19.instead, allocate and 18 classification, to indicate it is a

:19:20. > :19:25.dark and graphic tale of paranoia. Strong visual detail of violence or

:19:26. > :19:30.its aftermath are also a cause for parental concern. Some grisly scenes

:19:31. > :19:36.had to be dropped from the Hunger Games in order for it to receive a

:19:37. > :19:40.rating. Some feel the classification has been skewed a little bit and it

:19:41. > :19:45.should care a little bit more about violence and a little bit less

:19:46. > :19:49.perhaps about bad language and fruity scenes. Film isn't the only

:19:50. > :19:54.area where changes are happening. The government has proposed to alter

:19:55. > :20:02.the regulations governing music diva -- music DVDs, asking them to apply

:20:03. > :20:08.for a BBFC rating. But online videos, such as Miley Cyrus'

:20:09. > :20:13.controversial Wrecking Ball, will not be affected. At least not yet.

:20:14. > :20:18.However, a pilot project is being discussed that could see the BBFC's

:20:19. > :20:22.rating system introduced at some point on Google and YouTube.

:20:23. > :20:25.Two brothers who used their printing business to produce more than ?1

:20:26. > :20:28.million worth of fake ?10 notes have been jailed. The National Crime

:20:29. > :20:30.Agency said Amrit and Prem Karra's counterfeit operation posed a

:20:31. > :20:34.significant threat to the UK economy. Our Midlands correspondent,

:20:35. > :20:42.Sian Lloyd, reports The Crown Prosecution Service has sent a

:20:43. > :20:49.letter to Portuguese Brothers Amrit and Prem Karra work

:20:50. > :20:53.respected as Miss men, who ran a family printing firm in Birmingham.

:20:54. > :20:57.But in court, the government 's -- the brothers were described as an

:20:58. > :21:03.architect of conspiracy to flood the market with forged ?10 notes. Their

:21:04. > :21:09.company, Karra design and printing, which operated from these premises

:21:10. > :21:17.was, on the face of it, a legitimate business. The property is now under

:21:18. > :21:21.new ownership, but the brothers used it as the face of a highly

:21:22. > :21:27.sophisticated counterfeiting operation. This is amazingly

:21:28. > :21:31.realistic. Absolutely. There was no raising on the boss of the wording,

:21:32. > :21:38.and a hologram is slightly different. Between September 2010

:21:39. > :21:44.and February 2011, they produced fake ?10 notes with a face value of

:21:45. > :21:48.?1.3 million. Very similar, right down to the fact that a random

:21:49. > :21:52.number sequence was produced on these notes. The judge said it was a

:21:53. > :21:57.crime that could undermine the economy of the country and threaten

:21:58. > :22:01.the integrity of the currency. I believe they did do this run of

:22:02. > :22:06.producing the notes. They could have gone on to produce more. They could

:22:07. > :22:11.have put themselves up to higher to organised crime gangs. Or they could

:22:12. > :22:16.have sold on their knowledge and expertise and materials for other

:22:17. > :22:22.crime gangs. That represents a significant threat to the UK's

:22:23. > :22:29.interest. Investigators linked the notes to equipment at Karra printing

:22:30. > :22:33.and design. Rajiv Kumar and Yash Mahey helped their brothers-in-law

:22:34. > :22:37.produce the notes and were each jailed for four and a half years.

:22:38. > :22:42.The masterminds of the plots will each serve seven years in prison.

:22:43. > :22:48.The judge described them as professional forgers who were

:22:49. > :22:51.motivated by greed. Thousands of protesters have brought

:22:52. > :22:53.the centre of the Thai capital Bangkok to a standstill, blocking

:22:54. > :22:56.traffic and occupying major road junctions. They are demanding that

:22:57. > :22:58.the government steps down before next month's elections. 18,000

:22:59. > :23:03.security personnel have been deployed to keep order. The Prime

:23:04. > :23:07.Minister has offered to meet the protest leaders.

:23:08. > :23:10.The First Lady of France is expected to stay in hospital for a few more

:23:11. > :23:13.days. President Hollande's partner, Valerie Trierweiler, was admitted on

:23:14. > :23:18.Friday, shortly after photos linking him with an actress were published

:23:19. > :23:24.in a French magazine. The affair threatens to overshadow a major

:23:25. > :23:31.speech by Mr Hollande this week. Our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, is in

:23:32. > :23:37.Paris. Gavin, just how much of a political problem is this going to

:23:38. > :23:43.be? George, today, the drama surrounding President Hollande's

:23:44. > :23:46.private life deepened. His partner, Valerie Trierweiler, remains in

:23:47. > :23:51.hospital and may stay there for several more days, perhaps as many

:23:52. > :23:55.as four or five days. She went there for treatment after a French

:23:56. > :23:59.magazine published photographs that indicated that President Hollande

:24:00. > :24:02.had a new girlfriend. Valerie Trierweiler's spokesman said she

:24:03. > :24:07.went there because she was suffering from a severe case of the blues. The

:24:08. > :24:12.French public at the moment still seem to see this as a private

:24:13. > :24:15.matter, but there are increasing questions demanding clarification.

:24:16. > :24:21.There was one journalistic comment today which said that France seems

:24:22. > :24:26.to have currently a First Lady and a first girlfriend. It so happens that

:24:27. > :24:30.tomorrow, President Hollande is holding his first news conference of

:24:31. > :24:34.the New Year. It was intended to relaunch his troubled presidency by

:24:35. > :24:39.focusing on the economy, suffering from low growth and high

:24:40. > :24:43.unemployment. We're certainly expecting to hear those details

:24:44. > :24:48.tomorrow, but there are several papers here saying that nobody will

:24:49. > :24:52.be listening until President Hollande clarifies exactly what is

:24:53. > :24:55.going on in his private life. Gavin, thank you.

:24:56. > :24:58.The British director, Steve McQueen, says he's in shock. His harrowing

:24:59. > :25:01.film, 12 Years A Slave, won Best Film Drama at the Golden Globe

:25:02. > :25:04.Awards in Los Angeles, and is now the bookies' favourite for the

:25:05. > :25:14.Oscars. But, the night's big winner was the crime comedy American

:25:15. > :25:19.Hustle. Lizo Mzimba reports. The first major awards ceremony of

:25:20. > :25:25.the year is highly regarded, but more than that, everyone involved

:25:26. > :25:30.knowing -- knows that taking hold a Golden Globe can also be a good

:25:31. > :25:33.indicator of an Oscar statuette in two months' time. The favourite at

:25:34. > :25:44.the start of the evening was 12 Years A Slave. The true story of a

:25:45. > :25:49.man kidnapped into slavery. The Golden Globe award goes to 12 Years

:25:50. > :25:56.A Slave. It won the evening's most prestigious prize, Best Film Drama.

:25:57. > :26:04.A little bit in shock. What can I say? Firstly, I would like to thank

:26:05. > :26:12.my wife, Bianca, for finding the book 12 Years A Slave. 12 years

:26:13. > :26:18.might be the Oscars front runner, but there is strong competition from

:26:19. > :26:22.70s crime drama American Hustle. It took three Golden Globes, including

:26:23. > :26:30.acting nods for Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams. When a director asks

:26:31. > :26:35.me to cry, I can't! But both 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle

:26:36. > :26:43.lost out in the Best Director race to the director of space drama

:26:44. > :26:47.Gravity. Surprisingly to some, the film The Wolf Of Wall Street was

:26:48. > :26:52.classed as a comedy. Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Actor award. I

:26:53. > :26:55.would like to pay some congratulations to my fellow

:26:56. > :27:05.comedians here tonight, christian bale, and Jamaican Phoenix. All eyes

:27:06. > :27:09.are now on the Academy Awards in March, where it looks increasingly

:27:10. > :27:13.likely that the academy could honour a spread of films, rather than one

:27:14. > :27:19.runaway winner. Now for the weather.

:27:20. > :27:25.Showers spreading east at the moment, and then we are worried

:27:26. > :27:35.about ice. Behind the wet weather, when the temperature drops, the

:27:36. > :27:39.slippery surfaces get icy. Some showers around, and some heavy

:27:40. > :27:43.spells of rain affecting Southeast England later. Where the rain

:27:44. > :27:47.clears, we will see the temperatures dropping away. Some of us at or

:27:48. > :27:52.several degrees below freezing by the morning, which is a recipe for

:27:53. > :27:58.those icy surfaces. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for ice

:27:59. > :28:04.across parts of the country. Be aware, ice on untreated surfaces,

:28:05. > :28:09.and patchy fog around too. For most of us, it will be a dry start to the

:28:10. > :28:15.day, but still the possibility of some of that training going to parts

:28:16. > :28:21.of south-east and East Anglia. Eventually, that goes, and the fog

:28:22. > :28:25.lifts. Northern Ireland turning wet and windy throughout the afternoon.

:28:26. > :28:30.A lot of rain in western areas before the day is done. It is a

:28:31. > :28:35.fairly chilly area. This weather system bumps into that cold air

:28:36. > :28:41.tomorrow evening. North-west, we will see a spell of accumulating

:28:42. > :28:44.snow. Milder air moves in tomorrow night, and thankfully, not too much

:28:45. > :28:50.rain across southern England. But don't drop your guard as there could

:28:51. > :28:55.be more rain on Wednesday spreading east, with brighter skies following

:28:56. > :29:03.on behind. Thursday and Friday, low pressure close by, which means

:29:04. > :29:05.showers in the west and south. That's all from the BBC's News at

:29:06. > :29:06.Six.