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:00:07. > :00:10.The day after the Budget before - and new warnings about who wins,

:00:11. > :00:12.The Chancellor called it the Budget for the next generation,

:00:13. > :00:18.and hits back at those who say it will mean more austerity.

:00:19. > :00:22.What I am saying in this Budget is, we have got to hold to the course

:00:23. > :00:26.we have set out, we have got to take action on public finances now

:00:27. > :00:31.so that we are stable and secure and we don't pay later.

:00:32. > :00:34.But financial experts say living standards will suffer -

:00:35. > :00:39.and Labour accuse Mr Osborne of favouring the well-off.

:00:40. > :00:42.He has cut capital gains tax to the wealthiest 5% in our country,

:00:43. > :00:45.and at the same time he has paid for that by cutting the benefits

:00:46. > :00:53.We think that is, to be frank, a scandalous choice.

:00:54. > :00:57.Parents set to lose the automatic right to be school governors -

:00:58. > :01:03.part of the radical reforms to education in England.

:01:04. > :01:08.And now that magic has gone - Paul Daniel dies, aged 77,

:01:09. > :01:18.A letter I had yesterday from a lady said, "You had a marriage that

:01:19. > :01:24.Katie is winning her battle against fast food,

:01:25. > :01:27.fat and fizzy drinks - a special report on Britain's

:01:28. > :01:39.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News - England win their opening women's

:01:40. > :01:41.World Twenty20 match against Bangladesh, led by captain

:01:42. > :01:46.Charlotte Edwards, who top-scored with 60 runs.

:01:47. > :02:00.At Cheltenham, Thistle Crack wins the big race of the day.

:02:01. > :02:03.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

:02:04. > :02:06.24 hours after George Osborne's Budget, and it is being picked over

:02:07. > :02:10.by financial experts, the Labour Party and even

:02:11. > :02:15.The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies has

:02:16. > :02:18.warned of more austerity and lower living standards.

:02:19. > :02:21.Labour accuses the Chancellor of taking from disabled people

:02:22. > :02:28.Those welfare changes are a concern for some Tory MPs,

:02:29. > :02:35.too, as our political editor, Laura Kuennsberg, reports.

:02:36. > :02:42.How does it all work, Chancellor? The day after his budget, George

:02:43. > :02:46.Osborne's mathematics and his motivations are being questioned.

:02:47. > :02:52.Some of the claims branded disingenuous, the sums too

:02:53. > :02:59.optimistic. And real cuts - hardly something to celebrate. We make sure

:03:00. > :03:02.that in uncertain times we are fit for the future, by taking action on

:03:03. > :03:08.our public finances so that we do not pay later. And we back small

:03:09. > :03:12.businesses, are self-employed, above all working people, by reducing

:03:13. > :03:17.their taxes so they can help us grow the economy. Reality has arrived

:03:18. > :03:22.along with the budget on MPs' desks. And the probability emerges that the

:03:23. > :03:27.Chancellor only has a 50-50 chance of hitting the targets in the red

:03:28. > :03:31.book, and accusations he is fixing the figures. I really admire George

:03:32. > :03:35.Osborne's love of a five year plan, because it is always five years

:03:36. > :03:41.away. He missed every single target he set for himself in 2010. And then

:03:42. > :03:45.five years later, in 2015. And in the Tory ranks, there is also on

:03:46. > :03:51.happiness, with rebellion brewing. Sarah Stuart from problem is one of

:03:52. > :03:54.more than 600,000 people with disabilities who might be affected

:03:55. > :03:58.by changes to the personal independence payments. When cases

:03:59. > :04:03.are reviewed in future, the benefits will be calculated differently for

:04:04. > :04:08.some. She is worried she might miss out. People like me that used to

:04:09. > :04:12.work all the time and are now needing help from the system they

:04:13. > :04:18.paid into, it is an or full-time. Some Tories are ready to campaign to

:04:19. > :04:20.fight the change. This change is wrong-headed and it really hits the

:04:21. > :04:25.wrong people. They are always tinkering around the edges - that

:04:26. > :04:28.needs to happen so that you have a slightly fairer system. But I think

:04:29. > :04:33.the package which has been offered up to now, which is still a

:04:34. > :04:37.consultation, does go too far. The minister in charge admitted many

:04:38. > :04:40.thousands of people might lose out, but the total amount will go up. We

:04:41. > :04:45.will see more people overall benefiting from the system. It will

:04:46. > :04:48.continue to improve year-on-year and overall we will still see an

:04:49. > :04:52.increase in funding every year in this Parliament. What do you say to

:04:53. > :04:56.a disabled person who might lose a vital share of their income, and the

:04:57. > :05:00.person next door might get a tax cut? But the two things are not

:05:01. > :05:07.linked. This is not a financial measure. It is providing a fair,

:05:08. > :05:12.sustainable benefit which provides support and affects genuine, ongoing

:05:13. > :05:17.extra costs. Tory Eurosceptics are plotting with Labour over the tax on

:05:18. > :05:21.tampons as well. The Government hopes that within days, they will be

:05:22. > :05:27.allowed to scrap it. That would help. Like with any budget, it is a

:05:28. > :05:30.test of the Chancellor's reputation. George Osborne has got bigger

:05:31. > :05:34.ambitions than being in charge of the Treasury for ever. So he was

:05:35. > :05:38.trying to impress is own MPs as well as the public. His team insist he

:05:39. > :05:42.has made the right big and bold decisions, but the budget has not

:05:43. > :05:48.gone entirely to plan. That was such a big occasion, wasn't it? Indeed,

:05:49. > :05:50.budgets always are. Events which changes, there is and all of our

:05:51. > :05:52.lives. So why are some experts saying

:05:53. > :05:55.that there could be trouble ahead, Our economics editor,

:05:56. > :06:01.Kamal Ahmed, is here with me. You have been taking a good look at

:06:02. > :06:08.the numbers? I have indeed, yes. Day two, and a day of in-depth

:06:09. > :06:11.analysis of the Budget. That hitting that vital budget

:06:12. > :06:15.surplus target is going to be very And that there are more public

:06:16. > :06:30.sector cuts ahead in all likelihood. This time around he has responded to

:06:31. > :06:34.bad economic news by shuffling some figures around. If he gets more bad

:06:35. > :06:39.economic news, he will either have to abandon that target or do

:06:40. > :06:41.something serious, some significant tax increases or real spending cuts.

:06:42. > :06:44.Those real spending cuts could come in the year

:06:45. > :06:48.The IFS says that if the Chancellor is to achieve his fabled budget

:06:49. > :06:51.surplus, he will need to find a further ?10 billion of cuts

:06:52. > :06:54.to planned spending on public services by 2021.

:06:55. > :06:59.Those cuts could fall most heavily on non-protected departments such

:07:00. > :07:03.as the Home Office and Justice - they may have to find a further 13%

:07:04. > :07:10.The Chancellor also announced income tax cuts - increasing the personal

:07:11. > :07:19.allowance and taking 585,000 people out of the higher 40p rate of tax.

:07:20. > :07:23.But according to one analysis, that cut tends to be more

:07:24. > :07:29.It will boost the incomes of the richest 20% of households

:07:30. > :07:37.That figure for the poorest 20% of households?

:07:38. > :07:41.There was some better news for the Chancellor today.

:07:42. > :07:43.The Bank of England said wage increases were stronger and that

:07:44. > :07:46.productivity was rising - and after the bad news

:07:47. > :07:49.on productivity yesterday, that will come as a welcome

:07:50. > :07:56.For this manufacturing firm, Mr Osborne's pledge to support

:07:57. > :08:05.The Treasury made productivity improvements - crucial

:08:06. > :08:14.for maintaining growth - a central part of the Budget.

:08:15. > :08:20.If you put your efforts into your staff and machinery and invest back

:08:21. > :08:23.into the company, you are getting more work, you are widening your

:08:24. > :08:25.capabilities and strengthening your reputation.

:08:26. > :08:27.One final thought - never underestimate Mr Osborne's

:08:28. > :08:29.ability to find a little extra something behind the fabled

:08:30. > :08:36.As one government source pointed out to me, yesterday's figures

:08:37. > :08:39.were so poor, things - before the next election -

:08:40. > :08:47.For as long as anyone can remember, parents have played a part

:08:48. > :08:49.in running schools by being governors.

:08:50. > :08:53.It is all part of the sweeping changes, including making

:08:54. > :08:56.all state schools academies - published by the Government today.

:08:57. > :08:59.Labour says it will be costly and disruptive,

:09:00. > :09:02.but the Government argues parents will have more choice.

:09:03. > :09:13.Here's our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys.

:09:14. > :09:18.Schools across England are facing a massive shake-up. Teachers will have

:09:19. > :09:26.to prove their classroom skills to qualify. And all schools will become

:09:27. > :09:29.academies within years. Rebecca Jones is a parent governor at this

:09:30. > :09:34.primary school in Manchester. Under these plans are elected parent

:09:35. > :09:40.governors will go when it becomes an academy. Parents give immediate

:09:41. > :09:43.feedback if there is an issue. And if you don't have the parent

:09:44. > :09:50.governors, I don't think the parents would feel able to approach the

:09:51. > :09:54.school about issues. Which one of these pictures to you think is going

:09:55. > :09:58.back into the past...? Like most primary schools, it is still run by

:09:59. > :10:02.the council. But that will have to change within the next six years.

:10:03. > :10:06.Tell me which one you are choosing... Samantha Kinghorn

:10:07. > :10:09.headteacher here. She resisted pressure to become an academy

:10:10. > :10:14.before. But what about other government plans? Headteachers who

:10:15. > :10:18.move to a struggling school will get more time - at least two years, to

:10:19. > :10:22.turn things around before the inspectors arrive. That would be

:10:23. > :10:25.welcome. At the moment I feel sometimes that Headteachers are a

:10:26. > :10:30.bit like football managers. You make one mistake or you have only been in

:10:31. > :10:35.a school for one year, and you are pumped off! So what friends will it

:10:36. > :10:39.make to their education? The only these changes taken together are

:10:40. > :10:46.meant to give headteachers and schools much more freedom to shape

:10:47. > :10:50.what they teach. It will also create huge change of schools -- huge

:10:51. > :10:54.chains of schools competing with each other across England. The

:10:55. > :10:58.question is, who holds them to account? Steve Lancashire is the

:10:59. > :11:03.chief executive two primary school chains. He says they use the Freedom

:11:04. > :11:06.of being an academy to offer something different. They are held

:11:07. > :11:11.to account, he says, through their results. All of our schoolchildren

:11:12. > :11:14.will go to a capital city in a foreign country to experience a

:11:15. > :11:19.foreign culture. It is distinctive about what we can provide as a group

:11:20. > :11:24.of schools, rather than individual schools, and as an academy rather

:11:25. > :11:27.than as a council school. The Education Secretary tells me she

:11:28. > :11:31.wants parents to have a bigger say, so why get rid of elected parent

:11:32. > :11:34.governors? We want governors to be there because of the skills they

:11:35. > :11:38.bring. I think there are much more effective ways for parents to be

:11:39. > :11:42.involved rather than just having a couple of parents on the governing

:11:43. > :11:45.bodies. We want to set up a parent portal so that parents know what is

:11:46. > :11:49.going on and better complaints mechanism. Schools will still have

:11:50. > :11:50.to try to impress parents, but there is no guarantee there

:11:51. > :11:54.to try to impress parents, but there transition to the new system.

:11:55. > :11:57.EU leaders in Brussels are making yet another attempt to tackle

:11:58. > :11:59.the large numbers of migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe.

:12:00. > :12:02.The proposed plan would see migrants arriving in Greece sent

:12:03. > :12:05.But Turkey wants a number of concessions from the EU.

:12:06. > :12:07.Our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas

:12:08. > :12:22.It sounds like there are still a number of obstacles in the way?

:12:23. > :12:26.There are. This grand bargain has real problems still to overcome. The

:12:27. > :12:31.first one, is it legal? One leader coming here today said it was on the

:12:32. > :12:36.edge of legality, because international law and human rights

:12:37. > :12:39.law says that refugees arriving all have to have their cases heard

:12:40. > :12:44.individually. There is not the infrastructure in Greece to do that.

:12:45. > :12:49.That is one problem. Secondly, those concessions Turkey wants, things

:12:50. > :12:54.like speeding up his free access for Turkish people to the EU - many

:12:55. > :12:56.European countries very unsure about giving concessions to Turkey at a

:12:57. > :13:01.time when they have real worries about human rights in Turkey. And

:13:02. > :13:06.Turkey also wants the speeding up of its accession talks to the EU.

:13:07. > :13:09.Cyprus, an EU member, is not recognised by Turkey and has said it

:13:10. > :13:11.will block that. Lots of problems ahead.

:13:12. > :13:14.Paul Daniels, one of the country's most popular entertainers,

:13:15. > :13:17.has died at the age of 77, just weeks after being diagnosed

:13:18. > :13:22.He died at his home in Berkshire in the early hours of this morning.

:13:23. > :13:25.For 15 years, he was a well-known fixture on Saturday night TV

:13:26. > :13:26.with his programme The Paul Daniels Magic Show.

:13:27. > :13:38.# You're going to like this, going to like this...

:13:39. > :13:42.If the ball's in my left hand, it's in my left hand,

:13:43. > :13:44.if it's not in my hand, it's under the cup.

:13:45. > :13:46.He was fast, funny, and very skilful.

:13:47. > :13:48.He took old-fashioned magic and refashioned it

:13:49. > :13:51.He became a fixture of the Saturday night schedules.

:13:52. > :13:54.He had started in northern clubs, combining magic with a cheeky

:13:55. > :13:59.You're supposed to go one, two, out the way,

:14:00. > :14:03.He devised a catchphrase to deal with hecklers.

:14:04. > :14:12.Paul Daniels was almost as famous for his toupee and his glamorous

:14:13. > :14:13.assistant, Debbie McGee, 20 years younger.

:14:14. > :14:15.They eventually married, which amused some people greatly.

:14:16. > :14:17.What first, Debbie, attracted you to the millionaire

:14:18. > :14:23.I really got the giggles because when I first worked

:14:24. > :14:29.But the things that attracted me to him,

:14:30. > :14:35.Our life has been full of laughter and that's what it's been the last

:14:36. > :14:39.few weeks, up until the last 48 hours when he slipped into a sleep.

:14:40. > :14:43.But even minutes before he slipped into that sleep,

:14:44. > :14:47.he was smiling at me and joking and singing Beatles songs.

:14:48. > :14:51.I had a letter yesterday from a lady who had met us and she said,

:14:52. > :14:57."The thing is, Debbie, you had a marriage that

:14:58. > :15:07.Off-screen, he devised the special effects for Phantom Of The Opera

:15:08. > :15:09.and he was an inspiration to a younger generation

:15:10. > :15:14.Everyone I know had a Paul Daniels magic kit -

:15:15. > :15:17.that was the first time people would learn how to do magic.

:15:18. > :15:21.And his TV shows, I missed a lot of them because I was a bit too

:15:22. > :15:24.young, but having looked back on them and all the magic he did

:15:25. > :15:26.on YouTube, he will always be one

:15:27. > :15:31.of the greatest magicians of our time.

:15:32. > :15:33.For 20 years he was one of Britain's most popular

:15:34. > :15:38.Three years ago he recalled routine offers of sex early in his career

:15:39. > :15:42.and admitted he could not be sure all the women he had slept

:15:43. > :15:46.He could be chippy and some thought him smug.

:15:47. > :15:49.He fell out with BBC managers who dropped his show

:15:50. > :15:52.in the 1990s - but there was no doubting his popularity

:15:53. > :16:05.Paul Daniels who died today, aged 77.

:16:06. > :16:12.A warning from financial experts that wages are set to fall,

:16:13. > :16:14.but George Osborne says we have to stick to the plan.

:16:15. > :16:25.rugby match, a row over racist language in the sport.

:16:26. > :16:35.Coming up in the sport, England win their opening women's World T20

:16:36. > :16:37.match against Bangladesh, led by captain Charlotte Edwards who top

:16:38. > :16:46.scored with 60 runs. Health professionals have welcomed

:16:47. > :16:49.George Osborne's tax on sugary drinks in his Budget yesterday,

:16:50. > :16:52.but warn that it "will not be a panacea" for the nation's

:16:53. > :16:54.obesity crisis. Treating conditions linked

:16:55. > :17:01.to obesity cost the NHS in England ?5.1 billion in the last year,

:17:02. > :17:04.and in children, it still remains one of the most serious

:17:05. > :17:06.public health challenges Our correspondent Jeremy

:17:07. > :17:10.Cooke has this report. It is a global epidemic,

:17:11. > :17:12.fuelled by fast food, Modern-day snack food is not

:17:13. > :17:19.love, it's a killer. One in three of our ten-year-olds

:17:20. > :17:22.is now obese, their futures Unless we turn this round,

:17:23. > :17:35.this is going to be with us not only for the coming generation

:17:36. > :17:37.but for the generations Katie is 15, loves singing and drama

:17:38. > :17:41.and going to the movies. Her battle against weight has been

:17:42. > :17:49.a lifelong challenge. 14-year-old Becky likes R

:17:50. > :17:52.music and Justin Bieber. She too is working hard

:17:53. > :17:56.to shed the pounds. When it comes to calories,

:17:57. > :18:00.for both girls, the problem has been It was like a pot of Pringles,

:18:01. > :18:06.an iced coffee, a croissant. Chocolate cereal and I would have

:18:07. > :18:09.in my lunch rolls and crisps. I would have, like, chicken nuggets

:18:10. > :18:15.or just something out And then your mum would

:18:16. > :18:20.give you your supper? Yeah, and I would have lunch

:18:21. > :18:24.and I would have breakfast. For their parents

:18:25. > :18:27.it is a major worry. They know that obesity can

:18:28. > :18:30.destroy children's health Why didn't you, as a mum,

:18:31. > :18:38.simply feed her less food? We hid bread in places

:18:39. > :18:45.like the laundry basket Now Katie is fighting back,

:18:46. > :18:54.has found the strength to lose two stone and is determined

:18:55. > :18:59.to lose more. I'm around 16 right now and so,

:19:00. > :19:03.like, obviously I will see when I get to where I want to be

:19:04. > :19:06.but roughly like ten stone Katie is on the right road,

:19:07. > :19:12.using exercise and diet. For others, though,

:19:13. > :19:14.the challenge is still daunting. Four out of five obese children

:19:15. > :19:18.will become obese adults. Overweight young people

:19:19. > :19:20.look relatively healthy, they get up and about,

:19:21. > :19:23.they move around, they do things But when they are in their 40s

:19:24. > :19:30.and 50s, you find that the body Becky is doing well, going

:19:31. > :19:38.to the gym, choosing healthy food. But being overweight can also bring

:19:39. > :19:41.psychological problems and for her, the bullying started

:19:42. > :19:48.at primary school. I would feel like I was always

:19:49. > :19:51.being talked about so I would walk round a corner and there

:19:52. > :19:55.would be a group of people. Even if I didn't know them

:19:56. > :19:57.and they were laughing, I would think they

:19:58. > :19:59.were laughing at me. It's hard to see your child

:20:00. > :20:04.sort of feel that way. I don't think there's anything

:20:05. > :20:06.quite as heartbreaking than when your child tells

:20:07. > :20:08.you that they hate themselves and they don't want to look

:20:09. > :20:11.at themselves in the mirror. Counting calories, choosing water

:20:12. > :20:18.instead of fizzy drinks. Overweight children

:20:19. > :20:22.need this kind of help. They can't take responsibility

:20:23. > :20:24.for their own actions, they are children and they are

:20:25. > :20:26.vulnerable to the actions and the decisions of

:20:27. > :20:30.the adults around them. Health professionals have welcomed

:20:31. > :20:33.news of the sugar tax but say it is only a first step

:20:34. > :20:35.towards tackling the childhood And tomorrow we'll be looking

:20:36. > :20:45.at the role of the food industry An inquiry into child abuse in care

:20:46. > :20:53.homes in North Wales, criticised for exposing only

:20:54. > :20:55.a fraction of the abuse carried out, Lady Justice Macur said

:20:56. > :21:06.there was "no evidence" of abuse What's the reaction been

:21:07. > :21:21.to today's findings? Perhaps inevitably for some abuse

:21:22. > :21:24.survivors, today has been a day of disappointment, some saying they

:21:25. > :21:28.lost trust in the authorities many years ago. It is worth considering

:21:29. > :21:33.that some of these crimes happened for decades ago when vulnerable

:21:34. > :21:37.children, put into the care of the state, became the victims of

:21:38. > :21:41.sustained sexual abuse. In the following years they were silenced.

:21:42. > :21:48.About 20 years ago an enquiry was held here, some 700 allegations were

:21:49. > :21:52.looked into and many people were happy then but rumours persisted

:21:53. > :21:57.that there may have been some people who evaded justice. Lady Justice

:21:58. > :22:02.Macur has been through more than a million pages of evidence and she

:22:03. > :22:08.says she is satisfied there was no cover-up, no national figure who got

:22:09. > :22:13.away with it. But we are still left with some questions tonight, why is

:22:14. > :22:18.it only in the last three years that some perpetrators have been brought

:22:19. > :22:24.to court? Will some victims feel put off about coming forward to give

:22:25. > :22:26.evidence? One thing is clear, this probably isn't the final chapter in

:22:27. > :22:27.the story. Thank you. A brief look at some of the day's

:22:28. > :22:30.other other news stories. Owners of dangerous dogs will face

:22:31. > :22:33.harsher sentences if the animals have been deliberately

:22:34. > :22:34.trained to be aggressive, under new sentencing guidelines

:22:35. > :22:37.in England and Wales. The changes cover offences

:22:38. > :22:41.in which a dog injures or kills a person, injures an assistance dog,

:22:42. > :22:44.or where someone possesses Those found guilty could face

:22:45. > :22:52.between six and 14 years in prison. College lecturers have been

:22:53. > :22:54.on strike today across Scotland The EIS teaching union

:22:55. > :23:03.said its members were taking to offer a fair deal and create

:23:04. > :23:10.national pay scales for lecturers. Walk-outs are scheduled to continue

:23:11. > :23:12.until the summer if no resolution The broadcasting veteran

:23:13. > :23:18.Cliff Michelmore, who was familiar to audiences as far back

:23:19. > :23:21.as the forties, has died We're going to meet,

:23:22. > :23:28.among other people, a smoking dog called Butch and a horse-racing

:23:29. > :23:30.butcher called Bacon. He was best known as host

:23:31. > :23:33.of the current affairs programme Tonight, with a distinctive

:23:34. > :23:37.and informal style. The director general of the BBC,

:23:38. > :23:46.Tony Hall, has called him England's Grand Slam-deciding game

:23:47. > :23:59.against France in the Six Nations Meanwhile, the Welsh Rugby union has

:24:00. > :24:03.said it is disappointed that England prop Joe Marler has been cleared to

:24:04. > :24:08.play despite a racial slur allegedly made against an opponent. Joe Marler

:24:09. > :24:09.is on the bench but coach Eddie Jones has denied the decision was

:24:10. > :24:11.made as punishment. Dan Roan's report contains

:24:12. > :24:21.language that some viewers It is the incident that has

:24:22. > :24:29.threatened to overshadow England's grand slam bid. When prop Joe Marler

:24:30. > :24:33.was heard saying gypsy boy at Wells appointed Samson Lee last weekend, a

:24:34. > :24:37.player who has been open about his traveller heritage than many

:24:38. > :24:41.expected a ban but instead he escaped punishment and today the

:24:42. > :24:45.Welsh Rugby union expressed their surprise, saying there was no place

:24:46. > :24:49.for racist language in sport. We don't condone any sort of

:24:50. > :24:56.determination, race, religion, sexuality. As an organisation I

:24:57. > :25:02.think probably we slightly disagree with it. But that hasn't impressed

:25:03. > :25:09.England coach Eddie Jones who hit back at what he sees as Welsh

:25:10. > :25:16.inconsistency. If you look at the statements from Wales yesterday,

:25:17. > :25:21.maybe they don't know about it. They clearly think it was a racist

:25:22. > :25:26.comment? At one time they didn't yesterday but they do now. Do you

:25:27. > :25:30.think it was a racist comment? I've said what I've had to say on that

:25:31. > :25:35.topic. We have a grand slam in front of us. It is no wonder that coach

:25:36. > :25:38.was the focus to be on the performance is on his side had swept

:25:39. > :25:43.all before him and now only France in Paris stand in their way. It may

:25:44. > :25:48.be hard to believe but less than six months ago England were at rock

:25:49. > :25:52.bottom having crashed out of their very own World Cup here at

:25:53. > :25:57.Twickenham after just three matches. That humiliation led to an internal

:25:58. > :26:01.inquiry, the replacing of their captain and the sacking of head

:26:02. > :26:05.coach Stuart Lancaster so how have they turned things around so

:26:06. > :26:11.dramatically? We have been runners-up for the last four years.

:26:12. > :26:14.Maybe it was a mental edge. Like I said that we have had those failures

:26:15. > :26:21.in the past to drive us on to finally cracked it but until we win

:26:22. > :26:25.this weekend, I'm not happy, I'm not resting. This was the last time

:26:26. > :26:28.England won the grand slam, 2003, the same year they lifted the World

:26:29. > :26:30.Cup but emulating that will take some doing. So far they have made

:26:31. > :26:32.the perfect start. A bright meteor was sighted flashing

:26:33. > :26:35.across the skies over the UK People reported seeing a bright

:26:36. > :26:41.flash of blue or green light moving It's believed the spectacle

:26:42. > :26:58.was caused by magnesium-white trail. Clouding of but it has been a

:26:59. > :27:06.beautiful day for most, the warmest day of the year in the Highlands.

:27:07. > :27:12.Not for everybody but we did see 19 degrees. Different in Aberdeen, only

:27:13. > :27:17.eight and really quite cold, 5 degrees, a lot of coastal fog. There

:27:18. > :27:22.were some lovely spells of sunshine for most of us today, a pleasant

:27:23. > :27:28.spring afternoon. Things are set to change as we run through the night.

:27:29. > :27:34.That cloud will creep steadily westwards through the night,

:27:35. > :27:41.bringing low cloud and a spot of drizzle and coastal fog. Further

:27:42. > :27:45.west, clearer skies, a touch of frost and mist and fog. It should

:27:46. > :27:49.lift quickly and the best sunshine will be further west that it will be

:27:50. > :27:55.a cold, grey, disappointing start for many tomorrow. And with the

:27:56. > :27:59.strength of the wind on the coasts, it will feel disappointing. A lot of

:28:00. > :28:06.low cloud around, but spot of drizzle on the cost. We might see

:28:07. > :28:10.some breaks in the West and in Northern Ireland and West is best in

:28:11. > :28:15.terms of the sunshine. As the day continues, some of the cloud will

:28:16. > :28:20.creep further westwards so the sunshine state of the extreme west

:28:21. > :28:25.with temperatures not as warm as today. We might scrape double

:28:26. > :28:30.figures, across the north coast it will be a bit cooler and cloudier.

:28:31. > :28:33.The high-pressure spreads to the west and keep things quiet but

:28:34. > :28:38.cloudy and cold moving into the weekend. If you haven't already

:28:39. > :28:40.heard, we keep the dry theme but there will be quite a bit of cloud

:28:41. > :28:44.around and it will stay chilly. That's all from the BBC News at Six

:28:45. > :28:47.so it's goodbye from me and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

:28:48. > :28:50.news teams where you are.