:00:13. > :00:17.Union leaders hold fresh talks with ministers three days ahead of
:00:17. > :00:20.planned strikes by public sector workers. The Government has
:00:20. > :00:25.condemned the planned a walkout by teachers and civil servants over
:00:25. > :00:30.their pensions, but unions stand firm. We are sorry about the
:00:30. > :00:32.disruption but we think we have to defend the pension scheme.
:00:32. > :00:35.The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for
:00:35. > :00:40.Colonel Gaddafi and two of his closest allies.
:00:40. > :00:45.A major shake-up at the Ministry of Defence - it is aimed at tackling
:00:45. > :00:49.waste, red tape and rivalry between the armed forces.
:00:49. > :00:54.David Cameron announces deals worth �1.4 billion with China but denies
:00:54. > :00:58.trade was being secured at the expense of human rights.
:00:58. > :01:01.In hot water, but they are delighted - and why engineers have
:01:01. > :01:05.rolled beneath the streets of Newcastle in a bid for a greener
:01:05. > :01:08.future. And I am at a baking hot at
:01:08. > :01:18.Wimbledon where Andy Murray is due on Centre Court for his 4th round
:01:18. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:45.Good afternoon. Ministers and union leaders will
:01:45. > :01:50.hold fresh talks as lunchtime ahead of planned strikes by public-sector
:01:50. > :01:53.workers on Thursday. Or to three- quarters of a million teachers and
:01:53. > :01:58.civil servants are set to walk out in protest at plans to reform
:01:58. > :02:03.public sector pensions. The strike will close schools and is likely to
:02:03. > :02:09.cause widespread disruption if it goes ahead. Unions are threatening
:02:09. > :02:13.more action in the autumn. They are gearing up for the walkout.
:02:13. > :02:18.This morning, members of the Civil Service union were reminding
:02:18. > :02:20.workers about Thursday's strikes will stop as many as three-quarters
:02:20. > :02:25.of a million public sector employees could join the action,
:02:25. > :02:31.including thousands of teachers in England and Wales. Two teaching
:02:31. > :02:36.unions voted to join the protest. Since February we have been talking
:02:36. > :02:42.to them and asking them to shift on the idea we have to pay 50% more,
:02:42. > :02:47.work until 68 and get less from the RPI and CPI in retirement. We have
:02:47. > :02:50.not seen any sign of movement on any of those questions. What do you
:02:50. > :02:55.say to those parents whose lives will be disrupted because you're
:02:55. > :02:58.members are going on strike? don't want the strike to happen, we
:02:58. > :03:02.want the Government to talk and tell us these things will be put
:03:02. > :03:06.right. We are sorry about the disruption but we think we have to
:03:06. > :03:11.defend the pension scheme. Trade union leaders are meeting to talk
:03:11. > :03:14.tactics ahead of Nick associations with ministers later. They are
:03:14. > :03:18.trying to hammer out an agreement about the future of public sector
:03:19. > :03:23.pensions and the Government says these strikes shouldn't happened.
:03:23. > :03:28.The discussions are going on now. We have a meeting today and another
:03:28. > :03:32.one next week. The idea it is remotely appropriate to contemplate
:03:32. > :03:36.strike action while the discussions are going on is wrong. It is
:03:36. > :03:41.inappropriate. The Education Secretary said parents could help
:03:41. > :03:45.keep schools open on Thursday. In Leeds, the worry is how they will
:03:45. > :03:51.get to work. I feel sympathy, but I won't get paid so it does not help
:03:51. > :03:55.me. I think the teachers have a point. I think public sector
:03:55. > :04:00.workers in general are getting a card deal. It is going to mean I
:04:00. > :04:05.have to get childcare to go to work. Thursday's strikes seems very
:04:05. > :04:08.likely to go ahead, but it is the prospect of a bigger walkout in the
:04:08. > :04:13.autumn that could focus talks across the negotiating table today.
:04:13. > :04:16.At the moment there seems little room for agreement. The Government
:04:16. > :04:22.is clear pension age must rise and contributions to pensions must
:04:22. > :04:27.increase. But a leaked documents shows that the unions this agree on
:04:27. > :04:31.those core issues. Despite the rhetoric, talking continues and the
:04:31. > :04:36.two sides will meet again next month.
:04:36. > :04:40.Our industry correspondent is here. Talks might be continuing but it is
:04:40. > :04:43.very unlikely they will avert strikes on Thursday? Indeed, not
:04:43. > :04:49.least one of the unions are striking over a whole range of
:04:49. > :04:53.issues, not just pensions, they are striking over jobs and pay. They
:04:53. > :04:57.won't be discussed in these talks will it is likely the strikes will
:04:57. > :05:02.go ahead on Thursday. We have learnt how far apart they seem to
:05:02. > :05:05.be. We have heard the Government, a Danny Alexander coming out and
:05:05. > :05:11.giving specifics on what the Government wants out of the talks.
:05:11. > :05:14.It wants to see people move from final salary schemes to clear
:05:14. > :05:19.average schemes. He wants people to work longer and to contribute to
:05:19. > :05:22.more. A paper the BBC has seen which is the trade union basis for
:05:22. > :05:26.discussion they passed to the Government last week, the trade
:05:26. > :05:29.unions have made it clear that on the pension age, they think they
:05:29. > :05:33.should be no presumption of increases and no change without
:05:34. > :05:38.agreement. On contribution rates they say they believe there is no
:05:38. > :05:42.case for increased contribution rates except where they are agreed.
:05:42. > :05:46.The bottom line is, at this stage the trade unions want a set of
:05:46. > :05:50.principles to the agreed and not a set of specific. They think the
:05:50. > :05:56.specific should be left to the schemes specific discussions so
:05:56. > :06:00.that discussions, the firefighters and teachers discussions, the
:06:00. > :06:04.details to be discussed their butts and principles to be discussed now.
:06:04. > :06:09.But will the Government go for that? We'll see what comes out of
:06:09. > :06:12.these talks this afternoon. Arrest warrants have been issued
:06:12. > :06:18.for the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi and two of his closest
:06:18. > :06:21.allies for alleged crimes against humanity. The decision was made by
:06:21. > :06:26.the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Rebel forces claim they
:06:26. > :06:31.are making advances in the west of the country, less than 50 miles
:06:31. > :06:39.from Tripoli. It has been 100 days since Britain became in military
:06:39. > :06:43.airstrikes on Libya. In 100 days of operations there
:06:43. > :06:48.have been 5,000 attack missions. The mandate from the UN is to
:06:48. > :06:52.protect Libyan civilians. Britain is a key participant and says it
:06:52. > :06:57.has damaged or destroyed more than 500 targets associated with the
:06:57. > :07:02.Gaddafi regime and its forces. NATO admits there have been civilian
:07:02. > :07:07.casualties. In this attack, a small boy was among the dead, but NATO
:07:07. > :07:13.maintained the house was a legitimate target. The rebels,
:07:13. > :07:18.fighting last week along the coast, insist Colonel Gaddafi is under
:07:18. > :07:24.increasing pressure, as does NATO. His officials dismiss the
:07:24. > :07:29.suggestion. The leader is absolutely with us. He is leading
:07:29. > :07:36.the country every day. He is leading the Daily matters of the
:07:36. > :07:41.country and helping us conduct the crisis. He is strong, very high in
:07:41. > :07:46.morale and spirit. As if to underline such claims, state TV
:07:46. > :07:49.recently showed Colonel Gaddafi meeting tribal leaders. Now, the
:07:49. > :07:53.judges at the International Criminal Court have turned Colonel
:07:54. > :07:59.Gaddafi, one of his sons and his intelligence chief into
:07:59. > :08:02.internationally wanted suspects commissioning arrest warrants. In
:08:02. > :08:07.the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, some say it is not international
:08:07. > :08:11.just as they want for Colonel Gaddafi. We're not going to wait to
:08:12. > :08:17.see him in jail outside Libya of the exile somewhere, this man says.
:08:17. > :08:22.The Libyan people want to punish him themselves, he and his sons
:08:22. > :08:26.perpetrated many crimes against us. It may be clear for now, where the
:08:26. > :08:32.rebels, the military and political and diplomatic efforts will take
:08:32. > :08:35.them, even from the Nato-led coalition. But the rebels say they
:08:35. > :08:41.hope Colonel Gaddafi might be out of power before the Muslims
:08:41. > :08:46.observed at Ramadan in August. In a moment we will speak to Andrew
:08:46. > :08:52.Harding in Misrata for reaction to the issue of those warrants. But
:08:52. > :08:57.first to Mark Doyle who was with rubble forces to the west of
:08:57. > :09:01.Tripoli. The rebels have come down from the
:09:01. > :09:06.mountain, south-west of Tripoli and the position they hold I visited is
:09:06. > :09:11.a couple of miles behind me up this road. It means the rebels have a
:09:12. > :09:15.position approximately 30 miles from Tripoli. I have been yesterday
:09:15. > :09:20.and today and it seems this position is fairly stable, although
:09:20. > :09:24.all morning I have heard happy weapon -- heavy weapons being fired
:09:24. > :09:31.in his desert plane which is on the approaches to Tripoli. I have just
:09:31. > :09:34.heard some NATO jets overhead as well.
:09:34. > :09:38.Our World Affairs Correspondent, Andrew Harding in a Misrata force
:09:38. > :09:41.of the issue a these arrest warrants is seen as significant on
:09:41. > :09:46.the part of the international community, any reaction to it
:09:46. > :09:50.there? Quite a reaction. There has been sustained gunfire throughout
:09:50. > :09:55.the city since the announcement came through. People firing guns
:09:55. > :10:02.and heavy weapons into the air in celebration. Cars are blaring
:10:02. > :10:07.behind me. Most people saying, we just want Gaddafi out. When you
:10:07. > :10:11.press them, people say it would be great if he was put on trial, but
:10:11. > :10:15.if it were to end this conflict more quickly, people would be happy
:10:15. > :10:20.to see him in internal exile under house arrest with his close aides
:10:20. > :10:26.and his family. Most people seem to see that as a realistic way out.
:10:26. > :10:30.Andrew Harding. A major shake-up of the Ministry of
:10:30. > :10:34.Defence has been announced, aimed at tackling waste, red tape and
:10:34. > :10:40.rivalry between the armed forces. The Defence Secretary has vowed to
:10:40. > :10:44.bring spending at the MoD under control. Reforms will likely mean a
:10:44. > :10:49.cut in the number of senior officers and the Defence board.
:10:49. > :10:53.Caroline Wyatt has the details. The aim of these reforms is to
:10:53. > :10:59.streamline and simplify decision- making at the MoD, added, which has
:10:59. > :11:02.had many problems. The Defence Secretary has announced reforms
:11:02. > :11:06.aimed at slimming-down Dickie decision-making committee, the
:11:06. > :11:11.Defence bought from 12 to eight, taking single service chiefs of it
:11:11. > :11:15.but allowing them more control and autonomy. Automatic, it could mean
:11:15. > :11:19.some job cuts at the top, with fewer senior officers and perhaps a
:11:19. > :11:23.ministerial post to go, to reflect the cuts being made to other ranks
:11:23. > :11:27.and civil servants. We need to get changed, and we need
:11:27. > :11:33.to get changed quickly. The question is, can you bring all of
:11:33. > :11:37.the armed forces, civil servants along with us? I think we can, if
:11:37. > :11:42.they see the reforms have a clear direction. And I think if they
:11:42. > :11:47.believe they offer. Even though Britain has the fourth-
:11:47. > :11:53.biggest defence budget in the world, and currently spends nearly �34
:11:53. > :11:59.billion annually, roughly 2% of GDP, the National Audit Office reported
:11:59. > :12:02.in 2009 highlighting a black hole, anything from �6 billion, to �36
:12:02. > :12:08.billion in equipment over the next decade, without the funds to pay
:12:08. > :12:13.for it. Some critics say the problem of bureaucracy at the MoD
:12:13. > :12:19.is long-standing. Every time you try it, it sounds marvellous cut
:12:19. > :12:22.out the waste, centralise and put it under one a two people. But the
:12:23. > :12:27.fundamental problems of not enough money and too many demands on that
:12:27. > :12:32.money will still be pertaining. You might change the architecture, but
:12:32. > :12:36.I have yet to be convinced it will do what everybody hopes it will.
:12:36. > :12:41.Many have tried to reform the MoD in the past and it has not always
:12:41. > :12:48.worked, with the Department going through immense uncertainty and
:12:48. > :12:51.upheaval cutting civilian and service personnel. How these plans
:12:51. > :12:56.are implemented will be key to the chances of their success.
:12:56. > :12:58.An inquest will take place into the death of Christopher Shale, close
:12:58. > :13:05.friend of the Prime Minister who was found dead at Glastonbury
:13:05. > :13:08.yesterday. Mr Shayler, the chairman of the Conservative Association in
:13:08. > :13:12.Mr Cameron's constituency in West Oxfordshire, is thought to have
:13:12. > :13:16.suffered a heart attack. The body of a man who died on a
:13:16. > :13:19.Greek island 11 years ago has been exhumed in County Durham.
:13:19. > :13:23.Christopher Rochester fell from a balcony on holiday and the doctor
:13:23. > :13:27.who treated him was found guilty of negligence. When his body was
:13:27. > :13:31.returned it was missing a kidney. His family believe it was removed
:13:31. > :13:36.illegally. The Greek authorities have called for further DNA samples
:13:36. > :13:40.from his remains. The clothing chain, Jayne Norman
:13:40. > :13:48.has gone into administration after closing its 90 stores on Saturday.
:13:48. > :13:53.600 jobs are at risk. Habitat outside London, owner of Dolphin
:13:53. > :14:00.bathrooms and mauve and kitchens also went into administration.
:14:00. > :14:05.Businessmen have signed up business deal with China for more than a
:14:05. > :14:08.billion pounds. The Chinese premier met with David Cameron in Downing
:14:08. > :14:12.Street today. The Prime Minister rejected suggestions the trade was
:14:12. > :14:15.secured at the expense of human rights, saying the UK was
:14:15. > :14:25.encouraging to Chinese Government to make progress on issues of
:14:25. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:30.politics and democracy. This report does contain flash photography.
:14:30. > :14:38.China UK summits are more frequent these days and not just about pomp
:14:38. > :14:42.and ceremony. David Cameron sees premier Wen Jiabao as a partner for
:14:42. > :14:47.growth, a key player to opening up China to British business. With
:14:47. > :14:53.every smile and handshake, there are hopes the targets of the �60
:14:53. > :14:57.billion of bilateral trade by 2015 will be reached. And vital for
:14:57. > :15:01.Britain it is not only about a more imports, today new deals have been
:15:01. > :15:05.signed to export pigs and poultry as well as retail and legal
:15:05. > :15:09.services to China's growing millions of middle-class consumers.
:15:09. > :15:14.This summit is mainly about trade and business, but human rights on
:15:14. > :15:17.the agenda. The British Government is arguing Justice and the rule of
:15:17. > :15:23.law are essential if China's economic progress is to be
:15:23. > :15:27.sustainable. David Cameron was asked if in Britain's eagerness to
:15:27. > :15:31.do business with China, he was helping to prop up an authoritarian
:15:31. > :15:36.regime. We are different countries, different history is and different
:15:36. > :15:40.stages of development. We should show each other respect. But we are
:15:40. > :15:46.very clear that political and economic development should go hand
:15:46. > :15:50.in hand, one supports the other. And Wen Jiabao stressed china
:15:50. > :15:54.responded better to co-operation than criticism.
:15:54. > :15:59.TRANSLATION: China and the UK should respect each other, respect
:15:59. > :16:02.the facts, treat each other as equals and engage in more
:16:02. > :16:06.corporation than finger-pointing and resolved properly, issues
:16:06. > :16:10.through dialogue. Dialogue is the buzzword, both
:16:10. > :16:16.sides hope along with growth and business comes more communication
:16:16. > :16:19.and understanding of each other's Our top story this lunchtime: Union
:16:19. > :16:24.leaders are holding fresh talks with ministers three days ahead of
:16:24. > :16:30.planned strikes by public sector workers.
:16:30. > :16:34.Coming up: All eyes on Centre Court as Andy Murray battles for a place
:16:34. > :16:39.in the quarter-finals. So far his match with Richard Gasquet is going
:16:39. > :16:49.with Sir. Still to come: The rest of the
:16:49. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:00.sport including how the UK's Scientists in Newcastle have hit
:17:00. > :17:03.the jackpot in their quest for renewable energy. A team has struck
:17:03. > :17:08.naturally occurring hot water after drilling nearly a mile deep into
:17:08. > :17:12.the earth's crust. They are ultimately hoping to use the steam
:17:12. > :17:20.produced to heat homes in the area. Fiona Trott is at the site in
:17:20. > :17:24.Newcastle. This is the kind of drill that was
:17:24. > :17:30.used in the Chilean miners rescue and yet here it is, at Newcastle
:17:30. > :17:33.city centre, a stone's throw from St James's Park. Because scientists
:17:33. > :17:37.had a strong suspicion that there was hot water deep beneath the
:17:37. > :17:42.ground and finally, they have been proved right.
:17:42. > :17:48.It is a rare sight in a city-centre and it is hard work. For four
:17:48. > :17:52.months, this drill have gone deeper and deeper into the earth's crust,
:17:52. > :17:58.passing fossils over 300 million years old, and now it has hit the
:17:58. > :18:04.jackpot. Steaming hot water has finally been found. Scientists are
:18:04. > :18:09.thrilled. Absolutely over the moon. It has been a long time coming and
:18:09. > :18:14.it is as low carbon as it could get. The carbon footprint of this
:18:14. > :18:20.operation ends when their drilling rig get out. The drill is coming on
:18:20. > :18:27.to 2000 metres below Newcastle. After sandstone, the boredhole will
:18:27. > :18:32.reach port of up to 80 degrees Celsius. -- will reach water. That
:18:32. > :18:37.will then be pumped up to the surface. This project has captured
:18:37. > :18:41.the imagination of school children. Coal is not a renewables substance
:18:41. > :18:46.but back there, that is renewable because they can get water that is
:18:46. > :18:49.really hot. What do you think of that? It is good because I am
:18:49. > :18:53.really interested in science and history and it is putting them
:18:53. > :18:57.together so it is really good. the university has heeded one of
:18:57. > :19:02.its own buildings, hundreds of local homes and some businesses
:19:02. > :19:06.could follow, but first, scientists must test the sandstone which
:19:06. > :19:12.insulates the water underground. That work will be finished by
:19:12. > :19:16.September. Let me explain something about the fans don't. They have to
:19:17. > :19:20.make sure there is enough of it to keep the water hot -- about the
:19:20. > :19:25.fans don't. The water is pumped through again and again, and that
:19:25. > :19:29.is why other cities with the sandstone are watching the project
:19:29. > :19:33.carefully. Geothermal energy has been used before but what
:19:33. > :19:36.scientists say is so unique about this is the fact they are using
:19:36. > :19:39.drills and they are going much deeper into the ground. The deeper
:19:39. > :19:44.they go, the hotter the water will be and the more successful this
:19:44. > :19:47.project will be as well. The former Justice Secretary, Jack
:19:47. > :19:49.Straw, has attacked what he called the racket of car insurance
:19:49. > :19:55.companies that sell customers' details to personal injury claim
:19:55. > :19:58.firms. Mr Straw said the number of claims companies had doubled in the
:19:58. > :20:02.past two years and they should be regulated more closely and their
:20:02. > :20:04.high pressure sales techniques curbed.
:20:04. > :20:09.The head of the British Medical Association has warned that cuts
:20:09. > :20:12.being made to the Health Service were being rushed. In a speech to
:20:12. > :20:14.BMA representatives in Cardiff today, Dr Hamish Meldrum warned the
:20:14. > :20:17.Government that the medical profession would react strongly to
:20:17. > :20:26.any cuts that might be seen as knee-jerk or slash-and-burn.
:20:26. > :20:30.Branwen Jeffreys reports. The images in England is changing.
:20:30. > :20:35.Plans to give doctors a bigger say over budgets and to encourage
:20:35. > :20:40.competition -- the NHS in England is changing. The government has
:20:40. > :20:43.promised 180 changes to the health bill. Today, the union said it
:20:43. > :20:47.would hold ministers to those promises. We have to ensure that
:20:47. > :20:52.those legislative changes match up to the rhetoric of the last few
:20:52. > :20:57.weeks. Over the weekend, we have been examining a 180 government
:20:57. > :21:02.amendments published on Thursday in minute detail. Insuring what has
:21:02. > :21:06.been promised is being delivered. But doctors have gathered from
:21:06. > :21:12.around the UK and share another worry. Even where health spending
:21:12. > :21:17.is protected, costs are rising faster. Our overshadowing NHS
:21:17. > :21:21.reform is potentially an even bigger challenge. The challenge of
:21:21. > :21:27.ever-increasing demands, finite resources and the most difficult
:21:27. > :21:33.financial situation in all four nations that has ever been faced by
:21:33. > :21:36.the NHS in its 63 years. Hospitals in some areas are feeling the pinch.
:21:36. > :21:40.In England, this is where many of the efficiency savings are being
:21:40. > :21:45.made. The BMA is worried about growing variation in treatment from
:21:46. > :21:50.one area to another but managers say the NHS can make its savings
:21:50. > :21:54.without damaging patient care. are determined to make the savings
:21:54. > :21:58.without reducing patient care. What we are trying to do is make sure
:21:58. > :22:02.that where we can get to people earlier, where we can avoid
:22:02. > :22:07.hospital admissions because we can treat in primary care, that is what
:22:07. > :22:11.we need to do. All the doctors know they are working in a tough
:22:11. > :22:16.financial climate. The NHS has to find ways of doing more for the
:22:16. > :22:22.fame manage with smack less and in England, within a couple of years,
:22:23. > :22:26.it will be doctors, not managers, making those decisions -- the NHS
:22:26. > :22:29.have to find ways of doing more for the fame of money with less.
:22:29. > :22:32.Police in the Irish Republic believe they have foiled a planned
:22:32. > :22:36.bomb attack in Northern Ireland by dissident republicans. They say
:22:36. > :22:39.home made explosive material, which was found on a farm in County Louth
:22:40. > :22:45.on Saturday, could have been used to make a 500-pound car bomb. Two
:22:45. > :22:50.men have been arrested. Mark Simpson is in Belfast.
:22:50. > :22:56.Even when Northern Ireland's grim standards, �500 macro is a big bomb
:22:56. > :23:03.and even though it was found on the southern side of the Irish border,
:23:03. > :23:07.it was destined for Northern Ireland. Obviously police on very
:23:08. > :23:11.high alert in Belfast after last week's violence, particularly
:23:11. > :23:15.involving loyalists, but they have to keep their eye on dissident
:23:15. > :23:19.republicans as well, particularly the group that is believed to have
:23:19. > :23:24.been making that bomb. It is a dissident faction known as Oglaigh
:23:24. > :23:30.Na h'Eireann. It is relatively new but it is dangerous. The police
:23:30. > :23:33.know: They tried to smuggle him one bomb and they will probably try to
:23:33. > :23:38.smuggle him more. What is the carb level of threat by
:23:38. > :23:42.dissident groups? -- the current level of threat?
:23:42. > :23:45.It is as high as it has been in recent years and it is pretty acute
:23:45. > :23:49.because we are into the marching season, the time of year we
:23:49. > :23:53.dissidents and loyalists are the most active, but the police is
:23:53. > :23:57.taking comfort from two things. How quickly they were able to quell the
:23:57. > :24:00.violence in East Belfast last week and the level of North-South co-
:24:00. > :24:04.operation between the police have never been better, as was evidenced
:24:04. > :24:06.by the finding of the bomb at the weekend.
:24:06. > :24:09.There were violent scenes in Argentina after the legendary
:24:09. > :24:13.football club River Plate was relegated to the second division
:24:13. > :24:17.for the first time in its 110-year history. Police used water cannons
:24:17. > :24:19.on the enraged crowd after they shouted insults at the players. The
:24:19. > :24:29.violence then escalated outside the stadium in Buenos Aires and at
:24:29. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:34.least 25 people were injured as It looks set to be the hottest day
:24:34. > :24:37.of the year in parts of the country today and it's no exception at
:24:37. > :24:42.Wimbledon where the sun is shining and the British number one, Andy
:24:42. > :24:45.Murray, has just begun his battle for a place in the quarter-finals.
:24:45. > :24:48.He's on Centre Court playing the Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the
:24:48. > :24:56.fourth round. They have played each other four times before, with each
:24:56. > :24:59.winning twice. Sally Nugent is there.
:24:59. > :25:04.I can tell you that today is generally agreed to be the best day
:25:04. > :25:09.of the Wimbledon fortnight. It is the fourth round. Plenty of matches
:25:09. > :25:19.to watch. And it is baking hot! Andy Murray is on Centre Court.
:25:19. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:26.Only at Wimbledon. They have camped out in the rain, now it is time to
:25:26. > :25:31.swelter in the heat. To cheer on Andy Murray, you must be prepared
:25:31. > :25:36.for every eventuality. Hot weather, late nights and nail-biting moments
:25:36. > :25:42.of drama. The man himself has to keep a cool head today, with the
:25:42. > :25:45.Centre Court roof open and an opponent he knows very well. He has
:25:45. > :25:49.won all of his matches pretty comfortably so far and he plays
:25:49. > :25:55.very well on grass, he is comfortable on the surface, so it
:25:55. > :25:59.will be really tough. Murray and Gasquet have history. Back in 2008,
:25:59. > :26:03.with the Frenchman on the brink of victory, Andy Murray fought back to
:26:03. > :26:07.win in five gruelling sets. It was the year the British No. 1 came of
:26:07. > :26:13.age. He is not likely to let today's high temperatures get in
:26:13. > :26:21.his way. You can never get too hot in this country. Sometimes in
:26:21. > :26:25.Australia, it can get a bit tricky. There is also a breeze today.
:26:25. > :26:29.Murray fans be warned. He said he is expecting a tough match. But
:26:29. > :26:33.even Gasquet has hinted the Scotsman has the measure of him.
:26:33. > :26:41.has been very good, he is number four in the world since a long time,
:26:41. > :26:47.one of the best players. He has done a lot of finals, he won the
:26:47. > :26:51.series, so if you really can win and why not this year? Before the
:26:51. > :26:55.plane is stepped on court, the biggest cheer of the day was for
:26:55. > :26:59.the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. But with the match now under way,
:26:59. > :27:03.and Ian Murray will want to make short work of his French opponent.
:27:03. > :27:08.-- Andy Murray. Gasquet is currently leading 2-1 in
:27:08. > :27:15.the first set but plenty of other tennis today. All of the big four
:27:15. > :27:21.men. Roger Federer, Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. One word of warning:
:27:22. > :27:26.Although it looks beautifully sunny now, we are expecting rain later on.
:27:26. > :27:34.Hotting up in the tennis and of course, whether wives. We might
:27:34. > :27:38.only have it for one day there. How At bet with the tennis players
:27:38. > :27:42.stepped on Centre Court, it was like opening the oven door. It is
:27:42. > :27:47.not pleasant. But just one day of this excessive heat with a big
:27:47. > :27:52.contrast across the UK. It is somewhere from London to leadership,
:27:52. > :28:00.they could see a 33 today. -- London to Lincolnshire. Big
:28:00. > :28:09.differences, 20 degrees colder in Lossiemouth. A big contrast. There
:28:09. > :28:14.is Collette air out to the far north and west and over the next
:28:14. > :28:20.few hours, it is the last day we will see these hot temperatures.
:28:20. > :28:24.Thunderstorms in the hottest areas. They have been starting to break
:28:24. > :28:31.out already in the last few hours in south-west England, and these
:28:32. > :28:36.will move further east, especially into England. At 4pm, a scattering
:28:36. > :28:41.of heavy showers in the South West and Southern Wales. The cloud
:28:41. > :28:47.increasing all the way, and into the Midlands as well. Cloudy in
:28:47. > :28:55.Northern Ireland with patchy rain. Look at the temperatures as we go
:28:55. > :28:59.across these areas. Nothing like 30. Just 12 degrees in the eastern side
:28:59. > :29:06.of Scotland. Heavy showers in northern England and the East
:29:06. > :29:12.Midlands. Civic heat, into the 30s. But that some will be turning
:29:12. > :29:18.increasingly hazy -- but the front- runner will be turning increasingly
:29:18. > :29:22.hazy. Hopefully Andy Murray will not make that game last too long.
:29:22. > :29:26.We should focus on the heavy downpours moving into the south-
:29:26. > :29:30.east of England through the course of the evening. Very gusty winds
:29:31. > :29:35.are possible with these, and widespread thunder and lightning.
:29:35. > :29:39.Even if you hear some thunder, you might not get too much rain but
:29:39. > :29:43.some torrential downpours are possible. A fresh and light
:29:43. > :29:47.elsewhere. Still while the warm in the South East but not quite as
:29:47. > :29:51.warm perhaps as last night. More cloud in the South East tomorrow
:29:51. > :29:56.with thundery downpours. Rain possible in the Midlands and north-
:29:56. > :29:59.east England, brighter skies to the north and west. Still rather warm
:29:59. > :30:04.enough South East but the last day of the excessive heat. For the rest
:30:04. > :30:09.of the week, temperatures will be closer to average. Most places will
:30:09. > :30:14.be dry. Back To today, we are very hot across the South East but not
:30:14. > :30:23.as hot as in France, where they may break a record for the hottest day
:30:23. > :30:29.in June on record. We have dodged Thank goodness it is not 40! Good
:30:29. > :30:33.this me! A reminder of our top story:
:30:33. > :30:37.Ministers and union leaders will hold talks this lunchtime ahead of
:30:37. > :30:39.planned strike by public sector workers on Thursday.
:30:39. > :30:44.The International Criminal Court in the Hague has issued an arrest