:00:00. > :00:00.Chaos after the weekend's devastating storms - more than 5,000
:00:07. > :00:11.homes have been flooded, tens of thousands are still without power.
:00:12. > :00:16.In Cumbria, streets are turned into rivers by relentless downpours - a
:00:17. > :00:20.record amount of rain fell in 48 hours.
:00:21. > :00:22.Still being rescued - after toughing it out all weekend, many families
:00:23. > :00:28.It's just heartbreaking because everything was set for Christmas.
:00:29. > :00:31.All the decorations were up and we were hoping
:00:32. > :00:37.For one flood victim, a visit from the Prime Minister - he tells her
:00:38. > :00:41.the Government will look again at Cumbria's flood defences.
:00:42. > :00:43.We'll have the latest on the rescues, the emergency services
:00:44. > :00:48.operation and the clean-up. Also tonight:
:00:49. > :00:52.The driver of the bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow killing 6 people
:00:53. > :00:53.had repeatedly lied about his medical history.
:00:54. > :00:56.A 29 year old man appears in court charged with trying to murder a
:00:57. > :01:05.passenger at a London Underground station.
:01:06. > :01:08.Celebrating Christmas, but Christianity is on the decline in
:01:09. > :01:14.Britain - half of the population now say they're non-religious.
:01:15. > :01:21.we'll have more on the inquiry into the Glasgow Bin Lorry crash.
:01:22. > :01:24.As commuters get used to delays, businesses feel effects of
:01:25. > :01:48.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:49. > :01:49.Police say around 5,000 homes have been flooded in Cumbria alone,
:01:50. > :01:58.This morning a body was pulled from a river in Kendall after
:01:59. > :02:02.Tonight more than 40,000 homes are still without power in Lancashire
:02:03. > :02:07.The problems were caused by Storm Desmond, which swept across Northern
:02:08. > :02:14.Britain over the weekend with a record breaking band of rain.
:02:15. > :02:16.34 centimetres - more than 13 inches fell in Honister in the
:02:17. > :02:21.That's the equivalent of more than a month's rain.
:02:22. > :02:25.Carlisle was among the worst affected areas, with
:02:26. > :02:28.water from all directions collecting in the city's river systems.
:02:29. > :02:43.Over the last 48 hours the emergency services from all over the UK have
:02:44. > :02:48.been sent here to Cumbria to deal with this crisis.
:02:49. > :02:52.The water is slowly receding and they are being sent back to their
:02:53. > :02:57.different corners of the country. But in the last hour, more
:02:58. > :03:01.problems. 60,000 houses without property in the Lancashire area. For
:03:02. > :03:02.many people in north-west England tonight, the situation is still
:03:03. > :03:04.dire. 48 hours after a record-breaking
:03:05. > :03:06.deluge caused these floods, Thousands of homes have been
:03:07. > :03:13.ruined in the east of the city. And after being stranded
:03:14. > :03:15.for two nights in the dark without power, the casualties were still
:03:16. > :03:23.coming this morning. And if you've lived here
:03:24. > :03:26.for more than ten years, this is the Because it is the second
:03:27. > :03:36.time we've gone through it. Downstairs is completely destroyed
:03:37. > :03:40.and it's just heartbreaking, because everything was set up for Christmas,
:03:41. > :03:43.all the decorations were up and we were just going to have a nice,
:03:44. > :03:46.special, family Christmas this year. Every few minutes,
:03:47. > :03:49.another boat docked. People and pets heading
:03:50. > :03:51.for somewhere warm and dry. Yesterday, during the day,
:03:52. > :03:55.it was over 300. We are already up to
:03:56. > :03:59.40 this morning. There are lots more families
:04:00. > :04:02.contacting us asking to be rescued and all I would say, if anyone
:04:03. > :04:06.else wants rescuing, give us a call But at least the water level is
:04:07. > :04:12.now going in the right direction. Just to give you an idea
:04:13. > :04:16.of how far the water has receded, if I were standing here yesterday,
:04:17. > :04:19.it would have been nearly up to my chest, but there is still
:04:20. > :04:22.a long, long way to go. It's going to take months to dry out
:04:23. > :04:24.these homes At the B on the corner here,
:04:25. > :04:34.they are looking on in wonder. This morning, I woke up and I
:04:35. > :04:38.thought, because I have been off for 36 hours, it'll be all right
:04:39. > :04:42.and you look at and there is a bin floating past and you think,
:04:43. > :04:46.no, we've got a bit left to do yet. This afternoon, the Prime Minister
:04:47. > :04:48.came to see the damage for himself, where multi-million pound flood
:04:49. > :04:51.defences were overwhelmed. We need to make sure they get all
:04:52. > :04:55.the support they need, get the insurance claims paid quickly, get
:04:56. > :04:59.them the alternative accommodation, make sure the council picks up the
:05:00. > :05:03.furniture and the things they have had to throw out of their houses
:05:04. > :05:06.and then try and get them back Elsewhere in the county, a man's
:05:07. > :05:12.body has been found by police after This is another Cumbrian town
:05:13. > :05:17.damaged by the weekend's weather. Flooding is widespread
:05:18. > :05:18.across the north-west of England Rivers have burst their banks and
:05:19. > :05:23.in places, They will have to be repaired,
:05:24. > :05:29.along with numerous roads. There are still no trains running
:05:30. > :05:31.on the West Coast Mainline The clear up operation is underway
:05:32. > :05:37.in Keswick, It was in the hills around here
:05:38. > :05:42.where the heaviest rain fell. And in the east of the county,
:05:43. > :05:45.Appleby saw the River Eaton breach Back in Carlisle,
:05:46. > :05:54.police are also now out in boats. Concern is growing that looters will
:05:55. > :06:00.now start exploiting other people's misery and security
:06:01. > :06:08.in the area is being increased. The Government says it will do all
:06:09. > :06:14.it can to help flood victims get back on their feet. But after
:06:15. > :06:17.hundreds of millions of pounds were spent on flood defences, many people
:06:18. > :06:20.are asking how their homes could have been inundated yet again. Our
:06:21. > :06:22.science editor, David Shukman, looks at whether climate change has
:06:23. > :06:25.increased the risk of flooding, and whether our defences against it, are
:06:26. > :06:30.fit for purpose. This is a major junction
:06:31. > :06:38.in the heart of Carlisle. Paralysed, despite having defences
:06:39. > :06:42.against flooding cost ?38 million. Doesn't this look like a failure,
:06:43. > :06:47.that you haven't protected the city? I think it is important to remember
:06:48. > :06:50.that our defences actually did They held water-bath
:06:51. > :06:54.for a significant amount of time, which allowed people to have
:06:55. > :06:56.warnings, to make decisions, It also has reduced the depth
:06:57. > :07:02.and severity of the flooding. Beside a river in Carlisle,
:07:03. > :07:06.a barrier against flooding. Deciding which areas get protection
:07:07. > :07:11.is always controversial. There is a system
:07:12. > :07:13.for calculating where So the number of households
:07:14. > :07:26.at risk is the top priority. That favours cities over rural
:07:27. > :07:28.areas, and deprived households attract
:07:29. > :07:30.special attention. But as always, there are limits to
:07:31. > :07:33.the protection that is possible. The waters are receding but you can
:07:34. > :07:36.still see the sheer power of the Overwhelming defences in some areas,
:07:37. > :07:44.except at this stretch. This massive wall did its job,
:07:45. > :07:48.part of the ?38 million investment The question is whether it will be
:07:49. > :07:55.up to it in the future, because climate scientists say that the
:07:56. > :07:58.warmer the air, the more moisture it can hold, which could mean even
:07:59. > :08:04.more intense rain in future. At the Met Office, forecasters are
:08:05. > :08:08.tracking the next waves of rain. Scientists here won't say
:08:09. > :08:12.if climate change is involved, but they do reckon the winter storms
:08:13. > :08:15.two years ago were made far more The latest research says that under
:08:16. > :08:22.the same weather pattern, an extended period of rainfall, just
:08:23. > :08:26.as we have seen this weekend, is seven times more likely, because of
:08:27. > :08:32.the emissions of greenhouse gases. So what does this mean in places
:08:33. > :08:35.like Keswick, where people were They haven't solved the problem,
:08:36. > :08:45.they have just moved it from one end of the town to
:08:46. > :08:48.the other and this area has just The waters are draining away but
:08:49. > :09:00.they are leaving new controversy over how much to spend on flood
:09:01. > :09:08.defence now and for the future. Let's go back to Danny Savage in
:09:09. > :09:10.Carlisle. David Cameron was in Carlisle this afternoon. People
:09:11. > :09:13.want to live free from the fear of being flooded, he said. Pretty
:09:14. > :09:31.difficult for those who've been Having that ambition is one thing.
:09:32. > :09:35.Delivering it is completely another. The problem is, the flood defences
:09:36. > :09:41.here were built to withstand a flood of 7.2 metres high. The water rose
:09:42. > :09:47.to 7.9 metres in the early hours of Sunday. That was a country mile
:09:48. > :09:49.over. You ask people now if they think flood defences will be built
:09:50. > :09:53.over. You ask people now if they to defend such highs, and I don't
:09:54. > :09:59.think they feel positive. The things they have to deal with in the
:10:00. > :10:02.future. In the short-term, basic security of their homes. Are these
:10:03. > :10:07.property safe when nobody is them? In the medium-term, drawing these
:10:08. > :10:13.houses out. And the long-term problems with insurance, which
:10:14. > :10:17.premiums will know their potentially go up, so they could have problems
:10:18. > :10:21.with that. And also, being able to sell their house in the future.
:10:22. > :10:25.There are very nice houses in this area and people come and go. Will
:10:26. > :10:30.they be able to do that? They have very little confidence that people
:10:31. > :10:33.want to live around here knowing that at the back of their mind there
:10:34. > :10:36.is always the risk of flooding taking place. This will have a very
:10:37. > :10:37.long-term effect. Danny Savage.
:10:38. > :10:40.And you can get more detail on the flooding, and advice for your area,
:10:41. > :10:43.on our live page. Just go to bbc.co.uk/news
:10:44. > :10:48.The Glasgow bin lorry crash which killed six people, could have been
:10:49. > :10:52.avoided if the driver hadn't lied about his fitness to drive. A fatal
:10:53. > :10:55.accident report said the tragedy may not have happened if Harry Clarke
:10:56. > :10:59.had "told the truth" about his history of blackouts. He was
:11:00. > :11:02.unconscious at the wheel when the vehicle veered out of control in the
:11:03. > :11:05.city centre three days before Christmas last year. Lorna Gordon
:11:06. > :11:18.It was three days before Christmas and in Glasgow street packed with
:11:19. > :11:23.shoppers, a bin macro lorry ran out of control. For 19 seconds it
:11:24. > :11:28.careered down a busy thoroughfare before crashing into a hotel. Six
:11:29. > :11:33.people died. Erin McQuaid, Jack and Lorraine Sweeney, Jacqueline
:11:34. > :11:38.Morton, Stefanie Tait and Gillian Ewing. Marie Wetherall was among
:11:39. > :11:42.those injured. She spent four weeks in hospital with multiple
:11:43. > :11:46.fractures. She says it is hard to believe what he learned during the
:11:47. > :11:50.inquiry. We were under the impression it was an accident. And
:11:51. > :11:56.just the day after day, revelation after revelation to do with the
:11:57. > :12:03.driver's behaviour was just so shocking, that actually it still,
:12:04. > :12:06.even now, it is hard to believe. The inquiry found that Harry Clarke, who
:12:07. > :12:10.had blacked out before, had deliberately misled doctors about
:12:11. > :12:15.his medical history, that he had repeatedly lied in order to regain
:12:16. > :12:19.-- gain and retain jobs and licences. It found if he had told
:12:20. > :12:23.the truth, the accident might have been avoided. It goes on to
:12:24. > :12:26.recommend that the law around driving licences be changed,
:12:27. > :12:30.increasing penalties for those who do not disclose their full medical
:12:31. > :12:32.history. That there should be a consultation on whether doctors have
:12:33. > :12:37.greater freedom to report fitness concerns directly to the DVLA. And
:12:38. > :12:40.it stays Glasgow City Council should give training on steering and
:12:41. > :12:45.braking mechanisms to anyone working on their lorries.
:12:46. > :12:48.We will certainly make the changes we are recommended to make to
:12:49. > :12:51.avoid anything like this happening in the future. A lot of these
:12:52. > :12:54.problems were caused by the driver not telling the truth. We will make
:12:55. > :12:56.the changes to our recruitment processes and if any
:12:57. > :13:03.national changes are made, we will implement those as well.
:13:04. > :13:07.Scotland's prosecuting authorities concerned there was not enough
:13:08. > :13:10.evidence to charge Harry Clarke with any crime. That has been strongly
:13:11. > :13:15.rejected by the families of three of those who died in the centre of
:13:16. > :13:19.Glasgow last December. Tonight they said they will commence a private
:13:20. > :13:21.prosecution against the driver. Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow.
:13:22. > :13:24.A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder a
:13:25. > :13:27.passenger on the London Underground following a knife attack on Saturday
:13:28. > :13:29.night. Muhaydin Mire, who's 29, was remanded in custody after a
:13:30. > :13:32.man suffered serious stab wounds at Leytonstone Station in East London.
:13:33. > :13:36.From Westminster Magistrates' Court, Tom Symonds reports.
:13:37. > :13:40.Delivered to court in a police convoy, Muhaydin Mire was arrested
:13:41. > :13:43.on Saturday, charged on Sunday night, and after the journey,
:13:44. > :13:47.confined to a cage. He appeared in front of a judge for a hearing to
:13:48. > :13:55.decide what happens next. The sudden knife attack at the busy Leytonstone
:13:56. > :14:02.tube station was filmed by several travellers. Police arrived within
:14:03. > :14:09.minutes. They had to fire their Tasers three times before Muhaydin
:14:10. > :14:11.Mire was brought down and arrested, to shout from onlookers. You no
:14:12. > :14:23.Later, onlookers claimed, he said, this is for Syria. Afterwards, a
:14:24. > :14:29.56-year-old man, who has asked not to be identified, was taken to
:14:30. > :14:32.hospital with severe stab wounds. Man-macro appeared in a grey T-shirt
:14:33. > :14:39.and grey tracksuit bottoms, wearing tracksuit bottoms. The judge as to
:14:40. > :14:43.Li Hang course to be removed. He confirmed his name, date of birth
:14:44. > :14:47.and address. He was told he faced a single charge, a charge of attempted
:14:48. > :14:53.murder, and that the next stage of the case would be a hearing at the
:14:54. > :14:57.Old Bailey on the 11th of December. The police investigation began with
:14:58. > :15:02.its focus on the tube station, close to a detailed forensic examinations.
:15:03. > :15:07.The incident left trails of blood on the station floor. Forensics teams
:15:08. > :15:15.were also at a block of flats in Leytonstone. The defendant confirmed
:15:16. > :15:20.that he lived there. Prosecutors allege that this was an act of
:15:21. > :15:25.terrorism. Further enquiries continue. Police have access to
:15:26. > :15:27.cameras at the station, eyewitnesses and several pieces of mobile phone
:15:28. > :15:41.footage. Tom Symonds, BBC News. Chaos across parts of north-west
:15:42. > :15:42.England. More than 5,000 homes have been flooded, tens of thousands are
:15:43. > :15:44.without power. And still to come -
:15:45. > :15:47.the story of one Carlisle street and the residents struggling to
:15:48. > :15:52.cope with the flood water. And coming up on Reporting Scotland
:15:53. > :15:55.at 6.30: We have the latest on the floods affecting
:15:56. > :16:02.the country as more rain is due. And children at a Glasgow primary
:16:03. > :16:03.school stage their own arts awards ceremony as the city prepares to
:16:04. > :16:07.host the Turner prize. Britain is becoming
:16:08. > :16:13.an increasingly secular country - In fact, almost half the UK's
:16:14. > :16:16.population now say they don't have That's according to the Commission
:16:17. > :16:20.on Religion and Belief in It says there has however been a
:16:21. > :16:28.rise in Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism. It's now calling
:16:29. > :16:30.for a radical overhaul of public institutions to match
:16:31. > :16:46.the new pattern of belief, as our British life walks in step with the
:16:47. > :16:50.rhythm of the Christian calendar. Our holidays, school year, legal
:16:51. > :16:54.rhythm of the Christian calendar. sessions, TV schedules, still
:16:55. > :16:57.defined by the liturgical cycle, the Protestant church occupying a
:16:58. > :17:03.special place in national ceremony and ritual. But should it? Today,
:17:04. > :17:08.report asks whether the time has come to review the role of religion
:17:09. > :17:13.in our public life. Almost half the population now say they have no
:17:14. > :17:18.religion, up from one third in the 80s, and one person in six describes
:17:19. > :17:22.themselves as Anglican, the established church in England. Since
:17:23. > :17:27.we are genuinely clurk society, the time has come for us to have a look
:17:28. > :17:31.at ourselves and see how we are going -- clurk society. We need to
:17:32. > :17:36.have underlying principles that everybody would feel comfortable in
:17:37. > :17:42.signing up to. It is time for Thought The Date... The report
:17:43. > :17:48.suggests that BBC Radio 4's bought the day should be presented by
:17:49. > :17:52.people of no faith. And it calls on dramas like Eastenders to include
:17:53. > :18:01.fewer church weddings, since 70% of weddings are civil ceremonies. The
:18:02. > :18:08.coronation should reflect Britain's pleura list character, it says. In
:18:09. > :18:13.the same way Princess Diana's funeral contained non-Christian
:18:14. > :18:17.imagery and symbolism. That backdrop of Christian belief, Christian
:18:18. > :18:22.culture, which shapes all of our institutions, dating right back to
:18:23. > :18:25.the Magna Carta, the idea that all of a sudden we should become
:18:26. > :18:29.pluralist and everything should reflect that leads to increasing
:18:30. > :18:32.chaos. The report calls on Parliament to end compulsory
:18:33. > :18:36.Christian worship in UK schools and for some Anglican bishops in the
:18:37. > :18:41.House of Lords to be replaced by non-Christians. It also warns
:18:42. > :18:50.Government against using words like extremism and fundamentalism in its
:18:51. > :18:56.counter-terrorism rhetoric. Few in the UK would swap Christmas for
:18:57. > :18:59.culturally neutral winter style happy holidays, and carols and the
:19:00. > :19:05.Nativity are often seen as cherished tradition rather than an expression
:19:06. > :19:09.of Christian faith. My son is taught about all faiths and he is quite
:19:10. > :19:19.excited to be playing the part of Joseph, actually. A Moslem Joseph. A
:19:20. > :19:23.Moslem Joseph, yes. Even though it is not our religion, we live in our
:19:24. > :19:27.UK and we followed the tradition as well. Today's report has no
:19:28. > :19:33.statutory force but they hope at the very least to initiate discussion
:19:34. > :19:34.this Christmas about religion in the place of everyday life.
:19:35. > :19:37.The BBC has learned that a decision on whether to build a new runway at
:19:38. > :19:41.Heathrow or Gatwick looks likely to be delayed for at least six months.
:19:42. > :19:43.The Government is expected to order another environmental review.
:19:44. > :19:46.Our Business Editor Kamal Ahmed is here with me.
:19:47. > :19:57.No, I think across politics and business, there is going to be
:19:58. > :20:02.frustration about this issue being continually kicked into the long
:20:03. > :20:07.grass. Britain, or the south-east of England, has not seen a new
:20:08. > :20:11.full-length runway since 1947, over 50 years ago, despite the huge
:20:12. > :20:15.expansion in passenger numbers and flights. I think David Cameron, who
:20:16. > :20:19.will make the ultimate decision, finds himself trapped, frankly,
:20:20. > :20:26.between two powerful set of arguments. On the one side, local
:20:27. > :20:28.residents worried about more noise at Heathrow or Gatwick, if there is
:20:29. > :20:30.a new runway. Environmental groups saying they should not be given the
:20:31. > :20:34.go-ahead because they will increase pollution. On the other side,
:20:35. > :20:39.businesses, trade unions, who say we need a new runway, a third runway at
:20:40. > :20:44.Heathrow, they say, to increase prosperity, connections to Europe
:20:45. > :20:48.and Asia. David Cameron is concerned about the political issue, which is
:20:49. > :20:53.the Conservative candidate to be the next London Mayor, the election is
:20:54. > :20:56.next May, Zac Goldsmith and Zac Goldsmith is completely opposed to
:20:57. > :21:00.Heathrow expansion. David Cameron thinks that any decision on
:21:01. > :21:01.Heathrow, very convenient if that was left until after that election
:21:02. > :21:05.next summer. Thank you. The President of the European
:21:06. > :21:07.Council, Donald Tusk, has said there are "substantial political
:21:08. > :21:09.differences" over David Cameron's plan to ban migrant workers
:21:10. > :21:12.from within the EU from claiming In a letter to EU leaders,
:21:13. > :21:17.Mr Tusk said the issue would require "substantive
:21:18. > :21:27.debate" at a summit next week. A transgender woman who was sent to
:21:28. > :21:31.an all-male prison has told the BBC that she was terrified
:21:32. > :21:33.and traumatised by the experience. Tara Hudson - who was jailed
:21:34. > :21:36.for assault - was transferred to a female jail after thousands signed
:21:37. > :21:38.a petition to move her. But she says she considered taking
:21:39. > :21:42.her own life while She was released last week
:21:43. > :21:46.and our correspondent Jon Kay has It was like something out
:21:47. > :21:51.of a Charles Dickens novel. For six years,
:21:52. > :21:56.she's lived as a woman, but when she was convicted of assault, Tara
:21:57. > :22:01.Hudson was sent to a men's prison. Even though she's undergone years of
:22:02. > :22:05.surgery, Tara doesn't have a gender recognition certificate, so she was
:22:06. > :22:08.sent to Bristol prison, which has Anyone should be able to think
:22:09. > :22:15.in their head that that's not What sort of things did you see
:22:16. > :22:29.that made you so frightened? People shouting at me,
:22:30. > :22:34.shouting abuse. I wouldn't wish it
:22:35. > :22:37.on my worst enemy. Following a public campaign,
:22:38. > :22:42.Tara was moved to women's jail. The Government is now looking
:22:43. > :22:46.at the whole issue. In the last month,
:22:47. > :22:48.two other transgender women I could have been one of them,
:22:49. > :22:54.so easily. On numerous occasions,
:22:55. > :23:00.I felt like I could hang myself. Given her criminal record and
:23:01. > :23:08.convictions for violent behaviour, Tara Hudson knows she
:23:09. > :23:11.won't get sympathy from everyone. Some people will say you committed
:23:12. > :23:16.a crime, you needed to be punished and if, according to the law, you
:23:17. > :23:20.are still male, you should get the And that you had special treatment,
:23:21. > :23:25.in a way. Through what that has done to me,
:23:26. > :23:35.being placed in a male prison, that is going to live with me
:23:36. > :23:38.for the rest of my life. Tara Hudson says she will
:23:39. > :23:43.now campaign for change. More now on our main news -
:23:44. > :23:51.the chaos caused by floods Among those people worst affected
:23:52. > :23:55.are the residents of one street, Our correspondent Ed Thomas spent
:23:56. > :24:00.the day with them as they battled to save their
:24:01. > :24:05.property and he sent this report. Sailing down Brunton Avenue,
:24:06. > :24:10.a sea of brown sludge that stretches There seems to be no
:24:11. > :24:18.beginning or end. Alan Shaw has lived
:24:19. > :24:27.in Carlisle all his life. He has seen this before
:24:28. > :24:31.and once again, his family has lost everything
:24:32. > :24:40.and it's not getting any easier. And there are so many like Alan
:24:41. > :24:58.here. All day,
:24:59. > :25:06.search boats patrol Brunton Avenue. And it's not just people,
:25:07. > :25:10.pets too are being rescued. Saved by volunteers,
:25:11. > :25:14.Ella is back with her owner Joanne But not everybody wants
:25:15. > :25:25.to leave their home. But flood or no flood,
:25:26. > :25:38.Spencer and his wife refused to It's strange in the night, because
:25:39. > :25:45.you do think you're the only people You see the odd little candle
:25:46. > :25:57.in the window down the road, which We can't do anything else,
:25:58. > :26:01.we love our home. Sarah Burton had to run from the
:26:02. > :26:08.plots with her three-year-old son. Sarah Burton had to run from the
:26:09. > :26:10.floods with her three-year-old son. She's only back to see
:26:11. > :26:15.what she can save. We've still got Christmas presents,
:26:16. > :26:18.so that's good. We've got a roof over our head
:26:19. > :26:23.the time being, We are just going to battle on
:26:24. > :26:28.and it's not going to beat me. Well, let's look at the weather now,
:26:29. > :26:44.in one city. Well, let's look at the weather now,
:26:45. > :26:48.Louise is here. Just awful seeing those pictures, what has happened to
:26:49. > :26:51.people in Carlisle and lots of other places and there is more rain to
:26:52. > :26:55.come? There is, but not the extreme
:26:56. > :27:02.weather events that we saw at the weekend and hopefully the rain will
:27:03. > :27:07.only bring 10-20 millimetres, and this was Carlisle this afternoon,
:27:08. > :27:10.there were some breaks in the cloud, glimpses of sunshine, a little ray
:27:11. > :27:14.of sunshine to that tragic story and across the country, some sunny
:27:15. > :27:19.spells and this incredible southerly wind, so it is mild out there. We
:27:20. > :27:23.had 16 degrees in parts of West Wales. But look at the cloud
:27:24. > :27:27.gathering out to the West, another weather front starting to approach
:27:28. > :27:30.as we speak. It is a cold front, it will introduce slightly fresher air
:27:31. > :27:37.but it will bring more rain over the next few hours. For the flood
:27:38. > :27:41.affected areas, 10-30 millimetres of rainfall, so not significant totals
:27:42. > :27:45.but any rain falling will not come as welcome news. It moves through
:27:46. > :27:48.pretty quickly and then it will be sitting out towards the east through
:27:49. > :27:51.the night and then a scattering of showers to come. Not a cold night,
:27:52. > :27:57.temperatures in double figures quite widely. We start Tuesday with that
:27:58. > :28:01.weather front sitting to the east of the Pennines, down into Lincolnshire
:28:02. > :28:05.and the south-eastern corner. Behind it, sunny spells and scattered
:28:06. > :28:07.showers. The showers quite heavy and more widespread the further west you
:28:08. > :28:11.showers. The showers quite heavy and are and some could even have the odd
:28:12. > :28:14.rumble of thunder and the wind spreading round to a more westerly
:28:15. > :28:18.direction, so it will feel noticeably fresher. In the north,
:28:19. > :28:22.temperatures in the north, temperatures into 12 widely across
:28:23. > :28:29.the country, still pretty good for this time of the year. Tuesday night
:28:30. > :28:32.is a cooler night to follow but then this pretty messy complicated set of
:28:33. > :28:35.whether France out in the Atlantic waiting in the wings, yet more wet
:28:36. > :28:40.and windy weather to come through the latter stages of Wednesday. The
:28:41. > :28:43.most significant rain perhaps open to the extreme north-west, severe
:28:44. > :28:47.gales, Gale force winds elsewhere but perhaps the rain not arriving to
:28:48. > :28:49.most until the latter stages of Wednesday into Thursday.
:28:50. > :28:52.Thank you. That is all from us. Now we join the BBC news teams where you
:28:53. > :28:56.are. The Glasgow bin lorry inquiry finds
:28:57. > :29:00.the tragedy could have been