:00:07. > :00:09.The biggest ever Paralympic Games is underway. Nearly 4,500
:00:09. > :00:16.competitors from more than 160 countries are taking part and there
:00:16. > :00:22.are high hopes for Paralympics GB. In the heats, Jonathan Fox in the
:00:22. > :00:25.pool and Sarah Storey in cycling have already set new world records.
:00:25. > :00:27.And in the velodrome, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were there to
:00:27. > :00:30.watch records beong broken, joined by millions of spectators around
:00:30. > :00:33.the world. A London university is banned from
:00:33. > :00:43.teaching overseas students after an investigation found evidence that
:00:43. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:48.some non-EU students had no right to be in the country. We are just
:00:48. > :00:52.concerned that these are valid students and that they are here for
:00:52. > :00:55.a legitimate purpose, and it is for that reason that I say we would be
:00:55. > :00:58.horrified if we thought it could be sustained that we were harbouring
:00:58. > :01:02.illegal immigrants. A new boss at Barclays Bank -
:01:02. > :01:04.Antony Jenkins has worked there for 30 years. His appointment comes as
:01:04. > :01:06.the bank faces a criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud
:01:06. > :01:16.Office. The United Nations accuses the
:01:16. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:21.world of failing to respond to a humanitarian crisis in Mali.
:01:21. > :01:25.Later on BBC London, will the capital's academic reputation be
:01:25. > :01:29.seriously damaged by a ban on foreign students?
:01:29. > :01:39.And the three households fighting to stay on a huge empty council
:01:39. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:49.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The biggest ever
:01:49. > :01:52.Paralympic Games in history is underway. Nearly 4,500 competitors
:01:52. > :01:59.from more than 160 countries are taking part, with high hopes that
:02:00. > :02:02.ParalympicsGB will beat its medal tally from four years ago. They've
:02:02. > :02:06.had a good start, with two British competitors breaking world records
:02:06. > :02:16.this morning. In a moment, we'll have the best of the morning's
:02:16. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:25.action, but first, Robert Hall reports on the opening of the Games.
:02:25. > :02:29.A cause for celebration. Despite the grey clouds and the drizzle,
:02:29. > :02:34.there was something magic in the air as the pace of life in this
:02:34. > :02:38.huge sporting community slowly gained momentum. Through gates, on
:02:38. > :02:44.bridges and terraces, the first of the 2.5 million ticket-holders
:02:44. > :02:48.gazed around them and studied them maps, finally at journey's end. The
:02:48. > :02:51.Forsyth family had travelled the long road from Wolverhampton.
:02:51. > :02:56.this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, especially having our
:02:56. > :03:01.son here. Hopefully, the weather will hold out. It is great to see
:03:01. > :03:05.all the buildings and what it is like now. And think what it will be
:03:05. > :03:09.like in a few years' time. It is good for vision impaired and blind
:03:09. > :03:13.people and people with all disabilities. The talking point of
:03:13. > :03:18.the morning was last night's spectacular. The fiery fly-past,
:03:18. > :03:21.the umbrella theme, which today seemed thoroughly appropriate. The
:03:21. > :03:25.thousands of performance who entranced us with music and dance.
:03:25. > :03:31.And most of all, the athletes who will thrill and provide column
:03:31. > :03:38.inches in the coming days. Games here will be the biggest ever.
:03:38. > :03:45.We have 164 nations taking part and have a 4,200 athletes. Three
:03:45. > :03:50.nations - China, GB and the USA - have over 200 athletes, while 45
:03:50. > :03:54.only have one are competing at the Games. The pieces are in place.
:03:54. > :03:57.More than 4,000 Paralympic athletes from around the world on a hunt for
:03:57. > :04:04.medals and a venue, once again, packed with those who will be
:04:04. > :04:06.willing them on. All everyone needs now is a little blue sky.
:04:06. > :04:10.Now to the action, and ParalympicsGB has had a good start
:04:10. > :04:13.to its Games. The swimmer Jonathan Fox smashed his own world record in
:04:13. > :04:18.the 100-metre backstroke, while the cyclist Sarah Storey set a new
:04:18. > :04:21.world record in the individual cycling pursuit. But there was
:04:21. > :04:24.disappointment for another gold medal hopeful, Di Coates. She
:04:24. > :04:34.failed to reach the final in the air rifle shooting. Here's our
:04:34. > :04:34.
:04:34. > :04:38.sports correspondent, Andy Swiss. Under grey skies they came with
:04:38. > :04:42.golden hope so. Once again, the fans flocked to the velodrome,
:04:42. > :04:48.hoping to see Britain's Paralympics cyclists pick up where the
:04:48. > :04:54.Olympians left off. In particular, one of the biggest names of these
:04:54. > :04:57.Games - Sarah Storey. Storey has already won seven Olympic golds. It
:04:57. > :05:01.could soon be eight. She was qualifying for the individual
:05:01. > :05:06.pursuit. The aim was not just to beat her opponent but the times of
:05:06. > :05:13.the previous competitors. Ward on by the fans, she was simply
:05:13. > :05:18.unstoppable. -- roared on by the fans. She soon lapped her rival and
:05:18. > :05:23.raced to a world record. Once again, the velodrome echoed with British
:05:23. > :05:27.cheering, including those of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
:05:27. > :05:34.Storey was 16 seconds quicker than her opponent. The decibel level was
:05:34. > :05:41.once again through the roof. The velodrome has always been a popular
:05:41. > :05:46.place for Britain's cyclists. Could they get these Games off to a
:05:46. > :05:52.glittering start following the 17 medals in the Olympics? And also
:05:52. > :05:57.success in the pool, especially for this man, Jonathan Fox. He made
:05:57. > :06:02.tonight's final of the 100 metres backstroke. He won silver in
:06:02. > :06:06.Beijing and this time, it should be gold in London. But some
:06:06. > :06:09.disappointment. Di Coates failed to make her final in the shooting. But
:06:10. > :06:16.there was a rare setback on a bright first morning for
:06:16. > :06:20.ParalympicsGB. A London University has been banned
:06:20. > :06:26.from teaching students from outside Europe following an investigation
:06:26. > :06:29.by the UK Borders Agency. It found evidence that some students at
:06:29. > :06:32.London Metropolitan University had no right to be in the UK, while the
:06:32. > :06:35.university did just not know whether others were turning up for
:06:35. > :06:44.courses. However, the National Union of Students at the ruling was
:06:44. > :06:47.unfair and could mean up to 2000 students now face deportation.
:06:47. > :06:51.Anxious times at London Metropolitan University. More than
:06:51. > :06:55.2000 students have just learned they risk being deported within 60
:06:55. > :07:00.days unless they can find a university place elsewhere. Among
:07:00. > :07:07.them, Emmanuel Egwu, who says he spent �40,000 on his education here
:07:07. > :07:12.so far. It is outrageous. I am totally disturbed. I am worried. My
:07:12. > :07:17.parents are worried. I have been here since 2009. My parents have
:07:17. > :07:21.spent a lot of money paying tuition fees for me and my living expenses.
:07:21. > :07:27.They sold properties back home to make sure they take care of me here
:07:27. > :07:31.and this is happening to me. How do you expect me to feel? So how has
:07:31. > :07:34.the University ended up in this situation? The Government is
:07:34. > :07:39.committed to reducing immigration but it has very few mechanisms at
:07:39. > :07:43.his disposal to do that. So it is focusing on foreign students, more
:07:43. > :07:47.specifically, bogus students. Those who are not here to study but to
:07:47. > :07:51.get a visa. As university administrators took phone calls
:07:51. > :07:56.from bewildered students, the Home Office claimed more than a quarter
:07:56. > :07:59.of students sample at the university had no reason to remain.
:07:59. > :08:02.There on rumours of inadequate levels of English and the
:08:02. > :08:08.university did not know whether half of them were turning up for
:08:08. > :08:14.lectures. -- there were rumours. could not be allowed to continue.
:08:14. > :08:16.The public demands quite rightly proper immigration controls and
:08:16. > :08:21.forcing the Immigration Rules is important for universities just as
:08:21. > :08:25.it is for employers. London Metropolitan says it will challenge
:08:25. > :08:28.the Government's decision. We would be horrified if we thought it could
:08:28. > :08:33.be sustained that we were harbouring illegal immigrants.
:08:33. > :08:36.Under the guise of being students. So we are investigating the
:08:36. > :08:40.accusations that have been made. Students from the University
:08:40. > :08:45.gathered outside Downing Street to protest. A task force has been set
:08:45. > :08:52.up to help genuine students find places at other universities before
:08:52. > :08:57.the 60-day deadline expires. The clock is ticking.
:08:57. > :09:01.Meanwhile, latest figures show net migration fell last year by 36,000.
:09:01. > :09:05.The figure, which those the number of people entering the UK compared
:09:05. > :09:11.with those leaving, is well above the Government's target but
:09:11. > :09:16.ministers say it is a sign its policies are working. -- the figure,
:09:16. > :09:22.which shows the number of people. Is the Government getting to its
:09:22. > :09:27.target? The target is tough. It wants to get the figure back down
:09:27. > :09:31.to the 10s rather than the hundreds of thousands. They want to reduce
:09:31. > :09:37.the number coming to this country for good as opposed to those
:09:37. > :09:40.leaving. It is still over 200,000, down by 30,000. Labour are pointing
:09:40. > :09:44.out that the experts at the Office for National Statistics have not
:09:44. > :09:47.been very helpful. They say the drop is not statistically
:09:47. > :09:51.significant because of the way the numbers are collected but ministers
:09:51. > :09:56.are pretty positive and they are positive because of recent figures
:09:56. > :10:00.about visas that show the numbers being issued a down pretty sharply.
:10:00. > :10:09.Interestingly, in light of the story we heard at the University,
:10:09. > :10:13.particularly in the number of student visa has been issued. Given
:10:13. > :10:16.where the figures are now, and where they have to be for them to
:10:16. > :10:21.hit their target, they have got a long way to go.
:10:21. > :10:24.Barclays has chosen somebody from inside the bank to be its new chief
:10:24. > :10:29.executive. Antony Jenkins began his career there 30 years ago and said
:10:29. > :10:34.he was very proud to be taking the helm. But his appointment comes at
:10:34. > :10:40.a difficult time. He replaces Bob Diamond, who resigned amid the
:10:40. > :10:43.scandal of the interest-rate fixing scandal. And yesterday, the banks
:10:43. > :10:48.said they were being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.
:10:48. > :10:54.It is one of the toughest jobs in banking. A storm over the interest-
:10:54. > :10:58.rate fixing scandal sore Diamond quit the top job and out there is a
:10:58. > :11:06.newcomer in the seat. It is and -- Antony Jenkins who has been run of
:11:06. > :11:09.the retail and business banking operations. So, what do we know
:11:09. > :11:17.about the new chief executive, seen here meeting Berkeley's
:11:17. > :11:23.apprentices? He did a BBC interview talking about how he met challenges.
:11:23. > :11:30.I will put on some rock music if I need to prepare for something
:11:30. > :11:35.difficult or I will listen to some classical music if I need to be
:11:36. > :11:40.calm. Music can help focus you to the task at hand. The Serious Fraud
:11:40. > :11:45.Office said last night it was looking at fees paid by Barclays in
:11:45. > :11:48.2008 when it raised funds from shareholders. It was also
:11:48. > :11:54.investigating the interest-rate fixing saga at Barclays and other
:11:55. > :11:59.banks. So what will be in his pay packet? His basic salary will be
:11:59. > :12:03.�1.1 million. His potential maximum bonus will be 2.75 million. Under
:12:03. > :12:07.the long-term incentive plan, another 4.4 million a year could
:12:07. > :12:12.come his way. Analysts say anybody in the top job deserves that sort
:12:12. > :12:17.of pay. I have seen what it has done to executives and how tough it
:12:17. > :12:22.is. Every Sunday when he is having his cup of coffee, you will get a
:12:22. > :12:27.phone call from Hong Kong about a deal that has gone wrong. It is a
:12:27. > :12:36.pupil stop the new Barclays boss is very much a retail banker.
:12:36. > :12:40.responsibilities include running be network brunch. Will there be a
:12:40. > :12:45.back-to-basics focus on the high Street and the consumer and his
:12:45. > :12:51.separation of retail banking? Misty Jenkins said Barclays had made
:12:51. > :12:57.serious mistakes. -- Mr Jenkins. He said he would try to repair the
:12:57. > :13:02.Bank's reputation but that the journey would take some time.
:13:02. > :13:10.We are now going to speak to our love affairs correspondent about
:13:11. > :13:14.Tom Crone, who has been arrested. He is a man who has been at lock
:13:14. > :13:19.and James Murdoch in terms of the recollection of events that took
:13:19. > :13:26.place. -- he has been at loggerheads. He told a committee of
:13:26. > :13:31.MPs that he had told James Murdoch as early as 2008 about the famous
:13:31. > :13:36.email from Neville Thurlbeck, which suggested a wider problem at News
:13:36. > :13:41.of the World rather than one reporter. There was a straight
:13:41. > :13:45.contradiction and of their evidence on that point. Also, when Rupert
:13:45. > :13:49.Murdoch gave evidence, he said he had been kept in the dark by staff
:13:49. > :13:59.at the paper who had covered up the phone-hacking scandal. Tom Crone
:13:59. > :14:09.described that as a shameful Life. We -- a shameful lie. We should
:14:09. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:16.mention that this was part of the Leveson Inquiry.
:14:16. > :14:20.Our top story this lunchtime, the Paralympic Games have begun. Two
:14:20. > :14:25.Britons have already broken world records in cycling and swimming.
:14:25. > :14:29.And coming up, Astra was prepare for a space walk but more than a
:14:29. > :14:33.decade on and at a cost of $100 billion, we ask, is the space
:14:33. > :14:43.station worth the money? -- astronauts.
:14:43. > :14:47.Later on BBC London, offering future athletes do what disabled
:14:47. > :14:56.and the prospect. And Laura Robson beads a three-time
:14:56. > :15:01.champion at the Open. As nearly 5 million people face
:15:01. > :15:05.food shortages in Mali, the UN has accused the world of failing to
:15:05. > :15:08.respond to a growing humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of thousands
:15:08. > :15:13.of people fleeing their homes because of fighting in the North of
:15:13. > :15:23.the country. Baroness Amos has been visiting camps where many of the
:15:23. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:34.Their lives of this three-year-old and thousands of children in Marley
:15:34. > :15:40.hang in the balance. Even the that conflict, drought make them
:15:40. > :15:46.vulnerable. War has pushed them to the brink. This child should be far
:15:46. > :15:51.taller than she is. She suffers from an advanced form of
:15:51. > :15:57.malnutrition. It is a country where there is a chronic malnutrition
:15:57. > :16:01.problem. The combination of the drought last year has pushed the
:16:01. > :16:07.country into an acute crisis. There are millions of people across the
:16:07. > :16:11.country who need help. We do not have the money to help them all.
:16:11. > :16:16.The UN humanitarian co-ordinator wants the world to do more. She
:16:16. > :16:24.spoke to me on a mobile phone as she toured the country. A want the
:16:24. > :16:30.world to remember there is a crisis here. A want people to seek this is
:16:30. > :16:38.a crisis that has the face of a child to it. -- I want people to
:16:38. > :16:48.see. I would like the international community to give and support.
:16:48. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:59.I share refer is vulnerable to attack. -- the Niger river. The
:16:59. > :17:05.Government fell in a military coup. Islamist rebels allied to Al-Qaeda
:17:05. > :17:11.and sees much of the Sahara desert region in the north, destroying
:17:11. > :17:16.ancient shrines in Timbuktu. Half a million people displaced by the
:17:16. > :17:18.wall in camps inside and outside of the country now face a bleak future.
:17:18. > :17:21.In America, the Republican candidate for Vice President, Paul
:17:21. > :17:25.Ryan, has promised a turnaround for America if he and Mitt Romney win
:17:25. > :17:28.the race for the White House. He told the party's convention in
:17:28. > :17:31.Florida that a new administration would create 12 million new jobs in
:17:31. > :17:41.four years and hold down public spending - something he accused
:17:41. > :17:49.
:17:50. > :17:57.President Obama of not doing enough Businessman, Governor,
:17:57. > :18:02.troubleshooter, has burnt. The CV is well known. -- husband. Who is
:18:02. > :18:08.Mitt Romney and what does he stand for? On the second night of this
:18:08. > :18:14.convention, it fell to his youthful running mate to provide an answer.
:18:14. > :18:21.The man is prayerful and a face full and honourable. Not only a
:18:21. > :18:29.defender of marriage, he offers an example of marriage at its best. A
:18:29. > :18:34.fine businessman and a fine man. After four years of getting a
:18:34. > :18:42.runaround, America needs a turnaround. The man for the job is
:18:42. > :18:49.Mitt Romney. Tampa this week is a curious mix. The convention and the
:18:49. > :18:57.less conventional. We canvassed voters in Ybor City. What comes
:18:57. > :19:06.into your mind when I say Mitt Romney? I am unsure. Why are you
:19:06. > :19:12.unsure? Nobody gives me information I want. The stuff I'm hearing his
:19:13. > :19:18.rhetoric. I do not think he is very genuine. If he were more genuine...
:19:18. > :19:24.He is saying what the people want him to say. I do not think he is
:19:24. > :19:31.for the common people. So out the summer, Mitt Romney has been
:19:31. > :19:41.defined by his opponents. He is painted as a heartless, out of
:19:41. > :19:46.touch tycoon. -- Obama is painted. On that stage, Mitt Romney will
:19:46. > :19:51.have his best chance - perhaps his last chance - to define himself on
:19:51. > :19:56.his own terms. He will be speaking to the partisan audience in this
:19:56. > :20:06.court and millions of Americans back home. In two months' time,
:20:06. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:14.they will decide his fate. The people of New Orleans are breathing
:20:14. > :20:17.a sigh of relief as Hurricane Isaac was downgraded to a tropical storm.
:20:17. > :20:27.One person has been killed and some parts of the state are suffering
:20:27. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:33.Hurricane Isaac battered New Orleans. Seven years to the days
:20:33. > :20:38.since could -- Hurricane Katrina had devastated the city. It didn't
:20:38. > :20:45.have the same power but dumped a lot more rain. This time the
:20:45. > :20:50.defences held. This time the city centre was not badly hit. It was
:20:50. > :20:57.different outside the protective walls. Dozens of people were
:20:57. > :21:05.trapped, after water float and quickly inundated homes. Many had
:21:06. > :21:15.to be rescued from their attics, or plucked from the rooftops. It went
:21:15. > :21:21.through the ceiling and through the attic. We went into the boat. It is
:21:21. > :21:25.very bad. Conditions are still appalling. We have driven half an
:21:25. > :21:33.hour from the centre of New Orleans to the community which has been
:21:33. > :21:41.worst affected. It has 2000 people. It fell the wrong side of the flood
:21:41. > :21:46.defence wall. When the storm hit, the water flooded over the top. The
:21:46. > :21:51.level is the level of people's houses. They had to be rescued. The
:21:51. > :21:57.force of the hurricane was felt all the way along this section of the
:21:57. > :22:01.Gold Coast. Winds battered the shore. With the rain is still
:22:01. > :22:08.falling and a high winds rattling the region for a second night, the
:22:08. > :22:11.full extent of the impact is still not certain. A gunman dressed in
:22:11. > :22:14.Afghan Army uniform has shot dead three Australian members of the
:22:14. > :22:17.NATO-led force in Afghanistan. Two other soldiers were wounded. The
:22:17. > :22:20.Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said it was the country's
:22:20. > :22:30.single worst day in Afghanistan and the news would feel like a physical
:22:30. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:33.A US astronaut is due to carry out a space walk on the International
:22:33. > :22:37.Space Station in the next few minutes - the first by an American
:22:37. > :22:42.since the end of the shuttle programme last summer. As these
:22:42. > :22:45.things go, it is a relatively routine job. But, with the death of
:22:45. > :22:48.Neil Armstrong reminding the world of past space triumphs, and with a
:22:48. > :22:51.NASA robot currently roaming around Mars, some in the scientific
:22:51. > :22:53.community are questioning whether more than a decade of research on
:22:53. > :23:03.the international space station has been worth the $100 billion price
:23:03. > :23:10.
:23:10. > :23:18.Big hacks for the new crew of the International Space Station. They
:23:18. > :23:22.are ready to get on with the job it was designed for. A project
:23:22. > :23:27.involving 15 countries. Its launch was supposed to mark a new
:23:27. > :23:34.collaborative era in human spaceflight. Within a few years,
:23:34. > :23:39.the brighter start ever will appear in the sky. It will be a sign of
:23:39. > :23:46.hope. All these nations are coming together to utilise technology.
:23:46. > :23:50.Here is the result. An orbiting laboratory the size of a football
:23:50. > :23:55.pitch. What has it been for? On board our experiments to test how
:23:55. > :24:00.materials and living organisms behave when that is no gravity. A
:24:00. > :24:05.particle detector analyses cosmic rays, to discover mysterious dark
:24:05. > :24:11.matter particles. The engineering expertise gained will enable
:24:11. > :24:16.astronauts to build space craft and hotels in space. The floating
:24:16. > :24:22.around, the view, it is wonderful. On the downside, it is tough to
:24:22. > :24:26.sleep. You cannot taste much. Your taste buds get affected by the
:24:26. > :24:34.fluid in your logic -- in your body which moves north. Everything
:24:34. > :24:40.tastes like blotting paper or cardboard. One small step for man...
:24:40. > :24:44.Of ever since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, many thought
:24:44. > :24:48.humanity would one day learn to live and work in space. The space
:24:48. > :24:53.station was supposed to be a staging post, from which we would
:24:53. > :24:59.build bases on the moon and maybe push on to Mars. Since the heady
:24:59. > :25:03.days of the Apollo missions, things have been scaled back. The Space
:25:03. > :25:08.Station is a hugely significant enterprise. I would like to think
:25:08. > :25:11.it is still the staging post to further exploration of the solar
:25:11. > :25:18.system. The Curiosity rover and memories of Neil Armstrong have
:25:18. > :25:27.revived interest at exploring the red planet. It is hoped that one
:25:27. > :25:30.day and asked a novel set foot on Mars. -- an astronaut. More now on
:25:31. > :25:33.the Paralympics. And one of the differences in this Games is that
:25:33. > :25:36.people with learning difficulties will be taking part for the first
:25:37. > :25:39.time in 12 years. The category was banned after the Games in Sydney
:25:39. > :25:41.when it emerged that the Spanish basketball team had lied about
:25:42. > :25:50.their disabilities. This time, 120 athletes with learning disabilities
:25:50. > :25:54.from 34 countries will be taking part. Victoria Bromley, table
:25:54. > :25:59.tennis Paralympian. She has a learning disability. She is
:25:59. > :26:05.classified to compete in London because of that. For the
:26:05. > :26:12.Paralympics, it is a big step. For her, it is a huge opportunity.
:26:12. > :26:17.have to do reading and writing, I struggle. I sit there and go, I
:26:17. > :26:23.cannot do it. This sport means a lot to me. It is something I know I
:26:23. > :26:30.am good at. This is where Victoria Bromley will compete in the table
:26:30. > :26:36.tennis. There will be a few learning disabled and athletes in
:26:36. > :26:42.swimming and athletics as well. 12 years ago, the Spanish basketball
:26:42. > :26:46.team won the learning disability competition. Most of their players
:26:46. > :26:51.were not disabled at all. They were stripped of the gold and the policy
:26:51. > :26:56.changed. Since then there has been a fight for recognition. They are
:26:56. > :27:02.represented by the Special Olympics. There was a World Games last year.
:27:02. > :27:05.No lottery funding. Being part of the Paralympics is progress. There
:27:05. > :27:11.are 1.2 million people in this country with a learning disability.
:27:11. > :27:15.We cater for 8000 of those. Even if another 1000 learning disabled
:27:15. > :27:20.athletes come on board, with the aim of taking part in sport and
:27:20. > :27:27.perhaps, when they get into the Paralympics, that will be fantastic.
:27:27. > :27:31.For many were such disabilities, the goal is just to participate in
:27:31. > :27:37.sport. At the Paralympics, Victoria Bromley can show the world she is
:27:37. > :27:42.an elite athlete. Finding a message in a bottle is one of the great sea
:27:42. > :27:47.faring stories. And now it has a new twist, after the skipper of a
:27:47. > :27:50.Scottish fishing boat found one, 98 years after it was released. It is
:27:50. > :27:54.a new world record and here is Andrew Leaper with his discovery -
:27:54. > :28:00.one of nearly 2,000 released in 1914 as part of an experiment to
:28:00. > :28:02.map the currents around Scotland. What is more amazing is that the
:28:02. > :28:12.bottle which held the previous record was found by the same
:28:12. > :28:17.
:28:17. > :28:23.Now for the weather. It is hit and mess. The heavy showers are
:28:23. > :28:28.gradually fading away. They started across the north-west. Some
:28:28. > :28:36.torrential downpours this morning. They are heading their way into
:28:36. > :28:45.East Anglia. Away from here, it will be cool. The winds are north-
:28:45. > :28:48.westerly. That brings in cooler conditions. Winds could gust up to
:28:48. > :28:54.gale force later this afternoon. For the rest of the day, in
:28:54. > :28:58.Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, the skies will be brighter but it will
:28:58. > :29:02.be disappointingly cool. Temperatures around 15 degrees.
:29:02. > :29:09.Through the Midlands and central southern England, we could see some
:29:09. > :29:14.scattered showers in the afternoon. In south-west England and Wales,
:29:14. > :29:20.bright and dry this afternoon. The north-westerly wind is being - as a
:29:20. > :29:27.be feeding in the cooler air. Largely dry in Northern Ireland. --
:29:27. > :29:33.is feeding in the cooler air. It will be largely dry in Scotland. It
:29:33. > :29:40.will feel caught in the winds. The showers will go this evening and
:29:40. > :29:47.the winds will ease off. Overnight, just look at the temperatures.
:29:47. > :29:53.Maybe nine degrees. In the more rural areas, there could be a touch
:29:53. > :29:59.of frost. A chilly start for some tomorrow morning. There will be
:29:59. > :30:04.sunshine first thing. From the West, a weather system will bring more
:30:04. > :30:09.cloud. Damp and drizzly through wires and the south-west. As we
:30:09. > :30:15.head into the weekend, we are hoping that high pressure will
:30:15. > :30:21.build. It is not very successful. In the North on Saturday, this
:30:21. > :30:26.weather front will move in. It to be cloudy, wet and windy. Further
:30:26. > :30:31.south, not too bad when the sunshine comes out. On Saturday
:30:31. > :30:37.night, we will see the weather systems slowly sinking southwards.
:30:37. > :30:43.It will introduce a lot more cloud in southern areas of England. More
:30:43. > :30:48.patchy rain. Towards the end of the weekend there will be more sunshine.
:30:48. > :30:54.Temperatures into the low twenties. It is hit and miss for many areas
:30:54. > :30:58.at the weekend. It is the end of summer and the end of August. If
:30:58. > :31:08.you would like more information come at you can find out more