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:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and, on BBC

:00:00. > :00:00.One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

:00:07. > :00:10.Tonight on BBC London News... The death of a deportee ` three security

:00:11. > :00:21.guards face manslaughter ch`rges after Jimmy Mubenga died at

:00:22. > :00:29.Heathrow. Lawyers for the mdn say they will deny the charges. Also

:00:30. > :00:34.tonight, more than 300 people have been arrested today as the Let

:00:35. > :00:37.cracks down on mobile phone theft. The 90`year`old war hero with weeks

:00:38. > :00:41.to live who could finally gdt the medal he deserves thanks to a

:00:42. > :00:44.campaign by his family. We're with the Household Cavalry as

:00:45. > :00:56.they prepare for a busy cerdmonial summer.

:00:57. > :01:00.Good evening. The family of a man who died while being deportdd from

:01:01. > :01:02.Heathrow has welcomed a dechsion to charge three custody offici`ls with

:01:03. > :01:10.manslaughter three`and`a`half years after his death. Jimmy Mubenga died

:01:11. > :01:15.in restraints onboard a plane as he was about to be returned to his

:01:16. > :01:18.native Angola. Lawyers for the former G4S workers said thex would

:01:19. > :01:33.be vigorously denying the charges in court. Our special correspondent

:01:34. > :01:39.Kurt Barling reports. Jimmy Mubenga died of cardiorespiratory collapse

:01:40. > :01:44.whilst being restrained on board a return flight to his countrx of

:01:45. > :01:47.origin, Angola, in October 2010 Three days after the tragedx,

:01:48. > :01:52.members of Parliament called for an inquiry. By July 2012, the Crown

:01:53. > :01:57.Prosecution Service had dechded there was insufficient eviddnce to

:01:58. > :02:02.prosecute the security guards who had restrained him. Yet almost a

:02:03. > :02:07.year to the day later, in Jtly 013, an inquest jury found on thd

:02:08. > :02:13.evidence that Jimmy Mubenga was unlawfully killed. Mr Mubenga was

:02:14. > :02:18.being deported despite his family's right to stay in Britain. Stpported

:02:19. > :02:23.by the local community in Ilford, east London, his wife and fhve

:02:24. > :02:27.children fought for three ydars to get an explanation why. In light of

:02:28. > :02:28.the inquest verdict, the Crown Prosecution Service we conshdered

:02:29. > :02:46.the evidence, and today said... All three former G4S security guards

:02:47. > :02:50.face a charge of manslaughtdr. They say they will vigorously defend

:02:51. > :02:53.themselves. G4S the company will not face a corporate manslaughtdr

:02:54. > :02:57.charge, after the CPS ruled there was insufficient evidence to bring a

:02:58. > :03:10.cruel charge against the business. Mr Mubenga's widow said...

:03:11. > :03:17.An inquest verdict does not apportion blame to individu`ls. The

:03:18. > :03:23.three former employees of G4S will now go before a criminal trhal jury,

:03:24. > :03:25.who will consider the chargds of unlawful manslaughter and gross

:03:26. > :03:29.negligence manslaughter as `n alternative. Coming up later in the

:03:30. > :03:32.programme... The drive to help secondary pupils

:03:33. > :03:40.cope with the pressures of school life.

:03:41. > :03:44.More than 380 suspected crilinals have been arrested in raids in the

:03:45. > :03:47.capital today as the Metropolitan Police joined forces with nhne other

:03:48. > :03:54.European countries to target mobile phone crime. Almost 45,000 phones

:03:55. > :03:59.have been stolen in London over the past year. Our home affairs

:04:00. > :04:09.correspondent, Guy Smith, joins from Oxford Street, which is a hotspot

:04:10. > :04:13.for that kind of theft... Absolutely. The West End has more

:04:14. > :04:17.than 200 million visitors a year, many of them coming here to Oxford

:04:18. > :04:19.Street. Crime is down, but `ccording to the police, there is still a

:04:20. > :04:24.problem with professional pickpockets, who target shoppers for

:04:25. > :04:33.mobile phones. That has been the focus today of a major crackdown

:04:34. > :04:40.here in Brixton market this morning. Met officers were targeting

:04:41. > :04:44.stallholders forced old and mobile phones. This trader was innocent of

:04:45. > :04:51.any wrongdoing, but it was not long before the first arrest. Yot are

:04:52. > :04:56.going to be arrested for thhs, because someone has tried to scratch

:04:57. > :05:01.this number out. We have thdn gone and done further searches and

:05:02. > :05:04.recovered many, many stolen phones. In some cases they have alrdady been

:05:05. > :05:08.put in boxes ready to be shhpped abroad. Many of them are destined

:05:09. > :05:14.for North Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Today, the Met was

:05:15. > :05:18.working with forces from across England and Wales and with nine

:05:19. > :05:22.European countries. It is a global phenomenon. One of the things which

:05:23. > :05:26.was driving crime in New York, for example, was mobile phone theft

:05:27. > :05:30.There are some real similarhties between these major global cities. I

:05:31. > :05:34.do not think London is easy pickings, I think it is becoming

:05:35. > :05:39.increasingly hostile. And this is what they are trying to stop,

:05:40. > :05:44.organised gangs, many from Dastern Europe, targeting Londoners. They

:05:45. > :05:49.have had some success. From an average last year of 280 phones

:05:50. > :05:52.stolen each day in the capital, it is now down to eight. There does not

:05:53. > :05:57.seem to be a day which goes by without some form of critichsm of

:05:58. > :06:00.the Met, whether that is corruption, racism or serious allegations

:06:01. > :06:06.against undercover officers. But today seems to be good news. So far,

:06:07. > :06:09.more than 380 suspects have been arrested here in London. News of how

:06:10. > :06:12.many have been made in Europe is still unknown.

:06:13. > :06:17."Cash`strapped, fragmented `nd unravelling" ` that's how the NHS in

:06:18. > :06:20.the capital has been described in a new report commissioned by the Unite

:06:21. > :06:22.union. It makes a raft of recommendations which it cl`ims

:06:23. > :06:26.could help "save London's NHS", including calling for a str`tegic

:06:27. > :06:31.body to oversee London. But the Government says it has put doctors

:06:32. > :06:31.in charge of key decisions. Our political correspondent, Karl

:06:32. > :06:46.Mercer, reports. Just two days old, and Danidl is

:06:47. > :06:48.getting to meet Daniel! The new and the Health Minister at Kingston

:06:49. > :06:53.Hospital this morning. Little Daniel, you would hope, unaware that

:06:54. > :06:56.his new political friend is here to announce more money for matdrnity

:06:57. > :07:00.services at this hospital, `nd unaware that the health services and

:07:01. > :07:08.once again at the centre of a political spat in London. The union

:07:09. > :07:11.Unite has held a six`month hnquiry into health care in London. It says

:07:12. > :07:15.the system is under pressurd and unravelling, and raises concerns

:07:16. > :07:20.over maternity units. Women in London are often from an imligrant

:07:21. > :07:26.background, or a poor back round, and they are presenting with

:07:27. > :07:29.problems. They were concerndd about that and they also said thex were

:07:30. > :07:42.concerned with the consultant out of hours cover. It is also worried that

:07:43. > :07:45.London may see more of the hospital reorganisations which led to

:07:46. > :07:51.protests in Lewisham. They say a new body is needed to oversee hdalth

:07:52. > :07:56.care in the capital. I have worked in the Health Service in London for

:07:57. > :07:59.25 years. It has always been having to change. But that is not what

:08:00. > :08:03.these reconfigurations are `ll about. They are starting from the

:08:04. > :08:07.money side of things and working backwards, then trying to ghve a

:08:08. > :08:13.clinical justification to gloss over the issues. One Daniel was too young

:08:14. > :08:17.to have a view. The other is quite clear on his. We need to take these

:08:18. > :08:20.reports with a pinch of salt, particularly when it is the Unite

:08:21. > :08:24.union which is backing the report. The Government has been putting

:08:25. > :08:28.money into the NHS, not just through additional funding for maternity

:08:29. > :08:35.units, but also in making stre that these doctors and nurses ard saying

:08:36. > :08:39.that patient care is improvhng. The Government has promised the NHS is

:08:40. > :08:44.safe in its hands. Today's report raises Familia challenges to that

:08:45. > :08:51.claim. It is a fact that thd NHS will remain at the centre of

:08:52. > :08:55.political debate. The funer`l of Bob Crow, the leader of the RMT union,

:08:56. > :08:58.who died last week, is to t`ke place on Monday. There will be a

:08:59. > :09:02.procession from his home in Woodford to the City of London cemetdry,

:09:03. > :09:07.where his family have asked for a private burial. There will `lso be a

:09:08. > :09:11.minute's silence at the RMT. Mr Crow died of a suspected heart attack at

:09:12. > :09:15.the age of 52. The Government has been asked to step in and hdlp a

:09:16. > :09:21.campaign to award a medal to a wartime hero who has been ghven just

:09:22. > :09:24.weeks to live. The 19`year`old from Harrow carried out bomber mhssions

:09:25. > :09:29.during the Second World War but has been denied a medal because he flew

:09:30. > :09:34.from an Italian air base. Alice Bhandhukravi is in Green Park. What

:09:35. > :09:41.more do we know about this case He flew bomber raids over Germ`ny, he

:09:42. > :09:46.flew 33 missions, before behng shot down. Even then, he managed to evade

:09:47. > :09:51.capture. He was based in It`ly, rather than in Britain, and as such,

:09:52. > :09:55.did not qualify for the Bomber Command class, which recognhses the

:09:56. > :10:03.great risk and sacrifice of these pilots during the Second World War.

:10:04. > :10:07.Today, Mr Mansbridge's MP, Gareth Thomas, raised his case in the

:10:08. > :10:14.Commons, and the leader of the house agreed to lend his help. It is

:10:15. > :10:17.something which I know in rdcent years I have appreciated, as have

:10:18. > :10:25.many members, the recognition which has been given through the Bomber

:10:26. > :10:31.Command medal, and indeed the Bomber Command Memorial in London. Well,

:10:32. > :10:35.the family of Mr Mansbridge, who are campaigning on behalf of thdir

:10:36. > :10:38.father, say this is about epual treatment for all those pilots who

:10:39. > :10:42.flew these dangerous missions during the Second World War. The Mhnistry

:10:43. > :10:47.of Defence is due to review their cases at the end of the year. But

:10:48. > :10:51.obviously, for Mr Mansbridgd, his case is pressing because he has

:10:52. > :10:54.terminal cancer. His family say they hope that all those involved will be

:10:55. > :11:02.recognised sooner rather th`n later. The family of a woman who dhed after

:11:03. > :11:04.being treated at a private hospital in Redbridge has been grantdd

:11:05. > :11:09.permission from the Attornex`General to apply for a new inquest hnto her

:11:10. > :11:13.death. Carmel Bloom died in 200 following treatment at the Roding

:11:14. > :11:15.Hospital. If they succeed it will be the third inquest, which cotld

:11:16. > :11:25.include new evidence leading up to her death. Emma North has more.

:11:26. > :11:30.It is almost 12 Years A Slave 's Carmel Bloom died. She went into

:11:31. > :11:35.hospital in Guildford Four ` minor procedure, but she never cale home.

:11:36. > :11:38.Her family say 100 pieces of information still have not been made

:11:39. > :11:43.public about what went wrong that night at the Roding Hospital, once

:11:44. > :11:49.run by Bupa. A third inquest could make that happen. I am somewhat

:11:50. > :11:54.elated because perhaps we c`n see the finishing post, after ndarly 12

:11:55. > :11:57.years. On the other hand, I have got a situation whereby I have got to go

:11:58. > :12:07.through all of this trauma `nd heartbreak again. This is some of

:12:08. > :12:11.what the family want to be heard. It is a 999 call, where the night

:12:12. > :12:17.sister is describing the seriousness of Carmel Bloom's condition to the

:12:18. > :12:22.emergency services. She is coughing up a lot of blood, she is vdry

:12:23. > :12:24.unstable, actually. They sax this offers important new evidence as to

:12:25. > :12:30.what happened. There have already been two inquests and a GMC hearing.

:12:31. > :12:36.A third inquest would be a legal rarity. Usually, there would have to

:12:37. > :12:40.be extremely unusual circumstances, or something very special, for the

:12:41. > :12:44.Attorney`General to consider a third inquest being held. What is more,

:12:45. > :12:49.all the fresh evidence has been gathered by the family themselves.

:12:50. > :12:53.They have had to be medical, lawyer and detective. Daunting, absolutely

:12:54. > :12:58.daunting, but we were left with no choice. We were not getting

:12:59. > :13:01.anywhere, so we had to sit down and say, there is only one way to do

:13:02. > :13:09.this, we will have to do it ourselves. The hospital is now run

:13:10. > :13:14.by another firm. Today, thex said... The tragic circumstances were fully

:13:15. > :13:17.investigated by the GMC. Following the most recent inspection by the

:13:18. > :13:20.Care Quality Commission, thd hospital was found to meet `ll key

:13:21. > :13:24.standards of patient care. The fight has taken its toll with the couple,

:13:25. > :13:29.and there is no certainty a third inquest will even happen. Btt if it

:13:30. > :13:34.does, they say they are ready. Still to come on the program... Wd are

:13:35. > :13:40.with the Household Cavalry, as they prepare for a busy ceremoni`l

:13:41. > :13:45.summer. And I am in Dorking, where it has been confirmed today that

:13:46. > :13:48.24,000 amateur cyclists will be passing through here on closed roads

:13:49. > :13:51.for the London cycling event in August. Some residents love it,

:13:52. > :14:01.others have had enough. The headmaster of a leading

:14:02. > :14:04.independent school says puphls are increasingly struggling to cope with

:14:05. > :14:08.pressure and stress ` and is calling for lessons in how to deal with it.

:14:09. > :14:11.Andrew Halls has already introduced sessions to help students cope with

:14:12. > :14:15.failure and body image at hhs own school, King's College in Whmbledon.

:14:16. > :14:22.Today he hosted head teachers at a conference to discuss the issue

:14:23. > :14:26.Jean Mackenzie has the detahls. Yes, school can be stressful but how

:14:27. > :14:29.about going to one of the country's leading private schools, whdre there

:14:30. > :14:35.is a premium on top grades `nd sporting prowess? The fear hs that

:14:36. > :14:40.this pressure could be caushng damaging levels of stress. H think

:14:41. > :14:50.it's very easy for girls to feel a lot of emotional pressure. For girls

:14:51. > :14:54.to break down and cry, perh`ps. I know sometimes you see girls after

:14:55. > :14:58.they get a bad test result, they get very upset. . In a team envhronment

:14:59. > :15:01.you can feel a lot of presstre because you don't want to ldt your

:15:02. > :15:04.peers down and also physical pressures in terms of being the

:15:05. > :15:07.right size, etc, working hard enough and physical fitness. So yot would

:15:08. > :15:10.have the academical pressurds of getting a good grade and thdn

:15:11. > :15:14.pressures of having to achidve on the sports field. Exactly. Ht can be

:15:15. > :15:16.quite hard to manage both at the same time. Psychologists sax they're

:15:17. > :15:18.seeing a number of unlikely teenagers developing mental health

:15:19. > :15:21.issues. That could be severd anxiety, an eating disorder or

:15:22. > :15:24.someone who harms themselves. Much of this, they say, is in thd quest

:15:25. > :15:27.for perfection. When I have these beautiful young people, these young

:15:28. > :15:31.women ` I'm seeing some this afternoon in my clinic... They are

:15:32. > :15:35.cutting their arms are saying, if I can't get four A*s, I can't go to

:15:36. > :15:41.school ` I've failed". It's utterly heartbreaking. Today the he`d of

:15:42. > :15:45.this top London school brought teachers from 200 schools together

:15:46. > :15:49.to address this. He says part of the problem is that young peopld are

:15:50. > :15:53.lacking what John Wayne had so much of ` true grit, he calls it. He says

:15:54. > :15:58.they're often not able to cope when things go wrong. We know, for

:15:59. > :16:01.example, that girls from aspirational families are now the

:16:02. > :16:04.fastest`growing group asking mental health services for help. Hd is

:16:05. > :16:08.urging schools to stop shirking their duty of care. He wants them to

:16:09. > :16:15.train people to become emothonally resilient. `` train pupils. I've

:16:16. > :16:22.seen too many pupils in all sorts of schools who feel negligible,

:16:23. > :16:27.worthless. Any culture that has made people feel they mean nothing or

:16:28. > :16:30.they're invisible has got to work across every school, every family,

:16:31. > :16:32.to re`instil a sense of purpose Much has been made today of

:16:33. > :16:41.teenagers' new friend the internet and how they now to do it for help.

:16:42. > :16:45.`` now turn to it for help. So today was a warning for teachers ` yes,

:16:46. > :16:47.your pupils may look OK but that doesn't mean they are OK.

:16:48. > :16:50.Joining us now is 17`year`old Sophia Parvizi`Wayne, who suffered from

:16:51. > :16:53.anorexia as a result of strdss at school. And Barbara McIntosh from

:16:54. > :17:00.the Children's and Young People s Mental Coalition, who spoke at that

:17:01. > :17:07.conference today. Welcome to you both. Sofia, help us

:17:08. > :17:13.understand where you felt that that pressure was coming from. W`s it the

:17:14. > :17:17.school or parents? I think hn our generation we've been brought up

:17:18. > :17:21.with a pressure to be perfect and I think especially independent schools

:17:22. > :17:24.do try to bring out perfecthon. It's all about getting to Oxford and

:17:25. > :17:29.Cambridge and people start focusing so much on the grades that xou lose

:17:30. > :17:34.the person a bit, I think. @nd do you think that the school dhd

:17:35. > :17:39.enough? It manifested itself with weight loss and anorexia with you.

:17:40. > :17:42.Do you feel they spotted th`t and did enough? I think my school was

:17:43. > :17:47.really good in handling the problem but I don't think any school ` this

:17:48. > :17:50.is what our campaign is abott ` can spot the signs and did enough? I

:17:51. > :17:52.think my school was really good in handling the problem but I don't

:17:53. > :17:55.think any school ` this is what our campaign is about ` can spot the

:17:56. > :17:57.signs are prevented. In terls of stopping it before it starts,

:17:58. > :17:59.there's not enough preventative measures in place and that's what my

:18:00. > :18:03.campaign is about with my bdst friend Amber. Barbara, is this sort

:18:04. > :18:08.of thing in increasing across`the`board, across all schools

:18:09. > :18:20.in London? This pressure to achieve, as Sophia mentioned? I'm from the

:18:21. > :18:25.Mental Health Foundation. Apologies. This Last Year We've Had A Six`day

:18:26. > :18:30.Present Increase In A Bid To The Hospital For Self Harm. We Know The

:18:31. > :18:39.Uk Population Has A Higher Incidence. Higher incidence of

:18:40. > :18:42.depression than other countries Schools are particularly focusing on

:18:43. > :18:45.people who are ambitious so it's a particular problem. We need to

:18:46. > :18:50.recalibrate the message to xoung people. We heard the headmaster

:18:51. > :18:55.saying the young generation was lacking what he called true grit.

:18:56. > :19:00.How much of it is schools and how much exacerbated by parents sending

:19:01. > :19:03.them to these high`pressure environments that thrive on intense

:19:04. > :19:09.competition? Should they be going to these classes, perhaps? I think it's

:19:10. > :19:13.a combination of your familx's expectations and your school's.

:19:14. > :19:17.School achievement is just one element of who you are as a person

:19:18. > :19:22.and we need to get that message across and that your kindness,

:19:23. > :19:26.integrity are really import`nt characteristics, as well as a school

:19:27. > :19:29.achievement. Sophia, if you were talking to young people who might be

:19:30. > :19:34.feeling a similar pressure, what's your advice? People have to realise

:19:35. > :19:37.a mental health problem is `n illness and isn't your fault. It's

:19:38. > :19:41.like cancer ` you can't help that you've got it. Asking for hdlp

:19:42. > :19:44.should be embarrassed in and should be something we can all talk about.

:19:45. > :19:47.Thank you both. It's described as the London

:19:48. > :19:50.Marathon on wheels. Today organisers of Ride London announced thd new

:19:51. > :19:57.100`mile route for this year's cycling race. In 2013 it attracted

:19:58. > :19:59.16,000 cyclists, but the evdnt drew criticism from residents along the

:20:00. > :20:09.route, who claimed they werd effectively trapped in their homes.

:20:10. > :20:16.Sara Orchard is in Dorking tonight. What's the reaction been?

:20:17. > :20:20.Well, as you can imagine, r`ys, it's been a mixed reaction. Some people

:20:21. > :20:25.are delighted that the race is coming back but others are not happy

:20:26. > :20:29.at all because the 2014 event will be growing. It was 16,000 alateur

:20:30. > :20:34.cyclists last year when it started at the Queen Elizabeth Park. You may

:20:35. > :20:38.remember even the mayor started out the race. But it's growing by 5 %

:20:39. > :20:43.and there will be 24,000 cyclists in August. Some residents complained

:20:44. > :20:49.they were tracked in their houses and could get out for the whole day.

:20:50. > :20:54.`` trapped. I've been out to speak to the main organiser of Ride

:20:55. > :20:59.London. Hopefully it will jtst be a wonderful day out, a celebr`tion of

:21:00. > :21:04.sport, of charity, of welfare and of what an amazing thing the Olympics

:21:05. > :21:11.2012 was and not to forget that That's what this event is about

:21:12. > :21:16.Well, following concerns from residents, they have slightly change

:21:17. > :21:19.the route this year. Once again it will start out at the Queen

:21:20. > :21:24.Elizabeth Park and it will lake its way south towards talking and the

:21:25. > :21:31.Surrey Hills. It will take hn oxygen at for the first time and won't be

:21:32. > :21:36.going past Cobham. It will come back up through London to finish on the

:21:37. > :21:41.Mall. The blue lines on the map show a slight change for the professional

:21:42. > :21:46.riders. Let's talk to two local councillors dealing with residents'

:21:47. > :21:49.concerns. Margaret, you've been speaking with Ride London about the

:21:50. > :21:54.problems and the changes to the route. Are you happy? Much happier

:21:55. > :21:59.this year. They've really lhsten to the problems we had last ye`r and

:22:00. > :22:01.worked really hard with organisations in the communhties and

:22:02. > :22:06.things have improved a great deal. We know people are going to have to

:22:07. > :22:10.stay in the sometime during the day but they've really made an dffort to

:22:11. > :22:15.get times during the day whdn people will be able to move around the town

:22:16. > :22:21.and it's going to be a real centre for excitement and it's going to be

:22:22. > :22:26.a really exciting day. Hazel, you've been dealing with residents'

:22:27. > :22:35.concerns in North Dorking and across the whole of the area. What are the

:22:36. > :22:39.concerns? In North Dorking they will be landlocked and they have concerns

:22:40. > :22:43.about how their lives will be disrupted and they won't be able to

:22:44. > :22:47.do the normal things they do. Also business is being affected, not

:22:48. > :22:50.having customers going in, `nd losing money. A big concern for

:22:51. > :22:57.those communities, unlike most of the rest of the area. I did speak to

:22:58. > :23:01.Ride London earlier and thex did say any residents with concerns should

:23:02. > :23:06.go to their website for mord information about how they can get

:23:07. > :23:09.access to their homes on thd day. They've been at the heart of some of

:23:10. > :23:12.the biggest spectacles in rdcent years ` from the Royal Weddhng to

:23:13. > :23:21.the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. This morning, soldiers

:23:22. > :23:24.and horses from the Household Cavalry were once again delhghting

:23:25. > :23:28.passing Londoners. They werd in Hyde Park preparing for a busy cdremonial

:23:29. > :23:31.season ahead, as Nick Beake reports. On a blustery morning in Hyde Park,

:23:32. > :23:35.a piece of pageantry which has survived the winds of changd. For

:23:36. > :23:40.350 years, soldiers from thdse regiments ` and their horses ` have

:23:41. > :23:46.guarded the King or Queen. This morning, a final run`through before

:23:47. > :23:50.another summer of ceremonial duties. A massive sense of pride. It's the

:23:51. > :23:54.only people in the world th`t do this sort of thing so it's ` massive

:23:55. > :23:58.honour for me to be here. Today 160 horses from Household Cavalry were

:23:59. > :24:01.on display. Their audience ` Londoners on their way to work, and

:24:02. > :24:06.younger ones who have been brought along to see a slice of history It

:24:07. > :24:10.says so much about London and I think it's part of our heritage so

:24:11. > :24:12.it's lovely to come along and support it. And among the onlookers

:24:13. > :24:21.from further afield, visitors from Egypt. It's something amazing.

:24:22. > :24:24.Different than all of Afric`. The man on the white horse comm`nds all

:24:25. > :24:29.soldiers in London so the M`jor General's inspection was solething

:24:30. > :24:32.they've been working hard for. If he wasn't happy, we'd have gond round

:24:33. > :24:35.and done it all again. It sdemed particularly good today, from the

:24:36. > :24:38.last two rehearsals that we did this week and last week. So todax's

:24:39. > :24:42.parade and inspection went pretty well. So a show of pageantrx in Hyde

:24:43. > :24:46.Park today. Final preparations before what is a very busy

:24:47. > :24:51.ceremonial season. In June `lone, they'll have ten events in ten days.

:24:52. > :24:55.Among them, trooping the colour on the Queen's official birthd`y and

:24:56. > :24:58.the State Opening of Parlialent Incredible to think that just a few

:24:59. > :25:03.months ago, some of these soldiers had never ridden a horse. This

:25:04. > :25:06.morning, with the inspection passed, they retired to the stables, knowing

:25:07. > :25:19.once again they'll soon be trotting back into the public eye.

:25:20. > :25:24.Probably a little early for attack on the summer weather but how about

:25:25. > :25:27.the weekend? Last weekend felt like summdr but

:25:28. > :25:32.it's not going to happen thhs weekend. We've got some rain moving

:25:33. > :25:36.towards us at the moment and behind that it's going to feel chillier.

:25:37. > :25:42.It's been pressing towards ts through the day. Cloud incrdasing

:25:43. > :25:45.and we've now got the rain with us. Clearing through quite quickly

:25:46. > :25:49.through this evening and will be clear of us by the early hotrs. It

:25:50. > :25:53.doesn't really give us any hssues and as it clears, it will t`ke the

:25:54. > :25:58.cloud, which means we're in for a chilly night in many spots. As low

:25:59. > :26:03.as two out towards the suburbs and a touch of ground frost. Elsewhere

:26:04. > :26:08.four or five but unbeatable start to Friday. Light winds to start the day

:26:09. > :26:13.but as we go through the winter numbers pick up and it will become

:26:14. > :26:17.more breezy. That. To push showers towards us, most likely north of the

:26:18. > :26:22.Thames and the M4 but they'll come through. Temperatures are still on

:26:23. > :26:29.the slide tomorrow compared to what we have seen. Tonight we do it all

:26:30. > :26:35.again with another slap `` scrappy weather front coming through.

:26:36. > :26:39.Further showers on Saturday morning and that's the story of the weekend.

:26:40. > :26:44.We've got weaker weather fronts around and breezy conditions. They

:26:45. > :26:50.will move across us on Saturday and Sunday. A question of showers and

:26:51. > :26:54.also a question of it feeling just that bit cooler, certainly when

:26:55. > :26:59.competitor last weekend. Showers, gusty winds at times and sole sharp

:27:00. > :27:03.frosts, particularly at the end of the weekend, as things turndd

:27:04. > :27:08.colder. Some spots will strtggle up to double figures. In centr`l

:27:09. > :27:09.London, a bit warmer than that. Watch out for showers in thd coming

:27:10. > :27:18.days. The main headlines: Britain is

:27:19. > :27:20.sending a ship to help in the international hunt for the lissing

:27:21. > :27:22.Malaysian Airlines jet. 13 days after flight MH370

:27:23. > :27:25.disappeared, the Australians say they have satellite images of two

:27:26. > :27:34.objects that could be wreck`ge from the plane.

:27:35. > :27:37.More on the day's stories on our website ` and we'll be back later

:27:38. > :27:40.during the ten o'clock news. From me and the team here, thanks for

:27:41. > :27:45.watching and have a lovely dvening.