:00:05. > :00:11.Thousands of people, including hundreds of Britons, are ordered to
:00:11. > :00:13.leave their homes as forest fires rage in southern Spain. Hundreds of
:00:13. > :00:18.firefighters are battling the flames to stop them reaching the
:00:18. > :00:24.tourist centre of Marbella. could literally hear the crackling.
:00:24. > :00:27.That's how close it was. And the heat picked up. And the wind and
:00:27. > :00:30.the ash was everywhere. Battle of the billionaires. The
:00:30. > :00:33.Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich wins his court fight against a former
:00:33. > :00:36.business partner who had accused him of blackmail.
:00:36. > :00:43.On day two of the Paralympics, it's a silver for cyclists Aileen
:00:44. > :00:46.McGlynn and Helen Scott in the visually impaired tandem time trial.
:00:47. > :00:52.And as the athletics gets under way, Aled Davies wins Paralympics GB's
:00:52. > :00:56.first medal in the Olympic stadium. It's bronze in the shotput.
:00:56. > :01:06.Questions over the grading of some English GSCE papers. The exams
:01:06. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.regulator will provide some answers In the sport on the BBC News
:01:11. > :01:21.Channel, is the transfer deadline day with Liverpool agreeing to sell
:01:21. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:35.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Wildfires in
:01:35. > :01:39.southern Spain have forced thousands of people to flee their
:01:39. > :01:41.homes and hotels on the Costa del Sol. Hundreds of Britons, ex-
:01:41. > :01:44.patriots and tourists, have also been moved as firefighters battle
:01:44. > :01:51.the flames which are being driven by strong winds towards the town of
:01:51. > :01:55.Marbella. The Foreign Office is warning holidaymakers to check with
:01:55. > :01:57.their airlines and travel companies for the latest advice. Parts of
:01:57. > :02:01.Spain have had an especially dry summer, with Catalonia and the
:02:01. > :02:11.Canary Islands also suffering wildfires this year. Our world
:02:11. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:15.affairs correspondent Mike The wild fire burned out of control
:02:15. > :02:22.throughout the night. Across a seven mile front. Roaring through a
:02:22. > :02:25.large swathe of Forest pushed on by a hot, dry wind. Spain is
:02:25. > :02:31.experiencing its worst wild fires in a decade after an unusually dry
:02:31. > :02:39.winter. This one, though, just inland from of the country's most
:02:39. > :02:46.popular holiday regions, and in an area where many experts have homes.
:02:46. > :02:50.As firefighters battled to bring it under control, people rushed to get
:02:50. > :02:56.themselves, and in this case, a threatened donkey, too, out of
:02:56. > :03:01.harm's way. For these people, refuge in a restaurant, but the
:03:01. > :03:06.shock and uncertainty about the fate of their homes. I know nothing,
:03:06. > :03:10.I don't know if my house is still there or not, this woman says. I
:03:10. > :03:14.knew there was a fire but we were not aware of the magnitude, says
:03:14. > :03:19.this woman. If we did not expect it. At least 300 British people were
:03:20. > :03:24.among those moved to public facilities. British consular staff
:03:24. > :03:29.are helping those who have been affected. Kimberley has a holiday
:03:29. > :03:34.home in Marbella. It was terrifying at the time it because you could
:03:34. > :03:40.hear the crackling. That's how close it was. The wind and the ash
:03:40. > :03:46.was everywhere. The exit we were taking, as well, when we went down
:03:46. > :03:51.the mountain, there was massive Amber's coming across the road. It
:03:51. > :03:55.was something I have never seen before. Today, helicopters had been
:03:55. > :03:59.dropping water on the wild by to support the firefighters on the
:03:59. > :04:02.ground. At least now, they have improved weather conditions on the
:04:02. > :04:06.side. Sara Hesketh from Wigan is on the
:04:06. > :04:11.last day of her holiday in a resort near Marbella. She is among those
:04:11. > :04:15.who have had to leave their hotels. She joins me on the line now. The
:04:15. > :04:22.footage looks very dramatic indeed. What sort of the night did you
:04:23. > :04:27.have? We were evacuated and put up in a church. We didn't know what
:04:27. > :04:30.was happening. We didn't know whether the apartment was still
:04:30. > :04:37.standing. There were flames everywhere, people sleeping on the
:04:37. > :04:42.floor in the church, with children under blankets. The sky was just
:04:42. > :04:46.read and everywhere you looked there were flames everywhere. The
:04:46. > :04:51.smell and the stench, smouldering, everywhere is just black and grey.
:04:51. > :04:57.It was quite a frightening thought, last night, but we didn't know
:04:57. > :05:02.whether what was happening. We were stood in our own clothes and do
:05:02. > :05:07.know what was going to happen today. What help and support are you
:05:07. > :05:12.getting in terms of travel? But the moment, because we have done a
:05:12. > :05:18.privately, we just need to try to get in touch with our airline and
:05:18. > :05:22.find out whether these flights are still booked for today. Apparently,
:05:22. > :05:26.my friend spoke to somebody who said the traffic is bad getting
:05:26. > :05:30.into the city, but we don't know whether the flights are cancelled.
:05:30. > :05:38.The helicopters have stopped going over now with water and the sky
:05:38. > :05:43.seems to be clearing up now, and we have got coughs with the smoke. And
:05:43. > :05:47.we are exhausted because none of us have had any sleep. We're just
:05:47. > :05:54.waiting now to go home, really. wish you all the best and thank you
:05:54. > :05:57.very much for joining us. The billionaire owner of Chelsea
:05:57. > :05:59.football club, Roman Abramovich, has won his long running legal
:05:59. > :06:02.battle with his fellow Russian, the business tycoon Boris Berezovsky. A
:06:02. > :06:05.judge ruled this morning that Mr Abramovich is not liable to pay
:06:05. > :06:08.billions of dollars in compensation in a dispute over the sale of
:06:09. > :06:16.shares in a Russian oil company. Our diplomatic correspondent
:06:16. > :06:25.Bridget Kendall reports. Arriving for the ruling today, the
:06:25. > :06:30.claimant, Boris Berezovsky,. Do you think you will win this case?
:06:30. > :06:36.believe in the system. political power-broker is now in
:06:36. > :06:40.London, an outspoken Kremlin critic. His claim is he'd been cheated out
:06:40. > :06:44.billions of pounds in a deal with another Russian oligarch, the
:06:44. > :06:48.Chelsea football club owner, Roman Abramovich. Who gave evidence
:06:48. > :06:53.during the trial which ended in January, but he was not there this
:06:53. > :06:57.morning for his victory. The judge was scathing in her criticism of
:06:57. > :07:01.Boris Berezovsky and said it was up to him to prove his claims and yet,
:07:01. > :07:07.she found his evidence inconsistent, exaggerated and, at times,
:07:07. > :07:12.incredible. In court, Boris Berezovsky listened stony-faced,
:07:12. > :07:16.his chin on his hands, but when she dismissed his claim, he looked
:07:16. > :07:20.around and laughed, as though, incredulous, she did not believe
:07:20. > :07:26.him. They used to be friends but when that repeating came to power,
:07:26. > :07:32.they parted company. Roman Abramovich, worth �7.6 billion, now
:07:32. > :07:36.owns Chelsea, and is close to Vladimir Putin. Boris Berezovsky,
:07:36. > :07:42.worth rather less, it's thought, at �500 million, fell out with
:07:42. > :07:45.Vladimir Putin and one political so asylum in it Britain. Boris
:07:45. > :07:53.Berezovsky's accusation is that Roman Abramovich forced him to sell
:07:53. > :07:57.of oil shares cheap. Roman Abramovich said was a fabrication.
:07:57. > :08:00.Boris Berezovsky, he said, had been his political godfather for a time
:08:00. > :08:05.but that arrangement had ended. Outside the court this morning,
:08:05. > :08:10.Boris Berezovsky, once so confident in the British courts system,
:08:10. > :08:20.admitted he was flabbergasted. I'm absolutely amazed what happened
:08:20. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:27.today. Particularly because Lady Gloucester took up responsibility
:08:27. > :08:30.to be right Russian history. But despite the ruling against him,
:08:30. > :08:35.Boris Berezovsky said he did not regret bringing the case. Whether
:08:35. > :08:38.he will try to appeal, he said, was a matter for his lawyers.
:08:38. > :08:44.Paralympics GB have continued their success on day two of the Games,
:08:44. > :08:47.with a silver for the cyclist, Aileen McGlynn. She and her pilot
:08:47. > :08:50.rider Helen Scott were just beaten by Australia in the women's blind
:08:50. > :08:57.and visually impaired one kilometre time-trial at the velodrome. James
:08:57. > :09:04.Pearce reports. Aileen McGlynn has been partially
:09:05. > :09:09.sighted since birth. For this event, cyclists ride tandem, with a pilot
:09:09. > :09:14.at the front. This was a one, to tiled trial, a race against the
:09:14. > :09:18.clock. Aileen McGlynn won this event in Athens and Beijing and the
:09:18. > :09:20.time it was close to the world record. No celebrations yet. They
:09:20. > :09:26.have taken the lead but the Australian world champions were
:09:26. > :09:31.still to go. There is a D Johnson timed his run perfectly. Here were
:09:31. > :09:41.the new power would be champion. -- Felicity Johnson. Over at the
:09:41. > :09:41.
:09:41. > :09:45.Aquatics Centre, has a good rivalry growing. We have the Hind brothers.
:09:45. > :09:50.Samuel has a degenerative condition in his legs but the world champion.
:09:50. > :09:53.The 400 metres freestyle and he won his heat in this evening's final. A
:09:53. > :09:57.race, we will see a familiar face, his younger brother, has also
:09:57. > :10:01.qualified. The athletics are under way with
:10:01. > :10:04.high hopes for Paralympics GB. Aled Davies has won the team's first
:10:04. > :10:07.medal in the Olympic stadium with bronze in the shotput, going one
:10:07. > :10:15.better than his fourth place in Beijing. Our sports correspondent
:10:15. > :10:19.Andy Swiss reports. Blue skies and bumper crowds at the
:10:19. > :10:24.Olympic Stadium. 80,000 fans basking in the sunshine. Perfect
:10:24. > :10:28.conditions for the first morning of the athletics. So, will the home
:10:28. > :10:31.supporters have plenty to cheer? One of the first in action was
:10:31. > :10:35.Shelly Woods, bronze medallist four years ago, a need to qualify for
:10:35. > :10:42.the final of the 5,000 metres. By finishing third, she did precisely
:10:42. > :10:45.that. Job done. There were other impressive performances. Eighteen-
:10:45. > :10:49.year-old Rees-Jones said a personal best in the heats of his 200 metres
:10:49. > :10:54.event. But there were disappointments, too. Stephen
:10:54. > :10:57.Miller, with cerebral palsy, was aiming for a 4th Paralympic gold in
:10:57. > :11:05.the club throwing but finished out of the medals. There was better
:11:05. > :11:08.news, though, for Hanna Cockroft, who became the first athlete to set
:11:08. > :11:14.a world record inside the Olympic Stadium and she charged into
:11:14. > :11:18.tonight's final of the 100 metres in stunning style. And, best of all,
:11:19. > :11:23.a British medal, 21-year-old Aled Davies taking bronze in the shot
:11:23. > :11:27.put. Britain's athletes already flying the flag.
:11:27. > :11:33.Well, let's have a look at the medals table so far. China are top.
:11:33. > :11:36.Their team collected six golds on the opening day. -- seven gold.
:11:36. > :11:39.Australia are in second place having added gold this morning in
:11:39. > :11:42.the velodrome. Ukraine have replaced Great Britain in third.
:11:42. > :11:46.Russia, with three golds, now go fourth, leaving Great Britain in
:11:46. > :11:49.fifth with two more medals so far today. Silver from Aileen McGlynn
:11:50. > :11:54.and Helen Scott in the cycling and bronze from Aled Davies in the
:11:54. > :12:00.shotput. Well, we can speak to our correspondent James Pearce now.
:12:00. > :12:05.What's your assessment of day two? Well, the weather, of course, is
:12:05. > :12:08.bringing out bumper crowds. There are some exciting action still to
:12:08. > :12:13.come and plenty more British medals balls that we should mention in
:12:13. > :12:16.particular, Mark cauldron. Three years ago, he broke his back in a
:12:16. > :12:21.paragliding accident and before that he used to play volleyball for
:12:21. > :12:25.Wales. Yesterday, he became the first medallist of his games with a
:12:25. > :12:31.silver. He has qualified for this afternoon's final of the individual
:12:31. > :12:35.pursuit, over three quarters, and his seven seconds inside his own
:12:35. > :12:39.world record so, by doing that, having such a commanding
:12:39. > :12:47.performance in qualifying, he looks set for a gold medal this afternoon.
:12:47. > :12:52.What we can look forward to later today? The Velodrome is a place to
:12:52. > :12:56.be. Jody Cundy has won five Paralympic gold medals in the past.
:12:56. > :13:00.Three as a slimmer, two as a cyclist, and is going for his third
:13:00. > :13:04.cycling gold medal in the one that, to time-trial. He is the defending
:13:04. > :13:14.champion and will be the favourite for that. Also look out for
:13:14. > :13:17.Stefanie Milbourne. She has beaten the Paralympic swimming legend. She
:13:17. > :13:21.has been beaten in the qualifying for this evening's 100 metres
:13:21. > :13:24.backstroke final. James, thank you. England's exams watchdog, Ofqual,
:13:24. > :13:27.is due to publish the results of an initial investigation into this
:13:27. > :13:32.year's GCSE results this afternoon. Thousands of students didn't get
:13:32. > :13:35.the grades they had expected. Head teachers urged the exams regulator
:13:35. > :13:39.to investigate when it was revealed that grade boundaries for the exams
:13:39. > :13:48.were changed part way through the year. Our correspondent Chris
:13:48. > :13:52.Buckler reports. One week ago there were scenes of
:13:52. > :13:57.celebration but it was a day of despair for others. With claims
:13:57. > :14:00.that the results of GCSE English simply were not fair. The
:14:00. > :14:05.suggestion was the grade boundaries had been moved halfway through the
:14:05. > :14:09.school year. Meaning pupils who would have got a C grade in January
:14:09. > :14:14.ended up with a D grade. Head teachers have been leading the
:14:14. > :14:17.campaign to get the grades changed. We need is resolving as quickly as
:14:17. > :14:23.possible because we have students have lost out on vocational
:14:23. > :14:27.programmes, A-level programmes and, of course, apprenticeships as well.
:14:27. > :14:31.The exams regulator in England warned exam board is against grade
:14:31. > :14:36.inflation and this year for the first time in history of GCSEs, the
:14:36. > :14:41.percentage of top grades fell. But Ofqual is having to investigate if
:14:41. > :14:46.how that was achieved was fair. Sheridan is a student affected. He
:14:46. > :14:51.was expected to get a grade C but a great deal means he's in danger of
:14:51. > :15:00.losing his apprenticeship he fought hard to get. I was hoping to start
:15:00. > :15:06.on Monday, but that's not going to happen now. This week is one of the
:15:06. > :15:10.worst in my life, honestly. I feel sick. And there's no answers to it.
:15:10. > :15:15.How can they impact on somebody's life this majorly? For more than
:15:15. > :15:20.two decades, year on year GCSE results had been improving. Help,
:15:20. > :15:24.in part, by the introduction of the modular system which allows pupils
:15:24. > :15:29.to resit different parts of their examination at different times.
:15:29. > :15:33.That system is being phased out in England although modules will
:15:33. > :15:37.remain in Northern Ireland while, in Wales, the whole GCSE
:15:37. > :15:40.examination it is currently under review. After a row which has
:15:40. > :15:50.overshadowed this year's results, the regulator knows its performance,
:15:50. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :15:56.not just the pupils, will be under Our top story this lunch time:
:15:56. > :16:00.Thousands of people including hundreds of Britons have been
:16:00. > :16:03.ordered to believe their homes as forest fires rage in southern Spain.
:16:03. > :16:09.Firefighters are battling the flames to stop them reaching the
:16:09. > :16:12.tourist centre of Marbella. Coming up: Mitt Romney promises
:16:12. > :16:16.Americans he'll revive the economy and create millions of jobs. But,
:16:16. > :16:23.is it enough to put him in the White House?
:16:23. > :16:27.Later on BBC London: How Surrey's feeling the aftereffects of Olympic
:16:27. > :16:37.cycling success. And turning over a new leaf. Gavin Henson talks about
:16:37. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:40.leaving reality TV behind him and focusing on new team, London Welsh.
:16:40. > :16:44.Squatting in residential properties will become a criminal offence in
:16:44. > :16:48.England and Wales from tomorrow. Those convicted could face six
:16:48. > :16:53.months in prison, a fine of up to �5,000 or both.
:16:53. > :16:56.Campaigners for the homeless fear the new law could be abused by
:16:56. > :17:00.unscrupulous landlords. The Government says the change will
:17:00. > :17:06.give more protection to homeowners. John Maguire reports.
:17:06. > :17:10.I came home from hospital where I'd been treated and was put up by my
:17:10. > :17:15.partner. Hugh Whittle regularly checked his house in London was
:17:15. > :17:20.secure but one day returned to find it occupied by squatters.
:17:20. > :17:27.It was horrifying. Just going through three or four months it
:17:27. > :17:32.took to get them out was costing me in stress and cost in money as well,
:17:32. > :17:36.of course, lost rent and the property did actually become worse
:17:36. > :17:41.in its condition which meant that we had to pay builders more.
:17:41. > :17:46.The police were called but officers said it was a civil matter. But no
:17:46. > :17:49.longer. The law is now changing. We want to make it absolutely clear
:17:49. > :17:53.that squatting is illegal, you are criminally liable and response
:17:53. > :18:00.wribl for anything that happens in someone's home whilst you take it
:18:00. > :18:04.over -- responsible. It shouldn't be a grave area of a civil or
:18:04. > :18:07.criminal offence, it will now be a clear criminal offence.
:18:07. > :18:11.An offence which some charities believe may criminalise certain
:18:11. > :18:14.homeless people and will do nothing to tackle the underlying shortage
:18:14. > :18:22.of housing. At this property in Birmingham,
:18:22. > :18:26.squatters say they're making good use of an otherwise empty council-
:18:26. > :18:32.opened house and campaign groups argue it will mean more people
:18:32. > :18:40.sleeping rough on the streets -- council-owned. It's a waste of
:18:40. > :18:43.council tax payers' money. We should tackle the housing crisis
:18:43. > :18:48.and not criminalise vulnerable people in the society. The law will
:18:48. > :18:53.apply in England and Wales and so far concerns just residential
:18:53. > :18:59.property. The Government's aim, an tend to the squatting problem. But
:18:59. > :19:04.those opposed argue it will just make matters worse.
:19:04. > :19:11.An inquest has opened into the deaths of Roger and tilly Lamb who
:19:11. > :19:15.died in spralt incidents whale on holiday in Morocco last year. --
:19:15. > :19:19.separate incidents. Remind us of the background to this, Louise
:19:19. > :19:22.Hubball? Tilly and Roger died within days of
:19:22. > :19:29.each other while own holiday in Morocco with their children. The
:19:29. > :19:39.inquest heard from Tilly's sister who described the marriage as
:19:39. > :19:42.
:19:42. > :19:45.turbulent. Mr Lamb had been offered a job at New Zealand. He had been
:19:45. > :19:50.prescribed antidepressants and aired concerns about his marriage
:19:50. > :19:55.and finances. On holiday, the family seemed relaxed and happy.
:19:55. > :20:01.One night at their apartment, there was banging on the front door. It
:20:01. > :20:07.was Ramadan. Tilly Lamb described as adventurous by the court put one
:20:08. > :20:11.foot on the sofa and one on the bannister to tell the people to
:20:11. > :20:15.keep quiet. She lost her balance and fell 60 feet on to the street
:20:15. > :20:20.below. Within 24 hours the or nor was told, her husband jumped into
:20:20. > :20:24.the sea with a rucksack full of rocks but was rescueded and then
:20:24. > :20:29.after the family moved to a nearby hotel, Roger Lamb fell down a
:20:29. > :20:35.staircase and litter died in hospital. We are expecting a
:20:35. > :20:38.verdict here this afternoon. Thank you. Ulster Bank which is
:20:38. > :20:41.part of the RBS Group has announced compensation for customers who
:20:41. > :20:45.couldn't access their money because of computer problems earlier
:20:45. > :20:49.thisier. Many customers received �20 this morning while others will
:20:49. > :20:53.receive more in out-of-pocket expenses. It's thought the maximum
:20:53. > :20:57.compensation will be around �100. Our correspondent, Andy Martin,
:20:57. > :21:02.sent this report. It was supposed to be a simple
:21:02. > :21:06.software update but caused weeks of frustration. Every day, customers
:21:06. > :21:10.like these turned up at the bank to try to find out where their money
:21:10. > :21:14.was. I feel disgusted for the fact they have not got a clue what's
:21:14. > :21:16.gone on. The money's going left, right and centre, God knows where.
:21:16. > :21:22.Banks within the RBS Group quickly cleared the problem in Scotland,
:21:22. > :21:25.England and Wales, but many of its Ulster Bank customers in Northern
:21:26. > :21:30.Ireland and the Irish Republic couldn't get at their own money,
:21:30. > :21:35.pay bills or honour direct debits. Today, ten weeks after the
:21:35. > :21:40.breakdown, Ulster Bank tried to put it right. We are waives fees for up
:21:41. > :21:44.to three months for customers. We are also paying an extra quarter of
:21:44. > :21:48.a% on deposits. We are making a payment of �20 to customer who is
:21:48. > :21:52.had to come to the branch more often than normal during the
:21:52. > :21:56.incident. On top of that, for customers who've had out-of-pocket
:21:56. > :22:01.expenses we are paying an additional 20%, up to �100. It's
:22:02. > :22:06.nowhere near enough for many. Donagh McGovern's convenience store
:22:06. > :22:10.has been particularly invoonsed. He's raised issues with the bank
:22:10. > :22:14.consistently over the past two months and is no happier today --
:22:14. > :22:19.inconvenienced. Shambles - one word. No customer service approach from
:22:19. > :22:21.the bank at all. It's very, very, very poor. If I treated my
:22:21. > :22:26.customers that way, I would be out of business tomorrow. There are
:22:26. > :22:30.people who say accounts are still not back to normal. This
:22:30. > :22:34.compensation scheme will cost Ulster Bank tens of millions of
:22:34. > :22:41.pounds, but countless more in terms of the customer who is say they are
:22:41. > :22:45.now determined to take their business elsewhere.
:22:45. > :22:48.Mitt Romney's pledged to restore the promise of America and to unite
:22:48. > :22:51.the country if he's elected President.
:22:51. > :22:55.He's told the Republican National Convention it's time to put the
:22:55. > :22:58.disappointments of the past four years aside, accepting his
:22:58. > :23:05.nomination at the party's convention in Florida he vowed to
:23:05. > :23:09.resue the country's economy and create 12 million jobs -- rescue.
:23:09. > :23:12.Our correspondent Steve Kingston is in Tampa with more for us.
:23:12. > :23:16.Mitt Romney was seen by a TV audience last night that ran into
:23:16. > :23:20.the tens of millions, including people tuning in for the first time
:23:20. > :23:29.to the election campaign. His challenge was to define himself, to
:23:29. > :23:32.tell America who he is. Show time. For a businessman turned
:23:32. > :23:36.politician promising to turn this country around. With millions
:23:36. > :23:40.watching Mitt Romney at home, he called ford the sales pitch of his
:23:40. > :23:45.life. Mr Americans have given up on this President, but they have never
:23:45. > :23:50.thought about giving up. Not in themselves, not on each other and
:23:50. > :23:52.not on America. What is needed in our country today is not
:23:52. > :23:55.complicated or profound. It doesn't take a special Government
:23:56. > :24:00.commission to tell us what America needs.
:24:00. > :24:05.What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs.
:24:05. > :24:09.As ever, he looked the part. This was really about a challenger
:24:09. > :24:12.finding his voice. Articulating why he believes America needs a change
:24:12. > :24:21.of direction. I wish President Obama succeeded because I want
:24:21. > :24:23.America to succeed. But his promises gave way to kiss
:24:23. > :24:29.appointment and division -- disappointment. Now is the moment
:24:29. > :24:33.when we can stand up and say, I'm an American, I make my destiny, we
:24:33. > :24:40.deserve better, my children and family and country deserves better.
:24:40. > :24:45.At times it got deeply personal as this normally reserved man opened
:24:45. > :24:49.up about faith and family. Every day dad gave mom a rose which he
:24:49. > :24:53.put on her bedside table that.'s how she found out what happened on
:24:53. > :24:59.the day my father died. She went looking for him because that
:24:59. > :25:05.morning there was no rose. My mom and dad were true partners.
:25:05. > :25:09.Then the closing arguments, that Barack Obama's bowed to America's
:25:09. > :25:14.foes, added trillions to the debt and failed the middle class.
:25:14. > :25:19.promise is to help you and your family.
:25:19. > :25:22.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That future is our destiny, that
:25:22. > :25:26.future is out there, it is waiting for us, our children deserve it.
:25:26. > :25:32.Our nation depends on it. The peace and freedom of the world require it
:25:32. > :25:37.and with your help we will deliver it. Let us begin that future for
:25:37. > :25:41.America tonight. Mitt Romney there. The consensus
:25:41. > :25:46.this morning peoples to be good speech, perhaps not a great speech,
:25:46. > :25:48.he was a little nervous at the beginning and was heckled. As you
:25:49. > :25:52.saw there, he certainly found his stride. In the the hall they loved
:25:52. > :25:55.it. What matters is Americans back home thought. Mitt Romney came here
:25:55. > :25:59.looking for what they call the convention bounce in the polls and
:25:59. > :26:04.there is some evidence that he's getting that. One opinion poll
:26:04. > :26:08.published in the last 24 hours gives him a 4% percentage lead over
:26:08. > :26:10.Barack Obama. That's to be expected and it could change next week when
:26:10. > :26:15.we have the democratic convention. The President will have his moment
:26:15. > :26:18.in the spotlight then. No doubt we'll speak to you then.
:26:18. > :26:21.Thank you very much. It's not necessarily a subject we
:26:21. > :26:26.might like to spend too much time thinking about. The place where we
:26:26. > :26:30.or our loved ones will be buried. But, new research shows that
:26:30. > :26:33.instead of crematoriums or grave yards, more people are opting for
:26:33. > :26:37.woodland burials. For some it's because of environmental concerns
:26:37. > :26:40.and also to reduce costs. There are 300 natural burial sites in Britain
:26:40. > :26:45.and our correspondent Danny Savage has been to visit one which is
:26:45. > :26:51.about to open in Durham. A small woodland on the outskirts
:26:51. > :26:55.of Durham. The latest location to be changed into a natural burial
:26:55. > :26:59.site. Research suggests being buried in a natural site in a
:26:59. > :27:04.biodegradable coffin is more popular than ever in Britain. In
:27:04. > :27:08.years to come, Helen Rutland wants to be laid to rest here. A decision
:27:08. > :27:12.made already after considering other options.
:27:12. > :27:16.It's such a lovely place to be to end your days really. My family can
:27:16. > :27:20.come and visit me. They live away, so they wouldn't be able to come
:27:20. > :27:25.and tend a grave, so I would be in this beautiful place and they would
:27:25. > :27:28.be able to visit me whef they could really.
:27:28. > :27:32.Unlike more formal grave yards or cemeteries, there'll be no
:27:32. > :27:35.headstones or markings to indicate where people are buried.
:27:35. > :27:40.Individuals will simply be laid to rest in a glade and relatives will
:27:40. > :27:44.be able to visit to watch the seasons change.
:27:44. > :27:48.The British like nature, they like gardens and garden ser ters and
:27:48. > :27:52.they think of themselves when they are dead as wanting to be in a
:27:53. > :27:56.beautiful place -- centres. They don't want to be in a dry dusty
:27:56. > :28:00.cemetery with rows of reg stones, it's the noise, the plants, the
:28:00. > :28:04.wind, the animals and the trees in the background. It's that dynamic
:28:04. > :28:09.place to go, not a static negative place to go.
:28:09. > :28:14.So a modern trend of rejecting this type of grave and memorial is
:28:14. > :28:20.growing. There are now more than 260 natural
:28:20. > :28:25.burial sites across UK with studies showing that this option appeals to
:28:25. > :28:29.both religious and non-religious people.
:28:29. > :28:33.Certainly gives pause for thought. We'll take you to a pause though
:28:33. > :28:35.with the weather now. Laura is here. with the weather now. Laura is here.
:28:35. > :28:40.That looks very positive. Yes. We should all see some of it
:28:40. > :28:44.this weekend fingers crossed. Many of us saw it this morning. We
:28:44. > :28:47.had clear skies. Boy or boy was it chilly. Temperatures fell so low
:28:47. > :28:53.that we broke some records. As we head into the weekend, things look
:28:53. > :28:57.set to warm up. The satellite picture shows this stream of cloud
:28:57. > :29:01.stretching across the Atlantic. It will bring weather to some of us
:29:01. > :29:06.throughout the weekend. At the moment it's confine to the north-
:29:06. > :29:08.west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, a good deal of
:29:08. > :29:12.sunshine through the rest of the day. The far north-west of England
:29:12. > :29:16.could see some patchy rain later, but for much of Yorkshire, through
:29:16. > :29:20.Lincolnshire, into the Midlands and south-east England, dry and bright
:29:20. > :29:23.and temperatures responding after that chilly start up to 17 or 18
:29:23. > :29:27.degrees. The winds light as we head towards the south-west of England.
:29:27. > :29:30.Again, largely fine, sunny conditions here as we head through
:29:30. > :29:35.the afternoon. For the south-east of Wales, sticking with the
:29:35. > :29:39.sunshine for longest. For the north-west, clouding over, some
:29:39. > :29:43.patchy rain and drizzle arising through the coming hours. Things
:29:43. > :29:46.improving in Northern Ireland, particularly from the west.
:29:46. > :29:50.Glimmers of brightness and damp in the east. Scotland, cloudy,
:29:50. > :29:54.outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Cool where we have no sunshine and
:29:54. > :29:59.heavier rain potentially across the Northern Isles. Tonight, we'll see
:29:59. > :30:08.the weather front sinking south- eastwards. It tends to ease so it's
:30:08. > :30:12.damp and drizzly with a fair bit of hill fog. Temperatures 12-13, much
:30:12. > :30:16.milder than last night. It will be a cloudy start tomorrow for the
:30:16. > :30:19.Paralympic events. Soon warming up with the sunshine for the sailing,
:30:19. > :30:23.a gentle breeze. It's worth pointing out that the UV levels
:30:23. > :30:27.will be moderate for many when the sun comes out into the weekend. For
:30:27. > :30:30.Saturday, we start with the cloud, damp drizzly conditions through the
:30:30. > :30:34.east but then things improve, particularly through England and
:30:34. > :30:38.Wales. Yet again looking largely dry and bright and with more
:30:38. > :30:41.sunshine tomorrow temperatures up to 22, feeling very nice. For the
:30:42. > :30:46.north-west, cloudy again with patchy outbreaks of rain. That's
:30:46. > :30:50.the weather front we saw across the satellite picture sinking its way
:30:50. > :30:54.south-eastwards. It's a reversal of fortunes as we head through the
:30:54. > :30:58.weekend. England and Wales likely to be cloudier by Sunday with some
:30:58. > :31:01.outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Further north, more sunshine around
:31:02. > :31:06.and temperatures again into the low 20s. If you have plans this weekend,
:31:06. > :31:10.you can find the latest online. We have the latest on the forecast for
:31:10. > :31:14.the F 1 and more information about how wet it's been so far this
:31:14. > :31:18.summer. Thank you very much indeed.
:31:18. > :31:22.A reminder of our top story: Thousands of people including