:00:00. > :00:07.Another step closer to air strikes over Syria - the Cabinet backs
:00:08. > :00:14.RAF Tornadoes could take to Syrian skies within days if parliament
:00:15. > :00:21.There is a risk to our brave armed forces when we put them in harm's
:00:22. > :00:25.way, and that's why we should think very carefully before doing so.
:00:26. > :00:28.There will be an all-day debate tomorrow - the
:00:29. > :00:33.Labour leader urges his colleagues to vote against military action.
:00:34. > :00:39.I hope to convince MPs that their responsibility tomorrow is not
:00:40. > :00:42.to support the Prime Minister and take this into another war,
:00:43. > :00:48.We'll be looking at the pros and cons of a bombing campaign.
:00:49. > :00:52.Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper,
:00:53. > :00:56.could be moved back to prison after decades in a psychiatric unit.
:00:57. > :01:00.The big divide - the education watchdog says
:01:01. > :01:04.secondary schools in the north of England are failing their students.
:01:05. > :01:06.The future of medicine - how gene editing could transform
:01:07. > :01:18.And on Reporting Scotland at 6.30: A union claims that staff shortages in
:01:19. > :01:22.Scotland's fire service will harm its ability to respond to 999 calls.
:01:23. > :01:24.And Nicola Sturgeon says the SNP will vote against extending air
:01:25. > :01:46.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:47. > :01:49.The Prime Minister has urged MPs from all parties to back military
:01:50. > :01:53.action against so-called Islamic State in Syria.
:01:54. > :01:56.The Cabinet has approved a motion that will be put
:01:57. > :02:00.It calls for British air strikes, but not the deployment of troops
:02:01. > :02:05.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, opposes military action, saying the
:02:06. > :02:11.But many of his MPs are likely to support the Government's motion.
:02:12. > :02:29.Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
:02:30. > :02:39.Three, two, one, says the French airmen as a bomb drops on Raqqa.
:02:40. > :02:42.British pilots are tonight on countdown, to. The Prime Minister
:02:43. > :02:50.believes he has the support to forge ahead with air strikes. This has
:02:51. > :02:54.been a very deliberate and proper process, a cabinet meeting, legal
:02:55. > :02:58.advice, a proper motion in front of the House of Commons, ten and a half
:02:59. > :03:02.hours of debate tomorrow in the House of Commons. Obviously, we
:03:03. > :03:05.should think of our brave Armed Forces and their families for the
:03:06. > :03:10.risks they take on our behalf. And that is obviously playing heavily on
:03:11. > :03:15.my mind. So MPs face the most serious decision of all. It is a
:03:16. > :03:20.debate on a motion relating to Isil in Syria. Whether to put British
:03:21. > :03:24.forces into harm's way. But this is expanding air strikes already being
:03:25. > :03:29.carried out in Iraq over the border to Syria. MPs are being asked if the
:03:30. > :03:32.Commons supports her Majesty'sgovernment in taking
:03:33. > :03:36.military action, specifically air strikes, exclusively against Isil in
:03:37. > :03:40.Syria, and offers its holes hearted support to her Majesty'sArmed
:03:41. > :03:45.Forces. There are also promises to keep up the diplomatic pressure and
:03:46. > :03:49.help in the aftermath of conflict. But that is not enough for the
:03:50. > :03:54.Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Even though dozens of his MPs backed the
:03:55. > :03:56.plan. Some people are more difficult to persuade than others, and I look
:03:57. > :04:02.forward to them being persuaded. Another war will cause Rob Evans. It
:04:03. > :04:05.will not bring about a solution. Surely all the effort should be put
:04:06. > :04:10.into bringing about a political solution to the Syrian civil war.
:04:11. > :04:14.Would you, if you were Prime Minister, call on America and France
:04:15. > :04:19.to stop their bombing in Syria urges already happening? I would ask them
:04:20. > :04:23.to put their efforts into a peace process. But that bombing is already
:04:24. > :04:27.underway, and many of Mr Corbyn's senior colleagues do think Britain
:04:28. > :04:31.should join. People are at risk. People are dying because of the
:04:32. > :04:34.activities of this organisation, and the fundamental question is, are we
:04:35. > :04:38.going to play our full part, together with other nations, to
:04:39. > :04:43.reduce this direct? I am persuaded that we need to do that. David
:04:44. > :04:49.Cameron thinks he can win well. The government only has a working
:04:50. > :04:54.majority of 17. Around ten of his own side are expected to object. But
:04:55. > :05:00.at least 50 Labour MPs will vote yes. Around 12 others will join. You
:05:01. > :05:04.can see that well over half of MPs are on track to back air strikes.
:05:05. > :05:08.But there are deep concerns. We will not support the government, because
:05:09. > :05:13.the case has not been made for a bombing campaign alone to deal with
:05:14. > :05:18.terrace or the civil war in Syria. The talking isn't over. Voting
:05:19. > :05:23.hasn't begun. Planes don't yet have permission to fly. But in less than
:05:24. > :05:25.48 hours now, all of that is likely to change. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC
:05:26. > :05:27.News, Westminster. So can British air strikes make
:05:28. > :05:29.a difference in Syria, David Cameron says military action
:05:30. > :05:33.is just one part of a Our Diplomatic Correspondent James
:05:34. > :05:50.Robbins looks at the nature The RAF Tornadoes are poised, from
:05:51. > :05:54.Akrotiri in Cyprus, they have been striking IS in Iraq, and if the
:05:55. > :05:59.Commons backs the Prime Minister tomorrow, they are ready to add IS
:06:00. > :06:04.in Syria to their target list. So, in any action, what are the aims?
:06:05. > :06:10.The government says Britain can be made safer and IS or Isil made
:06:11. > :06:17.weaker. Air strikes alone cannot defeat Isil. But they can degrade
:06:18. > :06:24.Isil. They can prevent Isil expanding further in Syria. They can
:06:25. > :06:29.relieve the pressure on opposition forces that are being attacked by
:06:30. > :06:33.Isil. And the government believes those anti-Assad moderate opposition
:06:34. > :06:36.forces could number 70,000. Critics question that, and argue that the
:06:37. > :06:42.main aim of British strikes is symbolic. The British want to prove
:06:43. > :06:50.that they are fully on board for a war with Isis until it is finished.
:06:51. > :06:54.And this is the first step in escalating the British involvement
:06:55. > :07:04.in that war. What is not being voted on this week is what the next steps
:07:05. > :07:08.will be. So who is currently bombing IS targets in Syria? The two air
:07:09. > :07:11.forces leading the international coalition are the United States and
:07:12. > :07:15.France. Others in the coalition include Arab countries like Jordan
:07:16. > :07:20.and Saudi Arabia. Then there is Turkey, although they are not
:07:21. > :07:23.currently bombing. Which makes Russia's separate campaign a real
:07:24. > :07:28.problem. Moscow has a different agenda, supporting Syria's president
:07:29. > :07:32.Assad. So Moscow and Washington are still at loggerheads, and again
:07:33. > :07:38.today, President Obama was urging Moscow to fall in line. I am
:07:39. > :07:41.confident that we are on the winning side of this and that ultimately,
:07:42. > :07:51.Russia will recognise the threat that Isil poses to its country, to
:07:52. > :07:54.its people, is the most significant and that they need to align
:07:55. > :07:59.themselves with those of us who are fighting Isil. So what would success
:08:00. > :08:03.against IS mean? The coalition already claims real damage to their
:08:04. > :08:06.Syrian headquarters in Raqqa, and killing individual IS leaders,
:08:07. > :08:10.although there are fears many civilians have been hit by air
:08:11. > :08:14.strikes as well. This issue will only be successfully brought to make
:08:15. > :08:18.inclusion by boots on the ground. The issue is, whose feet are in
:08:19. > :08:23.those boots and what is the degree of leadership and coordination?
:08:24. > :08:27.Currently, it is not there. So, can British Tornadoes help launch a more
:08:28. > :08:32.coherent grand strategy for Syria? That still depends on settling huge
:08:33. > :08:34.political divides, including the future, if any, for President Assad.
:08:35. > :08:36.James Robbins, BBC News. Our political editor Laura
:08:37. > :08:46.Kuenssberg is at Westminster. As you suggest, David Cameron is
:08:47. > :08:51.only doing this because he is sure of getting his way. That's right.
:08:52. > :08:55.The numbers look solid for the government, comfortable, even. But
:08:56. > :08:59.we should not mistake that for any sense that this has been an easy
:09:00. > :09:03.decision. There is a kind of crackle tonight in Westminster, a real
:09:04. > :09:06.tension. MPs have taken this extremely seriously and in every
:09:07. > :09:12.political party, there has been agony over this decision. In fact,
:09:13. > :09:16.dozens of MPs have still to make up their minds. But unless something
:09:17. > :09:23.completely unexpected, out of the blue happens in the next 24 hours,
:09:24. > :09:26.MPs are going to say yes to the biggest decision they can make,
:09:27. > :09:28.sending British forces into action. Laura, thank you.
:09:29. > :09:31.Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, could be moved from a high
:09:32. > :09:34.The BBC understands that medical experts believe
:09:35. > :09:41.Sutcliffe is serving 20 life sentences for the murder of 13 women
:09:42. > :09:44.and the attempted murder of seven others in Yorkshire and Greater
:09:45. > :09:48.Danny Savage has more, and his report contains some flash
:09:49. > :09:52.Peter Sutcliffe, one of the most notorious serial killers
:09:53. > :09:58.From the mid-1970s until the early 1980s, he stalked towns
:09:59. > :10:05.He killed a total of 13 women before being caught and given
:10:06. > :10:14.Now aged 69, Sutcliffe, a paranoid schizophrenic,
:10:15. > :10:17.has spent most of his sentence in Broadmoor secure hospital.
:10:18. > :10:20.But medical experts have now suggested that
:10:21. > :10:23.his mental health has improved enough to go back to prison.
:10:24. > :10:31.Her son has today talked to me about developments.
:10:32. > :10:34.It doesn't really change anything as far as me and my family
:10:35. > :10:37.and who we lost, losing Mum, it doesn't change a thing.
:10:38. > :10:42.But I also understand that if he's been deemed fit for
:10:43. > :10:48.it's just part of the ongoing journey we've been on
:10:49. > :10:52.and will continue to go on, I dare say.
:10:53. > :10:55.Sutcliffe's last victim was Jacqueline Hill in 1980.
:10:56. > :11:01.police reconstructed her last movements in Headingley in Leeds.
:11:02. > :11:05.His serial killings left people across a vast swathe
:11:06. > :11:09.of northern England terrified to go out at night for years.
:11:10. > :11:14.But what today isn't about is moving him towards freedom.
:11:15. > :11:20.It was ruled some years go that Peter Sutcliffe will never
:11:21. > :11:24.But how can a man who said voices told him to kill
:11:25. > :11:32.This case is such a high-profile case, and perhaps a very complex
:11:33. > :11:34.case as well, hence requiring a long period of treatment,
:11:35. > :11:39.So I don't think it's absolutely uncommon
:11:40. > :11:42.that this should happen at this stage.
:11:43. > :11:47.It will be months before Sutcliffe is moved anywhere,
:11:48. > :11:49.but one possible destination is Wakefield,
:11:50. > :11:55.Danny Savage, BBC News, West Yorkshire.
:11:56. > :11:57.There's a growing north-south divide in the standard
:11:58. > :12:01.That's according to the chief inspector of Schools,
:12:02. > :12:06.He says one in three secondary schools, often in towns in the north
:12:07. > :12:14.Our Education editor Branwen Jeffreys reports from Doncaster.
:12:15. > :12:17.Balby Carr, a troubled school for many years.
:12:18. > :12:21.Out of special measures a few months ago, I wanted to see how
:12:22. > :12:24.it's been struggling back onto its feet.
:12:25. > :12:29.We have been doing some fantastic work.
:12:30. > :12:31.Praising pupils and stricter discipline has been
:12:32. > :12:36.As today's report points out, bad behaviour means bad results.
:12:37. > :12:41.Only a third of pupils left this year with five good GCSEs.
:12:42. > :12:46.The headteacher told me finding and keeping teachers here is tough.
:12:47. > :12:52.Working in challenging schools is a choice, and it's a choice that a
:12:53. > :12:58.Do you think it's fair to expect you to do the same in Doncaster that
:12:59. > :13:04.I think in terms of getting the result that
:13:05. > :13:09.our students deserve, yes, it's fine to expect the same progress.
:13:10. > :13:17.We can't compete with the attractions of a capital city.
:13:18. > :13:20.That is because the school is in a poorer area of Doncaster.
:13:21. > :13:23.It's not like London, where the ambition
:13:24. > :13:28.of immigrant families is thought to be part of improving results.
:13:29. > :13:32.Doncaster hopes to have its share of success from the plans
:13:33. > :13:38.But for the young people growing up here to have a real chance
:13:39. > :13:42.of those opportunities, today's report is warning that
:13:43. > :13:49.All that will come to very little unless education improves, skills
:13:50. > :13:51.improve and our youngsters are leaving school, secondary school
:13:52. > :13:56.particularly, in the north of England and the Midlands, doing
:13:57. > :14:03.In Doncaster, this broadband company has gone from start-up to success.
:14:04. > :14:07.The managing director wants to recruit from local schools, but...
:14:08. > :14:13.There is a lack of basic skills in the English, the maths
:14:14. > :14:19.and also the advanced skills we need is a high-tech business.
:14:20. > :14:22.Some of the basics we need for communicating via e-mail,
:14:23. > :14:26.They are hoping for a brighter future in Balby Carr.
:14:27. > :14:29.Ministers say more pupils in England are now in good schools.
:14:30. > :14:33.A national group of teachers to troubleshoot is being created.
:14:34. > :14:38.But for some pupils, progress has to come quickly to make a difference.
:14:39. > :14:43.Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News, Doncaster.
:14:44. > :14:47.A jury has been shown CCTV images of a gang who stole around ?14 million
:14:48. > :14:50.worth of jewellery from a safety deposit vault in London's Hatton
:14:51. > :14:58.They were caught on one of the few working cameras covering
:14:59. > :15:01.the building carrying the stolen jewellery away in wheelie bins.
:15:02. > :15:03.The court was told that other cameras weren't recording
:15:04. > :15:09.because the unit operating them had been stolen.
:15:10. > :15:11.An investigation into the crash of an AirAsia plane en route
:15:12. > :15:15.from Indonesia to Singapore a year ago has found that it was
:15:16. > :15:20.caused by the pilots' inadequate response to a technical fault.
:15:21. > :15:24.All 162 people on board the Airbus A320 were killed after the captain
:15:25. > :15:31.attempted to resolve the fault by switching off the autopilot.
:15:32. > :15:34.The decision to call off today's planned strike by junior
:15:35. > :15:37.doctors came too late for thousands of patients whose operations had
:15:38. > :15:42.Two further strikes have been suspended while the
:15:43. > :15:45.British Medical Association and the Government try to resolve
:15:46. > :15:48.their dispute about a change in doctors' contracted hours and pay.
:15:49. > :15:51.Our health editor, Hugh Pym, is in central London for us this evening.
:15:52. > :16:05.How much disruption has there been? Well, George, across England in
:16:06. > :16:10.hospitals, between 4,000-5,000 routine operations had to be
:16:11. > :16:16.postponed. In this hospital in central London they postponed 66
:16:17. > :16:20.routine surgery. They do say these will be rescheduled within the next
:16:21. > :16:27.couple of weeks. We heard varying reactions from patients at different
:16:28. > :16:29.hospitals to this one. One man was due to have a back operation. It had
:16:30. > :16:32.already been postponed three times and has now been postponed a fourth
:16:33. > :16:37.time. He was frustrated but sympathetic to the junior doctors'
:16:38. > :16:41.case. A woman due to have an out patients appointment has been told
:16:42. > :16:47.it is postponed for three months. She is not happy or sympathetic to
:16:48. > :16:51.the junior doctors. In the meantime, the BMA and Government
:16:52. > :16:53.representatives have made contact today about restarting serious
:16:54. > :16:57.negotiations. They have a matter of weeks to try to reach a deal before
:16:58. > :17:01.the timetable allowing the BMA to have another strike if it wishes
:17:02. > :17:06.runs out in early January. Hugh, thank you very much. The time is 6.
:17:07. > :17:12.6.17pm. Our top story this evening. David Cameron calls for all party
:17:13. > :17:15.support after the Cabinet backs Prehistoric puddles tracking the
:17:16. > :17:20.footprints of dinosaurs that once Coming up on Reporting Scotland
:17:21. > :17:30.at 6.30pm: A triumphant Andy Murray visits Number Ten,
:17:31. > :17:33.but he says talking to the people in charge of tennis about the sport's
:17:34. > :17:36.future is "a waste of time." And, winter's here, but is Scotland
:17:37. > :17:44.ready for the challenge? We are on the verge
:17:45. > :17:49.of a revolution in medicine. Gene editing - the ability to
:17:50. > :17:53.manipulate our DNA - is set to It offers the hope that inherited
:17:54. > :17:57.genetic conditions could be treated, Scientists
:17:58. > :18:02.from all over the world have gathered in Washington to discuss
:18:03. > :18:06.the potential of gene editing. From there,
:18:07. > :18:07.our medical correspondent, Just a day old with a lifetime
:18:08. > :18:16.of opportunity ahead. This baby has been born
:18:17. > :18:19.into a world set to be transformed The ability to precisely
:18:20. > :18:27.manipulate our DNA. How we grow and develop is shaped
:18:28. > :18:31.by DNA which sits in the nucleus It's an instruction manual
:18:32. > :18:36.for how our bodies work. Written in a chemical code
:18:37. > :18:41.of just four letters. Key sections are called genes,
:18:42. > :18:46.a spelling mistake can trigger disease,
:18:47. > :18:49.but now scientists have discovered a cheap and easy way to correct
:18:50. > :18:53.such errors by editing the code. Think of gene editing
:18:54. > :18:57.as a molecular sat-nav. It scans the DNA,
:18:58. > :19:00.searching for the error. Then it uses molecular scissors to
:19:01. > :19:05.snip through both strands which switches off the faulty gene, or it
:19:06. > :19:09.can repair the code by inserting These techniques raise
:19:10. > :19:15.the prospect of treating, even curing, some genetic diseases,
:19:16. > :19:19.and it's not science fiction. Last month, we heard about
:19:20. > :19:25.one-year-old Layla whose leukaemia was fixed by doctors in London who
:19:26. > :19:32.gave her gene edited immune cells. The technology could eventually
:19:33. > :19:35.be used to treat scores of A faulty gene means her
:19:36. > :19:43.skin constantly blisters. It is incredibly painful
:19:44. > :19:47.and can prove fatal. This technology holds
:19:48. > :19:49.the unimaginable dream of a cure. We really do have a hope that we can
:19:50. > :19:58.specifically correct Sahana's cells The breakthrough prize is awarded to
:19:59. > :20:06.Emmanuelle Charpentier and The scientists who invented
:20:07. > :20:13.a cheap and rapid new gene editing system, just three years ago,
:20:14. > :20:17.have already been showered with awards and labs across the world are
:20:18. > :20:21.using their technology. So what is the potential
:20:22. > :20:25.of gene editing? In the future,
:20:26. > :20:29.we hope that this will be a technology that can actually be
:20:30. > :20:32.used not only to understand disease, So not only understand
:20:33. > :20:37.the information in a cell, If we see a mutation that causes
:20:38. > :20:42.disease, we have now That could help patients with a
:20:43. > :20:48.whole range of genetic conditions. Their faulty cells could be removed,
:20:49. > :20:53.treated in the lab, and then healthy If gene editing was done
:20:54. > :21:04.in embryos then any DNA changes The hot issue
:21:05. > :21:11.at this meeting is whether scientists should even be allowed to
:21:12. > :21:15.do research to modify the genes of embryos or is it a step too far
:21:16. > :21:19.that might lead to designer humans? Approval for a third runway
:21:20. > :21:29.at Heathrow should only be granted if the airport can show it won't
:21:30. > :21:32.make noise and air pollution worse, The Environmental Audit Committee
:21:33. > :21:38.also wants a ban on night flights. A final decision on whether to
:21:39. > :21:40.expand Heathrow or Gatwick is A transgender prisoner has been
:21:41. > :21:54.discovered dead in her cell in an all-male prison,
:21:55. > :21:55.the BBC has learned. Joanne Latham was serving life
:21:56. > :21:58.for attempted murder. She was found in the early hours
:21:59. > :21:59.of Friday. It is the second recent death of a
:22:00. > :22:03.transgender woman in a men's prison. Last month, inmate Vikki Thompson
:22:04. > :22:06.was found dead in Leeds. She had said she would kill herself
:22:07. > :22:10.if she was sent to a male prison. Prince Charles has urged governments
:22:11. > :22:13.and businesses to do more to protect Their destruction causes over 10%
:22:14. > :22:18.of the carbon emissions that heat After the speeches
:22:19. > :22:23.from world leaders at the climate summit in Paris yesterday, the hard
:22:24. > :22:25.bargaining is now underway. Our science editor, David Shukman,
:22:26. > :22:37.is there. Just what is at stake? Well, nothing
:22:38. > :22:42.less than trying to secure what would be the first global agreement
:22:43. > :22:45.to tackle climate change. As you say, officials are involved in
:22:46. > :22:49.negotiating that agreement. Going through a draft line byline. There
:22:50. > :22:54.is lots that divides them. For example, most countries have now
:22:55. > :22:56.come up with their own plans for cutting the emissions of greenhouse
:22:57. > :23:00.gases blamed for global warming. Britain and other countries say
:23:01. > :23:03.there has to be a system for checking that those promises are
:23:04. > :23:07.kept. China and India don't like that idea at all. Then there's the
:23:08. > :23:11.question of money. Developing countries say they are going to need
:23:12. > :23:15.billions to prepare for what could be the affects of global warming and
:23:16. > :23:18.to switch to using greener, renewable energy. Richer countries,
:23:19. > :23:23.no surprise, aren't sure how much they want to commit. Now, all of
:23:24. > :23:27.this is going to be haggled over in the coming days before ministers
:23:28. > :23:31.come in to try to find finalise a deal next week. The stakes are high
:23:32. > :23:41.and the process very difficult. Many thanks, David.
:23:42. > :23:45.They are giants that once roamed the planet, now more than 100 rare
:23:46. > :23:46.footprints left by huge plant eating dinosaurs have
:23:47. > :23:50.Researchers at Edinburgh University discovered the tracks
:23:51. > :23:52.which were made by sauropods more than 170 million years ago.
:23:53. > :23:56.Our science reporter, Victoria Gill, has been to Skye.
:23:57. > :23:58.It's a landscape that legend has it was shaped by giants.
:23:59. > :24:01.And while there are many myths inspired
:24:02. > :24:06.by the drama of this island, its coast has been hiding evidence
:24:07. > :24:10.A huge dinosaur and I guess it would have compacted
:24:11. > :24:16.It was on this bay that palaeontologist at the end
:24:17. > :24:18.of a day's fossil hunting noticed an unusual pattern in the rocks.
:24:19. > :24:21.As the light hit it at the right angle, it just kind
:24:22. > :24:25.of clicked that something was odd about these things.
:24:26. > :24:28.And we'd seen things like this before because we study dinosaurs.
:24:29. > :24:31.So we realised that these were dinosaur footprints.
:24:32. > :24:34.What looks like four rock pools in front of me are actually
:24:35. > :24:40.So each one of these circular indentations was
:24:41. > :24:46.Those are those trunk legged, longnecked giants and they used to
:24:47. > :24:51.What researchers stumbled on here is the most extensive
:24:52. > :25:01.A track way of more than 100 footprints left behind by some
:25:02. > :25:06.These are a record of real dinosaurs living and moving around right here.
:25:07. > :25:08.And so we can tell a lot about how big they were,
:25:09. > :25:11.about how they moved, about what environments they lived in.
:25:12. > :25:17.At the museum in Staffin, just a few miles from the site,
:25:18. > :25:20.Dougie Ross has curated a collection of Skye's Jurassic treasures.
:25:21. > :25:23.He's been exploring and fossil hunting here most of his life.
:25:24. > :25:27.But even he didn't expect a discovery of this scale.
:25:28. > :25:29.At most I expected them to find a few fragmentary bits
:25:30. > :25:36.So when they first announced that I thought, oh,
:25:37. > :25:46.It's the pattern of prints that allows experts to
:25:47. > :25:53.But a few ancient feet have even formed
:25:54. > :25:56.casts as the sediments that fill the tracks of these great animals
:25:57. > :26:03.The experts are now calling this Scotland's Dinosaur Island and
:26:04. > :26:06.as they continue to race the tides to work here,
:26:07. > :26:09.they expect its rocks to reveal more of their prehistoric secrets.
:26:10. > :26:16.Victoria Gill, BBC News, on the Isle of Skye.
:26:17. > :26:19.You can find out more about the Isle of Skye's Jurassic Secrets in
:26:20. > :26:26.a special multimedia feature on the BBC Earth website, bbc.com/earth.
:26:27. > :26:37.We saw a variety of conditions across the United Kingdom today
:26:38. > :26:44.thanks to our weather watchers in Perthshire for sending this in. A
:26:45. > :26:50.winter wonder land earlier on today. Rain moves northwards. With sunshine
:26:51. > :26:55.to the south-east it felt more like spring, 15 Celsius in the
:26:56. > :27:01.Southeastern corner. Rain to Scotland tonight before wind and
:27:02. > :27:07.rain comes into the north and west. It's a mild night, 10-11 degrees
:27:08. > :27:12.across the board. Northern Scotland down to five or six degrees. The
:27:13. > :27:16.rain will slip south across Scotland taking the strong winds with it. A
:27:17. > :27:19.decent day to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Northern England and Wales
:27:20. > :27:23.will have rain setting in through the morning. Further south it's fine
:27:24. > :27:27.and dry, a fair bit of cloud through the morning. It's cloudy, breezy,
:27:28. > :27:35.most places dry, a spot or two of rain to the south coast. Most places
:27:36. > :27:41.dry, breezy, cloudy and mild. The weather front will get stuck across
:27:42. > :27:44.England and Wales. South of that it will stay dry, cloudy and mild, 13
:27:45. > :27:49.degrees. Scotland and Northern Ireland the rain will clear away,
:27:50. > :27:54.sunshine, light winds, seven or eight degrees. That rain is there
:27:55. > :27:58.Wednesday night into Thursday. It is there across Wales into Thursday.
:27:59. > :28:02.The rainfall totals building up. Rain into the Midlands as well.
:28:03. > :28:07.Southern counties, cloudy, breezy and mild. Brighter conditions to the
:28:08. > :28:10.north of UK. It will be a decent day for northern England and Northern
:28:11. > :28:13.Ireland and Scotland. The weather front will get out of the way
:28:14. > :28:17.Thursday night into Friday. Friday looks like a reasonable day for many
:28:18. > :28:21.parts of the UK. In time for the weekend yet more wind and rain
:28:22. > :28:28.spreading down from the north. Thank you. Our main story: David Cameron
:28:29. > :28:31.calls for all party support in tomorrow's Commons vote after the
:28:32. > :28:35.Cabinet backs air strikes on IS in Syria.
:28:36. > :28:38.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:28:39. > :28:40.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.