:00:00. > :00:00.The Health Secretary admits waiting times in A and E
:00:07. > :00:11.in hospitals in England are completely unacceptable.
:00:12. > :00:13.Figures show patients are waiting longer than at any time
:00:14. > :00:18.That kind of care is completely unacceptable.
:00:19. > :00:24.No one would want it for members of their own family.
:00:25. > :00:26.And new figures today reveal the number of cancelled operations
:00:27. > :00:28.last year was the highest in fifteen years.
:00:29. > :00:31.A discredited government investigation into thousands
:00:32. > :00:40.of allegations of abuse by Iraq war veterans is shut down.
:00:41. > :00:42.This will be a huge relief to hundreds of British troops
:00:43. > :00:45.who have had these quite unfair allegations hanging over them,
:00:46. > :00:53.A court in the US refuses to reinstate Donald Trump's travel
:00:54. > :00:58.ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.
:00:59. > :01:00.Scottish Power raises its energy prices while British gas announces
:01:01. > :01:07.And desperate efforts to save over four hundred whales that washed up
:01:08. > :01:15.Coming up in sport we are live here in Cardiff
:01:16. > :01:18.at the Principality Stadium to preview all of this weekend's 6
:01:19. > :01:41.Nations fixtures including Wales against England.
:01:42. > :01:44.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:45. > :01:46.The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says it's "completely unacceptable"
:01:47. > :01:51.that some patients in England are waiting up to 13 hours in A
:01:52. > :01:53.Figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse
:01:54. > :01:58.And the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit
:01:59. > :02:05.Mr Hunt insists he does have an improvement plan -
:02:06. > :02:08.though didn't reveal it - and he admits it will take time.
:02:09. > :02:15.He was talking to our Health Editor Hugh Pym.
:02:16. > :02:23.The worst monthly A figures in more than a decade. They have
:02:24. > :02:28.corridor nurses as well. Times are very desperate. Images like this
:02:29. > :02:33.across BBC News. No one would want it for members of their own family.
:02:34. > :02:36.It has been a difficult few days for the Health Secretary and he has now
:02:37. > :02:40.come out and acknowledge that some of what is happening in the
:02:41. > :02:44.hospitals in England is unacceptable. The BBC has shown
:02:45. > :02:48.images from Royal Blackburn of people waiting 13 hours, mothers and
:02:49. > :02:53.babies sitting in the corridor, are you embarrassed? It is incredibly
:02:54. > :02:58.frustrating for me. I am doing this job because I want NHS care to be
:02:59. > :03:02.the safest and best in the world. That kind of care is completely
:03:03. > :03:08.unacceptable, no one would want it for members of their own family. Ara
:03:09. > :03:12.Sibley's story featured on BBC News this week. She had to wait six
:03:13. > :03:16.months in hospital before a care home place was available. What did
:03:17. > :03:20.Jeremy Hunt have to say to her family? I don't want to make any
:03:21. > :03:26.kind of excuses. It is totally unacceptable. It is terrible for Mrs
:03:27. > :03:32.Sibley but also bad for the NHS... It is not the only case. No. There
:03:33. > :03:36.are no excuses. It is completely unacceptable. Her son said he was
:03:37. > :03:41.pleased that Jeremy Hunt had recognised that his mother was let
:03:42. > :03:46.down but he had this message for the Health Secretary. What I would like
:03:47. > :03:51.to say to Jeremy Hunt is to admit, to have the guts, to admit, that the
:03:52. > :03:56.system of social funding is broken. If we have to pay more, I would say
:03:57. > :03:59.to Jeremy Hunt, I am prepared to pay more in tax and I am sure most of
:04:00. > :04:05.the country would be as well, because our old people are worth it.
:04:06. > :04:09.And the state of social care was something I raised with Jeremy Hunt.
:04:10. > :04:12.We recognise the pressure is there. We recognise there is a problem
:04:13. > :04:15.about the sustainability of the social care system and that has to
:04:16. > :04:19.be addressed and we will do that. There have been calls for more
:04:20. > :04:23.funding for the NHS in England including from an American health
:04:24. > :04:26.expert who advise David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt and he thinks the
:04:27. > :04:30.current spending plans of the government are set too low. I have
:04:31. > :04:35.serious doubts as to whether you can have the health care that is
:04:36. > :04:42.universal, not rationed, and responsive to the needs at that
:04:43. > :04:46.target level. I am concerned. But others say it is not just about
:04:47. > :04:50.money and getting the NHS to be more efficient is important, with new
:04:51. > :04:54.ways of working the real priority. Jeremy Hunt says that change is
:04:55. > :05:00.needed on many fronts. I think it is wrong to suggest to people that
:05:01. > :05:03.these profound challenges such as we face with an ageing population are
:05:04. > :05:06.ones where there is a silver bullet that you can solve the problem
:05:07. > :05:08.overnight. We need the help of the public, because we know that a
:05:09. > :05:31.number of the people seen in A could actually have
:05:32. > :05:34.their needs dealt with in another part of the NHS. New figures show
:05:35. > :05:36.last minute cancelled operations in England were up 16% last year,
:05:37. > :05:37.whether it is A, routine surgery or community care, the pressure is
:05:38. > :05:38.clear across the NHS. A 34 million pound government
:05:39. > :05:40.investigation into allegations of abuse by Iraq war veterans
:05:41. > :05:43.is to be shut down. It follows a report by MPs
:05:44. > :05:45.which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team
:05:46. > :05:47.an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been
:05:48. > :05:50.investigated but there's not been Around 90% of misconduct cases
:05:51. > :05:53.involving British troops who served in Afghanistan
:05:54. > :06:00.are also being dropped. It is almost 14 years since British
:06:01. > :06:05.troops invaded Iraq and the legacy of the war is still causing
:06:06. > :06:08.controversy. In the aftermath of the occupation thousands of allegations
:06:09. > :06:13.of abuse were made against British soldiers. And a special team called
:06:14. > :06:16.IHAT was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer Phil Shiner
:06:17. > :06:20.brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had
:06:21. > :06:23.been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up
:06:24. > :06:27.business. Now the Ministry of Defence is wrapping up the
:06:28. > :06:32.investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of British
:06:33. > :06:36.troops who have had these quite unfair allegations hanging over
:06:37. > :06:41.them. They are now being freed of that and we will put in place new
:06:42. > :06:47.measures to ensure that this never happens again, that there are proper
:06:48. > :06:50.safeguards to prevent completely malicious and unfounded allegations
:06:51. > :06:54.being made against our brave servicemen and women. There is no
:06:55. > :06:59.doubt that some abuses did happen in Iraq, these were detainees being
:07:00. > :07:03.beaten in Basra in 2003 and over the past few years the Ministry of
:07:04. > :07:06.Defence has paid out millions in compensation. But the IHAT
:07:07. > :07:10.investigation has been criticised for getting out of hand. It was set
:07:11. > :07:17.up seven years ago and it has had to examine more than 3000 claims. It
:07:18. > :07:22.has caused over ?34 million. IHAT and its work has been controversial
:07:23. > :07:25.in the military but the downfall of Phil Shiner and mounting concern
:07:26. > :07:30.over the toll it was taking on former soldiers and their families
:07:31. > :07:33.has led the MoD to act. I think this is something important, it will make
:07:34. > :07:37.a big statement to the Army and most importantly it shows that the
:07:38. > :07:40.government is foursquare behind supporting the Army and providing it
:07:41. > :07:43.with the appropriate framework in which our soldiers can deal with
:07:44. > :07:47.those very difficult operational decisions that they have to deal
:07:48. > :07:51.with. Of all the allegations made over the course of Britain's long
:07:52. > :07:55.involvement in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence now says that by the summer,
:07:56. > :08:06.only about 20 will be left to be investigated. Just a few will
:08:07. > :08:09.continue to be investigated. The investigation was being wound down
:08:10. > :08:12.but the decision today has been precipitated by the end of Phil
:08:13. > :08:16.Shiner 's career and also by a blistering attack by MPs today,
:08:17. > :08:20.calling the investigation a disaster. Former soldiers have
:08:21. > :08:25.welcomed the decision, a lawyer representing some of them said that
:08:26. > :08:28.IHAT had been incompetent and repugnant and he said the careers
:08:29. > :08:32.and families have been destroyed. What happens now is that the Royal
:08:33. > :08:35.Navy police will take over the investigation next year and all of
:08:36. > :08:48.the claims brought by Phil Shiner that had any
:08:49. > :08:52.evidence to back them up are now been thrown out and the MoD says
:08:53. > :08:55.there should be about 20 cases left and I am told some of those are
:08:56. > :08:55.pretty serious allegations. Caroline, thank you.
:08:56. > :08:58.Police in Manchester say a man and a woman have died
:08:59. > :09:01.in a house fire in Withington, four children are now in hospital.
:09:02. > :09:03.Firefighters were called to the property in the south
:09:04. > :09:05.of the city at around 2:30 this morning.
:09:06. > :09:07.The children, aged between ten and 17, are being treated
:09:08. > :09:10.Another man is in a serious condition.
:09:11. > :09:11.Police have launched an investigation into
:09:12. > :09:14.Britain's entire fleet of Royal Navy's attack submarines
:09:15. > :09:17.is currently out of operation due to repairs and maintenance work.
:09:18. > :09:19.Seven nuclear-powered subs are classed as non operational,
:09:20. > :09:22.including three new Astute class vessels - they are the most powerful
:09:23. > :09:24.attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy costing over
:09:25. > :09:29.Over 300 kilos of cocaine with a potential value of 50 million
:09:30. > :09:31.pounds has washed up on the coast of Norfolk.
:09:32. > :09:34.A number of holdalls containing the drug were found on two beaches
:09:35. > :09:38.We can talk to Debbie Tubby on the beach at Hopton-on-Sea.
:09:39. > :09:48.That's one of the beaches where the drugs washed up...
:09:49. > :09:53.That's right. It is thought that some people walking their dog
:09:54. > :09:57.yesterday found some cocaine in a sports holdall and they reported it
:09:58. > :10:01.to Norfolk Police and today the authorities have spent the day
:10:02. > :10:05.searching and 14 miles of this coastline looking for further bags
:10:06. > :10:10.and they have found extra bags. Those bags were tied by a rope to
:10:11. > :10:15.big green plastic containers to stop the Class A drugs from sinking in
:10:16. > :10:17.the water. Now it is thought that the experts have now found 360 kilos
:10:18. > :10:38.and if it was cut and sold it would be worth ?50 million.
:10:39. > :10:41.The National Crime Agency says it is investigating why those drugs were
:10:42. > :10:43.washed up here in Norfolk. They'd do not think here was the intended
:10:44. > :10:46.destination and they do say tonight that this is a huge blow to the
:10:47. > :10:46.criminals involved. Thank you very much.
:10:47. > :10:49.That's the response of President Donald Trump
:10:50. > :10:52.to a court in the United States, which has refused to reinstate his
:10:53. > :10:54.ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries.
:10:55. > :10:56.The controversial immigration reform was suspended last week.
:10:57. > :10:58.But the President appears determined to continue the legal battle.
:10:59. > :11:07.Our North America Editor Jon Sopel reports.
:11:08. > :11:12.A full ceremonial welcome as President Trump greeted the Japanese
:11:13. > :11:16.Prime Minister at the White House on a cold crisp morning. That was as
:11:17. > :11:20.nothing compared to the icy blast coming from the West Wing after last
:11:21. > :11:26.night 's court ruling. Donald Trump tweeting very soon afterwards in
:11:27. > :11:34.block capitals, a sure sign of irritation... And then he bumped
:11:35. > :11:39.into reporters and said this. It is a political decision. You believe
:11:40. > :11:45.the judges... We have a situation where the security of our country is
:11:46. > :11:49.at stake. It is a very serious situation. So I will look forward to
:11:50. > :11:54.seeing them in court. In Washington state which brought the original
:11:55. > :12:00.case, defiance to Donald Trump's see you in court. We have seen him in
:12:01. > :12:04.court twice. And we are two for two. We respect that the President has
:12:05. > :12:08.broad authority when it comes to executive orders, but they still
:12:09. > :12:11.have to follow the constitution. That's the bottom line. The three
:12:12. > :12:15.federal Appeal Court judges ruled that there is no evidence that any
:12:16. > :12:19.alien from any country is named in the order has perpetrated a
:12:20. > :12:23.terrorist attack in the United States. The safety valve for the
:12:24. > :12:26.most vulnerable people offered no explanation for how these wave of
:12:27. > :12:31.provisions would function in practice. And in conclusion the
:12:32. > :12:35.judges say, competing public interest do not justify a state, in
:12:36. > :12:40.other words, the decision of the lower court will not be overturned.
:12:41. > :12:44.The next and last legal stop is the Supreme Court, with one vacancy
:12:45. > :12:48.still to be filled, it is split evenly between four liberal and for
:12:49. > :12:52.Conservative justices. If they were too tight, then the judgment of the
:12:53. > :12:56.lower court would be upheld. The President and his advisors have a
:12:57. > :12:58.tough decision to make. Daily press on, take this to the Supreme Court
:12:59. > :13:14.and risk another defeat? Or rip up the existing executive
:13:15. > :13:17.order, redrafted and admit that they got it wrong in the first place. Not
:13:18. > :13:19.easy choices. The President promised during the campaign that he would
:13:20. > :13:22.win so much Americans would get bored of winning. This is not the
:13:23. > :13:23.story so far on his migrant ban. Thank you everybody. Jon Sopel, BBC
:13:24. > :13:24.News, Washington. Scottish Power has become the latest
:13:25. > :13:27.of the Big Six energy companies It's increasing the cost
:13:28. > :13:30.of electricity by almost 11 per cent But British Gas says it's freezing
:13:31. > :13:34.prices until August. Our personal finance correspondent
:13:35. > :13:36.Simon Gompertz is here - why the difference in prices
:13:37. > :13:45.from these two companies? Why the difference in prices from
:13:46. > :13:48.these companies? British Gas says it is evidence of competition at work
:13:49. > :13:52.and that is important for them because it means it is less likely
:13:53. > :13:56.that they will have MPs and even ministers breathing down their necks
:13:57. > :14:00.about high gas and electricity prices. ScottishPower putting up
:14:01. > :14:03.prices from more than 1 million of its customers on standard tariffs,
:14:04. > :14:09.not the fixed once and then British Gas saying it is winter price freeze
:14:10. > :14:13.will now be extended through until August. Evidence that they do not
:14:14. > :14:18.move as they herd as they are often accused of doing. ScottishPower say
:14:19. > :14:22.it is harder to get hold of gas and electricity at cheap prices, they
:14:23. > :14:24.have to pay for subsidies for new smart meters, British Gas say that
:14:25. > :14:29.they have kept their running costs down. The big question now after
:14:30. > :14:35.that good news for 5 million British Gas customers is what two other big
:14:36. > :14:47.companies, SSE and aeon are going to do because they also had a winter
:14:48. > :14:54.price freeze but they have not said what they will do next and they will
:14:55. > :14:57.The Health Secretary tells the BBC waiting times in A
:14:58. > :15:01.in hospitals in England are completely unacceptable.
:15:02. > :15:07.History, rivalry, aggression, humour is all part of the Six Nations. I
:15:08. > :15:13.look back at the build-up and forward to the rugby here in
:15:14. > :15:18.Cardiff. On Sportsday, who can catch Chelsea?
:15:19. > :15:20.Liverpool and Spurs go head-to-head tomorrow. Another big weekend in the
:15:21. > :15:26.Premier League. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
:15:27. > :15:29.is continuing to carry out his reshuffle, following the resignation
:15:30. > :15:31.of several shadow cabinet ministers and a rebellion by Labour MPs
:15:32. > :15:35.over the Brexit bill. One of the big tests
:15:36. > :15:37.of his leadership will be the byelections due to take place
:15:38. > :15:40.this month in the Labour-held seats Our Deputy Political
:15:41. > :15:46.Editor, John Pienaar, has been talking to voters
:15:47. > :15:51.in both constituencies. John Pienaar is in Hanley
:15:52. > :16:02.and he wants to know how people feel about the by-election
:16:03. > :16:06.in Stoke-on-Trent Central. Is Stoke going to
:16:07. > :16:08.stay a Labour city? I think for far too long we've been
:16:09. > :16:14.taken for granted by Labour. I'd like to think it was
:16:15. > :16:17.going to stay Labour. They sort of work for
:16:18. > :16:19.everybody, don't they? Whereas I don't know, the guys
:16:20. > :16:22.who are potentially going to get in, are quite bigoted in
:16:23. > :16:26.a couple of their views. By all accounts, the Labour
:16:27. > :16:30.candidate is pro-European. So how does that square with 70%
:16:31. > :16:37.plus anti-European votes? You have been Labour,
:16:38. > :16:39.but you're switching? Most probably.
:16:40. > :16:42.I most probably switch this year. You're still agonising
:16:43. > :16:45.a bit about it? This is a really big deal
:16:46. > :16:49.in national politics, isn't it? Is Labour's traditional support
:16:50. > :16:54.in industrial towns like this one in Stoke, away
:16:55. > :16:56.from London and the big cities, Well look, most people here voted
:16:57. > :17:01.to leave the European Union. Most of the MPs here,
:17:02. > :17:04.the Labour MPs here, And Jeremy Corbyn, he is popular
:17:05. > :17:10.with his party members. When it comes to the wider
:17:11. > :17:14.public, not so much. One senior Labour MP has said that
:17:15. > :17:17.Labour here is hanging on by its fingernails against
:17:18. > :17:19.the challenge of the UK Messages, thousands, came
:17:20. > :17:27.in oun our BBC Facebook live page. "Jeremy Corbyn was a big
:17:28. > :17:30.election issue for Labour." "Full of honesty, respect
:17:31. > :17:32.and integrity," says Stephen. "Corbynites are enthusiastic,
:17:33. > :17:38.but he costs votes." Labour is under siege
:17:39. > :17:49.in two by-elections on Voters who never wanted Brexit
:17:50. > :17:53.are being targeted by the Liberal Democrats
:17:54. > :17:57.and the Greens. Will Ukip's campaigners see
:17:58. > :17:59.their leader become Stoke's new MP? That would strike fear into Labour's
:18:00. > :18:06.Brexit-supporting heartland. Tory campaigners are
:18:07. > :18:07.daring to dream of They ran Ukip close in Stoke,
:18:08. > :18:12.but in Copeland they feel they can beat Labour,
:18:13. > :18:14.the first government gain over its main opponents
:18:15. > :18:18.in a by-election in 35 years. So Labour is fighting
:18:19. > :18:22.door to door, street to And far to the north,
:18:23. > :18:27.where Labour is facing a hard slog to survive
:18:28. > :18:33.in a very different setting. In Copeland's coastal
:18:34. > :18:36.town of Whitehaven, Ask almost anyone,
:18:37. > :18:40.Jeremy Corbyn's past opposition to nuclear power counts
:18:41. > :18:44.against his party. Though voting Labour
:18:45. > :18:47.here is an old habit. Well, I'm going to stay with Labour,
:18:48. > :18:50.because I just think it's for the And all my family has
:18:51. > :18:56.always voted Labour. Because of the workforce
:18:57. > :18:58.at Sellafield, and what it creates in the wider
:18:59. > :19:01.community, and what Mr Corbyn said about nuclear power,
:19:02. > :19:03.they've got to think of themselves. And for the long-term
:19:04. > :19:05.future of Sellafield, Losing here or in Stoke means talk
:19:06. > :19:14.of existential crisis for Labour. Rejected by once loyal voters
:19:15. > :19:20.who now feel left out and And to see a full list of candidates
:19:21. > :19:28.for both the Stoke-on-Trent Central and Copeland by-elections,
:19:29. > :19:43.visit our website. French police have arrested four
:19:44. > :19:47.people in Montpellier on suspicion of planning an imminent terrorist
:19:48. > :19:52.attack. The three men and a 16-year-old girl were detained after
:19:53. > :19:56.they bought bomb-making chemicals. Police said the teenager had pledged
:19:57. > :19:59.loyalty to so-called Islamic State in a recent video. The explosives
:20:00. > :20:01.discovered were similar to those used in the Paris attacks in
:20:02. > :20:04.November 20 15. The London firm, Pimlico Plumbers,
:20:05. > :20:07.has lost a legal battle over whether it should give freelance
:20:08. > :20:09.workers the same rights to pensions, holiday and sick pay,
:20:10. > :20:11.as permanent staff. The company went to the Court
:20:12. > :20:14.of Appeal after a plumber on a self-employed contract,
:20:15. > :20:22.Gary Smith, won a tribunal He wanted to work fewer days after
:20:23. > :20:28.an illness and argued he was entitled to the same rights as
:20:29. > :20:31.permanent staff. Liverpool Football Club has banned journalists from the
:20:32. > :20:35.sun newspaper from covering all matches and press conferences at
:20:36. > :20:39.Anfield. The decision was taken after discussions with the club and
:20:40. > :20:41.a campaign group opposed to the paper because of its coverage of the
:20:42. > :20:44.Hillsborough disaster in 1989. More than 400 whales have beached
:20:45. > :20:47.on the coast of New Zealand, one of the worst whale strandings
:20:48. > :20:50.ever seen in the country. Volunteers in the community
:20:51. > :20:53.of Farewell Spit are racing to save and refloat them,
:20:54. > :20:55.but around 300 have already died, and time
:20:56. > :21:01.is running out for the rest. Stranded, distressed
:21:02. > :21:07.and barely alive. Volunteers have come from far
:21:08. > :21:10.and wide to save the whales beached This is the third-largest
:21:11. > :21:18.mass stranding that we've recorded in our history
:21:19. > :21:21.and so it's a very large one, logistically it's
:21:22. > :21:24.a massive undertaking. The whales started
:21:25. > :21:27.stranding last night, We were notified of that,
:21:28. > :21:31.and then this morning checked on them most
:21:32. > :21:34.of the whales were already dead. I've never experienced
:21:35. > :21:38.death like this before. For such a majestic animal
:21:39. > :21:42.it's really strange There's a lot of death
:21:43. > :21:46.here, eh, which is a sad, sad thing, but, hey,
:21:47. > :21:50.if we can get some of them out it's Scientists don't know exactly why
:21:51. > :21:53.whales beach themselves. Anybody that doesn't have a sheet
:21:54. > :22:00.over the whale, make sure those sheets are really nice and wet,
:22:01. > :22:04.not covering the blowhole... Rescuers tried to re-float
:22:05. > :22:07.some of the whales at high tide, but some just turned
:22:08. > :22:10.straight back to shore. Whale strandings in
:22:11. > :22:12.New Zealand are common. Just two years earlier 200
:22:13. > :22:17.whales beached here. But this is one of the country's
:22:18. > :22:22.worst mass strandings. It's another weekend of fierce
:22:23. > :22:26.rivalry, intense pressure and big expectations
:22:27. > :22:28.in the Six Nations tournament. England take on Wales tomorrow,
:22:29. > :22:31.and if England win, they will be just three games away
:22:32. > :22:33.from breaking the world record for the most
:22:34. > :22:36.unbeaten test matches, a title currently
:22:37. > :22:38.held by New Zealand. Italy take on Ireland,
:22:39. > :22:57.and Scotland play France on Sunday. Much anticipation there, I would
:22:58. > :23:01.imagine? Absolutely. You have 30 players on the pitch who expressed
:23:02. > :23:06.the rivalry with aggression. So we can express it in a traditional
:23:07. > :23:10.friendly way. Ireland may not lose again. Scotland feel they have
:23:11. > :23:14.nothing to lose. It is a long time since England lost to anybody. Why
:23:15. > :23:16.would they feel nervous this weekend? They are in Cardiff.
:23:17. > :23:18.Long before the bridge there was rugby.
:23:19. > :23:20.The journey to Wales has petrified England,
:23:21. > :23:32.In 2013 Wales scored 30 points in Cardiff, England humbled.
:23:33. > :23:34.The coach says it's just another city.
:23:35. > :23:39.Yes, but in Cardiff it's named after the Welsh captain,
:23:40. > :23:48.I think the game does mean a lot to a lot of people.
:23:49. > :23:50.We are able to share that, hopefully we can share it
:23:51. > :23:56.I think we're very fortunate to have a stadium that is suitable
:23:57. > :24:01.We've experienced lights, fire, music.
:24:02. > :24:06.England's Jones, Eddie, now expects what he calls shenanigans.
:24:07. > :24:09.What are the shenanigans you're prepared for?
:24:10. > :24:11.Oh, I don't know, but, you know, they're a cunning lot,
:24:12. > :24:16.You know, they've got goats, they've got daffodils,
:24:17. > :24:22.Well, mischievous friendly rivalry, that's what the 6
:24:23. > :24:29.It is an outlet for passion and that's exactly why England have
:24:30. > :24:35.decided that here in Cardiff the roof should be open
:24:36. > :24:38.for the game, allowing all that Welsh noise to escape into the sky.
:24:39. > :24:42.Well, everyone in professional sport is trying to find an edge.
:24:43. > :24:45.Gareth Southgate - yes, the England football manager -
:24:46. > :24:49.was at rugby training this week, seeking a different perspective.
:24:50. > :24:55.Well, England fly-half George Ford finished the session
:24:56. > :25:01.and then told me he won't be in Wales in fear.
:25:02. > :25:04.I think, as a player, if you learn to embrace it and learn
:25:05. > :25:06.to be excited about it, I think that's the best
:25:07. > :25:11.If you look back and you feel like you didn't enjoy it,
:25:12. > :25:16.After their scintillating victory over Ireland last weekend,
:25:17. > :25:20.Scotland suddenly look like the team to beat in the 6 Nations.
:25:21. > :25:36.The roof is going to be open at Cardiff.
:25:37. > :25:40.Time for a look at the weather with Louise Lear.
:25:41. > :25:50.Maybe some showers across Cardiff. Cloudy, cold wintry showers this
:25:51. > :25:56.weekend. This Weather Watchers picture sums at up. A great,
:25:57. > :26:00.threatening sky. A dusting of snow. Pretty dismal on the east coast. The
:26:01. > :26:06.showers have been isolated but they have been a nuisance. A cluster
:26:07. > :26:11.moved through the Midlands earlier on. They will continue overnight,
:26:12. > :26:16.becoming widespread. Expect a fairly significant dusting at lower levels.
:26:17. > :26:22.Three to five centimetres across the East. Further west, clearer skies.
:26:23. > :26:26.It will be a cold start across the country. We will start with some
:26:27. > :26:29.glimpses of sunshine across western Scotland. It is the snow showers
:26:30. > :26:36.that will be the feature first thing. They will be falling as snow
:26:37. > :26:41.across Aberdeenshire, running down the East coast. Rain across the
:26:42. > :26:45.coast. For a lower levels at a time there will be some snow showers in
:26:46. > :26:51.the morning. It will be a cold start to the day across East Anglia.
:26:52. > :26:56.Through the day, those showers may well just push a little bit further
:26:57. > :27:04.west. We could see some snow showers into North Wales, and East Wales,
:27:05. > :27:07.may as far south as Somerset. Not a particularly warm honey were across
:27:08. > :27:13.the country, particularly when you think about the strength of that
:27:14. > :27:16.wind. -- anywhere. Further snow on Saturday night into Sunday,
:27:17. > :27:20.particularly over the Pennines and in the Peak District. Then the snow
:27:21. > :27:26.will ease back to rain on Sunday. It will be windy. Gales across Scotland
:27:27. > :27:34.and northern England for a time. Quite dismal. Temperatures of
:27:35. > :27:38.similar values. Between four and 6 degrees. If you are out and about
:27:39. > :27:42.how might you will notice a difference. Sunshine will be at a
:27:43. > :27:46.premium. I can hear you groaning of the television. I will finish this
:27:47. > :27:51.forecast on a glimmer of good news. As we move into next week, fingers
:27:52. > :27:56.crossed, it looks as though the winds will swing to a southerly and
:27:57. > :27:57.we will see more in the way of sunshine, and maybe a little more in
:27:58. > :27:59.the way of warmth. The Health Secretary acknowledges
:28:00. > :28:05.patients are facing "completely unacceptable" delays
:28:06. > :28:07.at hospitals in England. But Jeremy Hunt says the NHS
:28:08. > :28:10.is not alone in dealing So it's goodbye from me,
:28:11. > :28:20.and on BBC One we join the BBC's