:00:00. > :00:00.Donald Trump is forced to back down after a row
:00:07. > :00:11.GCHQ says President Trump's claim that it tapped his phone
:00:12. > :00:19.The governance and oversight of the organisation just does not
:00:20. > :00:25.So I think in this case it is absolutely clear, this
:00:26. > :00:30.President Trump's spokesman has promised not to repeat the claim,
:00:31. > :00:36.George Osborne is appointed editor of a daily London newspaper,
:00:37. > :00:44.Nicola Sturgeon hints that she might be prepared to look at a later date
:00:45. > :00:51.How schools in England could be facing big funding cuts.
:00:52. > :00:54.Tory MPs urge the Government to have a rethink.
:00:55. > :01:01.his first official visit there since the death of Diana.
:01:02. > :01:04.Robbie Power hails the "genius" of trainer Jessica Harrington,
:01:05. > :01:30.as he rides Sizing John to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
:01:31. > :01:33.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:34. > :01:36.The US government has backed down over claims that British
:01:37. > :01:40.intelligence bugged Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
:01:41. > :01:42.His press spokesman claimed Britain's GCHQ had tapped his phone.
:01:43. > :01:45.When GCHQ responded that it was nonsense
:01:46. > :01:49.and utterly ridiculous, the White House assured Number Ten
:01:50. > :01:50.that the allegations wouldn't be repeated,
:01:51. > :01:54.Only yesterday an investigation by the US Senate concluded
:01:55. > :01:57.there was no evidence that President Trump was bugged by US
:01:58. > :02:11.Britain's GCHQ surveillance agency - secretly listening in,
:02:12. > :02:12.said the White House, on President-Elect Donald
:02:13. > :02:17.Not true, says GCHQ, in a rare public rebuttal.
:02:18. > :02:20.It all began with a tweet, with Donald Trump alleging on social
:02:21. > :02:24.media Barack Obama had ordered the tapping of his phone calls
:02:25. > :02:33.Then came the claim, from Fox News, that GCHQ may have been behind it.
:02:34. > :02:34.Sources have told Fox News that President Obama
:02:35. > :02:37.could very easily have, and probably did, use a foreign
:02:38. > :02:43.intelligence service to gather this information for him.
:02:44. > :02:48.The probable culprit here is called GCHQ.
:02:49. > :02:50.The next thing, that unsubstantiated claim was being quoted
:02:51. > :02:57.That triggered alarm bells in Whitehall.
:02:58. > :03:00.I'm told it was serious enough to be considered a threat
:03:01. > :03:07.It prompted this unprecedented denial by GCHQ.
:03:08. > :03:10.Recent allegations, it said, made by media commentator
:03:11. > :03:14.Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct
:03:15. > :03:19.wiretapping against the then President-Elect are nonsense.
:03:20. > :03:23.They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored.
:03:24. > :03:25.This is just not something GCHQ does.
:03:26. > :03:27.The legislation under which it operates doesn't allow it to happen.
:03:28. > :03:30.The governance and the oversight of the organisation just does not
:03:31. > :03:36.I think, in this case, it is absolutely clear this
:03:37. > :03:43.If Donald Trump was embarrassed, he wasn't showing it today -
:03:44. > :03:46.seen here meeting the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
:03:47. > :03:49.His administration has promised not to repeat these allegations,
:03:50. > :03:56.So, what is the damage to relations with Washington?
:03:57. > :04:00.MI6, MI5 and GCHQ, Britain's three spy agencies, all have incredibly
:04:01. > :04:05.close working relationships with their US counterparts.
:04:06. > :04:08.Whitehall officials insisted today that partnership
:04:09. > :04:10.remains as strong as ever, despite the controversy
:04:11. > :04:15.Still, it is a bad day for Western intelligence,
:04:16. > :04:18.when Britain has to publicly contradict a statement coming out
:04:19. > :04:20.of the highest office of its closest partner,
:04:21. > :04:30.Frank Gardner, BBC News, outside MI6 headquarters in central London.
:04:31. > :04:34.And our North America Editor, Jon Sopel, is outside the White House.
:04:35. > :04:37.Is this climb-down embarrassing for President Trump or is it likely
:04:38. > :04:46.to make no difference as far as his supporters are concerned?
:04:47. > :04:54.As you say, we have not heard the words "I'm sorry" from President
:04:55. > :04:58.Trump and I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for that happen. It
:04:59. > :05:02.is hard to overstate the consternation on the British side
:05:03. > :05:07.about what was said. Sean Spicer says that he did not say GCHQ tapped
:05:08. > :05:11.the phones, he said it was reported by Fox News that it had happened.
:05:12. > :05:16.That does not wash with the British and I understand the ambassador has
:05:17. > :05:18.spoken to Sean Spicer about it. Equally, the national Security
:05:19. > :05:26.adviser has spoken to his dish counterpart. While there has been no
:05:27. > :05:29.formal public apology thing regrets have been expressed and undertakings
:05:30. > :05:36.given that this will not be repeated. I spoke to someone who has
:05:37. > :05:39.a close dealings with the administration who said the normal
:05:40. > :05:45.law of a political hole is that when you are in one, you stop digging.
:05:46. > :05:48.This Administration brings in a mechanical excavator. Thank you.
:05:49. > :05:50.In a move that's astonished his fellow MPs and outraged some,
:05:51. > :05:52.the former Chancellor, George Osborne, has been appointed
:05:53. > :05:54.editor of the London Evening Standard daily newspaper.
:05:55. > :05:56.Mr Osborne says he'll combine the role with his
:05:57. > :05:59.job as MP for Tatton, as well as at least one other job
:06:00. > :06:03.A number of MPs have responded with disbelief that one man can
:06:04. > :06:12.Here's our Media Editor, Amol Rajan, who broke the story.
:06:13. > :06:19.George Osborne rose to Shadow Chancellor at the age of just 33,
:06:20. > :06:23.but six years after taking charge of rebuilding Britain's economy after
:06:24. > :06:28.the financial crash, he was sacked by Theresa May after the Brexit
:06:29. > :06:32.referendum. But today he made a career change, at least half of one.
:06:33. > :06:36.In a shock announcement, he has been appointed editor of the London
:06:37. > :06:41.Evening Standard, a job he will do while continuing to be an MP. I am
:06:42. > :06:44.thrilled and excited to be the editor of the Evening Standard.
:06:45. > :06:47.There are big issues in our world and what people want are
:06:48. > :06:53.authoritative facts, good analysis, great journalism. It's an important
:06:54. > :06:57.time for good journalism and the Evening Standard is gay to provide
:06:58. > :07:00.it. George Osborne will take the editor's chair in this building,
:07:01. > :07:07.arriving at 5am and leaving at around midday. I spent years here as
:07:08. > :07:10.editor of the Independent and there are managerial and commercial
:07:11. > :07:14.responsibilities, too. Some managers are known to work up to 100 hours
:07:15. > :07:20.per week, so the question the people are asking is how do you reconcile
:07:21. > :07:25.being an editor with being an MP? In his constituency in Cheshire, this
:07:26. > :07:31.is how some voters reacted. Thrilled for George, remaining in the public
:07:32. > :07:35.spotlight. One just hopes he will continue his constituency duties. To
:07:36. > :07:40.me, it should either be that one or that one. Make one of them your job.
:07:41. > :07:44.I thought he was an amazing Chancellor. He will be paid
:07:45. > :07:48.substantially less than his predecessor but perhaps he does not
:07:49. > :07:52.need the money. He already earns nearly ?75,000 as an MP and took
:07:53. > :07:58.home over three quarters of ?1 million in the past year for
:07:59. > :08:04.speeches. And he makes ?650,000 a year for four days work a month at
:08:05. > :08:08.asset manager Blackrock. I thought it was fake news at first. Why is he
:08:09. > :08:13.doing it? Not for the money. I can only conclude that he wants to build
:08:14. > :08:17.the Standard into an alternative power base to Theresa May, and in
:08:18. > :08:22.the event of Brexit going pear shaped, he will use this to launch
:08:23. > :08:27.his attack. Some have said there is a conflict of interest. Others have
:08:28. > :08:31.questioned George Osborne's commitment to Parliament. He is very
:08:32. > :08:36.clever and able but this is ridiculous. How can you edit the
:08:37. > :08:39.Evening Standard, which is for London, represent a Cheshire
:08:40. > :08:45.constituency, and be a direct of a bank all at the same time? He may be
:08:46. > :08:50.no stranger to headlines, but George Osborne has limited journalistic
:08:51. > :08:52.experience and credentials. This appointment will intrigue
:08:53. > :08:56.Westminster and readers of the Standard. The likelihood is that he
:08:57. > :09:00.will be a newspaper editor long after he is MP for Tatton.
:09:01. > :09:01.We can talk to our political correspondent
:09:02. > :09:05.Many will be thinking how on earth can George Osborne manage to be
:09:06. > :09:10.a newspaper editor and an MP, both full time jobs for most people.
:09:11. > :09:16.Yes, it is going to be a very difficult juggle four George Osborne
:09:17. > :09:20.but he claims he can edit the newspaper in the morning and carry
:09:21. > :09:24.out his duties in parliament in the afternoon. That was met with mockery
:09:25. > :09:31.by a number of MPs today, who say that is not doable. Two opposition
:09:32. > :09:36.MPs have said he should stand down. Jeremy Corbyn said the appointment
:09:37. > :09:40.is an insult to Mr Osborne's Tatton constituency. It is a constituency
:09:41. > :09:43.that is being abolished, the boundaries redrawn at the next
:09:44. > :09:49.election, which must feed into his decision. The last time that a
:09:50. > :09:54.sitting MP was the editor of a daily newspaper was actually 100 years
:09:55. > :09:58.ago, so there is a distant precedent for this. Some might feel that this
:09:59. > :10:02.is a classic example of a well greased revolving door working very
:10:03. > :10:06.well for people with the right connections. It is an extraordinary
:10:07. > :10:10.appointment but politically significant, too. George Osborne has
:10:11. > :10:13.been clear that he does not think the Government are prioritising the
:10:14. > :10:18.economy enough as they approach Brexit negotiations. Now, back in
:10:19. > :10:22.the front line of politics, he has a powerful platform to make his case,
:10:23. > :10:27.reflect the views of London readers, who voted strongly for Remain in the
:10:28. > :10:29.referendum, and hold Theresa May's government to account.
:10:30. > :10:32.Nicola Sturgeon has hinted she may be prepared to delay the timing
:10:33. > :10:34.of a second referendum on Scottish independence.
:10:35. > :10:36.Scotland's First Minister says she is up for continued discussion
:10:37. > :10:39.about the matter with Theresa May, as long as the Prime Minister
:10:40. > :10:44.But Mrs May repeated again today that a referendum would be bad
:10:45. > :10:56.Here's our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith.
:10:57. > :11:02.Cheering and clapping. The SNP do not look like a party whose
:11:03. > :11:06.referendum hopes have been dashed. Let there be no doubt, Scotland will
:11:07. > :11:10.have its referendum and the people of this country will have their
:11:11. > :11:18.choice. They will not be denied their say. Fighting talk, readying
:11:19. > :11:22.the troops for battle. They are eager to engage, but how can the SNP
:11:23. > :11:27.promised a referendum when the Prime Minister has said no? How can you
:11:28. > :11:31.say you definitely will have a Scottish referendum when the Prime
:11:32. > :11:35.Minister says she is not prepared to discuss it? There comes a point
:11:36. > :11:39.where just because a Prime Minister, who is a Prime Minister with just
:11:40. > :11:43.one MP in Scotland, just because she says she wants to stand in the way
:11:44. > :11:47.of the Scottish parliament, it does not mean we should accept that is
:11:48. > :11:52.right. There is nothing you can do about it. We have seen this week
:11:53. > :12:04.that when the Prime Minister realises she is in an unsustainable
:12:05. > :12:07.position, she is quick to engineer a U-turn. Her position is not
:12:08. > :12:09.sustainable. It appears things have got acrimonious this week, with you
:12:10. > :12:11.tweeting about the Prime Minister not being elected yet. Would you say
:12:12. > :12:16.relations are at an all-time low? Clearly we have a disagreement. I am
:12:17. > :12:19.saying today is, let's try and work through that disagreement. The Prime
:12:20. > :12:23.Minister has not put herself in opposition to me or to independence.
:12:24. > :12:27.She is within her rights to argue against independence. She seems to
:12:28. > :12:31.be putting herself in opposition to the democratic will of the Scottish
:12:32. > :12:36.Parliament. I don't think that sustainable. Nicola Sturgeon is
:12:37. > :12:40.telling delegates she thinks she can force Theresa May to change her
:12:41. > :12:44.mind. She told me she might be able to compromise on the date of a
:12:45. > :12:48.referendum, but the Prime Minister ruled out even talking about one per
:12:49. > :12:53.at least two years, and you can't negotiate with someone who will not
:12:54. > :12:57.speak to you. Theresa May, in Cardiff today, certainly does not
:12:58. > :13:02.sound as though she is about to back down. It is now clear that using
:13:03. > :13:05.Brexit as a pretext to engineer a second independence referendum has
:13:06. > :13:11.been the SNP's sole objective ever since last June. But it would be bad
:13:12. > :13:18.for Scotland, bad for the United Kingdom and bad for us all. In
:13:19. > :13:24.Scotland, there are plenty of people who do not want another referendum.
:13:25. > :13:27.Unionists, protesting outside the SNP conference, hope the UK
:13:28. > :13:31.Government will not give in. Inside, activists believe they will get to
:13:32. > :13:33.vote again for an independent Scotland, even though it is not a
:13:34. > :13:36.fight they are guaranteed to win. A mother who hid the body
:13:37. > :13:40.of her dead baby son in a garden shed for more than a decade has been
:13:41. > :13:43.sentenced to 21 months in prison. Victoria Gayle admitted preventing
:13:44. > :13:45.the decent burial of her son. How he died has not
:13:46. > :13:47.been established. Now the police are trying to find
:13:48. > :13:50.out whether she had any more children in a six-year period
:13:51. > :13:53.from 2007, and have asked anyone For more than a decade,
:13:54. > :13:57.Victoria Gayle carried Her baby son, Kyzer, died,
:13:58. > :14:04.and she hid his body. 11 years on, the body was discovered
:14:05. > :14:08.hidden in a box in a garden shed They said they didn't
:14:09. > :14:12.know what had happened. Victoria Gayle told police
:14:13. > :14:17.she found her son dead. Victoria has always denied any
:14:18. > :14:19.involvement in Kyzer's death, and the postmortem determined
:14:20. > :14:23.that it was inconclusive, and that's due to the passage
:14:24. > :14:27.of time, over ten years. After he left Northwick Park
:14:28. > :14:31.Hospital as a newborn it appears the authorities had minimum contact
:14:32. > :14:35.with Kyzer Gayle, and then A decade later Victoria Gayle's
:14:36. > :14:40.two-year-old daughter An inquest found that she had
:14:41. > :14:46.swallowed a tiny battery, and it was then the police began
:14:47. > :14:48.investigating what had Victoria Gayle said that
:14:49. > :14:54.in a bedroom crammed with junk she kept Kyzer's body for years
:14:55. > :14:58.before moving it to the shed. On his birth certificate,
:14:59. > :15:01.she didn't name Kyzer's father, but down the years she claimed
:15:02. > :15:04.she had handed him She implied that she doesn't have
:15:05. > :15:08.no contact with Kyzer and that was the best way
:15:09. > :15:10.it was because that was So it was, if the dad wanted
:15:11. > :15:14.Kyzer she wasn't allowed The local council, Barnet in north
:15:15. > :15:34.London, said in a statement: The police watchdog,
:15:35. > :15:36.the IPCC, is also examining whether This is a deeply disturbing,
:15:37. > :15:43.deeply troubling case that raises a number of questions that
:15:44. > :15:46.are going to need to be answered by the serious case review
:15:47. > :15:50.and by the IPCC investigation. The Met Police are now looking
:15:51. > :15:52.for people who knew Victoria Gayle They are trying to discover
:15:53. > :16:19.whether she had any more The White House has backed down
:16:20. > :16:24.after claiming British intelligence tapped Donald Trump's phone.
:16:25. > :16:26.And still to come, a first time winner comfortably beats
:16:27. > :16:28.the favourite at the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
:16:29. > :16:31.Coming up on Inside Six Nations, I'm in Dublin for the final weekend
:16:32. > :16:33.of rugby's Six Nations Championship as England take on Ireland,
:16:34. > :16:50.Concern is growing about the impact of government funding on schools
:16:51. > :16:52.in England with teachers and now even some Conservative
:16:53. > :16:58.The Education Policy Institute is warning that secondary schools
:16:59. > :17:00.could see their funding drop by nearly ?300,000
:17:01. > :17:06.But the Government, which is changing the way it funds
:17:07. > :17:09.schools, insists it's spending more than ever - some ?40 billion.
:17:10. > :17:13.Our education editor Branwen Jefferys has spent the day
:17:14. > :17:31.In 20 years as an inner-city head, Ian Fenn has seen it all. What are
:17:32. > :17:37.you doing? Don't do that. Shootings, stabbings, drugs, deprivation and
:17:38. > :17:41.disability. Almost half his pupils have learning difficulties. He says
:17:42. > :17:45.he needs every penny. But funding is not keeping up with the needs of his
:17:46. > :17:50.school. Three quarters of the children coming into the school
:17:51. > :17:53.can't read properly. They will be two, three, four years behind where
:17:54. > :17:56.they should be. On top of that, a similar number have English as an
:17:57. > :18:00.additional language. We have a large number of children with special
:18:01. > :18:06.educational needs, they could have speaking and language problems, the
:18:07. > :18:11.list is endless. It's not just teachers, but extra teaching
:18:12. > :18:17.assistants. The school employs social workers as well. Financial
:18:18. > :18:20.pressures mean jobs are at risk. A new funding formula will share out
:18:21. > :18:25.of money differently. It will give some areas a bigger slice, while
:18:26. > :18:29.others get a smaller share. London loses most. School budgets are
:18:30. > :18:37.already under pressure, despite a record ?40 billion pot. Pensions,
:18:38. > :18:43.national insurance and pay are rising. So our pupil numbers. It
:18:44. > :18:49.could add up to 86% to 11% real terms cut per pupil. How am I going
:18:50. > :18:53.to care for the most vulnerable in society if they take the money away?
:18:54. > :18:57.I don't have enough now. I have kids who are under resourced at the
:18:58. > :19:01.moment, and yet they are going to give me substantially less. Tonight,
:19:02. > :19:09.another warning from a senior Tory, adding to the pressure on ministers.
:19:10. > :19:12.The mainly conservative counties have elections in May and some hope
:19:13. > :19:16.for a better deal from the formula. One secondary school will be getting
:19:17. > :19:20.?2 million less than another secondary school of a similar size.
:19:21. > :19:24.Accepting that one is in an area of high deprivation and one is in more
:19:25. > :19:28.of a leafy lane location, that 2 million differential between one
:19:29. > :19:31.secondary school with the same pupil numbers, the need might be slightly
:19:32. > :19:38.different in one, cannot amount to ?2 million. Could the funding
:19:39. > :19:42.formula become the next U-turn for the Government? There was a lot of
:19:43. > :19:45.pressure from Tory grass roots and backbenchers. But they are the ones
:19:46. > :19:49.that also really want a new deal for their areas. There is another
:19:50. > :19:53.problem. If you give more money to the counties and shires, it means
:19:54. > :19:58.taking even more from inner-city schools like this. Schools in
:19:59. > :20:03.England have had 20 years of funding increases. But as cost pressures
:20:04. > :20:04.rise, no one feels like a winner. Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News,
:20:05. > :20:06.Manchester. It's one of the biggest events
:20:07. > :20:08.in the racing calendar - After 22 gruelling fences it ended
:20:09. > :20:12.in a thrilling finish. So, let's join our
:20:13. > :20:26.sports correspondent It was, Fiona. Yes, the thousands of
:20:27. > :20:31.Irish fans were hoping for an Irish winner to celebrate on St Patrick's
:20:32. > :20:33.Day, and they got their wish. Plenty of drama along the way, but the Gold
:20:34. > :20:35.Cup went to Sizing John. It's where riders and
:20:36. > :20:41.horses become legends. Djakadam set off the bookies'
:20:42. > :20:48.favourite, but other At the back, Lizzie Kelly,
:20:49. > :20:52.only the second woman to ride in the race,
:20:53. > :20:54.was unseated, to her obvious frustration, while the popular
:20:55. > :21:00.Cue Card fell three from home. Horses and jockeys,
:21:01. > :21:03.thankfully unhurt. As they came over the last,
:21:04. > :21:08.it was Sizing John that led the way, ridden by the suitably
:21:09. > :21:10.named Robbie Power. Minella Rocco and Native River
:21:11. > :21:13.chased him home, but no Ten years ago, Power won
:21:14. > :21:22.the Grand National on Silver Birch, I was 25 when I won
:21:23. > :21:26.the Grand National, 35 now. When I was announced,
:21:27. > :21:33.to go up onto the podium as a Gold Cup winning jockey,
:21:34. > :21:40.that sounds very, very sweet. Victory too for trainer
:21:41. > :21:42.Jessica Harrington, with her first Not a bad way to start,
:21:43. > :21:47.on a day when Power took the glory. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:21:48. > :21:52.have arrived in Paris It's the first time Prince William
:21:53. > :21:59.has been seen publicly since facing some criticism for missing
:22:00. > :22:01.a Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey
:22:02. > :22:03.to go on a skiing trip. Our royal correspondent
:22:04. > :22:06.Nicholas Witchell reports. The British Government is focusing
:22:07. > :22:09.the foreign travel of the Royals No mystery why that should be,
:22:10. > :22:14.who better to warm up relations So, this visit, the first
:22:15. > :22:18.official trip to France by the Duke and Duchess,
:22:19. > :22:22.matters more than many. Unfortunate then, it may be thought,
:22:23. > :22:25.for William to have deflected attention from a serious purpose
:22:26. > :22:30.by his antics of a week ago. He went off on a lad's
:22:31. > :22:32.weekend to an exclusive He was caught by a camera giving,
:22:33. > :22:38.shall we say, an exuberant display As a result, he missed
:22:39. > :22:44.a church service in London, attended by his grandmother,
:22:45. > :22:47.and he has reopened the debate, seized on with vigour
:22:48. > :22:51.by some tabloid editors, that his commitment to royal duty
:22:52. > :22:58.is rather less than it might be. And so this evening,
:22:59. > :23:00.first at the Elysee Palace with President Hollande,
:23:01. > :23:02.and then at the British embassy, this was a William focused on doing
:23:03. > :23:06.what Royals do on visits like this. He listened carefully,
:23:07. > :23:07.and engaged fully, supported, In a speech a few moments ago,
:23:08. > :23:14.William spoke of the deep friendship between Britain and France and said
:23:15. > :23:17.the partnership would continue, despite Britain's
:23:18. > :23:20.decision to leave the EU. In the words of the British
:23:21. > :23:23.ambassador here, there is a deep affection in France
:23:24. > :23:27.for the British Royal family. What we are seeing here is part
:23:28. > :23:30.of the wider effort to remind Europe of the breadth and depth
:23:31. > :23:32.of the United Kingdom's That theme of enduring
:23:33. > :23:37.and continuing friendship will continue this evening
:23:38. > :23:40.at a dinner. But there will be no dancing,
:23:41. > :23:44.an official confirmed. The Nobel prize-winning poet
:23:45. > :23:51.and playwright Derek Walcott has Derek Walcott gained international
:23:52. > :23:58.acclaim in the 1960s, with poems that explored the history
:23:59. > :24:02.and culture of the Caribbean. He is perhaps best known for his
:24:03. > :24:05.epic poem Omeros, which draws 50 years ago this weekend a super
:24:06. > :24:15.tanker ran aground off the coast of Cornwall,
:24:16. > :24:17.causing one of the world's The Torrey Canyon hit rocks
:24:18. > :24:22.between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly and began spilling over
:24:23. > :24:28.100,000 tonnes of oil. Miles of coastline in Cornwall
:24:29. > :24:30.and Devon were polluted and the huge oil-slick spread south
:24:31. > :24:32.to the Channel Islands before reaching the coastline
:24:33. > :24:37.of Brittany in France. Environmentalists claim oil
:24:38. > :24:39.from the ship is still polluting It was out there, half a century
:24:40. > :24:53.ago, that the sea turned black. ARCHIVE: A tragedy such as Britain
:24:54. > :24:57.has never experienced before. The Torrey Canyon had run
:24:58. > :24:59.aground, spilling its cargo That's me in the background,
:25:00. > :25:05.you can see me looking on, Captain Eric Kemp
:25:06. > :25:10.helped with the rescue. He remembers how desperate
:25:11. > :25:12.he felt as the giant slick Absolute dread and disaster,
:25:13. > :25:20.because you knew that we weren't going to be able to cope with that
:25:21. > :25:27.amount of oil. You could smell it 30 miles
:25:28. > :25:30.away and you could see the line in the water,
:25:31. > :25:35.slowly spreading, as it was As the days passed,
:25:36. > :25:43.there was a growing sense of chaos. The ship was bombed
:25:44. > :25:46.to try to sink it. ARCHIVE: Almost resembling
:25:47. > :25:50.an atomic mushroom. Thousands of birds were killed
:25:51. > :25:55.from Cornwall to the Channel Islands and, 50 years on, some claim the oil
:25:56. > :25:59.is still causing harm. Each winter, during rough times
:26:00. > :26:02.of weather like we've got currently, we will see oil churned up
:26:03. > :26:06.from the sea bed that could well be from the Torrey Canyon,
:26:07. > :26:09.affecting local wildlife. In Cornwall, chemicals used
:26:10. > :26:11.to get rid of the oil only This is one of the rocks
:26:12. > :26:17.I've been monitoring. Biologist Richard Pearce saw this
:26:18. > :26:20.beach stripped of life and he's kept Although it's now thriving, he says
:26:21. > :26:29.we must learn from what happened. I think the mistakes
:26:30. > :26:31.are fairly obvious. I hope those who have the power
:26:32. > :26:36.to do something about it Well, the shipping industry says
:26:37. > :26:49.vessels and cargo are much safer now and the authorities say
:26:50. > :26:52.we are far better prepared. 50 years on, much of that is
:26:53. > :27:13.the legacy of the Torrey Canyon. How is it looking for the weekend? A
:27:14. > :27:16.mixed bag. This is the view from one of the weather watchers. Grey skies,
:27:17. > :27:24.you can see the rain on the window. More rain on the forecast for the
:27:25. > :27:29.weekend, but most on the western side of the UK. Drier on the east,
:27:30. > :27:33.but for all of us it will be a windy weekend. Here is the radar, heavy
:27:34. > :27:35.rain developing in the South of Scotland, north-west England, parts
:27:36. > :27:40.of Wales. Plenty more to come through the rest of this evening. It
:27:41. > :27:44.is windy, as well. Even some snow to be had across the high ground of
:27:45. > :27:48.Scotland. Notice East Anglia and the south-east of England staying
:27:49. > :27:53.largely dry. With the cloud and wind, not cold overnight, not as
:27:54. > :27:56.cold as last night. Eight or 9 degrees is typical. In northern
:27:57. > :28:00.Scotland, a touch of frost in places, particularly the Northern
:28:01. > :28:04.Isles. A windy start to the weekend, fairly cloudy. Some breaks to the
:28:05. > :28:07.east of the Pennines and East of Scotland. Further west, cloud and
:28:08. > :28:11.outbreaks of rain. Some of it might get across the eastern side. The
:28:12. > :28:16.north-east of Scotland hanging on to the best of the weather. Relatively
:28:17. > :28:20.mild further south, 16 in the south-eastern corner. A big day for
:28:21. > :28:23.the Six Nations. At all three venues we will see a fair bit of cloud.
:28:24. > :28:28.Quite breezy as well. The rain should hold off from most places for
:28:29. > :28:32.much of the time. The second part of the weekend, similar to the first.
:28:33. > :28:39.Breezy, cloudy. Some breaks east of higher ground. Question marks about
:28:40. > :28:42.the northernmost extent of rain, it could be further south. East Anglia
:28:43. > :28:47.and the south-east are staying largely dry. The early part of next
:28:48. > :28:49.week, it looks like a change of wind direction to north-westerly will
:28:50. > :28:52.bring some cooler, showery weather across our shores. Have a great
:28:53. > :28:54.weekend. That's it from me. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:28:55. > :28:58.so it's goodbye from me and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:28:59. > :28:59.news teams where you are.