:00:00. > :00:10.This is BBC World News Today, with me Kasia Madera. Will the United
:00:11. > :00:13.Kingdom be divided? Scottish MPs lay down the case for independence.
:00:14. > :00:18.A blueprint is released explaining just how it would work, ahead of a
:00:19. > :00:23.referendum next year. Opponents say the document is a work of fiction.
:00:24. > :00:26.France scrambles troops towards the Central African Republic, amid
:00:27. > :00:30.intensifying violence, and fears the country will implode.
:00:31. > :00:33.Also coming up: Lebanon's liberal reputation under
:00:34. > :00:38.threat. We uncover evidence of police intimidation towards gay
:00:39. > :00:41.people. And until recently, no-one knew this
:00:42. > :00:48.John Constable oil painting even existed. Just where did museum staff
:00:49. > :01:06.find it? Hello and welcome. The great debate
:01:07. > :01:09.about the future of Great Britain is heating up. A blueprint for Scottish
:01:10. > :01:14.independence has been released, detailing just how Scotland would
:01:15. > :01:18.operate outside the United Kingdom. The plan would see it collect its
:01:19. > :01:28.own taxes but keep the pound sterling and stay in the European
:01:29. > :01:32.Union. Scotland joined England to form the
:01:33. > :01:39.kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. Since 1999, it has had its own
:01:40. > :01:43.devolved parliament, which allows it to make laws in a limited capacity.
:01:44. > :01:48.The Scottish National Party is pushing for independence and
:01:49. > :01:55.outlined today why Scots should make the move. There will be a referendum
:01:56. > :02:00.next September. For nationalists, the campaign has
:02:01. > :02:04.moved into an ambitious new phase. The most significant milestone to
:02:05. > :02:06.date on the long march to independence and the first detailed
:02:07. > :02:13.account of the character, shape and spirit of the new nation they hope
:02:14. > :02:17.will soon be born. An independent Scotland could have the eighth
:02:18. > :02:20.highest economic output and the 10th highest national income per head of
:02:21. > :02:25.population in the whole of the developed world.
:02:26. > :02:30.So what would an independent Scotland look like? It would be a
:02:31. > :02:36.kingdom with the Queen as head of state. It would join NATO but demand
:02:37. > :02:39.the removal of submarine-born Trident missiles within four years.
:02:40. > :02:45.It would keep the pound as part of a sterling zone with the rest of the
:02:46. > :02:48.UK. This is not a final blueprint for independence. It is simply the
:02:49. > :02:53.Scottish Government's starting point for an 18 month period of
:02:54. > :02:57.negotiations after a yes vote. It rests on a lot of assumptions. It
:02:58. > :03:01.assumes, for example, that the EU will accept Scotland as a
:03:02. > :03:05.continuing, rather than as a new, member. NATO will accept a
:03:06. > :03:09.nuclear-free Scotland without Trident. But the UK government will
:03:10. > :03:14.agree to share the pound was an independent Scotland in a currency
:03:15. > :03:19.union. -- that the UK government. What is the UK government refused to
:03:20. > :03:24.share the pound? Then an independent Scotland, Alex Salmond told me, my
:03:25. > :03:27.refused to share but's National Debtline these things follow as
:03:28. > :03:32.night follows day. Scotland have indicated they willingness in this
:03:33. > :03:36.document to accept the financing of some of the massive obligations and
:03:37. > :03:39.liabilities that have been built up Alistair da and George Osbourne.
:03:40. > :03:43.That is predicated on the share of assets. You have to share both sides
:03:44. > :03:50.of the balance sheet. -- Alistair Darling. This is a country of two
:03:51. > :03:56.national identities interwoven. Many here are genuinely torn. Opponents
:03:57. > :04:00.of independence say Alex Salmond's blueprint is mere wishful thinking.
:04:01. > :04:06.He has nothing new to say. He simply repeats the assertions and claims he
:04:07. > :04:10.has been making for years. He says there will be a currency union but
:04:11. > :04:12.ignores the fact there would have to be a negotiation and any
:04:13. > :04:15.negotiation, you do not get everything you want. It takes two to
:04:16. > :04:19.reach an agreement. The same with Europe. The idea that 27 European
:04:20. > :04:24.countries will roll over and give him everything he wants is nonsense.
:04:25. > :04:28.There is a danger in this line of attack. For pro-independence
:04:29. > :04:31.campaigners see this as a battle between the somewhat promise of a
:04:32. > :04:38.new start and the fearful caution of the status quo. Might that yet swing
:04:39. > :04:43.it? Joining me from
:04:44. > :04:51.Our correspondent joins us now from Edinburgh. Is this a blueprint or
:04:52. > :04:55.wish list? That is precisely what will be debated from now until
:04:56. > :04:58.referendum day. Some people believe that today we would see almost the
:04:59. > :05:02.birth of a new nation, that we would see the excitement, if you like, as
:05:03. > :05:08.the parents of that new nation, the Scottish First Minister and Nicola
:05:09. > :05:12.Sturgeon, really revealed what it was all about. It was actually a
:05:13. > :05:18.much more low-key event. It felt like to business executives trying
:05:19. > :05:20.to reassure at the launch of some exercise in corporate rebranding. I
:05:21. > :05:25.think there is a good reason for that. The opinion polls still show
:05:26. > :05:29.that many Scots are sceptical about the case for an entirely new
:05:30. > :05:33.country. Therefore, a great big document was produced today which in
:05:34. > :05:37.one sense said that a great deal would change if this country became
:05:38. > :05:44.independent and yet rather a lot would not change. It would carry on
:05:45. > :05:48.having the Queen as its head of state, it would continue to have the
:05:49. > :05:52.pound is currency, it would try to join the EU and join NATO, just like
:05:53. > :05:59.the UK. Things like pensions, a cause of such concern, would be
:06:00. > :06:03.played broadly as they are now. -- paid. At the same ten, the
:06:04. > :06:06.prospective authors, if you give Scotland the power to make its own
:06:07. > :06:10.decisions and choices, if, for example, this country could stop
:06:11. > :06:15.spending money on nuclear weapons and choose to spend it on public
:06:16. > :06:18.services instead, there are a whole series of goodies laid out before
:06:19. > :06:22.the electorate. You could have more childcare, you could have fairer
:06:23. > :06:28.taxes, you could have a series of changes designed to make this more
:06:29. > :06:34.appealing to that broad mass of Scots who are not yet convinced for
:06:35. > :06:40.an independent Scotland but are not entirely persuaded against it thank
:06:41. > :06:44.you very much. Nick Robinson there from Edinburgh. We are going to stay
:06:45. > :06:49.in Edinburgh because we are joined by David Torrance. David, I know
:06:50. > :06:53.that one of the books that you have written is a biography of Alex
:06:54. > :06:57.Salmond. You think he has made the case? Not quite. He has certainly
:06:58. > :07:05.made more of a case on perhaps he had before. The document he unsealed
:07:06. > :07:09.this morning with Nicola Sturgeon is certainly competence. It is slickly
:07:10. > :07:14.produced and he can now say, one of people questions at him, but it is
:07:15. > :07:19.in this document, look under this section. -- that he unveiled this
:07:20. > :07:25.morning. Of course, the White Paper does not, and could not, and is
:07:26. > :07:30.unequivocally that there is more information available Mozilla was
:07:31. > :07:33.before this morning. One criticism was that Alex Salmond
:07:34. > :07:38.has made lots of assumptions, that he assumes that Scotland will keep
:07:39. > :07:43.the pound, that Scotland will stay in the EU. This is not a given.
:07:44. > :07:48.There are lots of different factors in this. No. And there is very
:07:49. > :07:55.little in the White Paper that could be asserted as an unequivocal fact
:07:56. > :07:58.for all those reasons. It is dependent on a yes vote and of
:07:59. > :08:02.course the opinion polls show that is unlikely. At least for the time
:08:03. > :08:07.being. It is also predicated on the negotiations that would follow a yes
:08:08. > :08:12.vote, going relatively well and the SNP heading up those negotiations,
:08:13. > :08:16.getting everything he wanted on currency, defence and so on. It is
:08:17. > :08:21.also predicated, certainly on the longer term, the aspirational
:08:22. > :08:25.elements are predicated on the simply being in government in and
:08:26. > :08:31.dependent Scotland not just for a term but probably for quite a long
:08:32. > :08:34.time. -- on the SNP being in government.
:08:35. > :08:36.What about the basics, this question of child care, something that lots
:08:37. > :08:42.of people would be very pleased to hear about. Apparently this could be
:08:43. > :08:44.done now. Why not do it now? Nicola Sturgeon was asked that question
:08:45. > :08:49.this morning and said, not unreasonably, you need full control
:08:50. > :08:53.of the economic levers in order to push through something on that
:08:54. > :08:57.scale. That is half true. Much of it could be implemented at the moment.
:08:58. > :09:01.But the presence of policy commitments like that childcare
:09:02. > :09:06.proposal did jar slightly, not just because much of it is already
:09:07. > :09:11.devolved but also because it seemed a little prosaic. Childcare is very
:09:12. > :09:14.important but a very prosaic way to see this is the compelling case for
:09:15. > :09:19.the independence of a nation. Do you think that the economy, how well off
:09:20. > :09:23.people feel that they are, is that going to be the driving force behind
:09:24. > :09:29.this? Anecdotally and in terms of opinion polls, that seems to be the
:09:30. > :09:31.dominant issue. Every see people questioned about independence, that
:09:32. > :09:35.is what they say. How can we afford it? Would be better off? Or would be
:09:36. > :09:42.worse off? Economic 's dominated this. It is all predicated on an
:09:43. > :09:46.independent Scotland performing economically very well and its
:09:47. > :09:53.citizens be better off than they are now. David, at the moment, opinion
:09:54. > :09:58.polls suggesting that a round 63% of people who vote would vote to stay
:09:59. > :10:01.within the UK. What is your, if we are going to take a bit on this,
:10:02. > :10:06.what do you think is going to happen? I think the opinion polls
:10:07. > :10:11.will not change very much, not as a result of this white paper.
:10:12. > :10:14.Certainly not until next summer, when things really kick off. Most
:10:15. > :10:21.people expect there to be some narrowing in the polls. I think that
:10:22. > :10:24.is almost inevitable. As many have said, many experts on referendums
:10:25. > :10:30.and elections, in order to stand any chance of winning a referendum like
:10:31. > :10:35.this, the side proposing a change, in this case the pro-independence
:10:36. > :10:38.camp, needs to enter with a pretty commanding lead of around ten
:10:39. > :10:41.points. They are nowhere near that at the moment. Perhaps the White
:10:42. > :10:47.Paper will help them turn that around. There is little indication
:10:48. > :10:50.as yet. David, good to talk to you. To other news now. The French
:10:51. > :10:54.government is scrambling an additional 1,000 soldiers to the
:10:55. > :10:57.Central African Republic. They will be part of an African Union led
:10:58. > :11:01.force that is trying to bring stability to a country that is, in
:11:02. > :11:05.the words of the UN, descending into complete chaos. 10% of the
:11:06. > :11:09.population have fled their homes and one million people need urgent food
:11:10. > :11:20.aid. The current crisis began when rebels ousted the President in
:11:21. > :11:23.March. Damian Zane reports. There is a desperate situation in
:11:24. > :11:28.parts of the Central African Republic, with little sign of things
:11:29. > :11:35.getting better. Tens of thousands have sought refuge in this compound
:11:36. > :11:39.at a Catholic mission. The aid agency MSF says more security is
:11:40. > :11:46.needed. Right now, we have hundreds of thousands of people estimated, up
:11:47. > :11:50.to 400,000 people, that have been reading out in the bush for the past
:11:51. > :11:55.couple of weeks, completely on their own, without access to clean
:11:56. > :11:59.drinking water, a difficult time for them to reach the sectors. It is a
:12:00. > :12:06.difficult situation for them right now. On Monday night, the UN tried
:12:07. > :12:09.to address that situation and the ambassador from the Central African
:12:10. > :12:17.Republic echo the warnings of other diplomats. TRANSLATION: The report
:12:18. > :12:23.of the secretary general latest development on the positions adopted
:12:24. > :12:29.by the French and Americans, will bring about genocide of nothing is
:12:30. > :12:33.not understand. We need free, transparent credible elections
:12:34. > :12:39.within two months but it has been threatened within the great
:12:40. > :12:44.instability. The president has been unable to
:12:45. > :12:53.control his former rebel allies. The mainly Muslim and -- Muslim militias
:12:54. > :12:58.and Christian militias have been attacking each other's communities.
:12:59. > :13:01.There has also been a rise in sexual violence, torture and summary
:13:02. > :13:07.executions. Without stability and an end to the law and looting, little
:13:08. > :13:11.progress can be made. The forces need help. The plan is to bolster
:13:12. > :13:14.their numbers and give it UN backing. Concerns remain about what
:13:15. > :13:21.will happen to the people while they wait for more soldiers to arrive.
:13:22. > :13:26.We're also joined by the BBC's David Chazan in Paris. David, these 1000
:13:27. > :13:31.French troops, do we know where they're going be deployed? We do not
:13:32. > :13:37.know exactly where but the main idea is for them to restore security in
:13:38. > :13:44.the capital and also on the main roads leading to neighbouring Chad
:13:45. > :13:47.and Cameron saw that supplies can be brought in because the aid agencies
:13:48. > :13:56.are saying there is a severe hunger problem developing. In terms of
:13:57. > :13:59.France sending troops there, the French minister was saying that if
:14:00. > :14:05.France does not do it, nobody else will. Is that your understanding? I
:14:06. > :14:11.think Franz's uniquely placed among the Western powers to do this, not
:14:12. > :14:16.only is it a former colonial powers or has a good sense of what the
:14:17. > :14:21.country is like but it also has thousands of soldiers already in
:14:22. > :14:26.place in the neighbouring countries. Places like Cameroon and
:14:27. > :14:31.the Ivory Coast. It has a lot of soldiers also on a ship in the Gulf
:14:32. > :14:36.of Guinea. So France can get these troops into position very rapidly.
:14:37. > :14:41.France is warning, and the UN as well, that the country is on the
:14:42. > :14:48.verge of genocide. Do people back in Paris, back in France, today support
:14:49. > :14:51.this move? This is the second time that France is sending forces into a
:14:52. > :15:02.former French colony. -- do they support this move? That is right.
:15:03. > :15:06.France sent thousands of troops to Mali in January in a move that has
:15:07. > :15:09.been seen as largely successful. A lot of people feel that France will
:15:10. > :15:15.also be successful in restoring order in the Central African
:15:16. > :15:22.Republic. But there have already been some criticism from the
:15:23. > :15:28.centre-right, the UN party, which is asking why the governing Socialists
:15:29. > :15:31.are making big cuts in the defence budget but sending troops into
:15:32. > :15:36.another African country. Some people here in France will be wondering why
:15:37. > :15:43.the Government has decided to do this at a time when the economy is
:15:44. > :15:46.struggling and unemployment is rising and there are cuts that the
:15:47. > :15:53.two be made across the. Having said that, there are a lot of people who
:15:54. > :16:00.will welcome this intervention. -- there are cuts that need to be
:16:01. > :16:04.made. We think this is France restoring its historic role.
:16:05. > :16:07.President Putin has hit back at criticism from the EU which has
:16:08. > :16:11.accused Russia of putting political and economic pressure on Ukraine not
:16:12. > :16:14.to sign a trade agreement. He said it should end what he called its
:16:15. > :16:17.sharp words about Ukraine's apparent turn towards Russia. Big crowds
:16:18. > :16:22.continue to demonstrate against Kiev's decision. Our correspondent
:16:23. > :16:23.Steve Rosenberg reports on how Ukraine has been torn between East
:16:24. > :16:38.and West. At the Kiev Opera, it is a story of
:16:39. > :16:46.love and bitter rivalry. Two suitors, one fair maiden. It is just
:16:47. > :16:50.like the story of Ukraine. Two world powers, the European Union
:16:51. > :16:56.and Russia, have been competing for closer ties with Kiev. At who Ian
:16:57. > :17:01.Bryce? Ukraine has had a big decision to make. On the one hand,
:17:02. > :17:04.should it an historic trade agreement with the European Union
:17:05. > :17:09.that would turn this country very much towards Europe? Or should it
:17:10. > :17:12.look East and join Russia's economic bloc? The pressure on Ukraine to
:17:13. > :17:21.decide one way or the other has become huge. That includes economic
:17:22. > :17:25.pressure. Early this year, Russia banned imports from Ukraine's
:17:26. > :17:31.largest confectioner. And it imposed trade restrictions on the Ukrainian
:17:32. > :17:36.companies, a strong hint that Kiev should think twice before distancing
:17:37. > :17:40.itself from Moscow. The whole world clearly understands that the real
:17:41. > :17:49.reason for these problems is it as a form of pressure on Ukraine because
:17:50. > :17:54.of the necessity to make a strategic decision about our future
:17:55. > :17:58.development. But that pressure has had an effect. Last week, Ukraine's
:17:59. > :18:02.government announced it had put on hold the association agreement with
:18:03. > :18:07.the EU. It would concentrate instead on repairing economic ties with
:18:08. > :18:12.Moscow. TRANSLATION: Over the last year,
:18:13. > :18:21.trade between Russia and Ukraine fell by 25%. That is a huge blow to
:18:22. > :18:24.our economy. We spoke to officials months ago on how they would
:18:25. > :18:29.compensate a but all we got were compensations that Ukraine would
:18:30. > :18:32.profit medium to long-term. The decision by the government has
:18:33. > :18:37.sparked anger on the streets. In Kiev, pro-EU protesters have clashed
:18:38. > :18:40.with riot police. They accused the authorities of dragging Ukraine back
:18:41. > :18:48.to the soviet union. And they demanded the release from Trail of
:18:49. > :18:58.-- the release from jail of their former opposition leader. If they
:18:59. > :19:02.are not willing to embrace European standards and values than they are
:19:03. > :19:06.not willing to play by the rules of the European Union. These protesters
:19:07. > :19:09.say they will stay on the streets until the Ukraine government chooses
:19:10. > :19:13.a different path, one that will lead to Europe.
:19:14. > :19:15.Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:19:16. > :19:17.Demonstrators in Thailand's capital Bangkok are continuing to target
:19:18. > :19:20.government ministries, occupying some and surrounding others, in a
:19:21. > :19:23.protest against the administration of Prime Minister Yingluck
:19:24. > :19:26.Shinawatra. An arrest warrant has been issued for one of the protest
:19:27. > :19:29.leaders in connection with the occupation. Meanwhile, the Thai
:19:30. > :19:31.Parliament is debating a no-confidence motion against Ms
:19:32. > :19:35.Yingluck. The protesters say they aim to paralyse the government in a
:19:36. > :19:38.bid to force the Prime Minister to step down.
:19:39. > :19:41.Here in the UK, a police officer is to be charged with misconduct in
:19:42. > :19:44.public office. The officer is accused of falsely claiming to have
:19:45. > :19:47.witnessed a foul- mouthed confrontation between a senior
:19:48. > :19:50.member of the Government, Andrew Mitchell, and Downing Street police.
:19:51. > :19:55.Mr Mitchell, who was alleged to have called police "plebs", resigned over
:19:56. > :20:05.the affair. In total, eight police officers are facing disciplinary
:20:06. > :20:09.proceedings. Lebanon, with its vibrant nightlife,
:20:10. > :20:13.is often seen as one of the more liberal countries of the Middle
:20:14. > :20:16.East. It has a reputation as being relatively tolerant of gay people in
:20:17. > :20:18.a predominantly conservative region. But campaigners say they're
:20:19. > :20:22.increasingly concerned that that is changing. Human Rights Watch says it
:20:23. > :20:23.has evidence that homosexual men are being subjected to abuse by police,
:20:24. > :20:37.as Sima Kotecha reports from Beirut. Beirut comes alive under darkness.
:20:38. > :20:42.It's liberal and modern, lined with bars and clubs, and it is where
:20:43. > :20:45.masculinity matches stereotypes. But this city has an underground gay
:20:46. > :20:51.scene that is private yet very much alive. Lebanon became the first Arab
:20:52. > :20:56.country to declassify homosexuality as a disease but it still has
:20:57. > :21:01.legislation which could be used to criminalise homosexuals. Beirut is
:21:02. > :21:06.often thought of as a safe haven for gay people across the Arab world. In
:21:07. > :21:11.some countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia, being homosexual can lead to
:21:12. > :21:15.the death penalty. But recently, much has happened here that has
:21:16. > :21:22.revealed cracks in this city's liberal facade. There have been
:21:23. > :21:27.claims here that police have been subjecting gay people to intrusive
:21:28. > :21:31.anal testing. This man, who doesn't want to show his face, says he was
:21:32. > :21:35.arrested for being gay. He claims doctors conducted an intimate
:21:36. > :21:40.inspection on him to find out if he had had homosexual sex. It was
:21:41. > :21:46.really demeaning. It made me feel like I don't have body rights. Eye
:21:47. > :21:51.was repressed for a long time. I was very resentful and just alone. Human
:21:52. > :21:54.Rights Watch says even though the government has condemned and banned
:21:55. > :21:59.this kind of testing, it is still going on. Human Rights Watch is very
:22:00. > :22:04.concerned about the problem of abuse and ill-treatment against gays and
:22:05. > :22:06.lesbians, bisexual people, transgender people in Lebanon. The
:22:07. > :22:10.way they are treated by wider society but also the abuse, the
:22:11. > :22:14.torture and ill-treatment they are subjected to and kept in cells and
:22:15. > :22:20.attention. We have documented very serious patterns of abuse and that
:22:21. > :22:26.needs to end. But some people here insist that homosexuality is wrong.
:22:27. > :22:30.It is male and female and this is the normal life. Male and female,
:22:31. > :22:36.not male and male or female and female. Being in jail is not enough.
:22:37. > :22:42.They should tell them they are doing the wrong thing and they should stop
:22:43. > :22:47.all of this... Erm... This mistake. It is a mistake, after all. These
:22:48. > :22:50.sorts of views are in line with the religious teachings of Islam but
:22:51. > :22:56.there is an argument here that people should move with the times.
:22:57. > :22:59.Recently we reported on a huge haul of Nazi-looted art which contained
:23:00. > :23:05.hundreds of previously unknown works by masters. Well, now we can tell
:23:06. > :23:08.you about another discovery. This oil sketch by John Constable has
:23:09. > :23:13.been uncovered by staff at London's Victoria Albert Museum. They
:23:14. > :23:15.didn't find it in some long-lost private collection, but hidden
:23:16. > :23:20.inside another of his works that belongs to the museum.
:23:21. > :23:30.With me is Estelle Lovatt, who's an art critic here in London. Thank you
:23:31. > :23:35.very much for coming to speak to us. It is an incredible story, the
:23:36. > :23:39.fact that this lovely oil sketch was actually not this covered for so
:23:40. > :23:44.many years but was inside a different painting. Can you tell us
:23:45. > :23:49.about how it was found? Yes, his daughter left the V most of his
:23:50. > :23:52.works, over 600 of them, and the conservation Department there had
:23:53. > :23:58.removed the backing and they were going to put the painting to be
:23:59. > :24:02.included in an exhibition, and they found it behind the lining, so this
:24:03. > :24:05.is an extraordinary find. They did see through an X-ray there was
:24:06. > :24:10.something there but they were not sure what it was, but to find a
:24:11. > :24:14.sketch like this. The best thing about Constable was his sky
:24:15. > :24:22.sketches. He is more of a skyscape used than a landscape is. And it is
:24:23. > :24:28.so beautiful. They have this lovely white quality called Constable
:24:29. > :24:36.snows. And we in this country never really appreciated his landscapes.
:24:37. > :24:40.They were not considered high enough or fine enough to be considered fine
:24:41. > :24:47.art. So he had to exhibit in France. And for the French to tell us, you
:24:48. > :24:52.have a great painter on your hands! And he was a great impressionist
:24:53. > :24:55.because he painted an open air. So this is an extraordinary find and
:24:56. > :25:00.I'm hoping it will rekindle our love of Constable. It is just remarkable
:25:01. > :25:05.that for so many years nobody knew it existed, but he was known very
:25:06. > :25:09.well for reusing his canvases or painting on the other side, so maybe
:25:10. > :25:14.it is not that unusual to find a Constable like this? There are lots
:25:15. > :25:18.of things to consider. He was quite a mean man, he had seven children to
:25:19. > :25:23.bring up, he didn't have much of an income from his very wealthy family
:25:24. > :25:26.because they disapproved firstly of his being a painter and then they
:25:27. > :25:31.thought his wife was too young to marry, so they kept his money
:25:32. > :25:37.limited. But also, he never sold that much. He was a contemporary of
:25:38. > :25:40.Turner's. And then he turned his hand to portraits but they were
:25:41. > :25:48.awful. So he never really made a living as and artist. But he made a
:25:49. > :25:53.good living giving lectures on how to paint beautiful clouds. And we
:25:54. > :25:59.believe these clouds are in North London, Hampstead. You are
:26:00. > :26:08.absolutely right, yes. And he took his wife there because she was very
:26:09. > :26:13.ill. And being 400 feet above the city, he thought this was the
:26:14. > :26:20.cleanest air in London. And this is going to be at the VNA, so we can
:26:21. > :26:26.all enjoy it? Absolutely. He is an artist who can work very small or
:26:27. > :26:29.very big. Thank you for talking us through this remarkable find. A John
:26:30. > :26:34.Constable that has been found hidden within another of his paintings. A
:26:35. > :26:38.remarkable story. Thank you. From all of us here, thank you for
:26:39. > :26:42.watching the programme. Don't forget, you can catch up as there is
:26:43. > :26:47.much more on our website and you can also follow me on Twitter. From all
:26:48. > :26:56.of us on the team, thank you for watching. Good night.
:26:57. > :27:02.Good evening. I think we should be virtually frost free tonight as we
:27:03. > :27:07.have cloudy skies and milder air spreading across the UK around this
:27:08. > :27:10.big area of high pressure. A warm front is pushing southwards
:27:11. > :27:15.introducing milder air at least for a time. But producing outbreaks of
:27:16. > :27:22.rain as well. Fairly light and patchy, mind you, but it will stay
:27:23. > :27:28.dull, damp and misty around the south of the UK. Temperatures will
:27:29. > :27:31.pick up to ten or 11 degrees with some sunshine over the Pennines but
:27:32. > :27:32.across the South,