:00:08. > :00:13.Condemnation from around the world as Syrian activists claimed there
:00:13. > :00:19.has been another massacre. Reports that 78 people, including children,
:00:19. > :00:23.have been killed by government supporting militia. The ceasefire,
:00:23. > :00:30.brokered by both sides. The UN peace envoy says armoured military
:00:30. > :00:37.groups seem to have free rein. things do not change, the future is
:00:37. > :00:41.likely to be one of brutal repression, massacres, sectarian
:00:42. > :00:48.violence and even all-out civil war. With UN observers shot at, we will
:00:48. > :00:52.be asking if diplomacy is dead. Also tonight: Euro crisis talks in
:00:52. > :00:54.Berlin. The German leader once more political union. Where does that
:00:55. > :01:00.leave Britain and the global economy?
:01:00. > :01:05.China cut interest rates on fears of a slowdown. And a warning in
:01:05. > :01:08.Washington on America's recovery. An England walkabout. But when they
:01:08. > :01:12.start playing, ministers will not be there. A boycott over its human
:01:12. > :01:15.rights. And remember all of those warnings
:01:15. > :01:21.about a drought? The water companies may rethink their
:01:21. > :01:26.hosepipe bans. Coming up in Sportsday: On the eve
:01:26. > :01:36.of Euro 2012, we will have the latest from the England camp. Plus,
:01:36. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:51.Bolt strikes late to power past Good evening. The UN Secretary
:01:51. > :01:55.General has used his toughest language yet to condemn the Syrian
:01:55. > :02:00.government. Ban Ki-Moon said that President Assad had lost his
:02:00. > :02:03.legitimacy. It comes as details of another massacre have emerged.
:02:03. > :02:07.Activists has a 78 people, including women and two children,
:02:07. > :02:12.have been killed. UN observers trying to reach the scene were shot
:02:12. > :02:17.at, leading to further questions about their ability to operate. The
:02:17. > :02:22.latest attack happened in Qubair in Hama province. There are pictures
:02:22. > :02:26.of some of those killed from the start of this report.
:02:26. > :02:30.This video, post on the internet by the opposition activists shows some
:02:30. > :02:37.of those killed near the village of Qubair, including young children.
:02:37. > :02:42.There is no independent evidence yet, but local activists blame
:02:42. > :02:49.shabbiha militia, a loyal to President Assad's regime. They
:02:49. > :02:53.killed 78 civilians and the rest of the population were fleeing to
:02:53. > :02:57.other villages. One of them described horrible seems to me.
:02:57. > :03:01.Government account is quite different. Syrian state television
:03:01. > :03:06.said a terrorist group committed a horrific crime. The Government
:03:06. > :03:08.statement says that the inhabitants of the farm appealed to the
:03:09. > :03:13.laboratories for protection and they responded by killing a
:03:13. > :03:16.terrorist cell. The head of the UN mission in Syria said that a team
:03:17. > :03:22.sent to verify reports of a massacre was stopped by the Syrian
:03:22. > :03:26.army. The UN Secretary General says they will also shot at. Ban Ki-Moon
:03:26. > :03:30.told a special session of all UN countries in New York that
:03:30. > :03:34.President Assad's regime had lost all legitimacy. The UN special
:03:34. > :03:38.envoy, Kofi Annan, admitted his peace plan was not being
:03:38. > :03:44.implemented by government or opposition and gave this warning.
:03:44. > :03:50.The abuses are continuing. The country is becoming more polarised
:03:50. > :03:57.and more radicalised. If things do not change, the future is likely to
:03:57. > :04:07.be one of brutal repression, massacres, sectarian violence and
:04:07. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:14.even all-out civil war. Recent This is apparently a Syrian
:04:14. > :04:17.armoured vehicle being totally destroyed. Together with separate
:04:17. > :04:22.incidents, it suggests that the regime is under mounting pressure
:04:22. > :04:29.from opposition fighters, with backing and weapons from Saudi
:04:29. > :04:34.Arabia and Qatar. Kofi Annan's plan requires a ceasefire first. Instead,
:04:34. > :04:37.violence on all sides seems to be increasing. One idea is to have
:04:37. > :04:41.their new contract group of countries to Bridge International
:04:41. > :04:45.divides and encourage real political change in Syria. It would
:04:45. > :04:48.include both world and regional powers. Some, such as Russia, China
:04:48. > :04:53.and Iran have influence on to Syrian government. Others, like the
:04:53. > :04:56.UK, the United States and Saudi Arabia have influence on the
:04:56. > :05:01.opposition. There is a big stumbling block. Britain and
:05:01. > :05:07.America reject any participation by Iran. I think the inclusion of Iran
:05:07. > :05:13.in any such group would probably render it unworkable. This is a
:05:13. > :05:16.country that is supporting some of the unacceptable violence and
:05:16. > :05:21.supporting the Syrian regime in what it is doing to the Syrian
:05:21. > :05:31.people. The outside world remains deeply divided over what to do
:05:31. > :05:33.about Syria's downward spiral. And the risk each new atrocity makes
:05:33. > :05:37.reconciliation even harder to achieve.
:05:37. > :05:40.Looking at that report, it looks like events on the ground are
:05:40. > :05:45.overtaking the diplomatic process? I think that is very clear. The
:05:45. > :05:49.starkest evidence to support that seems to come from leaks coming out
:05:49. > :05:53.of a closed-door session tonight of the Security Council meeting in New
:05:53. > :05:57.York. The 15 powers at the very centre of UN affairs, they are
:05:57. > :06:01.being briefed both by Ban Ki-Moon and Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan has
:06:01. > :06:06.apparently told them, according to diplomats, that the crisis will
:06:06. > :06:10.soon spiral out of control. He has been calling for substantial
:06:10. > :06:14.Prancer -- pressure on Damascus and what he called consequences for
:06:14. > :06:17.undermining his peace plan. That usually means a sanction. It seems
:06:17. > :06:21.to be saying quite soon you will have to move to additional
:06:21. > :06:25.sanctions, if they can be agreed given the divisions in the
:06:25. > :06:28.international community. Ban Ki- Moon has apparently been briefing,
:06:28. > :06:33.according to some diplomats, that this apparent shooting on UN
:06:33. > :06:35.monitors today was not the first time this has happened. He is
:06:35. > :06:39.apparently suggesting that in the past the authorities have been
:06:40. > :06:44.trying to hamper the efforts of his monitors. That raises questions
:06:44. > :06:49.about the safety of their mission and their ability to operate. One
:06:49. > :06:52.last thing, it is increasingly clear if this ever was a conflict
:06:52. > :07:00.between two parties, it is becoming much, much more complicated with
:07:00. > :07:04.many forces both within Syria and outside greatly complicating things.
:07:04. > :07:08.Eurozone countries need greater political and economic integration
:07:08. > :07:12.if they are to solve the current crisis. That is the view of Angela
:07:12. > :07:18.Merkel. It is one that David Cameron says he understands and
:07:18. > :07:22.accepts. The two leaders have been holding talks in Berlin. But the
:07:22. > :07:26.prospect of closer ties within the eurozone has, once again, raised
:07:26. > :07:31.questions about Britain's position outside it.
:07:31. > :07:35.At the German chancellery, they prepare for a visit from a leader
:07:35. > :07:38.demanding immediate action over the eurozone crisis. The Chancellor,
:07:38. > :07:43.waiting with her officials, knew that the British Prime Minister
:07:43. > :07:48.would stress the need for urgency. But, outside the eurozone, his
:07:48. > :07:51.influence is limited. The two leaders get on well. But the Prime
:07:51. > :07:57.Minister has been calling for the eurozone to help troubled Spanish
:07:57. > :08:01.banks. Spain's credit rating was hit by another downgrade today,
:08:01. > :08:06.leaving it just above junk status. The expectation is that Spain's
:08:06. > :08:10.banks, one way or another, will have to be rescued. David Cameron
:08:10. > :08:14.accepted that the price of saving the euro is a much more closely
:08:14. > :08:18.integrated Europe. I have no doubt that the single currency countries
:08:18. > :08:22.will want to seek greater integration. That is clearly going
:08:22. > :08:26.to happen over the coming months and years. Britain is not in the
:08:26. > :08:29.single currency. We will not be joining the single currency, so we
:08:29. > :08:34.will not take part in that integration. Angela Merkel said
:08:34. > :08:39.Germany was ready to do whatever was necessary to keep the eurozone
:08:39. > :08:43.stable, including using the bail out fund. Here at the German
:08:43. > :08:47.Chancellor read a have watched as David Cameron has repeatedly urged
:08:47. > :08:54.Europe to get its act together and fix the eurozone crisis. But just
:08:54. > :08:58.hours before he arrived, Angela Merkel went on TV and set out her
:08:58. > :09:04.plans for what would be a very different hero. Angela Merkel said
:09:04. > :09:08.what was needed was more Europe. TRANSLATION: We need a political
:09:08. > :09:14.union, first and foremost. This means we must see responsibilities
:09:14. > :09:18.to Europe, step by step. Later, she and David Cameron debated with some
:09:18. > :09:22.students. Angela Merkel said that Europe could not stand still
:09:22. > :09:26.because of some country's objections. She accepts that this
:09:26. > :09:31.could mean a two speedy Europe. Some believe that more Europe will
:09:31. > :09:34.make the case for a British referendum. I think a referendum is
:09:35. > :09:38.inevitable. I think it was always going to have to come after we were
:09:38. > :09:42.cheated out of it over the Lisbon Treaty. I think it would be
:09:42. > :09:48.sensible for it to come when it is clear what is the integration of
:09:48. > :09:52.the eurozone. Angela Merkel reveal today her ambition for Europe. It
:09:52. > :09:58.poses difficult political questions for Britain. What will be its
:09:58. > :10:04.relationship with this very different union?
:10:04. > :10:07.Let's go live now to Westminster and James Landale. All of this talk
:10:07. > :10:11.of closer integration, where does it leave Britain? There is a
:10:11. > :10:15.paradox here. David Cameron supports greater integration of the
:10:15. > :10:18.eurozone. He thinks it is the best chance that the single currency has
:10:18. > :10:22.of surviving. If it happens, it will present him with a huge
:10:22. > :10:25.political headache. It will almost certainly change the relationship
:10:25. > :10:30.with the European Union. So a lot more people will say, hang on, is
:10:30. > :10:35.it not the time we had a referendum? It is a clear transfer
:10:36. > :10:40.of power from Europe -- London to Brussels, the law says there will
:10:40. > :10:43.be a referendum. If the change is more subtle, such as a new banking
:10:43. > :10:47.union that has a negative impact on the City of London, what happens
:10:47. > :10:52.then? David Cameron says he will fight to protect the single market.
:10:52. > :10:58.There is the failed hint of a threat of using his veto. -- veiled.
:10:58. > :11:02.Many people are saying that we need a referendum. But it is not an
:11:02. > :11:08.option that is without uncertainty. When does he have the referendum?
:11:09. > :11:13.Is it on leaving the EU, is it on repatriating powers? There will be
:11:13. > :11:17.a lot of pressure on the Government, but I don't think it is a route
:11:17. > :11:20.they want to go down yet. There are more signs today that the
:11:20. > :11:25.eurozone crisis is hurting the global economy. China cut interest
:11:25. > :11:34.rates for the first time in five years. In Washington, the Federal
:11:34. > :11:39.Reserve warned of significant risks to financial markets. Damian
:11:39. > :11:43.Grammaticas now reports from Beijing.
:11:43. > :11:48.Unfinished tower blocks, as far as the eye can see. China's decade-
:11:48. > :11:55.long building boom has been the biggest in history. But is it
:11:55. > :12:01.heading for boost -- bust? Growth is running out of steam. Miss Liu
:12:01. > :12:05.earns her living feeding the appetite of the construction teams.
:12:05. > :12:11.Since last year, things have been going downhill. She says she is
:12:11. > :12:17.earning less and less. From wood to steel and more, China's voracious
:12:17. > :12:24.demand kept the global economy going through the downturn. But now
:12:24. > :12:28.trade is drying up. China's domestic economy is slowing. We
:12:28. > :12:33.earn 10 times less than we used to, says this man. Houses are not being
:12:33. > :12:40.sold, business is bad. So, how to reignite growth is China's main
:12:40. > :12:45.concern now. Its old reliance on exports no longer look sustainable,
:12:45. > :12:50.especially when Europe, the biggest single buyer of China's products,
:12:50. > :12:54.is in such trouble. That is why China's leaders have today cut
:12:54. > :13:01.interest rates. They will hand over to a new generation of Communist
:13:01. > :13:05.rulers this year and do not want to bequeathal them a stumbling economy.
:13:05. > :13:09.To stimulate it and shift away from relying on exports and construction,
:13:09. > :13:15.the Government has just begun giving subsidies to anyone who buys
:13:15. > :13:19.a refrigerator, television or small car. The lure of China's billion-
:13:19. > :13:23.plus consumers is what brought this room full of British businessmen to
:13:23. > :13:28.Beijing last week. But China may not now be the sort of growth that
:13:28. > :13:31.many in the West are hoping for. China is going to its own process
:13:31. > :13:34.of adjustment. The Chinese authorities are very well aware of
:13:35. > :13:39.the way they need to rebalance the economy and set out their plan. I
:13:39. > :13:43.think a lot of good progress has been made in that direction. At the
:13:43. > :13:53.last count, China was still growing officially at 8% per year. Leaders
:13:53. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:03.are clearly worried and they are The this is New York's Greek town.
:14:03. > :14:08.The ties that bind America and Europe are tight. Here it is more
:14:08. > :14:12.than worried in watching the old country in crisis. Everybody at
:14:12. > :14:18.work is telling me I am making their prices go up and down, of
:14:18. > :14:22.course it is embarrassing. Brush Wall Street is really embarrassed,
:14:22. > :14:25.usually eager to take any setback as an opportunity, but this is
:14:25. > :14:30.different. The chairman of the Federal Reserve warns of
:14:30. > :14:35.significant risk to the US economy because of Europe, and traders are
:14:35. > :14:39.already warning. It is dangerous because people do not know the
:14:39. > :14:45.interconnected nature, so the danger is that until it happens, we
:14:45. > :14:48.will not really know what it means, it is unknown. Times Square is a
:14:48. > :14:52.billboard for the world and it is those iconic American countries
:14:52. > :14:57.that are exposed in Europe, as well as small exporters, feeling the
:14:57. > :15:02.heat from the crisis. The boss of Estee Lauder tell me they have seen
:15:02. > :15:08.sales fall in southern Europe. Should we be making capital
:15:08. > :15:15.investments in euro dominated countries? Investments in people,
:15:15. > :15:23.capital structures, plants? Should we be moving production in eurozone
:15:23. > :15:27.countries to non euro countries? the markets fluctuate, politicians
:15:27. > :15:32.are increasingly frustrated, watching European leaders pecking
:15:32. > :15:37.away at the problem. President Obama's former top economic adviser
:15:37. > :15:43.told me they are not a facing up to what is happening. I think there
:15:43. > :15:47.has been a deep and profound and continuing failure of realism, and
:15:47. > :15:52.that if that persists to this day, I think the international community
:15:52. > :15:57.has probably been more timid than it should have been in pointing out
:15:57. > :16:01.the unreality of a variety of things that were being said. There
:16:01. > :16:07.is no doubt that people here are braced for further shockwaves
:16:07. > :16:11.coming from across the Atlantic. That very fear of the future in
:16:11. > :16:15.itself has damaged an already fragile recovery, not what
:16:15. > :16:20.President Obama needs in an election year.
:16:20. > :16:23.Coming up on tonight's programme: With up to 8,000 British women and
:16:23. > :16:30.girls forced into marriage every year, a new law could see parents
:16:30. > :16:34.sent to jail. I was 14 when I came home from school and my mother
:16:34. > :16:39.presented me with the photographs of a man that I was promised to
:16:39. > :16:43.when I was eight years old. Government ministers won't be
:16:43. > :16:46.attending England's group stage matches at Euro 2012 in Ukraine.
:16:46. > :16:49.The Foreign Secretary said that he hoped the sporting occasion was a
:16:49. > :16:53.success but ministers didn't want to give political support to things
:16:53. > :16:56.they didn't agree with. France and Germany are also expected to
:16:56. > :17:04.boycott games. The tournament, which is being co-hosted by Poland,
:17:04. > :17:08.begins tomorrow. Daniel Sandford reports.
:17:08. > :17:13.With just four days to go till their first game, the England team
:17:13. > :17:17.in Krakow today, the Polish city they have made their home. But
:17:17. > :17:21.political events over the border in Ukraine, where England play their
:17:21. > :17:26.first three games, have led the British Government to say that no
:17:26. > :17:31.ministers will attend any of the group stage matches. I hope some
:17:32. > :17:35.our team, it is a great sporting event, but we don't want people to
:17:35. > :17:40.understand that as giving political support to some things that have
:17:40. > :17:44.been happening in Ukraine that we do not agree with. The most obvious
:17:44. > :17:48.concern is the face of Yulia Timoshenko, one of the leaders of
:17:48. > :17:53.the Orange Revolution, serving seven years in prison where she
:17:53. > :17:56.claims she was assaulted, after what has been widely seen as a
:17:56. > :18:01.political prosecution. Co-hosting the tournament is proving tougher
:18:01. > :18:08.Ukraine. As well as the political boycott there will be a shortage of
:18:08. > :18:11.fans. This is Donetsk. But it is an industrial coal-mining city with an
:18:11. > :18:17.acute shortage of cheap hotel accommodation, so many fans are
:18:17. > :18:21.staying at home. Others are opting at this basic campsite at a
:18:21. > :18:27.junction on the edge of town. Policing in Ukraine can be rough
:18:27. > :18:32.and ready. Earlier this year, an electric shock device was used on
:18:32. > :18:37.and on corporate Ifan in Donetsk. It doesn't happen every day, but
:18:37. > :18:40.this is not a Western European force. There are all the
:18:40. > :18:47.ingredients for something to go wrong: A police force that is very
:18:48. > :18:51.corrupt, lots of alcohol, and high passions. In the build up there has
:18:51. > :18:57.also been acute concern about a small number of far right and
:18:57. > :19:00.violent Ukrainian fans. The Donetsk police say there police officers
:19:00. > :19:07.are well trained and experienced and have worked hard to study
:19:07. > :19:11.British policing tactics. TRANSLATION: My adversaries will
:19:11. > :19:16.show maximum tolerance. We know they are here to have fun but is
:19:16. > :19:21.serious crimes are committed, we will use force within the law.
:19:21. > :19:25.their stunning stadium, the Donetsk authorities are desperate to put
:19:25. > :19:30.the controversy behind them and to get on with the football. England's
:19:30. > :19:34.first game is against France on Monday night. We now know there
:19:34. > :19:38.will not be any British ministers at the match and there will not be
:19:38. > :19:41.many England fans either. The Labour leader Ed Miliband says
:19:41. > :19:47.the whole of the United Kingdom should be involved in the debate on
:19:47. > :19:49.Scottish independence. In a speech on national identity at London's
:19:49. > :19:52.Royal Festival Hall, Mr Miliband also called for people in England
:19:52. > :20:01.to be more confident in expressing their culture, saying that Labour
:20:01. > :20:08.had been too reluctant in the past to talk about English identity.
:20:08. > :20:11.The Home Office has announced that Tom Winsor is the preferred
:20:11. > :20:17.candidate for the post of her Majesty's Chief Inspector of
:20:17. > :20:23.Constabulary for England and Wales. He will appear before the Commons
:20:23. > :20:26.home Select Affairs Committee. After, the appointment will go to
:20:26. > :20:29.David Cameron and the Queen for approval.
:20:29. > :20:33.Every year in Britain, thousands of girls and young women are forced
:20:33. > :20:36.into marriage by their parents and relatives. It has been going on for
:20:36. > :20:40.decades, but under new proposals to be announced tomorrow it will
:20:40. > :20:43.become a criminal offence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
:20:43. > :20:53.But as Ed Thomas reports, there are fears that making forced marriage a
:20:53. > :20:55.
:20:55. > :20:58.criminal offence might deter This is the story of Sara, a young
:20:58. > :21:03.British girl forced to marry a man she has never met before in
:21:03. > :21:07.Pakistan. It is an animation for children but it confronts a real
:21:07. > :21:11.issue that thousands of people facing every year. I was 14 when I
:21:11. > :21:16.came home from school and my mother sat me down and showed me
:21:16. > :21:20.photographs of a man that I was promised to when I was eight. I
:21:20. > :21:24.said no. My family took me out of school when I was 15 and I was held
:21:24. > :21:30.prisoner in my own home and was not released until I agreed to the
:21:30. > :21:34.marriage, which in the end I did, but I ran away from home at 16.
:21:34. > :21:39.This story is familiar. Every year, 8,000 women are forced into
:21:39. > :21:43.marriage. In 2008, the Labour government brought in prevention
:21:43. > :21:48.orders but it still wasn't a crime. Tomorrow the coalition will
:21:48. > :21:52.announce plans to make it a criminal offence. These men in
:21:52. > :21:56.Blackburn say there is also the question of culture. They say they
:21:56. > :22:01.are part of a new generation who are clear that forced marriage is
:22:01. > :22:07.wrong. Is it a big problem? Yes, it is.
:22:07. > :22:11.Forced marriage is not good. It is not acceptable. Some people do like
:22:11. > :22:17.cultural things, they want to marry their own families, they do not
:22:17. > :22:21.want to marry in the outside of the family or their religion. The new
:22:21. > :22:25.laws on forced marriage will be brought in next year, along with
:22:25. > :22:29.training for the police and local councils. But there is a worry that
:22:29. > :22:33.this new law could stop victims from coming out and telling the
:22:33. > :22:40.police what is going on because they would be too worried that if
:22:40. > :22:45.they do prosecute, their own mother and father could end up in jail.
:22:45. > :22:52.Some believe education is more important than the law. If a young
:22:52. > :22:56.child feels that she, by speaking up against her parents, will be
:22:56. > :23:02.causing family honour to be tarnished, she may not speak up, he
:23:02. > :23:07.may not speak up. That is the fear, but the hope is that this new law
:23:07. > :23:10.will make stories like Sara's a thing of the past.
:23:10. > :23:13.Human rights campaigners in Pakistan say they have made contact
:23:13. > :23:19.with two of the five women feared murdered for singing at a wedding
:23:19. > :23:22.and celebrating with men present. The team did not meet the other
:23:22. > :23:31.three women seen in the video, but said they had been given assurances
:23:31. > :23:37.that they were also alive. Earlier reports said a tribal court
:23:37. > :23:40.sentenced all five to death. Greece's crucial election campaign
:23:40. > :23:42.turned violent today, live on national television. After trading
:23:42. > :23:52.insults, the spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party
:23:52. > :24:02.attacked two women from left-wing The channel quickly cut to a
:24:02. > :24:02.
:24:02. > :24:05.commercial break. Weather warnings have been issued
:24:05. > :24:10.this evening, with winds of 70 miles an hour and heavy rainfall
:24:10. > :24:13.expected over parts of Britain. After record rainfall in April,
:24:13. > :24:16.water companies have lifted drought orders in parts of England and are
:24:16. > :24:19.rethinking hosepipe bans in some areas. But while the immediate
:24:19. > :24:22.water shortage might be easing, experts have warned that the long
:24:22. > :24:30.term problems with Britain's water supplies have reached a critical
:24:30. > :24:34.point. Emma Simpson reports. Summer it ain't. This was that
:24:34. > :24:39.Royal Cornwall Show today, but it was so wet and windy that sheep
:24:39. > :24:43.were deemed safer outside as the 10ths were in danger of collapsing.
:24:43. > :24:52.The half-term break is fast becoming a washout. It started June
:24:52. > :24:57.the weekend Jubilee pageant. Land of codes and umbrellas, more like.
:24:57. > :25:01.It is hard to believe that there is a hosepipe ban in much of the
:25:01. > :25:07.country but all of this wet weather is starting to have an impact.
:25:07. > :25:10.There has been a big turnaround. The April wet weather has given new
:25:10. > :25:15.reservoirs and opportunity to fill and that has made a big difference
:25:15. > :25:19.for businesses and farmers, because it means the risk of further
:25:19. > :25:23.restrictions are greatly reduced. Here is how the picture has been
:25:23. > :25:27.changing. In March, drought orders are already in place but they
:25:27. > :25:32.spread further over the following weeks, thanks to some unseasonably
:25:32. > :25:36.hot weather, but then after the heavy rain, the drought status was
:25:36. > :25:40.lifted for many areas, like the far south-west, the Midlands and
:25:40. > :25:45.Yorkshire. Despite the rain, a hosepipe ban was put in place for
:25:45. > :25:51.much of East Anglia and the south- east, but for how much longer?
:25:51. > :25:54.Today Thames Water, the UK's biggest water company, said that
:25:54. > :25:59.unless the weather took an unexpected lead Saharan twist, the
:25:59. > :26:03.ban will be lifted sooner than expected. There is plenty of water
:26:03. > :26:09.in this reservoir but there is a warning today that the hosepipe ban
:26:09. > :26:14.should be a wake-up call. That we need to do much more to preserve
:26:14. > :26:20.our future supplies. The water situation in the UK is becoming
:26:20. > :26:25.critical. We do need to think about it now. The situation is going to
:26:25. > :26:30.get worse because of the impact of climate change, with less rainfall,
:26:30. > :26:35.less water availability. You would not think so today. This was Devon
:26:35. > :26:39.and there is not much respite in sight for this driving rain,