:00:00. > :00:00.European election results. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so
:00:00. > :00:00.it's goodbye from me and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams
:00:07. > :00:10.where you are. Tonight on BBC London News. The Electoral Commission sends
:00:11. > :00:13.in observers to Tower Hamlets after allegations of mismanagement and
:00:14. > :00:20.intimidation during the local elections. The account was
:00:21. > :00:27.mismanaged. Miscounted. Went on far too long. 36`hour count is totally
:00:28. > :00:30.unacceptable. The council's returning officer denies the
:00:31. > :00:33.allegations. Also tonight: The former teacher jailed for sexually
:00:34. > :00:38.assaulting children. We hear from one of his victims. Police say
:00:39. > :00:42.they'll issue more fines to drivers and cyclists to make the streets
:00:43. > :00:45.safer for those on two wheels. We are live as a second traffic
:00:46. > :00:53.enforcement campaign hits the capital. Is plus, how Met and Essex
:00:54. > :00:55.police officers are raising money for child cancer patients to be
:00:56. > :01:08.treated in America. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:09. > :01:11.programme. More than five days after the polls opened for the local
:01:12. > :01:16.elections, they're still counting the votes in Tower Hamlets in East
:01:17. > :01:19.London. Critics be have described the delay as shambolic and badly
:01:20. > :01:24.organised. There are also claims that some voters were intimidated at
:01:25. > :01:27.the polling Boots. Tonight, the Electoral Commission has confirmed
:01:28. > :01:31.it's sending in observerses to oversee the recount, which has just
:01:32. > :01:35.resumed this evening, with one ward still to declare. The council's
:01:36. > :01:40.returning officer has denied claims of mismanagement and says there was
:01:41. > :01:45.no evidence of "large scale intimidation." Gareth Furby joins us
:01:46. > :01:49.tonight's from Tower Hamlets. I was at the start of this count back on
:01:50. > :01:55.Friday. Yet, it's hard to believe, here we are, it's continuing in the
:01:56. > :02:03.building you can see behind me. Now, one critic is quite outspoken on
:02:04. > :02:07.this. He says it's, to quote him "an omnishambles, an embarrassment to
:02:08. > :02:11.Tower Hamlets." The council had to do this, had this many recounts
:02:12. > :02:19.because it wants to get it right. This was how the count started on
:02:20. > :02:25.Friday. Still, on Tuesday evening it continues. The results for 18 wards
:02:26. > :02:30.have been declared. But one is still outstanding. The council says it
:02:31. > :02:36.prefers an accurate and transparent count to a fast one. The leader of
:02:37. > :02:40.the Tory Group says it has been a shambles. It was inefficiently
:02:41. > :02:47.organised. The accuracy was not there. In my own ward, I was told if
:02:48. > :02:51.I ` we were given figures, we called an immediate recount. There was a
:02:52. > :02:55.21% variation on the figures between the first count and the recount.
:02:56. > :03:05.That appears one in five votes had gone wrong or been miss placed.
:03:06. > :03:11.After the reelection of Tower Hamlets Mayor, Lutfur Rahman, there
:03:12. > :03:16.were enuse thanksic scenes outside the count at 2.00am. It's alleged by
:03:17. > :03:20.some there may have been a few too many people outside some polling
:03:21. > :03:25.stations on election day. We saw groups of campaigners or activists
:03:26. > :03:28.from various parties grouping together at the entrances to polling
:03:29. > :03:32.stations. That is in contravention of the rules, that you are not
:03:33. > :03:37.allowed to put leaflets in the hands of voters as they go in. Tower
:03:38. > :03:41.Hamlets politics are a livelier affair than anywhere else in the
:03:42. > :03:44.country. We had a pretty wild time. Lots of people hanging around
:03:45. > :03:48.polling stations. Some people find that intimidating. The returning
:03:49. > :03:53.officer says the election has been carried out correctly and the delays
:03:54. > :03:57.are unavoidable. On the day we had a police officer at every polling
:03:58. > :04:00.station. We had Electoral Commission observers touring the borough,
:04:01. > :04:03.visiting many of the polling stations through the day. They
:04:04. > :04:08.didn't report any large scale intimidation. You think it has been
:04:09. > :04:11.a free and fair and proper election, not a shambles? I do think it has
:04:12. > :04:15.been free and fair election. I don't think it has been a shambles. If
:04:16. > :04:18.there is evidence of any intimidation, even at this stage,
:04:19. > :04:21.that people are aware of, we want to hear about that. The police will
:04:22. > :04:25.investigate any specific allegations where there is evidence that someone
:04:26. > :04:31.was intimidated or not able to cast their vote in the way that they
:04:32. > :04:35.wanted to. So, to confirm, we are being told by the Electoral
:04:36. > :04:40.Commission that there were significant problems during this
:04:41. > :04:45.election. So it is sending observers to tonight's count. So where will
:04:46. > :04:50.this lead? The council is telling us it will investigate if it receives
:04:51. > :04:54.an allegation, a specific allegation of electoral fraud. It says, at the
:04:55. > :05:03.moment, it has not received any allegation. For now, thank you.
:05:04. > :05:08.Coming up later in the programme. A new scheme to get teenagers into
:05:09. > :05:10.jobs is launched in the capital, but will it help reduce youth
:05:11. > :05:21.unemployment? A former primary school teacher has
:05:22. > :05:25.been jailed for four years for sexual assaults against children
:05:26. > :05:29.under the age of 13. Paul Cannon, from south London, admitted to
:05:30. > :05:33.assaulting a number of children over a 10`year period. The judge
:05:34. > :05:37.described him as "every parents nightmare." One of his victims spoke
:05:38. > :05:41.to our Home Affairs Correspondent, Guy Smith. As I went to gshgs he
:05:42. > :05:46.grabbed my elbow and kicked the back of my leg to kick me to the floor.
:05:47. > :05:50.Pulled all my bottom half down and was pinning me down from my chest
:05:51. > :05:55.and holding my legs down. I was screaming he was telling me, "don't
:05:56. > :06:03.worry it will be OK." She was nine years old when he attacked her. He
:06:04. > :06:09.went to pull my trousers down. My dog came, he heard me screaming. He
:06:10. > :06:13.ran off. She is 22 and finds it hard to cope with what happened. I was
:06:14. > :06:17.worried, nervous, unhappy. I would have good days, where I would
:06:18. > :06:22.completely forget about it. Then I would have bad days. Paul Cannon is
:06:23. > :06:26.a former primary school children. The court heard he abused one of his
:06:27. > :06:34.pupils, but at least another 40 children, some as young as six, were
:06:35. > :06:40.choosen at random. The sexual offences we know of started in 1999
:06:41. > :06:46.and spanned a decade. He targeted both young girls and young boys in
:06:47. > :06:51.south`West London. In Sutton, in Carshalton and in Merton. The
:06:52. > :06:56.attacks usually taking place in parks during the day. Often near
:06:57. > :07:02.this local river, mostly at weekends or the school holidays when many
:07:03. > :07:05.children played outside alone. He carefully planned the assaults
:07:06. > :07:08.getting to and from the scene on mountain bike. 13 years after the
:07:09. > :07:12.the first attack, the police investigation had a breakthrough.
:07:13. > :07:18.One of the victims came forward following huge publicity surround
:07:19. > :07:25.Jimmy Savile and sexual abuse. That sent a clear message out to the
:07:26. > :07:30.public as a whole, what position they are in society, these offences
:07:31. > :07:36.will not be tolerated and such people will be investigated and
:07:37. > :07:39.brought to justice. Detectives found 4,000 indecent images stored on Paul
:07:40. > :07:44.Cannon's behaviour. The judge saying his behaviour was "every parents
:07:45. > :07:49.nightmare" in sentencing he took into account that Cannon pleaded
:07:50. > :07:55.guilty to more than 50 offences and jailed him for four years. I think
:07:56. > :08:00.it's about time in our society that we ero zero`tolerance for these type
:08:01. > :08:04.of crimes. Four years may seem like a substantial jail term, that man is
:08:05. > :08:10.probably always going to be a danger to children. The police hope the
:08:11. > :08:14.bravery shown by people like Shannon will encourage others to come
:08:15. > :08:20.forward, detectives believing there could be more victims of this former
:08:21. > :08:25.teacher. Two brothers from East London have pleaded guilty to
:08:26. > :08:29.conspiracy to travel to a terrorist training camp in Syria. Last year,
:08:30. > :08:34.24 people from Britain were arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences
:08:35. > :08:38.in the country. Hamza Nawaz and Mohommod Nawaz from Stratford were
:08:39. > :08:43.detained when ammunition was found in their carat Dover. They also
:08:44. > :08:46.pleaded guilty to having rifle ammunition without a firearms
:08:47. > :08:55.certificate. They will be sentenced in June. A man who strangled his
:08:56. > :09:16.pregnant partner has been sentenced to 17 years for her murder. With
:09:17. > :09:21.youth unemployment a big issue in London could a new Government pilot
:09:22. > :09:23.scheme help? The trial gives 16 to 17`year`olds access to specially
:09:24. > :09:29.trained work coaches to help them with things like CV writing and
:09:30. > :09:33.interview techniques. It's been tried in Lewisham we have been
:09:34. > :09:38.finding out what teenagers think of the idea. I want to go somewhere and
:09:39. > :09:52.do something with my life. It's hard. I have nothing. Serena is 16.
:09:53. > :09:57.She doesn't have qualifications and struggling to find a job. I feel
:09:58. > :10:03.like this is the day where I can move on and do something with myself
:10:04. > :10:09.and, I don't know, get somewhere. I don't feel so useless. If rolled out
:10:10. > :10:16.nationally it's hoped it will help 42,000 people. At a cost of about
:10:17. > :10:19.2,500 per person the Department of Work and Pensions says it is worth
:10:20. > :10:24.it. If someone is unemployed for a lifetime, that will cost the
:10:25. > :10:26.taxpayer about ?100,000. The Minister for Employment was here
:10:27. > :10:30.today to lay out the plans which target harder to reach young people.
:10:31. > :10:34.It was her Government that was heavily criticised for scrapping the
:10:35. > :10:39.education maintenance allowance, introduced by Labour, to encourage
:10:40. > :10:42.youngsters from the most deprived backgrounds to stay in education. We
:10:43. > :10:46.have targeted the support at the people you are talking about in
:10:47. > :10:49.council estates. They will still have premium, pupil premium, they
:10:50. > :10:52.will still have that support so the right people are getting it. The
:10:53. > :10:57.Government says youth unemployment is falling. Labour says not quickly
:10:58. > :11:01.enough. Luke, Justin and Danny are looking for full`time work. I want
:11:02. > :11:05.to do painting or something. I don't even mind much I will do cleaning. I
:11:06. > :11:09.will do anything I can just to keep busy and active. I want to help
:11:10. > :11:15.little kids develop football. I have to come to the jobseeker I'm not
:11:16. > :11:19.working enough hours to earn enough money to substantially earn my rent.
:11:20. > :11:25.Do you think having support at 16 might have changed things for you?
:11:26. > :11:28.Yeah. They are over 18. This new scheme will be completely
:11:29. > :11:32.voluntarily. If you didn't have to come here and sign on and get
:11:33. > :11:36.benefit, would you come here voluntarily? No. No. I would not
:11:37. > :11:39.come here voluntarily. The staff say this is a new way of working. They
:11:40. > :11:48.will leave the building and find those young people that need their
:11:49. > :11:52.help the most. Dangerous drivers and cyclists are once again being
:11:53. > :11:56.targeted by police at London's busiest junctions in a bid to
:11:57. > :12:00.improve road safety. Five cyclists have died so far this year. We can
:12:01. > :12:06.join Emma North in central London. This is the second time for an
:12:07. > :12:12.operation of this kind? It is. Last year we had Operation Safeway, when
:12:13. > :12:15.clusters of police officers sprung up at the buzzer junctions at the
:12:16. > :12:21.capital to stop the drivers and the cyclists who they believed weren't
:12:22. > :12:30.following the rules of the road. The Met police believe it was a success.
:12:31. > :12:33.The Mayor's office believes it directly contributed to a big drop
:12:34. > :12:38.in the number of cyclists being seriously injured on the capital's
:12:39. > :12:46.roads. So today a second wave was introduced. It is called Son of
:12:47. > :12:50.Safeway. Instead of a steady presence there will be two`days a
:12:51. > :12:56.month when officers appear at junctions. The Metropolitan Police
:12:57. > :13:01.say it has a carrot`and`stick effect on motorists and cyclists. We get a
:13:02. > :13:06.mixed reaction. Some people are... They are unhappy about being given a
:13:07. > :13:08.fixed penalty notice. A natural reaction. It's a behavioural
:13:09. > :13:13.pattern. If you get a notice this had mo, will you think about your
:13:14. > :13:17.conduct tomorrow morning. What are cycling safety campaigners saying?
:13:18. > :13:21.They are some of the most loud voices in the capital. One
:13:22. > :13:25.commentator today said that cyclists will only be happen Iy when London
:13:26. > :13:30.is effectively transformed into Amsterdam. Campaigners have given a
:13:31. > :13:34.warmer reception to the second wave of operations. They say it's too
:13:35. > :13:40.obvious and too temporary. You can't always measure the long`term effects
:13:41. > :13:44.of campaigns like this simply by looking at the casualty figures. We
:13:45. > :13:51.know the numbers fluctuates from year`to`year. They go up one year by
:13:52. > :13:58.25% and down another year by 25%. The biggest reason last year is the
:13:59. > :14:03.cold weather. Fewer people were cycling. They have to improve the
:14:04. > :14:07.behaviour of people on the roads. It has to improve the infrastructure,
:14:08. > :14:11.which the Mayor's office today conceded is not quite there yet. It
:14:12. > :14:15.has a long way to go. Thirdly, it has to improve the perception of
:14:16. > :14:26.Londoners about how safe these roads really are. Thank you very much. The
:14:27. > :14:32.owners of a designer handbag shop in Knightsbridge, which was targeted by
:14:33. > :14:38.thieves, have criticise the police response as "lacklustre." Masked men
:14:39. > :14:43.broke in stealing more than ?150,000 worth of goods. Scotland Yard denies
:14:44. > :14:47.the allegation and also says officers regularly patrol the area.
:14:48. > :14:52.A customer at the counter tries to snatch back her own bag, but that is
:14:53. > :14:58.stolen too. Her young son pulls her away. Staff bundle them both into a
:14:59. > :15:04.back room for safety. The robbers load more than ?150,000 worth of
:15:05. > :15:08.goods into holdalls. A security smoke cloud finally sends them
:15:09. > :15:13.running. Staff were left shocked and frightened. I'm really angry they
:15:14. > :15:17.were put through this. They shouldn't feel threatened during
:15:18. > :15:20.their normal working day. It's high end handbags and will be a target
:15:21. > :15:24.for thieves. It's nice to know that they feel that there is a police
:15:25. > :15:28.presence outside that will give them comfort during their normal working
:15:29. > :15:33.hours. Have been several attempted raids here recently. Security has
:15:34. > :15:38.been stepped up with bulletproof windows and steel shutters. Since
:15:39. > :15:42.Saturday's raid the main door is unlocked when staff checked who is
:15:43. > :15:44.on the other side. The owner says several designer stores in
:15:45. > :15:48.Knightsbridge have been raided by gangs over the past year. He
:15:49. > :15:51.believes the police should increase patrols to deter thieves and should
:15:52. > :15:58.investigate burglaries more thoroughly. I was a bit disappointed
:15:59. > :16:02.when I met the police on site. They looked ` they looked a little
:16:03. > :16:07.lacklustre to say the least. Resigned to the fact it was another
:16:08. > :16:11.situation that they were like would be unlikely to be able to do
:16:12. > :16:15.anything about. The Metropolitan Police strongly denies his
:16:16. > :16:19.allegation that it isn't properly investigating the raid on its shop.
:16:20. > :16:23.It says officers arrived here within six minutes of the emergency call.
:16:24. > :16:27.Within two hours there was a full forensic investigation underway. It
:16:28. > :16:31.denies the claim that the whole Knightsbridge area isn't policed
:16:32. > :16:34.proper pressurely. It said officers patrol these streets and target
:16:35. > :16:40.businesses where they have a tip`off there may be a raid. Stone owners ``
:16:41. > :16:48.store owners are meeting police next week to discuss how security can be
:16:49. > :16:59.improved. The designer Exchange is thinking of mroem Iing his own
:17:00. > :17:04.guards. This man's mask slips and his identity is partly revealed.
:17:05. > :17:08.Still to come: The family who lost their son to cancer now fundraising
:17:09. > :17:18.in the hope of finding a cure for other children.
:17:19. > :17:23.On Saturday night a record crowd is expected to pack into Wembley
:17:24. > :17:26.Stadium ` not for football but for boxing. Nottingham fighter Karl
:17:27. > :17:28.Froch will defend his two super`middleweight world titles
:17:29. > :17:30.against Hammersmith boxer George Groves. Their last fight ended in
:17:31. > :17:42.controversial circumstances. Sara Orchard's report contains some flash
:17:43. > :17:49.photography. A crowd of 60,000 packed Wembley Stadium or the return
:17:50. > :17:56.fight of Jack Petersen... Opting at Wembley is special. You only take a
:17:57. > :18:02.fight there if you can guarantee a big crowd. Karl Froch against George
:18:03. > :18:07.Groves is an 80,000 sell`out. It is one of those fights that people will
:18:08. > :18:12.remember and say they were there. No tickets required for today's public
:18:13. > :18:16.work`out at this shopping centre, but this fight is part two of the
:18:17. > :18:26.saga. Their first encounter last November 's foal re`floor Karl Froch
:18:27. > :18:32.in round one. The fight continued and George Groves was ahead on all
:18:33. > :18:37.three scorecards. George Groves claimed the fight was stopped too
:18:38. > :18:42.soon and implored Karl Froch for a rematch. I think he stopped to
:18:43. > :18:50.early. I think he. Him in the first few rounds. He was ahead on points,
:18:51. > :18:56.he was winning the fight, beating him from pillar to post so did not
:18:57. > :19:02.deserve to be stopped early. I am the sort of fighter who has improved
:19:03. > :19:11.fight on fight. The 26`year`old played to the crowd as he celebrated
:19:12. > :19:15.his head `` hair colour. While today was fun, expect fireworks as the
:19:16. > :19:19.fight closes in. What is your relationship with Karl Froch
:19:20. > :19:26.question Matt and loveless marriage! Hopefully, this time... To football
:19:27. > :19:31.` and Tottenham's search for a new head coach is over. Within the last
:19:32. > :19:34.hour the north London club has announced Mauricio Pochettino has
:19:35. > :19:41.been appointed. Our sports reporter, Chris Slegg, joins us. This was
:19:42. > :19:46.widely expected, wasn't it? It was, since Tim Sherwood was sacked a
:19:47. > :19:52.fortnight ago. Last night, we learned he was in advanced talks
:19:53. > :19:56.with Tottenham Hotspur. Just before 6pm, they confirmed that he is the
:19:57. > :20:03.new head coach and joins them from Southampton. A five`year contract
:20:04. > :20:09.has been signed. What convinced Spurs that this man is the one? The
:20:10. > :20:15.Tottenham chairman has said: In Mauricio Pochettino we have a coach
:20:16. > :20:24.who will embrace the style of play we associate with our style. He has
:20:25. > :20:26.a limited CV, years 44 years old. He moved to Southampton in January last
:20:27. > :20:32.year and finished in eighth position. Very impressive at a club
:20:33. > :20:37.with limited resources. That experience has convinced Tottenham
:20:38. > :20:43.to give him the job. You talked about a limited CV, how will he be
:20:44. > :20:47.received? A mixed reaction from fans on social media. Some wanted a
:20:48. > :20:53.bigger name and some say he has a lot to offer. We have some opinions
:20:54. > :21:01.here. He looks to be an educated person. He has done a good job with
:21:02. > :21:07.Southampton. From what I know and what I have seen with the team, he
:21:08. > :21:14.will be good for Tottenham. I do not want to see Mauricio Pochettino
:21:15. > :21:21.walking into the job and saying, it will take one or two years. You need
:21:22. > :21:24.to work for at least three or four years. He has managed an eighth
:21:25. > :21:34.position finish, he has played great football, he looks like a great
:21:35. > :21:40.prospect. They are alluding to what Brendan Rodgers has done at
:21:41. > :21:42.Liverpool, taking them to second. A young up`and`coming manager.
:21:43. > :21:48.Mauricio Pochettino is in that mould. If he overachieved at Spurs
:21:49. > :21:53.then they will be pleased. What they need is stability as rabid Ginola
:21:54. > :21:58.has said. This is the sixth manager in seven years for Tottenham. A Met
:21:59. > :22:02.Police officer who lost his four`year`old son to a rare cancer
:22:03. > :22:04.is using his experience to try and help save other young children. The
:22:05. > :22:07.survival rates for neuroblastoma are low but a promising new vaccine has
:22:08. > :22:10.been developed in America. So Sergeant Dick Brown, and 80 other
:22:11. > :22:17.officers are raising money to bring the vaccine to the UK. Mark Jordan
:22:18. > :22:20.has the story. Off the normal beat and in hot pursuit of a new
:22:21. > :22:23.life`saving cancer treatment, 85 off`duty British bobbies gather for
:22:24. > :22:35.a half marathon in New York, fundraising after Sergeant Dick
:22:36. > :22:38.Brown lost his son to the disease. It reminds me of lots of the
:22:39. > :22:41.experiences of my son and it reminds me of the tragedy of the disease.
:22:42. > :22:45.Parents should not have to bury their children, and that is what we
:22:46. > :22:56.are trying to do, we are trying to stop that. Children like Lily. For
:22:57. > :22:59.two years, I followed the family after NHS doctors said they could do
:23:00. > :23:03.no more when her cancer relapsed. We were then taken into an office and
:23:04. > :23:06.told to take some pictures, make the best of her because it will be
:23:07. > :23:08.lethal. Compare that to the pioneering trial treatment then
:23:09. > :23:12.offered to Lily at New York's prestigious Memorial Sloan`Kettering
:23:13. > :23:16.Hospital. It is about 75% of our children who grow up and move on. It
:23:17. > :23:25.is no longer part of their issues any more. Before that? Before that,
:23:26. > :23:28.unfortunately, we had no survivors. Lily is now back at school and in
:23:29. > :23:34.full remission but the New York treatment cost the family and
:23:35. > :23:37.charity over ?1 million. Other European countries like Greece, for
:23:38. > :23:44.example, pay for their children to come and get treatment at
:23:45. > :23:47.Sloan`Kettering but not the NHS. It leaves British cancer charities in
:23:48. > :23:51.the awful position of picking which children they can pay to send here.
:23:52. > :23:55.Lily is a real inspiration to us and as much as we would like to say we
:23:56. > :24:15.can send them all abroad, it is too expensive. So today, charities
:24:16. > :24:17.pledged over 250,000 for a promising cancer vaccine developed at
:24:18. > :24:20.Sloan`Kettering to come to Bristol 's Royal Hospital for Children.
:24:21. > :24:23.Tragically, like Jack, many do not survive a relapse. The new American
:24:24. > :24:27.vaccine teaches the child's body to destroy cancer. It is early days but
:24:28. > :24:30.12 out of the 15 given it two years ago remain cancer`free. It is a
:24:31. > :24:33.great joy to see somebody who had a high risk disease and had a relapse,
:24:34. > :24:36.and here they are, disease`free, enjoying life, growing up like they
:24:37. > :24:46.ought to be doing. So, thanks to charity, the NHS will now be able to
:24:47. > :24:49.offer this trial vaccine for cancer. It remains experimental but as the
:24:50. > :25:02.story shows, research is turning no hope into real hope.
:25:03. > :25:06.Good luck to them. What is happening with this weather? Hopefully Wendy
:25:07. > :25:19.can shed some light on when it'll improve... Such a hopeful face! It
:25:20. > :25:22.has been dismal but I have some good news. This week it will become dry
:25:23. > :25:33.and warm wishes the opposite of today. `` which is. It would be
:25:34. > :25:37.accompanied by cloud, though. The highest temperature today was 14
:25:38. > :25:42.degrees in Southend and in terms of rainfall, over the last two or three
:25:43. > :25:47.days, we have had 22 millimetres just south of London, near Gatwick
:25:48. > :25:53.airport. That is about one inch of rain. Half an inch elsewhere. There
:25:54. > :25:57.is more to come. It is raining out there again if you are north of
:25:58. > :26:02.London, and it will get to the south over the next few hours. There will
:26:03. > :26:06.be heavy rain mixed in with this, but I think it will lull a little
:26:07. > :26:13.bit through the morning. We will stick with the cloud and it will be
:26:14. > :26:19.mild with centres of eight to 11 degrees. Rain around south of London
:26:20. > :26:25.in the morning. Then it. Raining, finally. We are left with cloud and
:26:26. > :26:31.on higher ground it will be a misty and murky start. Some brightness in
:26:32. > :26:39.the afternoon. Not much sunshine but it will be a tiny bit warmer with
:26:40. > :26:43.centres of 16 or 17. Thursday, a great start but once the sunshine
:26:44. > :26:50.breaks through, that will trigger of some and showers so the umbrella is
:26:51. > :26:55.needed. Largely dry on Friday and by Saturday, more sunshine will break
:26:56. > :26:59.through and it will feel warmer. Improving! Just in time for the
:27:00. > :27:02.weekend! Yet. The main headlines... David Cameron has told European
:27:03. > :27:05.leaders that it cannot be "business as usual" after Euro`sceptic parties
:27:06. > :27:13.made sweeping gains in last week's elections. UK leaders are setting
:27:14. > :27:15.out their response to the results. Rolf Harris has begun giving
:27:16. > :27:18.evidence in his indecent assault trial. He's told jurors he's a
:27:19. > :27:23.tactile person but denies claims he abused four girls between 1968 and
:27:24. > :27:25.1986. Senior military leaders in Nigeria claim that they know where
:27:26. > :27:28.more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls are being held. But they won't
:27:29. > :27:37.reveal the location and say they've ruled out using force to free them.
:27:38. > :27:41.That's it for now. I'll be back with the latest for you during the Ten
:27:42. > :27:42.O'clock News. From us here ` thanks for watching and have a lovely
:27:43. > :27:43.evening.