a labour mp, julie elliott, took up the issue. 0ne julie elliott, took up the issue.one of the things she said was she felt it was co nsta ntly she said was she felt it was constantly protecting the reputation of the fa and that came across to the committee very clearly in the a nswer the committee very clearly in the answer is that the employees do. dancing on the head of a pin. rather thanif dancing on the head of a pin. rather than if they admitted they had done wrong. you think that is a realistic claim that it was all about protecting the reputation of the fa? ido protecting the reputation of the fa? i do think it's right to me to sit there... i think it is right but to your opinion. i said i thought the fa handled the incident really badly. in a way, it has quite rightly ta ken badly. in a way, it has quite rightly taken the shine off the work thatis rightly taken the shine off the work that is the fa has done on reform of the government. i think that the fa have to take a long hard look at itself. what about the gaps it showed an acknowledgement? lastly, there

dame julie was also nominated for her role in the film billy elliott.usly only been climbed by two men. angela spent two years training by casting replicas of the holds along the route and installing them on her local climbing wall. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with for a look at the weather. good morning. yesterday we had the frost in the morning, of course. this morning it was not quite as cold but there was lots of cloud around, some outbreaks of brain and is not particularly pleasant conditions for the morning commute in the west. this is the scene in the west midlands at the moment. you can see where the rain is on this recent radar rainfall picture. some heavy bursts of rain in the south—west of wheels and four south—west of wheels and four south—west england. the badly and we have some sunshine. this is the scene at the moment in the highlands. for the rest of this afternoon we will continue to see this removing its weight gradually eastwards, but behind