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:00:00. > :00:07.Guilty verdicts in the trial that exposed the exploitation

:00:08. > :00:13.of vulnerable teenage girls in Rotherham.

:00:14. > :00:16.Three brothers systematically preyed on the young.

:00:17. > :00:19.They're guilty of multiple rapes and assaults.

:00:20. > :00:21.These men's actions and those of the women who facilitated them

:00:22. > :00:28.Such depravity has no place in our society.

:00:29. > :00:31.The case raises questions over whether the local community ignored

:00:32. > :00:43.For too long as a society, as a Pakistani community,

:00:44. > :00:49.From personal friends to referendum rivals -

:00:50. > :00:53.Michael Gove says David Cameron's EU deal is not legally binding.

:00:54. > :00:57.Three people still missing after the Didcot power station

:00:58. > :01:02.collapse, rescuers say finding survivors is unlikely.

:01:03. > :01:05.We won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated,

:01:06. > :01:11.we won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated.

:01:12. > :01:15.Only Donald Trump could get away with that.

:01:16. > :01:17.He wins again in the race for the White House.

:01:18. > :01:28.Coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm.

:01:29. > :01:40.The budget is passed at Holyrood with an extra ?80 million for

:01:41. > :01:45.education. And extra tips on her forehand.

:01:46. > :01:52.Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.

:01:53. > :01:54.Three brothers, along with their uncle and two women,

:01:55. > :01:57.been convicted of taking part in the sexual abuse of teenage

:01:58. > :02:01.Victims told Sheffield Crown Court they had been raped,

:02:02. > :02:04.beaten and used as prostitutes by a criminal gang which was led

:02:05. > :02:08.It is a case that has exposed once again the extent to which political

:02:09. > :02:11.correctness may have prevented the authorities from pursuing

:02:12. > :02:17.This report form our correspondent, Alison Holt, contains details

:02:18. > :02:27.For years the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham was regarded by the

:02:28. > :02:32.three Hussain brothers as their domain. Here the court heard how

:02:33. > :02:40.they dealt in drugs, guns, violencend and the abuse of girls.

:02:41. > :02:46.The brothers operated in a brutal criminal underworld. Ash Hussain,

:02:47. > :02:49.seen here arriving in court, was left paralysed by a gang land

:02:50. > :02:54.shooting. He was described as the ringleader. Very quickly he started

:02:55. > :02:59.being controlling and I wouldn't like to do anything without his

:03:00. > :03:03.permission. Jessica was just 14 when she was groomed by 24-year-old Ash

:03:04. > :03:08.Hussain. We have disguised her identity. He were very violent

:03:09. > :03:14.towards me. There were times when I thought he was actually going to

:03:15. > :03:20.kill me. That was on a daily basy. The Hussain' UNNing l Qurban Ali was

:03:21. > :03:24.convicted of conspiracy to rape and two women Karen MacGregor and

:03:25. > :03:28.Shelley Davies were found guilty. The offences went back more than 25

:03:29. > :03:32.years. Outside court the victims were praised for their strength.

:03:33. > :03:39.Some had listened from the public gallery holding hands as the

:03:40. > :03:43.verdicts were read out They have shown incredible bravery reliving

:03:44. > :03:48.vicious events for the court. These men's actions and those of the women

:03:49. > :03:55.who facilitated them are utterly abhorrent. Such depravity has no

:03:56. > :04:02.place in our society. It's hard to describe the appalling nature of the

:04:03. > :04:07.abuse. In 2014 an inquiry estimated more than 1,400 children in

:04:08. > :04:13.Rotherham had been sexually exploited over a 16-year period. A

:04:14. > :04:20.number of gangs were involved. The Hussains were key.

:04:21. > :04:31.This report says by October 200154 young women had been linked to the

:04:32. > :04:37.brothers. 18 of the women had identified one man, Ash Hussain, to

:04:38. > :04:41.project workers as their boyfriend. It gives a sense of the scale of

:04:42. > :04:46.what was going on and just how much was known. Adele wrote that report

:04:47. > :04:50.as part of of a Home Office research project. She welcomes today's

:04:51. > :04:54.convictions but says we still need to know why action wasn't taken

:04:55. > :04:58.years ago. It is a bit of a hallow result because it should have

:04:59. > :05:03.happened 15 years ago. The evidence was there is 15 years ago. We all

:05:04. > :05:06.know the price the children of Rotherham have paid because that

:05:07. > :05:10.information wasn't acted on there and then. A number of police

:05:11. > :05:17.officers are now under investigation. It's also been said

:05:18. > :05:26.because many of the exploiters were of Pakistani origin the authorities

:05:27. > :05:31.had concerns about seeing as racist. These sort of men have a very

:05:32. > :05:37.negative and, in many cases, a racist attitude towards white young

:05:38. > :05:41.girls. For too long, as a society, as a Pakistani community we turned a

:05:42. > :05:47.blind eye ho these crimes. Both the police and council in Rotherham have

:05:48. > :05:50.Allah poll guised for past failings and say today's convictions

:05:51. > :05:54.underline their determination to take action against abusers past and

:05:55. > :06:01.present. Alison is with me now. Do we have a clearer idea of why these

:06:02. > :06:06.girls were ignored for so long? In the end, it's a complicated answer,

:06:07. > :06:12.it comes in many parts. Part of the problem was attitudes at the time.

:06:13. > :06:16.The girls, by their own admission, were difficult, stroppy teenagers,

:06:17. > :06:20.lashing at those trying to help them. People didn't understand

:06:21. > :06:24.grooming they took it when they said these men were their boy friends.

:06:25. > :06:29.The issue of political correctness raised in the Jay Report. It's worth

:06:30. > :06:33.saying the independent police Complaints Commission is

:06:34. > :06:38.investigating 55 police officers for allegedly failing to act. There has

:06:39. > :06:43.been major change at the council. This case today is a marker in the

:06:44. > :06:46.ground for Rotherham that tide is being turned and things are

:06:47. > :06:50.beginning to change. Certainly, that's what the victims hope. All

:06:51. > :06:53.right Alison, thanks very much. Thank you.

:06:54. > :06:55.They are personal friends and kindred spirits in politics

:06:56. > :06:58.David Cameron and Michael Gove are at loggerheads today

:06:59. > :07:03.after the Justice Secretary questioned whether the Prime

:07:04. > :07:04.Minister's EU deal is legally binding.

:07:05. > :07:07.Mr Gove, who's one of five Cabinet ministers backing the leave

:07:08. > :07:09.campaign, told the BBC in an exclusive interview that some

:07:10. > :07:12.of the changes could be thrown out by the European Court of Justice.

:07:13. > :07:22.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, has the story.

:07:23. > :07:24.The black and gold robes aren't just for fun.

:07:25. > :07:26.Michael Gove is the Lord Chancellor, a job with heritage,

:07:27. > :07:32.the man in charge of the law in England.

:07:33. > :07:34.And he finds himself in a good old-fashioned legal row

:07:35. > :07:36.with his close friend and colleague, David Cameron.

:07:37. > :07:42.The Prime Minister says his EU deal cannot be reversed,

:07:43. > :07:44.but Mr Gove says judges in Europe we don't control

:07:45. > :07:47.could pick the agreement apart, because the deal isn't yet

:07:48. > :07:49.written into European treaties, the pillars of EU law.

:07:50. > :07:54.interprets the European Union treaties, and until this agreement

:07:55. > :08:00.then the European Court of Justice is not bound

:08:01. > :08:04.So as the man in charge of the legal system,

:08:05. > :08:12.you are saying clearly, what David Cameron has got

:08:13. > :08:15.from Brussels right now could be chucked out by European judges?

:08:16. > :08:17.What David Cameron has got is an agreement amongst

:08:18. > :08:19.It's an international law declaration.

:08:20. > :08:26.and the facts are that the European Court of Justice is not bound

:08:27. > :08:29.by this agreement until treaties are changed, and we don't know

:08:30. > :08:35.So David Cameron's assertion that this is a done deal is wrong?

:08:36. > :08:44.You're trying deliberately, and understandably, to get me

:08:45. > :08:49.in stating that this was a legally binding agreement.

:08:50. > :08:51.But I am asking you to make the distinction,

:08:52. > :08:52.because the Prime Minister's campaign

:08:53. > :08:55.is to say to the British population that the changes

:08:56. > :08:57.he secured in Brussels will definitely happen,

:08:58. > :08:59.that he has got them legally bound up, that his commitments

:09:00. > :09:02.are essentially cast-iron guarantees,

:09:03. > :09:04.and you're saying, on your side of the argument,

:09:05. > :09:10.The law is clear that until the treaties change,

:09:11. > :09:12.the European Court of Justice is bound only

:09:13. > :09:22.He's telling people this is a done deal.

:09:23. > :09:24.I don't believe he is being misleading, but I do

:09:25. > :09:26.think it is important that people recognise

:09:27. > :09:31.that the European Court of Justice

:09:32. > :09:32.stands above every nation state and, ultimately,

:09:33. > :09:34.it will decide on the basis of the treaties.

:09:35. > :09:38.because Mr Gove and his wife are close friends

:09:39. > :09:40.of the Camerons, but the clash is core to the arguments

:09:41. > :09:44.So the Government sent out its top lawyer to say

:09:45. > :09:48.The status of this agreement is not of no consequence,

:09:49. > :09:52.This is an agreement which the court will be

:09:53. > :09:59.just as they're bound to take account of the wordings

:10:00. > :10:02.This agreement sets out clearly

:10:03. > :10:11.what the 28 nation states want to happen.

:10:12. > :10:13.Mr Gove's warning has rattled our Government

:10:14. > :10:15.We unanimously agreed and adopted a legally

:10:16. > :10:18.Its president tried to bolster their case today.

:10:19. > :10:21.This is our Supreme Court, but this row is about the power

:10:22. > :10:25.Number Ten says because every country in the EU signed up

:10:26. > :10:27.to the deal, the European court has to pay attention.

:10:28. > :10:37.But it's also true that unless and until the changes

:10:38. > :10:40.are written into European law, they are subject to legal challenge

:10:41. > :10:43.in the European court, and the judges could dispute them.

:10:44. > :10:46.In a funny way, both David Cameron and Michael Gove are partly right.

:10:47. > :10:51.But the Government cannot say with certainty that the changes

:10:52. > :10:52.the Prime Minister fought hard to achieve

:10:53. > :11:00.But for many voters and politicians, the most striking part

:11:01. > :11:03.of being in the EU is the numbers of people who can make their lives

:11:04. > :11:12.Our immigration policy means that we have some people who can

:11:13. > :11:15.come into this country, who we might want to say no to,

:11:16. > :11:17.and others who we might want to attract

:11:18. > :11:25.For me, it's not a matter of numbers,

:11:26. > :11:29.it's a matter of the type of people thta we want in this country.

:11:30. > :11:31.I've always been suspicious of a transfer of power away

:11:32. > :11:36.Given the opportunity, in a referendum, to make

:11:37. > :11:45.a decision about whether or not we should be a democracy or not,

:11:46. > :11:48.then I'm afraid I'm going to have to conclude

:11:49. > :11:49.that we need to leave.

:11:50. > :11:50.We're not currently a democracy, then?

:11:51. > :11:52.I don't think we are properly self-governing.

:11:53. > :11:55.will decide whether we stay or leave the EU.

:11:56. > :11:58.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.

:11:59. > :12:01.Within the last hour, West Mercia Police have issued

:12:02. > :12:05.It's understood that the nine-week old boy was taken from his home

:12:06. > :12:08.in the Arleston area of Telford this afternoon.

:12:09. > :12:11.It's thought that he may be in the company of a white woman

:12:12. > :12:22.She is believed to be approximately 5ft 5 inches tall.

:12:23. > :12:24.Emergency teams searching the site of the collapsed Didcot power

:12:25. > :12:26.station say it's "highly unlikely" three missing people

:12:27. > :12:43.One person died and five people are in hospital after part

:12:44. > :12:45.of the derelict building in South Oxfordshire

:12:46. > :12:47.Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at Didcot now.

:12:48. > :12:53.One name has been named by friends on Facebook as being part of this

:12:54. > :12:56.accident. Although the Fire Service not yet confirming whether that is

:12:57. > :13:00.the case. They say they are speaking to the families of all thes ming

:13:01. > :13:07.workers as their search operation continues.

:13:08. > :13:16.and the search operation facing them.

:13:17. > :13:18.Here, just some of the 100-strong rescue team

:13:19. > :13:23.A few clambered onto the edges of the dangerous pile of wreckage

:13:24. > :13:25.to look for the three missing workers.

:13:26. > :13:27.But it's now been more than a day

:13:28. > :13:32.haven't picked up any signs of life.

:13:33. > :13:46.However, regardless of that information, our conduct

:13:47. > :13:49.and our professionalism iis the same and we will continue to work

:13:50. > :13:51.through that building slowly, with the absolute intention

:13:52. > :13:52.of locating the loved ones

:13:53. > :14:06.This was the moment the power station collapsed,

:14:07. > :14:11.and when the 44-year-old structure caved in on itself.

:14:12. > :14:14.It's only when you get close that you get a sense of the destruction

:14:15. > :14:16.that's gone on at this power station.

:14:17. > :14:19.You also get a sense of the scale of the fire and rescue operation

:14:20. > :14:22.Some of these vehicles have been arriving

:14:23. > :14:26.this afternoon from as far afield as Merseyside and Hampshire.

:14:27. > :14:29.Even the army has been brought in with one of its robots

:14:30. > :14:40.to scour the debris with specialised cameras.

:14:41. > :14:45.The weight of the power station's springs would have meant any

:14:46. > :14:51.collapse would be unstoppable. They are about two foot wide and about

:14:52. > :14:58.six foot high. There's hundreds of them on each unit. It suspends the

:14:59. > :15:06.whole boiler. You are talking of thousands and thousands of tonnes.

:15:07. > :15:08.Coleman Company, the Birmingham-based firm

:15:09. > :15:10.behind the demolition, said it was trying

:15:11. > :15:13.and called on relatives of missing workers to get in touch.

:15:14. > :15:21.The search operation is not over, but it is now moving

:15:22. > :15:23.into a different and, for the families involved,

:15:24. > :15:35.Three brothers of Pakistani heritage are found guilty of the sexual

:15:36. > :15:36.exploitation of young teenagers in Rotherham.

:15:37. > :15:43.It's Bond's favourite motoring brand, and now a new model is to be

:15:44. > :15:45.built in South Wales.

:15:46. > :15:47.And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30:

:15:48. > :15:49.Calls for action on long waiting times

:15:50. > :15:53.for NHS mental health treatments.

:15:54. > :16:06.A housing estate in West Lothian is flooded by a burst water main.

:16:07. > :16:08.There seems to be no stopping presidential hopeful,

:16:09. > :16:11.Donald Trump, after his third victory in a row in the race

:16:12. > :16:16.to become the Republican Party's candidate.

:16:17. > :16:19.All eyes are now on what's known as Super Tuesday,

:16:20. > :16:21.when a dozen states will vote for their choice of candidate.

:16:22. > :16:24.As James Cook reports from Las Vegas, the property tycoon

:16:25. > :16:30.turned politician's victory speech was vintage Trump.

:16:31. > :16:39.Not so long ago, his presidential bid was dismissed as a curiosity.

:16:40. > :16:41.Now, the businessman is the Republican frontrunner,

:16:42. > :16:58.With the smartest people, with the most loyal people.

:16:59. > :17:01.You know what I'm really happy about, because I've been saying it

:17:02. > :17:04.for a long time, 46% with the Hispanics.

:17:05. > :17:19.That was a blow for his Hispanic rivals, including Ted Cruz,

:17:20. > :17:24.The Texas Senator's own state votes next week, on Super Tuesday,

:17:25. > :17:27.He says that will be the most important moment of the campaign.

:17:28. > :17:29.The only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump,

:17:30. > :17:31.and the only campaign that can beat Donald Trump,

:17:32. > :17:35.As long as the anti-Trump vote is split between Ted Cruz

:17:36. > :17:40.and his rivals, the more the property tycoon reaps

:17:41. > :17:43.the rewards, which is why senior figures in the Republican Party

:17:44. > :17:46.are now beginning to panic at the thought of an outsider taking

:17:47. > :17:54.And so, they are rallying around Senator Marco Rubio,

:17:55. > :18:00.from Florida, who is now urging other candidates to stand aside.

:18:01. > :18:03.65%, 70% of the Republican Party does not want Donald Trump

:18:04. > :18:08.The problem is, they're divided up among four people now.

:18:09. > :18:11.They just don't like the fact that a non-establishment candidate might

:18:12. > :18:16.Mr Trump is energising voters angry with the political system.

:18:17. > :18:25.There's a long way to go, but he's beginning to look unstoppable.

:18:26. > :18:33.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

:18:34. > :18:36.Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to the former Top Gear producer

:18:37. > :18:40.he punched and has agreed to settle his compensation claim.

:18:41. > :18:43.Oisin Tymon sued for racial discrimination and personal injury

:18:44. > :18:47.after the incident at a hotel in North Yorkshire last March.

:18:48. > :18:50.The settlement is understood to be in excess of ?100,000,

:18:51. > :19:03.with both Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC contributing to it.

:19:04. > :19:08.North Wales Police has referred itself to the independent complaints

:19:09. > :19:11.watchdog after two officers deliberately ran over and killed a

:19:12. > :19:16.dog which was out of control on a road. The foxhound was running

:19:17. > :19:18.towards oncoming traffic. Police said it was posing a serious threat

:19:19. > :19:21.to motorists. The Scottish Government's budget

:19:22. > :19:24.for the next year has been passed by MSPs after a heated

:19:25. > :19:26.Holyrood debate. Opposition parties continued

:19:27. > :19:28.to press for a 1p rise in income tax rates to generate

:19:29. > :19:31.funding for education. Trade union members protested

:19:32. > :19:33.outside Holyrood over cuts to council budgets

:19:34. > :19:35.prior to the debate. A Muslim convert from Walsall has

:19:36. > :19:37.been found guilty of failing to alert the authorities

:19:38. > :19:40.that her husband was leaving the UK Lorna Moore, who's 33,

:19:41. > :19:44.was suspected of planning to take their three

:19:45. > :19:46.children to Syria. The couple's friend, Ayman Shaukat,

:19:47. > :19:49.was also convicted of helping men They were part of an extensive

:19:50. > :19:53.network, as our home affairs These friends were all based

:19:54. > :20:01.in Walsall and some had admitted their crimes,

:20:02. > :20:05.others are already in Syria. Today, Lorna Moore was convicted

:20:06. > :20:09.of withholding information. She was found guilty of failing

:20:10. > :20:12.to inform the police The jury which convicted her also

:20:13. > :20:19.found Ayman Shaukat guilty of helping two of the men

:20:20. > :20:23.to travel to Syria. One couple, who left

:20:24. > :20:25.Birmingham Airport, were stopped Some of the women were pregnant

:20:26. > :20:31.and the intention may have been for them to give birth

:20:32. > :20:34.in land controlled by IS, Isis or Daesh are reaching out

:20:35. > :20:41.and wanting women and families to go and join, and it puts a huge onus

:20:42. > :20:45.and responsibility on the police and other authorities to try

:20:46. > :20:48.and interrupt that travel and keep It was a mother who

:20:49. > :20:54.alerted the police. Susan Boyce, a Church

:20:55. > :20:56.of England minister, was horrified when her son,

:20:57. > :20:59.one of the group's Muslim converts, In a message to her,

:21:00. > :21:16.Jake Petty said: Shortly after this,

:21:17. > :21:20.he was killed in the fighting. These men had known each other

:21:21. > :21:23.for years, some of them had gone It's understood they did have links

:21:24. > :21:29.to extremists in other parts of the country, but the Syria plan

:21:30. > :21:32.was hatched here in Walsall and now their families,

:21:33. > :21:34.and in some cases their children, are forced to live

:21:35. > :21:38.with the consequences. Whilst some of the group will never

:21:39. > :21:40.return, those left behind The junior doctors dispute dominated

:21:41. > :21:50.Prime Minister's Questions today with the party leaders arguing over

:21:51. > :21:54.exactly how many people die after being admitted

:21:55. > :22:03.to hospital at weekends. The heated exchanges

:22:04. > :22:05.between David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn ended

:22:06. > :22:08.with a personal jibe when a Labour MP called on Mr Cameron

:22:09. > :22:10.to "ask his mother", who has signed a petition

:22:11. > :22:13.about local Government cuts. Oh, I think I know

:22:14. > :22:17.what my mother would say. I think she'd look across

:22:18. > :22:19.the despatch box and she'd say, put on a proper suit,

:22:20. > :22:22.do up your tie and sing the national It's the motoring brand

:22:23. > :22:31.made famous by the high-octane driving

:22:32. > :22:33.of the world's most famous agent. Now a touch of the James Bond style

:22:34. > :22:36.will be coming to South Wales after Aston Martin decided

:22:37. > :22:39.to build its latest model there. As Hywel Griffith reports,

:22:40. > :22:49.South Wales beat off competition Coming soon for the super wealthy, a

:22:50. > :22:54.souped up racer that thinks it's a family car. The Aston Martin DBX

:22:55. > :23:00.will be made to order in Wales and sold mostly abroad, with a starting

:23:01. > :23:05.price of ?150,000. Just as British handbags and fashion sell the world

:23:06. > :23:15.and image, so, according to the Aston Martin Chief Executive, could

:23:16. > :23:19.this car. In the luxury business, it is about what the brand stands for.

:23:20. > :23:24.Perhaps you would think about our James Bond heritage. Making drivers

:23:25. > :23:31.feel a little like 007 is a big part of the proposition, although the new

:23:32. > :23:35.Aston Martin SUV's target customer, I'm told, will be an imaginary

:23:36. > :23:39.female driver called Charlotte. The idea is that this is the type of car

:23:40. > :23:42.James Bond would use on the school run. The marketing blurb talks about

:23:43. > :23:48.being practical and family friendly. But it is a growing global market.

:23:49. > :23:51.Most of these cars would not be driven on British roads. Instead,

:23:52. > :23:56.you would see them here, on the streets of Beijing. The Chinese

:23:57. > :24:01.economy may be slowing down, but the appetite for luxury here is still

:24:02. > :24:04.growing. TRANSLATION: I have heard of Aston Martin. It's a British

:24:05. > :24:12.brand. It's very beautiful, looks great. TRANSLATION: Nice logo, and

:24:13. > :24:15.looks very modern. There is great pride of work and craftsmanship

:24:16. > :24:19.inside these walls, where nobody will admit that any other car is

:24:20. > :24:23.made in any other country to touch theirs. The appetite to take on the

:24:24. > :24:26.world has always been part of Aston Martin, but for decades, it

:24:27. > :24:30.struggled to make a profit. The new business plan means a new factory in

:24:31. > :24:34.their South Wales aircraft hangar were chosen above Aston's existing

:24:35. > :24:40.factory in Warwickshire. The DBX will be up against others, like

:24:41. > :24:43.Bentley's new SUV, and there is even more competition coming. Rolls-Royce

:24:44. > :24:48.will be launching an SUV in the next few years. Those brands you would

:24:49. > :24:51.not normally associate with an SUV, they are looking at potentially 20

:24:52. > :24:56.million SUV sales by 2020 and thinking they will have a slice of

:24:57. > :25:00.that. Today's Beale will bring 750 new jobs. The Welsh government

:25:01. > :25:04.refuses to say how much public money to spending for the privilege. But

:25:05. > :25:09.it hopes the world's super-rich will from now on want their cars to come

:25:10. > :25:11.exclusivity from south Wales. Hywel Griffith, BBC News, Cardiff.

:25:12. > :25:23.You will be stripping the windscreen of your Aston Martin in the morning.

:25:24. > :25:26.It is going to be cold again tonight. We have some cracking

:25:27. > :25:30.pictures from our weather watchers this morning of the frosty scenes as

:25:31. > :25:37.the sun rose. But under those sunny skies, it was a pleasant day for

:25:38. > :25:40.most. Now, under the clear skies, tumbling temperatures for most. It

:25:41. > :25:45.could be icy out there. Maybe a few folk patches. Temperatures even in

:25:46. > :25:50.towns and cities are getting to freezing. In rural areas, well

:25:51. > :25:56.below. Maybe negative double figures in Scotland. Could be icy with a few

:25:57. > :26:01.for patches tomorrow morning. Then we are left with a few showers

:26:02. > :26:05.across Western and north Wales and the East of Northern Ireland. Quite

:26:06. > :26:10.a few showers through the day across Shetland, blown in by a strong wind.

:26:11. > :26:16.But for much of mainland Scotland, it is dry and sunny. After a frosty

:26:17. > :26:24.start, quite pleasant. Glasgow and Belfast have similar conditions,

:26:25. > :26:30.northern England as well. Generally a dry and bright winter's day.

:26:31. > :26:34.Plenty of sunshine and light winds. It is the south-west where we look

:26:35. > :26:38.for Friday's complication. This weather front is trying to push in.

:26:39. > :26:42.Some uncertainty about how far it gets, but it could bring cloud and

:26:43. > :26:47.wet weather to the far south-east. For most places, it is a dry and

:26:48. > :26:51.find a after a frosty start. Quite a bit of sunshine. The winds will be

:26:52. > :26:55.picking up through the course of Friday. Starting to feel a little

:26:56. > :26:59.colder, and that stronger wind develops further into the weekend,

:27:00. > :27:03.particularly across England and Wales. So it stays cold. A bitter

:27:04. > :27:07.wind for some of us, but not much in the way of rain.

:27:08. > :27:08.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,