:00:00. > :00:07.From paramilitary to peacemaker - Martin McGuinness says
:00:08. > :00:12.he is stepping down permanently from political life.
:00:13. > :00:14.A former leader of the IRA, his political journey took him
:00:15. > :00:19.to an unlikely partnership in government in Northern Ireland.
:00:20. > :00:21.Recently it's been revealed Mr McGuinness has been suffering
:00:22. > :00:27.The question I ask myself is, are you physically capable
:00:28. > :00:29.of fighting this election with the intensity elections
:00:30. > :00:37.The answer is, I am not physically capable.
:00:38. > :00:40.We'll look back at the career of man who has been loved, loathed,
:00:41. > :00:42.feared and revered in Northern Ireland.
:00:43. > :00:47.Buried under the snow - dozens are feared dead in Italy
:00:48. > :00:52.as an avalanche crushes a hotel, rescuers search for survivors.
:00:53. > :00:55.Theresa May talks business in Davos as a big high street bank says
:00:56. > :01:00.London will remain the top financial centre post Brexit.
:01:01. > :01:02.Donald Trump and Melania touch down in Washington in a government plane
:01:03. > :01:10.And after over 70 days sailing solo around the world,
:01:11. > :01:13.the British man set to complete what's known as the
:01:14. > :01:19.And coming up in Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News:
:01:20. > :01:21.It's a one-day series defeat for England's cricketers in India.
:01:22. > :01:49.They fall short in what would have been a record run chase.
:01:50. > :01:52.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:53. > :01:55.It has been a political journey that has taken him from the leadership
:01:56. > :01:57.of the IRA and prison, to negotiations with Westminster,
:01:58. > :02:00.to one of the most senior positions in Northern Ireland politics.
:02:01. > :02:02.Today Martin McGuiness has announced he is stepping down permanently
:02:03. > :02:06.He resigned as Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister last
:02:07. > :02:09.week following a dispute with First Minister, Arlene Foster.
:02:10. > :02:11.Mr McGuinness has been suffering from a serious
:02:12. > :02:29.Martin McGuinness is one of the most controversial leaders in British and
:02:30. > :02:34.Irish politics. He has been a central figure in Northern Ireland's
:02:35. > :02:39.pain and peace. Now he is standing down due to illness. I have to be
:02:40. > :02:43.honest with myself. The question I ask myself, are you physically
:02:44. > :02:49.capable of fighting this election with the intensity elections need to
:02:50. > :02:54.be fought? Be honest and says, I not physically capable. His background
:02:55. > :02:59.lay in the civil rights riots in Londonderry, but Martin McGuinness
:03:00. > :03:03.chose violent resistance. By the age of 21 he was second-in-command of
:03:04. > :03:07.the IRA in Derry, talking about the bombing campaign. Can you say
:03:08. > :03:14.whether the bombing will stop in the near future in response to any
:03:15. > :03:19.public the man? I always take on the considerations of people with Derry
:03:20. > :03:24.and these feelings will be passed on to Dublin. He served two prison
:03:25. > :03:29.sentences in the Irish Republic and was convicted of IRA membership. He
:03:30. > :03:32.openly attended IRA events. He denied he was the IRA chief of
:03:33. > :03:38.staff, but regarded it as a compliment. We don't bring winning
:03:39. > :03:42.any elections votes will bring freedom to Ireland. It'll be the
:03:43. > :03:47.cutting edge of the IRA that will bring freedom. Today he was asked if
:03:48. > :03:52.he had any regrets about his days in the IRA? People have too consider
:03:53. > :03:58.the circumstances in the city when I did join the IRA. We had a city
:03:59. > :04:03.where people were being murdered the RUC and they were murdered
:04:04. > :04:06.wholesale, as it were on bloody Sunday by The Parachute Regiment and
:04:07. > :04:13.the fact many people like myself, thousands of people in the city
:04:14. > :04:17.decided to fight back. I don't regret any of that. But he was one
:04:18. > :04:23.of the leaders who recognised that continued violence would not bring
:04:24. > :04:27.further political gains. In 1994 there was a ceasefire. It laid the
:04:28. > :04:32.foundation for peace talks. Sinn Fein nominated him as its chief
:04:33. > :04:35.negotiator, leading to the Good Friday agreement and eventually
:04:36. > :04:41.power-sharing. Bitter foes sat alongside each other in a new
:04:42. > :04:46.assembly. My journey has been a long journey. Over 25 years working on
:04:47. > :04:51.building the peace. His departure from politics comes at a sensitive
:04:52. > :04:54.time for Northern Ireland. Its power-sharing assembly has collapsed
:04:55. > :05:00.and Brexit poses difficult questions about the future of a border with
:05:01. > :05:05.Ireland. Many people struggle to forgive an man who played such a key
:05:06. > :05:08.role in a violent campaign. But he earned grudging respect for his
:05:09. > :05:10.commitment to peace and the gunmen who turned politician had the
:05:11. > :05:13.authority to make compromises. Joining me from Londonderry
:05:14. > :05:15.is our Northern lreland political You were talking to
:05:16. > :05:20.Martin McGuinness today, for decades he has been a powerful
:05:21. > :05:35.though controversial figure That is absolutely true, the owner.
:05:36. > :05:38.There will be people, possibly relatives of IRA victims hearing
:05:39. > :05:43.Martin McGuinness is stepping down will maybe say, good riddance. He
:05:44. > :05:50.did play a key role in organising the IRA during those years in the
:05:51. > :05:54.1970s and the 90s -- 1980s. But he told me in the interview this
:05:55. > :05:56.afternoon he shouldn't be judged by people who didn't understand the
:05:57. > :06:02.circumstances when he was growing up. And because of that hands-on
:06:03. > :06:06.role he played, he had an authority in delivering that these that maybe
:06:07. > :06:10.the new generation of Republican leadership, which he will be handing
:06:11. > :06:14.over two, won't have. They are of course heading into different times.
:06:15. > :06:18.We don't know who will take over from him as Northern leader or
:06:19. > :06:23.taking over from Gerry Adams south of the Irish border. But they have a
:06:24. > :06:25.fluid situation to deal with now with the power-sharing experience,
:06:26. > :06:31.which Martin McGuinness put so much effort to in recent years with the
:06:32. > :06:32.Stormont institutions having crumbled over the recent heating
:06:33. > :06:37.scandal. Thank you very much. Dozens of people are feared dead
:06:38. > :06:39.after an avalanche buried a hotel At least three people
:06:40. > :06:43.have been killed - rescue teams are searching for up
:06:44. > :06:45.to 35 people still trapped The avalanche happened
:06:46. > :06:49.after a series of powerful earthquakes struck the area
:06:50. > :06:50.of Abruzzo yesterday The hotel was moved almost 10 metres
:06:51. > :06:58.downhill as the huge wall of snow hit it directly as it raced down
:06:59. > :07:02.the Gran Sasso mountain. It's the third in a series
:07:03. > :07:05.of earthquakes in the region since last summer killing
:07:06. > :07:07.almost 300 people. Our correspondent James Reynolds
:07:08. > :07:12.is in the nearby village of Penne. Is there any sign of
:07:13. > :07:24.survivors inside the hotel? No sign of them and no sign of
:07:25. > :07:29.family members either. They are waiting for news in a private area.
:07:30. > :07:32.They know their relatives in the hotel survived the initial
:07:33. > :07:37.earthquakes, because they were gathering in a hotel lobby waiting
:07:38. > :07:39.to be rescued and then the avalanche hit. The landslide destroyed and cut
:07:40. > :07:43.off the hotel. At night, the quickest
:07:44. > :07:45.way through the wall These rescuers are among the most
:07:46. > :07:52.experienced in Europe. Step-by-step, they shovelled their
:07:53. > :08:04.way up towards the Rigopiano hotel. They went further in and came
:08:05. > :08:24.to where the avalanche hit. A six foot high wall
:08:25. > :08:26.of snow and rock broke Several miles away,
:08:27. > :08:36.a father waited for news Straight after yesterday's
:08:37. > :08:40.earthquakes, they texted each other. "I think the worst has already
:08:41. > :08:56.happened", he reassured her. His daughter and many other
:08:57. > :09:01.people, may be trapped These pictures, filmed
:09:02. > :09:05.after daybreak, show the Rigopiano Do you think it's possible
:09:06. > :09:13.to find more people alive? In the past, we found
:09:14. > :09:20.people after three days And especially in this case,
:09:21. > :09:29.there could be some Rescuers are helped by the fact that
:09:30. > :09:37.conditions here have improved. We haven't felt any more
:09:38. > :09:40.earthquakes or tremors. Relief workers a few miles up
:09:41. > :09:45.the hill, will hope the snow holds And those rescuers continue
:09:46. > :09:55.on their path to and from the destroyed hotel,
:09:56. > :09:57.searching for survivors or bodies. James Reynolds, BBC News,
:09:58. > :10:03.Penne, central Italy. The head of the metropolitan police
:10:04. > :10:06.Sir Bernard Hogan Howe says the "warning lights are flashing"
:10:07. > :10:09.over crime after new figures revealed there were nearly
:10:10. > :10:12.12 million offences last year. For the first time fraud and cyber
:10:13. > :10:15.crime has been included in official crime figures and there's also been
:10:16. > :10:19.a jump in violent offences recorded 1,000 British holidaymakers
:10:20. > :10:25.have arrived back in the UK from The Gambia,
:10:26. > :10:27.which is facing a political crisis. The Foreign Office is advising
:10:28. > :10:31.people to avoid all but essential The outgoing President refused
:10:32. > :10:36.to meet a midnight deadline to hand over power after losing
:10:37. > :10:42.last month's election. Donald Trump has arrived
:10:43. > :10:45.in Washington ahead of his inauguration tomorrow
:10:46. > :10:47.as the 45th President Hundreds of thousands of people
:10:48. > :10:52.are expected to attend, some to support him,
:10:53. > :10:55.some to protest against him. And it will be watched around
:10:56. > :10:58.the world by millions. Our North America Editor,
:10:59. > :11:00.Jon Sopel is in Washington, what can you tell us
:11:01. > :11:13.about the preparations? Add to that as well the tens of
:11:14. > :11:18.thousands of security personnel who will be on duty for this
:11:19. > :11:22.extraordinary moment in American politics, in American public life,
:11:23. > :11:26.the transfer of power, peacefully, that takes place after a
:11:27. > :11:33.presidential election. What was striking today was seen Donald Trump
:11:34. > :11:36.arrive on a plane, not with Trump emblazoned on the side, but with the
:11:37. > :11:40.United States of America. That is the brand he is promoting and
:11:41. > :11:44.selling as he saluted as commander-in-chief as he came down
:11:45. > :11:49.the steps. And in that future role he will be going to Arlington
:11:50. > :11:52.military cemetery to lay a wreath to commemorate all those people who
:11:53. > :11:58.have lost their lives serving the country. Then there will be a party.
:11:59. > :12:02.What happens after that, there is a whole series of parties and balls to
:12:03. > :12:07.celebrate the incoming of the new president. He has been writing a
:12:08. > :12:13.speech, is there any indication what we might expect from it? We have
:12:14. > :12:17.been given clues, we have been told not to expect a policy agenda. I
:12:18. > :12:22.think there will be less of building a wall, less of ripping up trade
:12:23. > :12:26.deals. We have been told it will be philosophical, his vision for the
:12:27. > :12:31.country, a vision of what it is like to be an American, what it is like
:12:32. > :12:35.to be a citizen and the role of government. We are told it will be
:12:36. > :12:39.personal and sincere. It marks a different Donald Trump from what we
:12:40. > :12:43.maybe got used to during the campaign trail when he was very
:12:44. > :12:48.combative and quite aggressive. He says he wants to unify the country.
:12:49. > :12:52.There will be a lot of demonstrations on the streets. He
:12:53. > :12:54.will have his work cut out to do that, maybe his inaugural address
:12:55. > :13:03.will give him a start in that direction? We shall see, thank you.
:13:04. > :13:06.The head of Barclays Bank says he expects the City of London
:13:07. > :13:08.to remain the financial centre of Europe, despite Brexit.
:13:09. > :13:11.And despite a number of other banks and financial institutions
:13:12. > :13:15.suggesting they will move thousands of jobs away from London.
:13:16. > :13:17.Theresa May has been talking to business leaders in Davos
:13:18. > :13:23.and urged them to restore faith in globalisation, arguing the world
:13:24. > :13:25.economy must be made to work for everyone.
:13:26. > :13:27.Our Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed reports.
:13:28. > :13:39.Wrapped up warm, to meet bankers and millionaires, it is hard not to come
:13:40. > :13:42.to Davos and not look like the global elite. But although the Prime
:13:43. > :13:48.Minister was here to insist Britain was open but business, she was here
:13:49. > :13:51.with a warning. Talk of greater globalisation can make people
:13:52. > :13:56.fearful. For many, it means their jobs being outsourced and wages
:13:57. > :14:01.undercut. It means having to sit back as they watch their communities
:14:02. > :14:06.change around them. And in their minds, it means watching as those
:14:07. > :14:12.who prosper seem to play by a different set of rules. Theresa May
:14:13. > :14:17.came to the World Economic Forum, Davos, not so much to celebrate
:14:18. > :14:22.business, but to warn it. She backs globalisation, free trade and deal
:14:23. > :14:28.with the European Union, but she has another message for this privileged
:14:29. > :14:32.audience, do more to make globalisation work for everyone. If
:14:33. > :14:37.you don't, she will be willing to intervene to ensure businesses
:14:38. > :14:41.change their behaviour. It was sunny here today, yes, but the Prime
:14:42. > :14:45.Minister's visit to Davos was overshadowed as a number of
:14:46. > :14:49.international banks including Goldman Sach's and JP Morgan were
:14:50. > :14:53.reducing investment or planning to cut jobs as Britain plans for
:14:54. > :14:59.Brexit. Publicity is a big place with different voices. For Barclays
:15:00. > :15:04.Bank, London is still in the lead. I think the UK will continue to be the
:15:05. > :15:07.financial lungs for Europe. We may have to move certain activities, we
:15:08. > :15:12.may have to change the legal structure we used to operate in
:15:13. > :15:17.Europe, but I think it will be at the margin and will be manageable. I
:15:18. > :15:21.caught up with the Prime Minister later. What have the banks said to
:15:22. > :15:26.you why they are moving jobs? I had a good and positive discussion with
:15:27. > :15:29.banks about the benefits of the City of London. What it is that brought
:15:30. > :15:33.them to the City of London and how we can build on that for the future.
:15:34. > :15:38.And there are huge benefits for investment in the UK. We have a very
:15:39. > :15:43.strong economy, we have a service sector that is important, but valued
:15:44. > :15:48.around the world. I believe that global Britain can bring jobs and
:15:49. > :15:51.prosperity to the UK across the board, including in financial
:15:52. > :15:59.services. Many are reflecting on one of the big test of Mrs May's clean
:16:00. > :16:03.Brexit. Hard Brexit does a London damage, does the country damage, but
:16:04. > :16:07.the point I am making to our European friends, businesses and
:16:08. > :16:10.political leaders, if businesses decide to leave London, they will go
:16:11. > :16:16.to Paris, Madrid and Frankfurt, they will be going to Hong Kong,
:16:17. > :16:22.Singapore or New York. A hard Brexit is a lose, lose and bad for London
:16:23. > :16:26.and the EU as well. Mrs May said she was an optimist and free trade deal
:16:27. > :16:29.discussions had already started with India and Australia. She admitted
:16:30. > :16:31.the journey ahead would be uncertain, but would the right deal,
:16:32. > :16:42.the future was bright. Our top story this evening: Martin
:16:43. > :16:44.McGuinness, the former IRA leader, turned Deputy First Minister of
:16:45. > :16:51.Northern Ireland is stepping down from politics for good. And still to
:16:52. > :16:55.come: I'm in Les Sables d'Olonne in West France where a Frenchman has
:16:56. > :17:01.won the toughest yacht race on Earth but a British sailor made it an
:17:02. > :17:15.exciting finish. Coming up in Sportsday.
:17:16. > :17:20.Novak Djokovic is stunned assal wild card player knocks him out of the
:17:21. > :17:28.Australian Open. A local authority is to hold
:17:29. > :17:31.a referendum on whether to increase It claims cuts in Government funding
:17:32. > :17:39.and the crisis in social care have Surrey County Council - a
:17:40. > :17:41.Conservative-controlled authority - says it has a huge gap
:17:42. > :17:44.in its budget and wants the extra money to fund improved social
:17:45. > :17:46.care for the elderly, services for people
:17:47. > :17:48.with disabilities and for children. Our Deputy Political Editor,
:17:49. > :17:51.John Pienaar, reports from Esher. You don't get a choice
:17:52. > :17:53.about getting old but how to pay Councils pay most of it and now one
:17:54. > :18:00.authority's had enough of Government cuts and paying for more and more
:18:01. > :18:03.with less and less. Surrey's asking council
:18:04. > :18:05.tax payers - yes or no, I think it's important
:18:06. > :18:09.that politicians stand We have to pay for these services.
:18:10. > :18:20.with the rest of us, It's not easy finding people
:18:21. > :18:21.here who are keen to pay what will be nearly ?200 a year more
:18:22. > :18:24.on an average home, though no-one Good afternoon, the council
:18:25. > :18:29.want 15% increase... I heard it on the One
:18:30. > :18:33.O'Clock News today. How about more of that money
:18:34. > :18:36.for the council for social care? There's lots of money in Surrey
:18:37. > :18:41.but that doesn't mean to say we'll accept a 15% rate increase,
:18:42. > :18:44.it's not on. I can't afford to pay
:18:45. > :18:52.because my pension is frozen. More council tax to pay for social
:18:53. > :18:56.care, do you fancy that, yes or no? I think we live in
:18:57. > :19:02.a very affluent area. I know lots of people around
:19:03. > :19:07.here need it more than we do. The sign of a civilised society
:19:08. > :19:14.is one that looks after and cares I think it's a problem that's
:19:15. > :19:18.going to escalate over the years, it's not going to go away,
:19:19. > :19:21.and we have to address it. The Labour Leader also agrees
:19:22. > :19:23.all tax payers should bear It's not right that we should thrust
:19:24. > :19:29.the social care crisis on local authorities,
:19:30. > :19:32.all of whom have different levels It's a central Government
:19:33. > :19:37.responsibility and central Government should face up
:19:38. > :19:40.to its responsibility. Local voters have been asked to vote
:19:41. > :19:44.on a council tax rise just once in England in the last five years,
:19:45. > :19:54.the answer was no. Local MPs here include the
:19:55. > :19:59.Chancellor and the Health Secretary and they'll be watching closely. If
:20:00. > :20:05.Surrey votes no, it could mean more cuts to local services. But, it
:20:06. > :20:09.could also force ministers to confront difficult, maybe unpopular
:20:10. > :20:12.choices, about the long-term future funding of social care that many say
:20:13. > :20:18.Government after Government have avoided for far too long.
:20:19. > :20:21.Six British people have died and several more have been injured
:20:22. > :20:25.The group were on their way back from a pilgrimage to Mecca.
:20:26. > :20:27.Our correspondent, Judith Moritz, is in Manchester,
:20:28. > :20:41.Is Well, Fiona, we now know that this group, it was a group of 12
:20:42. > :20:44.people in total, all members of the same extended family, booked their
:20:45. > :20:47.trip through this tour operator, Haji Tours who tonight have given us
:20:48. > :20:54.information about those involved. They say that the family group
:20:55. > :21:00.ranged from pensioners down to a tiny baby, Adam Anis, just two
:21:01. > :21:06.months' old, who has sadly died, alongside his grandparents, they
:21:07. > :21:11.were 64 and 69 and they were from Manchester. And another person from
:21:12. > :21:16.this city, who was 57, also died alongside them as well and members
:21:17. > :21:29.of their family from Glasgow were on board. That was Mohammed and Talat
:21:30. > :21:31.Aslam and the Glasgow Central Mosque have said that they were very
:21:32. > :21:33.popular members of the community and they leave behind five children who
:21:34. > :21:35.were also injured in the crash, including baby Adam's mother, his
:21:36. > :21:38.siblings, we understand who were four and two years' old and a
:21:39. > :21:42.pensioner who is in a critical condition. Now the Foreign Office
:21:43. > :21:45.said it's providing consular assistance to relatives of those
:21:46. > :21:51.involved and to the family there. They went over to Saudi Arabia. They
:21:52. > :21:55.were there on a pilgrimage to Mecca. They spent five days in Mecca and
:21:56. > :22:06.were en route we understand to the second leg of their trip over to the
:22:07. > :22:10.Prophet's Mosque, another site, when this happened and Haji Tours say
:22:11. > :22:12.they believe one of the tyres on the minibus they were travelling in,
:22:13. > :22:17.brew out. But they are still trying to get information and they say
:22:18. > :22:21.they're making arrangements for relatives from the UK to fly out
:22:22. > :22:26.there to find out more. In the last few minutes the founder
:22:27. > :22:30.of the Wiki leaks website, Julian Assange says he sands by his offer
:22:31. > :22:36.to go to the United States now it has been announced that the American
:22:37. > :22:46.soldier, chesscy Manning has been released. He has been hold up for
:22:47. > :22:48.four years in London. He had been concerned about travelling to
:22:49. > :22:57.America, because his website leakedk do uments leaked by Manning, but he
:22:58. > :23:02.hasn't formally been charged by the American authorities.
:23:03. > :23:03.A strike by conductors on the Southern Rail network will go
:23:04. > :23:05.ahead next week after the RMT union said it was barred from talks.
:23:06. > :23:06.The strikes planned for next week by the train drivers' main union,
:23:07. > :23:08.Aslef, have been suspended to allow the talks to take place.
:23:09. > :23:09.But the 24-hour strike next Monday by the RMT union
:23:10. > :23:12.Tennis, and there was a big upset at the Australian Open
:23:13. > :23:15.when defending champion Novak Djokovic was knocked out
:23:16. > :23:21.Djokovic - a six-time winner of the tournament,
:23:22. > :23:25.who's ranked number two in the world, lost
:23:26. > :23:30.Istomin from Uzbekistan, who's ranked a 117th.
:23:31. > :23:32.It's nicknamed the Everest of the Seas - a gruelling solo
:23:33. > :23:36.round the world yacht race, which after 73 days, finishes today.
:23:37. > :23:39.British sailor, Alex Thomson, turned round a disastrous start
:23:40. > :23:42.and looks set to come second in the prestigious
:23:43. > :23:46.Our Sports correspondent, Natalie Pirks, is at the finish line
:23:47. > :23:49.at Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast.
:23:50. > :23:59.We're expecting him in the early hours of tomorrow morning and as you
:24:00. > :24:03.have already said this is the toughest test in ocean racing.
:24:04. > :24:09.Thousands of people have gathered. You may well be able to see the
:24:10. > :24:12.winner has come into the port and they're well used to celebrating a
:24:13. > :24:17.French victory because no-one other than a French person has won this
:24:18. > :24:20.race, but a British sailor came very close to changing that, like Dame
:24:21. > :24:22.Ellen MacArthur in the past. After ten unpredictable
:24:23. > :24:25.weeks in the world's most inhospitable seas,
:24:26. > :24:26.a Frenchman celebrating victory What wasn't was the plucky Hampshire
:24:27. > :24:30.yachtsman who gave him For three months Alex Thompson
:24:31. > :24:33.has battled everything Eating only freeze dried noodles
:24:34. > :24:39.and jelly and survived on as little as 20 minutes' sleep
:24:40. > :24:42.every few hours. At stake was his life's obsession -
:24:43. > :24:45.the chance of becoming the first Briton to win the Vendee Globe
:24:46. > :24:49.in the race's 27-year history. Thompson set off from here,
:24:50. > :24:54.Les Sables d'Olonne on 6th November, heading out of the Bay of Biscay,
:24:55. > :24:57.down to the equator He headed round Antarctica,
:24:58. > :25:07.under the Cape of Good Hope and passed round Australasia,
:25:08. > :25:09.across the South Pacific, where he passed Point Nemo,
:25:10. > :25:11.the furthest place from civilisation on Earth, before heading
:25:12. > :25:13.round Cape Horn, back up the Atlantic and negotiating
:25:14. > :25:15.the equator once more. When he arrives back
:25:16. > :25:17.here at Les Sables early tomorrow morning,
:25:18. > :25:20.he'll have notched up somewhere For Alex there has
:25:21. > :25:24.been good moments. it's the Southern Ocean and it's
:25:25. > :25:29.sunny, look at this. And moments over Christmas
:25:30. > :25:36.where his family worried Jingle bells, Alex sails,
:25:37. > :25:48.round-the-world he goes. His wife is simply
:25:49. > :25:50.desperate to get him home. I have been in contact with him
:25:51. > :26:00.but actually seeing him Just two weeks into the race his
:26:01. > :26:06.boat got so badly damaged, it hugely affected his speed yet
:26:07. > :26:07.he still smashed the World Record for the greatest distance
:26:08. > :26:11.sailed solo in 24 hours. But what's perhaps better
:26:12. > :26:12.than a World Record His team have promised
:26:13. > :26:30.to have on hand a hot We are looking ahead to the
:26:31. > :26:36.Australian Open. It looked cold in France. Cold here. Somewhere warmer,
:26:37. > :26:40.Melbourne, which is quite stormy compared with our weather but
:26:41. > :26:42.hopeful the rain will clear out of the way before Andy Murray's match
:26:43. > :26:47.tomorrow. In complete contrast in the UK, high
:26:48. > :26:51.pressure. Very little happening with the weather but interestingly, some
:26:52. > :26:55.quite contrasting weather. Sunshine in the south, to something more like
:26:56. > :26:58.this from our weather watcher in Leek in Staffordshire, grey and
:26:59. > :27:02.misty. Of course we did have the sunshine in the south and in the
:27:03. > :27:06.north as well. Look at this lovely shot recently from Surrey. What a
:27:07. > :27:10.wonderful sunset. Now as I say very little changes in the weather. So
:27:11. > :27:15.we'll repeat it again, through the evening and overnight, cold in the
:27:16. > :27:18.south, zero, minus-1 in the towns and cities, minus-6 in the
:27:19. > :27:22.countryside and frost and fog further north but it could be foggy
:27:23. > :27:27.for the likes of Midlands, East Anglia and Wales already seeing that
:27:28. > :27:31.form. So potentially freezing fog, scraping of the ice in the morning
:27:32. > :27:35.but rewarded by sunshine and tomorrow it looks like more places
:27:36. > :27:41.will see sunshine. Underneath that front the protension for drizzle.
:27:42. > :27:44.Cloud thicker in Northern Ireland. And frost and fog potentially here
:27:45. > :27:48.first thing. It looks like more areas, the like of Wales and the
:27:49. > :27:50.Midlands will join in with the sunshine tomorrow compared with
:27:51. > :27:56.today T may be brighter for Northern Ireland, more sunshine but it's not
:27:57. > :27:59.going to be warm. It's only 5-7. Ironically, temperatures will start
:28:00. > :28:02.to fall further as we move into the weekend. High pressure with us, very
:28:03. > :28:06.little changes. Don't forget this weather front which could give us a
:28:07. > :28:11.few wintry flurries through the weekend but very little to worry
:28:12. > :28:18.about. Just reminding us it is winter. For most it looks like a
:28:19. > :28:22.newspapery weekend. As it is dry, it'll be very useable weather if you
:28:23. > :28:33.are out and build. -- out and about.
:28:34. > :28:36.Martin McGuinness is stepping down from politics for good.