:00:00. > 3:59:59report from South Africa, on the impact of the long-running Oscar
:00:00. > :00:18.Pistorius murder trial. Now Good evening. One of Britain's most
:00:19. > :00:21.notorious armed robbers remains on the run, despite apparently being
:00:22. > :00:24.spotted in Twickenham last night. Michael Wheatley, nicknamed Skull
:00:25. > :00:30.Cracker, escaped while on day release from an open prison in Kent.
:00:31. > :00:45.He's serving 13 life sentences for a string of robberies. Here's Alex
:00:46. > :00:49.Bushill. Michael Wheatley admitted 13 charges of robbery chewing which
:00:50. > :00:55.he pistol whipped a manager and 73`year`old woman. Threatened to
:00:56. > :01:05.kill Claire Townsend as he held up a bank in London. He put his hand
:01:06. > :01:11.round my neck, a gun to my temple and started screaming and shouting,
:01:12. > :01:17.not me but at the cashier 's. Michael Wheatley was held at this
:01:18. > :01:24.open prison on the Isle of Sheppey. On Saturday morning, he left the
:01:25. > :01:29.prison on temporary licence. At 9:20pm, he boarded a train for city
:01:30. > :01:36.born. Last night he was apparently spotted in Twickenham. ``
:01:37. > :01:42.Sittingbourne. 120 people absconded from open prisons last year.
:01:43. > :01:48.Questions must be asked about this incident. He is clearly in open
:01:49. > :01:53.prison after a decision by the independent parole board. I want to
:01:54. > :01:57.check that proper assessments are carried out. People who are a threat
:01:58. > :02:05.to the public must be kept behind bars where it is possible to do so.
:02:06. > :02:08.At some point, people get towards the end of their sentence and the
:02:09. > :02:13.design of the open prisoners for people who have served a long
:02:14. > :02:18.sentence in a closed environment, if you like, another wild. To bring
:02:19. > :02:23.them into our world here, they need some transition and they need some
:02:24. > :02:26.help to do that. You need to focus on cutting reoffending rates and
:02:27. > :02:32.that seems to be one of the best ways of doing it. The police tonight
:02:33. > :02:36.repeated their warning. While he remains at large, he should not be
:02:37. > :02:38.approached. Researchers at King's College Hospital believe eczema
:02:39. > :02:41.sufferers may have less chance of developing skin cancer. Scientists
:02:42. > :02:44.found the way the body's immune system reacts to eczema could also
:02:45. > :02:49.stop tumours forming by getting rid of potentially cancerous cells. Skin
:02:50. > :02:53.cancer is one of the world's most common cancers. Millions of
:02:54. > :03:03.Londoners had braced themselves for a potential headache in getting
:03:04. > :03:06.around the capital today. The first rush hours during the three`day
:03:07. > :03:11.strike were supposed to have taken place this morning and tonight. The
:03:12. > :03:17.action was called off at the 11th hour. But how long will the peace
:03:18. > :03:22.last? Our transport correspondent, Tom Edwards, has been looking at the
:03:23. > :03:29.issue. At last, some respite for commuters but it is unlikely this is
:03:30. > :03:33.the end to the dispute. It causes unnecessary chaos, doesn't it?
:03:34. > :03:41.London is busy enough so keep the trains working. We are making it
:03:42. > :03:44.easier for customers to plan... An agreement yesterday could start some
:03:45. > :03:49.of the biggest changes in the history of the tube. It seems all
:03:50. > :03:54.ticket offices will close. There will be 950 job losses. No
:03:55. > :04:00.redeployed staff will have their pay cut. Nobody believes any money. No
:04:01. > :04:06.compulsory redundancies. Anybody who wants a job can still have a job.
:04:07. > :04:10.The agreement says there will be a station by station review. Bosses
:04:11. > :04:15.say it will not include ticket offices. The RMT union says it will
:04:16. > :04:23.still make a case to save them. Today, the man mentioned again
:04:24. > :04:30.another contentious area, driver less trains. We will close the
:04:31. > :04:37.ticket offices, let's be clear about that. At mainline stations, really
:04:38. > :04:42.big stations, there will of course be a role for visitor information
:04:43. > :04:47.centres or whatever but the traditional ticket office is going
:04:48. > :04:55.to be a thing of the past. The people of London will be worried
:04:56. > :05:00.about the Mayor of London inflaming the situation. He should be allowing
:05:01. > :05:06.us to have proper discussions without pre`determining the outcome.
:05:07. > :05:09.The RMT union is also in the middle of a leadership contest. London
:05:10. > :05:15.Underground managed to run half of all of its services. It claimed it
:05:16. > :05:20.could have vanish more this week. There is concern that passengers
:05:21. > :05:25.have missed out on having a say. I like to see the man talking to trade
:05:26. > :05:33.unions and I like to see London Underground consulting with
:05:34. > :05:38.commuters and experts. If you want an idea of what the two could look
:05:39. > :05:45.like in the future, look at Paris. Here there are ticket offices but
:05:46. > :05:53.only at the main stations. It is not an issue to not have a dedicated
:05:54. > :05:56.agent to sell tickets. It would be better to have people selling
:05:57. > :06:04.tickets. There is less and less human contacts. More talks are
:06:05. > :06:09.planned for three weeks' time. This dispute still has the potential for
:06:10. > :06:11.more strikes in the future. The luxury hotel chain Shangri`La has
:06:12. > :06:15.opened its first hotel in Britain, here in London. It's on the 34th
:06:16. > :06:17.floor of the Shard, and it aims to attract guests particularly from
:06:18. > :06:29.Asia. All rooms have ceiling`to`floor glass windows, with
:06:30. > :06:30.one suite costing ?14,000 a night. Certainly no problems seeing the
:06:31. > :06:41.weather from up there. We have fairly unsubtle conditions.
:06:42. > :06:46.It has been a fine day that it will turn increasingly settled as we go
:06:47. > :06:49.through the week. There may be a few showers in a few places. They are
:06:50. > :06:54.mainly light to moderate as we go through the night, just hereunder.
:06:55. > :06:59.There will also be some dry and clear whether to be had. The breeze
:07:00. > :07:02.is fairly strong so it is blowing the showers through fairly quickly.
:07:03. > :07:08.Temperatures getting to around 11 degrees. As we go through the
:07:09. > :07:13.morning, tomorrow could have some sunny weather. Much more chance of
:07:14. > :07:17.encountering one or two of the showers. Do not stick around to long
:07:18. > :07:21.because there will be a breeze behind them from the south`west
:07:22. > :07:25.which will help to keep them which is up to 17 Celsius. On the
:07:26. > :07:30.outlook, a cloudy day on Thursday and there will be some outbreaks of
:07:31. > :07:36.rain from time to time. Some showers on Friday as well. I rather wet
:07:37. > :07:45.start the weekend and it will be blustery during the week. As you may
:07:46. > :07:53.have just heard, our weather is taking a turn for the worse. Some
:07:54. > :07:58.lovely weather on the Spanish Costas. We leave that behind and
:07:59. > :08:05.find low-pressure close by the British Isles. Behind that, there
:08:06. > :08:09.are bands of wet weather. Some heavy downpours. In Northern Ireland, this
:08:10. > :08:14.goes on through parts of England and Scotland. To the south, a few heavy
:08:15. > :08:17.showers moving through and the breeze freshening. Many of us will
:08:18. > :08:21.see some rain between now and the end of the night but it will not be
:08:22. > :08:24.cold. On the many for tomorrow will be a bit of sun here and there but
:08:25. > :08:25.nowhere near as much.