:00:09. > :00:13.for over a month. He spoke to residents still affected by the
:00:14. > :00:19.floods, and told them it was a tragedy nothing has been done for so
:00:20. > :00:24.long. Have the Environment Agency done enough, sir? I couldn't
:00:25. > :00:28.possibly comment. There's more stormy weather on the way. We'll
:00:29. > :00:34.have the details. Also tonight: The BP boss says Scottish independence
:00:35. > :00:37.would add to the company's costs. He's the most senior business figure
:00:38. > :00:41.to intervene in the debate. My personal view is, that Great Britain
:00:42. > :00:49.is great and it ought to stay together, in my view. More fracking
:00:50. > :00:53.sites to be exsplord in Lancashire. The company says it will consult
:00:54. > :00:57.local residents about the controversial technique. Is 10 years
:00:58. > :01:02.old. It's changed the way we keep in touch, but will it still be around
:01:03. > :01:11.in another 10 years? The daredevil Devon man who may have surfed his
:01:12. > :01:14.way into the record books. Tonight, on BBC London. Bob and Boris finally
:01:15. > :01:18.talk, but only on the radio. And, with no compromise, tonight's strike
:01:19. > :01:19.is on. Police release CCTV of a suspected murderer who they fear
:01:20. > :01:42.could kill again. Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:43. > :01:45.News at Six. Prince Charles has been to flood-hit areas of Somerset andle
:01:46. > :01:51.told residents it was a "tragedy" nothing had beenle done for so long.
:01:52. > :01:56.Some villages have been cut off for more than a month. One of the
:01:57. > :02:01.Prince's charities is donating ?50,000 to help victims. Government
:02:02. > :02:05.has announced an extra ?300,000 of emergency funding. Theles Somerset
:02:06. > :02:12.Levels have seen some of the worst flooding in recent weeks. Kitama
:02:13. > :02:18.Cahill-Jackson is in Langport. Jon. Prince Charles timed his visit
:02:19. > :02:22.right, no sooner had he left the sky turned black. The wind is chipping
:02:23. > :02:26.up once again he was keen as he waded through the floodwater to
:02:27. > :02:30.avoid wading into any political row about how this crisis on the
:02:31. > :02:34.Somerset Levels has been handled. Some comments he made, that were
:02:35. > :02:39.recorded by our cameras, are being interpreted tonight as some kind of
:02:40. > :02:44.criticism. He came from the mainland to see the flooding for himself.
:02:45. > :02:47.There was no getting away from the politics.
:02:48. > :02:54.REPORTER: Have the Environment Agency done enough, sir? You might
:02:55. > :02:59.very well think so. I couldn't possibly comment. Five weeks after
:03:00. > :03:02.the village of Muchelney became an island, Prince Charles was here to
:03:03. > :03:05.meet those who had been cut off. In a community that feels let down by
:03:06. > :03:11.the authorities, they were glad to see him. It's really great. Morale
:03:12. > :03:16.boost to all of us. We've had enough of all this water. To have him here,
:03:17. > :03:21.with that presence, just adds that little bit of extra weight. Was no
:03:22. > :03:27.ordinary Royal visit. Today his carriage was a tractor. His throne,
:03:28. > :03:32.a park bench strapped on the back. As he was driven past miles of
:03:33. > :03:37.saturated farmland, the Prince appeared to be shocked by the scale
:03:38. > :03:42.of the flooding. Meeting local people in a nearby village hall, the
:03:43. > :03:45.Prince appeared to criticise the way flooding on the Somerset Levels has
:03:46. > :04:03.been handled. Prince Charles was shown around the
:04:04. > :04:06.Curtis' families farmhouse. Abandoned at Christmas, likely to
:04:07. > :04:15.stay that. For a community that that has been struggling, today was a
:04:16. > :04:19.Welcome Break. Can you do hi, fives? It's exciting, as a community. The
:04:20. > :04:22.circumstances of his visit are not exciting and it's... There is a
:04:23. > :04:28.serious side to what has been happening today. His visit, it was
:04:29. > :04:32.announced that the Prince's Countryside Fund was giving ?50,000
:04:33. > :04:37.to help struggling families and businesses on the Somerset Levels.
:04:38. > :04:43.With that, he left Muchelney by boat, no Royal limousine could get
:04:44. > :04:48.through this. Prince Charles came here today, not just as a royal
:04:49. > :04:52.visitor, also as a west country farmer and landlord himself. What do
:04:53. > :04:57.you think of what you've seen today? I feel sorry for all those people
:04:58. > :05:01.affected by the flooding. Their royal visit over, for the people of
:05:02. > :05:09.Muchelney it was time to get back to work. There is a lot of it to be
:05:10. > :05:12.done. Nice and sunny and still there, but the weather has changed
:05:13. > :05:17.dramatically just in the last couple of hours. Winds of 70mph coming into
:05:18. > :05:25.the South West of England tonight. Up to 30mm, more rain, some enormous
:05:26. > :05:30.waves expected another twist in this ongoing, relentless story of this
:05:31. > :05:35.wild, British winter 2014, George. Jon, thank you very much. The boss
:05:36. > :05:38.at BP has become the most senior business figure yet to intervene in
:05:39. > :05:42.the debate about Scottish independence. Speaking to the BBC
:05:43. > :05:47.News, Bob Dudley said there were big uncertainties for BP, including a
:05:48. > :05:51.question mark over which currency an independent Scotland might adopt. BP
:05:52. > :05:56.is a major investor in the country, and the gas and oil industry is
:05:57. > :06:01.worth ?22 billion to the Scottish economy. Mr Dudley's comments have
:06:02. > :06:04.been dismissed by pro-independence campaigners who say there are other
:06:05. > :06:08.energy firms who do not take the same view. Our Scotland
:06:09. > :06:15.correspondent, James Cook, reports from Aberdeen. North Sea oil lies at
:06:16. > :06:19.the heart of Scotland's economy, supporting some 200,000 jobs here.
:06:20. > :06:24.For decades, BP has been at the heart of this industry. What does
:06:25. > :06:28.the American boss of this famous British firm make of the prospect of
:06:29. > :06:32.Scottish independence? There's much debate about the currency. What
:06:33. > :06:36.would happen with the currency and, of course, whether connections with
:06:37. > :06:41.Europe or not. These are quite big uncertainties for us. At the moment,
:06:42. > :06:45.we're continuing to invest at the pace because these projects are
:06:46. > :06:51.underway. It's a question mark. I think all businesses have a concern.
:06:52. > :06:57.My personal, my personal view is, Great Britain is great and it ought
:06:58. > :07:01.to stay together. But here in Aberdeen, the UK's oil capital,
:07:02. > :07:05.there's little sign of uncertainty, smart new office blocks are
:07:06. > :07:10.springing up as cash pours in, not least from BP, which is investing
:07:11. > :07:14.?10 billion in the North Sea over five years. Kenny Anderson's
:07:15. > :07:19.building company is thriving in this boom. He thinks independence would
:07:20. > :07:23.make business even better. When the referendum was first muted, the
:07:24. > :07:28.opponents of independence, the the people seeking the status quo, said
:07:29. > :07:31.investment would stop as a result of just the referendum. The reverse has
:07:32. > :07:36.been the case. Not just in oil and gas, but in all aspects of industry.
:07:37. > :07:40.Here in Aberdeen, Bob Dudley's remarks have caused considerable
:07:41. > :07:44.surprise. Until now, seenor figures in the oil industry, indeed in most
:07:45. > :07:50.industries, have been unwilling to speak out on such a sensitive,
:07:51. > :07:54.political subject. The Cue the politicians. Scotland's First
:07:55. > :07:57.Minister, himself a former oil economist, insist there is snowing
:07:58. > :08:01.to worry about. Obviously Mr Dudley is entitled to his personal opinion.
:08:02. > :08:05.He stressed it was that. The main thing is BP have massive investments
:08:06. > :08:09.planned in Scottish waters. Rightly so, they make lots of money from
:08:10. > :08:13.exploiting the natural resources. We will continue to co-operate. Of
:08:14. > :08:16.course there are many, many chief executives who are firmly in favour
:08:17. > :08:20.of Scottish independence. Campaigners against independence
:08:21. > :08:27.have seized on Bob Dudley's interview with the BBC. That is a
:08:28. > :08:31.further example of the potential economic damage of independence and
:08:32. > :08:37.the cost to the people of Scotland of independence. So the people of
:08:38. > :08:41.Scotland must plough through the rhetoric and decide how to vote.
:08:42. > :08:47.Decision day is now just seven months away and the debate is
:08:48. > :08:51.picking up pace. James Cook, BBC News, Aberdeen. The energy company,
:08:52. > :08:55.Cuadrilla, has announced two new sites in Lancashire where it hopes
:08:56. > :08:57.to explore for shale gas using the controversial fracking technique.
:08:58. > :09:01.It's applying for planning permission to drill near Blackpool
:09:02. > :09:05.and say it is will consult local residents. Our business
:09:06. > :09:11.correspondent, Jon Moylan, has the the details. To some, fracking is
:09:12. > :09:16.dangerous, controversial and could threaten our environment. It led to
:09:17. > :09:21.weeks of protests in west suss suss -- Sussex this summer. To others,
:09:22. > :09:27.the shale rock far beneath this field in Lancashire, could hold the
:09:28. > :09:31.key to our future energy needs which is why Cuadrilla wants to frack
:09:32. > :09:34.here. There is a lot of gas under the ground here. What we haven't
:09:35. > :09:37.answered and what everyone wants to know is how much of that gas will
:09:38. > :09:43.fill out of that ground? How much gas can we use in our homes and
:09:44. > :09:48.heating systems? To do that we need to drill wells, fracture them and
:09:49. > :09:52.test them. Water sand and chemicals are injected at high pressure into
:09:53. > :10:00.shale rock to unlock the gas trapped within. When Cuadrilla did that here
:10:01. > :10:04.three years ago it set off minor earth tremors. Little wonder there
:10:05. > :10:07.was mixed views among local people who only found out about the
:10:08. > :10:11.proposed site this morning. Very frightened. Very nervous. It's
:10:12. > :10:16.needed, but nobody knows exactly what's going to happen. It's new in
:10:17. > :10:20.England. We shouldn't be dredging up the final bits of fossil fuel. We
:10:21. > :10:24.should be genuinely investing in green technology, which is
:10:25. > :10:28.sustainable. It's a greenfield today, if there is a fracking
:10:29. > :10:31.revolution coming, this site, and another one five miles away, maybe
:10:32. > :10:35.about to play a really important role. Yes, they could become the
:10:36. > :10:38.focus for protesters, they could also provide us with the vital
:10:39. > :10:44.energy that we will need for decades to come. The two new sites are at
:10:45. > :10:48.Roseacre and Little Plumpton in Lancashire. They are not far from
:10:49. > :10:57.the first we will drilled by Cuadrilla back in 2010. A rival
:10:58. > :11:08.firm, igas is drilling for shale gas near mast Manchester. There are 10
:11:09. > :11:13.more sites, four in North Yorkshire, three Lincolnshire and three in West
:11:14. > :11:19.Sussex. Experts say the industry is still finding its feet. It's in its
:11:20. > :11:22.infancy. It could develop, it developed quickly in the US. It
:11:23. > :11:26.depends on regulation. It depends on other things. It could play a major
:11:27. > :11:31.part. We will need international, energy. It probably will be gas.
:11:32. > :11:37.Cuadrilla says communities near its sites could receive up to ?400,000.
:11:38. > :11:41.It now needs to win hearts and minds and get the required regulatory
:11:42. > :11:48.approvals before it commences fracking early next year. A couple
:11:49. > :11:54.whole trafficked a 10-year-old girl to the UK and held her as a servant
:11:55. > :11:59.for almost a decade have had their sentences increased by the Court of
:12:00. > :12:03.Appeal. Ilyas Ashar who repeatedly raped the girl at his home in
:12:04. > :12:09.Salford had his sentence extended from 13 to 15 years. Hiss
:12:10. > :12:13.69-year-old woil, Tallat had an additional 12 months added to her
:12:14. > :12:19.six years jail term. The victim, now in her 20's was found in a cellar in
:12:20. > :12:22.2009. The girlfriend of a soiled soldier accused of raping a royal
:12:23. > :12:33.military police officer has who was found hanged two years later has
:12:34. > :12:39.denied. Corporal Ellementel was found dead at her Bulford barracks
:12:40. > :12:45.in Willshire in October 2011. Her sister told the ongoing inquest into
:12:46. > :12:48.her death that she had been "absolutely devastated" by the
:12:49. > :12:55.decision not to prosecute the two soldiers who she claimed had raped
:12:56. > :12:59.her. The Foreign Secretary has confirmed that Britain did advise
:13:00. > :13:03.the Indian government on the 1984 storming of the Sikh Golden Temple
:13:04. > :13:06.in Amritsar. The military operation sent shockwaves through Sikh
:13:07. > :13:11.communities around the world, including Britain. William Hague
:13:12. > :13:18.told MPs Britain's assistance was "purely advisory" but Sikh leaders
:13:19. > :13:20.say his can comments were smug and descending our political
:13:21. > :13:23.correspondent, Vicki Young. The storming of had shrine unleashed a
:13:24. > :13:27.wave of violence which claimed thousands of lives. When
:13:28. > :13:31.declassified documents revealed that Britain gave advice to the Indian
:13:32. > :13:35.government ahead of this deadly attack, Sikhs here spoke of a sense
:13:36. > :13:39.of betrayal. Today the Foreign Secretary outlined the conclusions
:13:40. > :13:43.of an inquiry by the country's most senior civil servant. The Cabinet
:13:44. > :13:48.secretary's report finds that the nature of the UK's assistance was
:13:49. > :13:52.purely advisory, limited and provided to the Indian government at
:13:53. > :13:56.an early stage it had limited impact on the tragic events that unfoldled
:13:57. > :14:00.at the temple three months later. Today's report found that the UK
:14:01. > :14:05.Government did send one military officer to India for a few days. He
:14:06. > :14:08.advised that action by Indian troops should be as a last resort when all
:14:09. > :14:14.other courses of negotiation had failed. The report found no evidence
:14:15. > :14:17.that any other UK military assistance was given. For the
:14:18. > :14:20.hundreds of thousands of Sikhs living in this country, the
:14:21. > :14:24.suggestion that Britain was involved in events at Amritsar is deeply
:14:25. > :14:28.upsetting. Some of the them have told ministers here at the Foreign
:14:29. > :14:34.Office today that only a public inquiry will convince them that the
:14:35. > :14:39.whole truth has been told. I found that statement smug and condescend,
:14:40. > :14:44.not addressing any of the real issues that Sikhs are concerned
:14:45. > :14:48.about. We were asked for disclose sure from day one and full
:14:49. > :14:52.transparency. We would like all documents and all facts in relation
:14:53. > :14:55.to UK involvement in India and these issues to be put on the table.
:14:56. > :15:00.Insist today's report, which looked at more than 20,000 documents, was
:15:01. > :15:04.rigorous and thorough. So far, it's done little to quell the anger over
:15:05. > :15:14.such a controversial episode in Indian history.
:15:15. > :15:21.our top story this evening: Prince Charles has visited areas of
:15:22. > :15:26.Somerset flooded for over a month and said it was a tragedy that
:15:27. > :15:31.nothing had happened for so long. Still to come, the toll on our
:15:32. > :15:35.roads. Some may close one councils if they are too costly to maintain.
:15:36. > :15:38.Later on BBC London: Tube workers begin their strike tonight. We will
:15:39. > :15:42.have the information you need to keep you moving over the next two
:15:43. > :15:45.days. And vowing to keep a monthly vigil. Friends of a man who died in
:15:46. > :15:55.police custody say they are determined to find answers.
:15:56. > :16:03.From a college project to a global phenomenon, Facebook is ten years
:16:04. > :16:08.old today. It is the world's biggest social network with 1.2 billion
:16:09. > :16:16.users and that is what makes it so valuable. It is worth an estimated
:16:17. > :16:21.?92 billion, $150 billion. But it has faced criticism for breaches of
:16:22. > :16:28.its members' privacy. The date it confirmed it handed over information
:16:29. > :16:33.on up to 6000 users to the US security services. Rory Cellan-Jones
:16:34. > :16:36.reports. Facebook is celebrating an
:16:37. > :16:41.extraordinary decade which has seen it transformed the way we
:16:42. > :16:46.communicate. Here is a question for its founder Mark Zuckerberg. Has it
:16:47. > :16:51.changed our lives for the better? Jennifer was one of the first people
:16:52. > :17:00.in the UK to sign up. She joined while a student in Cambridge in
:17:01. > :17:04.2005. What is that? Our first few photos. She is still quite
:17:05. > :17:09.enthusiastic about Facebook having watched it spread in all
:17:10. > :17:14.directions. When we first came onto Facebook it was just orcs read and
:17:15. > :17:20.Cambridge and now my mum and my dad are on there and I discovered my dad
:17:21. > :17:28.had a moustache in November through Facebook. When Facebook was born,
:17:29. > :17:34.the social network scene was crowded. But they soon faded into
:17:35. > :17:38.obscurity, leaving Facebook as the undisputed champion earning huge
:17:39. > :17:43.sums from advertising tailored to each user. But now it faces fresh
:17:44. > :17:47.challenges, new mobile apps are proving attractive to teenage
:17:48. > :17:52.users. A huge proportion of young people
:17:53. > :18:00.still use Facebook, but for some there in enthusiasm is waning. It is
:18:01. > :18:05.kind of like old. I organised a lot of stuff to it and I play a lot of
:18:06. > :18:14.sport through it. I would say it is really cool. It is becoming less
:18:15. > :18:21.cool because people move to Twitter. Victoria is an academic and
:18:22. > :18:28.an infrequent user. When did you join? In 2008. Her research suggests
:18:29. > :18:33.the way we communicate through it may not be positive. Sometimes the
:18:34. > :18:39.way teenagers may take an argument and put it online and their
:18:40. > :18:44.friendship circle are a part of that argument and it is public and it
:18:45. > :18:52.will be there forever. Still, it's huge and growing audience will mean
:18:53. > :18:57.it will get wealthier. The key is to keep the users so that the older
:18:58. > :19:00.users do not move elsewhere. The Mayor of London says the next Tory
:19:01. > :19:06.manifesto may contain a pledge to change the law to make strikes on
:19:07. > :19:08.central public services harder to call.
:19:09. > :19:13.Boris Johnson's comments come as millions of commuters prepared to
:19:14. > :19:18.try to get to work tomorrow with most of London Underground affected
:19:19. > :19:23.by industrial action. The RMT leader Bob Crow insists the strike is
:19:24. > :19:29.justified because of a threat to jobs. Our political editor Nick
:19:30. > :19:35.Robinson is at Westminster. Is Boris Johnson flying a kite or could this
:19:36. > :19:44.become party policy? It certainly could. For millions tomorrow it
:19:45. > :19:48.might seem a little bit irrelevant for those who do not work in the
:19:49. > :19:52.capital. But the Mayor made it pretty clear he has been speaking to
:19:53. > :19:57.the Prime Minister and tomorrow's strike may well in the future change
:19:58. > :20:04.policy, not just about workers on the London underground, but workers
:20:05. > :20:09.all over the UK. We could have a small change to the law that
:20:10. > :20:14.essential, vital public services, such as mass transit, that you had
:20:15. > :20:18.to exceed a certain threshold in the ballot before you could take people
:20:19. > :20:26.out on strike. I am encouraged by some of the things I am hearing from
:20:27. > :20:30.number ten. That idea of a legal requirement for more than half the
:20:31. > :20:33.workers to back a strike is just one proposal. They are also looking at
:20:34. > :20:58.minimum service agreements that could limit the right to strike, and
:20:59. > :21:00.are also looking at tightening up the law on strike ballots. The
:21:01. > :21:03.Tories say they cannot do anything in coalition. The Lib Dems along
:21:04. > :21:04.with Labour say Boris Johnson should concentrate on getting into
:21:05. > :21:06.negotiations with Bob Crow and dealing with these current strikes,
:21:07. > :21:09.instead of worrying about future changes to the law. Ed Miliband has
:21:10. > :21:12.won the support of Labour's ruling National Executive to overhaul his
:21:13. > :21:15.party's links with trade unions. The reform would mean future leaders
:21:16. > :21:19.would be chosen under a one member, one vote system, although the unions
:21:20. > :21:21.will still have a big say in party decision-making. The decision needs
:21:22. > :21:25.final approval at a special Conference next month. Mr Miliband
:21:26. > :21:29.said the move marks progress. It has taken a lot of progress of
:21:30. > :21:35.discussion and debate to get to the step where we are today. I think it
:21:36. > :21:40.is a sign that this is a Labour Party which is willing to change,
:21:41. > :21:44.which has the courage to change, because it knows that if we are to
:21:45. > :21:49.properly govern this country, we have to represent people from all
:21:50. > :21:52.walks of life and move with the times. Councils in England are
:21:53. > :21:55.warning that parts of the road network could become so unsafe they
:21:56. > :21:57.need to be shut completely. Local authorities say years of
:21:58. > :22:00.underfunding have been followed by several extremely cold or wet
:22:01. > :22:03.winters. Figures show the amount of council funding on road maintenance
:22:04. > :22:09.has fallen from ?3.1 billion in 2009-10 to ?1.4 billion last year.
:22:10. > :22:11.Councils say that has left many rural roads dilapidated with
:22:12. > :22:13.dangerous potholes though the government says billions of pounds
:22:14. > :22:15.of investment is being made available. Our local government
:22:16. > :22:33.correspondent Mike Sergeant has been to Cornwall to investigate.
:22:34. > :22:38.How much more can some of our country roads take? Soaked by
:22:39. > :22:44.relentless rain, battered by storms. In places now scarred by
:22:45. > :22:48.potholes and mud churned verges. Matthew Rowe's dairy farm has a
:22:49. > :22:53.small lane running right through it, but this vital link for getting
:22:54. > :22:58.produce in and out has been deteriorating. We have not seen any
:22:59. > :23:05.investment. We saw somebody come around with tarmac and they drove
:23:06. > :23:11.over them. That is budgeted up to keep us happy, but it is not
:23:12. > :23:16.acceptable. The storms and floods did dramatic damage. The water came
:23:17. > :23:21.up from the Valley undermining and cracking this whole section. But the
:23:22. > :23:26.extreme weather also longer term problems. A lack of investment in
:23:27. > :23:31.the rural road network over many years. The government says billions
:23:32. > :23:34.are being invested in road maintenance with extra help for
:23:35. > :23:40.councils most affected by the storms. But Cornwall is one of many
:23:41. > :23:44.authorities saying the money is not enough. We are squeezed in terms of
:23:45. > :23:49.council tax, government grant and the income we can make. We are
:23:50. > :23:54.having to consider withdrawing maintenance from the rural road
:23:55. > :23:58.network. Does that mean councils will completely abandoned some
:23:59. > :24:04.roads? Repair teams say they cannot continue patching up pot holes and
:24:05. > :24:08.cracks forever and will be forced to take strategic decisions about which
:24:09. > :24:12.roads can be maintained properly. That is worrying for Cornish
:24:13. > :24:18.businesses that depend on tourism in this remote and beta cool location.
:24:19. > :24:23.The recent tidal surge dumped tonnes of sand on this beach-side cafe. A
:24:24. > :24:29.previous storm nearly destroyed the main route customers used to get
:24:30. > :24:33.here. Driving down that road and looking down a precipice dropping
:24:34. > :24:37.down to the river is not encouraging and it puts some customers. Some
:24:38. > :24:43.have said they are sorry but they do not want to come down that road.
:24:44. > :24:48.Ministers say local authorities have to take responsibility for their
:24:49. > :24:57.roads, ensuring they have long-term maintenance plans and contingencies
:24:58. > :25:00.for more severe weather. The councils say without more funding
:25:01. > :25:03.large sections of Britain's rural road network could become too
:25:04. > :25:06.dangerous to use. M Sargent, BBC News, Cornwall.
:25:07. > :25:12.A plumber from Devon is waiting to hear if he has managed to set a new
:25:13. > :25:18.world record for surfing the biggest wave. Andrew Cotton says he wrote
:25:19. > :25:21.the 80 foot wave following a storm of the Portuguese coast, an
:25:22. > :25:25.experience he described as intimidating, bumpy and far from
:25:26. > :25:30.perfect. Watch closely, this is Andrew Cotton
:25:31. > :25:35.harnessing a monster wave that could be the biggest ever ridden. He held
:25:36. > :25:40.his position for ten seconds in an attempt to enter the record books. I
:25:41. > :25:45.am very focused what I want to do and where I want to be and I want to
:25:46. > :25:54.surf the wave and not hurtle down it like out of control. A four hour
:25:55. > :26:01.session and we only caught one wave each, which is not ideal, but that
:26:02. > :26:07.is how it is. See it again and the size of the wave hits you. Andrew
:26:08. > :26:12.rides at 80 feet, higher than the Angel of the North and nearly half
:26:13. > :26:18.the height of Nelson's column. The current record of 78 feet is held by
:26:19. > :26:25.Gareth McNamara, seen here off the coast of Ireland with Andrew last
:26:26. > :26:31.year. The mission is to serve the biggest wave in the world. No doubt
:26:32. > :26:39.when the summer comes I will be back on the beach lifeguarding and back
:26:40. > :26:44.on the building site! At Atlantic storms and the unique geography of
:26:45. > :26:49.the coastline in this part of Portugal have produced gargantuan
:26:50. > :26:52.waves. Surfing judges will now watch this footage and decide whether
:26:53. > :26:58.Andrew Cotton has set a new world record or not. What a brave man. Now
:26:59. > :27:11.it is time to look at the weather. We are going to get stormy
:27:12. > :27:16.conditions for all of us over the next 24 hours and there could be
:27:17. > :27:21.further coastal flooding. It has been stormy in the South West so
:27:22. > :27:28.far. Winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour and it sweeps from the south
:27:29. > :27:32.west to the North East overnight. Tomorrow morning the strongest winds
:27:33. > :27:39.are back. Potentially 80 miles an hour. With some of the sea defences
:27:40. > :27:43.damaged this is where we could see some further coastal flooding. More
:27:44. > :27:49.rain is going to add to the risk of further inland flooding. The North
:27:50. > :27:57.West of Scotland starts the day with dry and bright weather, but it will
:27:58. > :28:02.not last. The North East of Scotland has rain and snow on the Grampians.
:28:03. > :28:09.The winds strengthen across the country, and those damaging gusts of
:28:10. > :28:13.wind continue around the post. Lots of showers which will come thick and
:28:14. > :28:19.fast. It will feel much cooler than that given the strength of the wind
:28:20. > :28:27.and the outbreaks of rain. It will continue as we go into tomorrow
:28:28. > :28:33.evening's rush hour. Some bridges will see restrictions, as will
:28:34. > :28:38.coastal roads. The winds whip up some rather large waves. On Thursday
:28:39. > :28:42.it looks quiet to begin with, but after some sunshine to start there
:28:43. > :28:46.is more persistent rain pushing in from the South West and it will last
:28:47. > :28:52.into Friday morning and enhance the risk of flooding. That is all from
:28:53. > :28:53.us, so