:00:09. > :00:13.Tonight at Ten: David Cameron orders a parliamentary inquiry into
:00:13. > :00:16.Britain's banks. Prompted by the latest scandal at Barclays, the
:00:16. > :00:23.inquiry will be able examine witnesses under oath but it's not
:00:23. > :00:26.independent enough for Labour. will be able to start immediately.
:00:26. > :00:31.It will be accountable to this House. It will get to the truth
:00:31. > :00:35.quickly so we can make sure this never happens again. However able
:00:35. > :00:37.or distinguished politicians investigating bankers will not
:00:37. > :00:40.command the consent of the British people.
:00:40. > :00:45.We'll be asking what the inquiry is meant to achieve.
:00:45. > :00:48.Also tonight: An Afghan policeman has shot dead three British
:00:48. > :00:51.soldiers at a checkpoint in Helmand. The constable accused of the
:00:51. > :00:54.manslaughter of a newspaper seller starts to give evidence at his
:00:54. > :00:59.trial. Last month was the wettest June
:00:59. > :01:02.since records began and there's no sign of a rapid improvement.
:01:02. > :01:12.And, the women's world number one and top seed, Maria Sharapova, is
:01:12. > :01:15.out of Wimbledon. In Sportsday: Britain's Mark
:01:15. > :01:25.Cavendish sprints to victory in today's stage of the Tour de France.
:01:25. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:41.It's the 21st stage win of his Good evening. David Cameron has
:01:41. > :01:44.ordered a parliamentary inquiry into the banking industry. He said
:01:44. > :01:48.he wanted to get to the truth of the unfolding banking scandal in
:01:48. > :01:52.the UK. It's been prompted by the rigging of a key interest rate by
:01:52. > :01:56.Barclays. The inquiry will have the power to question witnesses under
:01:56. > :02:03.oath but it won't amount to the public inquiry demanded by Labour.
:02:03. > :02:06.Our business editor, Robert Peston, has the latest.
:02:06. > :02:10.After the cloud of scandal descended on the steut with the
:02:10. > :02:13.interest rate rigging scandal it's the Government trying to lift it by
:02:13. > :02:17.toughening relevant laws and forcing higher standards on banks.
:02:17. > :02:22.These will be based on reforms to be proposed by a new parliamentary
:02:22. > :02:25.committee. This is the right approach because it will be able to
:02:25. > :02:28.start immediately T will be accountable to this House. And it
:02:28. > :02:32.will get to the truth quickly so we can make sure this never happens
:02:32. > :02:36.again. The banking reform committee will consist of MPs and peers who
:02:36. > :02:40.will take evidence under oath and report by January. It will
:02:40. > :02:44.investigate the broken culture and declining standards of banks and it
:02:44. > :02:49.will decide if there needs to be new and greater punishments for
:02:49. > :02:52.criminal conduct. Labour wants a more independent inquiry along the
:02:53. > :02:57.lines of Lord Justice Leveson's into media standards. We will
:02:57. > :03:01.continue to argue for a full and open inquiry, independent of
:03:01. > :03:05.bankers and independent of politicians. And in a BBC interview
:03:05. > :03:10.the chairman of the committee said that its remit would be narrow,
:03:10. > :03:14.much narrower than what Labour wants and narrower even than the
:03:14. > :03:17.Prime Minister implied. If I may use the phrase a ring fenced job,
:03:17. > :03:22.not trying to work out how to reform the whole banking industry,
:03:22. > :03:26.but looking specifically at this one question which is what does the
:03:26. > :03:30.LIBOR scandal, what does this scandal in the markets where people
:03:30. > :03:34.have made money by rigging a market say about standards and the
:03:34. > :03:38.corporate culture of banks? bruised chairman of Royal Bank of
:03:38. > :03:41.Scotland agrees reforms may be necessary. The public's anger at
:03:41. > :03:47.some of the things that have happened in the industry is very
:03:47. > :03:51.obvious. And I think some process and more formal process to address
:03:51. > :03:56.that anger and address some of the evident failures in the industry is
:03:56. > :03:59.very sensible. When people talk about the rotten culture of banking,
:03:59. > :04:03.when they say that standards have declined they're not talking about
:04:03. > :04:08.the tens of thousands of frontline staff who work in branches like
:04:08. > :04:12.this one. They're talking about senior executives and highly paid
:04:12. > :04:16.investment bankers. But it is the frontline staff who in most banks
:04:16. > :04:21.have been losing their jobs and it's the frontline staff who have
:04:21. > :04:26.to encounter the public's anger on a daily basis. In recent days that
:04:26. > :04:29.anger has been directed most at Barclays and its chief executive,
:04:29. > :04:34.Bob Diamond, following the bank's admission it tried to rig important
:04:34. > :04:38.interest rates but Barclays board doesn't want to lose Mr Diamond, so
:04:38. > :04:42.the chairman, Marcus Agius, is taking responsibility by resigning.
:04:42. > :04:45.Mr Agius said that last week's events have dealt a devastating
:04:45. > :04:50.blow to Barclays reputation and he added that the buck stops with me
:04:50. > :04:56.and I must acknowledge responsibility by standing aside.
:04:56. > :05:00.Many say we are too soft on bankers who break the rules. In Singapore
:05:00. > :05:06.they weren't soft on this rogue trader. As somebody who went to
:05:06. > :05:11.prison, how big a deterrent do you think for people in banking the
:05:11. > :05:14.prospect of serious punishment would be? Anybody working in a
:05:14. > :05:17.financial institution expects to spend a day in prison, it's not
:05:18. > :05:21.what it's about. For those people prepared to breach them and breach
:05:21. > :05:27.them repeatedly, which appears to be what happened at Barclays over a
:05:27. > :05:30.period, then I think there has to be a serious deterrent. As for Mr
:05:30. > :05:34.Diamond, Barclays shareholders tell me his survival will depend on what
:05:34. > :05:40.he says about the interest rate fixing scandal when interrogated by
:05:40. > :05:43.MPs on Wednesday. At stake will be his reputation, Barclays reputation,
:05:43. > :05:49.and arguably, confidence in the honesty and integrity of the City
:05:49. > :05:53.of London. Robert is here, but first we go to
:05:53. > :05:56.Nick Robinson at Westminster. Nick, just to talk first of all about the
:05:56. > :06:00.notion of this cross-party inquiry. How likely is that cross-party
:06:00. > :06:04.going to be achieved? There's a lot of cross but not a lot of party
:06:04. > :06:08.agreement. In other words, Labour and the Government agree there is a
:06:08. > :06:11.scandal, they agree there should be an inquiry, they agree on pretty
:06:11. > :06:15.much nothing else. They don't agree who should chair it, Labour says it
:06:15. > :06:18.should be a judge. The coalition says it should be an MP who
:06:18. > :06:22.currently chairs the Treasury Select Committee. They don't agree
:06:23. > :06:25.on what it should be about. Labour talks of it being like a truth and
:06:25. > :06:28.reconciliation committee, looking at the problem of banking for
:06:28. > :06:33.several decades. The Government talks about it, the chairman of the
:06:33. > :06:37.inquiry talk about it being as we heard, a ring fenced inquiry into
:06:37. > :06:41.the lessons from the recent LIBOR scandal and then they don't agree
:06:41. > :06:44.on the timetable either. Labour says says as long as it takes, the
:06:44. > :06:47.Government says as soon as possible. Now the reason this matters is that
:06:48. > :06:51.Labour are now determined to defeat the parliamentary motions that
:06:51. > :06:53.would set up this inquiry. There will be a vote in the House of
:06:53. > :06:58.Lords tomorrow. There could be another vote in the Lords and a
:06:58. > :07:02.vote in the Commons, too. Were they to take it to the full extent and
:07:02. > :07:05.vote against the actual creation of this inquiry, as against merely
:07:05. > :07:09.proposing a judicial inquiry instead, there is a chance that
:07:09. > :07:14.Andrew Tyrie, the Conservative MP who is meant to chair this would
:07:14. > :07:18.refuse to do so. He's told friends that he is determined to lead a
:07:18. > :07:21.non-part is son inquiry and simply couldn't do that if the House of
:07:21. > :07:25.Commons couldn't agree on the right way ahead.
:07:25. > :07:28.Robert, important to underline that this isn't just the only inquiry
:07:28. > :07:32.that we are talking about, there are other inquiries. What can they
:07:32. > :07:38.achieve do you think at the end of the day? Yes, it's review day for
:07:38. > :07:41.banks, because apart from the review that is causing so much
:07:41. > :07:47.controversy in parliament, the the one Nick has been talking about.
:07:47. > :07:50.There are two others, Barclays directors are launching an
:07:51. > :07:55.independent review of where their bank went wrong, how its culture
:07:55. > :07:59.became so rotten. Now they have launched that to show shareholders
:07:59. > :08:02.that they're getting to grips with the problem and to protect Bob
:08:03. > :08:07.Diamond in his job as chief executive. However, if the
:08:07. > :08:11.independent person who leads this review finds that Bob Diamond is
:08:11. > :08:14.actually partly responsible for this allegedly rotten culture at
:08:14. > :08:18.Barclays, well then actually it may have the reverse effect of what
:08:18. > :08:21.they want, he might be out on his ear. Then for me there is the most
:08:21. > :08:28.interesting review of all, which has been set up by the Treasury,
:08:28. > :08:32.led by an FSA official and that is into whether the LIBOR market and
:08:32. > :08:36.other unregulated London markets should now be much more tightly
:08:36. > :08:41.regulated. This is hugely significant to the City of London.
:08:41. > :08:47.Billions and billions of transactions hinge on these markets.
:08:47. > :08:52.In fact, trillions hinge on them. Huge profits are generated from
:08:52. > :08:56.them by British banks and some say these markets are a wild west that
:08:56. > :09:01.have allowed the banks to make too great profits. So here is the
:09:01. > :09:05.interesting thing, actually maintaining or restoring the
:09:05. > :09:10.credibility of the City of London by more tightly regulating these
:09:10. > :09:20.markets could lead to a massive attack on the profits of some of
:09:20. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:23.our biggest institutions. Thank you. An Afghan policeman has shot dead
:09:23. > :09:26.three British soldiers at a checkpoint in Helmand Province. It
:09:26. > :09:28.brings to 26 the number of NATO troops who've been killed by their
:09:28. > :09:31.Afghan colleagues this year. The latest attack happened at a
:09:31. > :09:37.checkpoint in Nahr-e Saraj. Our defence correspondent Caroline
:09:37. > :09:42.Wyatt is in Helmand and she sent this report from Lashkar Gar.
:09:42. > :09:44.This was the scene just a few hours after the killings. The Afghan
:09:44. > :09:48.police checkpoint where three British soldiers were shot dead on
:09:48. > :09:52.Sunday. For reasons that still aren't clear,
:09:52. > :09:55.an Afghan policeman here turned his weapon on the two soldiers from the
:09:55. > :09:59.Welsh Guards and one from the Royal corps of signals who were there to
:09:59. > :10:02.help and advise his unit. One Afghan source said there had been
:10:03. > :10:07.an argument just before the shooting.
:10:07. > :10:12.For those serving here there was shock and sadness today, but also a
:10:12. > :10:16.determination to continue their task. The taskforce care deeply
:10:16. > :10:19.about all our soldiers but we are determined to complete this mission.
:10:19. > :10:23.We believe in advising and we take all measures to protect our
:10:23. > :10:29.soldiers. On Sunday, the soldiers were at a
:10:29. > :10:32.local meeting, similar to one we filmed that same afternoon some 40
:10:32. > :10:36.kilometres away. It's clear how British forces are having to work
:10:36. > :10:40.with Afghans and trust them, even though all are armed.
:10:40. > :10:45.This is the latest in a long line of similar, so-called green on blue
:10:45. > :10:47.attacks. Of the 28 British troops killed in Afghanistan this year,
:10:47. > :10:53.seven have died at the hands of members of the Afghan security
:10:53. > :10:58.forces. In all, 26 NATO military personnel
:10:58. > :11:02.have been killed by Afghan soldiers or police this year alone.
:11:02. > :11:05.These latest deaths come despite the extra measures taken this year
:11:05. > :11:09.to protect British forces from just such attacks. But those working
:11:09. > :11:12.here say they still have to work side by side with their Afghan
:11:12. > :11:17.colleagues to help and advise them as NATO begins its gradual
:11:17. > :11:21.withdrawal. Commanders say such attacks can be
:11:21. > :11:27.a deliberate Taliban strategy to undermine confidence in the Afghan
:11:27. > :11:35.security forces and erode the trust that's central to NATO strategy.
:11:35. > :11:39.They can't derail our strategy. Our strategy is to gradually hand over
:11:39. > :11:45.full responsibility for the security to the Afghans and that
:11:45. > :11:49.process will continue and be completed by the end of 2014.
:11:49. > :11:54.Today, three more names will be added to the memorials here in
:11:54. > :11:57.Helmand. British soldiers trust in the Afghans they're helping will
:11:57. > :12:01.again have been shaken and there will be an impact on morale, but
:12:01. > :12:10.above all, there is sadness at these three deaths, but little time
:12:10. > :12:12.to mourn. A report by the Inspectorate of
:12:12. > :12:15.Constabulary says there'll be around 6,000 fewer police officers
:12:15. > :12:17.on the frontline in three years. The report also says that the
:12:17. > :12:20.Metropolitan, Lincolnshire, and Devon and Cornwall forces may not
:12:20. > :12:30.be able to provide an effective service in the future because of
:12:30. > :12:33.budget cuts. A man is in a serious condition in
:12:33. > :12:35.hospital after he was shot by a gunman who walked into a
:12:35. > :12:41.solicitor's office. The incident happened in Devizes in Wiltshire.
:12:41. > :12:44.Police say armed officers arrested a man and recovered a weapon.
:12:44. > :12:46.David Cameron has rejected calls for a quick referendum on Britain's
:12:46. > :12:49.membership of the European Union. The Prime Minister was reporting
:12:49. > :12:53.back to MPs on last week's European summit in Brussels. But Mr Cameron
:12:53. > :12:56.said he wasn't opposed to voters having a say in the future. The
:12:56. > :13:00.former minister Liam Fox has argued that Britain should be prepared to
:13:00. > :13:07.leave the EU if the terms of membership can't be renegotiated.
:13:07. > :13:11.James Landale reports. Will he, won't he, what's he going to do?
:13:11. > :13:14.David Cameron's opened the door to a possible referendum on Britain's
:13:14. > :13:17.relationship with Europe but many in his party want him to go further
:13:17. > :13:20.and faster. One of those is his former Defence
:13:20. > :13:24.Secretary, Liam Fox. He became the most senior Conservative to say
:13:24. > :13:28.what he himself admitted he could never have said in Government,
:13:28. > :13:33.Britain should try to bring powers home from Brussels, but if it fails
:13:33. > :13:38.then the people should have a say on leaving the EU. For my own part,
:13:38. > :13:43.life outside the EU holds no terrors. There are millions of our
:13:43. > :13:45.fellow citizens who feel that their view is not listened to. That
:13:45. > :13:51.changes have been made in our relationship with the European
:13:51. > :13:56.Union that they've never given David Cameron believes that Britain
:13:56. > :14:00.should stay a part of the EU club and he ruled out new laws to force
:14:00. > :14:06.a referendum in the next Parliament. I tonight believe that leaving the
:14:06. > :14:09.EU would be best for Britain, nor do I believe that voting to
:14:09. > :14:13.preserve the status quo would be right either. Far from ruling out a
:14:13. > :14:17.referendum for the future, as a fresh deal in Europe becomes clear,
:14:17. > :14:21.we should consider how best to get the fresh consent of the British
:14:21. > :14:25.people. Raib Labour is not ruling out a referendum, but the leader
:14:25. > :14:29.mocked what it called the Government's yes-no-maybe policy.
:14:29. > :14:33.A nudge-nudge, wink-wink policy is neither good for the country, nor
:14:33. > :14:36.will it keep his party quiet. A veto that never was, a referendum
:14:36. > :14:42.he cannot explain, a party talking to itself.
:14:42. > :14:44.While the politicians hesitate, others are already making the case.
:14:44. > :14:48.These campaigners for a referendum out this morning believe that the
:14:48. > :14:52.pressure is mounting. And not just on the streets of
:14:52. > :14:56.Manchester. The British people are not stupid,
:14:56. > :15:01.they understand the position. Give them renegotiation, give them a
:15:01. > :15:05.referendum. In our referendum it is now inevitable in this country at
:15:05. > :15:10.some stage, it will be his advantage to be ahead of that kerb
:15:10. > :15:15.r curve, rather than being dragged into it later on. David Cameron is
:15:15. > :15:19.walking a fine line worried about backbenchers and UK Independence
:15:19. > :15:22.Party, the danger is that he is raising expectations he will
:15:22. > :15:25.struggle to satisfy. Now the Prime Minister is asking
:15:26. > :15:33.for patience before deciding on a referendum, the question is whether
:15:33. > :15:38.his party will give him the time. A police constable accused of the
:15:38. > :15:43.manslaughter of a newspaper seller during the G20 process in London in
:15:43. > :15:47.2009, has told the jury that he never meant to push the man to the
:15:47. > :15:52.ground. PC Simon Harwood said he never meant to push Ian Tomlinson
:15:52. > :15:55.away. We report from Southwark Crown
:15:55. > :15:57.Court. For two weeks, the prosecution has been putting its
:15:57. > :16:02.case against PC Simon Harwood. Today the police officer went into
:16:02. > :16:07.the witness box at the start of the defence. He stands accused of
:16:07. > :16:12.manslaughter, a charge he denies. This afternoon he relived events
:16:12. > :16:16.three years ago during the G20 protests. It was in the City of
:16:16. > :16:21.London he encountered Ian Tomlinson, who was not a protestor, he was
:16:21. > :16:24.trying to get home. PC Simon Harwood said it appeared to him
:16:24. > :16:29.that Ian Tomlinson was deliberately obstructing the police lines. He
:16:29. > :16:35.struck him with the baton. From the side you can see the baton going in.
:16:35. > :16:43.Then this... He told the jury he pushed him firmly. Ian Tomlinson
:16:43. > :16:49.suffered internal bleed ngt fall. The officers' barrister, -- the
:16:49. > :16:53.officer's barrister, asked him about this. He asked did you mean
:16:53. > :16:58.to push Ian Tomlinson? He said no, he was asked why he did push him
:16:58. > :17:03.away, he said it was to encourage him to move away. Ian Tomlinson was
:17:03. > :17:08.helped to his feet, but collapsed a short distance up the road and died.
:17:08. > :17:11.In the public gallery, listening to the evidence, Ian Tomlinson's widow
:17:12. > :17:16.and his children. In this case a number of police officers have
:17:16. > :17:20.testified for the prosecution, the jury was told that the defence was
:17:20. > :17:25.planning to call other officers close to PC Simon Harwood when he
:17:25. > :17:28.encountered Ian Tomlinson. PC Simon Harwood, who has served in the Met
:17:28. > :17:37.Police and the Surrey force had due back in the witness box tomorrow as
:17:37. > :17:40.the defence case continues. Coming up:
:17:40. > :17:46.Andy Murray's bid to reach Wimbledon's quarter-finals were
:17:46. > :17:52.brought it a halt by the weather. -- were brought to a bit of a halt
:17:52. > :17:56.by the weather. Last month was the wettest June since records began in
:17:56. > :18:01.1910, according to the Met Office with double the average rainfall.
:18:01. > :18:07.This year saw the rainiest April on record. The period from April to
:18:07. > :18:12.June was also the wettest recorded. June was dull with just 119 hours
:18:12. > :18:18.of sunshine. The unsettled weather is looking set to continue.
:18:18. > :18:24.It started with the Jubilee, the June weather showing scant respect
:18:24. > :18:28.for royaltyy or the big occasion. -- royalty. The rain kept coming,
:18:28. > :18:33.widespread floods from Wales to Sussex, while the Olympic torch
:18:33. > :18:39.battled stay alight, the humour remained in tact.
:18:39. > :18:42.When the end of the month it looked scary. This was not a hurricane,
:18:42. > :18:48.this was Leicester, last week. Hard to believe that drought was the
:18:48. > :18:53.worry a few months ago. Two dry winters, meant that water shortages
:18:53. > :18:57.were here with hosepipe bans. Back in February, the Draycott
:18:57. > :19:01.Reservoir in Warwickshire was only half full. Now k though, all of the
:19:01. > :19:05.rain means that the water levels are getting back to normal. The
:19:05. > :19:08.river that feeds the reservoir is back in full flow. You May not be
:19:08. > :19:11.enjoying the summer wash-out, but for the water industry it is great
:19:11. > :19:16.news. We are loving it. It is fantastic
:19:16. > :19:20.all of this rain. We have had a council of years of very, very dry
:19:20. > :19:24.weather that has created difficulties for us and the water
:19:24. > :19:27.companies. Although there have been no customer restrictions, the
:19:27. > :19:30.reservoirs have been very low. Now they are almost full.
:19:31. > :19:35.Even for the professionals this is extraordinary weather.
:19:35. > :19:40.Yes, we are breaking rainfall records in many places. We have had
:19:41. > :19:44.a wet June a lot of wet weather before, all of the signs are that
:19:44. > :19:49.the unsettled theme is set to continue for a few more weeks.
:19:49. > :19:53.So why so wet? It is the jetstream that has slipped to the south,
:19:53. > :20:02.dragging with it the rain, the lightening, even a tornado and
:20:02. > :20:06.making this June officially the wettest on record.
:20:06. > :20:15.Unemployment in the eurozone has reached a new high of more than 11%.
:20:15. > :20:19.The number of people without work rose above 17 .5 million in May.
:20:19. > :20:23.The highest job lest rate was in Spain and Greece where one in four
:20:24. > :20:30.people are out of work. The man who looks certain to lead Mexico over
:20:30. > :20:40.the next five years say he is going to prioritise labour, and tax
:20:40. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:45.reforms. Enrique Pena Nieto is aneed -- ahead with almost all
:20:45. > :20:48.voting. In Libya, four officials from the
:20:48. > :20:53.International Criminal Court have been released after being held for
:20:53. > :20:56.almost a month. Militia had accused them of spying after they visited
:20:56. > :21:01.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former leader, Colonel Muammar
:21:01. > :21:07.Gaddafi. The news came as the BBC gathered first - hand evidence of
:21:07. > :21:12.torture and illegal detention as tribes clashed in the region.
:21:12. > :21:17.Something in the new Libya have a depressingly familiar feel. In the
:21:17. > :21:21.western town of Zintan, tribal elders mourn the death of Abdul
:21:21. > :21:29.Salam Aghuz. Tortured, not by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen,
:21:29. > :21:34.but by a rival tribe. This man says to look, that the
:21:34. > :21:40.autopsy says he was beaten. His hands and his feet were tied before
:21:40. > :21:43.they killed him. In this deeply conservative society, some people
:21:43. > :21:47.want revenge. Where tribal aLiegances are more
:21:47. > :21:52.powerful than loyalty to the state, more than 100 people have been
:21:52. > :21:57.killed in the recent fighting here. Some disputes date back over
:21:57. > :22:03.generations, but negotiators say it will not undermine the stability.
:22:03. > :22:10.Libyans are united. Libyans will be one government, they will be one
:22:10. > :22:14.nation, they will be one people. Libya is due to hold its first
:22:14. > :22:19.nationwide elections at the end of the week, but outside of the main
:22:19. > :22:24.cities, it is pretty clear who is ruling the streets. This is the
:22:24. > :22:29.Wild West. Here in Zintan and across Libya, there is a real lack
:22:29. > :22:33.of central government control. Real authority a-- appears to lie with
:22:33. > :22:37.the armed militias, the men with guns. You could argue with the
:22:37. > :22:42.removal of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, new divisions have emerged and old
:22:43. > :22:47.rivalries have resumed. In the eastern city of Benghazi,
:22:47. > :22:52.the interim government is battling on several fronts. There have been
:22:52. > :22:55.attacks by Islamist extremists and there is a vocal campaign for
:22:55. > :23:00.political autonomy. The election authorities' offices
:23:00. > :23:04.were ransacked at the week by protestors demanding greater
:23:04. > :23:08.representation for Benghazi. They want the vote postponed. Others say
:23:08. > :23:12.that Libya is ready. A country that has not held
:23:12. > :23:16.elections for 47 years and in a post conflict situation will not be
:23:16. > :23:21.ready in a matter of months by some absolute standard, but there is
:23:21. > :23:27.also a strong desire on the part of Libyan people to have this election.
:23:27. > :23:31.In the big cities there is indeed a palpable sense of freedom and
:23:31. > :23:35.openness. Libya has changed since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's doubtful,
:23:35. > :23:42.much. There is much uncertainty about the country's future, but no-
:23:42. > :23:46.one here talks seriously of a return to the past.
:23:46. > :23:53.The cost to the taxpayer of supporting the Royal Family rose by
:23:53. > :23:57.0.6% in the past financial year. Buckingham Palace account show the
:23:58. > :24:04.Queen's official expenditure rose by �200,000 to �33 .3 million and
:24:04. > :24:08.that the Duke of York's travel costs amounted to �358,000 for
:24:08. > :24:12.seven business trips. Spain has been welcoming home their
:24:12. > :24:18.victorious Euro 2012 footballers with a very big party in Madrid
:24:18. > :24:22.today. The city's residents poured on to
:24:22. > :24:28.the streets to pay tributes to the heroes who have become the first
:24:28. > :24:31.team in international footballing history to win three successful
:24:31. > :24:37.major titles, two European Championships and a World Cup. It
:24:37. > :24:41.follows the 4-0 victory in last night's Euro 2012 final.
:24:41. > :24:45.Now the tennis and Maria Sharapova has been knocked out in straight
:24:45. > :24:49.sets by the German player, Sabine Lisicki. A rain-stop play for Andy
:24:49. > :24:56.Murray, who is hoping to win a place in the quarter-finals, but
:24:56. > :25:02.better news for Novak Djokovic. July at Wimbledon, as the rain
:25:02. > :25:11.swirled asmall tear in the social fabric, the Wimbledon crowd restive
:25:11. > :25:16.at the delays, not -- not oohing but booing. Andy Murray conceded he
:25:16. > :25:20.spent much of the last match drenched in nerves. Today against
:25:20. > :25:24.Marin Cilic, there were flashes of confidence.
:25:24. > :25:32.COMMENTATOR: God, love that! answer to the charge that he is
:25:32. > :25:36.always on the defensive... He took the first set 7-5. He swiftly
:25:36. > :25:42.gained a break in the second. The point made delicately but
:25:43. > :25:48.emphatically. Andy Murray was on top as the rain
:25:48. > :25:53.sent both players inside. Before Andy Murray on court number
:25:53. > :26:00.one, the tournament's biggest upset since the Rafael Nadal exit, the
:26:00. > :26:07.women's top seed and top grunter, Maria Sharapova, silenced.
:26:07. > :26:11.Sabine Lisicki, last year's semi- finalist, through in two.
:26:11. > :26:16.Were the rest of the tournament going so smoothly, around Wimbledon