:00:10. > :00:15.The man accused of killing two police officers in Greater
:00:15. > :00:19.Manchester has appeared in court. Dale Cregan is charged with
:00:19. > :00:24.murdering PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone. He's also accused of
:00:24. > :00:29.two other murders and four attempted murders.
:00:29. > :00:33.There have been more violent clashes across the Muslim world in
:00:33. > :00:38.protests about an anti-Islamic film made in the United States.
:00:38. > :00:43.Still heavily in debt - Government borrowing last month hits an August
:00:43. > :00:50.record. The security firm G4S is urged to
:00:50. > :00:54.surrender more than �50 million of its Olympics fee.
:00:55. > :00:59.End of a musical era - the last big British record label will be
:00:59. > :01:01.swallowed up by Universal. Pupils in Lewisham are spearheading
:01:01. > :01:04.a legal challenge to get their GCSE results changed.
:01:04. > :01:14.Lazio fans could face action after alleged racist chants during the
:01:14. > :01:32.
:01:33. > :01:36.Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at One. The man accused of
:01:36. > :01:40.murdering two police officers in Greater Manchester has made his
:01:40. > :01:46.first court appearance before magistrates. 29-year-old Dale
:01:46. > :01:51.Cregan is accused of murdering PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone in
:01:51. > :01:58.a gun and grenade attack on Tuesday. He is accused of two other murders
:01:58. > :02:01.and four attempted murders. Danny Savage is in Manchester.
:02:01. > :02:04.The events here in Greater Manchester on Tuesday were truly
:02:05. > :02:09.shocking. Two unarmed police officers attending what should have
:02:10. > :02:13.been a routine call-out shot dead as they arrived at the scene. Since
:02:13. > :02:23.then, that enquiry has moved on a pace and this morning it came here
:02:23. > :02:27.to the centre of Manchester. Just before 8.00am, a police convoy
:02:27. > :02:32.carrying Dale Cregan swept through the streets of Manchester and into
:02:32. > :02:38.the city's Magistrates' Court. This was a high-security operation,
:02:38. > :02:42.involving many armed officers. At 10.00am, Cregan, who only has one
:02:43. > :02:47.eye, and who has now grown a beard, was brought into Court 16. There
:02:47. > :02:51.were five armed officers in court as well. He spoke only once to
:02:51. > :02:57.confirm his details before being told to sit as the charges were
:02:57. > :03:07.read out. He's accused of murdering four people. In May, Mark Short was
:03:07. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:13.shot dead in the Cotton Tree pub. Then his father, David, was killed.
:03:14. > :03:17.Then on Tuesday, PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes were shot dead in
:03:17. > :03:21.Mottram. There were no relatives of the dead officers in court this
:03:21. > :03:25.morning. But members of Mark and David Short's family were in the
:03:25. > :03:29.Public Gallery and Cregan kept glancing at them. At the scene of
:03:29. > :03:34.the police shootings, forensic work continues. The flowers have been
:03:34. > :03:39.moved to the top of Abbey Gardens where the two PCs died. A campaign
:03:39. > :03:45.to cover shifts for colleagues to attend their funerals is also
:03:45. > :03:50.gathering momentum. Shortly after today's brief court appearance,
:03:50. > :03:55.Dale Cregan was taken away from the city centre magistrates. A few
:03:55. > :04:00.minutes later, the convoy arrived at Strangeways Prison. This is
:04:00. > :04:07.where the 29-year-old will stay until he appears at Manchester
:04:07. > :04:12.Crown Court on Monday morning. So what's the latest on the wider
:04:12. > :04:17.investigation here? Well, police have announced that they have
:04:17. > :04:20.applied for extra time to question a 28-year-old man who was arrested
:04:20. > :04:25.earlier this week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. The BBC
:04:25. > :04:27.understands that man is called Stephen Garvey. He has been
:04:27. > :04:31.questioned about the bogus burglary call that brought the police
:04:31. > :04:36.officers to the scene of the killing. That is one of the strands
:04:36. > :04:40.that he's being questioned about. They have until 9.15am tomorrow
:04:40. > :04:43.morning to continue to question Stephen Garvey. There's also
:04:44. > :04:47.momentum growing from police officers around the country that
:04:48. > :04:52.are willing to come in and come up here to Greater Manchester to stand
:04:52. > :04:56.in for officers so they can attend the funerals when they take place.
:04:56. > :05:00.We have no dates for the funerals yet. We are still waiting to hear
:05:00. > :05:03.about that. Obviously, many of the officers here will want to go to
:05:03. > :05:07.those services. There's thousands of police officers from around the
:05:07. > :05:11.UK that are volunteering their time. Greater Manchester Police are very
:05:11. > :05:15.grateful for that but they are still waiting to work out the
:05:15. > :05:19.logistics. One rail company is offering free travel to any
:05:19. > :05:23.officers that covers any shift here. The Prime Minister is here in
:05:23. > :05:28.Manchester at the moment. He may comment about events this week as
:05:28. > :05:32.well. Thank you.
:05:32. > :05:36.In fact, Danny mentioning the fact that the Prime Minister is there at
:05:36. > :05:40.Greater Manchester Police Headquarters. In the last few
:05:40. > :05:44.moments he has said a few words to journalists there.
:05:44. > :05:48.Good afternoon. I wanted to come here to Manchester myself to pay my
:05:48. > :05:51.own personal respects to the two officers, the women police officers,
:05:51. > :05:55.who fell in the line of duty. The whole country has been profoundly
:05:55. > :06:01.shocked by what has happened and it is right that we praise the work
:06:02. > :06:05.that they did and remember all that they have done. It is also
:06:05. > :06:08.important that the Government makes sure it is doing everything it can
:06:08. > :06:13.to help the Greater Manchester Police force to tackle organised
:06:13. > :06:16.crime and gang-related violence. The Prime Minister there at the
:06:17. > :06:22.start of that visit to police headquarters.
:06:22. > :06:27.There have been widespread protests across the Muslim world again today
:06:27. > :06:33.against an American film which it is claimed insults the Prophet
:06:33. > :06:41.Mohammed. In Peshawar, one man was killed when police tried to stop
:06:41. > :06:44.protesters storming a cinema. It was billed as a day of love for
:06:44. > :06:52.the Prophet Mohammed. The Pakistani government had called for peaceful
:06:52. > :06:57.protests. But this was a cinema in the city of Peshawar, seats set
:06:57. > :07:02.alight. Anger over the anti-Islam film produced in the US, turning
:07:02. > :07:12.once again to violence. The Pakistani Prime Minister demanding
:07:12. > :07:12.
:07:12. > :07:22.international laws against what he's called "this hate speech".
:07:22. > :07:25.
:07:25. > :07:30.is an attack on all Muslims. Therefore this is something that is
:07:30. > :07:33.unacceptable. From the US government now, an unusual move, an
:07:33. > :07:38.ad on Pakistani TV to try to calm tensions. The United States has
:07:38. > :07:44.been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to
:07:44. > :07:49.denigrate the religious beliefs of others. This was the American
:07:49. > :07:51.Embassy in Islamabad this morning. Police once again struggling to
:07:51. > :07:57.contain protests. President Obama has said that outrage over the film
:07:58. > :08:04.is being used as an excuse by extremists to target US interests.
:08:04. > :08:09.An effigy of him was set on fire in north-eastern Pakistan. Western
:08:09. > :08:13.embassies across the Muslim world have been reviewing their security
:08:13. > :08:19.amid this turmoil. Here, Government borrowing last
:08:19. > :08:23.month was the highest for any August on record, according to the
:08:23. > :08:28.figures from the Office for National Statistics. The total was
:08:28. > :08:30.because of lower tax receipts and higher benefit payments. The figure
:08:30. > :08:38.also increases the likelihood that the Government won't achieve its
:08:38. > :08:42.aim of wiping out the budget deficit by 2015.
:08:42. > :08:48.It's the latest snapshot of the nation's finances. What's being
:08:48. > :08:52.racked up on the Government's credit card. Nearly �14.4 billion
:08:52. > :08:58.was borrowed in August. The Treasury is grappling with the
:08:58. > :09:08.costs of recession, storing tax revenues. It argues this is down to
:09:08. > :09:13.
:09:13. > :09:17.unexpected weakness in the eurozone. But Labour says there is no
:09:17. > :09:20.positive news for the Chancellor and it is his policies which have
:09:21. > :09:26.backfired by pushing the economy into recession. The figures are
:09:26. > :09:30.very bleak. It shows the deficit is rising as a result of the
:09:30. > :09:33.Government's economic plan failing and it is the worst figures for
:09:33. > :09:40.August on record. This isn't what the Chancellor promised. Government
:09:40. > :09:44.borrowing in the financial year so far was higher, �59 billion. That
:09:44. > :09:48.compares to �49 billion over the same period last year. But
:09:48. > :09:52.borrowing for the whole of last year was revised down to �119
:09:52. > :09:58.billion, compared to the �125 billion previousliest mated.
:09:58. > :10:01.Government has a dilemma here. It and try and meet its deficit
:10:01. > :10:05.targets. That would entail more tax rises and spending cuts. It could
:10:05. > :10:10.choose to relax those plans and stimulate the economy. It runs the
:10:10. > :10:13.risk of markets reacting badly and interest rates rising. There was
:10:13. > :10:17.high level support from the Bank of England no less for the idea of the
:10:17. > :10:21.Chancellor going a bit easy on one of his key targets - reducing debt
:10:21. > :10:25.as a percentage of the overall economy. If it is because the world
:10:25. > :10:28.economy has grown slowly, so we in turn have grown slowly, then it
:10:28. > :10:32.would be acceptable to be in that position, yes. But if the world
:10:32. > :10:36.economy were to pick up, and we could grow quite quickly, it would
:10:36. > :10:41.not be acceptable to miss it if we have no excuse for it. As always,
:10:41. > :10:45.the health of the public purse will depend on the future path of the
:10:45. > :10:50.economy and that remains highly uncertain.
:10:50. > :10:54.The security firm which failed to hire enough security staff for the
:10:54. > :10:58.London Olympics should surrender its �57 million management fee,
:10:58. > :11:02.according to a committee of MPs. The Armed Forces had to step in at
:11:02. > :11:07.the last minute when G4S said it couldn't meet its targets. The
:11:07. > :11:14.company is arguing that the fee was used to pay wages and other costs
:11:14. > :11:20.and wasn't a profit. The largest security company in the
:11:20. > :11:24.world... In the past, G4S has been proud of its record, not least in
:11:24. > :11:29.delivering major Government contracts and saving money as Is
:11:29. > :11:34.Chief Executive made clear earlier in the year -- as its Chief
:11:34. > :11:39.Executive made clear earlier in the year. We will hope to do better
:11:39. > :11:45.over the next two or three years. At this summer's Olympics, it
:11:45. > :11:49.failed to deliver. It could not provide the security guards it had
:11:49. > :11:52.promised. The Chief Executive was hauled before the Home Affairs
:11:52. > :11:55.Select Committee. It is a humiliating shambles, isn't it?
:11:55. > :11:59.is not where we would want to be, that is certain. It is a
:11:59. > :12:05.humiliating shambles for the company, "yes" or "no"? I cannot
:12:05. > :12:14.disagree with you. In today's report, the Home Affairs Select
:12:14. > :12:18.Committee said G4S should forego its management fee, the Government
:12:18. > :12:23.should maintain a register of companies and the Armed Services
:12:23. > :12:28.should be considered for security duties at the outset. G4S have got
:12:28. > :12:34.to pay the costs of their failures. They recklessly boasted that they
:12:34. > :12:37.could conduct two Games whereas in fact they could only do one.
:12:37. > :12:43.Therefore, they should waive their management fee and pay the
:12:43. > :12:46.compensation that people deserve. G4S has again apologised and taken
:12:46. > :12:54.full responsibility. It says its management fee was not profit but
:12:54. > :12:58.reflected the costs of running its training programme. The Army won
:12:58. > :13:01.plaudits for the way it stepped in at the last minute to make good
:13:01. > :13:09.G4S's failures, although leaning on it more in the future may not be
:13:09. > :13:14.easy as it faces cuts. Its fatures at the Olympics have cost G4S �50
:13:14. > :13:18.million with negotiations still ongoing. But the damage to its
:13:18. > :13:24.reputation and ability to win future contracts may be harder to
:13:24. > :13:28.measure. The man in charge of making sure
:13:28. > :13:32.that Conservative MPs behave themselves has had to apologise
:13:32. > :13:35.profusely for making what he called "disrespectful remarks to a police
:13:36. > :13:40.officer in Downing Street". The Chief Whip admitted that he hadn't
:13:40. > :13:43.treated the officers with the respect they deserve. Let's get
:13:43. > :13:50.more from Gary O'Donogue. How much do we know about what happened
:13:50. > :13:54.here? Well, there is a flat contradiction between the two
:13:54. > :14:00.separate accounts - one in the Sun newspaper which has Andrew Mitchell
:14:00. > :14:04.referring to these officers as "plebs and as morons" peppered with
:14:04. > :14:08.a number of expletives as well and Mr Mitchell's account where he said
:14:08. > :14:13.he didn't swear at the officers, but there was an argument over him
:14:13. > :14:16.coming out of these gates, these famous gates on his bicycle on
:14:16. > :14:19.Wednesday night, the officers wouldn't let him do it and asked
:14:19. > :14:23.him to come out here. Now, nevertheless, he says he didn't
:14:23. > :14:28.treat them with the respect they were due and he had a face to face
:14:28. > :14:31.meeting with the Prime Minister and there was that apology and now an
:14:31. > :14:35.apology to the actual officer on duty that night. There's been a lot
:14:35. > :14:38.of criticism from within his own party. One Tory backbencher said it
:14:38. > :14:44.was completely unacceptable and he was going to tell Mr Mitchell that
:14:44. > :14:49.to his face next time he saw him. David Cameron has been asked about
:14:50. > :14:54.Mr Mitchell's future and there wasn't any answer to that. We are
:14:54. > :15:01.expecting for him to have some kind of meeting with Mr Mitchell later
:15:01. > :15:04.on. It looks as if this isn't quite over yet. With Labour putting
:15:04. > :15:14.pressure on Downing Street to release the details as to what did
:15:14. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:20.happen, it looks like it won't go Our top story this lunchtime. Dale
:15:20. > :15:23.Cregan, the man accused of murdering two police officers in
:15:23. > :15:28.Greater Manchester, has made his first court appearance before
:15:28. > :15:32.magistrates. And coming up on the programme, England begins the
:15:33. > :15:38.defence of its world Twenty20 title with its first-ever match against
:15:38. > :15:42.Afghanistan. Later on BBC London, calls for more
:15:42. > :15:46.security for tenants as the cost of lettings in the capital reaches a
:15:46. > :15:55.new high. And turning the key on some of the highlights of hidden
:15:56. > :16:00.London for the Open House weekend. Join us at 1:30pm for that and more.
:16:00. > :16:03.Nearly a quarter of people who have Alzheimer's disease try to hide it
:16:03. > :16:06.because of the stigma attached to the condition. According to
:16:06. > :16:11.research published to date to coincide with World Alzheimer's Day.
:16:11. > :16:16.To mark that day here in the UK, a campaign has been launched a range
:16:16. > :16:19.-- to raise awareness and help sufferers. John Maguire has been to
:16:19. > :16:29.one care home in Bristol, where they're going back to the past to
:16:29. > :16:34.help people with the condition. We are taking a trip down memory
:16:34. > :16:37.lane Doreen and Joyce. For these ladies with dementia, the items
:16:37. > :16:44.here trigger wriggle etched -- recollections of happy days gone by.
:16:44. > :16:52.What have we got here, I wonder? English tripe. I remember that.
:16:52. > :17:02.you? Were you a fan? What tripe? Eating it? Oh, yes. Really? Yes,
:17:02. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:08.cooked in milk. I had a Honda 50. motorbike? Yes. The couple used to
:17:08. > :17:18.put his hand it for me when I went through, yes. He let you through
:17:18. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:22.specially? Yes. A nutter? Yes. I was. The family who run the care
:17:22. > :17:26.home Sindh -- say the intention is not to attend any of this is real.
:17:26. > :17:33.It is here to stimulate. We become aware of how important reminiscence
:17:33. > :17:36.is and how effective it can be to Brighton someone's day. The real
:17:36. > :17:41.problem with dementia is we fail to make new, short-term memories. That
:17:41. > :17:44.is why it is easier to recall the past and more difficult to work in
:17:44. > :17:49.the presence, so something like this, when you see a newspaper from
:17:49. > :17:54.a past experience, a reminder of past experience, or red box, a
:17:54. > :17:58.label, but is a good way to enter into some kind of conversation, to
:17:58. > :18:02.remember the good times. I try to ignore the signs that it was
:18:02. > :18:06.getting worse. Today sees the launch of a major campaign to
:18:06. > :18:11.tackle the stigma of admitting when someone first has the condition and
:18:11. > :18:19.increasing the rate of early diagnosis. And for those living
:18:19. > :18:26.with dementia, on this 1950s street, fond memories are being rekindled
:18:26. > :18:31.by long-lost memorabilia. What this replica 1950s village does provides
:18:31. > :18:40.a direct physical link with happy memories from the past. Invaluable
:18:40. > :18:43.for people who can struggle to cope with the present.
:18:43. > :18:47.The leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, has set out
:18:47. > :18:50.his terms for any electoral deal with the Conservatives. He has told
:18:50. > :18:54.his party's annual conference in Birmingham that he will not
:18:54. > :18:59.consider the idea unless he receives a cast-iron guarantee that
:18:59. > :19:06.there will be a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
:19:06. > :19:10.The only way we would even consider a negotiation of any kind at all
:19:10. > :19:15.would be first an absolute promise was made to give this country a
:19:15. > :19:18.full, free and fair referendum so that we could decide whether we
:19:18. > :19:23.remain members of the EU or not. That would have to be on the table
:19:23. > :19:26.before we even considered any proposal. Let's get more from our
:19:26. > :19:30.political correspondent, Robin Brant, who is at the conference in
:19:30. > :19:36.Birmingham. Are we getting a sense of what sort of deal might be
:19:36. > :19:41.talked about here, whether this is realistic? Yes, we got a picture of
:19:41. > :19:44.what kind of negotiations may be between the Conservatives and UKIP
:19:45. > :19:48.in two years' time but we are far from that at the moment, because
:19:48. > :19:53.the view from Conservative HQ is clear. David Cameron has said there
:19:53. > :19:56.will be no referendum in terms of one in out vote in terms of
:19:56. > :19:59.Britain's future in the European Union under his watch and Nigel
:19:59. > :20:02.Farage told his troops in Birmingham today that none of the
:20:02. > :20:06.talk about this, none of the suggestions come are coming from
:20:06. > :20:11.his side. The irony is he has come here to Birmingham to try to dispel
:20:11. > :20:16.the perception that UKIP is a one- trick pony and a one-man band
:20:16. > :20:20.organisation, so we will get talk about home affairs, crime, Justice,
:20:20. > :20:24.energy from the platform but of course the reality is that the euro
:20:24. > :20:28.crisis means that the future of the EU and the economy is a very big
:20:28. > :20:33.issue at the problem is for Nigel Farage, the more that he says he
:20:33. > :20:38.does not want to talk about a pact means that the issue itself goes
:20:38. > :20:41.further down the ladder and what he wants to do is talk it up as much
:20:41. > :20:45.as he can. So at the moment the deal is not on but things can
:20:45. > :20:49.change considerably over the next few years.
:20:49. > :20:53.Robin Brant. Army explosives experts were called to the centre
:20:53. > :20:57.of Londonderry last night after two bombs were discovered close to city
:20:57. > :21:01.council offices. There has been a series of attacks on property in
:21:01. > :21:07.Derek recently blamed on dissident republicans. The latest devices
:21:07. > :21:10.were said to be viable but have now been made safe.
:21:10. > :21:14.Universal has been given the go- ahead to buy the EMI record label
:21:14. > :21:18.but it will not be getting some of the company's biggest artists. The
:21:18. > :21:23.European Commission has agreed the deal, was nearly $2 billion, but
:21:23. > :21:29.only if EMI sells some of its best known labels including Parlophone,
:21:29. > :21:36.which is home to Coldplay, Pink Floyd Kylie Minogue. Here is our
:21:36. > :21:42.arts correspondent, David Sillito. EMI, the record company behind
:21:42. > :21:47.Kylie Minogue. It was the label that fell out with the Sex Pistols
:21:47. > :21:50.and it used to be the heart of the British music industry. No longer.
:21:50. > :21:55.The French-owned firm Universal has been given the go-ahead to take it
:21:55. > :21:59.over. In a statement it said today, today's approval brings to an end
:21:59. > :22:04.to an extensive EU regulatory review and the acquisition will
:22:04. > :22:09.benefit the artistic community and the music industry. But will it?
:22:09. > :22:12.Universal have about a 30% market share as it is, have they bought
:22:12. > :22:17.EMI in its entirety and been allowed to keep the assets, a 40%
:22:17. > :22:21.market share, it means if you want to launch a digital music service,
:22:21. > :22:25.the next iTunes, then you almost cannot launch with a Universal's
:22:25. > :22:30.catalogue. Indeed, EMI had been one of the big four record companies
:22:30. > :22:36.but it has had troubled few years. Now this deal means three firms
:22:36. > :22:40.will dominate the market, Universal, Sony and Warners. However, today's
:22:40. > :22:44.decision does mean that bands such as Coldplay, Pink Floyd and David
:22:44. > :22:47.Bowie will have to be sold off, something that has been welcomed by
:22:47. > :22:53.Britain's independent labels who feared that one firm would end up
:22:53. > :22:57.running the crown jewels of British music.
:22:57. > :23:02.Also for sale, a five-bedroomed house set in the hills outside
:23:02. > :23:07.Belfast complete with a driving range, greens and bunkers. Adolfo
:23:07. > :23:12.Rory McIlroy says he is selling up because he is increasingly busy and
:23:12. > :23:14.spends so much time abroad, particularly in the US. But it has
:23:14. > :23:18.a Ireland correspondent Mark Simpson reports, the move has
:23:18. > :23:24.increased speculation that the world number one may be about to
:23:24. > :23:27.leave Northern Ireland for good. Every time he has won a big
:23:27. > :23:31.tournament there has always been a big welcome at home for Rory
:23:31. > :23:36.McIlroy. But the bigger he has got, the last time he has spent in
:23:36. > :23:41.Northern Ireland and now he is selling up. It is no ordinary house.
:23:41. > :23:47.The back garden is a state-of-the- art golf range complete with St
:23:47. > :23:50.Andrews style bunkers. He is rarely at home now. He is usually a Met --
:23:50. > :23:55.usually in America. In future when he comes back he will stay with his
:23:55. > :23:58.mum and dad. He has to move away from Northern Ireland. He is
:23:58. > :24:02.working in America, playing more there. It is no surprise to anyone.
:24:02. > :24:07.He definitely has to base himself there. But only last year it looked
:24:07. > :24:12.like he would never leave his �2 million house. I see myself always
:24:12. > :24:17.being based here, living here and to have something like this would
:24:17. > :24:21.be a shame to move away and not have it. But much has changed. His
:24:21. > :24:28.new girlfriend to, the Danish tennis player Carol Ann Wozniacki,
:24:28. > :24:34.spends a lot of time in America. McIlroy is now the world number one.
:24:34. > :24:39.He has overtaken Tiger Woods as the hottest property in golf. And if he
:24:39. > :24:44.wins the Fed-Ex Cup in Atlanta this weekend, he will earn a cool $10
:24:44. > :24:50.million bonus. Last night he got off to a good start. COMMENTATOR:
:24:50. > :24:55.Unbelievable, amazing. Back here in Belfast, Rory McIlroy is still
:24:55. > :25:00.regarded as a hero, whether he lives here permanently or not.
:25:00. > :25:08.After all, we do still see him around. He may be gone but he is
:25:08. > :25:11.not forgotten. Cricket and England be killed --
:25:11. > :25:15.begins the defence of its world Twenty20 title in a few hours with
:25:15. > :25:20.its first-ever match against Afghanistan. Team captain Stuart
:25:20. > :25:24.Broad says morale is brilliant, but he is keen to stress that they are
:25:24. > :25:29.not taking anything for granted. Facing a team that many pundits say
:25:29. > :25:35.are more than capable of causing an upset. From Sri Lanka, here's our
:25:35. > :25:39.sports correspondent Joe Wilson. Colombo can be a difficult place to
:25:39. > :25:43.find a new direction, well, any direction. This cricket tournament
:25:43. > :25:46.gives England the chance to remind the world they are the best, after
:25:46. > :25:50.months of frequent defeat and the power struggle with Kevin Pietersen.
:25:50. > :25:54.The man in charge of England's team here is Stuart Broad, a young
:25:54. > :25:58.captain with some young players around him, all pulling in the same
:25:59. > :26:06.direction? From Captain's point of view, is a happier dressing room,
:26:06. > :26:09.and easier dressing room, with up Pietersen in it? KP has been around
:26:09. > :26:13.for a long time and done fantastically well for us. The
:26:13. > :26:19.battle is with the ECB that he is not here and we have to put up with
:26:19. > :26:22.that and get on with that. Twenty20 cricket was invented for
:26:22. > :26:28.entertainment but for one nation the significance of this tournament
:26:28. > :26:32.goes far beyond a bash to the boundary. Afghanistan play cricket
:26:32. > :26:36.to give hope to that -- to give hope to their nation. It is not
:26:36. > :26:39.hype, it is their motivation. Their progress up the world rankings has
:26:39. > :26:44.been astonishing. Ten years ago there was not million Afghanis team
:26:44. > :26:48.at all. The Asian Cricket Council say 34 new cricket grounds have
:26:48. > :26:53.sprung up in Afghanistan in the past year alone. Nothing could have
:26:53. > :26:59.done anything good in Afghanistan with cricket, that was the only
:26:59. > :27:02.solution for Afghanistan. It has brought people together from every
:27:02. > :27:09.different language they speak and I am happy to see the people in the
:27:09. > :27:13.street playing cricket, so I would say only the sport has taken the
:27:13. > :27:16.guns out of the kids aren't given that in their hands. Well, England
:27:16. > :27:20.are the reigning world champions in this form of cricket but the whole
:27:20. > :27:26.point about Twenty20 is that anybody can beat anybody and there
:27:26. > :27:34.is no doubt that Afghanistan fancy their chances here.
:27:34. > :27:37.Now, let's find out what the Hello to stop it looks likely we
:27:37. > :27:41.will see some pretty stormy weather on the cards later in the weekend
:27:41. > :27:44.but before we get there, it is fairly quiet. This afternoon, call-
:27:44. > :27:48.out side but bright spells especially across the northern half
:27:48. > :27:51.of the UK. We have this week for the front which is slowly pushing
:27:51. > :27:54.south through central and southern parts of England and Wales,
:27:54. > :27:59.bringing like that -- bringing light outbreaks of rain. Around 4pm
:27:59. > :28:03.we see the rain lingering in East Anglia and Lincolnshire, the far
:28:03. > :28:06.south getting away with a few spells of sunshine. Hazy spells of
:28:07. > :28:11.sunshine in the south-west. We could see light showers for North
:28:11. > :28:15.and parts of Devon. One of two showers for Wales. A good deal of
:28:15. > :28:18.bright weather. An improved afternoon for Northern Ireland,
:28:18. > :28:23.especially compared to the wet weather yesterday. 11 or 12 degrees
:28:23. > :28:29.Celsius. An isolated chalet in the north and west. For Scotland, a
:28:29. > :28:32.good deal of dry weather. One or two showers but for Dumfries and
:28:33. > :28:37.Galloway it is a strike on a fine afternoon. Further south, the cloud
:28:37. > :28:42.and drizzly rain, all down to the slow, week when a friend which
:28:42. > :28:46.pushes out of the way this evening and overnight with clear skies. It
:28:46. > :28:49.is going to be chilly. Temperatures holding a bat around three-nine
:28:49. > :28:54.degrees Celsius in the towns, but in the countryside a few degrees
:28:54. > :28:58.either side of freezing. We are likely to see a frost on Saturday
:28:58. > :29:03.morning. Actually start. We will compensate with lots of sunshine. A
:29:03. > :29:07.sparkling day tomorrow. In the afternoon, more cloud building up.
:29:07. > :29:12.Thing stirs in hazy in the South with the arrival of high cloud.
:29:12. > :29:16.Light winds, pleasant in the sunshine. 11-16 degrees Celsius.
:29:16. > :29:21.All change as we head into Sunday. The low-pressure system starts to
:29:21. > :29:27.push in from the south-west. It is a low-pressure system but bringing
:29:27. > :29:30.type isobars with heavy rainfall as well. There is some uncertainty on
:29:30. > :29:36.the but -- on the exact position but most likely that some counties
:29:36. > :29:40.of England and South Wales could see a deluge us -- of wet weather.
:29:40. > :29:44.At the weekend, for most of us Saturday is dry and bright but by
:29:44. > :29:48.Sunday, things will turn wet in the south. The low-pressure system is
:29:48. > :29:52.going to be moving slowly north as we head into Monday. With those
:29:52. > :29:55.tightening isobars we're going to see not just a wet but also a windy
:29:55. > :29:59.commute for first thing on Monday morning. There is lots happening in
:29:59. > :30:08.the weather. Keep tuned to the latest forecast over the next