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:00:08. > :00:10.EU leaders locked in talks to try, once again, to find a solution

:00:11. > :00:12.to Europe's worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.

:00:13. > :00:15.With ten times as many migrants arriving this year compared

:00:16. > :00:17.to the same period last year, EU leaders are putting

:00:18. > :00:25.But Turkey is demanding billions of Euros, to stem the flow of people

:00:26. > :00:26.leaving its shores to head to Europe.

:00:27. > :00:29.The talks in Brussels were due to end this afternoon,

:00:30. > :00:32.but have now been extended into the evening as leaders struggle

:00:33. > :00:37.The teenager stabbed to death at school in Aberdeen last year,

:00:38. > :00:45.a 16-year-old pupil is convicted of culpable homicide.

:00:46. > :00:48.One of EDF's most senior bosses quits, over the energy giant's plans

:00:49. > :00:50.to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley.

:00:51. > :00:52.Get fit in your 40s, how becoming healthier can help

:00:53. > :00:56.you have a happier and longer retirement.

:00:57. > :00:59.And as the first trial begins of driverless cars for commuters,

:01:00. > :01:05.will they be able to avoid the wildlife?

:01:06. > :01:08.And coming up in the sport on BBC News.

:01:09. > :01:10.Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton gets the go ahead

:01:11. > :01:33.to race at next week's Cheltenham Festival.

:01:34. > :01:35.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at 6pm.

:01:36. > :01:38.European leaders are in Brussels this evening, for emergency talks

:01:39. > :01:40.on how to tackle Europe's worst refugee crisis

:01:41. > :01:47.One key aim, to persuade Turkey to take back thousands of migrants

:01:48. > :01:49.stranded in Greece and prevent others from setting off for Europe.

:01:50. > :01:52.With a solution proving hard to find, the talks have been

:01:53. > :02:01.The latest figures show a record number of migrants and refugees have

:02:02. > :02:05.entered Europe this year, 130,000 in the first two months.

:02:06. > :02:07.That's more than ten times for the same period, last year.

:02:08. > :02:09.The main destination for many is Germany,

:02:10. > :02:13.following a route through the Balkans.

:02:14. > :02:15.But now, with many countries introducing temporary border

:02:16. > :02:18.controls, migrants have been blocked from getting through.

:02:19. > :02:28.Our Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Brussels.

:02:29. > :02:46.Or, at least trying to add yet another emergency migration in

:02:47. > :02:49.Brussels. The aim of the meeting need the summed up this morning by

:02:50. > :02:56.the amazing Argentine minister. TRANSLATION: We must stop a regular

:02:57. > :03:02.migration pure and simple. Europe's migrant crisis is destroying the

:03:03. > :03:08.EU's reputation, ripping its members apart politically and geographically

:03:09. > :03:12.as borders are slammed shut. With the EU overwhelmed, Nato is now

:03:13. > :03:15.wading in to help, with a new mission aimed at stopping people

:03:16. > :03:22.smugglers. The British Royal Navy is taking heart. It's important that we

:03:23. > :03:26.help the continent of Europe to secure its external border. That is

:03:27. > :03:29.in our interest and we are sending British ships to do that. This

:03:30. > :03:36.underlines the special status we have in this organisation. We are

:03:37. > :03:39.not in the Schengen no Borders zone, we keep our own strong borders.

:03:40. > :03:44.Migrants who come to Europe aren't able to come to the UK. If any one

:03:45. > :03:50.country holds the key to alleviating this crisis it's Turkey, not an EU

:03:51. > :03:52.nation although it wants to be. The Turkish Prime Minister is ardently

:03:53. > :03:57.the most watched need at this summit. The EU wants Turkey to stop

:03:58. > :04:01.people smugglers on its beaches and take back all migrants that the EU

:04:02. > :04:08.judges not to be in need of its protection. But the UN warns that

:04:09. > :04:12.might break international human Terry and law even if Turkey agrees

:04:13. > :04:15.to the EU's wish list, how high will the price be? The Turkish Prime

:04:16. > :04:20.Minister came to today's meeting sounding amenable.

:04:21. > :04:26.Challenges will be sold through our corporation and Turkey is willing to

:04:27. > :04:29.work with the EU. It even when agreements are made, the track

:04:30. > :04:34.record of keeping to them isn't great. In May, EU countries agreed

:04:35. > :04:39.to spread out the number of arriving asylum seekers more equally. 160,000

:04:40. > :04:46.people were supposed to be relocated in total but only 900 have actually

:04:47. > :04:49.been moved. In June, the EU told Greece to set up registration

:04:50. > :04:53.centres to properly identify arriving migrants but Greece has

:04:54. > :04:59.only now started that process properly. In the meantime, tens of

:05:00. > :05:03.thousands of undocumented migrants walked out of Greece and into the

:05:04. > :05:06.rest of Europe. Agreed in November, the EU hoped Turkish governments

:05:07. > :05:11.would stop birds of migrants leaving Turkey in the first place but there

:05:12. > :05:15.has been little evidence of that so far. The EU is trying hard to woo

:05:16. > :05:21.Turkey including offers of more money. If it fails, Greece agrees it

:05:22. > :05:25.has the most to lose. Farmers fields and city squares like this in Athens

:05:26. > :05:29.are now filling with migrants. Greece is appealing to anyone who

:05:30. > :05:31.will listen at this summit not to abandon it, letting it become the

:05:32. > :05:33.refugee camp for the continent. The vast majority of migrants come

:05:34. > :05:35.to Europe from Turkey, taking an often dangerous

:05:36. > :05:37.journey across the Aegean. Our correspondent Mark Lowen

:05:38. > :05:39.reports from Cheshmeh, This abandoned holiday camp has

:05:40. > :05:51.become a makeshift holding centre for refugees and migrants in western

:05:52. > :05:54.Turkey waiting to make the crossing The refugees and migrants

:05:55. > :06:03.are staying in abandoned houses You can see the fragments of rubbish

:06:04. > :06:26.and clothes everywhere. Patrollingpatrolling Turkey's border

:06:27. > :06:29.is the key. It's a vast coastline is for one half thousand miles long,

:06:30. > :06:36.the smugglers using new routes, preying on the desperate. There are

:06:37. > :06:46.still plenty of them, every day like this family from Syria. We don't

:06:47. > :06:52.have anything. I go because I need life. I don't know. Accept me, don't

:06:53. > :06:58.accept it, but I go. Too often it ends in disaster. This, the latest,

:06:59. > :07:04.25 people drowning off the Turkish coast yesterday. A message to

:07:05. > :07:09.Europe's leaders to act. These tragedies keep happening and get the

:07:10. > :07:15.migrants keep coming and that is why Turkey holds the cards. It is

:07:16. > :07:18.Europe's gatekeeper. Ankara is using that as leveraged and it knows that

:07:19. > :07:23.the EU will turn a blind eye to other problems here like human

:07:24. > :07:25.rights and an increasingly authoritarian government. Freedom of

:07:26. > :07:30.expression is being crushed. Protests over the government's

:07:31. > :07:34.takeover of Turkey boss at largest newspaper ended in this. Brussels

:07:35. > :07:39.criticised because being too migrant focused to speak out.

:07:40. > :07:46.The dream of sanctuary lies just five miles across the Aegean. Many

:07:47. > :07:50.who go could now be sent back, Turkey becoming Europe's refugee

:07:51. > :07:56.camp. For those fleeing war, hope still outweighs the risk.

:07:57. > :08:02.Let's go live now to our Europe Editor, Katya Adler

:08:03. > :08:05.Let's go live now to our Europe Editor, Katya Adler in Brussels.

:08:06. > :08:08.It feels like we've been here before, is it likely to be any

:08:09. > :08:15.As the Greek Prime Minister rightly pointed out here are not

:08:16. > :08:21.implementing an agreement is about the same value as not having an

:08:22. > :08:24.agreement at all. That is what is the big worry, getting a new

:08:25. > :08:28.agreement with Turkey is proving very difficult. It has come with a

:08:29. > :08:33.whole host of new political and funding demands. Wanting a doubling

:08:34. > :08:36.of the 3 billion euros that the EU had promised to help with the

:08:37. > :08:42.migrant crisis. Wanting to speed up joining the EU. That is

:08:43. > :08:48.complications with Turkey never mind arguments with EU countries over the

:08:49. > :08:51.migration crisis. Will they not accept that on taking quotas of

:08:52. > :08:58.migrants already in Europe and refugees directly from Turkey, the

:08:59. > :09:01.UK is not part of the plan. In the meantime, voters from Greece are

:09:02. > :09:04.warning it could turn into the Lebanon Europe they say. Well

:09:05. > :09:06.refugee camps supposed to be temporary turn out to be sprawling

:09:07. > :09:08.and long-term. A teenager who stabbed a 16 year-old

:09:09. > :09:11.boy in an Aberdeen school last year has been found guilty

:09:12. > :09:13.of killing him. Bailey Gwynne died after being

:09:14. > :09:15.stabbed in the heart The 16-year-old accused

:09:16. > :09:21.of the killing had denied murder, but was convicted of culpable

:09:22. > :09:23.homicide, similar to manslaughter. Our Scotland correspondent

:09:24. > :09:30.Kevin Keane reports. It is one of Scotland's

:09:31. > :09:32.best-performing state schools, producing high-achieving students

:09:33. > :09:34.from an Olympic medallist But at lunchtime on October 28th

:09:35. > :09:42.last year, Cults Academy became Bailey Gwynne was stabbed in

:09:43. > :09:52.the heart and died within minutes. He was a quiet boy, the last person

:09:53. > :09:56.many would expect to be in a fight. It was a disagreement, which started

:09:57. > :09:59.over a packet of biscuits. Outside court, Aberdeen's education

:10:00. > :10:01.director said it had been There are no words that can

:10:02. > :10:10.sum this up. The emotional impact

:10:11. > :10:12.of what happened, it is still hard The boy who has been convicted

:10:13. > :10:19.is a 16-year-old fellow pupil who had a history of carrying knives

:10:20. > :10:21.and knuckle-dusters. He had been warned by the school

:10:22. > :10:24.about the dangers of such weapons Several years earlier he had

:10:25. > :10:34.attacked another child The victim ended up

:10:35. > :10:37.in hospital with concussion. There are calls for this

:10:38. > :10:39.to form part of a review, announced today into

:10:40. > :10:42.last year's stabbing. I want to see a full

:10:43. > :10:44.investigation of that incident. So that we can be reassured

:10:45. > :10:48.that there is nothing we could have done then that would have prevented

:10:49. > :10:57.what has happened now. There was an outpouring of grief

:10:58. > :11:00.after the stabbing as friends gathered, struggling

:11:01. > :11:03.to comprehend what had happened. The incident itself was over

:11:04. > :11:16.in less than 30 seconds. A teacher saw Bailey and his

:11:17. > :11:22.attacker exchanging punches. Bailey Then stumbled into a wall. He didn't

:11:23. > :11:29.seem badly hurt at first but quickly lost consciousness and died a short

:11:30. > :11:32.time later. His family has maintained a dignified silence

:11:33. > :11:35.throughout this trial. The 16-year-old pupil will return to

:11:36. > :11:36.court later this month to be sentenced.

:11:37. > :11:39.The UK is facing the threat of "enormous and spectacular

:11:40. > :11:40.attacks" by so-called Islamic State militants,

:11:41. > :11:45.according to the national head of counter terrorism policing.

:11:46. > :11:49.The Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said

:11:50. > :11:52.rather than targeting police or the military IS now wants

:11:53. > :11:55.The chief financial officer for the French Energy firm,

:11:56. > :11:58.EDF, has resigned over the company's plans to build a new nuclear power

:11:59. > :12:02.Thomas Piquemal had expressed concern that the ?18 billion

:12:03. > :12:07.cost of the project could jeopardise the future of the company.

:12:08. > :12:16.Here's our Industry Correspondent John Moylan.

:12:17. > :12:22.It will be the first nuclear plant to be built in Britain for a

:12:23. > :12:29.generation and is meant to provide 7% of our electricity for decades to

:12:30. > :12:32.come but Hinkley Point C will also be one of the most expensive

:12:33. > :12:38.man-made structures in the world. Which is why this man, Thomas

:12:39. > :12:41.Piquemal, has resigned from EDF. As chief finance officer at the huge

:12:42. > :12:44.French firm, he believed that pressing ahead with the project now

:12:45. > :12:46.would put the whole company in jeopardy.

:12:47. > :12:49.Make no mistake, Hinkley Point will be a hugely expensive power plant.

:12:50. > :12:52.Its projected cost is ?18 billion, but the final sum could be much

:12:53. > :12:56.EDF's Chinese partner, China General Nuclear will pay

:12:57. > :13:00.around a third of that, but EDF must find the rest.

:13:01. > :13:04.So, the British Government is guaranteeing the French energy

:13:05. > :13:10.giant this, more than ?90 per megawatt hour.

:13:11. > :13:13.That's the price to be paid for all the electricity that Hinkley

:13:14. > :13:21.Point will generate and it's more than double the price today.

:13:22. > :13:29.EDF's finances are under strain. Its new plant here in France and Finland

:13:30. > :13:34.are over budget and behind schedule, its revenues have been hit by

:13:35. > :13:38.falling power prices and with mounting costs ahead, French unions,

:13:39. > :13:44.which sit on EDF's board believe Hinkley Point should be delayed. I

:13:45. > :13:51.think we should wait before we go ahead with Hinkley Point because we

:13:52. > :13:55.have four reactors in construction. And zero working. At a summit last

:13:56. > :14:01.week, David Cameron and the French president Francois Hollande called

:14:02. > :14:05.Hinkley Point a pillar of the Anglo-French relationship. Today

:14:06. > :14:12.both governments again pledged their support but critics are unconvinced.

:14:13. > :14:17.The facts are that the reactor is not a good reactor and the deal is

:14:18. > :14:24.not a good deal. EDF are in a perilous financial state. It looks

:14:25. > :14:27.like we need to find a way out of this mess. EDF said it will take a

:14:28. > :14:31.decision on this project in the near future and now there is one less

:14:32. > :14:35.senior executive to oppose a deal but today its shares fell sharply,

:14:36. > :14:35.this long-running saga is far from over.

:14:36. > :14:42.EU leaders locked in talks to try - once again - to find a solution

:14:43. > :14:45.to Europe's worst refugee crisis since the second world war.

:14:46. > :14:49.And still to come, how the aurora borealis lit up our skies as far

:14:50. > :14:59.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Dr Eva Carneiro and her lawyers meet

:15:00. > :15:02.with her former club Chelsea for six hours as she looks to reach

:15:03. > :15:15.a settlement for contsructive dismissal.

:15:16. > :15:18.The Swedish car maker Volvo is about to start recruiting 100

:15:19. > :15:23.people to commute to work next year in a driverless car.

:15:24. > :15:32.behind the wheel on a busy road - such as read a book

:15:33. > :15:36.In the first of a series of reports on the impact and future of the car,

:15:37. > :15:43.our Transport Correspondent, Richard Westcott, was given special

:15:44. > :15:48.Home of Volvo, a place where drivers need to beware of the elks.

:15:49. > :15:52.On a test track, the company is showing me its unique experiment.

:15:53. > :15:56.And they will need members of the public to help.

:15:57. > :15:59.They're going to ask 100 ordinary people to commute in a car,

:16:00. > :16:07.And then they're going to tell those people they are actually free to do

:16:08. > :16:14.From the track, to the evening commute.

:16:15. > :16:17.By next year Gothenburg's 100 volunteers will be driverless

:16:18. > :16:23.That is roads with no cyclists or pedestrians, and bearing in mind

:16:24. > :16:29.The computer needs to see the white lines.

:16:30. > :16:35.The man in charge of the technology told me what would

:16:36. > :16:39.If something unexpected happens, the car needs to be able

:16:40. > :16:45.We cannot count on a driver to immediately take over.

:16:46. > :16:49.So the car will be able to detect it and it will slow down in order

:16:50. > :16:54.It is not going to suddenly shove control back to the driver?

:16:55. > :16:56.No, the driver may be sitting relaxing, reading,

:16:57. > :16:59.you cannot count on him or her to intervene immediately,

:17:00. > :17:02.Things look a bit different in the UK.

:17:03. > :17:07.In Milton Keynes, public-transport pods will eventually use

:17:08. > :17:11.the pavements to shuttle people between the shops and the station.

:17:12. > :17:13.Would you happily share a pavement with one of those,

:17:14. > :17:22.The choices, it has to decide, it has to decide in an instant

:17:23. > :17:26.whether it has got to stop or it has got to carry on going for the safety

:17:27. > :17:29.of who's in it or who is on the outside.

:17:30. > :17:31.You don't worry about it bumping into you?

:17:32. > :17:33.No, you can easily move out of the way.

:17:34. > :17:36.In the US, Google is leading the way in driverless testing,

:17:37. > :17:39.They have just had their first crash, where the computer

:17:40. > :17:48.Experts describe a future straight out of a science-fiction novel.

:17:49. > :17:50.You're going to see this technology in forklift trucks,

:17:51. > :17:55.And that, for me, is extremely interesting.

:17:56. > :17:57.That this technology is not just about transport,

:17:58. > :18:06.Back on the test track, time to enjoy a drama on the telly.

:18:07. > :18:10.It could still take a decade or even two, but eventually children

:18:11. > :18:13.will marvel at the idea that people actually used to

:18:14. > :18:25.The families of the men who were killed and buried in debris

:18:26. > :18:29.when a building collapsed at the Didcot power plant last

:18:30. > :18:31.month have spoken publicly for the first time, criticising

:18:32. > :18:34.the length of time taken to find their loved ones.

:18:35. > :18:36.A petition to retrieve the men's bodies has now been launched

:18:37. > :18:41.Jade Ali has been with Chris Huxtable for more

:18:42. > :18:46.They have an 11-year-old daughter together.

:18:47. > :18:49.But Chris, along with two fellow workers, has been missing for nearly

:18:50. > :18:54.two weeks in the rubble of the collapsed Didcot power station.

:18:55. > :18:58.Today, Jade's frustration and anger at the lack of progress in finding

:18:59. > :19:05.What have the last two weeks been like?

:19:06. > :19:22.I need Chris home, it has been too long.

:19:23. > :19:26.Jade has now set up this online petition calling for more to be done

:19:27. > :19:33.She says in earthquake zones people are found long after the first

:19:34. > :19:36.tremors, and says she and her daughter are not getting

:19:37. > :19:45.My daughter is phoning me every day, have they found Daddy?

:19:46. > :19:50.It is one thing the family not giving up, there is a God up

:19:51. > :19:58.The families of all the missing men today met police and

:19:59. > :20:01.health-and-safety executives to discuss those frustrations

:20:02. > :20:06.The police said they were working to support the families and also

:20:07. > :20:12.to find out exactly what caused this incident.

:20:13. > :20:14.Some families today returned to the site to be

:20:15. > :20:18.The Health and Safety Executive said that it was still too risky

:20:19. > :20:23.Those like Jade say, two weeks on, they remain

:20:24. > :20:32.A judge has been urged to ignore sentencing guidelines and give long

:20:33. > :20:36.prison terms to the seven men behind the largest theft in English legal

:20:37. > :20:40.history, the raid on Hatton Garden in London last Easter.

:20:41. > :20:45.Six of the convicted men have appeared in court for sentencing.

:20:46. > :20:47.Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford is in Hatton Garden

:20:48. > :20:57.- a seventh man was unable to appear as he's had a stroke in prison?

:20:58. > :21:04.Yes, Brian reader, the oldest of the gang, was here on the night they

:21:05. > :21:07.drilled into the vault, he admits being part of a gang of men who

:21:08. > :21:14.stole what the prosecution say was ?14 million of cash, jewellery and

:21:15. > :21:18.gold bullion, but he was not in court today, his lawyer said he is

:21:19. > :21:24.recovering from septicemia, a stroke and prostate cancer. For part of

:21:25. > :21:28.last week he was in a critical care unit in an NHS hospital, being

:21:29. > :21:34.guarded by six police officers with machine guns. The men sentenced this

:21:35. > :21:38.week have an average age of 63, but the prosecution are urging the judge

:21:39. > :21:42.to go beyond the normal guidelines for burglary and impose even heavier

:21:43. > :21:47.sentences, which means the men, suffering from things like

:21:48. > :21:52.arthritis, rheumatism, incontinence, diabetes, Crohn's disease, a double

:21:53. > :21:56.hip replacement, are facing prison sentences of up to ten years and

:21:57. > :22:00.possibly more if they do not give some of the money back. Facing the

:22:01. > :22:02.real prospect that some of the men are so old, they may spend the rest

:22:03. > :22:06.of their lives in prison. A brief look at some of the day's

:22:07. > :22:09.other other news stories. A dissident republican group calling

:22:10. > :22:12.itself the New IRA has said it was responsible for the bomb

:22:13. > :22:14.which injured a prison officer In a statement, the group said

:22:15. > :22:18.the man was targeted for training prison officers at MagAbry

:22:19. > :22:20.Jail, where dissident The 52-year-old is in a stable

:22:21. > :22:25.condition in hospital and four An alternative draft

:22:26. > :22:32.Wales Bill has been unveiled by First Minister Carwyn Jones

:22:33. > :22:35.following the UK Government's plans He said the Welsh Government

:22:36. > :22:40.would cut the list of powers kept by Westminster and set up a separate

:22:41. > :22:44.legal system for Wales. The Wales Office, run

:22:45. > :22:46.by the Conservatives, say separate legal jurisdiction

:22:47. > :22:52.was previously ruled out by Labour. Drink less, exercise more, eat more

:22:53. > :22:56.healthily and give up smoking. That's the message to people

:22:57. > :22:59.in middle age, in a new campaign It says that people in their 40s

:23:00. > :23:05.who change their lifestyles have a better chance

:23:06. > :23:08.of being healthy in their 70s. But if they don't, they could die

:23:09. > :23:10.early, or face a retirement At an exercise class in Hyde

:23:11. > :23:21.in Greater Manchester, these women know the value

:23:22. > :23:25.of keeping moving. But I feel much better during

:23:26. > :23:34.the day and I just enjoy coming. People are living a lot longer,

:23:35. > :23:37.so you need to, you know, My mum is 99, so I

:23:38. > :23:43.hope I follow her! Which could lead to

:23:44. > :23:52.the "these used to fit" you. Exercise more, drink less,

:23:53. > :23:56.lose weight, stop smoking. These are all familiar messages

:23:57. > :23:58.from health experts. To help you start the fightback

:23:59. > :24:02.to a healthier you. But this new campaign is targeting

:24:03. > :24:04.everyday bad habits, Arguing that good health now

:24:05. > :24:10.will pay dividends in the future. We're not wanting people

:24:11. > :24:12.to live forever. We want them to live well

:24:13. > :24:16.for as long as possible. And the evidence is it is never too

:24:17. > :24:19.late, doesn't matter if you've got Julie Racquel, a smoker for 38

:24:20. > :24:24.years, has done just that. She was getting through 60 a day,

:24:25. > :24:27.now she has given up. My breathing capacity for my age

:24:28. > :24:32.was like an 83-year-old woman. And I just thought, no,

:24:33. > :24:35.can't do this no more. I need to be my age

:24:36. > :24:39.and live my life. For some, a gentle walk

:24:40. > :24:41.in the winter sunshine is the best One of the main messages

:24:42. > :24:48.from today's campaign is it doesn't have to be about the big gym

:24:49. > :24:51.membership or an organised physical activity, it can just be as simple

:24:52. > :24:54.as going for a walk But the key thing is

:24:55. > :24:59.just to keep active. Similar campaigns in other parts

:25:00. > :25:02.of the UK have been aimed But this is the first

:25:03. > :25:05.time the overall health of the middle-aged has been

:25:06. > :25:12.so much in the spotlight. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

:25:13. > :25:15.have released photographs of the family's first holiday

:25:16. > :25:17.together since Princess Charlotte There have been dazzling displays

:25:18. > :25:21.of the Aurora Borealis, better known as the Northern

:25:22. > :25:23.Lights, across parts of the UK The spectacle is only usually

:25:24. > :25:27.visible in the far north of Scotland, but a lucky combination

:25:28. > :25:30.of conditions meant it could be seen as far south as Oxfordshire

:25:31. > :25:33.in England, with many taking to social media to share photographs

:25:34. > :25:35.of the dramatic light show. Aurora Borealis occurs

:25:36. > :25:36.when electrically-charged particles from the sun enter

:25:37. > :25:38.the earth's atmosphere. And as the clouds cleared last

:25:39. > :25:41.night, the sky was filled with shades of green,

:25:42. > :25:45.purple and blue. Creating scenes like this

:25:46. > :25:47.in Innerleithen in the Scottish Dunstanburgh Castle near Alnwick

:25:48. > :25:51.in Northumberland made a dramatic setting as shades of

:25:52. > :25:55.pink filled the sky. While over in North Yorkshire,

:25:56. > :25:58.this was the view over Saltburn Forecasters had predicted good

:25:59. > :26:01.conditions for the light show, and a kaleidoscope of colours

:26:02. > :26:04.were visible to the naked eye, including this pink night sky over

:26:05. > :26:09.Patterdale in Cumbria. In the Republic of Ireland,

:26:10. > :26:12.fiery reds and oranges were seen over Ballynamona

:26:13. > :26:16.beach in County Cork. This was the scene in Ormskirk,

:26:17. > :26:19.Lancashire, with flashes of green In Anglesey, this was the display

:26:20. > :26:26.over Bull Bay. The still lake of Lough Fea

:26:27. > :26:29.near Cookstown in Northern Ireland provided the setting

:26:30. > :26:33.for this stunning shot. While these illuminations painted

:26:34. > :26:47.the night sky over Fabulous, I would have loved to have

:26:48. > :26:51.seen it. Any chance of seeing it tonight?

:26:52. > :26:57.There is some activity forecast and we have clear skies, but it will be

:26:58. > :27:03.further north, the northern half of Scotland, where you have some

:27:04. > :27:07.potential. Further south, it is looking a bit less likely for this

:27:08. > :27:11.coming evening. The cloud will increase as we head through the

:27:12. > :27:15.course of the evening and overnight. A weather front approaching from the

:27:16. > :27:22.north-west. A hard frost developing before that, so a cold night ahead.

:27:23. > :27:29.The weather front rings rain and heavy still smoke across Scotland,

:27:30. > :27:30.into the north-west of England. We will see icy conditions developing

:27:31. > :27:40.through the morning. Through the course of the day, this

:27:41. > :27:46.band of cloud edges gradually further east, bringing outbreaks of

:27:47. > :27:50.light rain, sleet, a bit of hill snow, but it tends to fizzle out as

:27:51. > :27:56.it reaches the Southeast later. Another fairly cold day.

:27:57. > :28:00.Things into the middle of the week.

:28:01. > :28:05.Things a developing area of low pressure

:28:06. > :28:09.from the Atlantic, there is uncertainty about how it will

:28:10. > :28:12.develop. It looks like we are in for a spell of wet and windy weather

:28:13. > :28:17.through the course of Wednesday. We will have the strongest wind across

:28:18. > :28:19.Wales and the south-west of England and heavy rainfall Central and

:28:20. > :28:25.eastern parts of England, but don't take this too literally. We could

:28:26. > :28:28.see the rain further south or north. Northern Ireland and Scotland will

:28:29. > :28:34.have a quieter day. The temperatures nudging up. That is a hint of things

:28:35. > :28:36.to come for the weekend. We could see them back up to 15 degrees or so

:28:37. > :28:42.by the weekend. and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

:28:43. > :28:45.news teams where you are.