:00:14. > :00:24.The biggest overhaul of the army since the cold war - 17 major units
:00:24. > :00:29.
:00:29. > :00:32.are to go. There will be 17 fewer major units as a result of this
:00:33. > :00:35.announcement. These reductions will fall across the various arms and
:00:35. > :00:38.services of the Army. Armed police evacuate a coach on a
:00:38. > :00:44.motorway in the West Midlands after a passenger is reportedly seen
:00:44. > :00:53.pouring liquid into a box which began smoking.
:00:53. > :00:56.There were 48 people onboard. They were taken off one by one but the
:00:56. > :00:59.police say it wasn't terrorist related.
:00:59. > :01:02.The Bank of England pumps another �50 billion into the economy to
:01:02. > :01:05.help the UK weather the double dip recession and the Eurozone crisis.
:01:05. > :01:08.The meltdowns at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant was a profoundly man-
:01:08. > :01:10.made disaster that could have been prevented says the official report.
:01:10. > :01:14.And towering high over London, the Shard, Europe's tallest building,
:01:14. > :01:19.is officially open today. On BBC London, the deaths of more
:01:19. > :01:22.than 20 patients at London hospitals are reviewed among claims
:01:22. > :01:32.of poor recordkeeping. A big task to turn around Wimbledon - how will
:01:32. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:46.Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC news at 1.00pm. In the biggest
:01:46. > :01:49.restructuring of the Army for decades, the Defence Secretary has
:01:49. > :01:51.just announced that 17 major units will be cut, among them four
:01:51. > :01:54.infantry battalions. Philip Hammond says the changes were needed to
:01:54. > :01:59.build a balanced, capable and adaptable force ready to face the
:01:59. > :02:04.future. The overall size of the army is being reduced by a fifth
:02:04. > :02:08.from 102,000 soldiers to 82,000 by the end of the decade. But the
:02:08. > :02:18.Terriorial Army will be expanded. Jonathan Beale is at the Ministry
:02:18. > :02:21.of Defence for us. Jonathan? Well, in a briefing just about an hour
:02:21. > :02:25.ago, the Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond admitted that morale in the
:02:26. > :02:30.Army is fragile. This is an Army that faces two more rounds of
:02:30. > :02:35.redundancies. They've already had two, and today was told it would be
:02:35. > :02:41.losing 17 out of 136 major units, including the disappearance of some
:02:42. > :02:47.famous historic names like the Green Howards, for good.
:02:47. > :02:53.Over the past decade, the British Army's fought wars on two fronts -
:02:53. > :02:58.in Iraq and now in Afghanistan. Both long conflicts committing
:02:58. > :03:03.large numbers of troops. It's something the Army of the future
:03:03. > :03:09.will not be able to do again. The Army is getting smaller. In 1978 in
:03:09. > :03:15.the Cold War it had more than 163,000 soldiers. By 2010 it was
:03:15. > :03:18.down to 102,000, and by 2020, it will be just 82,000 regular troops.
:03:18. > :03:23.Today the Defence Secretary came to the Commons to explain where and
:03:23. > :03:27.how the cuts will be made. There will be 17 fewer major units as a
:03:27. > :03:33.result of this announcement. These reductions will fall across the
:03:33. > :03:36.various arms and services of the Army.
:03:36. > :03:41.These withdrawals and messengers, as unwelcome as I know they'll be
:03:41. > :03:45.in the units affected are fair and balanced and have been carefully
:03:45. > :03:48.strucktured to minimise the impact of the regular manpower reduction
:03:48. > :03:54.and maximise the military effectiveness of the Army. So how
:03:54. > :03:59.have these decisions been made? The Army has been told that it cannot
:03:59. > :04:04.disband entire regiments - too controversial, so instead, it
:04:04. > :04:07.salami sliced or taken out battalions, undermanned units and
:04:07. > :04:11.those with poor recruiting records with the obvious candidates for the
:04:11. > :04:15.chop, but some believe it's as much a political decision. It does
:04:15. > :04:21.concern me that some of the battalions that can't recruit
:04:21. > :04:25.properly, for instance, the Scottish battalions, I wonder how
:04:25. > :04:29.much issues like devolution, et cetera come into the mix. General
:04:29. > :04:34.Sir Mike Jackson was the last to wield the axe, but he had to lose
:04:34. > :04:37.2,000, not 20,000, troops. Today's decision will not only end the
:04:37. > :04:44.historic ties for some proud regiments, but also raise questions
:04:44. > :04:49.about what the future Army can do. You get a sense of, is this Army up
:04:49. > :04:59.to what an uncertain world may throw at it in the future? And I
:04:59. > :05:02.
:05:02. > :05:07.The Army of 2020 will have to rely more on part-time soldiers like
:05:07. > :05:12.these. The Territorials will double in strength and become an integral
:05:12. > :05:16.part of the Army. This restructuring will be an enormous
:05:16. > :05:24.challenge with a lingering question - does this make military sense, or
:05:24. > :05:28.is it all driven by politics and Well, those reservists will be key
:05:28. > :05:33.to this new shaped Army. They'll have to double in size to 30,000,
:05:33. > :05:38.and, of course, they'll have to get time off their normal jobs and get
:05:38. > :05:41.their employers to agree also. Phillip Hammond says this will be a
:05:41. > :05:45.more agile adaptable force fit for the threats of the future, but
:05:45. > :05:50.there's no hiding the fact that this is being driven by cuts.
:05:50. > :05:56.Jonathan, thank you very much. The three Tornado jet crew members
:05:56. > :05:58.who are believed to have died in a crash on the Moray Firth this week.
:05:59. > :06:01.Squadron leader Samuel Bailey, Flight Lieutenant Hywel Poole and
:06:01. > :06:07.Flight Lieutenant Adam Sanders are missing presumed dead after the
:06:07. > :06:10.incident during a training exercise. In the Commons this lunch time, the
:06:10. > :06:13.Defence Secretary said his thoughts were with their loved ones and with
:06:13. > :06:18.the fourth member of the squadron involved in the incident who is in
:06:19. > :06:21.a serious but stable condition in hospital.
:06:21. > :06:28.Armed police closed the M6 toll road in Staffordshire after a
:06:28. > :06:31.security alert. 48 passengers were taken off the bus one by one and
:06:31. > :06:34.then held on a cordoned-off section of the motorway. In the last few
:06:34. > :06:37.minutes, police have said the incident is not related to
:06:37. > :06:40.terrorism. Our correspondent Jeremy Cooke is there. Yes, Sophie, it has
:06:40. > :06:46.been a morning of intense activity and some confusion here. We've seen
:06:46. > :06:50.dozens of police officers - some of them armed - on the Tarmac there
:06:50. > :06:54.behind me. We have been told, though, that this is not a
:06:54. > :06:57.terrorist-related incident. I think it has been highly confusing, a
:06:57. > :07:02.bewildering experience for many of the people involved, but the
:07:02. > :07:06.incident seems to be coming to a conclusion. High drama in the
:07:06. > :07:12.morning rush hour. The coach at the centre of this incident was
:07:12. > :07:17.travelling from Preston to London. But on the M6 toll road near
:07:17. > :07:22.Lichfield, the driver made an abrupt stop. Dozens of police moved
:07:22. > :07:28.in. The 48 passengers were taken off the bus and sat for hours on
:07:28. > :07:34.the carriageway as investigations continued around them. This looks -
:07:34. > :07:44.and it feels - like a major incident. There are dozens of
:07:44. > :07:51.police vehicles, armed officers and sniffer dogs. For those caught up
:07:51. > :07:54.in it all, there is shock and bewilderment. The police arrived on
:07:54. > :07:58.the scene. Some armed response units came as well, and there was a
:07:58. > :08:02.bus on the hard shoulder, and apparently we heard that there was
:08:02. > :08:06.a device on the bus. It could be an explosive, then suddenly about 30
:08:06. > :08:13.other vehicles arrived, so it seemed quite a serious incident.
:08:13. > :08:18.Exactly what triggered all of this remains unclear. Firefighters and
:08:18. > :08:21.an Army bomb disposal team remain at the scene. That said,
:08:21. > :08:27.Staffordshire Police are indicating that this is not a counterterrorism
:08:27. > :08:31.operation. In the last few minutes, the megabus at the centre of all of
:08:31. > :08:36.this has pulled away - perhaps indicating that this incident is
:08:36. > :08:41.nearing its conclusion. And let's just get did very latest.
:08:41. > :08:44.We have received a statement from Staffordshire Police. It says,
:08:44. > :08:48."Following an initial assessment we can confirm no-one has been injured
:08:48. > :08:52.and there is no danger to the passengers at the scene or any
:08:52. > :08:55.other travellers who were on the motorway at did time. We're not
:08:55. > :08:57.treating anyone as a suspect." Finally, I understand the motorway
:08:57. > :09:01.could be reopened within the next few minutes.
:09:01. > :09:04.Jeremy, thank you very much. In a separate incident, five men
:09:04. > :09:06.and a woman have been arrested in London as part of an investigation
:09:06. > :09:09.into a terrorist plot involving Islamic extremists. Security
:09:09. > :09:12.sources describe the operation as "significant." Scotland Yard says
:09:12. > :09:18.the arrests aren't linked to the Olympics. Our Home Affairs
:09:18. > :09:23.correspondent June Kelly joins us. What more can you tell us, June?
:09:23. > :09:27.Well, Sophie, these arrests followed a long-running operation
:09:27. > :09:29.following officers here from Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism
:09:29. > :09:35.Command and the Security Service MI5. We're being told this involved
:09:35. > :09:41.a possible plot involving suspected Islamist extremists against
:09:41. > :09:45.potential targets in the UK. Three people were arrested at Ealing in
:09:46. > :09:50.West London. A man and a woman were arrested at a residential address.
:09:50. > :09:54.Another man was arrested in a street in Ealing. Three men were
:09:54. > :09:59.arrested in Newham, East London. Fire officers used a Taser and
:09:59. > :10:02.electronic stun gun on one of those men, although we're told he didn't
:10:02. > :10:05.require hospital treatment. East London, interesting because it is
:10:05. > :10:09.the site of the Olympics, but officers say these arrest aren't
:10:09. > :10:12.linked to the Olympics. All these six people are being held at a
:10:12. > :10:15.police station in South London. Thank you very much.
:10:15. > :10:17.The Bank of England has announced it plans to inject another fifty
:10:17. > :10:27.billion pounds into the British economy to help deal with the
:10:27. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:35.effects of the double dip recession. The increase takes the total -
:10:35. > :10:38.pumped into the money supply under quantitative easing - to three
:10:38. > :10:42.hundred and �375 billion. The Bank of England says the outlook for the
:10:42. > :10:46.UK economy is weak so it's pulled the lever on supposed to boost
:10:46. > :10:50.growth. Another �50 billion will be pumped into the economy to make a
:10:50. > :10:56.total of �375 billion since it was launched. The Bank of England's
:10:56. > :10:59.decision today is intended to help the economy recover. If the
:10:59. > :11:03.recovery is very weak indeed, and what the Bank of England's hoping
:11:03. > :11:07.therefore is this will kick start economic growth. It will make sure
:11:07. > :11:11.that inflation doesn't fall below its target in a couple of years'
:11:11. > :11:14.time. The policy, called quantitative easing, is supposed to
:11:15. > :11:18.work like this - the Bank of England electronically creates new
:11:18. > :11:22.money. It passes that on to commercial banks and other
:11:22. > :11:27.institutions. In return they hand over financial assets to the bank.
:11:27. > :11:31.The institutions spend the money, for example, on shares, homes and
:11:31. > :11:34.creating jobs. All that in theory stimulates growth. I took my
:11:34. > :11:39.mortgage out here at the peak. Interest rates, meanwhile, stayed
:11:39. > :11:45.where they have been for three years - just 0.5%. That's helped
:11:45. > :11:49.some mortgage payers like Jeremy. He's saved a lot because his
:11:49. > :11:53.mortgage has tracked that ultralow Bank of England rate. We're saving
:11:53. > :11:56.about �seven00 a month, and whilst we could overpay our mortgage, and
:11:56. > :11:59.that would be the sensible thing to do, we have used that reduce other
:11:59. > :12:02.debt that was on a higher interest rate. At the same time it has been
:12:03. > :12:07.a buffer because I started a new business around the, say, same time
:12:07. > :12:10.as I took the mortgage out so having a reduced monthly outgoing
:12:10. > :12:15.means I have been able to ride out months where the business hasn't
:12:15. > :12:17.given me any money. Today's decision will not be welcomed by
:12:17. > :12:20.some areas of the economy who feel they have been damaged by the Bank
:12:20. > :12:25.of England's policy. One aim of quantitative easing is to reduce
:12:25. > :12:28.the interest rates payable on Government bonds and because the
:12:28. > :12:31.pension industry invests in those bonds it says it's lost out. Some
:12:31. > :12:36.people approaching retirement, for example, will get a relatively poor
:12:36. > :12:40.deal as they convert their pension savings into an annual income known
:12:40. > :12:43.as an annuity. People retiring today are several thousand pounds
:12:43. > :12:47.worse than they would have been a few years ago, and yes, it does
:12:47. > :12:52.seem deeply unfair this chance of fait, this quirk of timing, has
:12:52. > :12:56.resulted in them getting a much lower level of income. Savers are
:12:56. > :13:00.also unhappy with current policy, but the Bank of England feels the
:13:00. > :13:04.bigger priority is to revive growth it's not alone. The European
:13:04. > :13:09.Central Bank cut interest rates today to a new low.
:13:09. > :13:12.This afternoon MPs will vote on what kind of inquiry should
:13:12. > :13:15.investigate what went wrong at Barclays and other banks, leading
:13:15. > :13:18.them to fix a key interest rate. David Cameron wants MPs and peers
:13:18. > :13:21.themselves to hold the inquiry. Ed Miliband thinks a judge should lead
:13:21. > :13:23.the investigation. But the stand off between the two could mean
:13:23. > :13:27.neither gets what they want. Our political correspondent Norman
:13:27. > :13:32.Smith is Parliament for us. What chance of a deal, then? Sophie,
:13:32. > :13:37.we seem to be in something of heavy-weight weigh-in scenario with
:13:37. > :13:42.both sides going eye to eye, refusing to back down over their
:13:42. > :13:45.preferred form of inquiry, insisting that yesterday
:13:45. > :13:49.underscores their case that a parliamentary inquiry would simply
:13:49. > :13:53.lack the forensic firepower to get to the truth and the Government
:13:53. > :13:58.reducing details of time public inquiries take - up to six years -
:13:58. > :14:01.to underscore their case that they're purely judge-led public
:14:01. > :14:07.inquiry would take far too long. The one thing that might force a
:14:07. > :14:09.compromise or Labour to back down is I think the concern about the
:14:09. > :14:14.public opprobrium that would be heaped upon politicians if they
:14:14. > :14:19.were not to reach a deal one deal being floated amongst backbenchers
:14:19. > :14:22.is the Robert J scenario of including a leading barrister or
:14:22. > :14:29.council on any parliamentary inquiry to ensure there is someone
:14:29. > :14:32.who can ask the detailed questions. Thank you very much.
:14:32. > :14:34.Two former NHS employees have been arrested over allegations of
:14:34. > :14:37.corrupt payments to public officials by journalists. A man and
:14:37. > :14:39.a woman were arrested in Bridgwater in Somerset, as part of the
:14:39. > :14:42.Operation Elveden inquiry. Detectives have also arrested a 26-
:14:42. > :14:47.year-old man in Surrey on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course
:14:47. > :14:53.of justice as part of Operation Weeting into phone hacking.
:14:53. > :14:56.The UK Border Agency has been criticised for failing to check up
:14:56. > :15:01.on 150,000 people who have been refused permission to stay in
:15:01. > :15:03.Britain after their visas expired. An inspection has found officials
:15:03. > :15:11.have no idea how many of the migrants, many of them foreign
:15:11. > :15:16.Those responsible for policing our borders are used to criticism. We
:15:16. > :15:20.have heard before about queues at passport control and delays
:15:20. > :15:24.deporting foreign criminals, now this. It involves people from
:15:24. > :15:30.outside of Europe, such as foreign students who don't want to leave
:15:30. > :15:34.when their visas expire. The report concludes that there are 159
:15:34. > :15:37.foreigners in this category, known as the migration refusal pool. The
:15:37. > :15:41.numbers are growing every week, but there is no plan for dealing with
:15:41. > :15:46.them. There was confusion on the ground
:15:46. > :15:53.about how many people should have been chased up by the agency and
:15:53. > :15:56.there was no strategy Nashally to what was a growing figure as to
:15:56. > :16:00.those who should be contacted and removed.
:16:00. > :16:04.Damian Green accepts the report's conclusions and insists that
:16:04. > :16:07.improvements are being made. The UK Border Agency is getting
:16:07. > :16:12.better. It is good in parts, but nobody would claim it is perfect.
:16:12. > :16:15.It does a very, very difficult set of jobs, so it is unlikely ever to
:16:15. > :16:19.be perfect, but it is getting better.
:16:19. > :16:23.Managing immigration and our borders e effectively is crucial to
:16:23. > :16:26.the Government's credibility. There is another very big challenge just
:16:26. > :16:29.weeks away. The ludicrous thing is that the
:16:29. > :16:33.Government has cut resources for the UK Border Agency, at a time
:16:33. > :16:37.when they have the biggest single security issue facing them which is
:16:37. > :16:44.the Olympics. There is a real danger here that we are cutting off
:16:44. > :16:48.our nose to spite our face. Those responsible for managing our
:16:48. > :16:52.borders will want to avoid too many scenes like this when thousands
:16:52. > :16:56.arrive here for the Olympics. The top story:
:16:56. > :17:00.The biggest overhall of the army for decades, 17 major units are to
:17:00. > :17:03.go by the end of the decade to save money.
:17:03. > :17:07.Coming up: I am live at Wimbledon where the place is buzzing after
:17:07. > :17:12.Andy Murray's win last night, but today it is the women's turn to
:17:12. > :17:16.take centre stage. Later on BBC London: In our series
:17:16. > :17:20.looking at how the Olympics are affecting you, we meet the woman
:17:20. > :17:24.who says that the Games may have helped to say her life and find out
:17:24. > :17:31.the fortunes of Lucy Bolton, hoping to qualify for the beach volley
:17:31. > :17:36.ball. An official report into the
:17:36. > :17:40.Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown say it is was caused by a multitude
:17:40. > :17:45.of errors and wilful negligence by those in charge it says that the
:17:45. > :17:48.disaster was made in Japan and points the blame at the government,
:17:48. > :17:54.the regulators an the company that ran the plant.
:17:54. > :18:00.This report contains some flash photography. March 11th, last year,
:18:00. > :18:05.a tsunami crashed into Japan's eastern coastline. This was a
:18:05. > :18:10.natural disaster, but what followed, says a Japanese parliamentary
:18:10. > :18:14.report was man-made. The water is hit down power at the Fukushima
:18:14. > :18:20.Daiichi plant and wrecked the back- up generators.
:18:20. > :18:24.The result was choreography. Explosions after explosion, high
:18:24. > :18:29.radiation levels causing mass eevacuations and raising questions
:18:29. > :18:36.about the future of nuclear power. Now, some answers in a report
:18:36. > :18:41.handed to the Speaker of the Japanese Parliament and they are
:18:41. > :18:47.damning. It spoke of a multitude of errors after investigators
:18:47. > :18:51.interviewed more than 1,000 people. TRANSLATION: The accident is not
:18:51. > :18:56.over. The recommendation should be implemented one after the other.
:18:56. > :18:59.This is the duty of every member of the legislature and every person of
:18:59. > :19:03.the nation. There was collusion between the
:19:03. > :19:09.government and TEPCO, the plant's operators. The disaster could have
:19:09. > :19:13.been foresoon and -- foreseen and prevented. They failed to adopt
:19:13. > :19:18.global standards and there was unforgivable arrogance and
:19:18. > :19:22.ignorance. Swathes of land around the site remain contaminated, tens
:19:22. > :19:26.of thousands have been forced to leave.
:19:26. > :19:31.Governments around the world are still deciding their own nuclear
:19:31. > :19:38.futures. The report says Japan had a right
:19:38. > :19:43.to be safe from nuclear accidents, that right has been betrayed.
:19:43. > :19:53.The official report will be published today and one of the most
:19:53. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:57.mysterious air crashes after three years 300 people disappeared over
:19:57. > :20:01.the Atlantic on an Air France flight.
:20:01. > :20:05.Stefrlr several cities in England have been given significant new
:20:05. > :20:09.powers in return for promises to bring down youth unemployment and
:20:09. > :20:11.to promote economic growth. The so- called city deals have been reached
:20:11. > :20:14.with Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Newcastle and Sheffield.
:20:15. > :20:20.The idea is to give them control over billions of pounds of
:20:21. > :20:26.Government funding. We have this report from Leeds.
:20:26. > :20:30.Leeds, a city with an important and diverse economy, but it will be
:20:30. > :20:33.given more money, traditionally managed by central Government to
:20:33. > :20:37.spend on projects that the local authority thinks will boost the
:20:37. > :20:41.economy. Here for example, �1 billion is to be made available to
:20:41. > :20:46.spend on transport in the city and the surrounding region.
:20:46. > :20:52.But in return, the city must be a place where no person is a NEET.
:20:52. > :20:56.That means that everyone aged 16 to 24 will have to be in employment,
:20:56. > :20:59.education or training. Some of these young people in West
:20:59. > :21:04.Yorkshire fall into that category. How confident are they that new
:21:04. > :21:08.powers can help their situation? just want to be in work. If it
:21:08. > :21:11.takes place and something is done about it, and people are benefiting
:21:11. > :21:16.from it, then yes, I'm all for it, definitely.
:21:16. > :21:20.But is it realistic it think that everyone here aged 16 to 24 can be
:21:20. > :21:26.found a course or a job? We will make a commitment to ensure that
:21:26. > :21:32.the age of 16, you have either a training place, you have either an
:21:32. > :21:34.apprenticeship or you are either in a job. I think that is our duty.
:21:34. > :21:40.somebody offered you an apprenticeship today, how many
:21:40. > :21:45.would take it? They all would. And part of the plan to turn that
:21:45. > :21:51.pledge into a reality, is more apresent -- apprenticeships.
:21:51. > :21:55.They are brilliant. It gives young people a chance to learn. It gives
:21:55. > :22:01.them experience. You can't go into a job without the experience. Some
:22:01. > :22:04.employers will not have that. is no way on God's earth that they
:22:04. > :22:07.can get every person to be doing something. There are some who will
:22:07. > :22:12.never do anything with themselves. Nought will change them.
:22:12. > :22:15.The Government says that today's announcement is about giving local
:22:15. > :22:19.authorities the influence they asked for, but Labour say it is
:22:19. > :22:27.does not go far enough it should be rolled out across England instead
:22:27. > :22:32.of to just the main cities. Europe's tallest building the Shard
:22:32. > :22:36.is to be officially opened today it rises 310 metres above London with
:22:36. > :22:43.the best fews r views in the capital and a price tag as high as
:22:43. > :22:47.�1.5 billion. The Shard, designed on the back of
:22:47. > :22:52.a napkin in Berlin ten years ago it now dominates the London skyline.
:22:52. > :22:56.The 11,000 panes of glass have come from Germany, the architect is
:22:56. > :23:01.Italian, the money to bankroll the Shard has come from Qatar. The
:23:01. > :23:05.people that built it, some, more than 1,000 feet up in the end were
:23:05. > :23:09.British. At ground level people were craning their necks and giving
:23:09. > :23:17.their views. It is the first time I've seen it,
:23:17. > :23:21.it looks amazing. It is just, wow! I'm undecided as to whether it fits
:23:21. > :23:25.into the skyline of London. The Shard has divided critical
:23:25. > :23:28.opinion. Some saying it looks like it has landed from outer space and
:23:28. > :23:32.would be better suited to somewhere like Dubai.
:23:32. > :23:38.It is an outrage. It has been implanted in a part of London that
:23:38. > :23:45.had no high buildings of that sort. It is a statement, it is a gesture.
:23:45. > :23:49.For others, the building is like an ethereal 21st century church spire.
:23:49. > :23:54.The building was not going to be a symbol of arrogance or a symbol of
:23:54. > :23:59.power, but more like a sparkling, a gentle spire.
:23:59. > :24:03.The hope is that the Shard will house offices, a hotel, restaurants
:24:03. > :24:07.and luxury apartments, but the company that owns it says that no
:24:07. > :24:11.deals with tenants have been signed. So is it viable? The think that the
:24:11. > :24:15.perception is that it is a gamble and one that, bearing in mind the
:24:15. > :24:18.way that the economy is working out, is looking like it could be a risky
:24:18. > :24:23.one. This is the public viewing gallery
:24:23. > :24:28.in the Shard. We are about 800 feet up here. It is not open to the
:24:28. > :24:32.public yet, it will be open in February of next year, it will cost
:24:32. > :24:35.about �25 a head for adults, but the view is spectacular.
:24:35. > :24:42.London as never quite seen before, from a building that has
:24:42. > :24:46.transformed its skyline. Goalline technology is finally
:24:46. > :24:49.expected to get the go ahead when the International Football
:24:49. > :24:53.Association Board votes to approve its use. The decision is to allow
:24:53. > :24:58.the Premier League and the Football Association to introduce the
:24:58. > :25:04.technology, the desire to use it increased after Ukraine was denied
:25:04. > :25:09.an equaliser when the ball appeared to cross the line in a 1-0 defeat
:25:09. > :25:12.in by England at Euro 2012. Frank Lampard! Brilliant.
:25:13. > :25:17.They are the goalline gaffes that appear finally to have forced
:25:17. > :25:21.football to move with the times. How to avoid high-profile
:25:21. > :25:25.injustices like these have been on the sport's agenda for years.
:25:25. > :25:30.And as the game's law makers gathered, the time seems to have
:25:30. > :25:35.come for the technology to help the match officials get it right.
:25:35. > :25:39.If the technology is proven fit for purpose and can be rolled out in
:25:39. > :25:44.the timescales we would like to see, I would be happy for it to be given
:25:44. > :25:47.the green light. Do you expect it to be? I believe that is where it
:25:47. > :25:54.is heading. Two different systems to be given
:25:54. > :26:01.the go ahead today, the Hawk-Eye, and the rival GoalRef, a
:26:01. > :26:05.German/Danish glab ration that uses a censor in the ball and a magnetic
:26:05. > :26:09.field in the goal. But those with most to lose believe
:26:09. > :26:15.that technology is a way forward. I think it is a matter of time
:26:15. > :26:21.before it arrives. It will arrive. As we see every season, every
:26:21. > :26:25.tournament, big tournament, we need The decision's taken at FIFA HQ
:26:25. > :26:29.could usher in a new era for football, but a combination of
:26:29. > :26:34.opposition and cost mean that technology will not be applied
:26:34. > :26:40.universally, and in many matches, decisions as to whether a goal has
:26:40. > :26:45.or has not been scored will still be subject to human error. Disputed
:26:45. > :26:49.goals like this have been a part of football for decades. Today comes
:26:49. > :26:53.too late to clear up such controversies, but with technology
:26:53. > :26:56.introduced into the Premier League as early as January, one of the
:26:56. > :27:00.longest-running issues in sport could be about to cross a critical
:27:00. > :27:05.line. After the excitement of yesterday's men's quarter-finals at
:27:05. > :27:10.Wimbledon, today it is the women's turn as they battle it out for a
:27:10. > :27:15.place in the final on is Saturday. Katherine Downes is there for us
:27:15. > :27:19.now. There is always a lot of focus on the men's draw because of the
:27:19. > :27:23.dominance of the big names, but when it comes to the women's game
:27:23. > :27:28.it is less predictable. Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka
:27:28. > :27:31.providing the clash this afternoon, the other semi-finals, producing a
:27:31. > :27:39.first-time finalist, now we know that Andy Murray is through, it
:27:39. > :27:46.seems that many have come here this afternoon to celebrate.
:27:46. > :27:51.There is no official Ladies' Day at Wimbledon, but today is one for the
:27:51. > :27:56.girls. It is women's finals day, everyone is making the effort.
:27:56. > :28:00.Dressing for the occasion, Wimbledon's Queen of Fashion in the
:28:00. > :28:05.shortest of shorts for training. Serena Williams is to play Victoria
:28:05. > :28:09.Azarenka. Not as famous for her gash as she is for her grunting.
:28:09. > :28:13.She made the semi-finals here last year, but lost to Petra Kvitova.
:28:13. > :28:16.Now she is out and Victoria Azarenka is many's pick for the
:28:16. > :28:21.title. There is an unpredictability about
:28:21. > :28:24.the women's game right now which is unusual, I think. The number one
:28:24. > :28:29.position is changing hands on a regular baifts.
:28:29. > :28:32.Victoria Azarenka has beaten Agnieszka Radwanska six times this
:28:32. > :28:37.year, but Agnieszka Radwanska avoids a clash with her nemesis
:28:37. > :28:45.today, she is to play German, Angelique Kerber. Angelique Kerber
:28:45. > :28:50.is aiming to be the first German in the final since Steffi Graf in 1995.
:28:50. > :28:54.While the women do their thing, a quieter day for Andy Murray, but if
:28:54. > :28:59.this is the crowd who have come to watch him to train, imagine what it
:28:59. > :29:08.will be like tomorrow. Well, Andy Murray is not the epbl
:29:08. > :29:12.Brit in semi-finals action, Johnny Marry is to play in the men's
:29:12. > :29:18.double finals, the first British machine to make it through in 35
:29:19. > :29:23.years. Dare we hope there will be two finals to play come the day.
:29:23. > :29:26.Now, the weather. There is more rev Now, the weather. There is more rev
:29:26. > :29:31.rain coming our way? Yes, more rain to come. As we head through the
:29:32. > :29:35.next few days, as the heavy rain dries up from the south it does
:29:35. > :29:40.bring in localised flooding, but some areas staying dry. Today there
:29:40. > :29:43.is a lot of sunshine. The story today is watching out for the heavy
:29:43. > :29:48.showers. There have been heavy showers in the south-west of
:29:48. > :29:52.England. The focus for stormy weather is over northern England.
:29:52. > :29:57.Carlisle has seen 17 .2 millimetres from the rain in the last hour.
:29:57. > :30:02.Through the rest of the day, the focus for the showers is over much
:30:02. > :30:08.of Scotland. The north is hit and miss with sunny spells, but for
:30:08. > :30:13.southern Scotland into the north of England watch out for the doubtfuls.
:30:13. > :30:18.Where there is the sunny side it will be warm. Up to 24 Celsius.
:30:18. > :30:23.Humid in the east. Temperatures in the south with the sunshine, up to
:30:23. > :30:26.20 Celsius, staying largely dry. So largely dry for Wimbledon, but for
:30:26. > :30:30.the south-west of England the showers are feeding in. Not as
:30:30. > :30:33.heavy as this morning. Sunshine over Wales, yes, the
:30:33. > :30:37.chance of showers there, but they are well scattered. For Northern
:30:37. > :30:42.Ireland after the damp start, an improving story in the day with 19
:30:42. > :30:46.Celsius in the sunshine. The showers are there for the
:30:46. > :30:50.evening rush hour, but overnight as the showers fade it is turning
:30:50. > :30:55.humid, misty and murky. Mild in the south-east, at 17 Celsius, but
:30:55. > :31:01.there is the rain. We have a warning from the Met Office. It is
:31:01. > :31:05.an amber warning, one day from the red warning, not just because of
:31:05. > :31:09.the rain, but as to how persistent it will be it sets in from the
:31:09. > :31:14.south-east of England making its way through Lincolnshire, the
:31:14. > :31:20.Midlands and sitting over Wales. Through the central slice is where
:31:20. > :31:22.we have the focus of really heavy rain tomorrow. Northampton on the
:31:22. > :31:29.map, Silverstone is starting there tomorrow.
:31:29. > :31:33.Looking very wet, but the warning covers up to 40 to 60 millimetres,
:31:33. > :31:37.maybe even up to 80 millimetres of rain in the central areas, but
:31:37. > :31:41.south and to the north of here it is sunshine and scattered showers.
:31:41. > :31:46.Through the rest of the weekend, the rain band is pushing to the
:31:46. > :31:49.north, moving into Scotland. Of course they have T In the Park
:31:49. > :31:53.there. Elsewhere is unsettled with
:31:53. > :31:57.sunshine and showers. So fairly hit and miss. It is worth weeping --