:00:00. > :00:07.industry. We are back
:00:08. > :00:13.Good evening. West Bromwich Albion say their striker Nicolas Anelka
:00:14. > :00:17.will continue to play for the club despite his controversial goal
:00:18. > :00:20.celebration on Saturday. Jewish groups around the world say they've
:00:21. > :00:23.been offended by his gesture which they liken to a Nazi salute. But
:00:24. > :00:30.Anelka continues to defend his actions.
:00:31. > :00:38.Disgusting. Just one headline from many in the national newspapers.
:00:39. > :00:42.West Bromwich Albion striker Nicolas Anelka is headline news. It's not
:00:43. > :00:45.his football but his goal celebration. It's called the
:00:46. > :00:51.quenelle and is the trademark of the controversial comedian Dieudonne.
:00:52. > :00:56.Many consider it an inverted Nazi salute and jewish groups around the
:00:57. > :01:01.world say they've been offended. Anything which is associated with
:01:02. > :01:15.the Nazi party is something which he ought to know would have probably
:01:16. > :01:18.put him in a concentration camp 70 years ago, rather than on a football
:01:19. > :01:21.field and Anelka made the gesture after scoring at West Ham on
:01:22. > :01:24.Saturday. That is the lesson he needs to learn. Perhaps we all need
:01:25. > :01:26.to learn that from this Last night defending himself on a social
:01:27. > :01:30.networking site. Incident as well. He wrote, I am not anti`semitic or
:01:31. > :01:33.racist and I totally stand by my gesture. In a statement, he
:01:34. > :01:37.continues to strongly deny any intention to cause offence. The club
:01:38. > :01:41.say he will be available to play in the next few games. But there is no
:01:42. > :01:43.sense of any apology. The club held a pre`match press conference today
:01:44. > :01:51.but Anelka's gesture dominated despite the press officer's requests
:01:52. > :01:54.to stick to the football. The club says it acknowledges it has been
:01:55. > :02:03.absurd but it does and says `` say he says sorry. Can we move it on,
:02:04. > :02:08.thank you? Nicholas is training as normal. He's been out there today,
:02:09. > :02:11.training like you did last week. The football Association are continuing
:02:12. > :02:17.their investigations but he could still face Newcastle united on New
:02:18. > :02:20.Year's Day. One of the country's biggest plant
:02:21. > :02:26.nurseries is calling for tighter controls on tree imports to combat
:02:27. > :02:29.disease. Hundreds of thousands of saplings have been destroyed in the
:02:30. > :02:34.Midlands this year, due to ash dieback.
:02:35. > :02:39.The dead of winter. The aftermath of a deadly disease is evident. More
:02:40. > :02:45.than 300 larch trees have been filed. The airborne disease was
:02:46. > :02:48.found here in September. It is the furthest east it has spread to land
:02:49. > :02:52.there is no guarantee it has been eradicated. When the Forestry
:02:53. > :03:03.Commission comeback in the spring, we might find it has moved on from
:03:04. > :03:08.this patch. It may have moved to the other trees within the site. 62
:03:09. > :03:15.acres of bilberry have also been affected and precautionary member ``
:03:16. > :03:18.measures are being taken. We could have a similar problem at Sutton
:03:19. > :03:25.Park. What we have done is identified that there is a threat.
:03:26. > :03:28.The Rangers there are all organising the rhododendrons being removed.
:03:29. > :03:38.That is the most likely hosts the cheese. `` host species. Ash dieback
:03:39. > :03:49.has also been a headache. This forest nurseries near Shropshire is
:03:50. > :03:52.the biggest in the country. It has had to destroy 800,000 ash saplings.
:03:53. > :03:54.The nursery's owner says a tighter control on imported trees is needed
:03:55. > :03:56.to disease spreading. We should be introducing what the Australians do
:03:57. > :03:59.and putting in warranties. You cannot tell by looking at the tree
:04:00. > :04:05.whether or not it is hosting a disease because you may not see the
:04:06. > :04:10.symptoms. In the soil, it's hard to detect. Inspection does not work.
:04:11. > :04:13.The nursery is playing its own part in trying to combat disease by
:04:14. > :04:18.establishing this orchard. The trees have been grafted with different
:04:19. > :04:23.genetic characteristics. Scientists hope at least one will prove
:04:24. > :04:26.resistant to Ash dieback. If these infections are not overcome, parts
:04:27. > :04:30.of our landscape may look very different in years to come.
:04:31. > :04:33.The man who was found dead at a house in Staffordshire at the
:04:34. > :04:35.weekend has been named as 44`year`old Anthony Hughes. Police
:04:36. > :04:39.were called to the house in Newcastle`under`Lyme on Saturday
:04:40. > :04:44.night. Mr Hughes, died from head and facial injuries. Two men have been
:04:45. > :04:47.charged with murder and were remanded in custody till later this
:04:48. > :04:50.month. Three other men have been bailed pending further inquiries.
:04:51. > :04:54.A university's becoming a world leader in developing diamond
:04:55. > :04:57.technology. The University of Warwick has been awarded more than
:04:58. > :05:01.?7 million to work with synthetic diamonds. The technology's already
:05:02. > :05:06.in use in manufacturing. Scientists believe it could also be used in
:05:07. > :05:09.treating cancers. Picture a diamond and many of us
:05:10. > :05:13.will have this image. The classic sparkler. But think again. Here's
:05:14. > :05:18.another physicist by the name of Newton. And he's about to give us a
:05:19. > :05:27.sneak peak of something just as precious. You think of the silicon
:05:28. > :05:31.chip. 50 years ago, people were developing silicon to be used with
:05:32. > :05:35.electronic devices. We are now developing diamonds to deliver new
:05:36. > :05:38.technologies, new capabilities. The University of Warwick is growing
:05:39. > :05:41.synthetic diamonds not for shops, not for your finger. They're leading
:05:42. > :05:49.the UK's research into diamond technology. Here is a piece of
:05:50. > :05:53.synthetic diamond and here is a block of ice. Watch this because as
:05:54. > :05:57.I pushed down not very hard at all, the heat is transmitting through my
:05:58. > :06:04.fingers and literally carving the ice easily. Its thermal conductivity
:06:05. > :06:07.is five times better than copper. Diamonds get used in everything from
:06:08. > :06:12.drill bits to quantum computers, hip joints and optical windows.
:06:13. > :06:15.Obviously, it's important to understand that characteristics of
:06:16. > :06:19.the material. So these odd looking diamonds are grown in the lab and
:06:20. > :06:21.have essentially the same chemical composition as mined natural
:06:22. > :06:24.diamonds. It's hoped that by identifying the smallest of
:06:25. > :06:33.molecular defects, they can apply it to all sorts of things, even
:06:34. > :06:37.medicine. You have the ability not just to measure the temperature of a
:06:38. > :06:39.patient but in principle, you can measure the temperature of a patient
:06:40. > :06:42.but in principle, you can measure the temperatures of individual cells
:06:43. > :06:45.and then decide which is a cancerous cell and then heated up to kill it.
:06:46. > :06:48.This research will allow the university to recruit 60 new PhD
:06:49. > :06:51.students, who'll share their findings with other UK universities.
:06:52. > :06:58.So this isn't about the bling, synthetic diamonds are fast becoming
:06:59. > :07:00.science's best friend. There've been howling winds and
:07:01. > :07:08.lashing rain across the region today. In Kingstanding in Birmingham
:07:09. > :07:11.this morning, a large tree was blown down, narrowly missing a house.
:07:12. > :07:14.Firemen had to cut a route into the house, so that the three people
:07:15. > :07:18.inside could be checked over by ambulance staff. No`one was injured.
:07:19. > :07:19.So is there more stormy weather to come as we head for 2014? Here's
:07:20. > :07:26.Shefali to tell us. Unfortunately yes. There are
:07:27. > :07:29.currently numerous flood alerts in force but only one flood warning for
:07:30. > :07:33.the river Severn at Tewkesbury. But of course with the ground so
:07:34. > :07:36.saturated, it's not the best of situations to be in with the sort of
:07:37. > :07:40.forecast we're looking at for the coming week The pattern unfolding
:07:41. > :07:43.this week is one of rain. Heavy at times followed by heavy blustery
:07:44. > :07:47.showers but for the time being at least it is dry out there and quite
:07:48. > :07:51.calm with the skies clearing enough for a touch of frost in rural parts
:07:52. > :07:54.initially before the cloud thickens up from the West later in the night.
:07:55. > :07:58.It is looking quite wet for the morning. A narrow band of rain
:07:59. > :08:01.spread secretly eastwards and that will leave us with much drier
:08:02. > :08:06.conditions by the afternoon. Maybe even some sunshine. Again, quite
:08:07. > :08:09.mild with highs of nine to 10 Celsius with moderate south`westerly
:08:10. > :08:13.winds. As we welcome in the New Year tomorrow night, I'm afraid we have a
:08:14. > :08:17.rash of lively showers developing. It could just start to quieten down
:08:18. > :08:21.by about midnight but for New Year's Day, I'm afraid it is looking very
:08:22. > :08:23.wet and quite windy. Showers by Thursday.
:08:24. > :08:38.I will be back with our latest news just after 10:15pm. Goodbye.
:08:39. > :08:45.Another day off strong winds, heavy rain and flooding. At least things
:08:46. > :08:49.are quiet at the moment. The rain has cleared off and the wind is
:08:50. > :08:55.lighter. There might be some ice in Scotland, but through the night the
:08:56. > :09:01.wind picks up, lifting temperatures, but more heavy rain pushing in. The
:09:02. > :09:05.rain band is not quite a significant us today, but it will leave surface
:09:06. > :09:11.water flooding. Some heavy bursts clearing Northern Ireland by first
:09:12. > :09:16.light. It reaches the east coast by the time we get to lunchtime, after
:09:17. > :09:22.a few morning showers. The wind is falling lighter, easing down from
:09:23. > :09:24.the gusty nature. A bit of sunshine through the afternoon. The
:09:25. > :09:29.temperature is a bit higher than they should be at this stage of the
:09:30. > :09:36.year. Some showers to finish the day in the West. They will push East on
:09:37. > :09:40.a blustery wind. Some of you will end the year on a dry note. The
:09:41. > :09:41.greatest chance of