:00:12. > :00:14.After the worst floods in decades - MPs grill Environment Agency bosses
:00:15. > :00:17.While large parts of Northern England were underwater,
:00:18. > :00:19.the agency's boss was on holiday in Barbados.
:00:20. > :00:23.This was a PR disaster personally for you wasn't it?
:00:24. > :00:27.Um, yes, as I said in hindsight it would have been much better if I had
:00:28. > :00:30.come back as early as I could, which was one or two days earlier.
:00:31. > :00:32.In Carlisle - a month after the floods -
:00:33. > :00:36.the clear-up is far from over - and there are warnings of yet more
:00:37. > :00:45.We'll be live in Cumbria to see how communities are coping.
:00:46. > :00:52.The partner of EastEnders actress Sian Blake travelled to Ghana days
:00:53. > :00:54.after she went missing - three bodies have been found
:00:55. > :00:58.Jeremy Corbyn asserts his authority in his first reshuffle -
:00:59. > :01:01.but three Labour ministers resign from the frontbench in protest.
:01:02. > :01:04.North Korea claims it has successfully tested its first
:01:05. > :01:05.hydrogen bomb prompting international outrage
:01:06. > :01:12.And first day at school - Prince George is photographed
:01:13. > :01:16.by his mother as he arrives at his new nursery in Norfolk.
:01:17. > :01:27.of more flooding for the north-east as a new Amber warning is issued.
:01:28. > :01:29.And plans for national testing in schools are unveiled
:01:30. > :01:43.but the Government says it won't lead to crude league tables.
:01:44. > :01:46.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:47. > :01:47.Environment Agency bosses have been defending their response
:01:48. > :01:50.to the December floods, which have left a trail of damage
:01:51. > :01:52.and destruction across large parts of Cumbria,
:01:53. > :01:57.The agency chairman - Sir Philip Dilley -
:01:58. > :02:00.was accused of a "PR disaster" after being on holiday in Barbados
:02:01. > :02:06.He said he now wished he'd come back sooner.
:02:07. > :02:09.The committee of MPs also heard first hand from homeowners
:02:10. > :02:16.who were flooded - as our home editor Mark Easton reports.
:02:17. > :02:22.The floodwaters may have subsided but in many parts of northern
:02:23. > :02:26.England, frustration and anger have been left in their wake.
:02:27. > :02:32.As the clear up continued at this West Yorkshire school today the row
:02:33. > :02:37.over whether enough was done to protect homes and businesses
:02:38. > :02:40.splashed the walls of Parliament. As officials from the agency
:02:41. > :02:45.responsible for flood defences arrived to face questions from MPs.
:02:46. > :02:49.Server liberally, chairman of the Environment Agency. Eight and
:02:50. > :02:55.Environment Agency chief Sir Philip Dilley was asked if he regretted not
:02:56. > :03:02.returning earlier from his holiday home in Barbados while devastating
:03:03. > :03:06.floods hit the UK. This was a PR disaster for you personally, wasn't
:03:07. > :03:10.it? In hindsight, yes, it would have been better if I'd come back as
:03:11. > :03:14.early as I could, which was one or two days earlier. Officials blame
:03:15. > :03:17.exceptional rainfall for flood defences being overwhelmed in
:03:18. > :03:21.Cumbria before Christmas, but one house owner who lost her home and
:03:22. > :03:24.business told the committee that too much attention is given to
:03:25. > :03:27.protecting wildlife, including a local scheme to save freshwater
:03:28. > :03:32.mussels rather than protecting people.
:03:33. > :03:43.Please, what is the point of all this? Who should you be protecting?
:03:44. > :03:46.My sympathies to the mussels but I need my community protecting. At
:03:47. > :03:50.PMQs David Cameron was challenged over whether his government has done
:03:51. > :03:54.nothing to protect the floods -- from the floods. I have the greatest
:03:55. > :03:57.pity for anyone who was flooded and we have to do what it takes to get
:03:58. > :04:02.people and get communities back on their feet, and that's why we put
:04:03. > :04:05.record sums in more quickly to help communities in Cumbria, in
:04:06. > :04:09.Lancashire, and now in Yorkshire and we will continue to do that. Flood
:04:10. > :04:15.defence scheme after flood defence scheme has been cancelled, postponed
:04:16. > :04:19.or cut, and many more homes are being flooded and too many lessons
:04:20. > :04:22.have been ignored. The argument is whether the government should focus
:04:23. > :04:26.more on long-term strategic investment, things like the Thames
:04:27. > :04:30.Barrier, rather than what critics say is short-term reactive spending
:04:31. > :04:36.on flood defences, responding to rising levels of misery. Over the
:04:37. > :04:40.last decade central government real terms spending on flood defences
:04:41. > :04:45.rose after the floods of 2007 and 2009. They fell when the coalition
:04:46. > :04:50.came to power, rose again after devastating floods of 2014 and has
:04:51. > :04:54.fallen back a little, although increases are promised.
:04:55. > :04:59.The bad weather brought a more disruption to the North of England
:05:00. > :05:02.today with a 70 tonne landslide blocking the railway line at Hexham.
:05:03. > :05:06.Questions about how government should respond to the challenge of
:05:07. > :05:09.our changing climate will continue to rain down for years to come. Mark
:05:10. > :05:12.Easton, BBC News. Well, it's exactly a month ago today
:05:13. > :05:14.that Storm Desmond caused widespread flooding in Cumbria,
:05:15. > :05:17.affecting thousands of homes. In Carlisle, the floodwaters may
:05:18. > :05:20.have gone - but the clear-up Our north of England correspondent
:05:21. > :05:32.Danny Savage is there for us now. People certainly care about what was
:05:33. > :05:35.being said in Westminster today, but there is a few more urgent things to
:05:36. > :05:39.deal with here still. We might be a month on from the floods but it
:05:40. > :05:43.still looks like it happened just a few days ago, this rubbish in skips
:05:44. > :05:46.goes on for a good mile down the road. The houses here are still
:05:47. > :05:50.deserted, it's like a ghost town and getting anywhere near normality is
:05:51. > :05:51.proving very difficult for people, and so is getting into any sort of
:05:52. > :05:53.routine here. needed a boat to get down Warwick
:05:54. > :05:58.Road. Now it's littered with the remains
:05:59. > :06:01.of a Christmas past. Wayne is clearing out
:06:02. > :06:06.his parents' home. Like many people, he provided
:06:07. > :06:08.emergency accommodation. My mum was downstairs
:06:09. > :06:12.with my disabled brother and my partner had to move out
:06:13. > :06:15.into a touring caravan on the drive. So we gave up our house
:06:16. > :06:18.really for my parents It was the first day of term
:06:19. > :06:22.today for many pupils, Newman High is uninhabitable
:06:23. > :06:27.after being flooded. So staff and 650 pupils have been
:06:28. > :06:39.moved to a mothballed primary school The most important thing was to get
:06:40. > :06:45.some kind of normality back into the lives of the children
:06:46. > :06:47.and their families. And as you can see this is the only
:06:48. > :06:58.source of running water, And your work surface
:06:59. > :07:01.is this trolley? This is the only work surface
:07:02. > :07:05.there is, so this is where I do Janet is recovering
:07:06. > :07:08.from a hip operation, If you could sit down
:07:09. > :07:12.with the people in power, Well, I don't think any of us
:07:13. > :07:17.here expected it to flood again. And I think now the whole question
:07:18. > :07:23.of flooding needs to be looked at very carefully, because water
:07:24. > :07:25.has to go somewhere. It is not just a question
:07:26. > :07:28.of building the defences Businesses have set up temporary
:07:29. > :07:34.kiosks on the street. In the ruins behind closed doors
:07:35. > :07:37.there is no time for political It is all right looking at it
:07:38. > :07:41.the television and seeing everybody They just sit there in their little
:07:42. > :07:50.House of Commons and shout things out to each other and nothing
:07:51. > :07:53.seems to get done. People just don't want
:07:54. > :07:56.their concerns swept away. And it is the effect
:07:57. > :07:58.on mortgages and house prices It's emerged that the partner
:07:59. > :08:12.of a former EastEnders actress Sian Blake travelled to Ghana days
:08:13. > :08:21.after she and her two Police are urgently trying to locate
:08:22. > :08:25.him after three bodies were found yesterday at a family home in Kent.
:08:26. > :08:26.Scotland Yard have referred their investigation into family's
:08:27. > :08:28.disappearance to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
:08:29. > :08:31.Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.
:08:32. > :08:40.Sian Blake, the young actress who landed a part in a top TV show. Come
:08:41. > :08:45.and see me soon, go on. How can I? A night off would be fun. It was in
:08:46. > :08:49.the 90s in Eastenders and after she left the soap she became a mother
:08:50. > :08:53.but recently she was in poor health with a debilitating illness motor
:08:54. > :08:57.neurone disease. She had two boys, Zachary who was eight and
:08:58. > :09:01.four-year-old Amon. Now all three are being mourned by their family
:09:02. > :09:05.and Sian Blake's partner Arthur Simpson-Kent, the children's father,
:09:06. > :09:09.is being sought by police. It is understood he travelled to the West
:09:10. > :09:14.African state of Ghana before Christmas. It's unclear if he is
:09:15. > :09:18.still there. Back home in their neighbourhood there is astonishment
:09:19. > :09:23.at what has happened. I saw him more than her. He was never a customer,
:09:24. > :09:26.she was a customer of mine. I saw him walking past with the kids and
:09:27. > :09:32.would always stop and wave, and always look to wave, which is really
:09:33. > :09:39.nice and says a lot about the person really, sad, very sad. The family
:09:40. > :09:41.home in Erith in Kent is now a crime scene and a picture has emerged of
:09:42. > :09:45.the events leading up to the discovery of the bodies here. Sian
:09:46. > :09:51.Blake and her children were last seen on December 13. On December the
:09:52. > :09:56.16th she was reported missing. Police visited the family home and
:09:57. > :10:00.spoke to Arthur Simpson-Kent. He was then reported missing. Two days
:10:01. > :10:04.later the police returned to the family home, forced entry, and
:10:05. > :10:08.searched the house. It was a fortnight after that on January the
:10:09. > :10:12.1st that officers made their first public appeal for information. On
:10:13. > :10:17.January the 4th Scotland Yard's homicide crime team took over the
:10:18. > :10:20.inquiry. The next day, three bodies were discovered in the garden of the
:10:21. > :10:23.family home. So it was three weeks after Sian
:10:24. > :10:28.Blake was reported missing that the bodies were found here. Now
:10:29. > :10:31.questions are being asked about the initial police inquiry, and this
:10:32. > :10:36.afternoon Scotland Yard announced that it was referring the case to
:10:37. > :10:39.the independent police complaints commission. The Met said there were
:10:40. > :10:45.potential issues over the handling and grading of the investigation.
:10:46. > :10:47.Meanwhile, the international hunt for a partner and father goes on.
:10:48. > :10:52.June Kelly, BBC News, Erith, Kent. Three Labour shadow
:10:53. > :10:53.ministers resigned today - one of them live on television -
:10:54. > :10:56.after the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn carried
:10:57. > :10:58.out his first reshuffle. Mr Corbyn sacked two
:10:59. > :11:01.of his ministers and replaced his The move is being viewed - by some -
:11:02. > :11:07.as punishment for those who don't share his views on key
:11:08. > :11:09.policies like the renewal Our political editor,
:11:10. > :11:24.Laura Kuenssberg reports on a day Good morning everybody. He is meant
:11:25. > :11:28.to be the boss, but Jeremy Corbyn's first reshuffle has been a painful
:11:29. > :11:31.journey for his party. It was his weekly chance to put the Prime
:11:32. > :11:35.Minister on the spot. Mr Speaker, it's very strange that when I asked
:11:36. > :11:39.a question about Leeds flood defence, and then on Cumbrian flood
:11:40. > :11:44.defence, the prime ministers still seems unable to answer. But Labour's
:11:45. > :11:47.K is allowed David Cameron to tease him with words from Shakespeare.
:11:48. > :11:55.There was a moment when it looked like this reshuffle could go into
:11:56. > :12:01.its 12th Night, and it was a revenge reshuffle so it was going to be As
:12:02. > :12:09.You Like It. There will be those who worry that Love's Labour's Lost! Has
:12:10. > :12:11.not been a funny few days for Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary,
:12:12. > :12:15.the leadership wanted him to move but he stayed put with a promise to
:12:16. > :12:20.work differently. Really? I have not been muzzled, I will carry on doing
:12:21. > :12:24.my job as I did before which is speaking for Labour on foreign
:12:25. > :12:27.policy. Not quite the same as the Shadow Chancellor, Mr Corbyn's
:12:28. > :12:32.closest ally, who was sent out to outline the changes. That they do
:12:33. > :12:36.take some explaining. None of us were arguing from a publicly or
:12:37. > :12:40.privately, that Hilary Benn should go, we were saying basically what we
:12:41. > :12:45.wanted was to ensure we had a coherent representation of the
:12:46. > :12:48.party's policies. No comment at all? And after days of getting Maria
:12:49. > :12:53.Eagle was put out of her misery today, perhaps. She was moved from
:12:54. > :12:56.her job as Shadow Defence Secretary because she disagrees with Mr Corbyn
:12:57. > :13:00.over nuclear weapons, but will now take the lead on culture. I'm
:13:01. > :13:04.looking forward to getting on with my new job and no doubt I will talk
:13:05. > :13:08.to you in that capacity again in due course. In charge of defence instead
:13:09. > :13:13.Emily Thornberry, who backs Mr Corbyn's, not the party's
:13:14. > :13:18.antinuclear stance. There were two, a couple of sackings, for what was
:13:19. > :13:20.called disloyalty, and in part for this former Shadow Minister Pat
:13:21. > :13:26.McFadden taking a different view on terror. Then resignations in
:13:27. > :13:30.protest, lives on TV. I've just written to Jeremy Corbyn to resign
:13:31. > :13:34.from the front bench. When an individual like that in my own team
:13:35. > :13:38.is singled out for views that I hold myself it is only right for me to
:13:39. > :13:42.leave the front bench. And then on radio and even on Facebook. The last
:13:43. > :13:46.24 hours have been a damaging pantomime. While Jeremy Corbyn has
:13:47. > :13:50.been hugged up in his office with his close advisers he hasn't always
:13:51. > :13:55.seemed in charge of events and simply he did not have the clout to
:13:56. > :14:00.make all of the changes he wanted to. But the Labour leader was able
:14:01. > :14:05.to wreak as to his Shadow Cabinet more in line with his own
:14:06. > :14:10.priorities. Reshuffles are really perfect, but today's chaos will be
:14:11. > :14:13.remembered. Gavle Jeremy Corbyn's thousands of supporters around the
:14:14. > :14:17.country this flexing of his muscles could be exactly what they want.
:14:18. > :14:22.And after all that fuss and confusion of the last few days,
:14:23. > :14:25.where are we tonight? From the moment Jeremy Corbyn became Labour
:14:26. > :14:29.leader there was huge enthusiasm from his supporters around the
:14:30. > :14:32.country and his team at Westminster, but a massive gap between them and
:14:33. > :14:36.some Labour MPs who think the whole project is a complete nonstarter.
:14:37. > :14:41.What has happened in the last couple of days is that gap, that profound
:14:42. > :14:45.gap between those two views has got wider and wider and the tensions
:14:46. > :14:49.even tighter. And while the party is still really struggling to come to
:14:50. > :14:52.terms with itself, it is hard to see how they are going to be able to
:14:53. > :14:55.present anything convincing to the general public.
:14:56. > :14:58.Political editor Laura Kuenssberg, thank you.
:14:59. > :15:02.One month on from the start of the floods, floods bosses
:15:03. > :15:03.defend their handling of the crisis to MPs.
:15:04. > :15:08.Hugging a humanoid - the robot being touted
:15:09. > :15:19.And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30.
:15:20. > :15:23..Org Trump threatens to withdraw investments over calls to ban him
:15:24. > :15:26.from the UK. And the new kids on the
:15:27. > :15:28.block who are reviving Govan's proud tradition
:15:29. > :15:31.of bagpiping. There's been widespread condemnation
:15:32. > :15:37.of North Korea's claim to have tested for the first
:15:38. > :15:41.time a hydrogen bomb - including from its
:15:42. > :15:43.closest ally, China. It hasn't been independently
:15:44. > :15:46.verified yet - but if confirmed it would be North Korea's fourth
:15:47. > :15:49.nuclear test since 2006 and mark a major upgrade
:15:50. > :15:50.in its capabilities. The test was detected
:15:51. > :15:52.after an earthquake was registered near the Punggye-ri
:15:53. > :15:54.nuclear site this morning. Our correspondent Rupert
:15:55. > :15:59.Wingfield-Hayes reports from Seoul. North Korean state television made
:16:00. > :16:06.the dramatic announcement A successful hydrogen bomb test
:16:07. > :16:11.has been carried out, On the streets of Pyongyang,
:16:12. > :16:31.crowds had been marshalled South Korea they measured an
:16:32. > :16:41.earthquake caused by the explosion. It was not very big.
:16:42. > :16:43.And it remains unclear whether this latest test really
:16:44. > :16:47.So what is the difference between a hydrogen bomb
:16:48. > :16:51.Atomic bombs were first dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
:16:52. > :16:53.The blast is created by splitting an atom,
:16:54. > :16:55.releasing the huge amount of energy contained inside.
:16:56. > :16:57.Hydrogen bombs use an atomic bomb to force elements together creating
:16:58. > :17:03.The resulting blast is thousands of times more powerful
:17:04. > :17:12.But hydrogen bombs are much more difficult to make.
:17:13. > :17:15.North Korea's soldiers may be good at goose-stepping,
:17:16. > :17:18.but a hydrogen bomb would put this impoverished country
:17:19. > :17:26.The main beneficiary would be its young dictator,
:17:27. > :17:29.In October he paraded the huge war machine he commands,
:17:30. > :17:32.including North Korea's latest long-range missiles which one day
:17:33. > :17:41.For the young Mr Kim, nuclear weapons are about one thing.
:17:42. > :17:48.Perhaps Kim Jong-un wants to tell his domestic constituency
:17:49. > :17:52.that he is powerful, he is strong, he's in control of his regime
:17:53. > :17:54.that he just took over a few years ago.
:17:55. > :17:58.He also seems to be trying to tell the international community
:17:59. > :18:01.that his country is a nuclear weapons state and that means
:18:02. > :18:06.For people living here in Seoul, the idea that North Korea,
:18:07. > :18:10.just 30 miles away to the north of here, may now have a hydrogen
:18:11. > :18:16.But the question remains, what can the world do about it?
:18:17. > :18:18.Sanctions have been tried and have failed.
:18:19. > :18:22.Maybe it is now time for the world to engage with North Korea.
:18:23. > :18:29.But it is very hard to see how any Western leader can engage
:18:30. > :18:31.with a regime that has just set off a nuclear device.
:18:32. > :18:35.Rupert Wingfield Hayes, BBC News, in Seoul.
:18:36. > :18:37.One of the frontrunners in the contest to become the next
:18:38. > :18:40.Fifa president has described the upcoming leadership election
:18:41. > :18:44.as the "last chance to save the organisation".
:18:45. > :18:46.Prince Ali bin Hussein insists he's the only candidate capable
:18:47. > :18:50.of rooting out corruption within football's world governing
:18:51. > :18:52.body - which chooses a new leader next month.
:18:53. > :18:55.He was speaking to our Sports Editor, Dan Roan.
:18:56. > :19:00.A series of arrests, raids, and corruption investigations
:19:01. > :19:06.The wrongdoing went to the very top, President Sepp
:19:07. > :19:09.Blatter kicked out of the organisation he ruled for 17
:19:10. > :19:14.With the new year comes the chance to turn a corner.
:19:15. > :19:16.One of the favourites in next month's
:19:17. > :19:19.presidential election told me he must win, or else.
:19:20. > :19:22.I think it is the last chance to save the
:19:23. > :19:26.And to get it back in the right shape and then to focus
:19:27. > :19:28.on what my real goal is, which is total
:19:29. > :19:32.development of football around the world.
:19:33. > :19:35.I don't want to see a day coming in the future if you have another
:19:36. > :19:38.situation where scandals come up in the next year or two.
:19:39. > :19:41.Prince Ali was the sole challenger in May's election.
:19:42. > :19:54.But days later, Sepp Blatter stepped down
:19:55. > :19:57.But days later, Sepp Blatter stepped down amid a spiralling corruption
:19:58. > :19:59.Now the Jordanian is back, presenting
:20:00. > :20:03.We need fresh ideas, fresh blood, free thinking.
:20:04. > :20:08.But are you fresh blood, are you a fresh way of thinking?
:20:09. > :20:10.With the greatest respect, you have served on that executive
:20:11. > :20:14.For sure I am, and my track record speaks for itself.
:20:15. > :20:16.These are the men who stand in Ali's way.
:20:17. > :20:17.Asian football chief Sheikh Salman of Bahrain.
:20:18. > :20:19.Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino.
:20:20. > :20:21.And former fifa executive Jerome Champagne.
:20:22. > :20:24.But already this year more controversy.
:20:25. > :20:26.Yesterday Fifa announced that Sepp Blatter's former
:20:27. > :20:29.right-hand man Jerome Valcke faces a nine-year ban for violating ethics
:20:30. > :20:34.The question now it seems, whether anyone can be trusted.
:20:35. > :20:36.Are there any skeletons in your closet?
:20:37. > :20:39.Can you give us a cast-iron guarantee that we are not
:20:40. > :20:41.going to discover anything about you in the future?
:20:42. > :20:49.For sure, I can guarantee that I am the right person for this job.
:20:50. > :20:52.And my track record is that I keep my
:20:53. > :21:00.Fifa of course has been notoriously resistant to change.
:21:01. > :21:02.For Ali, overcoming that hurdle will be one
:21:03. > :21:09.But even if he wins, repairing the damage done
:21:10. > :21:21.Robots that can act as your companion, virtual reality headsets
:21:22. > :21:28.They're just some of the gadgets of the future on show in Las Vegas
:21:29. > :21:30.for the latest Consumer Electronics Show.
:21:31. > :21:41.The show has just got underway. There are several reasons, Virtual
:21:42. > :21:44.reality, changes in the way that our cars are controlled and the onward
:21:45. > :21:47.march of artificial intelligence. They have in the way that our cars
:21:48. > :21:49.are controlled and the onward march of artificial intelligence. They
:21:50. > :21:52.happen, but technology is entering more areas of our lives. Right down
:21:53. > :21:56.to humanoid robots coming into our homes.
:21:57. > :21:59.Is this the year you get a robot for your home?
:22:00. > :22:02.In Japan, 7000 people have already ordered Pepper,
:22:03. > :22:06.a robot which is a companion, offering a hug or a high five
:22:07. > :22:12.rather than a purely practical device.
:22:13. > :22:15.For us the robot is very different from other digital devices
:22:16. > :22:17.because the way you interact with it is very natural.
:22:18. > :22:21.There is no keyboard, there are no screens you touch on.
:22:22. > :22:24.And here is Buddy, another robot interacting with humans in Las
:22:25. > :22:29.As well as following you around and looking cute, this robot,
:22:30. > :22:38.due to go on sale later this year, does have some practical uses.
:22:39. > :22:42.When you're out of the house, Buddy can act as a sort
:22:43. > :22:44.of nightwatchman, watching out for strangers like me turning up.
:22:45. > :22:47.Virtual reality is another big theme here, with all sorts of VR
:22:48. > :22:50.This one combines the real and virtual worlds, so you can
:22:51. > :22:53.see your fingers and use them to spin the earth around.
:22:54. > :22:56.Of course it's all very well having these wonderful new gadgets,
:22:57. > :23:02.My phone is down at 7% right now and anyone with a smartphone knows
:23:03. > :23:05.it is very hard to get through a day without a charge.
:23:06. > :23:09.But one British firm thinks it's got the answer.
:23:10. > :23:11.Intelligent Energy is developing fuel cells to power all
:23:12. > :23:20.This prototype is for a smartphone, and keeps it charged for a week.
:23:21. > :23:24.It is bulky now, but could be built into the phone one day.
:23:25. > :23:27.The firm says visitors to this show could see a big change
:23:28. > :23:31.They will never have to plug in to the wall,
:23:32. > :23:34.they will have a device that will be charged and powered for the whole
:23:35. > :23:37.And you're saying that is a realistic prospect
:23:38. > :23:43.This electric concept car, developed by a Californian firm
:23:44. > :23:46.with Chinese money, is one product that will never go on sale.
:23:47. > :23:49.But in this show motoring is yet another industry that the technology
:23:50. > :24:01.In cricket, the second test between England and South Africa has
:24:02. > :24:05.ended in a draw in Cape Town - but only after England threatened
:24:06. > :24:09.England lost a flurry of wickets in their second innings
:24:10. > :24:14.With two matches still to come South Africa's captain, Hashim Amla,
:24:15. > :24:21.has decided to resign to concentrate on his batting.
:24:22. > :24:23.Photographs have been released of Prince George on his first
:24:24. > :24:27.The pictures were taken by his mother - the Duchess
:24:28. > :24:29.of Cambridge - and show the prince - along with his rucksack -
:24:30. > :24:31.outside the nursery, near his parents' Norfolk home.
:24:32. > :24:33.As our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports,
:24:34. > :24:36.it's hoped releasing the images will help protect the young Prince's
:24:37. > :24:41.From the moment of his birth in July 2013 George's parents have been
:24:42. > :24:46.determined to balance the huge worldwide public interest
:24:47. > :24:49.in the life of the future King with their desire to ensure that
:24:50. > :24:52.George has as normal a life as possible.
:24:53. > :24:54.And so since George's birth there have been a few carefully
:24:55. > :24:57.controlled appearances in front of the cameras.
:24:58. > :25:01.From his christening at St James's Palace to William
:25:02. > :25:03.and Catherine's visit to New Zealand and Australia and George's scene
:25:04. > :25:09.stealing antics at a children's playgroup.
:25:10. > :25:12.He did the same on the day of his recently arrived sister
:25:13. > :25:15.Charlotte's christening at Sandringham last July.
:25:16. > :25:17.Now today, another significant occasion in George's life.
:25:18. > :25:24.Aged two and a half, his first day at a nursery school.
:25:25. > :25:27.He went this morning to the school near William and Catherine's
:25:28. > :25:30.Significantly, these two photographs issued by Kensington Palace
:25:31. > :25:33.were taken not by a professional photographer, but by his mother.
:25:34. > :25:37.By all accounts the environment was controlled and tranquil,
:25:38. > :25:39.just as his parents had hoped it would be.
:25:40. > :25:44.What a contrast to how it was more than 30 years ago when William
:25:45. > :25:46.was taken by his mother to his first day at school.
:25:47. > :25:49.It is this sort of experience that William is determined
:25:50. > :25:57.I think the mainstream UK press will respect the privacy
:25:58. > :26:06.I have my doubts whether the international paparazzi
:26:07. > :26:08.especially those in the US, Europe and the Far East,
:26:09. > :26:14.Will the immense international market for pictures of George be
:26:15. > :26:22.satisfied with these photographs taken by his mother?
:26:23. > :26:36.More rain I wish I could change the record but I cannot. More rain is on
:26:37. > :26:43.the way, that news for areas badly affected by flooding. This is the
:26:44. > :26:47.cloud responsible for that bad weather, rain sweeping across the
:26:48. > :26:52.whole of the country over the next 12 hours or so. And some quite
:26:53. > :26:56.strong wind, following behind some clearer skies. Already dumped across
:26:57. > :27:01.the East of Scotland. And by morning rain getting heavier and more
:27:02. > :27:07.persistent. Watch out for some strong wind through the Irish Sea as
:27:08. > :27:11.well. Things to improve by the afternoon with some sunshine but for
:27:12. > :27:20.Scotland it is a different story, it stays wet and we could be revisiting
:27:21. > :27:24.scenes like these. So a real risk of renewed flooding across eastern
:27:25. > :27:30.parts of Scotland and the warning from the Met office. A lot of snow
:27:31. > :27:34.over the high ground, feeling cold and roll across Scotland. For many
:27:35. > :27:38.of us getting better with some sunshine through the day. Feeling
:27:39. > :27:42.quite chilly in the wind despite that sunshine. But the sunshine
:27:43. > :27:48.makes all the difference, it will feel quite pleasant out there.
:27:49. > :27:53.Through tomorrow night it stays wet across the north-east of Scotland
:27:54. > :27:56.was some hill snow. Ice could be a problem elsewhere and into Friday
:27:57. > :28:00.more wet weather again for the North East of Scotland. Showers moving
:28:01. > :28:05.west elsewhere across the country but again some sunshine, the best of
:28:06. > :28:11.that across the southern part of the UK. For the weekend, more rain and a
:28:12. > :28:16.further risk of flooding and then a change. Quite a significant change
:28:17. > :28:21.as we go into next week. It turns a lot colder, some frost may be some
:28:22. > :28:24.snow. But at least try and it has been for some considerable time. --
:28:25. > :28:28.dryer. That's all from the BBC News at Six
:28:29. > :28:30.- so it's goodbye from me and on BBC