:00:15. > :00:20.after George Osborne said that voting for independence would mean
:00:21. > :00:23.walking away from the pound. To be told there are things that we cannot
:00:24. > :00:29.do will certainly elicit a Scottish response. It is as resolute as it is
:00:30. > :00:38.uncomfortable to the no campaign. Yes, we can. Also tonight, get on
:00:39. > :00:47.with it. David Cameron calls on insurers to help flood victims as
:00:48. > :00:51.soon as is. We need asylum. -- as soon as is. The Ethiopian pilot who
:00:52. > :00:57.hijacked his own plane in order to claim asylum. It is going to be
:00:58. > :01:02.close! And that is it. TeamGB's women's curling team are in the last
:01:03. > :01:06.at Sochi but the men face a play-off tomorrow.
:01:07. > :01:11.We have laptops, tablets and smartphones but nine out of ten
:01:12. > :01:16.still sit back and watch the telly. And coming up on BBC News, Team
:01:17. > :01:18.GB's women's curlers are through to the semifinals but they will have to
:01:19. > :01:47.wait. Good evening and welcome to the News
:01:48. > :01:52.at six. The war of words over the future of Scotland has intensified.
:01:53. > :01:57.The first Minister, Alex Salmond, has hit back to the response of his
:01:58. > :02:00.intervention last week when he said an independent Scotland would not be
:02:01. > :02:04.able to keep to the -- keep the pound. In a speech, he warned that
:02:05. > :02:08.the financial consequences of not sharing the pound could cost
:02:09. > :02:11.businesses and the rest of the UK many hundreds of millions of pounds.
:02:12. > :02:18.Our special correspondent reports from Aberdeen.
:02:19. > :02:22.The counterattack was launched in Aberdeen, where unemployment barely
:02:23. > :02:27.exists and investment is rising and the economy thriving. It is a symbol
:02:28. > :02:35.for the Nationalists of all that an independent Scotland might become.
:02:36. > :02:40.Alex Salmond told an audience of independence pro Asda's leaders that
:02:41. > :02:43.George Osborne had no right to deny Scotland the pound sterling. To be
:02:44. > :02:48.told we have no rights to assets jointly built up is insulting and
:02:49. > :02:51.demeaning. To be told that there are things that we cannot do will elicit
:02:52. > :02:59.a Scottish response that is as resolute as it is uncomfortable. It
:03:00. > :03:01.is, yes, we can. Set that sharing the pound would be good for the rest
:03:02. > :03:08.of the UK as well Scotland, maintaining trade across borders and
:03:09. > :03:11.saving perhaps ?500 million in transactional costs associated with
:03:12. > :03:14.changing currencies. And it would boost to the pound's balance of
:03:15. > :03:17.payments and keeping North Sea oil in the sterling zone.
:03:18. > :03:22.payments and keeping North Sea oil Resolute and pugnacious league, he
:03:23. > :03:24.told me he was sticking to a shared currency even though all three
:03:25. > :03:29.Westminster parties have ruled it out. We're going to have the pound
:03:30. > :03:33.and we will share the pound. That is the best option and that is the one
:03:34. > :03:38.we are putting forward. We will not be knocked around by George Osborne
:03:39. > :03:42.on what is best for Scotland and the UK because he is deploying a
:03:43. > :03:45.campaign tactic. We see through that tactic and we will articulate our
:03:46. > :03:51.positive case and rally the people behind that positivity. Alex
:03:52. > :03:53.Salmond's response is to say that we do not believe you, we do not
:03:54. > :03:57.believe that you will really kicked us out of the shared currency and
:03:58. > :04:02.that he will want to see all of Scotland's oil wealth outside of the
:04:03. > :04:05.sterling zone. In other words, he is asking the people of Scotland to
:04:06. > :04:09.believe that in the event of a yes vote, the Westminster parties Wilson
:04:10. > :04:11.plea change their minds. He was equally dismissive of the president
:04:12. > :04:14.of the European commission who claimed yesterday that Scottish
:04:15. > :04:20.membership of the EU would be difficult if not impossible. He said
:04:21. > :04:23.that failure to recognise Scotland would run counter to the founding
:04:24. > :04:27.democratic ideals of the EU. He has always wanted to turn this into a
:04:28. > :04:31.struggle between himself and David Cameron, whose Conservative Party
:04:32. > :04:34.remains deeply unpopular in Scotland. The UK government's Matic
:04:35. > :04:39.intervention last week in effect have done that -- has done that for
:04:40. > :04:44.him. Alex Salmond is now a man without a plan. He told us that he
:04:45. > :04:48.wanted to have a currency union and that now looks under threat. He has
:04:49. > :04:52.told us that he wanted Scotland as part of the European Union and that
:04:53. > :04:58.is under threat. And he is making, I think, and empty and angry speech
:04:59. > :05:01.today, but he does not have a plan. I think people will see that he does
:05:02. > :05:05.not have a plan. Alex Salmond has chosen a tricky course to steer. To
:05:06. > :05:08.persuade the Scottish people that if they vote yes, the Westminster
:05:09. > :05:12.parties will see the light and change their minds, and sign up to
:05:13. > :05:21.sharing the pound. That could prove quite a task.
:05:22. > :05:26.Our Scotland political editor is in Glasgow. Wonder if Alex Salmond has
:05:27. > :05:30.done enough to counter the arguments of people like George Osborne and
:05:31. > :05:33.the European commission? That is the core question for the voters who
:05:34. > :05:38.have to choose which side they trust. It is intriguing to point out
:05:39. > :05:41.why these issues are so salient in this campaign. Alex Salmond can
:05:42. > :05:44.offer Independence Party cannot guarantee the Bishop of the European
:05:45. > :05:49.Union. He can offer Independence Party cannot guarantee a sterling
:05:50. > :05:53.zone. That is the point at which the independents offer rubs up against
:05:54. > :06:01.interdependence. It rubs up against other power bases. For example, the
:06:02. > :06:07.argument by George Osborne is that this is a hard-headed assessment of
:06:08. > :06:10.the difficulties. If you like, they have refined their position. They
:06:11. > :06:14.previously said that a sterling zone was unlikely but now they are saying
:06:15. > :06:19.it is a no-go. They are saying that if you want the pound, keep the
:06:20. > :06:24.union. Alex Salmond says it is a bluff and that in the event of Scots
:06:25. > :06:26.voting for independence, he says it would be common sense and the
:06:27. > :06:33.self-interest of the rest of the United Kingdom that will kick in.
:06:34. > :06:37.David Cameron has been visiting people in more flood hit areas and
:06:38. > :06:41.promised an extra ?10 million for businesses affected by the disaster.
:06:42. > :06:44.He has also urged insurers to help victims as quickly as possible.
:06:45. > :06:50.There has been a lull in the recent bad weather forecasters say that
:06:51. > :06:54.more rain is on the way. A landscape that is used to
:06:55. > :06:58.flooding. This town has been underwater 80 times in the last 40
:06:59. > :07:03.years. What levels on the river have been receiving, but only one main
:07:04. > :07:09.route is open to normal traffic and the Army has been called in to help
:07:10. > :07:13.get people around. -- water levels on the river have been receding. It
:07:14. > :07:16.is an excellent service. Personally, I would not come into
:07:17. > :07:22.town just for a couple of bottles of milk if I had to go the long way
:07:23. > :07:26.around. But this is ideal. We can stock up for the local community. It
:07:27. > :07:30.is brilliant. The Prime Minister visited the market town to reassure
:07:31. > :07:34.business people concerned by a fall in trade. The government has
:07:35. > :07:40.allocated ?10 million to support traders in areas hit why flooding.
:07:41. > :07:45.In terms of business, we have announced that we are going to have
:07:46. > :07:48.a grand system of up to ?5,000 for businesses that have been flooded,
:07:49. > :07:52.to help protect themselves in the future. We also need this ?10
:07:53. > :07:56.million fund, money to be destroyed at it to the local authorities that
:07:57. > :07:59.are affected, so that they can help businesses that have either been
:08:00. > :08:05.directly or indirectly hit by the floods. A few miles away, this pub
:08:06. > :08:12.is one business looking to use the government money. There is a drain
:08:13. > :08:15.outside and that is the problem. The what is seeping in. The clean-up is
:08:16. > :08:19.bad enough, but on top of that, the pub has been looted. Someone has
:08:20. > :08:25.been through one of the windows and they have ransacked upstairs,
:08:26. > :08:30.looting, stealing money. They have gone through the whole place.
:08:31. > :08:35.Investment in flood defences has largely saved Upton. The Prime
:08:36. > :08:39.Minister praised the success of the scheme year, completed two years
:08:40. > :08:49.ago. But other communities are still calling for their share of
:08:50. > :08:51.investment and protection. That is the situation in
:08:52. > :08:54.Worcestershire. In the Thames Valley, the Baron and agency has
:08:55. > :08:57.reduced the threat level saying that there is no longer a danger to life.
:08:58. > :09:03.The downgrade comes with a warning that it would not take much rain to
:09:04. > :09:09.see the flood water rising again. -- the Environment Agency. The receding
:09:10. > :09:13.waters have learned to -- have led to new concerns about security. How
:09:14. > :09:20.do you recover from this? One Street in Egham, but it could be many
:09:21. > :09:23.others. The water is going down. On the a right, pollard filmed on
:09:24. > :09:36.Friday, on the left, the same pollard, today. -- a pollard. Angela
:09:37. > :09:41.returning home. She has no idea whether it is flooded or broken
:09:42. > :09:45.into. That is my back garden, or what is left of it. A moment later,
:09:46. > :09:47.the enormity of what has happened to her services. When you see your
:09:48. > :10:24.house, Even though the street is still
:10:25. > :10:30.under water. What are you doing here? Waste clearance and
:10:31. > :10:38.gardening. He seems genuine but then police are called with reports of
:10:39. > :10:41.another stranger. Again, it appears innocent. So many are on edge here.
:10:42. > :10:47.Angela confronts an officer about security. If they can go further
:10:48. > :10:52.down, I would like to see how they could because it is a dead-end. They
:10:53. > :10:59.are obviously up to no good. If you see anything, call it in. Those
:11:00. > :11:02.anxieties are real. Even though police say that flood related
:11:03. > :11:08.robberies Rayer, not everybody is back in their homes and able to
:11:09. > :11:13.protect their properties. -- robberies are Rayer. Flooding is
:11:14. > :11:19.about a lot more than water, even when it goes away.
:11:20. > :11:23.For more details of where flooding is affecting communities in England
:11:24. > :11:29.and Wales, you can go to the BBC News website:
:11:30. > :11:37.A UN enquiry team has warned Kim Jong-un that he could be held
:11:38. > :11:40.accountable under international law for crimes against humanity.
:11:41. > :11:44.In a new report investigators say that atrocities at some prisons in
:11:45. > :11:51.North Korea are reminiscent of the worst excesses of Nazis
:11:52. > :11:54.concentration camps. Our diplomatic correspondent is with me. What sort
:11:55. > :11:58.of things are they saying? It is a hard-hitting report. They accuse
:11:59. > :12:03.North Korea of crimes against humanity, including abduction,
:12:04. > :12:11.prison torture, starvation and what they call systematic extermination.
:12:12. > :12:12.It also names the North Korean leader as potentially personally
:12:13. > :12:17.responsible because he is in sole charge of the country. He is such a
:12:18. > :12:20.powerful leader. They say that the gravity and scale of the abuses is
:12:21. > :12:23.unparalleled in the contemporary world. All of this comes from the
:12:24. > :12:28.Tessa money off hundreds of defectors who have fled the regime.
:12:29. > :12:32.And the detail they give is horrific. People held in prison
:12:33. > :12:42.camps for their entire life, deliberately starved, summary
:12:43. > :12:45.executions, all families tortured. The question is, does this report
:12:46. > :12:48.make any difference? You have to say, in the short-term, probably
:12:49. > :12:53.not. North Korea have said that they think it is un-American lot. If
:12:54. > :12:57.anything, they are likely to become more belligerent because of it.
:12:58. > :13:03.Persecution is difficult. China would block that at the UN Security
:13:04. > :13:07.Council. -- and American plot. The United Nations say it is important
:13:08. > :13:12.to have this evidence documented so that in some point it could maybe be
:13:13. > :13:19.acted upon. Our top story this evening, a new
:13:20. > :13:21.war of words between the SNP and Westminster over whether an
:13:22. > :13:25.independent Scotland would be able to keep the pound.
:13:26. > :13:30.And coming up, Roy Hodgson's trip down the Amazon, ahead of the World
:13:31. > :13:35.Cup. Coming up in Sportsday, Leeds' last
:13:36. > :13:56.is union's Lane -- game. Italy's Prime Minister is do not
:13:57. > :14:01.tend to last long these days. Today, the country got a new one.
:14:02. > :14:04.Matteo Renzi is still in his 30s and is the youngest ever to be chosen
:14:05. > :14:08.for the role. His nickname, The Scrapper, refers to his calls to
:14:09. > :14:13.scrap the Italian political establishment. In his current role
:14:14. > :14:17.as the mayor of Florence, he has plenty of political experience, but
:14:18. > :14:21.he has never been elected to Parliament or served in government.
:14:22. > :14:30.Our Europe editor has sent this report. Italy is betting its future
:14:31. > :14:33.on this man. He's young, chic, and he bristles with energy and
:14:34. > :14:38.ambition. Today he drove himself to the presidential palace in Rome. He
:14:39. > :14:43.is 39 years old and is set to become Italy's youngest Prime Minister.
:14:44. > :14:52.Matteo Renzi is not even an MP. He is the mayor of Florence with no
:14:53. > :14:57.experience in government. Now he is tasked with running Italy.
:14:58. > :15:00.TRANSLATION: I would like to assure the president of the republic, the
:15:01. > :15:02.political parties and above all the Italians who are watching this
:15:03. > :15:07.government crisis that I will devote all the courage, energy and
:15:08. > :15:10.enthusiasm that I am capable of. He reeled off an ambitious agenda -
:15:11. > :15:17.constitutional reform before the end of the month, jobs reform by March.
:15:18. > :15:20.So power is passing to a political outsider, a man who promises to
:15:21. > :15:25.break the old political cast of Italian politics. His lack of
:15:26. > :15:31.political experience is part of his appeal to many Italians. Matteo
:15:32. > :15:35.Renzi's power lies in his being different. Some are calling him
:15:36. > :15:40.Italy's Tony Blair, a centre-left politician with little time for
:15:41. > :15:45.ideology. He has an easy smile, he winks, he charms. But in truth he's
:15:46. > :15:49.a political unknown. He has no alternative but
:15:50. > :15:51.challenging the situation. I'm not sure that he knows how difficult the
:15:52. > :16:00.situation is. Today there was a small protest,
:16:01. > :16:03.that yet again Italy was turning to an unelected Prime Minister who had
:16:04. > :16:09.pledged to seek power by an election but instead engineered the removal
:16:10. > :16:14.of a serving Prime Minister. TRANSLATION: He has unbridled
:16:15. > :16:17.ambition, I see it as being for personal gain and not something that
:16:18. > :16:24.will help everyone. TRANSLATION: Matteo Renzi says he
:16:25. > :16:28.can move seas and mountains. Let's try him, because Italy is in a
:16:29. > :16:30.swamp. Matteo Renzi is expected to move
:16:31. > :16:34.into the Prime Minister's office later this week. He faces an immense
:16:35. > :16:39.challenge in a country struggling out of recession with youth
:16:40. > :16:47.unemployment at 40%. Gavin Hewitt, BBC News, Rome.
:16:48. > :16:51.An Ethiopian airline pilot who hijacked his own aeroplane and flew
:16:52. > :16:56.to Switzerland to claim asylum has been taken into custody. All 202
:16:57. > :17:03.passengers and crew on board the flight from Rome to Addis Ababa,
:17:04. > :17:07.rather from Addis Ababa to Rome, were unharmed. Frank Gardner
:17:08. > :17:10.reports. An Ethiopian airliner, a Swiss
:17:11. > :17:14.airport and a co-pilot who hijacked his own plane in flight. Seeking
:17:15. > :17:18.political asylum in Switzerland, he had waited for the captain to go to
:17:19. > :17:21.the toilet, locked himself in the cockpit and then called air traffic
:17:22. > :17:23.control while the captain hammered on the door. This is a recording of
:17:24. > :17:44.the air to ground conversation. The plane began its journey in Addis
:17:45. > :17:49.Ababa and then flew north, as planned, heading up to Rome. But
:17:50. > :17:53.instead the copilots I've edited to Switzerland, intent on seeking
:17:54. > :17:59.asylum there. -- the copilots diverted it. Fighter jets were
:18:00. > :18:04.hijacked to a scored the blame. This map shows the actual route taken,
:18:05. > :18:08.you can clearly see the plane going around and around Geneva before
:18:09. > :18:11.landing. Once on the ground, the co-pilot let himself out of the
:18:12. > :18:15.cockpit window using an emergency rope. The Swiss police were waiting
:18:16. > :18:20.and sprang into action, probably arresting him on suspicion of air
:18:21. > :18:25.piracy. The 200 passengers and crew were escorted off unharmed.
:18:26. > :18:29.Ethiopian officials are now investigating. They say security is
:18:30. > :18:34.tight at both the airport in Addis Ababa and in flight. They say the
:18:35. > :18:38.hijacker's behaviour makes no sense. It is not the first Ethiopian
:18:39. > :18:42.airliner to be hijacked. This one crashed into the Indian Ocean in
:18:43. > :18:47.1986, but security experts say it is not all about terrorism. We need to
:18:48. > :18:50.focus on the broader threats to aviation, and therefore we need to
:18:51. > :18:55.look at people's intent, not just whether or not you are carrying
:18:56. > :19:00.primitive items. The passengers have since reached their destination in
:19:01. > :19:06.Rome. Although none were harmed, their ordeal has been described as
:19:07. > :19:10.terrifying. In just four months' time, thousands
:19:11. > :19:13.of England fans will head to the middle of the Brazilian rainforest
:19:14. > :19:17.to watch their team play its first World Cup match. The conditions in
:19:18. > :19:22.the tropical city of Manaus, where England will face Italy, will not be
:19:23. > :19:25.easy - expects welder in heat and humidity. Today Roy Hodgson visited
:19:26. > :19:29.the area himself to test the temperature. Chief sports
:19:30. > :19:34.correspondent Dan Roan joined him and sent this report.
:19:35. > :19:38.The Amazon may not be natural habitat for an England manager, but
:19:39. > :19:42.Roy Hodgson is planning for an away fixture like never before. England
:19:43. > :19:49.will kick off their World Cup at Wenger here in the jungle city of
:19:50. > :19:53.Manaus. This visit is a chance to sample one of the most exotic venues
:19:54. > :20:02.in the comp edition's history. It is hot, isn't it? It is going to be
:20:03. > :20:06.hard at the FIFA World Cup, it always is, that is something you
:20:07. > :20:10.have to come to terms with, and we are interested in getting some feel
:20:11. > :20:18.for the slightly different, more tropical climate in the North of
:20:19. > :20:22.Brazil. England! England's worst fears were realised when they were
:20:23. > :20:26.drawn to play Italy in 1800 miles away from their Rio base, and this
:20:27. > :20:29.is a charm offensive after Hodgson upset the local authorities by
:20:30. > :20:34.describing out as a place to avoid because of its sweltering climate.
:20:35. > :20:38.But many in Manaus will be glad to welcome England. Some locals here is
:20:39. > :20:41.in less prosperous neighbourhoods are converting their homes into
:20:42. > :20:47.hostels for the World Cup. This family hopes to how is 16 fans here.
:20:48. > :20:52.This room will sleep up to five of them, each charged around ?50 per
:20:53. > :20:56.night. We want to have the English here, she says, we want to show them
:20:57. > :21:00.how the Amazonian people live. We can provide transport and food, and
:21:01. > :21:08.we are close to the stadium. Having missed its original completion
:21:09. > :21:11.deadline, the Arena da Amazonia is finished but at a cost. Six
:21:12. > :21:16.construction workers have died building stadia in Brazil, and three
:21:17. > :21:22.of them have lost their lives here. Meanwhile, on the streets of Brazil,
:21:23. > :21:25.violent protests, the cost of staging the protest, continue to
:21:26. > :21:29.overshadow the build-up to a World Cup that was meant to be a source of
:21:30. > :21:33.national pride. FIFA put an awful lot of working with the local
:21:34. > :21:36.organising committee and the Brazilian government has put an
:21:37. > :21:40.awful lot of working to make sure that Brazil, a fantastic football
:21:41. > :21:48.nation, can have a World Cup. I don't see any reason for as
:21:49. > :21:51.technicians to doubt them. Roy Hodgson now knows what is in store
:21:52. > :21:55.for England, and when he returns, he hopes his team will avoid any
:21:56. > :22:00.mishaps. It has been a tense day for
:22:01. > :22:05.Britain's colours at the Winter Olympics and Sochi, with both the
:22:06. > :22:08.men and women playing for a place in the semifinals. Team GB's women made
:22:09. > :22:12.it through automatically, but the men will have to overcome Norway in
:22:13. > :22:18.a play-off to make it into the last four. Andy Swiss is in the Olympic
:22:19. > :22:24.Park in Sochi for us. Andy. Yes, a huge day for Britain's
:22:25. > :22:27.curlers here in Sochi. They came here with Heijkoop is but have
:22:28. > :22:31.struggled over the first week, and a new today that they had to be at
:22:32. > :22:34.their best. -- they came here with high hopes.
:22:35. > :22:39.For Britain's curlers, it was make-or-break time. This is a sport
:22:40. > :22:42.of touch and tactics, the aim - to slide your stones into the target
:22:43. > :22:46.and knock out your opponent's. That is it! The women's team safely
:22:47. > :22:49.through to the last four thanks to victory over the hosts, Russia. But
:22:50. > :22:54.there was frustration for Britain's men after losing to China. They now
:22:55. > :23:00.face a play-off for a semifinal spot. It was obviously a little bit
:23:01. > :23:04.bittersweet. That was our chance to go over the finish line, we have had
:23:05. > :23:07.a couple of chances and obviously not got there. The good side is we
:23:08. > :23:09.are still in it. Meanwhile, there have been more
:23:10. > :23:12.questions about competitors' safety, British skier Rowan Cheshire being
:23:13. > :23:18.visited by team-mates after spending the night in hospital. Her crashed
:23:19. > :23:20.in training, which left it with concussion, was one of several
:23:21. > :23:23.yesterday. Two snowboarders, including Helene Olafsen of Norway,
:23:24. > :23:26.had to be stretchered off the slopes. But organisers insist there
:23:27. > :23:31.have been no more injuries here than at previous Games. Our figures are
:23:32. > :23:35.that there is no difference at all, no significant difference at all
:23:36. > :23:38.from Vancouver. So winter sport, snow sports are not without their
:23:39. > :23:42.risks, but we don't see any difference between this Games and
:23:43. > :23:45.the last one. Several events had to be postponed
:23:46. > :23:48.in the mountains today because of fog. The bobsleigh wasn't, and that
:23:49. > :23:53.meant the final appearance here of the Jamaican team. Led by
:23:54. > :24:03.46-year-old Winston Watts, they finished last, but in terms of
:24:04. > :24:08.popularity they won by a street. Yes, hosts Russia eventually won the
:24:09. > :24:12.bobsleigh. Just to give you an update on Rowan Cheshire, Team GB
:24:13. > :24:15.says she has been released from hospital and they will decide over
:24:16. > :24:20.the next few days whether she can compete on Thursday.
:24:21. > :24:23.All right, Andy, thanks very much. In the era of smartphones and
:24:24. > :24:26.tablets, you might think the old-fashioned television in the
:24:27. > :24:30.corner of the room is a thing of the past, but you would be wrong. New
:24:31. > :24:34.research suggests our love affair with the box is a strong as ever. In
:24:35. > :24:37.fact, people are watching more TV than they were ten years ago. Here
:24:38. > :24:41.is media correspondent David Sillito.
:24:42. > :24:47.Watching the box, it is almost hypnotic.
:24:48. > :24:59.The hours can slip by. We all have our favourites. I like Shopaholic
:25:00. > :25:03.Showdown on TLC. But in this household, like millions of others,
:25:04. > :25:08.there are new arrivals vying for the attention of both children and
:25:09. > :25:13.nieces and nephews. The tablets and the smartphones. However, we are
:25:14. > :25:16.actually watching more TV than we were watching ten years ago. The
:25:17. > :25:20.figure has come down a little bit over the last 12 months, but we are
:25:21. > :25:26.still watching three hours and 52 minutes per day. On the tablet and
:25:27. > :25:30.smartphone, TV watching is only around three and a half minutes per
:25:31. > :25:35.day. Most of us are like this family, watching 90% of our TV the
:25:36. > :25:40.traditional way. It is never the same, trying to watch a television
:25:41. > :25:44.programme on a little iPad, it is much better to watch it on a bigger
:25:45. > :25:54.is green with the family, relaxing on the city. As you can see, this
:25:55. > :25:57.debate about television and family life is far from new, but do we
:25:58. > :26:03.really watch an average of nearly four hours? People find it very hard
:26:04. > :26:08.to be honest about TV viewing. If you ask them, they say, no, we don't
:26:09. > :26:12.watch TV anymore, we watch on demand. If you fill them in their
:26:13. > :26:17.homes will get them to record a diary of their viewing, the real
:26:18. > :26:21.picture is very different. However, we are talking about an average.
:26:22. > :26:26.Young families like this one actually watch relatively little TV.
:26:27. > :26:30.It is the over 50s who are watching more than five hours a day. David
:26:31. > :26:34.Sillito, BBC News. So there has been a bit of a lull in
:26:35. > :26:39.the weather, but what about the forecast? Nina Ridge is here.
:26:40. > :26:46.It has been a little bit cloudy today with a few showers, but it is
:26:47. > :26:49.all relative - the rest of this week will not be as windy as last week,
:26:50. > :26:53.we have still got rain but not as much, and it stays mild with some
:26:54. > :26:57.seeing temperatures well above average. A mild night to come
:26:58. > :27:01.tonight, a lot of cloud around. Some of the showers in the next few hours
:27:02. > :27:04.could be on the heavy side over Northern Ireland, but turning quite
:27:05. > :27:09.misty and murky, a lot of hill fog around for the early hours. Most
:27:10. > :27:12.seeing temperatures of six - seven. The exception is the Northern Isles,
:27:13. > :27:17.a touch of frost here with clear skies. Certainly a great start to
:27:18. > :27:20.tomorrow morning, a few showers scattered around, one or two across
:27:21. > :27:25.southern counties on the heavy side, but away from the showers we are
:27:26. > :27:29.getting off to a dry start, if on the cloudy side. Plenty of cloud
:27:30. > :27:32.sitting across parts of Northern Ireland, again a few showers, a dull
:27:33. > :27:36.start across parts of Scotland with the remains of a weak front giving
:27:37. > :27:41.patchy rain, a little bit of hill snow as well, and that will only
:27:42. > :27:44.slowly clear eastwards across Scotland through the day. Still a
:27:45. > :27:48.few showers scattered to the south and across southern counties, one or
:27:49. > :27:52.two on the heavy side, maybe with hail and thunder in, but foremost,
:27:53. > :27:54.commonly afternoon, away from the showers we will see drier weather
:27:55. > :28:00.with a hint of brightness for central southern areas. Temperatures
:28:01. > :28:04.here, ten or 11, further north Devon or eight.
:28:05. > :28:08.On Wednesday, most places should be dry, but by the time we get to
:28:09. > :28:11.Thursday the potential for a more widespread band of rain to sweep
:28:12. > :28:14.across the country. At the moment, it looks like the heaviest rain will
:28:15. > :28:19.be in the north and west, but the winds could pick up as well. Welcome
:28:20. > :28:23.respite on Wednesday, we will keep a close eye on Thursday, because a
:28:24. > :28:25.little bit more rain around. You can check out the latest details by
:28:26. > :28:33.going to the BBC Weather website. That is all from the BBC News At
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