:00:00. > :00:11.Storm Frank batters Britain with heavy rain and gales -
:00:12. > :00:14.as communities try to minimise further damage.
:00:15. > :00:21.The government promises more help for those affected.
:00:22. > :00:28.It takes time to build up flood resilience and capability but in
:00:29. > :00:32.light of what has happened in recent weeks we will look at making sure we
:00:33. > :00:34.do deal with these extreme weather events.
:00:35. > :00:37.In South Ayrshire, 12 passengers have been airlifted from a bus
:00:38. > :00:38.which had become stranded in flood water.
:00:39. > :00:40.Elsewhere in Scotland, more than 5,000 homes
:00:41. > :00:57.In Croston in Lancashire people are hopeful that three severe flood
:00:58. > :01:01.warnings that have been in place all day could soon be lifted.
:01:02. > :01:14.A husband and wife who plotted a terror attack on the 10th
:01:15. > :01:17.anniversary of the 7/7 bombings are both jailed for life.
:01:18. > :01:19.Also this hour - a hand-held scanner which can detect
:01:20. > :01:25.London's Air Ambulance trials a device which can spot dangerous
:01:26. > :01:52.Good evening and welcome to BBC News.
:01:53. > :01:54.There's been more flooding as Storm Frank brings torrential
:01:55. > :02:01.This month has now broken records for rainfall in parts of the UK.
:02:02. > :02:04.Three severe flood warnings - indicating a danger to life -
:02:05. > :02:07.are in place in Croston in Lancashire and there's one
:02:08. > :02:10.in Whitesands in Dumfries and Galloway and another one
:02:11. > :02:16.Communities in the Scottish borders have been warned to prepare for up
:02:17. > :02:18.to 120 millimetres of rain - with rivers overtopping
:02:19. > :02:26.In South Ayrshire ten passengers were airlifted from this bus
:02:27. > :02:31.when it was stranded in flood water near to Dailly Cemetery.
:02:32. > :02:34.And southern England is also facing bad weather -
:02:35. > :02:38.there were high tides in Exmouth in Devon today.
:02:39. > :02:48.Annita McVeigh is in the Lancashire village of Croston.
:02:49. > :02:56.What a difference it is now compared to nine o'clock this morning when we
:02:57. > :03:01.first started to broadcast from here. Then it was raining, really
:03:02. > :03:06.windy, but right now it is calm and the rain has stopped several hours
:03:07. > :03:13.ago. That has come as a huge relief to the people here and all the
:03:14. > :03:16.members of the Lancashire Fire and Rescue, the Environment Agency, army
:03:17. > :03:19.and all agencies that have been working to try to stop a second
:03:20. > :03:25.flood here. Because this village flooded on Boxing Day from another
:03:26. > :03:31.river, this time around they have been trying to fill in a breach in
:03:32. > :03:33.the banks of the River Douglas, that was the concerned that new flooding
:03:34. > :03:37.could come from there. The Environment Agency is helpful it
:03:38. > :03:41.will be able to lift those three severe flood warnings that are in
:03:42. > :03:45.place this evening. The storm has caused a lot of flooding in
:03:46. > :03:51.Scotland, the wind associated with that as well cutting power to
:03:52. > :03:56.thousands of homes around the UK. This report coming up.
:03:57. > :03:58.In Dumfries, the streets look like canals.
:03:59. > :04:03.Western Scotland is bearing the brunt of the bad weather.
:04:04. > :04:05.The storm has already cut power to over
:04:06. > :04:14.More than 70 flood warnings have been issued north of the border.
:04:15. > :04:17.This is perhaps one of the worst events Dumfries have ever
:04:18. > :04:21.It rivals 2009 and even 1982, which is the worst in living memory.
:04:22. > :04:24.The water is still rising, so I can't tell you how high
:04:25. > :04:29.But it will certainly get further than it is now.
:04:30. > :04:34.Storm Frank reached the UK before dawn.
:04:35. > :04:37.More heavy rain across a saturated landscape swept in by
:04:38. > :04:43.Behind the storm front, evidence of what it may bring
:04:44. > :04:50.This torrent of flood water was filmed by a resident
:04:51. > :05:01.And Co Waterford is being pounded here.
:05:02. > :05:03.In Cork, firefighters pumped out flooded properties,
:05:04. > :05:05.while in Northern Ireland, engineers worked
:05:06. > :05:11.to restore power to thousands of homes.
:05:12. > :05:13.In the Yorkshire town of Tadcaster, where an 18th-century
:05:14. > :05:17.bridge collapsed last night, soldiers helped to evacuate
:05:18. > :05:21.residents amid fears that a ruptured gas main might explode.
:05:22. > :05:23.The bridge, the government has promised, will be
:05:24. > :05:28.rebuilt, but the collapse has partly blocked the River Wharfe.
:05:29. > :05:42.People want their lives sorted out as soon as possible.
:05:43. > :05:46.It is our priority to get things back up and running.
:05:47. > :05:50.Dilley has arrived back from holiday in Barbados.
:05:51. > :05:55.He has already faced criticism for taking a holiday in the sun
:05:56. > :06:06.whilst flood victims spent Christmas out of their homes.
:06:07. > :06:08.At Croston in Lancashire communities trying to clear up
:06:09. > :06:10.from the last flood are watching
:06:11. > :06:14.There have been attempts to shore up local flood defences but they're
:06:15. > :06:18.about to be put to the test once again.
:06:19. > :06:26.It seems the defences with a lot of assistance from the agency I have
:06:27. > :06:32.been talking about have managed to stop that water coming into the
:06:33. > :06:35.village again. Although with the rainfall and the ground saturated
:06:36. > :06:39.already and the rivers swollen, it is difficult to be absolutely sure
:06:40. > :06:43.but fingers crossed things to look better tonight. Just to tell you
:06:44. > :06:48.more about that dramatic rescue that has been taking place in Ayrshire.
:06:49. > :06:53.Earlier today, 12 people were trapped by flooding in a bus
:06:54. > :07:08.Helicopter was dispatched to airlift people from the bus. And passengers
:07:09. > :07:13.were trapped with the water coming up to window level. Police say
:07:14. > :07:18.people were never in serious danger, but nonetheless a frightening
:07:19. > :07:23.experience for everyone involved and a dramatic rescue. We have a
:07:24. > :07:29.statement from Stagecoach. One of our buses was involved in an
:07:30. > :07:33.incident this afternoon, the road was open to traffic at the time and
:07:34. > :07:39.was affected by flooding. We are assisting emergency services to deal
:07:40. > :07:43.with the situation. That statement emphasising that the road was open
:07:44. > :07:48.to traffic at the time that the bus was travelling along it. We have
:07:49. > :07:52.been trying to find out more about the situation in Croston and taking
:07:53. > :07:59.a closer look at the River Douglas. It has been the source of concern
:08:00. > :08:04.today. We took a rather circuitous route to have a look at the River
:08:05. > :08:07.and the flood plain. Normally just a short drive of the bid bridge from
:08:08. > :08:12.where we are but because of diversions we had to go the long way
:08:13. > :08:19.round. This is what we found. What we're looking at now is the
:08:20. > :08:27.Douglas River. Back within its banks, contained within its banks.
:08:28. > :08:32.If you follow around the flood plain has overflowed and that big flood
:08:33. > :08:36.plain you can see their surrounding the river. The flashing lights of
:08:37. > :08:42.where the pumps are being used to try to get the water back into the
:08:43. > :08:46.river. And on the opposite direction upstream where standing, that is the
:08:47. > :08:51.breach in the banks of the Douglas. The helicopter the ministry hoped to
:08:52. > :08:55.use today to repair that gap in the banks, they have not been able to do
:08:56. > :08:59.that because of the weather and the wind. They hope to do that tomorrow
:09:00. > :09:06.to really seal up the gap and make everyone in Croston in that
:09:07. > :09:15.direction feel more secure. Well this a penny from the Environment
:09:16. > :09:21.Agency is here. -- Lisa Pinney. It has been a big operation through
:09:22. > :09:27.the day we have worked day and night to improve this since Sunday. The
:09:28. > :09:32.fire brigade have been here pumping from the flood plain to make sure
:09:33. > :09:37.that there is capacity. And we continued to work with sandbags,
:09:38. > :09:46.making sure everything is ready for the helicopter went in those coming.
:09:47. > :09:52.-- when it does come in. Do you feel this is not contained? I think it is
:09:53. > :09:57.an improving situation, we have had the high tide go through and it has
:09:58. > :10:03.been about half a metre below the gap. That is good news and we expect
:10:04. > :10:07.good weather so that will give us time to get the temporary defences
:10:08. > :10:11.in ahead of any bad weather there may be in the weeks ahead. It looks
:10:12. > :10:18.as though potentially it has been quite a dangerous job to be doing
:10:19. > :10:23.over the last few days. Getting anywhere near flood water is
:10:24. > :10:28.dangerous, we had some great depth of water around, we need to do that
:10:29. > :10:31.as safely as possible but also the to do what we can to protect
:10:32. > :10:38.communities. Everyone has worked tirelessly to do that. We have had
:10:39. > :10:44.volunteers coming in, all that has been really important. I think there
:10:45. > :10:53.are some new flood defences coming in to place on April. When we hear
:10:54. > :10:59.from the Environment Agency about moving from known to unknown
:11:00. > :11:02.extremes, how concerned are you for the future safety of villages in
:11:03. > :11:07.this area because of the flood waters? What we're seeing through
:11:08. > :11:13.December has broken a number of records. Once we get through the
:11:14. > :11:17.incident part of this event there will be reviewed look at why we had
:11:18. > :11:22.so many records broken recently. What more can be done. I think you
:11:23. > :11:31.things are coming online like flood storage areas and they are important
:11:32. > :11:43.to keep water upstream, communities. -- from communities. Well we can
:11:44. > :11:53.find out if it is an improving picture elsewhere with Nick Miller.
:11:54. > :12:07.Can we look now toward some drier weather? There Met Office weather
:12:08. > :12:11.warnings in place of the moment. But still flood warnings in place across
:12:12. > :12:15.Scotland. There is a gap between the rain falling and filtering into the
:12:16. > :12:19.rivers and having the kind of impact we have seen across Scotland. So
:12:20. > :12:25.flood warnings to continue and everyone needs to be aware of the
:12:26. > :12:29.risk of further disruption. There are wet weather systems in the
:12:30. > :12:31.future, perhaps not delivering those exceptional rainfall amounts but
:12:32. > :12:38.still delivering rain where it is not needed so do keep an eye on the
:12:39. > :12:46.forecast. And just behind as is the chief pub and restaurant. The pub
:12:47. > :12:50.part of the business has opened. Some businesses are back up and
:12:51. > :12:55.running and brings him the money needed to help pay for repairs or
:12:56. > :13:02.indeed pay for expensive insurance premiums. This is a microcosm of
:13:03. > :13:07.what is going on right around the UK. Businesses trying to get up and
:13:08. > :13:11.running as quickly as possible for the people affect his, whose homes
:13:12. > :13:16.have been affected of course it will be many months yet before probably
:13:17. > :13:19.they can return to some kind of normality in their homes. But the
:13:20. > :13:22.picture tonight does seem to be improving. So that is a positive way
:13:23. > :13:32.to end the evening here. Earlier today, 12 people
:13:33. > :13:35.were trapped by flooding in a bus On the line is Rory McAdam
:13:36. > :13:54.who is based at the local garage Can you describe the scene when you
:13:55. > :13:59.got there, what did you see? The river was really quite high up and
:14:00. > :14:04.the bus appeared to be floating. The water level was up to the windows.
:14:05. > :14:11.It seemed to be trapped against the side of the road. I think there was
:14:12. > :14:19.a boat went to rescue them first and the engine failed. The next thing
:14:20. > :14:24.was a helicopter arriving. We understand a police helicopter, the
:14:25. > :14:30.Scottish bar and rescue service, even the Coast Guard involved at
:14:31. > :14:38.some point. What kind of time was this? I think just after one
:14:39. > :14:43.o'clock. How long did it go on for? Well it was dark before the
:14:44. > :14:51.helicopter got people off the bus. So several hours. Could you get a
:14:52. > :14:55.sense of who was on board? No, it was just a bit far away. We could
:14:56. > :15:01.see people on the bus but not who they were. It was just a bit far
:15:02. > :15:10.away. We are hearing perhaps nine adults and three children airlifted.
:15:11. > :15:17.Is this an area, a road that usually does get flooded or is it unusual?
:15:18. > :15:24.The road can flood on occasions but not as bad as this. It is the worst
:15:25. > :15:32.I have ever seen it. And what is the situation now? Well I have now left
:15:33. > :15:40.the area, when I was leaving all the emergency services were starting to
:15:41. > :15:44.dissipate. So you think the floodwater has begun to recede. It
:15:45. > :15:50.is a tidal river and the tide is going out. It is starting to go down
:15:51. > :15:57.slightly, yes. You are based at the local garage, have you been affected
:15:58. > :16:01.by flooding? No, the garage is on quite a steep hill. Thank you very
:16:02. > :16:06.much. Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have
:16:07. > :16:08.charged the actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, with aggravated
:16:09. > :16:10.indecent assault. The alleged offence is said to have
:16:11. > :16:13.happened at his home Mr Cosby, who's 78, says he had
:16:14. > :16:19.consensual sex with the woman. Our correspondent, David Willis,
:16:20. > :16:21.who's in Los Angeles gave me more background to the case
:16:22. > :16:26.a short time ago. This woman, her name
:16:27. > :16:30.is Andrea Constand, she was head of the basketball team
:16:31. > :16:37.at Temple University in Pennsylvania and Bill Cosby who lives nearby
:16:38. > :16:40.became a kind of mentor to her, he invited her to his mansion
:16:41. > :16:45.on several occasions. It is claimed that she rebuffed his
:16:46. > :16:50.sexual advances on a number of occasions, and on one
:16:51. > :17:00.occasion in January of 2004, he gave her drugs which she said
:17:01. > :17:03.rendered her paralysed and unable to move,
:17:04. > :17:11.unable to give consent, The statute of limitations on this
:17:12. > :17:16.case was due to expire tomorrow, so prosecutors in Montgomery County
:17:17. > :17:19.in Pennsylvania have got in just before the deadline to file these
:17:20. > :17:22.first criminal charges against Bill That is interesting
:17:23. > :17:28.because allegations about Bill Cosby have been swirling around,
:17:29. > :17:32.they have been several cases and I was going to ask why you think
:17:33. > :17:35.this criminal case has There have been a lot of allegations
:17:36. > :17:45.levelled against Bill Cosby. It was said you could fill a school
:17:46. > :17:49.bus with the number of women who have alleged sexual assault
:17:50. > :17:52.of some kind or drugging by Bill It is possible some of these other
:17:53. > :18:05.women may be called to give evidence in this particular case
:18:06. > :18:08.when it goes to trial, we are expecting to hear more
:18:09. > :18:11.on that from the lawyer representing She is due to give a news conference
:18:12. > :18:22.in about two hours from now. But it seems there was a deposition
:18:23. > :18:28.given by Bill Cosby. Relating to a civil
:18:29. > :18:29.case filed against him This was just unsealed in the summer
:18:30. > :18:37.of this year and prosecutors apparently are relying on that
:18:38. > :18:41.as the centrepiece perhaps or certainly a significant part
:18:42. > :18:58.of their case now against Bill Storm Frank batters the UK with
:18:59. > :19:04.heavy rain and gale is as communities try to minimise further
:19:05. > :19:08.damage to their homes. The American comedian Bill Cosby faces a sexual
:19:09. > :19:13.assault charge over an encounter with a woman in 2004. Husband and
:19:14. > :19:15.wife who plotted a terror attack on the 10th anniversary of the 7/7
:19:16. > :19:22.bombings are both jailed for life. A husband and wife who plotted
:19:23. > :19:28.a terror attack on the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 Bombings have
:19:29. > :19:30.been jailed for life, and will serve a combined
:19:31. > :19:32.minimum of 52 years. Mohammed Rehman discussed targeting
:19:33. > :19:35.the London Underground and a shopping centre on social
:19:36. > :19:37.media under the name, He and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan,
:19:38. > :19:43.both from Reading, were convicted Richard Lister was at the Old Bailey
:19:44. > :19:48.as the judge handed Sana Ahmed Khan and her husband,
:19:49. > :19:56.Mohammed Rehman, are now on their way to prison
:19:57. > :19:59.and they will be spending at least 25 years
:20:00. > :20:02.there in Sana Ahmed Khan's case, The judge was clear that
:20:03. > :20:11.their sentences would carry those minimum tariffs because of
:20:12. > :20:13.the severity of the attack The jury heard over the course
:20:14. > :20:18.of this trial that when police went into Mohammed Rehman's home
:20:19. > :20:22.after he and his wife were arrested, they found considerable amounts
:20:23. > :20:27.of explosives and chemicals and bomb-making equipment including
:20:28. > :20:31.11 kilograms of urea nitrate, which the court heard
:20:32. > :20:33.could have caused multiple casualties
:20:34. > :20:37.if turned into a bomb. The court also heard
:20:38. > :20:39.that they were just two days away from fitting a detonator
:20:40. > :20:42.to such a device and unleashing havoc, probably
:20:43. > :20:45.in central London. The reason this couple
:20:46. > :20:49.were picked up in the first place is because of Mohammed
:20:50. > :20:51.Rehman's extensive use of Twitter under the Twitter handle
:20:52. > :20:54.Silent Bomber, using a profile
:20:55. > :20:57.picture of Jihadi John. Using that Twitter account,
:20:58. > :21:00.he made clear that he was planning an act of martyrdom
:21:01. > :21:05.and that he was trying to get advice "Westfield shopping centre
:21:06. > :21:11.or London Underground?" It was those tweets
:21:12. > :21:17.which tipped off the police. And after seeing the evidence
:21:18. > :21:19.that the police uncovered in Rehman's home, where he lived
:21:20. > :21:21.separately from his wife, the jury had no doubt yesterday
:21:22. > :21:26.that they were guilty. Mr Justice Baker did hear mitigation
:21:27. > :21:29.from the defence counsel and he also received this letter
:21:30. > :21:32.from Sana Ahmed Khan, in which she expresses
:21:33. > :21:35.her feelings of remorse for how things
:21:36. > :21:37.have turned out. But Mr Justice Baker
:21:38. > :21:41.told her in his sentencing that she was clearly funding
:21:42. > :21:44.this operation and that although her husband intended
:21:45. > :21:46.to be the suicide bomber, not her, he was clear
:21:47. > :21:49.that they both intended to cause this explosion to go
:21:50. > :21:56.off in a public place, something that would have caused
:21:57. > :21:58.multiple casualties, and he had no hesitation
:21:59. > :22:00.in giving them More than one million refugees
:22:01. > :22:07.and migrants have reached Europe by sea since the start of this year,
:22:08. > :22:10.according to the United Nations About half of those landed
:22:11. > :22:17.on the small Greek island of Lesbos. This is the north shore
:22:18. > :22:24.of the island of Lesbos. This is as close as
:22:25. > :22:27.you can get to Turkey. That is Turkey, just
:22:28. > :22:29.across the water, no You might think that on a nice,
:22:30. > :22:34.bright, sunny day, there would be people trying to cross,
:22:35. > :22:37.but not today, because the wind It is simply not a day for anyone
:22:38. > :22:49.to attempt to cross these waters. Yesterday, we were here,
:22:50. > :22:51.the seas were calm and people were coming across in
:22:52. > :22:55.droves, but not today. This seems to be finally
:22:56. > :22:58.the arrival of winter, which could reduce
:22:59. > :23:01.the numbers from the 2000 or so a day that have been
:23:02. > :23:04.arriving on Lesbos throughout As you can see, here along
:23:05. > :23:15.the coast, little reminders of how dangerous and violent
:23:16. > :23:18.these waters can be. All along this rocky coastline,
:23:19. > :23:23.there are small teams like the one based here
:23:24. > :23:25.on this stretch of beach, teams of international
:23:26. > :23:28.volunteers, who are here, waiting for the migrant boats
:23:29. > :23:33.to arrive and to offer assistance. This is a an inflatable that has
:23:34. > :23:36.been donated by a college in South There is a crew here at the moment,
:23:37. > :23:41.training Greek lifeguards When they see the migrant boats
:23:42. > :23:46.coming across the waters from Turkey, they zip out and offer
:23:47. > :23:49.assistance and guide them into the right stretch
:23:50. > :23:54.of safe beach. The UN says that more than a million
:23:55. > :23:57.people have now arrived into Europe Half of them, half a million people,
:23:58. > :24:04.arrived here on the island of And look at all this, a mountain
:24:05. > :24:18.of discarded life jackets. And up there on the ridge,
:24:19. > :24:21.some of the smuggler boats as well. The weather may give
:24:22. > :24:22.everyone a break, but who is to say that 2016
:24:23. > :24:27.will not bring more of this? A hand-held scanner that can detect
:24:28. > :24:29.potentially life-threatening brain injuries is being tested by air
:24:30. > :24:33.ambulance crews in London. Surgeons say the device saves time
:24:34. > :24:37.by helping to make a diagnosis before a patient reaches hospital -
:24:38. > :24:41.and allows A departments Here's our medical
:24:42. > :24:48.correspondent, Fergus Walsh. For London's air ambulance speed
:24:49. > :24:52.of diagnosis and treatment of trauma injuries is often the key
:24:53. > :24:54.to whether patients make In the spring it began a year-long
:24:55. > :25:02.trial of this hand-held brain scanner and has since used it
:25:03. > :25:05.on more than 60 patients to help determine whether they needed urgent
:25:06. > :25:11.surgery to remove a blood clot. The hand-held device uses harmless
:25:12. > :25:15.near infrared light like that The light beam penetrates the skull
:25:16. > :25:22.up to three centimetres. A blood-clot absorbs light
:25:23. > :25:25.differently to normal brain tissue and the signal is bounced back
:25:26. > :25:30.to the scanner. The whole procedure takes less
:25:31. > :25:32.than two minutes. In a hospital setting it has proved
:25:33. > :25:42.90% accurate with patients then being given a more detailed CT scan
:25:43. > :25:47.to confirm the diagnosis. On London's air ambulance we treat
:25:48. > :25:49.approximately five critically ill patients per day,
:25:50. > :25:52.the commonest causes of those injuries are road traffic accidents
:25:53. > :25:56.or falls from heights and assaults. Many of those patients have head
:25:57. > :26:00.injuries, brain injuries, of some degree so in all that
:26:01. > :26:02.population, this has potential to give us an earlier diagnosis
:26:03. > :26:04.and institute personalised, Eight years ago the BBC reported
:26:05. > :26:12.on trials of an earlier version of the infra scanner in India
:26:13. > :26:16.and the device is now being used by the US Marines to detect
:26:17. > :26:39.battlefield head injuries. Storm Frank has brought more misery
:26:40. > :26:44.to parts of the UK. These are the rainfall totals. It has been very
:26:45. > :26:51.wet in Northern Ireland and in Cumbria.
:26:52. > :26:53.This was the rain radar picture from earlier,
:26:54. > :26:55.you can see the main band of rain is slipping
:26:56. > :27:08.The centre of the storm heading up towards Iceland. Behind that we get
:27:09. > :27:15.a more showery mixture later tonight. Still some rain to come for
:27:16. > :27:19.a time for England and Wales. Turning more showery after midnight.
:27:20. > :27:25.Some heavy showers across Wales and the South West of England, baby Sam
:27:26. > :27:28.Hill mixed in. For the North of Scotland it looks dry but cold
:27:29. > :27:33.enough for some icy patches. Elsewhere we have showers moving
:27:34. > :27:38.north into Scotland. Sunny skies developing for a while, these bands
:27:39. > :27:42.of showers pushing west to east through the morning and into the
:27:43. > :27:46.afternoon. And cold enough in Scotland for some snow to fall over
:27:47. > :27:49.the hills. Northern Ireland after wet weather in the morning turns
:27:50. > :27:56.more showery in the afternoon but also colder. A sharp rest of rain
:27:57. > :28:04.pushing east through the afternoon across England and Wales. Colder as
:28:05. > :28:09.well after the wet weather clears away from Wales and the south-west
:28:10. > :28:14.of England. The line of rain moves through during the evening, we keep
:28:15. > :28:17.some wintry showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland as we approach
:28:18. > :28:22.the midnight hour. If you're out and about it will be pretty cold. Away
:28:23. > :28:26.from the north-west likely to be dry. Temperatures falling away
:28:27. > :28:30.through the rest of the night under clear skies and for the first time
:28:31. > :28:34.and long-time a widespread frost especially in the countryside. A
:28:35. > :28:38.cold and bright start to New date with some sunshine around. Tending
:28:39. > :28:42.to cloud over from the South West, low-pressure approaching our shores
:28:43. > :28:50.and rain coming into the South West. To the north-east drier and brighter
:28:51. > :30:05.with a chilly wind. Temperatures of four or five Celsius.
:30:06. > :30:08.Still no respite for storm-battered Britain as heavy rain and gales
:30:09. > :30:13.In Ayrshire, 12 passengers are airlifted from a bus
:30:14. > :30:22.In the Scottish borders, attempts to reinforce defences -
:30:23. > :30:25.with a "danger to life" flood warning issued for the River Tweed.
:30:26. > :30:28.Well, it has come up very, very quick, I mean I am Peebles born
:30:29. > :30:31.and bred and I have never ever seen it as high
:30:32. > :30:42.Do you think the beach is the best place to be managing this crisis
:30:43. > :30:43.from? Back from his break,
:30:44. > :30:45.the Environment Agency chairman returns from Barbados to meet
:30:46. > :30:47.victims of the floods. We'll be looking at what might be
:30:48. > :30:50.causing the recent extreme weather. Also tonight - Life sentences
:30:51. > :30:53.for the couple who plotted to bomb The American actor Bill Cosby
:30:54. > :30:58.is charged with sexual assault over And England's cricketers beat
:30:59. > :31:04.South Africa by 241 runs to win A huge storm - the third to hit
:31:05. > :31:31.the UK in a month - has been battering parts
:31:32. > :31:33.of Northern Ireland, Scotland and northern England -
:31:34. > :31:36.bringing yet more flooding. Storm Frank blew in overnight,
:31:37. > :31:38.bringing high winds Dumfries and Galloway
:31:39. > :31:44.and Aberdeenshire bore the brunt. Across Scotland around 6,000 homes
:31:45. > :31:47.were left without power. We have two reports tonight -
:31:48. > :31:50.one from Croston in Lancashire where there are three severe
:31:51. > :31:53.flood warnings in place. But first the situation in Dumfries
:31:54. > :31:56.where the river Nith has Kevin Keane is there
:31:57. > :32:10.for us tonight, Kevin. There is still a severe or whether
:32:11. > :32:14.warning in place for the white sands here in Dumfries but the good news
:32:15. > :32:20.is, the water levels appear to have stopped rising. For the moment, all
:32:21. > :32:23.eyes are on whether it does start to increase, even though it is still
:32:24. > :32:27.lapping away, or whether it stays where it is. If it does, the
:32:28. > :32:32.question is when will the water start to drain away? Nobody can say
:32:33. > :32:36.they were not warned about the flooding here.
:32:37. > :32:46.But some still needed a lift to dry land anyway. The River Nith burst
:32:47. > :32:51.its bank and rapidly rose. It floods in this part of town a lot but
:32:52. > :32:55.rarely like this. Over 120 millimetres of rain forecast over 24
:32:56. > :32:58.hours. Property owners did what they could to hold the Waters but with a
:32:59. > :33:05.strong sense that it was all in vain. Trying to get everything off
:33:06. > :33:11.the ground, as high as you can. The boys have been giving us a hand.
:33:12. > :33:15.When the flood hit mid afternoon, it lapped at dozens of businesses, many
:33:16. > :33:20.of which are now waiting to see what the damages before they can even
:33:21. > :33:25.think about clearing up. This river has now doubled in wit and now in
:33:26. > :33:29.terms of intensity it is much bigger. People have come down here
:33:30. > :33:33.to see it but if you were one of the businesses on the opposite side of
:33:34. > :33:39.the river, you will not be very impressed by what is happening. At
:33:40. > :33:44.the time's Marina, the quayside vanished, making boarding this
:33:45. > :33:49.vessel risky. The tall ship has never quite stood as tall as this
:33:50. > :33:53.before. The saving grace is that few residential properties have been
:33:54. > :33:58.affected but it is not over yet. Some of the businesses have suffered
:33:59. > :34:04.badly and will struggle to get going again. Huge clean-up exercise. This
:34:05. > :34:09.was the first place to see evacuations and people try to
:34:10. > :34:14.salvage what property they could. Passengers had to be rescued from
:34:15. > :34:20.the service bus in Ayrshire. Coastguards on the Royal Navy helped
:34:21. > :34:23.with this one. This was near the Queen's Balmoral residence where
:34:24. > :34:28.hundreds were forced to leave their homes. In Peebles, the speed with
:34:29. > :34:33.which the waters rose was as a prize even to those who thought they had
:34:34. > :34:37.seen it all. It has come up very quickly. I am born and bred in
:34:38. > :34:42.Peebles and I have never seen it as high as this before. Tonight, the
:34:43. > :34:44.flood waters are still high, only tomorrow's daylight will truly
:34:45. > :34:47.reveal what damage has been caused. In the village of Croston
:34:48. > :34:50.in Lancashire, people are braced There are - as we heard -
:34:51. > :34:55.three severe warnings in place After many questions in the last few
:34:56. > :35:00.days about the adequacy of the UK's flood defences, the chairman
:35:01. > :35:03.of the Environment Agency Sir Philip Dilley said he'd be
:35:04. > :35:05.visiting flood victims. He's come in for criticism
:35:06. > :35:07.for being on holiday in the Caribbean during some
:35:08. > :35:21.of the worst storms in decades. Dark skies over Lancashire. In
:35:22. > :35:25.Croston's Main Street, still littered with the debris of the
:35:26. > :35:31.Christmas flood, residents kept an anxious eye on the river which has
:35:32. > :35:37.caused so much damage so quickly. Two miles away, the giant pumps had
:35:38. > :35:41.rumbled back into action, shifting floodwater off farmland to make room
:35:42. > :35:45.for more. Since Christmas, millions of gallons have been pumped back
:35:46. > :35:53.into the river, downstream of a damaged flood bank. The storm had
:35:54. > :35:57.halted repair efforts, this afternoon, volunteers from a local
:35:58. > :36:01.rescue team used their tracked vehicles to reach the breached
:36:02. > :36:07.defences. And assess the remaining threat. The high winds today have
:36:08. > :36:11.been too strong to get a helicopter out which is the only where we can
:36:12. > :36:16.move these large sandbags. We will continue to get that done in the
:36:17. > :36:19.next few days. In the local sports club where villagers are
:36:20. > :36:24.coordinating their own relief effort, news the storm had moved
:36:25. > :36:29.further west was welcome but requests for help were unabated. One
:36:30. > :36:32.urgent call came from this nursing home, its kitchen flooded and power
:36:33. > :36:39.disrupted. Donations of fresh water and food with a within hours.
:36:40. > :36:46.Everybody from all walks of life have come in and to help. I have
:36:47. > :36:50.never known the spirit like it. Sir Philip Dilley has been criticised,
:36:51. > :36:55.chairman of the Environment Agency, back from a Christmas holiday in the
:36:56. > :37:00.Caribbean. Should he have returned earlier? Is a beach the best place
:37:01. > :37:06.to deal with this crisis? I have been in very close contact... In
:37:07. > :37:15.Tadcaster, the Environment Secretary was here to see the damaged bridge,
:37:16. > :37:20.and pointed out he had visited flood hit areas over Christmas. Lynne
:37:21. > :37:28.truss said plans to reunite the parts of the town was in progress.
:37:29. > :37:33.People want this sorted as soon as possible and that is our plan. In
:37:34. > :37:36.Croston, there is still a reassuring presence on the Main Street and
:37:37. > :37:41.tomorrow the clean-up can resume but they will be more storms to come in
:37:42. > :37:47.the weeks and months to come. Storm Frank has done little to dent the
:37:48. > :37:51.determination of this community and so many others to get back to
:37:52. > :37:54.normality as quickly as possible. Work has been going on throughout
:37:55. > :37:59.the afternoon and the managers of this pub, the Lord Nelson, have told
:38:00. > :38:03.me they will work through the night to get the pub open for New Year.
:38:04. > :38:06.Robert Hall. The relentless storms,
:38:07. > :38:09.which have swept across the UK this month, meant it was
:38:10. > :38:10.a record-breaking December for rainfall in many parts
:38:11. > :38:13.of northern England, It's meant the potential
:38:14. > :38:17.impact of climate change Our Science Editor David Shukman
:38:18. > :38:21.looks now at what's causing The coast of Cornwall was amongst
:38:22. > :38:27.the first to be hit by Storm Frank Then, soon after dawn,
:38:28. > :38:35.County Waterford in Ireland was struck by waves whipped up
:38:36. > :38:38.by the dangerous winds. And by lunchtime it was the turn
:38:39. > :38:41.of Anglesey in Wales. And this extreme weather
:38:42. > :38:43.system reaches far beyond This animation shows how,
:38:44. > :38:50.out to the west of the UK, the storm is so powerful
:38:51. > :38:53.it is driving a flow of warm air up to the Arctic, making the North Pole
:38:54. > :38:56.far warmer than normal. Here in Britain, the past month has
:38:57. > :39:02.seen a host of new rainfall records If you look at the averages
:39:03. > :39:10.for December rainfall from 1980 to 2010, Capel Curig in North Wales
:39:11. > :39:13.normally gets 308 millimetres. But it has been hit
:39:14. > :39:16.with 1012 millimetres - The average for Shap in Cumbria
:39:17. > :39:28.is 215 millimetres but it And the average for Bainbridge
:39:29. > :39:33.in North Yorkshire is 156, We're on course for the warmest
:39:34. > :39:39.December in more than 100 And the wettest December
:39:40. > :39:44.for many parts of the UK, including Scotland, Wales
:39:45. > :39:46.and north-west England in more But we don't expect those
:39:47. > :39:51.conditions to continue right And all this may be linked
:39:52. > :39:56.to what is called El Nino. Here, this Nasa image shows warm
:39:57. > :39:59.water rising in the eastern Pacific and this is happening on a large
:40:00. > :40:02.enough scale to disturb weather Exactly the kind of thing
:40:03. > :40:12.that El Nino can bring. And there are similar
:40:13. > :40:15.scenes in South America. Back here, the aftermath of yet more
:40:16. > :40:18.devastating rain and because warmer air can hold more moisture,
:40:19. > :40:21.it could well be that climate change And that will raise more questions
:40:22. > :40:27.about how well the country copes with more violent weather
:40:28. > :40:31.in the years ahead. And if you want regular
:40:32. > :40:39.updates on that story - the BBC Weather web pages have
:40:40. > :40:41.all the latest information - including all you need to know
:40:42. > :40:44.about the affected areas - just go to bbc.co.uk/weather
:40:45. > :40:48.and follow the links. A couple who plotted a terror attack
:40:49. > :40:52.in London have been jailed for life. Mohammed Rehman and his
:40:53. > :40:56.wife Sana Ahmed Khan - both in their 20s -
:40:57. > :40:58.were convicted of preparing terrorist acts - and will serve
:40:59. > :41:00.a combined minimum sentence Rehman had discussed targeting
:41:01. > :41:09.the London Underground and Westfield shopping centre on social media
:41:10. > :41:20.under the name "Silent Bomber". The judge said that Mohammed Rehman
:41:21. > :41:23.and Sana Ahmed Khan was so dangerous, they might never be
:41:24. > :41:28.released from prison. He said they had even tested their explosive
:41:29. > :41:33.device in Rehman's back garden. EXPLOSIONS
:41:34. > :41:37.There is no longer any trace of the explosives in his garden here. It is
:41:38. > :41:42.still where his family lives and his father runs a taxi business. He was
:41:43. > :41:46.testing these explosives right in the heart of this residential area
:41:47. > :41:50.of Reading. This man has known the family for 20 years and says no one
:41:51. > :41:58.knew hammered Rehman had been radicalised. He got so caught up in
:41:59. > :42:04.this world and he was thinking of himself as perhaps a hero. What he
:42:05. > :42:08.was attempting to do or might have done is terrible, really terrible.
:42:09. > :42:13.The judge said they bought these explicit witty reels online and they
:42:14. > :42:17.had never intended to travel to Syria or Iran to fight but wanted to
:42:18. > :42:24.be martyrs at home. Rehman's parents did not want their faces shown and
:42:25. > :42:28.told me they believe their son was indoctrinated through the Internet.
:42:29. > :42:34.Somebody guided him, somebody must have put him on the wrong track. In
:42:35. > :42:38.a letter to the judge, Sana Ahmed Khan said she did not know the man
:42:39. > :42:43.she married in secret and what he was up to. But the judge said that
:42:44. > :42:47.they were both Islamic radicals intent on terror and violence.
:42:48. > :42:49.The American TV star Bill Cosby has been charged with sexually
:42:50. > :42:52.assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago.
:42:53. > :42:55.The comedian has been accused of drugging and assaulting a former
:42:56. > :43:00.university employee at his home near Philadelphia.
:43:01. > :43:04.Cosby has said under oath that they had consensual sex.
:43:05. > :43:07.Our Washington Correspondent Laura Bicker is in Washington for us now.
:43:08. > :43:09.- This comes after dozens of women have alleged assault
:43:10. > :43:22.This the first time we have had criminal charges against Bill Cosby.
:43:23. > :43:31.He was the all-American father who once instructed young people on how
:43:32. > :43:37.they should behave, now charged with doping and sexually assaulting a
:43:38. > :43:40.woman in 2004. That woman brought charges in 2005, the district
:43:41. > :43:45.attorney decided not to prosecute. New evidence has come to light.
:43:46. > :43:50.Illegal documents from a similar case where Bill Cosby admits giving
:43:51. > :43:55.women he wanted to sleep with drugs and paying women to keep quiet. He
:43:56. > :44:00.has always denied the charges but since then, around 58 women have
:44:01. > :44:01.come forward and he will face a legal charge in court this
:44:02. > :44:04.afternoon. The Cabinet Office minister
:44:05. > :44:07.Oliver Letwin has apologised unreservedly for any offence caused
:44:08. > :44:11.when he suggested in 1985 that "bad moral attitudes" in black
:44:12. > :44:14.communities were to blame Mr Letwin's comments were made
:44:15. > :44:21.in a confidential memo to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher -
:44:22. > :44:35.as our Political Correspondent Houses burnt to the ground. And
:44:36. > :44:41.police pelted with petrol bombs. On the Broadwater estate in north
:44:42. > :44:45.London, one officer was murdered by a mob wielding knives. As riots
:44:46. > :44:48.broke out in England, Margaret Thatcher and her ministers debated
:44:49. > :44:53.the causes and how they should respond. Some told her urban
:44:54. > :44:56.deprivation in largely black communities was partly to blame. But
:44:57. > :44:59.one young Downing St adviser disagreed. In his memo to Mrs
:45:00. > :45:17.Thatcher, Oliver Letwin wrote: he added attempts to improve in the
:45:18. > :45:22.cities would fail as long as bad moral attitudes remained. He
:45:23. > :45:29.discouraged black entrepreneurs, saying they would set up in the
:45:30. > :45:35.disco and drug trade. Comments has said how totally out of touch he
:45:36. > :45:38.was. With no mention to the high unemployment, poor housing and
:45:39. > :45:43.growing anger at the way the police were treating the black community.
:45:44. > :45:51.Oliver Letwin went on to become an MP. Today, here's David Cameron's
:45:52. > :45:55.policy chief. Some Labour MPs say his comments are evident of a racist
:45:56. > :46:00.view of the world, others say they raise questions about his role in
:46:01. > :46:03.government. There must be a real concern about Tory party policy in
:46:04. > :46:09.relation to inner cities where Oliver Letwin is leading on all the
:46:10. > :46:16.Tory party policy and we know he held views like these. Mr Letwin has
:46:17. > :46:20.apologised for any offence caused, saying parts of the memo were badly
:46:21. > :46:25.worded and wrong. Friends say fighting discrimination is a
:46:26. > :46:31.priority for Conservatives. That is not the real Oliver Letwin speaking,
:46:32. > :46:35.he is a very civilised person. I think the real message is that since
:46:36. > :46:39.that note was written, over 30 years, attitudes have been
:46:40. > :46:43.transformed. The estate is also transformed with better housing and
:46:44. > :46:46.little crime. Oliver Letwin's ticks want him to know that his views have
:46:47. > :46:48.changed with the times as well. Cricket now - and England have
:46:49. > :46:51.beaten South Africa in the first The visitors comfortably won
:46:52. > :46:56.by 241 runs. Our Sports Correspondent
:46:57. > :47:02.Andy Swiss has more. A thumping victory for
:47:03. > :47:04.England here in Durban. A crushing win over
:47:05. > :47:06.the world's top Test team. For both England's players and fans,
:47:07. > :47:09.so much to applaud. South Africa had begun the day
:47:10. > :47:11.still with faint hope, Star batsman AB de Villiers
:47:12. > :47:18.bamboozled by Moeen Ali, and it prompted the sort of collapse
:47:19. > :47:21.more traditionally associated Temba Bavuma's rush of blood
:47:22. > :47:31.offering the simplest of stumpings. For the South African balcony,
:47:32. > :47:34.it was almost too painful to watch. And it wasn't about
:47:35. > :47:38.to get any easier. Steve Finn ending Dale Steyn's brief
:47:39. > :47:40.resistance in about as emphatic And by the time Ali picked
:47:41. > :47:45.up his third of the day, not so much leg as legs
:47:46. > :47:48.before wicket... South Africa had lost four
:47:49. > :47:52.for just seven runs. Indeed, what could have been a long,
:47:53. > :47:56.tense day was all over before lunch. Stuart Broad trapping Morne Morkel,
:47:57. > :47:59.whose last, desperate Replays showed it hitting the middle
:48:00. > :48:07.of the middle stump. A suitably decisive end
:48:08. > :48:16.to an utterly decisive win. Rarely have England been quite so
:48:17. > :48:19.ruthless. There's more throughout the evening
:48:20. > :48:21.on the BBC News Channel, we are back with the late news
:48:22. > :48:24.at 10pm - now on BBC1, it is time for the news
:48:25. > :48:27.where you are.