:00:00. > :00:09.David Cameron outlines his reform agenda.
:00:10. > :00:11.He sends a letter listing Britain's key demands,
:00:12. > :00:16.including curbs on EU migrant benefits.
:00:17. > :00:19.What I am asking for is what is needed to fix the problems
:00:20. > :00:22.in Britain's relationship with the European Union.
:00:23. > :00:28.who say the Prime Minister is not being tough enough.
:00:29. > :00:31.Also tonight, Vladimir Putin summons his top sporting officials
:00:32. > :00:36.as Russia hits back over doping allegations.
:00:37. > :00:39.The investigation into Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday killings,
:00:40. > :00:43.a former British soldier is arrested.
:00:44. > :00:45.Steel workers march through Scunthorpe -
:00:46. > :00:55.we hear how generations depend on jobs in the industry.
:00:56. > :01:02.Dame Maggie Smith talks about the roles that have made her famous.
:01:03. > :01:10.I mean, now I am stuck with being, you know, a mean old cow!
:01:11. > :01:14.insufficient staff and low performance, the verdict of a review
:01:15. > :01:18.into police's handling of phone calls from the public.
:01:19. > :01:19.And former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael admits
:01:20. > :01:41.trying to mislead an investigation into that leaked memo.
:01:42. > :01:44.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.
:01:45. > :01:47.David Cameron has outlined the reforms he'll be looking for
:01:48. > :01:51.in negotiations over Britain's relationship with the EU.
:01:52. > :01:54.In a letter to EU leaders, the Prime Minister has included
:01:55. > :01:57.four demands, including curbs on benefits for migrants.
:01:58. > :02:01.That's already proving controversial among some countries.
:02:02. > :02:04.And here, some of the Prime Minister's own backbenchers
:02:05. > :02:11.Our deputy political editor, James Landale, has our first report.
:02:12. > :02:15.Today, a note with a Westminster postmark was sent to Brussels,
:02:16. > :02:21.the relationship between Britain and the European Union.
:02:22. > :02:29.In his letter, he set out for the first time, in some detail,
:02:30. > :02:33.how he wants to reform the EU before a referendum.
:02:34. > :02:35.Today I'm writing to the president of the European Council,
:02:36. > :02:40.setting out how I want to address the concerns of the British people.
:02:41. > :02:42.This is perhaps the most important decision that
:02:43. > :02:48.the British people will have to take at the ballot box in our lifetimes.
:02:49. > :02:51.And this is what he wants - binding principles to protect
:02:52. > :02:54.countries outside the euro from decisions made within the euro,
:02:55. > :02:58.greater competitiveness, including a new target to cut red tape,
:02:59. > :03:02.and a legally binding exemption from the EU's commitment
:03:03. > :03:06.to ever closer union, and greater powers for national parliaments.
:03:07. > :03:10.And, crucially, he is also demanding benefit curbs for EU migrants,
:03:11. > :03:16.claiming 40% of those coming are on welfare - a figure some question.
:03:17. > :03:19.So we have proposed that people coming to Britain from the EU
:03:20. > :03:21.must live here and contribute for four years
:03:22. > :03:25.before they qualify for in-work benefits or social housing,
:03:26. > :03:30.and that we should end the practice of sending benefit overseas.
:03:31. > :03:33.Now, I understand how difficult some of these welfare issues are
:03:34. > :03:39.and I'm open to different ways of dealing with this issue.
:03:40. > :03:43.Note that last phrase, which gives the Prime Minister some flexibility.
:03:44. > :03:46.You say this is not mission impossible,
:03:47. > :03:49.but isn't that the point - it's actually mission quite possible,
:03:50. > :03:53.and that it's not the fundamental reform that you once promised?
:03:54. > :03:55.This is challenging, this is substantial,
:03:56. > :03:57.it is going to be difficult to achieve,
:03:58. > :04:00.and if we do achieve it, it'll make a real difference.
:04:01. > :04:02.If there's a deal, he promised to campaign
:04:03. > :04:07.But if not, he wouldn't rule out campaigning to leave -
:04:08. > :04:10.a decision he, said, that would be final.
:04:11. > :04:14.If we vote to leave, then we will leave.
:04:15. > :04:16.There will not be another renegotiation
:04:17. > :04:24.And so the real negotiations with other EU leaders start now
:04:25. > :04:28.The referendum campaign, of course, has already begun.
:04:29. > :04:30.I think it's a really ambitious reform programme,
:04:31. > :04:33.but I think there are lots of things that other EU countries will agree
:04:34. > :04:36.with, so I think the Prime Minister is right to push for these four
:04:37. > :04:41.What we know is that David Cameron isn't taking back control,
:04:42. > :04:43.he's not dealing with the cost of Brussels,
:04:44. > :04:46.and he's not backing any of this up with treaty change,
:04:47. > :04:50.And as for the Prime Minister's backbenchers,
:04:51. > :04:55.Is that it?! Is that the sum total
:04:56. > :04:59.of the Government's position in this renegotiation?
:05:00. > :05:02.The renegotiation amounts to no more than tinkering around the edges.
:05:03. > :05:07.This is pretty thin gruel, much less than people had come to expect.
:05:08. > :05:11.How is he going to be able to sell this pig in a poke?
:05:12. > :05:13.Today was all about the Prime Minister clearing his throat
:05:14. > :05:16.and clearing the decks ahead of a tough negotiation.
:05:17. > :05:17.Officials admit he probably won't get everything,
:05:18. > :05:20.but he will get something, and the question is whether that
:05:21. > :05:24.something will be enough to convince people to vote to stay in the EU.
:05:25. > :05:29.For now, Britain's demands have been sent and received.
:05:30. > :05:31.What matters is what comes back in the post.
:05:32. > :05:35.James Landale, BBC News, Westminster.
:05:36. > :05:38.Perhaps the most controversial of Mr Cameron's demands for reform
:05:39. > :05:42.involve curbing EU migrants' access to in-work benefits,
:05:43. > :05:47.According to Downing Street, around 40% of EU migrants
:05:48. > :05:50.claim these benefits in their first four years in the country.
:05:51. > :06:00.Our economics editor, Robert Peston, has been looking at the figures.
:06:01. > :06:07.And a Polish deli, in most high street and markets now, this one is
:06:08. > :06:12.in Leeds. One manifestation of what is exercising our Prime Minister, a
:06:13. > :06:15.British workforce swelled by EU migrants, especially from Eastern
:06:16. > :06:21.Europe. So is David Cameron in tune with us? It is a good thing, but
:06:22. > :06:26.they should not join the benefits straightaway. We field restrictions
:06:27. > :06:30.should be in place for the amount of people arriving. It is not fair on
:06:31. > :06:36.the British people who cannot get jobs. So what do we know about why
:06:37. > :06:41.migrants are coming here? EU migrants represent 6% of the working
:06:42. > :06:45.population but only 2% of welfare benefits claimants. That suggests
:06:46. > :06:49.that when they arrive from places like Poland and Romania to coach
:06:50. > :06:54.stations like this one in Victoria, they are not coming to sit on their
:06:55. > :06:57.bottoms and claim. But if we look at working tax credits and child tax
:06:58. > :07:01.credits, EU migrants represent around 10% of those. That shouldn't
:07:02. > :07:05.really be a surprise, because the evidence suggests they can here to
:07:06. > :07:11.work and they have to be on relatively low pay. The march here
:07:12. > :07:14.migrants pushed too much pressure on scarce public services, says the
:07:15. > :07:18.Prime Minister, so what to do about it? We need action that gives
:07:19. > :07:23.greater control of migration from the EU. As I have said previously,
:07:24. > :07:28.we can do this by reducing the draw that our welfare system can exert
:07:29. > :07:33.across Europe. And to those who say this will not make a difference, I
:07:34. > :07:36.say look at the figures. So the figures David Cameron is citing
:07:37. > :07:41.where that around 40% of all recent European migrants are supported in
:07:42. > :07:47.some way by the UK benefits system, with each family claiming on average
:07:48. > :07:51.?6,000 in tax credits and other in-work benefits. Does it stack up?
:07:52. > :07:55.Well, they seem to be in contradiction to many of the figures
:07:56. > :08:00.which are conducted by academics, including ourselves, and those
:08:01. > :08:04.figures are far lower. And another thing. The evidence suggests that
:08:05. > :08:08.migration is on the whole a good thing for the British economy. The
:08:09. > :08:12.Office for Budget Responsibility says that lower migration would mean
:08:13. > :08:17.we would have to have higher taxes or lower public spending, migrants
:08:18. > :08:22.make a net contribution to the public finances over the long term.
:08:23. > :08:27.So in a corner of West London favoured by migrants, what do they
:08:28. > :08:32.think of Mr Cameron's plan? It is right, because it is not a place
:08:33. > :08:37.that you can just claim benefits. I don't come to this country to take
:08:38. > :08:41.the benefits, I can here looking for a job. It doesn't make sense for me,
:08:42. > :08:46.if you are from abroad and you never contribute any taxes or national
:08:47. > :08:51.insurance contributions, it doesn't make any sense why you should get
:08:52. > :08:55.the money. Are the people already here, cutting the UK subsidy for
:08:56. > :08:59.migrants may seem fair, but fairness and national prosperity are not the
:09:00. > :09:02.same thing. Robert Peston, BBC News. And our Europe editor, Katya Adler,
:09:03. > :09:10.is in Brussels. Early days, but how is this going
:09:11. > :09:14.down there? I can tell you what there was not much in Europe today,
:09:15. > :09:19.and that is surprise, because the four areas of reform outlined by the
:09:20. > :09:23.Prime Minister today were already familiar. Most important for Downing
:09:24. > :09:26.Street, the reaction from Germany, and Angela Merkel promised again
:09:27. > :09:31.today to do what she could to help David Cameron, as long, she said, as
:09:32. > :09:35.his reforms were compatible with EU rules. So no problem trying to
:09:36. > :09:40.exempt the UK from ever closer union, for protecting countries that
:09:41. > :09:44.do not use the euro currency, or for making the EU more competitive. But
:09:45. > :09:48.when it comes to curbing EU migration, that is another story,
:09:49. > :09:51.and that has come under attack. But this is just the beginning of the
:09:52. > :09:54.horse trading, and there is an awareness here in Brussels and
:09:55. > :09:58.across Europe that without Britain and the EU would be poorer
:09:59. > :10:03.economically, militarily and politically as well. And Europhiles
:10:04. > :10:07.also worried that on the back of the current migration crisis and the
:10:08. > :10:12.ongoing Euro crisis, that Brexit could be the nail in the coffin of
:10:13. > :10:14.the European Union as a whole. Many thanks, Katya Adler.
:10:15. > :10:16.The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Russia's drug-testing
:10:17. > :10:19.laboratory in Moscow as one of the biggest sporting scandals deepens.
:10:20. > :10:21.But the Kremlin says the findings in yesterday's report
:10:22. > :10:23.concerning some of its athletes are groundless.
:10:24. > :10:34.Our sports editor, Dan Roan, reports on the crisis in world athletics.
:10:35. > :10:43.Sport had never heard anything quite like it. Yesterday's damning report
:10:44. > :10:47.into state run cheating laid bare the worst doping scandal in
:10:48. > :10:50.history. Russia faces an unprecedented ban from next year's
:10:51. > :10:54.real Olympics and the head of athletics in the UK says it is time
:10:55. > :10:57.to get tough. I don't really care what Russia does if it is
:10:58. > :11:02.suspended, apart from cleaning itself up. So point number one,
:11:03. > :11:05.should it be suspended? Yes, until it can prove it is compliant. If it
:11:06. > :11:13.refuses to do that, and some of the signs of a night were not
:11:14. > :11:14.encouraging, well, whatever the consequences are, let's take them.
:11:15. > :11:17.Political tensions are rising, Vladimir Putin is meeting with the
:11:18. > :11:23.country's sports chiefs tomorrow, but his spokesman has done dismissed
:11:24. > :11:28.the accusations as an founded. This sporting superpower will discover
:11:29. > :11:33.its punishment at the end of the week, but the lab at the heart of
:11:34. > :11:35.the scandal had its accreditation suspended today.
:11:36. > :11:40.TRANSLATION: I believe that problem is obviously exist, Russia is on the
:11:41. > :11:44.path to clear its name and change. Why is it that sports seems so
:11:45. > :11:48.vulnerable to corruption? How is it that journalists are left to uncover
:11:49. > :11:51.scandals such as this, rather than the authorities? And how one earth
:11:52. > :11:59.can athletics recover its battered reputation? For these British
:12:00. > :12:03.athletes at Lea Valley today, it was training as usual, but at a time
:12:04. > :12:10.when sport is under scrutiny like never before, these are worrying
:12:11. > :12:15.times. Hopefully it is fully investigated, but for those athletes
:12:16. > :12:19.who are competing clean, and there is a lot of athletes competing
:12:20. > :12:23.cleanly, I would not want the public to think that everyone is cheating
:12:24. > :12:26.or everyone who wins must be cheating, that is definitely not the
:12:27. > :12:31.case. For eight years he was deputy to the man he replaced this year,
:12:32. > :12:35.Lamine Diack, now under investigation that he took bribes to
:12:36. > :12:38.cover up doping, tonight suspended by the International Olympic
:12:39. > :12:42.Committee. That has led to questions over exactly what Sebastian Coe new
:12:43. > :12:47.and if he is the man to steer the sport through its current crisis. We
:12:48. > :12:51.are looking for special measures not to have to go through committees and
:12:52. > :12:55.commissions. He has to grasp the nest than say, you have to do
:12:56. > :13:00.something very fast here. The fear now is that the cheating may extend
:13:01. > :13:03.well beyond Russian athletes, with more damaging revelations to come.
:13:04. > :13:06.Sport left wondering what it can believe in. Dan Roan, BBC News.
:13:07. > :13:08.Police in Northern Ireland say a former British soldier
:13:09. > :13:10.has been arrested on suspicion of murdering
:13:11. > :13:12.three civil-rights demonstrators during the events of Bloody Sunday.
:13:13. > :13:14.It's the first arrest made since a fresh investigation
:13:15. > :13:16.into the killings was announced three years ago.
:13:17. > :13:19.13 people were killed when British paratroopers
:13:20. > :13:26.opened fire on a civil-rights march through Londonderry in 1972.
:13:27. > :13:33.Our Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler is in Londonderry.
:13:34. > :13:40.Chris, just how significant a development is this? George, I think
:13:41. > :13:46.it is significant because it is the first arrest of a soldier. Memories
:13:47. > :13:49.of Bloody Sunday are burned into people's consciousness here in
:13:50. > :13:54.Derry, and some of the images are painted on the walls. Five years
:13:55. > :13:57.ago, an inquiry found that members of the British Parachute regiment
:13:58. > :14:01.had fired into a crowd of civil rights protesters without warning,
:14:02. > :14:05.and that did lead to an official apology from the Prime Minister in
:14:06. > :14:09.the House of Commons. Now the families were happy that they got an
:14:10. > :14:13.apology, but they have always pushed for a criminal investigation, and
:14:14. > :14:17.they have welcomed today's arrests of this 66-year-old man. He is a
:14:18. > :14:21.former paratrooper and did give evidence to the inquiry under the
:14:22. > :14:26.title of Soldier J. The MOD would not comment today on what they said
:14:27. > :14:30.was a criminal investigation, but the PSNI did say that this marked
:14:31. > :14:35.the start of a new phase of their investigation, one that could
:14:36. > :14:36.continue for some time. That is an indication that they could be more
:14:37. > :14:39.arrests. Thank you, Chris. Aung San Suu Chi, the leader
:14:40. > :14:41.of the opposition in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma,
:14:42. > :14:43.says she's confident the military will accept
:14:44. > :14:45.the results of Sunday's elections. Her party is expected
:14:46. > :14:47.to win by a landslide. In her first interview
:14:48. > :14:49.since the vote, she told our correspondent
:14:50. > :14:50.Fergal Keane that voters would not tolerate
:14:51. > :14:54.any intervention by the military. Aung San Suu Kyi had
:14:55. > :15:00.the smile of the victor, convinced her party
:15:01. > :15:03.had enough votes to form the country's first
:15:04. > :15:05.democratic government. What is your sense
:15:06. > :15:09.of how well the NLD has done? well, around 75%
:15:10. > :15:18.in the union legislature. And that will be enough,
:15:19. > :15:20.more than enough, The minimum requirement
:15:21. > :15:25.is about 67% if we are to be able to form
:15:26. > :15:28.a government on our own. Do you believe that the generals,
:15:29. > :15:31.the people who have controlled here for so long,
:15:32. > :15:35.will allow you to do that? Well, they've been saying
:15:36. > :15:37.repeatedly that they will respect
:15:38. > :15:40.the will of the people and that they will implement
:15:41. > :15:42.the results of the election. sabotage your nascent democracy
:15:43. > :15:52.in this country. I think they should think of it
:15:53. > :15:55.not as sabotaging our efforts, should they try to do
:15:56. > :15:57.something like that. What they would be sabotaging
:15:58. > :16:00.is the will of the people. Her supporters want Aung San Suu Kyi
:16:01. > :16:07.to be president, but she's barred from that job
:16:08. > :16:10.thanks to a specific clause in the constitution
:16:11. > :16:11.imposed by the military. You spoke the other day
:16:12. > :16:17.about being above the President, Well, I'll make all the decisions,
:16:18. > :16:27.it's as simple as all that. If I'm required to field a president
:16:28. > :16:30.who meets the requirements of Section 59F of the constitution,
:16:31. > :16:32.all right, we'll find one. But that won't stop me
:16:33. > :16:35.from making all the decisions It's a name only -
:16:36. > :16:43.a rose by any other name! One of the most significant
:16:44. > :16:45.promises in the interview like these Rohingya being targeted
:16:46. > :16:53.by Buddhist extremists. It's not going to be easy, that they
:16:54. > :16:57.must understand, because prejudice is not removed easily, and hatred
:16:58. > :17:00.is not going to be removed easily. But we can work at it together,
:17:01. > :17:03.and I'm confident that the great majority of the people
:17:04. > :17:07.of this country want peace. This is just the beginning
:17:08. > :17:11.of the road, There's a lot more to be done
:17:12. > :17:17.before, I think, our people will feel secure enough
:17:18. > :17:21.to celebrate. That is a caution born
:17:22. > :17:23.of experience. The time is 6. 17pm. Our top story
:17:24. > :17:40.this evening David Cameron lays out Britain's
:17:41. > :17:42.demands for EU reforms The migrants fleeing human rights
:17:43. > :17:46.abuses in Eritrea, Coming up on Reporting Scotland
:17:47. > :17:53.at 6.30pm: The farmer facing eviction after 20 years
:17:54. > :17:56.on this land in East Lothian. And, Gordon Strachan says
:17:57. > :17:58.his Scotland squad are ready for next year's World Cup qualifiers,
:17:59. > :18:08.despite our Euro 2016 failure. Hundreds of miners and their
:18:09. > :18:11.families have been marching today in protest against thousands of job
:18:12. > :18:14.losses which could leave the British Thousands of redundancies have been
:18:15. > :18:23.announced at Redcar, Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire, with more jobs
:18:24. > :18:25.under threat in the West Midlands. Our UK affiars correspondent, Jeremy
:18:26. > :18:29.Cooke, reports on the families All the fathers
:18:30. > :18:39.and generations have worked here. It's the industry which has built
:18:40. > :18:43.this place, forged a community. We're a long, long way from London
:18:44. > :18:47.and it's easy for them to see steel Here, steel's about jobs,
:18:48. > :18:54.livelihoods, families. Today, the protest hit the streets,
:18:55. > :19:04.part of an ongoing campaign. The demos and lobbying and petitions
:19:05. > :19:11.all aimed at saving jobs. If they've got any chance of a job,
:19:12. > :19:14.they might get on the steelworks. British Steel is feeling the heat
:19:15. > :19:22.from cheap subsidised imports. The workers here insists that
:19:23. > :19:25.their product is better and safer, but cannot compete with the
:19:26. > :19:28.Chinese, who pay much less for their The steelworks has dominated the
:19:29. > :19:36.skyline here for 125 years and you get the sense that it's shot through
:19:37. > :19:41.the DNA of this entire community. Now though there are growing fears
:19:42. > :19:44.that all of this may soon pass Steel has been the history
:19:45. > :19:49.of this family. 30 years ago you've got a job
:19:50. > :19:55.for life there. Three generations
:19:56. > :19:56.of steelworkers here. One mid-career,
:19:57. > :20:03.one just starting out. It's given us a family that we love
:20:04. > :20:11.and we're so, so sad to think that I've been brought up into a family
:20:12. > :20:19.that can provide for their sons and daughters and to go on the dole
:20:20. > :20:23.is the last thing I want to do. Dozens of businesses have grown
:20:24. > :20:25.up next to the steelworks. This workshop has adapted to survive
:20:26. > :20:29.and to thrive, now using steel not just from across
:20:30. > :20:36.the way, but from across the world. They're taking people on,
:20:37. > :20:38.but not enough to compensate We've gone through massive
:20:39. > :20:41.job losses here before. I think we've lost 22,000 jobs
:20:42. > :20:45.in 30 years, but these 900, it feels Ministers say they want to help,
:20:46. > :20:51.but stress that the basic problems are international
:20:52. > :20:54.and set by forces a long way from The Government has delayed
:20:55. > :21:07.its plans to relax Sunday trading laws in England and Wales
:21:08. > :21:11.because of opposition from the Scottish National Party, Labour
:21:12. > :21:14.and some Conservative backbenchers. The SNP had said it would vote
:21:15. > :21:17.against the changes amid fears it could drive
:21:18. > :21:24.down the wages of Scottish workers. The supermarket chain Asda has said
:21:25. > :21:27.it will not take part in The annual day of cut prices - first
:21:28. > :21:32.promoted in America - has resulted The management of Asda said
:21:33. > :21:41.customers were "tired" of the event. Trying to tackle the root causes
:21:42. > :21:44.of the migrant crisis, that's the topic at a special meeting this week
:21:45. > :21:47.of European and African leaders. We know why people are fleeing
:21:48. > :21:50.the war in Syria, Time and time again,
:21:51. > :21:56.our reporters have found Eritreans The country's human rights record
:21:57. > :22:00.has pushed roughly half At first, they head
:22:01. > :22:06.for neighbouring Ethiopia, from This is a difficult journey
:22:07. > :22:13.for anyone, let alone a child. She's made the journey into exile
:22:14. > :22:21.from Eritrea with her aunt and They all walked
:22:22. > :22:28.for three days to reach the border. They're now hoping to join family
:22:29. > :22:34.in Denmark. But so many other Eritrean
:22:35. > :22:37.youngsters in Ethiopian refugee camps are
:22:38. > :22:41.on their own, with no family. This boy was 11 when he crossed
:22:42. > :22:46.the border in the dead of night. He didn't want to be identified
:22:47. > :22:49.for fear of reprisals I left from Eritrea
:22:50. > :23:05.because I don't want military service and I walked with
:23:06. > :23:08.my friend, at 2.00am in the morning, The young people
:23:09. > :23:13.in exile here are victims of a dictatorship back across the
:23:14. > :23:16.border that's forced them to flee. Often, it's tearful parents who tell
:23:17. > :23:20.them to go, to avoid open-ended conscription in the military
:23:21. > :23:22.and to find a democracy, possibly Meet Nuria, she's 15,
:23:23. > :23:32.has an air of confidence about her, "I don't have anything and no-one to
:23:33. > :23:41.send me money ", she says. I want to leave Ethiopia
:23:42. > :23:48.and go abroad to help them." It's hard to believe what so many
:23:49. > :23:51.of these children have been through, often walking
:23:52. > :23:54.for days out of Eritrea across the border to get here into
:23:55. > :23:57.northern Ethiopia, leaving behind They've had to grow up fast,
:23:58. > :24:06.and their odyssey isn't over. The UN estimates 20%
:24:07. > :24:10.of the migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean this year
:24:11. > :24:14.to reach Europe are unaccompanied Easy prey for criminal gangs
:24:15. > :24:23.and child sex traffickers. In this refugee camp they attend
:24:24. > :24:30.school and are well fed, but the plight of children will be
:24:31. > :24:35.top of the agenda at the How best to protect the weakest
:24:36. > :24:47.of the weak. Clive Myrie,
:24:48. > :24:50.BBC News, in Ethiopia. She's been a star of stage
:24:51. > :24:53.and screen for more than 50 years, with roles from The Prime of
:24:54. > :24:55.Miss Jean Brodie, decades ago, Dame Maggie Smith's now starring
:24:56. > :25:00.in the film of Alan Bennett's stage hit, The Lady in the Van,
:25:01. > :25:03.and she's been speaking to Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd,
:25:04. > :25:13.the eccentric old lady who parked her van on Alan Bennett's drive
:25:14. > :25:20.in Camden and stayed there You're not doing me a favour, you
:25:21. > :25:27.know, I have got other fish to fry. I'm about the only person I
:25:28. > :25:30.know who hasn't ever seen her. No, but nearly everybody I meet
:25:31. > :25:51.has had come across her. What with all this to do I think I'm
:25:52. > :25:59.about to be taken short. It was odd because Alan,
:26:00. > :26:06.to this day, keeps coming up with He said, I don't believe him
:26:07. > :26:15.for a moment, he said, I wouldn't have been
:26:16. > :26:32.able to cope with it. She would have impinged. She
:26:33. > :26:35.would definitely impinged. Listen to me Miss Shepherd there are
:26:36. > :26:38.no boa constrictors in Camden Town. I know a boa constrictor
:26:39. > :26:41.when I see one. Have you seen roles come
:26:42. > :26:44.and go you wish you'd done? I mean, now I'm stuck with being,
:26:45. > :26:49.you know, a mean old cow. That's true, but, you know,
:26:50. > :26:55.so be it. Mrs Crawley tells me that you paid
:26:56. > :26:58.her a visit when you first came, Are you pleased to see the back
:26:59. > :27:17.of it? Would you ever say you'd given,
:27:18. > :27:26.in your own eyes Ever say you have given
:27:27. > :27:32.a great performance? I'm not sure many would
:27:33. > :27:35.agree with that. Maggie Smith is quite clearly
:27:36. > :27:50.a master of her art. Welcome back. Thank you. A mild day
:27:51. > :27:55.across the UK after a record breaker last night, our warmest November
:27:56. > :28:01.night on record. Temperatures in County Down 16 Celsius. It should be
:28:02. > :28:06.five degrees at the moment. We hit 19 through the afternoon today here.
:28:07. > :28:12.South-westerly winds bringing in warm air, it continues to be with us
:28:13. > :28:16.tonight. Mildest air to the south of this weather front. Cooler further
:28:17. > :28:20.north. Temperatures will drop into single figures. The weather front
:28:21. > :28:24.will bring heavy bursts of rain, Northern Ireland, Scotland and
:28:25. > :28:29.northern parts of England. Drizzle around western and southern coasts.
:28:30. > :28:33.A grey day, misty around the coasts. Brighter to Scotland and Northern
:28:34. > :28:37.Ireland. Not as warm as it has been. We will see showers, sunshine in
:28:38. > :28:40.between. Northern England, north and west Wales will see the rain
:28:41. > :28:45.relentless through the day. Given how much has fallen this week there
:28:46. > :28:51.is a risk of flooding by the end of the day. 15 to 17 to the south of
:28:52. > :28:54.that with brightness and showers. Heavy showers to Scotland and
:28:55. > :28:59.Northern Ireland. Gusty winds. They will get out of the way later in the
:29:00. > :29:04.night. Into Thursday a brief respite, dryer, brighter weather to
:29:05. > :29:09.start the day, mist and fogs patches to the east. Gales will develop.
:29:10. > :29:16.Rain will spread in. What is heading our way is the Met office's first
:29:17. > :29:20.name storm of the season, Abigail. Biggest impacts to nosht-west
:29:21. > :29:25.Scotland, winds potentially of 80mph. Blustery day for us all on
:29:26. > :29:29.Friday. Showers wintry over higher ground. It will feel cooler. These
:29:30. > :29:32.are the temperatures this afternoon. These are the temperatures we expect
:29:33. > :29:39.on Friday afternoon. They are close to what it should be for the time of
:29:40. > :29:43.year. Thank you very much. I just want to say it's good to be back
:29:44. > :29:46.with you. That is all from the BBC's news at Six. Goodbye from me. On BBC
:29:47. > :29:47.One