:00:09. > :00:12.The UN envoy to Syria condemns the latest atrocities, accusing
:00:12. > :00:18.government forces of using heavy artillery in a village where more
:00:18. > :00:21.than 200 people are thought to have died. Kofi Anann says he's shocked
:00:21. > :00:26.and appalled by the attack, but state media is blaming the rebels
:00:26. > :00:29.for what's being called the worst massacre of the conflict.
:00:29. > :00:34.Two fathers from York - Steve Barber and John Taylor - are named
:00:34. > :00:37.among the dead after an avalanche in the French Alps. They'd been
:00:37. > :00:43.raising money for charity. The third Briton to die was Roger Payne
:00:43. > :00:47.- a well known mountain guide. Friends have been paying tribute.
:00:47. > :00:51.He's massively experienced. He knew the risks. He would have assessed
:00:51. > :00:54.the risks. It's a tragic accident. If he had been ten minutes earlier
:00:54. > :00:57.or later, then the avalanche would have missed him.
:00:57. > :01:02.RAF typhoons and puma helicopters get ready to patrol the skies over
:01:02. > :01:05.the Olympic sites, as flying restrictions come into force.
:01:05. > :01:10.New fears for the global recovery, as economic growth in China slows
:01:10. > :01:16.even more. And how the cold, wet summer is
:01:16. > :01:21.causing birds to migrate here months earlier than normal. Later
:01:21. > :01:24.The M4 re-opens, but motorists are warned to avoid central London from
:01:24. > :01:34.tomorrow. And the Government approves 34 new free schools for
:01:34. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:52.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The Foreign
:01:52. > :01:56.Secretary, William Hague, has joined the UN peace envoy, Kofi
:01:56. > :02:00.Annan, in condemning reports of a new massacre in Syria. Mr Annan
:02:00. > :02:03.said he was shocked and appalled bit news while Mr Hague said he
:02:03. > :02:07.thought the reports were credible given the recent violence.
:02:07. > :02:12.Opposition activists say pro- government forces killed more than
:02:12. > :02:15.200 people in the village of Tremseh. Syrian state media has
:02:15. > :02:18.blamed the opposition. If confirmed, it would be the worst massacre
:02:19. > :02:23.since the uprising began against President Al-Assad. Bridget
:02:23. > :02:29.Kendall's report contains some distressing images.
:02:29. > :02:34.A glimpse of villagers apparently fleeing Tremseh in this unverified
:02:34. > :02:39.footage. The sound of explosions audible.
:02:39. > :02:44.A young man, allegedly wounded from random shelling there too and the
:02:44. > :02:49.grim site of some 15 bodies, also allegedly victims. Sketchy evidence
:02:49. > :02:53.to back up claims of a major massacre, but activists in nearby
:02:53. > :03:02.Hama insist a terrible incident took place. This very Smallvilleage
:03:02. > :03:07.which is no mar than 11,000 people. There is a very big number of
:03:07. > :03:15.troops and armoured vehicles and tanks, more tan 250 people were
:03:15. > :03:18.killed. Some of them were killed in, after the village in a kind of
:03:18. > :03:22.field executions. The UN peace envoy, Kofi Annan, in Syria a few
:03:22. > :03:27.days ago, said this morning he was appalled and shocked. Britain's
:03:27. > :03:32.William Hague echoed that dismay. In Damascus, the head of the UN
:03:32. > :03:38.peacekeeping mission, said his team would investigate as soon as they
:03:38. > :03:46.can get in. We can verify continuous fighting yesterday. That
:03:46. > :03:52.was in the area of Tremseh. This involved mechanised units, indirect
:03:52. > :03:57.fire as well as helicopters. question is - who was doing the
:03:57. > :04:00.fighting? Syrian state TV today blamed armed groups, they said were
:04:00. > :04:04.attacking civilians, a claim they've made before with previous
:04:04. > :04:08.massacres. Where the truth lies, it's difficult to be sure. What is
:04:08. > :04:13.clear is that the UN Security Council is in the midst of a fierce
:04:13. > :04:17.debate over what to do next. Also in the mix, a new US intelligence
:04:17. > :04:24.report that Syria might be moving its chemical weapons, also hard to
:04:24. > :04:28.verify in this increasingly murky conflict.
:04:29. > :04:36.Let's speak to our correspondent, Jim Muir, in neighbouring Lebanon.
:04:36. > :04:41.Very difficult to establish facts, but what can you tell snus Well,
:04:41. > :04:45.both sides are saying they have had a lot of killing in Tremseh. How
:04:45. > :04:49.many we can't verify. The UN observers are trying to negotiate a
:04:49. > :04:52.ceasefire so they can go there safely to find out what happened.
:04:52. > :04:57.What I can say is that for example at the massacre of Houla a couple
:04:57. > :05:02.of months ago, we had very clear evidence, very clear documentation
:05:02. > :05:07.early on from the activists in the shape of gruesome footage showing
:05:07. > :05:11.many women and children killed. When the UN got there a day later,
:05:11. > :05:16.it could verify the exact figures put out. On this occasion it's
:05:16. > :05:20.different. I have seen just one piece of video showing 15 bodies
:05:20. > :05:25.all of them of fighting age, none of women or children so far. That
:05:25. > :05:30.would be constant with some reports that are coming out from activist
:05:30. > :05:33.sources admitting that most of the victims of the killings, or most of
:05:33. > :05:39.the people who died there were fighters from the Free Syrian Army,
:05:39. > :05:44.who had been attacking a Syrian Army convoy. The Syrian Army
:05:44. > :05:48.counter-attacking with some local militia tag ago long. I have to say,
:05:48. > :05:52.for the most, it doesn't seem too convincing there has been a huge
:05:52. > :05:55.massacre by state forces of innocent civilians. We have to wait
:05:55. > :05:59.and see, but the evidence at the moment simply is not there.
:05:59. > :06:05.Thank you very much. If you want more information on the
:06:05. > :06:09.conflict in Syria, go to bbc.co.uk/news.
:06:09. > :06:13.Two fathers from Yorkshire, who were raising money for charity, are
:06:13. > :06:16.among the nine climbers who were killed by an avalanche in the
:06:16. > :06:20.French Alps yesterday. John Taylor and Steve Barber, who lived on the
:06:20. > :06:24.same street on the outskirts of York and had children at same
:06:24. > :06:27.school - were fundraising for a local hospice. The third Briton who
:06:27. > :06:30.died was Roger Payne, one of the UK's most respected mountaineers.
:06:30. > :06:35.They were part a group climbing one of the highest peaks in France when
:06:35. > :06:38.they were hit by falling sheets of snow and rock.
:06:38. > :06:43.Chris Morris sent this report from Chamonix.
:06:43. > :06:48.Three British climbers among the nine who died. One of them was this
:06:48. > :06:53.man, Roger Payne, a hugely experienced mountaineer and guide.
:06:53. > :06:59.The other two men who were climbing with him were this man, John Taylor,
:06:59. > :07:03.and his friend, Steve Barber, both from Yorkshire. This is the
:07:03. > :07:07.aftermath of the avalanche that killed them, a massive wall of snow
:07:07. > :07:11.and ice which hurtled down the mountain in the early hours of
:07:11. > :07:15.Thursday morning. And this is one of the survivors a French mountain
:07:15. > :07:21.guide, who said he started his climb a few minutes late and was
:07:21. > :07:25.lucky to avoid the full force of the impact.
:07:25. > :07:29.TRANSLATION: It was still dawn, so we couldn't see much. We took the
:07:29. > :07:35.force of the snow, but we could resist. Then big chunks of snow
:07:35. > :07:39.fell on us, so we were south-west away. We all fell together. --
:07:39. > :07:43.swept away. We all fell together. Anyone caught directly in the path
:07:43. > :07:47.of the avalanche like Roger Payne would have had little chance of
:07:47. > :07:52.survival. Roger always had a smile on his face. He was always wanting
:07:52. > :07:58.to help people. He was a people person as well as a mountain person.
:07:58. > :08:01.Hidden in the clouds behind me are the peaks of Mont Blanc where this
:08:01. > :08:06.avalanche took place. The cable car running up the side of the valley
:08:06. > :08:12.has been closed all morning because of high winds, an indication of how
:08:12. > :08:15.quickly treacherous conditions can develop in Europe's highest places.
:08:15. > :08:21.All experienced climbers know there are always potential dangers, every
:08:21. > :08:24.time they take to the slopes. And each climb is accompanied by
:08:24. > :08:27.careful preparation. I think if it had been a single team that had
:08:27. > :08:31.gone on when everybody else had turned back, there might be more
:08:31. > :08:36.questions to ask, perhaps. But the fact that so many people were
:08:36. > :08:40.climbing the mountain, including qualified guides, makes you believe
:08:40. > :08:45.that this is just a tragic accident. It was the deadliest avalanche in
:08:45. > :08:50.this region in recent years. A memorial service will soon be held
:08:50. > :08:55.in the local church and climbers will be heading back to the high
:08:55. > :08:59.mountains again. Our correspondent Danny Savage is
:08:59. > :09:02.at the school near York where John Taylor and Steve Barber both have
:09:02. > :09:08.children. The two men were there in the
:09:08. > :09:12.French Alps to raise money for a local hospice. They were. They were
:09:12. > :09:16.on a fundraising expedition. This is Upper Poppleton about three
:09:16. > :09:20.miles outside York, a commuter village where most people work
:09:20. > :09:25.further afield. When those details emerged of two men from this
:09:25. > :09:29.village both being caught up in the avalanche, sadly the coincidences
:09:29. > :09:33.don't stop there. They live in the -- lived in the same street and
:09:33. > :09:38.have children at the same school. The head teacher said "It is with
:09:38. > :09:42.great sadness that I write to inform you that two of the climbers
:09:42. > :09:46.killed yesterday were parents from the school. Steve Barber was the
:09:46. > :09:50.father of Frankie in year five and John Taylor the father of Emma in
:09:50. > :09:56.year five and Louise in year three. Our thoughts and prayers go to
:09:56. > :09:59.Donna Rogers and Corinne Taylor, who have lost their life-long
:09:59. > :10:03.partners."Er this were on an expedition for a hospice here. They
:10:03. > :10:07.were fund raidsing for that. The hospice has said it's devastated at
:10:07. > :10:11.the news that both of the men lost their lives. One of the counsellors
:10:11. > :10:16.here, who lives in this village, he has grandchildren at the school,
:10:16. > :10:21.says that devastated doesn't go far enough. It doesn't sum it up. The
:10:21. > :10:23.reality is that two men, with young families, will not be returning
:10:23. > :10:27.from their summer climbing expedition to this village.
:10:27. > :10:32.Thank you. The Bank of England and the
:10:32. > :10:38.Treasury have announced the details of how they plan to make �80
:10:38. > :10:42.available to banks to encourage them to lend more money available
:10:42. > :10:46.to businesses and households. The funds will be offered to the banks
:10:46. > :10:49.at a cheap rate provided they guarantee to pass them on. How will
:10:49. > :10:54.it work? The idea is to make money available to the banking system
:10:54. > :10:57.which is finding it hard to access credit so they can lend it on. It's
:10:57. > :11:01.called Funding for Lending launched bit Bank of England and Treasury.
:11:01. > :11:06.Let's look at the details: First, the High Street banks will pay in
:11:06. > :11:09.effect an interest rate of 0.75% on their borrowings, as long as at the
:11:09. > :11:13.end of next year they'll have maintained or increased lending to
:11:13. > :11:18.the wider economy. If they haven't done that, if they've ended up
:11:18. > :11:23.cutting their lending by a certain amount, they'll pay a penalty on
:11:23. > :11:26.top. They'll then pay 2%. The theory is there's a powerful
:11:26. > :11:30.incentive to take the money from the Bank of England and lend it
:11:30. > :11:35.onto businesses and consumers. likely is it that this will work?
:11:35. > :11:38.The Bank of England are saying it's almost a no brainer. Why not borrow
:11:38. > :11:42.cheaply and lend it on to make money. There's no guarantee they
:11:42. > :11:45.will. They may not decide to take part in the scheme. They may just
:11:45. > :11:48.lend this to large businesses. There's no guarantee it goes to
:11:48. > :11:52.small businesses or say first-time buyers. The Bank of England can't
:11:52. > :11:55.specify where it goes. So at the end of this, there's no actual
:11:55. > :11:59.guarantee that it ends up in the right place. The Bank of England
:11:59. > :12:03.can only provide incentives and penalties to make sure it does.
:12:03. > :12:06.Thank you. Apologies for problems with the sound there.
:12:06. > :12:10.From midnight tonight RAF typhoon jets and puma helicopters will be
:12:10. > :12:13.ready to patrol the skies over Central London ahead of the Games,
:12:13. > :12:17.as flying restrictions around the Olympic sites come into force.
:12:17. > :12:24.However, it won't affect passenger planes heading for Heathrow and
:12:24. > :12:30.London City airports. Our defence correspondent reports now.
:12:30. > :12:34.Typhoon fast jets are already on stand by at RAF Northolt. Ground-
:12:34. > :12:37.to-air missiles have been situated at six sites across London and
:12:37. > :12:41.later today, the Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Ocean will
:12:41. > :12:48.return up the Thames. Last time it was just an skier size. This time,
:12:48. > :12:52.it's for real. From midnight any aircraft that enters a secure zone
:12:52. > :12:55.above the Olympic site, without authorisation, will be challenged.
:12:56. > :13:02.We'll guide you away from the airspace. If you do not and you
:13:02. > :13:07.continue to not comply with our instructions, then ultimately, the
:13:07. > :13:10.final resort would be the use of lethal force. The secure airspace
:13:10. > :13:15.around London is designed to protect the main Olympic site from
:13:15. > :13:18.any aerial threat. The restricted flying zone stretchs from beyond
:13:18. > :13:22.Luton and Stansted to the north and Gatwick to the south. Any plane
:13:22. > :13:27.entering will have to first seek approval and stay in contact with
:13:27. > :13:30.air traffic control. A smaller, prohibited zone surrounds the
:13:30. > :13:33.Olympic Park, where most planes will not be allowed to fly. This is
:13:33. > :13:38.what a pilot, who ignores the new rules, which will be if place for a
:13:38. > :13:44.month, is likely to face. A helicopter with a team of snipers
:13:44. > :13:48.on board, ready, if necessary, to use their weapons. Pull alongside
:13:48. > :13:53.the suspicious aircraft. The captain of our aircraft will
:13:53. > :13:57.contact them. We'll produce some boards and worst case scenario,
:13:58. > :14:02.we'll have to shoot it down. But it shouldn't be happening. Commercial
:14:02. > :14:05.flights should not be affected. Passenger jets, which already have
:14:05. > :14:15.been cleared, will continue to fly in and out of London's main
:14:15. > :14:19.airports. Unless an event occurs, which requires the response, I
:14:19. > :14:23.don't anticipate much change to normal operations. This hardware is
:14:23. > :14:27.as much about reassurance, but it could be used as a last resort.
:14:27. > :14:31.It's a reminder that the military are sholdering much of the burden
:14:31. > :14:39.to ensure that the Games are safe and secure. This is the largest
:14:39. > :14:43.security operation undertaken in Britain since the Second World War.
:14:43. > :14:47.The main route into London from Heathrow Airport has been re-opened.
:14:47. > :14:51.The elevated section of the M4 motorway in west London had been
:14:51. > :14:54.closed since last Friday for emergency repairs. It caused major
:14:54. > :14:59.congestion on alternative routes into the capital. There were fears
:14:59. > :15:02.the closure would lead to chaos when athletes and officials fly
:15:02. > :15:05.into London next week. China, the second largest economy
:15:05. > :15:10.nlt world, is experiencing its worst slow down in three years.
:15:10. > :15:14.Growth in the second quarter of this year was 7.6%, down from 8.1%
:15:14. > :15:24.in the previous three months. A fall in exports to Europe and weak
:15:24. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:32.domestic demand in China are being Rising skywards. This is China
:15:32. > :15:39.celebrating yet another skyscraper. Acres of them are being built here
:15:39. > :15:44.on a coastal mud flat. They stand brand new and empty. The plan is to
:15:44. > :15:50.create a new Manhattan from scratch, but work is slowing. Last year, we
:15:50. > :15:55.could find work easily, he says. Now we keep being told there is
:15:55. > :15:59.nothing for us. China's construction frenzy kept it booming
:15:59. > :16:04.through the downturn, but it has built up problems as well. To do
:16:04. > :16:11.this, dozens of cities like this have borrowed money, billions upon
:16:11. > :16:18.billions. They are now deep in debt. If China's economy is slowing, that
:16:18. > :16:24.raises huge questions. Will this city make a profit or will China's
:16:24. > :16:31.debts drag it down? The economy has exemplified the miracle, expanding
:16:31. > :16:37.the 16 % last year, faster than any other part of China. This country's
:16:37. > :16:41.extraordinary boom may be over. Inside China, already the optimism
:16:41. > :16:46.has disappeared quite quickly. If you look at the capital flow
:16:46. > :16:51.numbers, it is clear that wealthy Chinese have been taking money out
:16:51. > :16:59.of China at a very rapid pace. Creating a nation of consumers to
:17:00. > :17:09.power the economy is China's new aim. This man is one of the 215
:17:09. > :17:13.billion in China's middle-classes. Sales are down this year. This man
:17:13. > :17:18.imports furniture. The slowdown has hit his business and his wife's
:17:18. > :17:25.decoration firm as well. They are reluctant to spend. TRANSLATION: It
:17:25. > :17:29.has had a huge impact. Compared to last year, sales are down. It is
:17:29. > :17:36.off worse in other cities, down 60 %. Other businesses are doing all
:17:36. > :17:40.right. The Manhattan area is already an attraction. He said he
:17:40. > :17:44.has never seen a skyscraper before coming here, of course they will be
:17:44. > :17:48.filled, China is overflowing with people and each year things are
:17:48. > :17:52.getting better. But every year, it is also getting
:17:52. > :17:58.harder to maintain the incredible growth rate which made China and
:17:58. > :18:02.economic superpower. Our top story this lunchtime: The
:18:02. > :18:06.UN envoy to Syria condemns the latest atrocities accusing
:18:06. > :18:10.government forces of using heavy artillery in a village where more
:18:10. > :18:15.than 200 people are thought to have died. Coming up: The British
:18:15. > :18:17.Library opens its doors to welcome the biggest atlas in the world.
:18:17. > :18:20.Later on BBC London: Tackling metal theft - a London
:18:20. > :18:23.MP's bid to introduce tough new laws.
:18:23. > :18:33.And, the row over working hours at the Olympic village - why one
:18:33. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:39.employee is refusing to take up her It is supposed to be summer but
:18:39. > :18:43.with all the wet weather we have been having, you might feel more
:18:43. > :18:47.like putting on your wellingtons than your sunglasses. We are not
:18:47. > :18:53.the only ones who are confused. The terrible weather has got birds
:18:53. > :18:55.across Europe in a flap as well. Our correspondent Hywel Griffiths
:18:55. > :18:58.is at the National Wetlands Centre now.
:18:58. > :19:02.Unless you know you're greenshank from your redshank really well, you
:19:02. > :19:06.would probably not be able to tell that many of the birds which have
:19:06. > :19:10.landed around the coastline here have come much earlier than
:19:10. > :19:15.expected. In fact, many of them should only be here at autumn but
:19:15. > :19:19.like many of us, they are confused about the weather and they have
:19:19. > :19:23.started their migration southwards much earlier than usual. They are
:19:23. > :19:28.trying to make their way towards sunnier climes.
:19:28. > :19:32.They are seasoned travellers whose summer has been ruined. Black-
:19:32. > :19:37.tailed godwits should normally be breeding in Iceland at this time of
:19:37. > :19:41.year. But hundreds have already started flying south, stopping off
:19:41. > :19:48.in Wales on the way. They have been joined by dozens of oystercatchers
:19:48. > :19:51.and curlews, birds which normally arrive in autumn. I have been bird-
:19:51. > :19:54.watching for 40 years and it is the first time I had seen such large
:19:54. > :19:58.numbers of these are wading birds staying with us for spring and
:19:58. > :20:02.summer when they should be breeding in the far north. If it happens
:20:02. > :20:05.next year and the year after that, it will become a major concern for
:20:06. > :20:11.us. It is not just the birds which migrate through Wales which seemed
:20:11. > :20:15.to be having problems. The flock of flamingos they keep here at the
:20:15. > :20:19.reserve have been laying their eggs two to three weeks later than
:20:19. > :20:24.normal. The weather seems to have put a dampener on their breeding.
:20:24. > :20:28.Heavy rain has also made bird watching a bit of an ordeal. Diane
:20:28. > :20:37.and Andrew John are spending three months travelling around the UK
:20:37. > :20:42.enjoying the wildlife, if not the weather. It is not nice! We came
:20:42. > :20:47.prepared for cooler weather but not for three months off to the weather.
:20:47. > :20:51.It is not very pleasant. Won silver lining is there are more birds than
:20:51. > :20:56.usual to be spotted. In the long term it is not known where the
:20:56. > :20:59.population numbers would be affected. Here, they are keeping a
:20:59. > :21:03.close eye on what the weather brings.
:21:03. > :21:06.They are confident that there is at least enough food to keep these
:21:06. > :21:11.early arrivals well-fed and for plenty of birds to join them as
:21:11. > :21:17.they will make their migration south, the hope is that the weather
:21:17. > :21:21.will improve so that bird watchers can enjoy the spectacular scenery.
:21:21. > :21:25.Thank you. In the world of marketing, having your company's
:21:25. > :21:28.Facebook page liked is big business. Many brands are spending
:21:28. > :21:34.significant amounts on adverts to persuade social network users to
:21:34. > :21:39.tick the like button. But a BBC investigation has found that
:21:39. > :21:43.advertisers may be wasting their money. Rory Cellan Jones reports.
:21:43. > :21:47.From global celebrities to major companies, everybody wants to be
:21:47. > :21:54.like Don Facebook, and many businesses big and small are buying
:21:54. > :21:58.advert to make that happen. But are they getting what they pay for?
:21:58. > :22:02.This man thinks not. He bought Facebook adverts for small
:22:02. > :22:05.businesses who wanted people to come to their pages and it worked.
:22:05. > :22:11.But when the clients looked at him exactly like them, they were not
:22:11. > :22:17.happy. The individuals who liked our pages were not just liking 100
:22:17. > :22:23.or 200 pages like you or I might do, they were lacking 3,000 or 5,000
:22:23. > :22:28.pages. We had 13 year-olds who were managers that global national
:22:28. > :22:35.companies who said they lived in the US but were placing likes from
:22:35. > :22:39.remote parts of Indonesia. I set up my own imaginary business called
:22:39. > :22:45.VirtualBagel and bought an advert targeted at the US, the UK and
:22:45. > :22:49.countries across the Middle East and Asia. Within three days, 3,000
:22:49. > :22:54.people liked it, nearly all of them from Asian countries. Among them
:22:54. > :22:58.was Ahmed Ronaldo. My business was among thousands that he liked. We
:22:58. > :23:03.have found that some people do click on the adverts and have ended
:23:03. > :23:07.up liking pages but in a pretty random sort of way. In the short
:23:07. > :23:11.term, that is good news from Facebook who earn money from every
:23:11. > :23:15.click but advertisers are beginning to ask questions. Facebook did not
:23:15. > :23:20.want to be interviewed but told us that poorly targeted adverts like
:23:20. > :23:24.mine did not work and fake profiles were not a significant problem.
:23:24. > :23:29.Some marketing firms say Facebook can deliver results if it is used
:23:29. > :23:33.in the right way. We are all still experimenting. I have no doubt that
:23:33. > :23:39.clients have spent money and will have had horror stories but in our
:23:39. > :23:43.experience, clients are finding a lot of commercial benefit. Since
:23:43. > :23:47.Facebook's stock market debut, investors have worried about its
:23:47. > :23:51.growth. If companies find they do not like the advertising on which
:23:51. > :23:54.the network depends, that could spell trouble.
:23:54. > :23:57.A meeting of Scottish Football League clubs is under way this
:23:57. > :24:03.lunchtime to decide which division of the new club set-up following
:24:03. > :24:09.the collapse of Rangers should play in next season. James Cook is at
:24:09. > :24:13.Hampden Park for us. What is expected to happen? I think at the
:24:13. > :24:16.moment the most likely outcome from the clubs we have been talking to
:24:16. > :24:21.is that Rangers will end up in the third division of the Scottish
:24:21. > :24:26.Football League, having been chucked out of the top tier, the
:24:26. > :24:29.Scottish Premier League. But that does not a foregone conclusion. 30
:24:29. > :24:34.clubs are meeting now and they are being asked to consider whether
:24:34. > :24:37.Rangers should go into the First Division. That is the preferred
:24:37. > :24:40.option for the administrators of the game in Scotland. They are
:24:40. > :24:45.worried that if Rangers go right down to the Third Division, the
:24:45. > :24:48.game could be damaged. There will be less TV money to go around and
:24:48. > :24:53.with Rangers out for a long time from the Scottish Premier League
:24:53. > :24:56.and no prospect of Old Firm derbies between Rangers and Celtic, Sky
:24:56. > :25:01.would not be so interested in paying the money. Therefore there
:25:01. > :25:04.is a concern that this could damage other clubs in the Scottish Premier
:25:04. > :25:08.League. Other people think it is the right thing, the right
:25:08. > :25:12.punishment for Rangers, who they say effectively cheated for many
:25:12. > :25:17.years by not paying their taxes. Thank you.
:25:17. > :25:21.Britain's Bradley Wiggins has extended his lead in this year's
:25:21. > :25:26.Tour de France after a dramatic 11th stage through the Alps. After
:25:26. > :25:30.the defending champion fell off the pace, another Briton, Chris --
:25:30. > :25:36.Chris Frome finds himself in second place.
:25:36. > :25:40.This is a race where you cover 3,500 kilometres to win, sometimes
:25:41. > :25:47.by mere seconds. Bradley Wiggins finished the third stage of the
:25:47. > :25:51.tour, proudly wearing the yellow jersey of the overall leader. His
:25:51. > :25:56.team-mate is in second. Friday the 13th brings a new level of
:25:56. > :26:01.picturesque torture, the longest stage of the entire race with
:26:01. > :26:07.excruciating mountain climbs thrown in. Sky team mates are there to
:26:07. > :26:10.protect Wiggins, even at their own expense. It has prompted some
:26:10. > :26:17.criticisms. Some in France are suggesting Wiggins is not the best
:26:17. > :26:22.rider in his team. But when needs be, he does his work. If he stays
:26:22. > :26:27.safe and stays in contention, Wiggins will win, a concept the
:26:27. > :26:32.rest are starting to understand but they are struggling to respond.
:26:32. > :26:37.It takes six people to lift it and when opened, measures 9 ft by 6.
:26:37. > :26:41.The world's largest atlas, the Earth Platinum has arrived at the
:26:42. > :26:46.British Museum today. Each page has to be opened one at a time. DEC an
:26:46. > :26:50.app at the end of the book would take around 40 minutes -- to see a
:26:50. > :26:54.map at the end of the book would take around 40 minutes.
:26:54. > :27:00.The corridors of the British Library were not designed for
:27:00. > :27:05.something besides. He takes six people to move it around. Practical,
:27:05. > :27:10.no. Even opening it requires some strength. But this is a labour of
:27:10. > :27:16.love. This is a book which started as a dream 25 years ago and now it
:27:16. > :27:22.is here. This is your atlas? Yes. was allowed to open the cover but
:27:22. > :27:26.the pages require an expert hand. The publisher feels it is worth it.
:27:26. > :27:32.If you want to feel the scale of the world, are a computer or smart
:27:32. > :27:37.phone cannot do what an atlas can. There is a feeling you get looking
:27:37. > :27:41.at the book this size which is inspiring. With this view that we
:27:41. > :27:45.get of the Earth, anyone could see it if we were astronauts in a
:27:45. > :27:50.spaceship. But given that most of us will not get to be an astronaut,
:27:50. > :27:56.won't get to travel the world on a spacecraft, this is about as close
:27:56. > :28:03.as you get. And today, it was being measured for the record books. The
:28:03. > :28:08.previous holder is one created in the 16 60s, an object designed to
:28:08. > :28:12.impress. Can you or I have a look at this new, giant at this? I we
:28:12. > :28:16.cannot whippet of the shelf and put on the table but if they leader has
:28:16. > :28:22.a real need to see the original, we are here to help research and we
:28:22. > :28:26.would make it possible. But in this digital age, the Atlas business is
:28:26. > :28:36.struggling. It may be impressive but in many ways, it is a last
:28:36. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:41.hurrah for a dying art. Good afternoon. We will have some
:28:42. > :28:45.spectacular weather as we head through this evening with some
:28:45. > :28:49.torrential showers. We have an amber warning from the Met Office
:28:49. > :28:55.because we will see some heavy rain from thunderstorms. If we look at
:28:55. > :29:00.our radar, at the moment things are not looking very interesting. A
:29:00. > :29:03.band of light patchy rain. South of that they have been some heavy
:29:03. > :29:09.showers in the West. They will become more widespread through the
:29:09. > :29:12.afternoon, through southern areas of Wales, the Midlands and the Home
:29:13. > :29:17.Counties. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, beneath a cloud with the
:29:17. > :29:24.outbreaks of rain, it is staying fairly cool. For Northern England
:29:24. > :29:30.and Scotland, some dry, bright weather. It is only 12 in Inverness.
:29:30. > :29:36.A cool day for a day two of the Scottish Open golf. Across Northern
:29:36. > :29:41.Ireland we had a beautiful morning. Into Wales, we get back into the
:29:41. > :29:46.showery weather. Eastern areas of showers are prone to pick up these
:29:46. > :29:50.torrential downpours. Across the south-west of England, we have some
:29:50. > :29:54.scattered showers, drifting eastwards as we head through the
:29:54. > :30:03.evening rush-hour. We could see some showers passing through Hyde
:30:03. > :30:07.Park. Through the evening, for rush-hour, it is not looking great
:30:07. > :30:13.in the south. The showers continue into the early evening and with an
:30:13. > :30:22.inch of rain in the early hours, summer -- some destruction to
:30:22. > :30:28.travel. With the cloud and rain, a mild night. What about the weekend?
:30:28. > :30:31.It is hit and miss yet again. Sunshine and showers for many but
:30:31. > :30:39.feeling cooler thanks to a north- westerly breeze. This is how
:30:39. > :30:43.Saturday looks. At the weather front will finally relinquish its
:30:43. > :30:48.grip through the afternoon. The southern half of England and Wales
:30:48. > :30:54.will brighten up. That will trigger heavy, slow moving showers. Further
:30:54. > :30:58.north, the chance of a few showers. A reversal of fortunes for Sunday.
:30:58. > :31:03.England and Wales have a better chance of seeing sunshine and
:31:03. > :31:07.staying dry. Maybe with some sunshine we could get up to 20
:31:07. > :31:16.degrees. For the next few days, for many of us, it is a story of
:31:16. > :31:20.The UN envoy to Syria accuses government forces of using heavy