:00:17. > :00:19.an early election. But as the dead are carried through the central
:00:20. > :00:23.square in Kiev, the protesters show no sign of leaving.
:00:24. > :00:26.We'll be asking if this deal, brokered by the EU, really can bring
:00:27. > :00:30.an end to Ukraine's political crisis.
:00:31. > :00:33.Also tonight: At the hacking trial, former News International boss
:00:34. > :00:38.Rebekah Brooks reveals for the first time details of what she called her
:00:39. > :00:41."car crash" private life. Under water - the farmers who say
:00:42. > :00:46.they're struggling to survive after the wettest winter on record.
:00:47. > :00:51.Crushed by the Canadians - Britain's men's curlers have to make do with
:00:52. > :00:53.silver at the Winter Olympics. And ?300,000 a week - Rooney signs a
:00:54. > :01:04.new deal with Manchester United. Criticism of the Mayor as he fails
:01:05. > :01:08.to spend millions of pounds allocated for affordable homes.
:01:09. > :01:31.And an appeal for witnesses after a robber shoots a shop owner.
:01:32. > :01:35.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:36. > :01:37.The Ukrainian President and opposition leaders have signed a
:01:38. > :01:40.deal to try to end the battles between police and protesters that
:01:41. > :01:44.have killed dozens of people and left hundreds more injured. Under
:01:45. > :01:47.the plan, a presidential election will be held three months early, in
:01:48. > :01:50.December this year, presidential powers will be limited within 48
:01:51. > :01:57.hours, and a coalition government will be formed within ten days. The
:01:58. > :02:00.question now is whether the thousands of protesters camped
:02:01. > :02:06.outside in the centre of Kiev will accept the agreement and return
:02:07. > :02:16.home. Daniel Sandford is in Kiev for us tonight.
:02:17. > :02:21.Yes, it has been a momentous day in the Ukraine. A president who seemed
:02:22. > :02:25.to be able to act at Will three months ago has been humiliated. It
:02:26. > :02:29.was the horrendous death toll this week that led to his downfall but it
:02:30. > :02:33.was touch and go until the end. The Polish Foreign Minister had to warn
:02:34. > :02:36.protest leaders that there could be martial law and they could all be
:02:37. > :02:40.killed in order to get them to accept the compromise. My report
:02:41. > :02:44.contains distressing images of violence.
:02:45. > :02:48.Entering the heavily guarded presidential buildings in Kiev this
:02:49. > :02:52.afternoon, the European Union Foreign Minister is who led
:02:53. > :02:57.negotiations. This was the moment they came back to say the deal had
:02:58. > :03:01.been done. For the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, who
:03:02. > :03:05.has presided over his country's descent into chaos, a humiliating
:03:06. > :03:08.defeat. He has had to give up many of the powers he took in
:03:09. > :03:12.controversial changes to the constitution and he will be gone by
:03:13. > :03:15.the end of the year. In the meantime, his party and the
:03:16. > :03:21.opposition will form a power-sharing government. I am satisfied it is the
:03:22. > :03:27.best agreement that could be had, and that it gives Ukraine a chance
:03:28. > :03:35.to return to peace, to reform and to hopefully resume its way towards
:03:36. > :03:40.Europe. The trouble is that any deal needs to be approved by these young
:03:41. > :03:48.men on the front line, men who only yesterday saw their comrades gunned
:03:49. > :03:53.down on this very spot. It was a slaughter. Some 50 people died in
:03:54. > :03:58.the gunfire, most of them protesters who charged forward as the police
:03:59. > :04:00.retreated. It is unclear if these highly motivated fighters will
:04:01. > :04:06.accept anything less than the immediate wreck -- resignation of
:04:07. > :04:11.President Yanukovych. On the front line today I met a 35-year-old
:04:12. > :04:15.father of two and former policeman. He rushed to Kiev yesterday and says
:04:16. > :04:22.he is prepared to die to get a better future for his kids. I want
:04:23. > :04:29.to build Europe in Ukraine, not to go to Europe. I want to build Europe
:04:30. > :04:32.in Ukraine. This famous old Kiev cathedral that has opened its doors
:04:33. > :04:37.to injured protesters became drenched in blood at the height of
:04:38. > :04:39.the fighting. Some of those most seriously injured yesterday with
:04:40. > :04:46.gunshot wounds were brought here to the old monk dining room which has
:04:47. > :04:50.been turned into a makeshift operating theatre. It was here that
:04:51. > :04:56.volunteers battled to save the lives of men shot by police wielding
:04:57. > :05:03.automatic rifles. I am a plastic surgeon of head and neck. And
:05:04. > :05:13.usually I make people smile and beautiful. And it is not normal for
:05:14. > :05:17.me to save lives after gunshot. This evening, parliament voted in favour
:05:18. > :05:19.of the release of Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed opposition leader and
:05:20. > :05:27.long-time enemy of President Yanukovych. Then, tonight, the
:05:28. > :05:29.coffins of some of those killed yesterday were paraded through the
:05:30. > :05:35.main square. They have been hailed as heroes. Certainly, their deaths
:05:36. > :05:43.have accelerated the downfall of the President.
:05:44. > :05:48.Our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall is here with me now.
:05:49. > :05:51.Thousands and thousands of protesters still packed into
:05:52. > :05:57.Independence Square tonight. Is this deal going to be enough for them? I
:05:58. > :06:01.think the next few days are going to be absolutely crucial. If you are
:06:02. > :06:07.one of the people on that square, being shot at yesterday, how hard is
:06:08. > :06:10.it the very next day to agree to a power-sharing deal with the same
:06:11. > :06:14.leaders? That is the challenge for the opposition leadership, to try to
:06:15. > :06:18.persuade their supporters that even if President Yanukovych is not going
:06:19. > :06:23.to resign, which is what they have been calling for, he will be a lame
:06:24. > :06:28.duck president, very weakened. As Daniel said, this is symbolically,
:06:29. > :06:32.sort of, his downfall. But it has to be tested. An important role is
:06:33. > :06:36.being played by the parliament, passing decisions in favour of the
:06:37. > :06:39.opposition, calling for troops to be withdrawn to barracks, calling for
:06:40. > :06:46.the interior minister to be sacked. They have asked for Yulia Tymoshenko
:06:47. > :06:50.to be released. We'll President Yanukovych agree to that? That is a
:06:51. > :06:53.test. There will be a tricky part to the deal, which also says the
:06:54. > :06:56.squares are supposed to be cleared and people are supposed to leave
:06:57. > :07:01.occupied buildings and give back weapons. Many people on the street
:07:02. > :07:04.will feel that people power is their leveraged and they will not want to
:07:05. > :07:07.give it up immediately. It will depend on who is in government, who
:07:08. > :07:13.is in local governance in the west of the Ukraine. But it does feel as
:07:14. > :07:16.though President Yanukovych has been fatally weakened by this
:07:17. > :07:21.confrontation. There was not that much support on his side. There were
:07:22. > :07:26.resignations in the army and police. He does not seem to have had many
:07:27. > :07:29.people rallying to him. He is just holding onto power but will probably
:07:30. > :07:32.be a lame duck. The former chief executive of News
:07:33. > :07:35.International, Rebekah Brooks, has spoken of her "car crash" personal
:07:36. > :07:38.life at the phone hacking trial. Mrs Brooks denied having a six-year
:07:39. > :07:41.affair with Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World, but
:07:42. > :07:44.admitted to "periods of intimacy". She also said she knew nothing about
:07:45. > :07:47.the paper's contract with the phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire while she was
:07:48. > :07:57.editor. Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is at the
:07:58. > :08:01.Old Bailey. During 11 hours in the witness box,
:08:02. > :08:05.Rebekah Brooks has told the jury about her struggles with budgets,
:08:06. > :08:10.editorial headaches and a personal life she described at times as being
:08:11. > :08:13.like a roller-coaster. And that just covers the three-year is she was
:08:14. > :08:20.editor of the News of the World. There are days of this to come.
:08:21. > :08:26.An actor, EastEnders star Ross Kemp, an editor, Andy Coulson, and a
:08:27. > :08:29.racehorse owner, Charlie Brooks. Today, Rebekah Brooks was forced to
:08:30. > :08:35.talk about her relationships with each of these men. The prosecution
:08:36. > :08:37.made it part of the case I suggesting that her closeness to
:08:38. > :08:44.Andy Coulson meant that she knew what he knew. -- by suggesting. And
:08:45. > :08:48.that she must have known about phone hacking and illegal payments for
:08:49. > :08:52.stories. At one point in the witness box she was close to tears and asked
:08:53. > :08:57.for a break. She told the jury her relationship with Andy Coulson began
:08:58. > :09:02.in 1998, was at times intimate but had not been the six-year affair
:09:03. > :09:07.described by the prosecution. In February, 2004, she composed a
:09:08. > :09:12.letter to Andy Coulson in which she said, I confide in you, I seek your
:09:13. > :09:15.advice. Asked about it in court she said, you come home with a few
:09:16. > :09:19.glasses of wine, you probably should not get on a computer but that is
:09:20. > :09:25.what I did. I wrote my feelings down at that moment. The letter was never
:09:26. > :09:30.sent, but she told the court, Andy and I were incredibly close during
:09:31. > :09:34.that time. He was my best friend. Rebekah Brooks later married Charlie
:09:35. > :09:38.Brooks, who is also charged with concealing evidence. She seemed most
:09:39. > :09:41.emotional when speaking about her struggle to have children, which
:09:42. > :09:45.ended when a cousin agree to act as a sorrow that mother and their
:09:46. > :09:50.daughter was born. Earlier, she denied knowing that confessed phone
:09:51. > :09:54.hacker Glenn Mulcaire was being paid ?92,000 by the News of the World
:09:55. > :09:57.when she was editor. But she was directly involved in this story,
:09:58. > :10:03.obtained by secretly filming Sophie, Countess of Wessex, making a
:10:04. > :10:07.series of indiscreet Cummins. The paper was criticised and Rebekah
:10:08. > :10:10.Brooks e-mailed colleagues. We have to maintain a high standard in order
:10:11. > :10:15.to be able to hit back when people say these things. Today, Rebekah
:10:16. > :10:18.Brooks defended the use of subterfuge in that story and the use
:10:19. > :10:24.of private detectives to track down paedophiles, another of the paper's
:10:25. > :10:26.campaigns. But she denies being involved in phone hacking and
:10:27. > :10:30.illegal payments to public officials for stories.
:10:31. > :10:33.The private company ATOS, which has been running the government's tests
:10:34. > :10:36.to decide whether sick and disabled people are eligible for benefits,
:10:37. > :10:39.says it wants an early exit from the contract, partly because its staff
:10:40. > :10:42.have received death threats. The firm has been strongly criticised by
:10:43. > :10:54.disability campaigners and MPs over its fitness for work tests. Reeta
:10:55. > :10:58.Chakrabarti reports. The private company delivering a
:10:59. > :11:02.controversial government policy wants to get out. For years, ATOS
:11:03. > :11:08.has felt the full brunt of public anger, with campaigners insisting
:11:09. > :11:12.they are not up to running assessments of whether people are
:11:13. > :11:17.fit to work. It says it now wants an early end to the ?500 million
:11:18. > :11:21.contract, partly because staff are being routinely abused. One example
:11:22. > :11:25.is this general threat posted on Twitter. If you know anyone from
:11:26. > :11:30.ATOS, kill them. The company said of the contract with the government, in
:11:31. > :11:34.its current form it is not working for claimants, for the Department
:11:35. > :11:37.for Work and Pensions, or for ATOS health care. For months, we have
:11:38. > :11:41.been endeavouring to agree an early exit from the contract. It went on.
:11:42. > :11:47.Despite the ongoing discussions we will not walk away from a front-line
:11:48. > :11:52.service. Jean is someone who feels that ATOS got her case completely
:11:53. > :11:54.wrong. She was assessed as being fit for work despite her saying she is
:11:55. > :12:00.still recovering from long-term sickness, including paralysis,
:12:01. > :12:03.depression and memory loss. She appealed against the findings six
:12:04. > :12:07.months ago but has not heard. They are not going about it the right
:12:08. > :12:11.way, how to ascertain the truth from people. I feel as though the real
:12:12. > :12:17.people that have problems are not getting recognised, and they are
:12:18. > :12:20.getting penalised for it. The controversial scheme is known as
:12:21. > :12:25.work capability assessments, introduced six years ago to decide
:12:26. > :12:30.who should get sickness benefits. In the past year, 39% of claimants were
:12:31. > :12:36.judged fit for work and denied benefits, but last year MPs said 38%
:12:37. > :12:41.of appeals were successful, and blamed poor decision-making by the
:12:42. > :12:44.assessors. Inevitably, such cumbersome, slow, bureaucratic
:12:45. > :12:50.process is delivery problems on the ground. Even if the department gets
:12:51. > :12:55.new providers in to deliver the assessments, many of the problems
:12:56. > :12:58.are still going to be there. They are to do with the nature of the
:12:59. > :13:03.assessment and the complexity of the task the government has set itself.
:13:04. > :13:08.The government says that those who can work should work, but the
:13:09. > :13:11.relationship with ATOS is under increasing strain. Last summer it
:13:12. > :13:15.said it was bringing in other private companies to carry out the
:13:16. > :13:19.work. No minister was available for comment, but Whitehall sources
:13:20. > :13:23.criticised ATOS as unprofessional for saying it wanted an early
:13:24. > :13:26.except. ATOS is hoping to limit further damage to its name but the
:13:27. > :13:35.blame game between company and government looks set to continue.
:13:36. > :13:39.They had high hopes of gold but in the end it wasn't enough. Great
:13:40. > :13:42.Britain have won a silver medal in the men's curling at the Winter
:13:43. > :13:46.Olympics in Sochi after losing out to Canada in the final. But it's the
:13:47. > :13:49.first medal for the men in 90 years and it means Team GB has equalled
:13:50. > :13:53.their best ever medal tally at a Winter Games. Andy Swiss has been
:13:54. > :13:57.watching the action. It is a sport and a team that has
:13:58. > :14:01.captured the country's imagination. As British fans flocked to the
:14:02. > :14:08.arena, the feel-good factor was plain to see. David Murdoch and his
:14:09. > :14:13.players had reached the final by a series of cliffhangers, but now they
:14:14. > :14:18.faced the toughest of tests. Canada were the reigning Olympic champions
:14:19. > :14:25.and they were soon showing why. In a flash, Murdoch's men were 5-1 down,
:14:26. > :14:31.already with a mountain to climb. Murdoch, so unflappable until now,
:14:32. > :14:38.was suddenly making mistakes. A shot to get Britain back in it went
:14:39. > :14:43.horribly wrong. By the tiniest of margins, another one to Canada. The
:14:44. > :14:47.captain's face said it all. There was simply no way back. After so
:14:48. > :14:53.many final stone thrillers, this one did not get to the final end. With
:14:54. > :15:00.two to go, and trailing by six points, Murdoch conceded. Canada,
:15:01. > :15:05.once again, champions. Britain, beaten but proud of their
:15:06. > :15:09.achievement. It has been a lot of hard work, a lot of training. There
:15:10. > :15:13.have been many dark days. This is a good day, a silver medal. It is
:15:14. > :15:17.incredible, something I have chased for a long time. Although it has
:15:18. > :15:24.been a bit of a kick in the teeth today, I am proud of these guys.
:15:25. > :15:28.After such high hopes, not the result the British fans came for.
:15:29. > :15:34.Still a fantastic achievement, but they had hoped for even better.
:15:35. > :15:38.After the women's bronze, a second medal completes an excellent Games
:15:39. > :15:42.for British curlers, and a day when disappointment came with a silver
:15:43. > :15:47.lining. And in the last half-hour, more
:15:48. > :15:51.dramatic news about Britain's speed skater Elise Christie. She was
:15:52. > :15:55.disqualified from her first two events here today. Today was her
:15:56. > :15:59.main event, the 1000 metres. She looked be heading through to the
:16:00. > :16:03.final when another skater crashed into her. The British team thought
:16:04. > :16:09.she would be reinstated but she was not and was in fact penalised, so
:16:10. > :16:19.she is out. For a third time here in Sochi, heartache for British speed
:16:20. > :16:22.skater Elise Christie. Our top story this evening. Ukraine's president
:16:23. > :16:25.and opposition leaders have signed a deal for an early election, but
:16:26. > :16:32.thousands of protesters remain in the centre of Kiev tonight. Still to
:16:33. > :16:36.come... How Britain's Olympic curlers have inspired a new
:16:37. > :16:41.generation to take to the ice. On BBC London, the parking signs which
:16:42. > :16:46.give motorists 20 minutes to load, so why are they getting tickets
:16:47. > :16:49.after five? And the ferries gear back from Sochi. Chemmy Alcott on
:16:50. > :16:59.Team GB's successful Winter Olympics.
:17:00. > :17:04.More could have been done to stop some of the flooding that has hit
:17:05. > :17:08.Britain this winter. That's the conclusion of a group of experts who
:17:09. > :17:11.are calling on the Prime Minister to adopt a clear strategy to reduce the
:17:12. > :17:14.risk in the future. Farmers have been particularly hard hit. Some say
:17:15. > :17:19.they're struggling to survive, with their crops still underwater and
:17:20. > :17:23.livestock moved into barns. And that's on top of a bad year in 2012,
:17:24. > :17:27.again because of wet weather, when total income fell 14% in real terms.
:17:28. > :17:30.This year will be much worse. The Government says it's set aside ?10
:17:31. > :17:33.million to help restore farmland as quickly as possible. But farmers say
:17:34. > :17:41.that's not nearly enough. Jeremy Cooke is in Bridgewater in Somerset
:17:42. > :17:46.for us now. Jeremy. This is the livestock market, where
:17:47. > :17:50.some of the farmers flooded out on the Somerset Levels brought their
:17:51. > :17:53.doctor says Dave and dry. Many of those same farmers will find
:17:54. > :17:57.themselves agreeing with this open letter from experts to the
:17:58. > :18:00.Government, essentially saying that what is needed is a better and more
:18:01. > :18:08.coordinated response to the increasing threat of flooding.
:18:09. > :18:17.Beneath the floods, the crops are dying. Much of this oilseed rape has
:18:18. > :18:22.been underwater since December. Not only is it covered in silt, but it's
:18:23. > :18:26.starting to die as well. In the Thames flood plain they expect this,
:18:27. > :18:32.but not for weeks on end. Already the loss in this field alone is
:18:33. > :18:35.running at ?40,000. Simon agrees with the experts who told the
:18:36. > :18:41.Government that more flood prevention work is urgently needed.
:18:42. > :18:45.It is basically maintenance. Making sure that there's not vegetation in
:18:46. > :18:49.the rivers. On sand bars, that there aren't trees allowed to grow, the
:18:50. > :18:52.banks are proper maintained and desoldering in areas where there are
:18:53. > :18:58.pitch points. So to dredge the whole river would be money not wisely
:18:59. > :19:04.spent. For all farmers whose land is under water the floods mean lower
:19:05. > :19:08.production. Most will simply absorb the loss and Buffon. But many are
:19:09. > :19:15.facing an increasingly predictable future. Adding to the stress the
:19:16. > :19:20.fact that some farms are flooded for the second year running. One in 100
:19:21. > :19:24.year weather events are impossible for any business to absorb. The
:19:25. > :19:29.financial impact of this, as farmers go to the future and look forward,
:19:30. > :19:33.is going to be substantial. Brian Franklin and his grandchildren are
:19:34. > :19:38.feeding his cattle on Hake at last summer. But it's hard to see where
:19:39. > :19:44.this year 's crop is coming from. Brian's grassland is six feet under
:19:45. > :19:50.and the entire herd may have to go. Disaster. It's just ruined
:19:51. > :19:57.everything. It will cost me a fortune, well, my livelihood really.
:19:58. > :20:02.My livelihood and probably my grandchildren's livelihood. That's
:20:03. > :20:07.heartbreaking. That's terrible, to think those kids could have had a
:20:08. > :20:09.future. What future have they got? The Government says it will cost me
:20:10. > :20:11.a fortune, well, my livelihood really. My livelihood and probably
:20:12. > :20:13.my grandchildren's livelihood. That's heartbreaking. That's
:20:14. > :20:15.terrible, to think those kids could have had a future. What future have
:20:16. > :20:18.they got? The Government says it's better that Macs pending a record
:20:19. > :20:21.2.4 million -- in pounds. The best way to target the money needs to be
:20:22. > :20:28.found out for businesses and farms, too. Despite the upturn in the
:20:29. > :20:31.economy and falling unemployment, there's been some disappointing news
:20:32. > :20:34.for the Chancellor on the state of Britain's public finances. It comes
:20:35. > :20:36.just a month before the budget. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh
:20:37. > :20:41.Pym, is here. So the public purse isn't looking as healthy as
:20:42. > :20:45.expected? Usually the tax revenues come flooding in in January because
:20:46. > :20:49.companies pay tax and there a self-assessment deadline for income
:20:50. > :20:54.tax, so usually there is a surplus. Indeed, in January this year there
:20:55. > :20:58.was a surplus of ?4.7 billion. It sounds good, but if you look at the
:20:59. > :21:03.previous January there was a surplus of more, ?6 billion. So even with a
:21:04. > :21:08.growing economy the surpluses down a bit, which is not looking good ahead
:21:09. > :21:11.of the budget. That being said, if you look at the borrowing across the
:21:12. > :21:14.first ten months of the financial year, that is below the previous
:21:15. > :21:19.year and most experts are still saying he's going to be on target
:21:20. > :21:21.for the full year. Government sources are saying with
:21:22. > :21:25.self-assessment tax you sometimes get it paid a bit late, so it might
:21:26. > :21:28.help the February figures. But Labour are saying all of these
:21:29. > :21:32.billions are a lot more than George Osborne says he originally needed to
:21:33. > :21:44.borrow. It shows deficit reduction is not that easy. ?300,000 a week.
:21:45. > :21:46.That's how much Wayne Rooney will be earning after signing a new
:21:47. > :21:49.five-and-a-half-year deal with Manchester United. It brings an end
:21:50. > :21:52.to months of speculation about his future. And also makes him the
:21:53. > :21:57.highest paid footballer in Premier League. Here's our sports editor,
:21:58. > :22:03.David Bond. He is already English football's top player. Today, Wayne
:22:04. > :22:08.Rooney became the best paid, too. The header forced to Rooney. The BBC
:22:09. > :22:12.understands the 28-year-old striker has pledged his future to Manchester
:22:13. > :22:17.United in a new five and a half year deal worth ?300,000 a week. Speaking
:22:18. > :22:22.ahead of any official announcement, the club's manager explained why
:22:23. > :22:28.they couldn't afford to let him go. Everybody knows he's a terrific
:22:29. > :22:33.football player. If we can get it done, that will be great. Since
:22:34. > :22:38.David Moyes took over from Sir Alex Ferguson, United have lost their air
:22:39. > :22:42.of invincibility. They are already outsiders in the title race and face
:22:43. > :22:47.a struggle to qualify for next season's Champions League. Many say
:22:48. > :22:51.the team needs a complete overhaul. After such a difficult season here
:22:52. > :22:55.at Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney's record-breaking new Deal is a major
:22:56. > :23:00.boost for Manchester United. But with the wages paid to top players
:23:01. > :23:04.continuing to rise, it also tells us something significant about the
:23:05. > :23:10.financial state of English football. Just look at how players salaries
:23:11. > :23:14.have exploded in the last 20 years. In 1994, Blackburn's Chris Sutton
:23:15. > :23:19.became the first player to be paid ?10,000 a week. In 2001, Sol
:23:20. > :23:23.Campbell became the first star to break the ?100,000 a week barrier.
:23:24. > :23:31.Now Wayne Rooney is the first player in England to earn a ?300,000 a
:23:32. > :23:34.week. It is all down to the huge growth in television income, with BT
:23:35. > :23:38.Sport not taking an Sky for the best live rights, the economic boom is
:23:39. > :23:43.unlikely to end soon. At is all this wage inflation good for the game?
:23:44. > :23:46.Players certainly believe that they are the ones who generate the
:23:47. > :23:50.revenue for the clubs, the league and make it an exciting product for
:23:51. > :23:55.people to buy. At the same time, there is a question whether this is
:23:56. > :23:59.sustainable in the long run. Rooney's record-breaking new Deal
:24:00. > :24:02.has certainly giving him and Manchester United something to
:24:03. > :24:11.celebrate. The big challenge for the player now is to prove he's really
:24:12. > :24:14.worth all that money. French police say they are not going to charge a
:24:15. > :24:18.man they arrested in connection with the shooting of a British family in
:24:19. > :24:21.the Alps. Saad al-Hilli, his wife and mother-in-law were shot dead on
:24:22. > :24:23.a remote forest road near Lake Annecy in 2012. 48-year-old Eric
:24:24. > :24:26.Devouassoux, who's a former police officer, was arrested on Tuesday.
:24:27. > :24:34.Prosecutors say they can't establish a direct link between him and the
:24:35. > :24:37.murders. Finally, curling. It has been one of the surprise hit of the
:24:38. > :24:41.Winter Olympics. In the town of Lockerbie, when three members of the
:24:42. > :24:45.British team grew up, their success has inspired a legion of new
:24:46. > :24:49.players. Lorna Gordon joined friends and fans this afternoon at the rink
:24:50. > :24:53.in Lockerbie where the Olympic curlers played as children, to watch
:24:54. > :24:57.the final match. In Lockerbie they like their curling, and the town
:24:58. > :25:04.turned out in force to cheer the men's team on. Skip David Murdoch
:25:05. > :25:12.hails from here, many know him. And there were nerves and hope and pride
:25:13. > :25:18.when he and his team conceded the gold. It was heartbreaking, but
:25:19. > :25:22.they've done so well. Nerve wracking. They've got a silver,
:25:23. > :25:29.they've brought it back to Lockerbie, it's amazing. Most Sochi
:25:30. > :25:34.ringside seat for his wife, she watched the family from -- watched
:25:35. > :25:38.the action from the family sofa, but was behind her husband all the way.
:25:39. > :25:45.I couldn't be more proud. I can't wait to see Dave on the podium
:25:46. > :25:49.tomorrow. I'm so excited. Three of the Sochi curling medallists started
:25:50. > :25:52.out here on the rink in Lockerbie. This sport will be hoping for a
:25:53. > :25:59.surge in popularity as a result of their success. For these youngsters,
:26:00. > :26:04.David Murdoch and his fellow curlers are an inspiration. Brilliant
:26:05. > :26:10.player. He's played some really good shots. I think he's fantastic. He
:26:11. > :26:15.got them into the semis, brilliant. Curling is hundreds of years old
:26:16. > :26:19.and, in places like Lockerbie, as popular as ever. Here, and Olympic
:26:20. > :26:29.curling medal, whatever its colour, is a huge achievement.
:26:30. > :26:36.Quite a blow we weekend for many others, particularly in the West.
:26:37. > :26:40.Windy, gales on the way. Some rain in the forecast, but I don't think
:26:41. > :26:46.it will spoil the weekend for all of us. In East Anglia, you might get
:26:47. > :26:51.away with a dry weekend. At least most of the time it will be dry.
:26:52. > :26:56.Now, some showers around through the course of this evening. The chance
:26:57. > :26:58.of a number of the showers affecting the southeastern coastline.
:26:59. > :27:04.Eventually it will be a clear night for a number of us. Clear enough for
:27:05. > :27:09.maybe a touch of grass frost, maybe a frost in a couple of places. Then
:27:10. > :27:13.the area of low pressure will be nearing us as we head into the early
:27:14. > :27:17.hours of Saturday morning. This will upset the weather across western
:27:18. > :27:20.areas. This is how we start Saturday. Lots of bright weather
:27:21. > :27:27.across the bulk of the country, wind increasing all the time. Also, rain
:27:28. > :27:31.will eventually get into Belfast and Glasgow as we head into the
:27:32. > :27:34.afternoon. England at least should stay bright and breezy. We are
:27:35. > :27:40.talking about temperatures of around 12 in London, eight in Edinburgh. As
:27:41. > :27:43.we head into the second half of the weekend, this area of low pressure
:27:44. > :27:47.will swing into the general neighbourhood a bit closer. This
:27:48. > :27:52.weather front will be stuck across western parts of the UK, wet weather
:27:53. > :27:58.around across the Cumbrian fells, the north-west of England, hills of
:27:59. > :28:04.Wales, too. Very strong winds. In eastern areas, from Portsmouth,
:28:05. > :28:08.London and into Norwich and maybe Hull, it should stay mostly bright.
:28:09. > :28:17.The weekend is looking mixed, but we've had a lot worse this winter.
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