:00:00. > :00:07.The surgeons who think they could be close to finding
:00:08. > :00:12.This man was paralysed from the chest down.
:00:13. > :00:15.A cell transplant repaired his spinal chord,
:00:16. > :00:18.a technique surgeons want to try on others.
:00:19. > :00:21.This will be history, this will change history.
:00:22. > :00:26.If we succeed, we will find a cure for paralysis.
:00:27. > :00:29.We'll be looking at the long term implications this research
:00:30. > :00:31.could have for three million people who are paralysed.
:00:32. > :00:38.Facebook is set to pay millions more in tax in the UK from next year
:00:39. > :00:47.a bomb disposal robot is sent in after a device explodes
:00:48. > :00:51.Treacherous roads and travel chaos, as snow sweeps across Northern
:00:52. > :01:01.And the world's most expensive station, costing $4 billion,
:01:02. > :01:06.opens in New York near the site of the Twin Towers.
:01:07. > :01:14.Coming up, Britain's Davis Cup defence is away, Andy Murray wins
:01:15. > :01:16.the first match against Japan. He has won in straight sets in
:01:17. > :01:31.Birmingham. Good evening and welcome
:01:32. > :01:37.to the BBC News at Six. It sounds like an extraordinary
:01:38. > :01:40.claim, but surgeons in Poland say they think they are on the brink
:01:41. > :01:43.of finding a cure for paralysis. Two years ago the team
:01:44. > :01:46.announced that this man, a former fireman who was completely
:01:47. > :01:50.paralysed from the chest down, could walk again after a cell
:01:51. > :01:52.transplant which had Now they're launching
:01:53. > :02:00.a worldwide search for two people whose spinal
:02:01. > :02:02.cords have been completely severed. They say if they can reverse
:02:03. > :02:05.paralysis in such extreme cases, they're confident the pioneering
:02:06. > :02:07.technique could help many others Fergus Walsh has this
:02:08. > :02:15.exclusive story. He is the paralysed
:02:16. > :02:22.man who walked again. This is Darek Fidyka in 2014,
:02:23. > :02:26.after his regenerative cell transplant, documented
:02:27. > :02:29.by the BBC's Panorama. Now, a bigger test,
:02:30. > :02:32.to ride this tricycle. Remember, this is a man
:02:33. > :02:35.who had been completely paralysed below his chest
:02:36. > :02:41.after being stabbed. Now, he is relearning how
:02:42. > :02:43.to control his legs, sending commands from his brain
:02:44. > :02:45.down to his muscles, and receiving sensations back,
:02:46. > :02:47.all flowing through his The effort is as much
:02:48. > :02:56.mental as physical. TRANSLATION: If I really think,
:02:57. > :02:59.I can feel each muscle, The brain is very important
:03:00. > :03:11.and I appreciate it lays a crucial role in cycling,
:03:12. > :03:14.or any other exercise I do. The big question now
:03:15. > :03:18.is whether Darek's extraordinary achievements can be
:03:19. > :03:24.repeated in other patients. Only a clinical trial can show
:03:25. > :03:27.whether or not the cell transplant does indeed represent a revolution
:03:28. > :03:29.in the treatment of paralysis, which would make it
:03:30. > :03:31.one of the greatest That's why his surgeon
:03:32. > :03:37.is launching a worldwide search, via a website, for two patients with
:03:38. > :03:45.highly unusual injuries. Their spinal-cord must
:03:46. > :03:47.be completely severed, Help them, and it will
:03:48. > :03:52.silence any doubters. We can prove once and forever
:03:53. > :03:56.that we can repair There would be no speculation
:03:57. > :04:05.if we succeed to reconstruct. This would be history,
:04:06. > :04:07.this will change history. If we succeed, we'll find
:04:08. > :04:12.a cure for paralysis. The patients will have one of their
:04:13. > :04:15.olfactory bulbs, at the base of the brain,
:04:16. > :04:20.shown in green, removed. It processes the sense of smell,
:04:21. > :04:23.and is the only part of the nervous In a second operation,
:04:24. > :04:29.cells from the bulb will be transplanted
:04:30. > :04:32.into the spinal-cord to provide a pathway for nerve
:04:33. > :04:36.fibres to grow back. The patients selected
:04:37. > :04:40.for the trial will undergo intensive physiotherapy,
:04:41. > :04:43.both before and especially In all, they will have to commit
:04:44. > :04:48.to spending three years living at this rehabilitation
:04:49. > :04:52.centre in Poland. The research will be independently
:04:53. > :04:58.assessed by this team They will use equipment like this
:04:59. > :05:05.magnetic stimulator to monitor the patients'
:05:06. > :05:08.neurological pathways As a proof of principle,
:05:09. > :05:18.I'm very excited, because this is a novel treatment that holds
:05:19. > :05:23.a great deal of promise. This would open up hope
:05:24. > :05:26.that an alternative But it is going to take
:05:27. > :05:31.some years to refine it. The treatment will cost
:05:32. > :05:37.?250,000 per patient, and is being funded by a small
:05:38. > :05:42.British charity set up by a chef, David Nichols, whose son was
:05:43. > :05:48.paralysed in a swimming accident. If the trial is successful,
:05:49. > :05:52.it might mean patients For Darek, the return of muscle
:05:53. > :06:00.control and sensation has brought other improvements, like bladder
:06:01. > :06:04.control and sexual function, which he says are just as crucial to
:06:05. > :06:10.his growing sense of independence. This technique could be life
:06:11. > :06:19.changing for many people. How long before surgeons
:06:20. > :06:29.know if it works? It is going to take around a year to
:06:30. > :06:34.search and select these very unusual patients who have had a complete
:06:35. > :06:38.severing of their spinal-cord and then a couple of years after that
:06:39. > :06:46.but then we will know for sure whether or not spinal-cord injury,
:06:47. > :06:49.paralysis, can be reversed. That is an extraordinary statement, some
:06:50. > :06:54.things scientists thought was impossible for decades, how many
:06:55. > :06:58.people might it help if it succeeds? The numbers will be limited, it is
:06:59. > :07:04.expensive and the patients have got to undergo two operations and they
:07:05. > :07:10.have to be very dedicated. That man in the BT is now four years after
:07:11. > :07:19.the transplant and he is still undergoing hours of physiotherapy
:07:20. > :07:22.every day. -- VT. Even a partial recovery will give hope to millions
:07:23. > :07:27.and that is why this research is so important and bronzing. --
:07:28. > :07:28.promising. Facebook is set to pay millions
:07:29. > :07:31.of pounds more in tax in the UK The company, which makes ?1 billion
:07:32. > :07:35.profit globally every three months, faced heavy criticism
:07:36. > :07:39.after it was revealed it only paid just over ?4000 in UK
:07:40. > :07:41.corporation tax in 2014. The move is likely to put more
:07:42. > :07:44.pressure on the way other multinationals, like Google,
:07:45. > :08:00.Amazon and Starbucks, They like to pro-trade themselves as
:08:01. > :08:03.the cuddly social media site, but of course Facebook is a very serious
:08:04. > :08:08.and very profitable business, it makes money out of the millions of
:08:09. > :08:11.us who use it everyday because we are valuable customers of the major
:08:12. > :08:17.businesses that spend millions of pounds in advertising on Facebook,
:08:18. > :08:22.household names we all know. Facebook have chosen from their own
:08:23. > :08:26.volition to change their tax and that shows it is possible for any
:08:27. > :08:29.company to do that, and for companies bleating it is not their
:08:30. > :08:33.fault, it is just the international tax laws, that really is not the
:08:34. > :08:38.case, they have the choice about how they set up their tax arrangements.
:08:39. > :08:41.Facebook is one of a number of controversial, often American,
:08:42. > :08:46.multinationals, Google and Apple have also faced criticism for their
:08:47. > :08:51.tax affairs. So what has Facebook changed? At present it routes most
:08:52. > :08:57.of its UK sales through Ireland where business taxes are lower and
:08:58. > :09:03.corporation tax there is 12.5% compared with 20% in the UK, and for
:09:04. > :09:08.a global company that makes a significant difference. The company
:09:09. > :09:17.pays a very low amount of tax in the UK, just ?4327 in 2014. That is less
:09:18. > :09:21.than many people pay in income tax. For a company that globally makes
:09:22. > :09:26.over ?1 billion of profit every three months that has caused
:09:27. > :09:31.controversy. From April Facebook will abandon that structure and
:09:32. > :09:34.start accounting for sales activity in the UK, that is set to increase
:09:35. > :09:42.its tax bill by several million pounds. With the first payment made
:09:43. > :09:46.to the Treasury in 2017. That could cheer up this man George Osborne,
:09:47. > :09:50.who has said he would like global multinationals to pay more tax.
:09:51. > :09:54.Whilst we offer some of the lowest business taxes in the world, we
:09:55. > :09:59.expect those taxes to be paid and not avoided. Political pressure was
:10:00. > :10:04.growing on Facebook and the tax rules are changing, there is also
:10:05. > :10:09.the small matter of its often young audience. They may have received
:10:10. > :10:13.criticism and they may have internally reviewed it and decided
:10:14. > :10:18.given their position and their position with millennial 's and
:10:19. > :10:21.Centennial 's, and younger people generally, given our purpose as a
:10:22. > :10:25.company, they may have thought this is something they should do and they
:10:26. > :10:30.should be congratulated for having made that cause of correction.
:10:31. > :10:37.Facebook is not out of the woods and the tax authority HMRC is
:10:38. > :10:40.investigating its tax affairs, but November 2017 in your diary, the
:10:41. > :10:43.date when Facebook will announce its first payment under the new
:10:44. > :10:47.structure, will it be large enough to put this tax controversy to bed?
:10:48. > :10:50.A prison officer has been seriously hurt after a bomb exploded
:10:51. > :10:56.He's being treated in hospital, but his injuries are not said
:10:57. > :11:10.Police are worried this is an increase in violence in the run-up
:11:11. > :11:12.to the centenary celebration of the Easter Rising.
:11:13. > :11:21.There is a concern there could be further attacks like this, and that
:11:22. > :11:24.is because there is a fear amongst the police that dissident
:11:25. > :11:28.republicans will try to overshadow the commemorations for the hundredth
:11:29. > :11:33.anniversary of the Easter Rising, in the most sinister way possible, by
:11:34. > :11:35.trying to kill a soldier or a police officer or a prison officer was top
:11:36. > :11:40.my report contains flashing images. If 1916 was a year of rebellion,
:11:41. > :11:43.dissident republicans want to make This morning they planted a bomb
:11:44. > :11:49.that exploded under this van, seriously injuring the prison
:11:50. > :11:52.officer who was driving it. The police say it was an attempt
:11:53. > :11:56.to murder and they are fearful that this is just the start
:11:57. > :11:59.of a campaign to kill, to coincide with the centenary
:12:00. > :12:03.of Ireland's Easter Rising. When I say I'm deeply concerned,
:12:04. > :12:05.I mean I'm deeply concerned. I believe that there are people
:12:06. > :12:10.within dissident republican groupings who want to mark
:12:11. > :12:13.the centenary by killing police officers, prison
:12:14. > :12:18.officers or soldiers. The Easter Rising was an attempt
:12:19. > :12:21.in Ireland to break away from British rule and is being
:12:22. > :12:23.marked by official events And Irish republicans are amongst
:12:24. > :12:29.those concerned that dissidents will try to steal attention away
:12:30. > :12:31.from the commemorations There can be no justification
:12:32. > :12:39.for anybody going out with a gun or a bomb against the backdrop
:12:40. > :12:42.of the massive transformation that has taken place in our society
:12:43. > :12:45.over the last 20 years. It is just over three years
:12:46. > :12:48.since another prison officer, David Black, was shot dead
:12:49. > :12:51.as he drove to work, by a group calling
:12:52. > :12:54.itself the New IRA. And there is an ongoing dispute
:12:55. > :12:59.between the prison authorities and dissident republican
:13:00. > :13:01.prisoners at Maghaberry, Northern Ireland's
:13:02. > :13:05.high security prison. We've lost 30 officers in the past
:13:06. > :13:09.through these attacks. It did not change anything
:13:10. > :13:12.within the prisons and this is not going to change anything,
:13:13. > :13:16.attacking prison officers. The police say they have already
:13:17. > :13:19.started to increase security ahead of Easter, a necessary precaution
:13:20. > :13:23.against this rising threat. Police in Los Angeles are testing
:13:24. > :13:51.a knife recovered on a property once owned by the former American
:13:52. > :13:53.football star, OJ Simpson. Reports in the US media say
:13:54. > :13:58.the knife may be the weapon that Simpson was alleged to have
:13:59. > :14:01.used to kill his former wife In 1995, Simpson was
:14:02. > :14:03.acquitted of the murders. Two men have been jailed in Turkey
:14:04. > :14:06.in connection with the death of a three-year-old Syrian boy
:14:07. > :14:09.who drowned while trying to reach A photograph of his body
:14:10. > :14:13.on a Turkish beach last September came to symbolise the plight
:14:14. > :14:15.of refugees making But despite the huge risks,
:14:16. > :14:18.people are not being deterred. The latest figures show a record
:14:19. > :14:21.number of migrants and refugees entered Europe last year,
:14:22. > :14:23.almost all of them by sea. More than 1.25 million arrived,
:14:24. > :14:26.twice as many as the year before. There were 363,000 Syrians,
:14:27. > :14:28.the largest group, Our correspondent Mark Lowen has
:14:29. > :14:31.more details, his report contains Convicted for the trade
:14:32. > :14:38.in people's lives. Two Syrians, jailed today
:14:39. > :14:40.for over four years, for smuggling Aylan
:14:41. > :14:41.Kurdi and his family. But they were cleared of
:14:42. > :14:44.deliberately causing their deaths. It was the most potent image
:14:45. > :14:46.of the refugee crisis. Little Aylan washing-up near Bodrum
:14:47. > :14:48.last autumn sparking sympathy It also put pressure on Turkey
:14:49. > :14:53.to tackle the smugglers. The migration crisis
:14:54. > :14:57.again topped the agenda Chancellor Merkel visiting
:14:58. > :15:06.President Hollande in Paris. TRANSLATION: We, Germany and France,
:15:07. > :15:08.entirely agreed that we must protect our external borders
:15:09. > :15:11.to defend freedom of movement within Europe but also
:15:12. > :15:16.for security reasons, because we have to know
:15:17. > :15:18.who arrives in Europe. And they are still
:15:19. > :15:20.arriving, at a huge rate. More gathered in Izmir,
:15:21. > :15:23.putting their faith in life jackets, The crowds of refugees and migrants
:15:24. > :15:32.who used to be camped out in places like this in central Izmir have
:15:33. > :15:34.mostly been chased away by police. But it doesn't mean
:15:35. > :15:36.the numbers have dwindled. You still see them here,
:15:37. > :15:40.for example, at food hand-outs. Turkey has been told by the EU
:15:41. > :15:43.to reduce the flows of those arriving on the Greek island every
:15:44. > :15:46.day from 2,000 to 1,000. When, for those fleeing war,
:15:47. > :15:57.the hope of Europe One way, says the head
:15:58. > :16:05.of the European Council, visiting Istanbul today,
:16:06. > :16:07.is for Turkey to take There is hope it can be agreed
:16:08. > :16:11.upon at a summit next week. But the longer journey to Europe
:16:12. > :16:14.the bottlenecks are growing. Macedonia has shut its border
:16:15. > :16:16.with Greece and 11,000 people As Europe scrambles for unity,
:16:17. > :16:20.individual states close their doors, but that still won't kill
:16:21. > :16:28.the dreams of the desperate. The top story, surgeons said they
:16:29. > :16:37.could be close to finding a cure for paralysis. Coming up, I'm alive at
:16:38. > :16:47.Southampton Airport where exactly 80 years ago the very first Spitfire
:16:48. > :16:49.took to the air. Coming up in sports day, Moritz you Pochettino and
:16:50. > :16:59.Arsene Wenger look ahead to what is being bailed as the biggest north
:17:00. > :17:03.London derby ever -- Moritz you Pochettino.
:17:04. > :17:09.This is the most expensive station in the world.
:17:10. > :17:11.It cost $4 billion and it's years behind schedule.
:17:12. > :17:14.But it's finally opened to the public in New York.
:17:15. > :17:16.It's been built close to where the Twin Towers stood.
:17:17. > :17:18.More than 200,000 commuters are expected to use it
:17:19. > :17:25.The architect who designed the huge steel and glass hall has called it
:17:26. > :17:31.A bird in flight, a Phoenix rising from the ashes,
:17:32. > :17:35.New York's latest landmark is a station that doubles
:17:36. > :17:41.as a symbol, of renewal, of hope, of life.
:17:42. > :17:48.Almost 15 years on from the attacks of 9/11, this new transportation hub
:17:49. > :17:51.at Ground Zero has finally opened its doors.
:17:52. > :17:53.For survivors it's a highly charged moment.
:17:54. > :17:56.Charles DeAndrea lost 176 colleagues that day and has watched this
:17:57. > :18:04.Really kind of proud of New York City, being able
:18:05. > :18:11.It's just absolutely remarkable, the way we have come back from this.
:18:12. > :18:15.And then, to see this today, it's quite amazing.
:18:16. > :18:19.It's staggeringly beautiful, but staggeringly costly.
:18:20. > :18:22.The project has been plagued by cost blowouts and delays.
:18:23. > :18:25.Originally, the plan was to have a transportation hub
:18:26. > :18:31.And the price tag of $4 billion is double the estimate.
:18:32. > :18:40.It's made this the most expensive station in the world.
:18:41. > :18:43.The design, his inspiration was a bird in flight.
:18:44. > :18:46.So the tourist trail has a new addition, but the symbolism
:18:47. > :18:49.It's been likened to a turkey carcass the day after
:18:50. > :18:52.Like a bird, right? Seagull?
:18:53. > :18:57.I don't know, I don't really see a bird.
:18:58. > :19:02.It just looks like a series of Nike ticks being repeated.
:19:03. > :19:04.I know it's supposed to look like, represent a bird, but,
:19:05. > :19:10.But to others it's become instantly iconic, and perfectly complements
:19:11. > :19:20.I think it's a fantastic way for the city and visitors to always
:19:21. > :19:22.look up and be inspired instead of feeling drugged down
:19:23. > :19:28.In lower Manhattan, the skyline has been repaired,
:19:29. > :19:31.the subway system has a cathedral-like new home.
:19:32. > :19:34.But it's still hard to see a plane in the skies without remembering
:19:35. > :19:36.the monuments that stood here before.
:19:37. > :19:45.A pregnant woman is fighting for her life after being stabbed
:19:46. > :19:48.The 40-year-old was taken away from the scene by air
:19:49. > :19:52.Two members of the public - both men - suffered minor injuries
:19:53. > :19:53.after intervening and are being treated.
:19:54. > :19:55.A 41-year-old man was immediately detained in connection
:19:56. > :20:01.with the attack in the busy town centre.
:20:02. > :20:09.What more can you tell us? The police cordon is in place behind me
:20:10. > :20:16.in the centre of Sutton Coldfield, just 100 yards from shops and
:20:17. > :20:20.restaurants in the town centre. Scene of crime officers are still
:20:21. > :20:25.working behind me. Police were alerted to the incident at 315 this
:20:26. > :20:30.afternoon and they found a heavily pregnant woman had been stabbed and
:20:31. > :20:35.a short time after she was airlifted to hospital and they say a 41 rod
:20:36. > :20:40.man was arrested immediately at the scene -- 41-year-old man. West
:20:41. > :20:45.Midlands please have given a few more details and they say the woman
:20:46. > :20:52.was 40 and the pair was known to each other -- West Midlands Police.
:20:53. > :20:57.Two members of the public tried to help, two men, they were both her
:20:58. > :21:02.and received minor injuries, police said was a very busy area at that
:21:03. > :21:05.time of day and they are appealing for witnesses. -- they were both
:21:06. > :21:06.hurt. A brief look at some of the day's
:21:07. > :21:25.other other news stories. David Cameron has told
:21:26. > :21:27.the Scottish Conservative conference that only the Tories can challenge
:21:28. > :21:30.the SNP in May's Holyrood elections. He said the collapse of Labour's
:21:31. > :21:32.support in Scotland meant the country was "in danger
:21:33. > :21:35.of becoming a one-party state". The leader of Plaid Cymru,
:21:36. > :21:37.Leanne Wood has criticised the government for deciding to hold
:21:38. > :21:39.the EU referendum so close to the Welsh Assembly
:21:40. > :21:41.elections in May. She was speaking at the party's
:21:42. > :21:43.annual spring conference - and said she supported Britain's
:21:44. > :21:46.membership of the EU. Heavy snow has caused chaos
:21:47. > :21:48.across parts of northern England. Yorkshire and Lancashire have
:21:49. > :21:50.been worst affected - with more than a hundred
:21:51. > :21:52.schools closed. Leeds-Bradford Airport was forced
:21:53. > :21:54.to suspend all flights earlier this Many roads were closed -
:21:55. > :21:58.or described as hazardous - and forecasters are warning of more
:21:59. > :22:00.cold weather to come. Whichever way you came
:22:01. > :22:03.at the hills this morning conditions were tricky
:22:04. > :22:09.on the roads, some We have got stuck, we are going
:22:10. > :22:16.to Spa but we have got stuck and we don't know
:22:17. > :22:18.which direction to take. It has been horrible,
:22:19. > :22:20.cars trying to get up there and it's a bit of a spot for
:22:21. > :22:23.people trying to get up there and people in cars,
:22:24. > :22:29.as you can see it has not stopped. This is the result of one early
:22:30. > :22:33.morning mishap out in the snow, the driver of this car had to be rescued
:22:34. > :22:37.after flipping over, even though the gritters have been out and have
:22:38. > :22:41.cleared most of the main roads this shows how dangerous the side roads
:22:42. > :22:46.can be. The driver was lucky to escape without injury. Even flying
:22:47. > :22:50.away was not easy. Leeds Bradford Airport was closed and there are
:22:51. > :22:54.delays this evening at Manchester. Passengers said planes have been
:22:55. > :22:59.held up for hours because of a shortage of de-icing teams. At
:23:00. > :23:01.Salford quays the weather was not allowed to interrupt the sport
:23:02. > :23:08.relief five aside marathon football match. The Pennine landscape was
:23:09. > :23:11.given an alpine coating, up to ten centimetres of snow in places, it
:23:12. > :23:16.meant many schools across Lancashire and Yorkshire were closed but high
:23:17. > :23:20.up at this primary School on the edge of Huddersfield there were no
:23:21. > :23:24.excuses. We make sure that we stay open as long as we can, they are a
:23:25. > :23:27.hardy lot and many of them have walked to school this morning
:23:28. > :23:33.instead of coming in the car, it is a privilege for them to get out and
:23:34. > :23:38.have some fun. We have all got to school in a car or walking, but it
:23:39. > :23:44.is very hard because of the snow. Were you disappointed to find that
:23:45. > :23:48.the school was open? Yes. I did not want to come to school today, I
:23:49. > :23:53.stayed in bed, but then I had to get up. Were you hoping to go sledging?
:23:54. > :23:57.Yes. As well as a snowball to the face there is always the risk of
:23:58. > :24:03.slipping over, even for BBC cameramen.
:24:04. > :24:07.The Spitfire - it's the most iconic British aircraft ever made.
:24:08. > :24:10.And this is the very first one, produced in 1936.
:24:11. > :24:13.80 years ago tomorrow, this protoype took to the skies
:24:14. > :24:18.Just a few years later, thousands had been made.
:24:19. > :24:21.And the Spitfire went on to help win the Battle of Britain
:24:22. > :24:24.Duncan Kennedy is at Eastleigh Airport where it
:24:25. > :24:36.There really is no aircraft like this, the look and sound, and of
:24:37. > :24:40.course the part it played in the Battle of Britain. It really is the
:24:41. > :24:47.Spitfire. 80 years ago the very first prototype took off from this
:24:48. > :24:49.airfield and the celebrations began today for this iconic aircraft.
:24:50. > :25:00.Eight decades have passed since all three
:25:01. > :25:06.first came together to create aviation history.
:25:07. > :25:07.NEWSREEL: The most amazing machine is the Spitfire,
:25:08. > :25:10.a land version of the famous seaplanes that won the Schneider
:25:11. > :25:13.And this was the first Spitfire, here at
:25:14. > :25:18.Eastleigh Aerodrome 80 years ago, codenamed the K5054.
:25:19. > :25:24.Judy Munger saw the first Spitfire flight.
:25:25. > :25:32.He was part of the design team, with a
:25:33. > :25:36.brief to create a world beating fighter plane.
:25:37. > :25:39.Started it up and the chocks were pulled away.
:25:40. > :25:53.It flew off into the distance over the railway sheds.
:25:54. > :25:57.Today, 80 years on above those former sheds, there was a special
:25:58. > :25:59.fly-past across the same southern skies.
:26:00. > :26:03.Airborne history to respect and admire.
:26:04. > :26:06.Exactly 80 years on, the Spitfire has lost none
:26:07. > :26:15.Our helicopter is travelling more than 100mph
:26:16. > :26:20.and can barely keep up with the Spitfire,
:26:21. > :26:25.In the Battle of Britain, it was that speed and
:26:26. > :26:27.manoeuvrability in the hands of courageous pilots that
:26:28. > :26:32.Frank Newman flew 1000 sorties in a Spitfire.
:26:33. > :26:34.He was once summoned before his commanding officer.
:26:35. > :26:38.He said to me, Newman, I would like your opinion
:26:39. > :26:39.of the Spitfire's performance and the Rolls-Royce engine.
:26:40. > :26:49.I said, I'd like to tell you now, Sir, that my life has
:26:50. > :26:59.20,000 Spitfires were built, and are still celebrated as a plane
:27:00. > :27:02.ahead of its time, that came in our hour of need.
:27:03. > :27:06.Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, Southampton.
:27:07. > :27:11.Time for a look at the weather - here's Tomasz Schafernaker
:27:12. > :27:20.Any more snow? Maybe some flurries, but the worst is over, we have seen
:27:21. > :27:24.the heaviest in northern Britain. The biggest problem, after it has
:27:25. > :27:28.melted in the clearing skies and the dropping temperatures, there will be
:27:29. > :27:33.some ice, but it will stay cold this weekend and some wintry showers, for
:27:34. > :27:36.sure. This is what we had earlier, the band of wintry weather over
:27:37. > :27:40.northern England and the wintry showers have now moved further
:27:41. > :27:45.south. Tonight, the skies will slowly start to clear as
:27:46. > :27:52.temperatures fall, and the slash on the country roots will start to
:27:53. > :27:56.refreeze. Take it slow if you are travelling early in the morning.
:27:57. > :28:00.There are icy patches in other parts of the country, the wintry weather
:28:01. > :28:04.will slip further south in the direction of East Anglia and the
:28:05. > :28:10.South East tomorrow morning. Just rain with sleet mixed in, notes no.
:28:11. > :28:17.The cold air from the Arctic is still coming and is here to stay for
:28:18. > :28:22.a few days. -- no snow. There will be a contrast in the weather
:28:23. > :28:27.tomorrow, it will be cold and gloomy in East Anglia and London, but many
:28:28. > :28:32.Western and Northern areas, at least some sunshine, although there might
:28:33. > :28:37.be wintry weather is in Scotland. Tomorrow it stays cold and grey with
:28:38. > :28:42.rain on and off and possibly sleep over East Anglia and the south-east.
:28:43. > :28:45.The better day is Sunday. The chances of getting sunshine is
:28:46. > :28:49.greater on Sunday, not a bad day for most of us, and at least the rain
:28:50. > :28:56.and snow is out of the way, although it is still staying cold. Briefly
:28:57. > :29:01.touching 9 degrees in London but that is optimistic. On Monday, there
:29:02. > :29:03.is warmer air in the Atlanta, but this will not reach us until Tuesday
:29:04. > :29:07.or Wednesday. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:29:08. > :29:11.so it's goodbye from me,