:00:13. > :00:15.need to be evacuated, as the flood waters continue to rise. Angry
:00:16. > :00:23.villagers confront the head of the Environment Agency and demand that
:00:24. > :00:29.he quit. Without a doubt, I am not the only one who would like him to
:00:30. > :00:31.resign. I have no intention of doing so because there is important work
:00:32. > :00:34.to be done. And more bad weather is expected
:00:35. > :00:37.tonight on what's being called a conveyor belt of storms.
:00:38. > :00:40.Also on the programme: The Prime Minister says the UK would be deeply
:00:41. > :00:46.diminished if Scotland votes for independence.
:00:47. > :00:48.I love this country. I love the United Kingdom and all it stands
:00:49. > :00:50.for, and I will fight with everything I have to keep us
:00:51. > :00:55.together. The most expensive Winter Olympics
:00:56. > :00:56.ever gets underway in Sochi. And human footprints uncovered in
:00:57. > :01:06.Norfolk, 800,000 years old. Residents in the Thames Valley are
:01:07. > :01:09.told water levels will continue to rise.
:01:10. > :01:11.And next week's Tube strike is set to go ahead after talks fail to
:01:12. > :01:35.reach an agreement. Good evening and welcome to the BBC
:01:36. > :01:37.News at Six. The unprecedented levels of rainfall
:01:38. > :01:42.have brought flooding across the south of the UK but Somerset still
:01:43. > :01:45.has the worst of it. There were chaotic and angry scenes when the
:01:46. > :01:47.head of the Environment Agency made his first visit there since the
:01:48. > :01:52.crisis began. Lord Chris Smith refused calls to resign and insisted
:01:53. > :01:58.he was proud of the agency's work. Then, hot on his heels, the Prime
:01:59. > :02:01.Minister visited the area too. Tonight there are more severe
:02:02. > :02:03.weather warnings in place for southern England, the Midlands and
:02:04. > :02:09.South Wales. Jon Kay is in Burrowbridge on the Somerset Levels.
:02:10. > :02:13.Yes, these are normally quiet villagers have had an extraordinary
:02:14. > :02:18.few get -- days. In the space of four days, they have been visited by
:02:19. > :02:20.the Prince of Wales, the Prime Minister, the head of the
:02:21. > :02:24.Environment Agency, and the Marines, who are now doing a job on the
:02:25. > :02:29.ground. That shows how seriously this crisis is being taken. But
:02:30. > :02:33.people round here say if it had been taken more seriously sooner much of
:02:34. > :02:40.the worst of this might have been avoided. The focus today has been on
:02:41. > :02:42.one community called Moorland. The people of Moorland tried to defend
:02:43. > :02:49.themselves, but they have been beaten. Villagers who were told to
:02:50. > :02:57.evacuate their homes will now return to waterlogged properties. Thank
:02:58. > :03:04.you. It is the call she has been dreading. Bryony's house is among
:03:05. > :03:10.those that have gone under. She and her family had to leave last night
:03:11. > :03:28.as the water rose. It is in the house. I would have done anything to
:03:29. > :03:33.have saved my home. What do you do? This afternoon, the Prime Minister
:03:34. > :03:37.came to see things for himself, to see the defences that have failed,
:03:38. > :03:39.the pumps that did not do enough, and the families who believe they
:03:40. > :03:46.have been let down by the outside world. The resources are there, the
:03:47. > :03:49.money is there, councils will get the money from central government,
:03:50. > :03:53.the military are on stand-by to help where they can. We will go as fast
:03:54. > :03:57.as we can but it will take some time to get right. We are facing
:03:58. > :04:03.extraordinary weather events, both from the coast and in terms of
:04:04. > :04:06.quantity of rain. It emerged today that Mr Cameron had been called by
:04:07. > :04:10.Prince Charles earlier this week, after the air to the throne paid his
:04:11. > :04:17.own visit here. Another high-profile visitor today, Lord Chris Smith,
:04:18. > :04:22.chairman of the Environment Agency, the body many here blame for causing
:04:23. > :04:27.this crisis by not dredging the rivers. Our house is going under. I
:04:28. > :04:33.am one of the last ones. Moorland has gone. It is nice to see you have
:04:34. > :04:37.actually got a pair of wellies on. Lord Smith agreed to meet a handful
:04:38. > :04:43.of local people behind closed doors. Bryony was among them. What is going
:04:44. > :04:49.through your mind? Lets see what happens. They talked for over an
:04:50. > :04:52.hour in what appeared to be a tense meeting. Lord Smith told them he had
:04:53. > :04:57.no intention of resigning but afterwards he revealed that dredging
:04:58. > :05:01.would begin shortly. These people have told you they feel let down by
:05:02. > :05:06.you. Do you agree that you have let them down, not just recently but
:05:07. > :05:12.over years? I can understand the distress and concern that local
:05:13. > :05:17.people have. The sort of weather we have been seeing over the last two
:05:18. > :05:21.months has thrown more water at the Somerset Levels than it has ever
:05:22. > :05:26.experienced before. So, after lunch with the man at the top, was Bryony
:05:27. > :05:30.satisfied? If they are going to dredge, we can go home and read all
:05:31. > :05:38.our lives and there is a fight worth fighting. Are you more confident?
:05:39. > :05:42.Yes. Tonight, she was at least reunited with her horse, who she
:05:43. > :05:49.thought had drowned, back together, but miles from home. Actually, as
:05:50. > :05:53.the crow flies, they are only about three miles away in temporary
:05:54. > :05:57.accommodation, but because so many of the roads are flooded, they have
:05:58. > :06:01.to drive the best part of one hour, all around the Somerset Levels, to
:06:02. > :06:04.get to the place where they are now staying, from where they normally
:06:05. > :06:08.live. That is the kind of challenge people around here are facing, and
:06:09. > :06:12.there is more bad weather coming tonight and through the weekend. One
:06:13. > :06:16.of these days I will stand here and tell you we are almost out of it,
:06:17. > :06:20.but no time soon. It's not just Somerset that's
:06:21. > :06:23.suffering from the floods. Great swathes of the south of the UK have
:06:24. > :06:26.been affected, from Cornwall to Kent, and with more heavy rainfall
:06:27. > :06:29.forecast in southern England and Wales, the Environment Agency is
:06:30. > :06:30.warning of more flooding misery to come. Our Science Editor, David
:06:31. > :06:43.Shukman, reports. For mile after mile after mile, the
:06:44. > :06:49.endless vistas of flooding that have transformed so much of Britain this
:06:50. > :06:54.winter. Between Bristol and Exeter today, a train forced to a halt,
:06:55. > :06:58.stranded amid a vast and spectacular ocean covering the fields, just one
:06:59. > :07:08.of countless examples of what extreme weather can mean for us. For
:07:09. > :07:13.the second time in a week, the village of Bridge in Kent has been
:07:14. > :07:17.flooded. There has been so much rain that water is now bubbling up
:07:18. > :07:23.through the ground. But unlike in Somerset, people here do not think
:07:24. > :07:27.anyone is to blame. The real worry is the water coming up from ground
:07:28. > :07:33.water through the flooring. So there is not a lot we can do with that, I
:07:34. > :07:37.am afraid. People keep coming round, but there is no use pumping it now
:07:38. > :07:43.because as soon as they pump it, it keeps coming up through the floors.
:07:44. > :07:46.In Surrey this afternoon, we found water suddenly spilling over the
:07:47. > :07:52.roads. The River Thames is rising again. You might expect this kind of
:07:53. > :07:57.thing every few years, but not nearly as often as we are seeing
:07:58. > :08:01.now. This lane has become something of a river. There are scenes like
:08:02. > :08:06.this up and down the country and the real challenge is the scale of what
:08:07. > :08:10.is happening. And it is going on on multiple fronts. There is flooding
:08:11. > :08:14.from swollen rivers, from intense rain and from the sea. And the real
:08:15. > :08:19.difficulty is that it has just been going on for so long. Two months so
:08:20. > :08:24.far, and the worst thing is that it is not over yet. Again this
:08:25. > :08:27.afternoon, the Environment Agency flood map was crammed with
:08:28. > :08:33.warnings, including two severe ones that mean life is at risk. The last
:08:34. > :08:38.two months have seen over 5000 homes flooded, but across the country,
:08:39. > :08:43.well over a million homes have been protected. Many defences have
:08:44. > :08:48.worked. If we look at the aftermath and start to learn the lessons, one
:08:49. > :08:51.question to ask is, how many homes would have been flooded, properties
:08:52. > :08:57.affected, if there had not been the work that has been done over the
:08:58. > :09:04.past five or six years. And effort to save a village in Oxfordshire.
:09:05. > :09:07.More storms are forecast. The country faces difficult choices for
:09:08. > :09:11.the future, about where to defend and how best to do it.
:09:12. > :09:15.For all the latest on the weather, you can visit our website. It has
:09:16. > :09:22.live updates on the situation across the country and you can find out
:09:23. > :09:25.information for your local area. David Cameron has said he fears the
:09:26. > :09:27.UK would end up "deeply diminished" if people in Scotland voted for
:09:28. > :09:32.independence in September's referendum. He said people living in
:09:33. > :09:34.the rest of the UK should call on friends and family in Scotland to
:09:35. > :09:37.reject independence. The Confederation of British Industry
:09:38. > :09:40.has echoed his view that the UK is stronger together. But Scotland's
:09:41. > :09:44.First Minister, Alex Salmond, said Mr Cameron should debate the issue
:09:45. > :09:47.with him instead of, as he put it, delivering a "sermon from Mount
:09:48. > :09:56.Olympus". Our Political Editor, Nick Robinson, reports.
:09:57. > :10:00.Summoning up the spirit of the Olympics, David Cameron is calling
:10:01. > :10:10.on Britain's quiet patriots to save Team GB. Two summers ago, a Scot,
:10:11. > :10:15.Sir Chris Hoy, became Britain's greatest ever Olympian. The Prime
:10:16. > :10:19.Minister celebrated at London's velodrome that night. Today, he
:10:20. > :10:27.returned there to issue a warning about what might happen in seven
:10:28. > :10:31.months. If we lost Scotland, if the UK changed, we would rip the rug
:10:32. > :10:35.from our own reputation. There are 63 million of us who could wake up
:10:36. > :10:41.on September the 19th in a different country, with a different future
:10:42. > :10:44.ahead of it. This plea to keep Scotland in the UK was delivered
:10:45. > :10:48.from England. David Cameron called on those who thought they were mere
:10:49. > :10:56.spectators, who don't have a vote, to join him in the cause. Frankly, I
:10:57. > :10:59.care too much to stay out of it. This is personal. This is our home,
:11:00. > :11:05.and I could not bear to see a torn apart. Scotland's destination, he
:11:06. > :11:11.said, was a decision only for the people living there, but he wanted
:11:12. > :11:16.everyone else, including 800,000 Scots who have moved south, to help
:11:17. > :11:20.them make up their minds. You don't have a vote, but you do have a
:11:21. > :11:23.voice. Let the message ring out from Manchester to Motherwell, from
:11:24. > :11:28.Pembrokeshire to Perth, from Belfast to Butte, from us to the people of
:11:29. > :11:35.Scotland, let the message Beavis, we want you to stay. David Cameron came
:11:36. > :11:39.here in order to claim that Team GB represents a share -- a set of
:11:40. > :11:43.shared values, but he knows all too well that Alex Salmond is portraying
:11:44. > :11:53.him as an English Tory lecturing the people of Scotland from along way
:11:54. > :11:56.away. Sir Chris Hoy is now leading celebrations of another games, this
:11:57. > :12:02.summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Scotland's First Minister
:12:03. > :12:08.says Mr Cameron should travel here to debate with him. The Prime
:12:09. > :12:10.Minister of the UK against the First Minister of Scotland. That is the
:12:11. > :12:15.debate that should happen, that people want to see. David Cameron
:12:16. > :12:20.cannot enter into that but not actually have it in a democratic
:12:21. > :12:23.fashion. He wants to pronounce from unhide -- on higher, from the
:12:24. > :12:29.Olympic Stadium in London, instead of having that debate. What if the
:12:30. > :12:34.rest of Britain joins the debate? What will they say? If they feel
:12:35. > :12:39.they can be independent and that is what is most important to them, they
:12:40. > :12:44.should go for it. I would certainly rather Scotland stays as part of the
:12:45. > :12:51.UK. I believe we are stronger together. What difference will it
:12:52. > :12:56.make to me? What made the Olympics special were the crowds who came
:12:57. > :13:06.here. Today, David Cameron seemed to say, if Scotland won't listen to me,
:13:07. > :13:11.maybe they will listen to you. Let's talk to our Scotland
:13:12. > :13:14.correspondent. A plea from David Cameron. Give us a sense of where
:13:15. > :13:21.the different camps stand at present. If you look at the polls,
:13:22. > :13:26.it is always a tricky business interpreting them, but there have
:13:27. > :13:28.been half a dozen since the Scottish Government published its weighty
:13:29. > :13:34.White Paper on independence back in November. And those polls have shown
:13:35. > :13:37.a slight shift, a slight movement in the number of people who say, the
:13:38. > :13:41.proportion of people who say they would vote yes, rather than no,
:13:42. > :13:47.indirect friend which will take place in September. Not one of those
:13:48. > :13:51.polls has suggested a decline. I think that has put wind in the sales
:13:52. > :13:56.of those campaigning for independence. They would argue that
:13:57. > :14:00.today's speech shows jitters and nerves in the Better Together
:14:01. > :14:05.campaign. Alex Salmond has gone so far as to say that the Prime
:14:06. > :14:09.Minister is too scared to enter a debate with him. The Prime Minister
:14:10. > :14:12.says he will be coming to Scotland and number of times between now and
:14:13. > :14:18.September and will make his case for the UK remaining, something he
:14:19. > :14:21.believes passionately in, he will make his case directly to the
:14:22. > :14:26.Scottish people rather than within the confines of a debate with
:14:27. > :14:29.Scotland's First Minister. The country's first Muslim free
:14:30. > :14:33.school is to close its doors to secondary pupils from August, just
:14:34. > :14:35.two years after it opened. A government report criticised the
:14:36. > :14:38.poor quality of teaching at Al-Madinah school in Derby, which
:14:39. > :14:42.had already been forced to review its strict Islamic practices. Staff
:14:43. > :14:47.have promised to help students find places at other local schools ahead
:14:48. > :14:50.of the new academic year. Two brothers have been jailed at
:14:51. > :14:53.Derby Crown Court after admitting trafficking offences. Igor and Marek
:14:54. > :14:56.Marcin recruited vulnerable men from Slovakia and the Czech Republic by
:14:57. > :14:59.promising them well paid work in Derby, but when the victims arrived
:15:00. > :15:02.they were, in the words of the judge "dehumanised", forced to live in
:15:03. > :15:16.squalid, cramped conditions and given just a fraction of their
:15:17. > :15:21.wages. Sian Lloyd reports. Brothers, the judge said they were
:15:22. > :15:24.targeted and cynical in their exploitation of vulnerable men who
:15:25. > :15:30.wanted to come to the UK to do an honest days work. Their wives were
:15:31. > :15:35.part of the plot. They stole earnings from some of the victims.
:15:36. > :15:40.12 men were brought to Derby from Slovakia and the Czech Republic in
:15:41. > :15:46.residential streets, they were hidden from the authorities.
:15:47. > :15:49.Conditions were cramped and basic. The degree of control the
:15:50. > :15:53.traffickers had over their victims has been described by police as
:15:54. > :15:58.truly shocking. When they raided this house, they found men living
:15:59. > :16:01.four to a bedroom. The traffickers were sleeping right next to the
:16:02. > :16:06.front door so that they could monitor everyone who came in and out
:16:07. > :16:12.of the house. One of the men they rescued had been sent out to wash
:16:13. > :16:15.cars. Without protective clothing, the chemicals burnt his skin. He has
:16:16. > :16:27.spoken about his ordeal. TRANSLATION:
:16:28. > :16:36.I was shown some of the evidence in the case. These documents showed
:16:37. > :16:41.?100,000 of false benefits claims. The head of the UK human trafficking
:16:42. > :16:44.unit says every community here is affected. There are people,
:16:45. > :16:51.unfortunately, who will exploit those who want to come to the UK to
:16:52. > :16:57.genuinely work hard and make sufficient money to live in a
:16:58. > :17:02.reasonable way. Again, these crime groups, they are just exploiting
:17:03. > :17:05.people's dreams. Anything you wish to say to the victims? Having been
:17:06. > :17:08.in custody while on remand, the women walked away from court.
:17:09. > :17:16.Between them, they'll husband 's will serve almost 18 years in
:17:17. > :17:22.prison. Our top story: Residents accuse the
:17:23. > :17:26.Environment Agency of letting them down as its head visits the Somerset
:17:27. > :17:29.Levels for the first time since the flooding crisis began. Still to
:17:30. > :17:37.come, exclusive access to a new front line in the fight against
:17:38. > :17:41.terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Later on BBC London: A mother of two
:17:42. > :17:43.is jailed for a glass attack on the daughter of Ground Force star Tommy
:17:44. > :17:46.Walsh. And from trading to training - we
:17:47. > :18:06.meet the former City boy now the manager of Brentford Football Club.
:18:07. > :18:10.The 22nd Winter Olympics are officially underway after an opening
:18:11. > :18:12.ceremony in the Russian resort of Sochi that combined spectacular
:18:13. > :18:14.effects with the usual questionable outfits. They're the most expensive
:18:15. > :18:17.Olympic Games ever. Building the infrastructure from scratch, as well
:18:18. > :18:19.as intensive security measures, is estimated to have cost more than ?30
:18:20. > :18:22.billion. 3,000 athletes from 88 countries are
:18:23. > :18:26.set to take part. Another 700 will compete in the Paralympic Games next
:18:27. > :18:29.month. And the world is watching - some three billion people across the
:18:30. > :18:31.globe are expected to see the Games on television.
:18:32. > :18:39.Our sports editor, David Bond, is in Sochi.
:18:40. > :18:42.Fiona, this is the first time that Russia has staged the Winter
:18:43. > :18:47.Olympics. It is the first time since the summer games in Moscow in 1980
:18:48. > :18:52.that the Olympic movement has been here. It is a big moment for Russia.
:18:53. > :18:58.Guy Demel Putin once the opening ceremony, which are still going on
:18:59. > :19:03.behind me, to send a message to the world. -- Vladimir Putin. After so
:19:04. > :19:08.many years, this was finally Russia's time. In front of 40,000
:19:09. > :19:14.people in the stadium, and opening ceremony designed to wow the world.
:19:15. > :19:20.They called it dreams about Russia, an avant-garde journey through this
:19:21. > :19:27.country's which cultural and political history. Having spent more
:19:28. > :19:31.money on these games than all previous Winter Olympics combined,
:19:32. > :19:35.the pressure was on to hit the right note. But not everything went
:19:36. > :19:48.according to plan. One of the iconic Olympic rings failed to open.
:19:49. > :19:55.Let's hope the Russian president didn't see. That these games are as
:19:56. > :20:00.much about him as they are about modern Russia. It is a showcase for
:20:01. > :20:06.country determined to reclaim its superpower status. As the Russian
:20:07. > :20:11.flag was raised in the Olympics stadium, you couldn't help feeling
:20:12. > :20:16.this was a night for politics as well as sport. But then all games
:20:17. > :20:22.have a broader international significance. When Great Britain's
:20:23. > :20:27.biggest winter teams is 1988 made its entry, it brought back memories
:20:28. > :20:33.of that sum of 2012, when London felt like the centre of the world.
:20:34. > :20:37.Although China's premier turned up, many world leaders come including
:20:38. > :20:41.the American president, have stayed away from these games in protest at
:20:42. > :20:45.Russia's anti-gay laws. It is the sort of destruction which has
:20:46. > :20:51.overshadowed the long build-up to Sochi 2014. Russia's athletes will
:20:52. > :20:57.be hoping they can give this country a reason to forget all the problems.
:20:58. > :21:04.In the next hour or so, the Olympic flame here will be lit and Sochi's
:21:05. > :21:07.games will be officially underway. Even if the rest of tonight's
:21:08. > :21:10.ceremony goes smoothly, there are still plenty of questions for the
:21:11. > :21:15.organisers to answer in the coming days, not just security and gay
:21:16. > :21:22.rights but how will these games feel? What kind of atmosphere will
:21:23. > :21:31.may generate? Will be at -- the Russian athletes deliver? So far, so
:21:32. > :21:34.good, but tonight is just the start. The US is dramatically increasing
:21:35. > :21:37.its military operations in the Horn of Africa to try to tackle violent
:21:38. > :21:40.extremism. America's base in the tiny state of Djibouti is the focus
:21:41. > :21:42.for counter terrorism operations against Al-Shabab in neighbouring
:21:43. > :21:44.Somalia and Al-Qaeda in Southern Yemen, both organisations which have
:21:45. > :21:46.targeted British civilians. Our security correspondent, Frank
:21:47. > :21:58.Gardner, has this exclusive report from Djibouti.
:21:59. > :22:02.In the deserts of Djibouti, the US military is stepping up operations.
:22:03. > :22:06.It is flying long-range missions all over East Africa, determined to
:22:07. > :22:13.counter what it calls the violent extremism. These are special forces
:22:14. > :22:17.rescue paratroopers, trains to receive still commands or others
:22:18. > :22:20.from deep inside Somalia. From its base in Djibouti, America is
:22:21. > :22:28.extending its reach across this region. It is not alone. This is a
:22:29. > :22:37.French helicopter refuelling from a US tank over Djibouti's Essbase. As
:22:38. > :22:41.long Jane -- long-range refuelling is just part of a huge build-up in
:22:42. > :22:48.US and Coalition military operations here in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti
:22:49. > :22:53.is the nerve centre. This former French colony has thrown in its lot
:22:54. > :22:57.with the West. Its Foreign Minister told me that makes it a target for
:22:58. > :23:02.Al-Shabab. He supports controversial US during strikes launched from this
:23:03. > :23:11.country. These people are very dangerous. Whatever it takes, if we
:23:12. > :23:19.can contain them, OK. If we can get rid of them, it is better. We don't
:23:20. > :23:24.have to waste time in asking every time ourselves if we should use
:23:25. > :23:29.drones. The US base here is fallen to over 4000 people. From here,
:23:30. > :23:33.trainers go to African nations, sending soldiers to fight
:23:34. > :23:38.Al-Shabab. It is seen by Washington as the main threat to the region.
:23:39. > :23:42.The reason we are here is to neutralise Al-Shabab in Somalia.
:23:43. > :23:46.That is why I am sitting here, so I can assist the other nations to
:23:47. > :23:52.neutralise Al-Shabab in Somalia so it will not leave Somalia or
:23:53. > :23:59.threaten a US interest for our country, the United States. America
:24:00. > :24:04.certainly has the tools in its armoury. But does it have the
:24:05. > :24:08.patience? 20 years ago, it rushed to leave the region after getting
:24:09. > :24:11.embroiled in Somalia's clan wars. Now it is trying a different
:24:12. > :24:20.approach. Defeating extremism here could still take years.
:24:21. > :24:23.Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of human
:24:24. > :24:26.footprints outside Africa... On the Norfolk Coast. The footprints are
:24:27. > :24:28.more than 800,000 years old and were discovered on the shores of
:24:29. > :24:31.Haseborough, making the ancient Britons who lived there the oldest
:24:32. > :24:33.known human settlers in Northern Europe. Our science correspondent,
:24:34. > :24:37.Pallab Ghosh, reports. Off the coast of North Norfolk,
:24:38. > :24:41.footprints frozen in time. These were made nearly 1 million years
:24:42. > :24:47.ago. Researchers unearthed them to take photographs before they are
:24:48. > :24:53.washed away forever by the sea. Then they record their reactions in this
:24:54. > :25:03.scientific footage. Potentially it is very exciting. This could be the
:25:04. > :25:06.earliest footprint from anywhere outside of Africa. This analysis
:25:07. > :25:11.shows footprints from at least five people, mostly quite small, of
:25:12. > :25:16.children, perhaps. But this one is size eight, of an adult male. The
:25:17. > :25:22.prints have been digitally reconstructed by researchers, and
:25:23. > :25:28.then, using a 3-D printer, they have recreated them so they can study the
:25:29. > :25:32.fine detail stop you can really see the toe prints. Four years ago,
:25:33. > :25:43.these researchers discovered the stone tools. This is what they might
:25:44. > :25:52.have looked like. Various species are thought to have walked along
:25:53. > :25:56.these shores. 800,000 years ago, it was the human predecessor. 500 years
:25:57. > :26:02.ago -- 500,000 years ago, it was an more advanced form. 400,000 years
:26:03. > :26:06.ago, they evolved into Neanderthals, who stayed here until 40,000 years
:26:07. > :26:15.ago, when they were replaced by our species will stop -- our species.
:26:16. > :26:20.They came when there was no see between the UK and the rest of
:26:21. > :26:25.Europe. The coast of Europe is obviously the gateway to the rest of
:26:26. > :26:30.the United Kingdom. As people would have roamed in, this was clearly a
:26:31. > :26:34.path they would have followed. These footprints have rewritten the
:26:35. > :26:37.history of these shores. It is only now that researchers are beginning
:26:38. > :26:45.to realise just how long ago the first humans set foot in Britain.
:26:46. > :26:50.This is the point where we normally take a look at the weather, but I'm
:26:51. > :26:57.not sure we want to. Brace yourselves. Peter, depress us all. I
:26:58. > :27:00.can do that easily. Today the UK was peeping out from
:27:01. > :27:06.behind the cloud, bravely. But now it is closing quickly. Huge arc of
:27:07. > :27:12.cloud the size of Western Europe is heading our way. Yes, it is the next
:27:13. > :27:18.storm that is set to continue for a while yet. The Gaels are picking up.
:27:19. > :27:23.Southerly gusts are battering places like Dawlish again. Three of four
:27:24. > :27:31.hours of rain everywhere through the night. A bit of snow as well in the
:27:32. > :27:37.Highlands. A cold night for northern Scotland. Elsewhere, relatively
:27:38. > :27:43.mild. When he started a weekend. It will be pretty stormy, in fact,
:27:44. > :27:47.especially western areas. The winds will be squeezed into the
:27:48. > :27:53.south-west. Lots of heavy showers feeding in as well. Still falling as
:27:54. > :27:57.snow in the Scottish Highlands. The winds are not quite so strong in
:27:58. > :28:00.Northern Ireland, but lots of blustery showers in northern and
:28:01. > :28:04.western parts of England. Not many showers to the eastern side, but as
:28:05. > :28:10.we head to the south-west and into Wales, battering Gailes and gusts of
:28:11. > :28:14.up to 70 mph here, and big waves crashing onto the shore as well. A
:28:15. > :28:18.dangerous place to be tomorrow. The winds will continue into Sunday.
:28:19. > :28:24.They will slowly abated during the course of the day. He were showers
:28:25. > :28:27.by the end of the day. Temperatures at around six in the north to around
:28:28. > :28:31.eight or nine in the south. I hesitate to show you a charge for
:28:32. > :28:38.the start of next week, but here it is. -- chart. Another deep area of
:28:39. > :28:42.low pressure, so it is more of the same. Whatever way you look at it,
:28:43. > :28:45.it is bad. When is it going to end? Goodbye
:28:46. > :28:46.from