:00:09. > :00:15.Fighting erupts across Syria, the heaviest bombardment in months as
:00:16. > :00:21.the ceasefire crumbles. People scramble to rescue survivors from
:00:22. > :00:28.the rubble. Syria's President Assad blames America. I believe that the
:00:29. > :00:33.United States are not genuine. The UN says it will attempt to bring in
:00:34. > :00:36.aid convoys, despite the renewed fighting. Also tonight...
:00:37. > :00:38.The tens of thousands of cancelled operations not included in official
:00:39. > :00:47.Agony for families in Egypt, as hundreds of migrants feared dead in
:00:48. > :00:49.the Mediterranean. Doctors warn of the risk to children
:00:50. > :00:52.of swallowing batteries - this is what they do
:00:53. > :00:54.to a slice of ham. Mary quits the Bake off,
:00:55. > :01:01.but Paul says he'll stay. And coming up in Sportsday later
:01:02. > :01:04.in the hour on BBC News: The latest
:01:05. > :01:06.on the County Championship decider it a hatrick of titles
:01:07. > :01:29.with victory against Middlesex. Good evening, and welcome
:01:30. > :01:39.to the BBC News at Six. Fighting has broken out once more in
:01:40. > :01:43.parts of Syria, with increased ferocity after the collapse of the
:01:44. > :01:49.temporary truce. Uncompromising President Assad says he believed the
:01:50. > :01:50.six-year long war will drag on and it is impossible to say when it
:01:51. > :01:55.could end. He also claims his enemies alone,
:01:56. > :01:57.which include the US, are to blame for the devastation
:01:58. > :01:59.across the country. Our Diplomatic Correspondent
:02:00. > :02:10.James Landale has more. Around Aleppo last night there was
:02:11. > :02:14.anything but a ceasefire. These unverified pictures show warplanes
:02:15. > :02:19.dropping bombs in what is said to be rebel held territory. At least 45
:02:20. > :02:25.people were reported to have died. And elsewhere in Syria, including
:02:26. > :02:32.the central provinces, there seems little left of what truce there was.
:02:33. > :02:37.In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, President Assad
:02:38. > :02:41.was defiant. Denying he was besieging eastern Aleppo, and
:02:42. > :02:45.denying he was using barrel bombs to kill civilians. A bomb is a bomb,
:02:46. > :02:51.what is the difference between different kinds of bombs? All bombs
:02:52. > :02:55.to kill. It is about how to use it. When you use it, use it to defend
:02:56. > :03:01.the civilians, you kill terrorists in order to defend civilians. You do
:03:02. > :03:07.not have the moral incentive, we do not have the interest. The war, he
:03:08. > :03:11.said, would drag on, whilst outside powers interfered. And he blamed
:03:12. > :03:17.America for the breakdown of latest ceasefire. I believe the United
:03:18. > :03:24.States is not genuine regarding the success secession of Syria. As the
:03:25. > :03:31.attack on Monday which destroyed a humanitarian convoy and killed 28
:03:32. > :03:34.workers, he denied any involvement. Regarding the White House yesterday
:03:35. > :03:39.accusing either the Syrian or the Russians in that regard, I would
:03:40. > :03:43.say, what I can officially say about the conflicts in Syria, they have no
:03:44. > :03:48.credibility, whatever they say, it is just lies. Today, his forces
:03:49. > :03:52.gained control of yet more territory. As more than 100 rebel
:03:53. > :03:58.fighters and their families were evacuated from opposition health
:03:59. > :04:01.districts in Homs. Elsewhere, a United Nations aid convoy did get
:04:02. > :04:05.through to rebel holds about the Damascus. But so far, none has been
:04:06. > :04:14.allowed into Aleppo, something the UN said to change. Please, President
:04:15. > :04:19.Assad, do your bit to enable us to get eastern Aleppo and also the
:04:20. > :04:23.other besieged areas. But aid will reach here only if there is a
:04:24. > :04:27.ceasefire. And although there will be yet more talks in the UN this
:04:28. > :04:31.evening, there are a few hopes that the fighting will end any time soon.
:04:32. > :04:33.James Landale, BBC News. Within the last
:04:34. > :04:36.And within the last hour the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
:04:37. > :04:38.has been speaking at the United Nations about
:04:39. > :04:47.the Russians have an opportunity to show leadership, to do the right
:04:48. > :04:53.thing by the people of Syria, and the right thing by the world. That
:04:54. > :04:56.is to accept that there has to be a transition away from President Assad
:04:57. > :04:58.and a future for the Syrian people that does not involve an Assad
:04:59. > :04:59.tyranny. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James
:05:00. > :05:07.Robbins is at the UN James, those comments by Boris
:05:08. > :05:12.Johnson were made in an interview with you. What else did he have to
:05:13. > :05:15.say? Well, I have just come from talking to Boris Johnson. He said
:05:16. > :05:20.that people would have to say that the Kerry- Lavrov process that is
:05:21. > :05:24.the current American - Russian negotiation to broker a ceasefire,
:05:25. > :05:27.but progress is very much in jeopardy. That is the most downbeat
:05:28. > :05:32.I have overheard Foreign Secretary about this. He did go on to say that
:05:33. > :05:35.there was no other game in town, that there was no other possible
:05:36. > :05:39.diplomatic model for trying to bring an end to the Syrian wall. And so
:05:40. > :05:43.they would have to do their best to keep that process going, however
:05:44. > :05:48.difficult -- Syria wall. You heard the appeal he made to the Russians.
:05:49. > :05:52.He was pretty blood. He warned them that if they didn't accept that
:05:53. > :05:56.Assad had to go, and he didn't believe they did accept that, they
:05:57. > :06:00.risk getting Russia bogged down in Syria in the same way that the
:06:01. > :06:04.soviet Union had before in Afghanistan after the Soviet
:06:05. > :06:08.invasion of the 1980s. I have to say, Boris Johnson was not holding
:06:09. > :06:12.out any substantial home. He was merely contrasting what he sees as
:06:13. > :06:18.the correct behaviour followed by the United States and her allies,
:06:19. > :06:22.for instance, admitting to the accidental bomb of Syrian soldiers
:06:23. > :06:25.at the weekend, and what he regards as the cynical process taken by
:06:26. > :06:29.President Assad and his Russian backers. James Robbins, thank you.
:06:30. > :06:32.Tens of thousands of operations were cancelled in England last year
:06:33. > :06:34.but not included in official figures, the BBC has discovered.
:06:35. > :06:37.Hospitals only have to record operations postponed on the day
:06:38. > :06:40.But a BBC investigation has found that 41,500 additional operations
:06:41. > :06:45.were called off one to three days before, but not counted.
:06:46. > :06:51.It should have been a routine operation, but it turned
:06:52. > :06:55.into a nightmare experience for Iona from Cornwall.
:06:56. > :06:58.After a wait of several months for a hysterectomy,
:06:59. > :07:01.the operation was postponed the day before it was due, and then
:07:02. > :07:10.She felt so upset, she went straight to her local radio station
:07:11. > :07:12.in her hospital gown to talk about her experience.
:07:13. > :07:15.Because you can see, I've still got my name tag on.
:07:16. > :07:17.The operation did eventually take place and went smoothly.
:07:18. > :07:20.But Iona, who is self-employed, won't forget the stress caused
:07:21. > :07:25.by being told of cancellations with very limited notice.
:07:26. > :07:28.Every time they give you a date to go in for your operation,
:07:29. > :07:31.there is a lot of preparing before you go in for that day.
:07:32. > :07:34.So any cancellation that you get is obviously a very traumatic time
:07:35. > :07:37.because of everything you have to do, all of the plans that you've
:07:38. > :07:40.made, everything you did, your mindset, everything.
:07:41. > :07:43.Official figures show 7.7 million operations were carried out
:07:44. > :07:48.1% involved last-minute cancellations on the original day
:07:49. > :07:54.Patients were guaranteed a new date within 28 days.
:07:55. > :07:56.But a BBC investigation with responses from nearly
:07:57. > :07:58.half of hospital Trusts uncovered an additional
:07:59. > :08:06.They said nearly 41,500 were cancelled 1-3 days before
:08:07. > :08:11.These don't show up in any official figures, and there is no 28-day
:08:12. > :08:18.Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use different definitions
:08:19. > :08:23.Hospital chiefs in England admit there is a growing problem,
:08:24. > :08:26.but that increasing patient numbers are putting pressure on wards
:08:27. > :08:33.In a situation where we have got so many people needing planned
:08:34. > :08:37.operations, and an increasing level of emergency admissions,
:08:38. > :08:41.then we have a situation where we often need to cancel
:08:42. > :08:48.And isn't that pretty devastating for the patients involved?
:08:49. > :08:49.It's absolutely devastating for the patient involved,
:08:50. > :08:53.and we don't underestimate what that means.
:08:54. > :08:55.Iona simply feels she was passed around the system with no
:08:56. > :09:01.Well, I did feel like I was a piece of meat.
:09:02. > :09:03.And they could do basically what they want, really.
:09:04. > :09:05.They don't understand the emotions that go with it.
:09:06. > :09:10.As a hospital, there should be beds for everybody.
:09:11. > :09:12.I've got problems as much as the next person.
:09:13. > :09:14.The local hospital said it was working hard
:09:15. > :09:17.to reduce short-notice cancellations.
:09:18. > :09:19.Iona's view is that it has to be a priority
:09:20. > :09:36.An influential survey suggests small businesses are feeling gloomy about
:09:37. > :09:39.their prospects. The last time they felt this and confident about the
:09:40. > :09:43.future was in the middle of the Eurozone crisis. So go on
:09:44. > :09:49.confidence. Small businesses or a crucial engine in our economy. Is it
:09:50. > :09:53.because of Brexit? As our business editor reports, there is more to it
:09:54. > :09:56.than that. On the surface, small businesses like this cleaning
:09:57. > :10:00.company in South Bend should be feeling chirpy. On the whole, they
:10:01. > :10:06.were more relaxed about Brexit, and the economic news since June has
:10:07. > :10:09.been good. A sharp fall in confidence is a surprise. The owner
:10:10. > :10:16.says he is having to turn down new contracts every week. For lack of
:10:17. > :10:20.workers to do the job. Brexit has had an effect inasmuch as we don't
:10:21. > :10:25.attract as many migrant workers now. They are uneasy, they don't quite
:10:26. > :10:28.know where they stand. The other problem we have is that since the
:10:29. > :10:33.Living Wage has come in, other companies are paying in line with
:10:34. > :10:36.what we pay. Anybody looking for a job has more options, and this is
:10:37. > :10:40.affecting the candidates we get applying the cleaning jobs locally.
:10:41. > :10:43.Small business confidence has taken a particularly sharp dive in the
:10:44. > :10:48.last three months, and it seems likely some of that is to do with
:10:49. > :10:52.Brexit uncertainty. For many small businesses, those issues seem quite
:10:53. > :10:56.a long way over the horizon. In the foreground there are other issues
:10:57. > :10:59.bothering them, things like the National Living Wage, pension auto
:11:00. > :11:04.enrolment and the general softening of the UK economy. It is those
:11:05. > :11:10.issues in the here and now that small businesses hope the Chancellor
:11:11. > :11:12.will do something to help with. New Chancellor Philip Hammond delivers
:11:13. > :11:16.his plan for the economy in late November. He can't un-pick his
:11:17. > :11:21.predecessor's National Living Wage promise, ?7 20 per hour, but a
:11:22. > :11:25.welcome reception back in April. George Osborne plan to raise it to
:11:26. > :11:30.?9 by 2020, and that has got small business groups worried. It is an
:11:31. > :11:36.aspiration at the moment. If it is the work we have to bear in mind the
:11:37. > :11:40.drop in confidence and the domestic headwind. It sounds like the figure
:11:41. > :11:45.should be reviewed, in your view? It will need to be looked at closely.
:11:46. > :11:49.Although pessimistic, the survey did show more small companies with
:11:50. > :11:52.export ambitions. The fall in the value of the pound since Brexit
:11:53. > :11:57.should help, according to this not in fertiliser producer. Reduction of
:11:58. > :12:00.the value of the pound means that our products become cheaper if we
:12:01. > :12:05.are selling in pounds. I am hugely optimistic about trade with the USA,
:12:06. > :12:08.the Far East, Africa, and particularly is of America. But
:12:09. > :12:13.those small businesses don't export -- most small businesses. For them
:12:14. > :12:14.it is issues like wages, taxes and orders that matter, and is making
:12:15. > :12:17.many of them worried. Farewell to soggy bottoms -
:12:18. > :12:20.the parting words of Mary Berry as she announced she won't go
:12:21. > :12:23.with The Great British Bake Off when She says her decision is "out
:12:24. > :12:27.of loyalty to the BBC". Her fellow judge Paul Hollywood has
:12:28. > :12:30.announced he is going to stay It means Bake Off will lose three
:12:31. > :12:45.of its four current hosts I could take more orange than that.
:12:46. > :12:49.My problem is, it is very dense. I could almost bring that out with a
:12:50. > :12:54.flannel. Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, the judges on Britain's
:12:55. > :12:58.biggest TV show. Their expert eye and devilish challenges have been a
:12:59. > :13:01.key part of the Bake Off recipe. But the partnership is over. Mary Berry
:13:02. > :13:22.today said, my decision to stay with the BBC
:13:23. > :13:28.Paul Hollywood, seen yesterday arriving at Channel 4, is staying
:13:29. > :13:32.loyal to the bunting and squirrels in return for a rather larger
:13:33. > :13:36.paycheque. It is understood the BBC was so keen to keep him they even
:13:37. > :13:43.offered him some appearances and roll on Top Gear and then added to
:13:44. > :13:47.the departure of Mel and Sue, there will be a very different Bake Off
:13:48. > :13:50.recipe. It will be so hard for them to pull this off with different
:13:51. > :13:54.presenters on a different channel. That will be the real test for
:13:55. > :13:58.Channel 4, where they are going to really try and make this a success,
:13:59. > :14:03.or whether it will be flat as a pancake. So, the BBC loses the Bake
:14:04. > :14:07.Off. But it's quite so hang on to the presenters. Channel 4 says at
:14:08. > :14:13.once as few changes as possible, but there is only one familiar face
:14:14. > :14:16.left. So will it once. A lot of loyal fans are disappointed. This
:14:17. > :14:20.battle over baking has become a bit of a mess. These are two public
:14:21. > :14:23.service broadcasters. Of course it is up to the production company to
:14:24. > :14:27.sell it to another broadcaster if they choose to do so. But I'm
:14:28. > :14:31.slightly surprised that Channel 4, another publicly owned broadcaster,
:14:32. > :14:35.should essentially poked a very successful show of the BBC by paying
:14:36. > :14:38.them more money. Channel 4 said it wouldn't have the show if the
:14:39. > :14:43.relationship with the BBC hadn't broken down. There may be a line of
:14:44. > :14:44.change, but they feel they have saved the Bake Off for free to air
:14:45. > :14:50.television. Fighting erupts across Syria -
:14:51. > :14:55.the heaviest bombardment in months Hull announces its plans
:14:56. > :15:01.for its year as City of Culture - with plays, opera and the Turner
:15:02. > :15:04.Prize. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News
:15:05. > :15:08.in the next 15 minutes: The draw has been made for the first
:15:09. > :15:10.round of next year's Davis Cup. After their semi-final
:15:11. > :15:12.defeat last weekend, Great Britain have a tricky opening
:15:13. > :15:25.tie away in Canada. Doctors are warning
:15:26. > :15:27.about the potentially lethal risk posed to young children by button
:15:28. > :15:30.batteries - the sort found Surgeons at London's Great Ormond
:15:31. > :15:35.Street Hospital say they've seen a rise in the number of children
:15:36. > :15:37.suffering severe injuries They can get lodged
:15:38. > :15:43.in the oesophagus and quickly burn a hole through its lining,
:15:44. > :15:45.and that can prove fatal. Our Medical Correspondent Fergus
:15:46. > :15:49.Walsh has more. Ready?
:15:50. > :15:50.Yeah. All it took was a tiny watch
:15:51. > :15:55.battery to devastate this After she swallowed the button
:15:56. > :16:01.battery it burned through her This is the latest of many
:16:02. > :16:07.operations at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital
:16:08. > :16:12.to try to repair the damage. For the past year the three-year-old
:16:13. > :16:19.has been fed through a tube into her stomach and has a bag
:16:20. > :16:26.to collect her saliva. Her mother who's Russian says it has
:16:27. > :16:29.turned their lives upside down. She hopes Valeria will
:16:30. > :16:32.eventually recover. Essentially this battery starts
:16:33. > :16:36.working in the oesophagus. Surgeons at Great Ormond Street
:16:37. > :16:38.Hospital are seeing one child a month with caustic soda burns
:16:39. > :16:42.caused by button batteries. The most important thing is to be
:16:43. > :16:46.aware that these are extremely dangerous and should be treated
:16:47. > :16:48.essentially like a poison and should be kept out
:16:49. > :16:52.of the reach of children. Let's mimic what can happen
:16:53. > :16:55.when a button battery gets lodged The ham represents
:16:56. > :17:02.the delicate lining of the oesophagus,
:17:03. > :17:08.and water, saliva. I'll cover this side but put another
:17:09. > :17:11.battery here so we can see We've left this for just two hours,
:17:12. > :17:26.and already a huge amount If I lift the button battery you can
:17:27. > :17:35.see all this black marked area. Eventually this would have
:17:36. > :17:38.burnt its way right through the ham. When she swallowed a button battery
:17:39. > :17:45.last year doctors warned her mum there could be
:17:46. > :17:52.life changing injuries. They said that her vocal cords
:17:53. > :17:55.could be damaged then and there and she would never
:17:56. > :18:00.develop a voice. And again, they said that if she did
:18:01. > :18:06.pull through she may never eat again because her oesophagus may have
:18:07. > :18:08.been too badly damaged. Fortunately the two-year-old has
:18:09. > :18:13.made a complete recovery. But it's a warning to parents
:18:14. > :18:15.to keep toddlers away Tonight hundreds of people
:18:16. > :18:28.are feared dead in one of the worst disasters
:18:29. > :18:31.of the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Survivors have told the BBC around
:18:32. > :18:34.550 people were crammed on board a boat which set sail
:18:35. > :18:36.from the Egyptian coast - and that only 160 could be rescued
:18:37. > :18:40.when it capsized yesterday. The disaster happened 12
:18:41. > :18:42.miles from the coast, near the town of Rosetta -
:18:43. > :18:44.rescuers are still Four crew members have been
:18:45. > :18:49.arrested. From there our correspondent
:18:50. > :19:04.Orla Guerin reports. Reclaimed from the sea, survivors of
:19:05. > :19:10.the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean, saved by the Egyptian
:19:11. > :19:18.military and taken into police custody. Some overwhelmed by
:19:19. > :19:23.exhaustion after up to eight hours treading water. Staring death in the
:19:24. > :19:28.face. Most were young Egyptians from poorer communities who told us they
:19:29. > :19:34.wanted to reach Italy to find work. They said more than 550 people were
:19:35. > :19:42.crammed onto the boat. It was very small, said this
:19:43. > :19:47.17-year-old. It only had a room for 200. We were at sea for two days and
:19:48. > :19:50.they kept bringing more people before we capsized and half the crew
:19:51. > :20:00.got away. Mohammed survived but without his
:20:01. > :20:06.cousin who was just 14. TRANSLATION: May God have mercy on
:20:07. > :20:14.all the young men who died. I was going to die but God helped me, God
:20:15. > :20:19.and the Army. We were reciting the prayer before that, not once but ten
:20:20. > :20:24.or 15 times. We said, God help us, God save us.
:20:25. > :20:29.Outside the police station anguish and anger, some relatives
:20:30. > :20:35.complaining the authorities took hours to respond to distress signals
:20:36. > :20:43.from the sinking boat. But then what they'd all been waiting for.
:20:44. > :20:48.The survivors are emerging now. They've spent the night in custody.
:20:49. > :20:52.They are being reunited with their families. Many of the relatives have
:20:53. > :20:55.been maintaining a vigil here right through the night hoping against
:20:56. > :20:58.hope to get news of their loved ones, hoping that they were not
:20:59. > :21:02.among the dead. Orla Guerin reporting from Egypt
:21:03. > :21:03.where the survivors of the terrible Maicon disaster in the Mediterranean
:21:04. > :21:06.are. A brief look at some of the day's
:21:07. > :21:09.other other news stories. A former panellist on the BBC quiz
:21:10. > :21:12.show Eggheads has appeared in court in connection with an alleged
:21:13. > :21:15.killing in Amsterdam in 1988. CJ De Mooi, who's from
:21:16. > :21:17.Monmouthshire, was arrested The current delivery of social work
:21:18. > :21:22.services in Scotland is "unsustainable" -
:21:23. > :21:24.according to a report by the local The Accounts Commission
:21:25. > :21:29.says the annual bill has It says an additional ?667 million
:21:30. > :21:33.will be needed by 2020 - unless new ways of delivering
:21:34. > :21:39.services are found. In Northern Ireland the families
:21:40. > :21:42.of over 30 people, who were killed during the Troubles,
:21:43. > :21:44.are to take legal action They want it to pay for inquests
:21:45. > :21:50.into their relatives' deaths. They've given the Northern Ireland
:21:51. > :22:07.Office and the Stormont Executive The Duke of Cambridge has warned
:22:08. > :22:12.that the African elephant could be extinct by the end of the decade. He
:22:13. > :22:16.wants to draw attention to the threat of the illegal trade in
:22:17. > :22:21.wildlife. Nicholas Witchell reports. They've been part of the African
:22:22. > :22:26.landscape for as long as man can remember but the future of the
:22:27. > :22:30.African elephant is in danger. They are being hunted without mercy for
:22:31. > :22:34.their tusks, tasks made of ivory, ivory which is one of the most
:22:35. > :22:39.precious commodities in the illegal wildlife trade. Ivory which is
:22:40. > :22:44.shipped to countries like China where it is carved into works of
:22:45. > :22:48.art. It's an illegal trade which William is determined to stop. He
:22:49. > :22:53.raised it in Washington with President Obama and in Beijing with
:22:54. > :22:56.President Xi Jinping. And now as Britain plans tighter laws about the
:22:57. > :23:00.sale of antique Ivory William Harris Boka and out in London with a call
:23:01. > :23:06.to the international community to do more. When I was born there were 1
:23:07. > :23:10.million elephants roaming Africa. By the time my daughter Charlotte was
:23:11. > :23:18.born last year the numbers of savanna elephants had crashed to
:23:19. > :23:22.just 350,000. And at current pace of illegal poaching when Charlotte
:23:23. > :23:26.turns 25 African elephant will be gone from the wild. Williams said he
:23:27. > :23:33.was not prepared to be part of a generation which did nothing. Now is
:23:34. > :23:37.the chance to send and an ambiguous message to the world that it is no
:23:38. > :23:42.longer acceptable to buy and sell ivory, rhino horn or other illegal
:23:43. > :23:46.ivory products. I would challenge anyone who knows the truth of how
:23:47. > :23:50.these wildlife products are obtained to justify desiring them.
:23:51. > :23:56.Materialistic greed cannot be allowed to win against our moral
:23:57. > :23:59.duty to protect threatened species and vulnerable communities. In a
:24:00. > :24:03.couple of days an international conference will consider what can be
:24:04. > :24:08.done and all the time in Africa the poachers continue the brutal work
:24:09. > :24:11.which threatens to destroy the continent's remaining population of
:24:12. > :24:27.elephants. Nicholas Witchell, BBC News.
:24:28. > :24:30.There are just a hundred days to go until Hull becomes the UK city
:24:31. > :24:33.Among the highlights announced today are Opera North performing
:24:34. > :24:35.from the Humber Bridge, and the city hosting
:24:36. > :24:38.Our Arts Editor Will Gompertz, has been taking a look.
:24:39. > :24:41.This is Hull, frantically getting ready to welcome the world
:24:42. > :24:44.in a little over three months' time when it takes on the mantle of UK
:24:45. > :24:47.City of Culture and hosts a 12 month arty party.
:24:48. > :24:49.Ferens Art Gallery, jewel in the crown of the city.
:24:50. > :24:51.The man behind the festivities tells me the
:24:52. > :24:55.gallery is having a ?4.5 million face-lift in preparation for hosting
:24:56. > :24:57.next year's Turner Prize, which is one highlight in a programme
:24:58. > :25:00.that includes citywide light shows, Opera on the Humber Bridge and
:25:01. > :25:03.The overall aim, he says, is to tell Hull's story.
:25:04. > :25:06.It's investing hugely in green energy.
:25:07. > :25:08.It is a port to northern Europe, it is
:25:09. > :25:14.So I think what we try to find is that balance
:25:15. > :25:17.between celebrating the historic nature of this city as a great
:25:18. > :25:21.place, which once had great wealth, its ups and downs socially and
:25:22. > :25:25.economically, but also pushing it into the future as a vibrant place.
:25:26. > :25:28.Last year I took a tour of the city with Hull-based theatre director
:25:29. > :25:37.And then behind it is going to be an amphitheatre.
:25:38. > :25:42.An amphitheatre? Yeah.
:25:43. > :25:46.It was amazing to see so many people coming down and
:25:47. > :25:56.area of the city known as the Fruit Market.
:25:57. > :25:58.You can see that it's sort of halfway through its
:25:59. > :26:01.To become this cultural and kind of creative
:26:02. > :26:04.It doesn't look like much at the moment but this,
:26:05. > :26:07.all being well come January, is going to be Hull's
:26:08. > :26:11.Truth be told, Madeleine, are the local people
:26:12. > :26:13.slightly fed up with all the disruption?
:26:14. > :26:14.Well, of course they are
:26:15. > :26:17.because the entire city has been, like, barriers across it and trying
:26:18. > :26:21.to navigate those barriers can be a bit frustrating.
:26:22. > :26:23.But I think everybody is starting to see those
:26:24. > :26:27.changes, they are starting to get on board with how brilliant it is
:26:28. > :26:33.People's interpretation of the city by physically coming
:26:34. > :26:36.here, looking around it, talking to people.
:26:37. > :26:38.It's nice to see so much regeneration in the city and I'm
:26:39. > :26:41.looking forward to seeing who comes in to do work
:26:42. > :26:42.throughout the City of
:26:43. > :26:47.I think it's going to be really exciting.
:26:48. > :26:49.I think people look down at Hull and they shouldn't.
:26:50. > :26:51.There's lots of excellent stuff going on in Hull.
:26:52. > :26:54.?130 million plus is being spent on the city's cultural
:26:55. > :26:58.The hope is that the 2017 arts festival will
:26:59. > :27:03.It is a party to which we are all invited.
:27:04. > :27:07.how many of us will want to go.
:27:08. > :27:19.Time to look at the weather and in a marvellous piece of joined up
:27:20. > :27:25.thinking Alex Deakin is from Hull. It looks fantastic, one of the
:27:26. > :27:30.sunniest cities in northern England. Not that I am biased. In Beverley of
:27:31. > :27:35.the road, one of our weather watchers sent this picture in. We do
:27:36. > :27:39.have a little bit of a chilly night ahead and wet night this evening, a
:27:40. > :27:43.band of showery rain edging across Scotland into parts of north-west
:27:44. > :27:48.England, North and west Wales but it fizzles out. For many it is a dry
:27:49. > :27:51.and clear night and it will be chilly, cool the man last night,
:27:52. > :27:54.across the south and east, temperatures in rural areas into
:27:55. > :28:00.single figures. You will notice a different feel about tomorrow
:28:01. > :28:04.morning. -- cooler than last night. It should be a fine day with plenty
:28:05. > :28:09.of autumn sunshine on offer and one or two showers in South Wales early
:28:10. > :28:13.on. We will know to change in the north-west later as we seek out
:28:14. > :28:17.picking up and outbreaks of rain spreading. For most places much of
:28:18. > :28:22.the day dry and bright and we could again get up to 20 degrees in the
:28:23. > :28:25.south-east of England. Light winds and sunny spells across south-west
:28:26. > :28:29.England and Wales, one or two early showers here but much of Wales,
:28:30. > :28:33.northern England set fair again along with eastern Scotland. But
:28:34. > :28:37.here is a change, a weather system approaching and the wind is picking
:28:38. > :28:42.up and the rain sets in and when it has set in it will last into the
:28:43. > :28:46.weekend, the north-west of Scotland, we have to keep an eye on it, and
:28:47. > :28:49.the rain will push into Northern Ireland, the wind picking up, a
:28:50. > :28:53.windy Saturday in the north and west, the rain edging into parts of
:28:54. > :28:58.north-west England and Wales, but drawing up warm air and over 20s in
:28:59. > :29:03.the south-east. They could be rain across the south-east and East
:29:04. > :29:04.Anglia early on Sunday but then we are left with a fresher feel.