:00:09. > :00:12.The bodies of an young couple are found her in a swollen river in
:00:12. > :00:17.North Wales. It is thought there may have been trying to save their
:00:17. > :00:21.dog from the flooded river. In Yorkshire, people have been rescued
:00:21. > :00:25.by boat as water continues to hit parts of the UK.
:00:25. > :00:30.Years of failures by a social services and police allowed young
:00:30. > :00:34.girls to be sexually abused, according to a report.
:00:34. > :00:37.Better news for the UK economy - it shrank by less than thought in the
:00:37. > :00:41.last quarter. More news from Spain as the
:00:41. > :00:47.government plans to run rail more austerity measures.
:00:47. > :00:53.And coming unstuck as David Cameron is subjected to a mock citizenship
:00:53. > :00:58.test on television. And the literal translation? Again, you are testing
:00:58. > :01:01.me... It would be good if you knew this! It would be!
:01:01. > :01:04.Later on BBC London: Evidence of more camps of illegal
:01:04. > :01:07.immigrants sleeping rough in West London - charities call for help.
:01:07. > :01:17.And senior officers could go, as the Met Police seeks to find tens
:01:17. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:36.Police say the bodies of a young couple have been found in a swollen
:01:36. > :01:42.river near Wrexham in North Wales. It is thought they may have been
:01:42. > :01:45.trying to rescue a dog which got into trouble in the flooded river.
:01:45. > :01:49.Meanwhile, the Environment Agency says around 300 homes have been
:01:49. > :01:58.flooded in Yorkshire and soldiers had to be brought in to help with a
:01:58. > :02:03.sand back operation. The bodies of a 27-year-old woman
:02:04. > :02:07.and a 25-year-old man were found yesterday afternoon and early this
:02:07. > :02:12.morning. Both are believed to be from the Wrexham area and it is
:02:12. > :02:17.thought their deaths are linked. believe the couple were here with
:02:17. > :02:22.dogs at the time the river was swollen and the river is at a
:02:22. > :02:25.higher level than it was at the moment. It is impossible to say
:02:25. > :02:29.whether the animals went into the river and they went in to save them
:02:29. > :02:34.because we do not have the evidence to confirm that. Heavy rainfall
:02:34. > :02:38.over the past three days has affected much of Wales. The Fire
:02:38. > :02:43.Service has already warned people to be careful following the extreme
:02:43. > :02:48.weather. To be honest, the river still has tremendous power and
:02:48. > :02:53.still bursting banks. It has moved a tree at the back of us about a
:02:53. > :02:58.foot, so that is how much power is in the water. So if anybody had
:02:58. > :03:03.fallen in, it would have taken them quite a way further down the river.
:03:03. > :03:07.The Fire Service described parts of this river as fast-flowing. Locals
:03:07. > :03:11.say the river had already burst its banks in some areas. Emergency
:03:11. > :03:15.services are continuing to warn people about the dangers of fast-
:03:15. > :03:21.flowing, swollen rivers as police tried to piece together how this
:03:21. > :03:25.tragedy occurred. If in York, River Ouse has risen
:03:25. > :03:28.five metres above its usual level to its second highest level ever.
:03:28. > :03:34.Some people had to be rescued from the flood waters by boat this
:03:34. > :03:38.morning. It Thomas is in the City now.
:03:38. > :03:43.-- ed Thomas. This is how firefighters are getting around
:03:43. > :03:47.some parts of York today. River Ouse has now peaked and hundreds of
:03:47. > :03:55.homes have been flooded. But they are confident they are over the
:03:55. > :04:02.worst. River Ouse peak in York and the flood defences held. But that
:04:02. > :04:07.isn't even half the story. The mess it left behind goes on. For two
:04:07. > :04:12.days, the place Jacqui and David call home is now more like a prison.
:04:12. > :04:17.Have you ever seen at this bad before? Nowhere near. How has this
:04:17. > :04:21.left you feeling? Emotionally draining. I stood at the top of the
:04:21. > :04:28.stairs and when I could see the amount of water that is that colour
:04:28. > :04:32.but now inside the house. Then there's the vulnerable. Here,
:04:32. > :04:38.firefighters had to use bodes so carers could visit those who needed
:04:38. > :04:43.help the most. -- used boats. Obviously it is trying to get the
:04:43. > :04:48.medication to them, more than anything. But, yeah, we have been
:04:48. > :04:57.back and forth all day. York is no stranger to floods but nobody
:04:58. > :05:02.expected this. If we manage to get three, four hours sleep last night.
:05:02. > :05:05.Now the focus for the Environment Agency moves downstream. In this
:05:05. > :05:13.control room, the Red Tower represents what saving thousands of
:05:13. > :05:20.homes along with the Mac. We are pumping out thousands of litres per
:05:20. > :05:27.second. If that wasn't happening, it would go over the top... Into
:05:27. > :05:33.the city centre? Yes. This is the main worry. Just a few miles from
:05:33. > :05:38.York, soldiers have used 400,000 sandbags to save this village.
:05:38. > :05:43.and my husband came down and there were many residents already.
:05:43. > :05:47.Basically, the moral and agency gave us instructions to start with
:05:47. > :05:51.the sand bags. -- the Environment Agency. The misery left behind will
:05:51. > :05:55.take far longer than the water to clear.
:05:55. > :06:01.This is one of the boats used to help some of the vulnerable people
:06:01. > :06:10.from the care home over there. The A1 is still shut. We expect it to
:06:10. > :06:13.open later today but the waters appear to be easing in Selby.
:06:13. > :06:18.Worries that the river would burst its banks now look to be just that
:06:18. > :06:22.- worries. Social workers, police and
:06:22. > :06:26.prosecutors have been criticised for missing opportunities to stop
:06:26. > :06:30.the abuse of young girls in Rochdale. In May, eight men of
:06:30. > :06:34.Pakistani origin and one from Afghanistan were jailed for
:06:34. > :06:41.repeatedly abusing five white girls. A report from the Rochdale
:06:41. > :06:47.Safeguarding Children Board has found deficiencies were made in
:06:48. > :06:52.where it -- the way complaints were dealt with. In 2007, care teams
:06:52. > :06:55.here in Rochdale first identify children at risk of sexual
:06:56. > :07:00.exploitation, yet when they came forward in the years immediately
:07:00. > :07:05.afterwards, they were not believed or not listened to. It comes down
:07:05. > :07:08.to money, resources and training, but is -- what is most concern is
:07:08. > :07:12.the culture within children's social care. Children were
:07:12. > :07:17.considered to be making their own choices and engaging in consensual
:07:17. > :07:23.activity. In reality, they were being abused and exploited by a
:07:23. > :07:28.grinning gang. Years of failings left children
:07:28. > :07:32.vulnerable in the Rochdale area and dozens suffered abuse. Even after a
:07:32. > :07:37.authorities have been told what was happening. Earlier this year, nine
:07:37. > :07:41.men were jailed for sexually exploiting girls in Halewood, just
:07:41. > :07:46.on the outskirts of Rochdale, but this was long after one of the
:07:46. > :07:52.girls had given detailed complaints to social workers. Suzie is not her
:07:52. > :07:58.real name but months ago, she told the BBC she had simply been ignored.
:07:58. > :08:02.I was used to being used and abused daily. It was like it wasn't me any
:08:02. > :08:07.more. They took everything away. The report says in the wake of the
:08:07. > :08:13.baby peas scandal, social services were more concerned about younger
:08:13. > :08:17.children and teenagers. -- the Baby P scandal. Teenagers say they were
:08:17. > :08:22.not listened to and even when they co-operated with agencies, the
:08:22. > :08:27.abuse continued. Social workers took the view that the girls were
:08:27. > :08:33.making life choices and they viewed them as prostitutes. All of that is
:08:33. > :08:38.completely unacceptable. The culture was wrong. One of the
:08:38. > :08:42.victim's fathers said he wanted those who have made mistakes named,
:08:42. > :08:48.shamed and sacked. In terms of being named and shamed, and need to
:08:48. > :08:56.make sure this is rooted out and this is effective. And if there are
:08:56. > :08:59.staff working in any of our departments who are unable to
:08:59. > :09:05.recognise this in under-aged children, clearly they would have
:09:05. > :09:09.to be disciplined. One of the girls' lawyers says she is planning
:09:09. > :09:13.to sue for compensation because of what the report calls clear
:09:13. > :09:18.deficiencies. Obviously we need to get a picture and the detailed of
:09:18. > :09:22.what happened but this gives a pretty firm basis. In Rochdale,
:09:22. > :09:26.there have been many steps taken to improve child protection but
:09:26. > :09:32.today's report is just the first in a series trying to uncover why
:09:32. > :09:36.there were so many years of failure. I am that pattern of mistakes and
:09:36. > :09:43.failures are familiar from other areas where grooming has been a
:09:43. > :09:48.problem. -- and that pattern. Serious case reviews are still to
:09:48. > :09:52.be held. But at the same time, this multi-agency reviewed has exposed
:09:52. > :09:57.some of the difficulties riddled through the whole system, and one
:09:57. > :10:00.told the BBC Today, I am just glad they acknowledged they were wrong.
:10:00. > :10:05.The UK economy shrank by less than thought in the second quarter of
:10:05. > :10:09.this year, according to the latest figures. The Office for National
:10:09. > :10:16.Statistics said GDP, the total of all goods and services produced in
:10:16. > :10:23.the country, fell by 0.4% between April and June. Not as bad as we
:10:24. > :10:30.thought. Why? This is the latest snapshot and they have keyed the
:10:30. > :10:37.data in. The picture looks better than we thought. Let's remind us of
:10:37. > :10:42.the original figure. It showed output down by 0.7% in June. After
:10:42. > :10:46.two revisions, we are told the report figure was not 0.4%. Still
:10:47. > :10:54.in recession so not as bad. The key reason is down to largely the
:10:54. > :11:01.construction sector. A really big fall in the first four months of
:11:01. > :11:04.5.2%. Now, the fall is more like 3%, so not as bad. Some people could be
:11:04. > :11:08.wondering whether the first estimate was a long way from
:11:08. > :11:13.reality. And people will also be looking forward to the next set of
:11:13. > :11:19.figures. Are we likely to see growth? Yes, some economists think
:11:19. > :11:22.there will be growth, helped by the Olympics and tickets sold last year,
:11:22. > :11:28.though their only count towards figures in the current quarter. And
:11:29. > :11:32.the bank holiday effect. That will happen in this quarter. I do not
:11:32. > :11:36.think anybody is talking yet about a sustainable long-term recovery,
:11:36. > :11:40.however. A health trust in Staffordshire
:11:41. > :11:44.says two premature babies have died while being cared for at a neonatal
:11:44. > :11:48.unit at the University Hospital North Staffordshire. They had
:11:48. > :11:58.contracted a red bud and both died in July. The details have only just
:11:58. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:04.been released. A third baby is also being treated. -- they had
:12:04. > :12:08.contracted a bug. These two babies died back in July. They were being
:12:08. > :12:14.cared for at the neonatal unit after being born prematurely, less
:12:14. > :12:18.than 28 weeks. They found both babies had died because they
:12:18. > :12:22.contracted this bacterial infection called Serratia marcescens.
:12:22. > :12:27.Obviously they reacted by doing his sweep of neonatal units to look for
:12:27. > :12:33.any other infections and they did find five other babies in that unit
:12:33. > :12:37.were carrying it. Subsequently, they close the unit and they
:12:37. > :12:42.performed a deep clean and say since then, there have been no new
:12:42. > :12:47.cases. Obviously, the hospital has offered its condolences to the
:12:47. > :12:49.families of those two babies and reassured parents who have been
:12:49. > :12:53.discharged with their newborn babies that they need not worry
:12:53. > :12:57.about infection. Fife the Spanish government is
:12:57. > :13:01.about to unveil billions of pounds worth of spending cuts and tax
:13:01. > :13:04.rises today as it seeks to convince investors and the EU it is serious
:13:04. > :13:08.about reducing its deficit but the austerity budget has already
:13:08. > :13:17.provoked an angry response in Spain, which is suffering from the highest
:13:17. > :13:22.unemployment rate in Europe. Late last night, thousands gathered
:13:22. > :13:27.again on the roads around Spain's Parliament. Again, a tense
:13:27. > :13:33.atmosphere as the police moved in. But it was not violent, like the
:13:33. > :13:38.night before. -- not North Island the night before. All this as the
:13:38. > :13:42.government tries to set out its Budget for next year. There is a
:13:42. > :13:46.sense of deja-vu as the Spanish government cuts tens of billions of
:13:46. > :13:50.euros from his Budget. This is Spain doing its part of the deal
:13:50. > :13:53.with the eurozone, which has already pledged 100 billion euros
:13:53. > :14:02.for troubled banks here and will soon probably have to help Spain
:14:02. > :14:07.again. So what is the Spanish government trying to do? It has to
:14:07. > :14:13.reduce the budget are so fit. It needs to make savings of 62 billion
:14:13. > :14:17.euros this year and 42 billion euros in 2013. The fear is that a
:14:17. > :14:20.deteriorating recession makes hitting those targets even harder.
:14:20. > :14:25.The problem is if you raise taxes because you need revenue to pay
:14:25. > :14:31.your debts, consumption goes down so you don't have money to pay the
:14:31. > :14:37.debts and then there is no growth and you stay in a recession, so,
:14:37. > :14:41.yes, it is a vicious circle. It is impossible to solve this conundrum.
:14:41. > :14:46.By it for all the pressure from its eurozone partners, there is anger
:14:46. > :14:50.from those affected by government cuts. Health workers demonstrate
:14:50. > :14:55.every day you the country's biggest hospital. Government budgets will
:14:55. > :15:01.again be/today as people here struggle in a deepening recession.
:15:01. > :15:07.-- again today will be slashed. Asil Nadir has told a court he is
:15:07. > :15:11.penniless. He was jailed for 10 years last month, seen here on the
:15:12. > :15:16.right, after being found guilty of stealing millions from his Polly
:15:16. > :15:19.Peck business empire. He said he had no financial assets to the Old
:15:19. > :15:23.Bailey. A policeman has told a court how we
:15:23. > :15:28.found a gun allegedly belonging to Mark Duggan in Bruges is a short
:15:28. > :15:38.distance from where he was shot dead by police. -- in bushes. His
:15:38. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:45.death sparked riots in London last This was one of a number of
:15:45. > :15:52.witnesses who have so far given evidence anonymously from behind a
:15:52. > :15:56.screen. This one was an occupant of one of the three unmarked police
:15:56. > :15:59.cars full of firearms officers which intercepted the mini-cab in
:15:59. > :16:03.which Mark Duggan was travelling. He talked about the moment when
:16:03. > :16:09.Mark Duggan got out of the mini-cab. He said in his experience, people
:16:09. > :16:14.in this situation either freeze like a rabbit. In Mark Duggan's
:16:14. > :16:19.case, he said it was the former. He believed Mark Duggan was trying to
:16:19. > :16:23.escape when he was shot by police. This police officer said he was
:16:23. > :16:27.unable to see Mark Duggan's hands, so he couldn't see if he was armed.
:16:27. > :16:32.He then described the moment when Mark Duggan was shot. He said he
:16:32. > :16:36.was aware of Mark Duggan's jacket ballooning up behind his back as
:16:36. > :16:40.the bullets pierced his body. He has then said there was a falling
:16:40. > :16:45.off the legs and a fall into the ground. This officer then surged
:16:45. > :16:49.grassland just the other side of railings from where Mark Duggan was
:16:49. > :16:54.shot. He surged some cautious first and then he found a black object
:16:54. > :16:57.which turned out, he said, to be a hand gun wrapped in a sock. It was
:16:57. > :17:01.located about a car's length from Mark Duggan. This trial is all
:17:01. > :17:05.about how Mark Duggan is supposed to have got at gun. There's a man
:17:05. > :17:09.and they're called Kevin Hutchinson Foster who denies supplying Mark
:17:09. > :17:13.Duggan with the gun, 15 minutes before he was shot dead by police.
:17:13. > :17:19.We started hearing evidence from the mini-cab driver who drove Mark
:17:19. > :17:24.Duggan, and that will continue this afternoon. The bodies of a young
:17:24. > :17:32.couple have been found in a swollen river in North Wales, as
:17:32. > :17:36.floodwaters continued to hit parts of the UK. How this British build,
:17:36. > :17:41.150 mph supercar has broken a land speed record, powered by
:17:41. > :17:44.electricity. Later on BBC London. A stretch of road in Surrey has
:17:44. > :17:46.collapsed because of a burst water- main, causing schools to close. And
:17:46. > :17:56.the London carpenter who's just discovered he's a descendant of
:17:56. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:04.The government's health service reforms in England have provoked
:18:04. > :18:07.huge controversy, particularly over the role of private companies. The
:18:08. > :18:12.changes mean there are many new opportunities for businesses to bid
:18:12. > :18:16.for NHS work. Ministers maintain this will mean better care and
:18:16. > :18:23.value for money. But critics worry that private firms will put profits
:18:23. > :18:27.before the interests of patients. Our correspondent is at AGP's
:18:27. > :18:30.surgery now. So far, most of the debate about
:18:30. > :18:33.privatisation in the health service has been to do about what goes on
:18:33. > :18:38.in hospitals. But there's a lot happening in privately run GP
:18:38. > :18:43.practices such as this one, and other local health services.
:18:43. > :18:49.Companies are keen to get involved in this growing market, worth an
:18:49. > :18:53.estimated �10 billion a year. you just open wide. This GP
:18:53. > :19:00.practice in Birmingham looks much like any other modern NHS surgery.
:19:00. > :19:05.It has 4000 registered NHS patients. It treats many more who walk in
:19:05. > :19:10.without an appointment. But it is owned by a private company, Virgin
:19:10. > :19:14.care, in partnership with local GPs. It's one of several big firms with
:19:14. > :19:19.a foothold in the market of GP and other local health services. The
:19:19. > :19:22.company says there are benefits to being part of a chain. Because we
:19:22. > :19:26.are a national company, we have the opportunity here to draw on the
:19:27. > :19:31.experience of a wide network across the country. And network of
:19:31. > :19:36.clinicians, but also a network of managers. We learn lessons from
:19:36. > :19:39.around the country. By deploying all of that in this service, and
:19:39. > :19:44.it's the same throughout the country, we managed to provide
:19:44. > :19:49.something that is so much better than what people are used to.
:19:49. > :19:54.company promotes the patient be back. It says satisfaction rates
:19:54. > :19:58.compare well with the NHS. Patients we spoke to were pleased with the
:19:58. > :20:07.service, with some reservations. How have you been, the practice you
:20:07. > :20:12.been coming to his run by Virgin? I've never been told. How much does
:20:13. > :20:20.that matter to you? Not a lot. NHS is opening up for business as
:20:20. > :20:23.never before. Virgin Care runs 120 NHS services across England,
:20:23. > :20:29.including 25 g be partnerships such as this one, covering 3 million
:20:29. > :20:34.people. But this is just the start. There are new opportunities opening
:20:34. > :20:38.up for community-based services including scans, physiotherapy and
:20:38. > :20:43.foot care. But business potential is enormous. Critics say this could
:20:43. > :20:47.create pressure for GPs to refer patients on to their own company's
:20:48. > :20:52.services. They fear profits will always take priority. A there's
:20:53. > :20:56.bound to be a divided loyalty there. The NHS logo outside but the
:20:56. > :20:59.employer, which is a private company, and that private company
:20:59. > :21:03.is not there for the good of our health, it's there in order to
:21:03. > :21:07.ensure they make money. And therefore the GP will be torn as to
:21:07. > :21:11.whether or not they prioritise the interests of the company and some
:21:11. > :21:16.of the requirements of the company, or whether or not they prioritise
:21:16. > :21:20.patient care. The contest for NHS contracts is on. It's not clear how
:21:20. > :21:24.many of these local health services will be run by the private sector.
:21:24. > :21:31.Businesses insist they can improve the NHS. Critics say they could
:21:31. > :21:34.wreck it. What does all this mean for patients? The idea is to
:21:35. > :21:39.provide more options for treatment, more choice. But some people fear
:21:39. > :21:45.that having a lot of extra providers coming on the scene will
:21:45. > :21:48.simply add to confusion and cause disruption. You can get more
:21:48. > :21:57.information on the future of the National Health Service on our
:21:57. > :22:01.David Cameron has become the first sitting British Prime Minister to
:22:01. > :22:06.appear on the Late Show With David Letterman in New York. The
:22:06. > :22:09.satirical chat show is an American cultural institution. A mock
:22:09. > :22:18.British citizen test was sprung on David Cameron, which revealed a few
:22:18. > :22:24.gaps in his knowledge. There were no questions about Andrew Mitchell
:22:24. > :22:27.or Boris Johnson or the state of the coalition. Instead, when David
:22:27. > :22:31.Cameron appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman in New York
:22:31. > :22:39.last night, he found himself being closely interrogated about British
:22:39. > :22:44.history and culture. Rule Britannia, written by whom? Elgar? Rule
:22:44. > :22:50.Britannia, which is a beautiful refrain based on a poem by James
:22:50. > :22:53.Thompson, are you familiar with James Thomson? I am now. The Prime
:22:53. > :22:57.Minister was able to explain the differences between the nations of
:22:57. > :23:01.the UK, the size of the population, the extent of the British Empire
:23:01. > :23:09.and the date and place where Magna Carta was signed. But much to his
:23:09. > :23:15.embarrassment, Mr Cameron was unable to say what Magna Carter --
:23:15. > :23:18.Magna Carta or mend in English. would be good if you knew this.
:23:18. > :23:22.think it's good for the American public to see him, they don't know
:23:22. > :23:27.that much about him. I sort of like him, I thought he was a good guide.
:23:27. > :23:33.I'm going to look him up on Wikipedia when I get home. What the
:23:33. > :23:37.3 million Americans watching it made of them is not known. But when
:23:37. > :23:41.David Cameron returns home this week, they'll probably be asking
:23:41. > :23:45.that border staff don't want him to do a citizen test. A website has
:23:45. > :23:49.been launched offering information and how much value for many
:23:49. > :23:52.university courses offer. The UniSat site lists the cost of every
:23:52. > :24:01.higher education course in the UK and includes the number of teaching
:24:01. > :24:06.hours and how much graduates are Going to university is not just
:24:06. > :24:08.about learning but about cost, with tuition fees rising the students
:24:08. > :24:12.are now consumers and the government wants them to have
:24:12. > :24:17.access to good information. It has set up this website for applicants
:24:17. > :24:22.to compare thousands of degree courses across the UK, similar to
:24:22. > :24:28.those for insurance or mortgages. It is all about and lodging student
:24:28. > :24:31.choice, empowerment. So what is and universities deciding which
:24:31. > :24:35.students they want, it's the students deciding which
:24:35. > :24:38.universities and courses they want. The website includes data on
:24:38. > :24:42.average earnings after graduation, the cost of tuition and
:24:42. > :24:46.accommodation, the amount of teaching and the level of student
:24:46. > :24:52.satisfaction. These teenagers are making their university choices. Do
:24:52. > :24:56.they think the website is helpful? It's great. It allows me to compare
:24:56. > :25:00.different universities around this area. To see what university is
:25:00. > :25:03.better at what I'm looking for. is very important because one of
:25:03. > :25:07.the main deciding factors, as well as an interest in the course, you
:25:07. > :25:11.need to know how much it costs. These women are already at
:25:11. > :25:15.university in London, but they have found this website useful. It is
:25:15. > :25:19.good information for certain people. For me, I don't think I've would
:25:19. > :25:24.have particularly used it because I knew I wanted to come here and do
:25:24. > :25:27.this course. Ministers who braised tuition fees to a maximum of
:25:27. > :25:30.�9,000.10 students to see the air getting value for money, but
:25:30. > :25:34.critics dismiss all this information as just a sideshow.
:25:34. > :25:38.Simply giving them more information about universities that they can't
:25:38. > :25:42.afford and can't have access to because of government policy, I'm
:25:42. > :25:46.afraid it is something of a gimmick and I'm afraid, too, it is
:25:46. > :25:49.something of a Binya. Few will argue against more information for
:25:49. > :25:55.prospective students, but some do question whether this limited set
:25:55. > :26:01.of figures says anything meaningful about the real value of a degree.
:26:01. > :26:03.The makers of a battery-powered car claimed to have set a new UK land
:26:03. > :26:10.speed record for an electric vehicle. The car, known as the
:26:10. > :26:20.Nemesis, reached 148 mph at Elvington airfield, near York,
:26:20. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:27.This is no milk float. Nick. -- Nick Ponting is at the wheel of a
:26:27. > :26:37.vehicle that may not sound like a supercar but certainly behaves like
:26:37. > :26:44.one. The speed on the first leg tops 145. This is John, Go, Go, Go!
:26:44. > :26:51.And on the return my he goes even faster. A new record, 148 mph.
:26:51. > :26:56.They've done it, have they? Yes, they've done it. Congratulations,
:26:56. > :27:00.you've broken the record. But what is it like to drive? Very different.
:27:00. > :27:04.It is phenomenally quick. It feels very different to any racing car
:27:04. > :27:10.I've ever driven. The acceleration is phenomenal. It is probably one
:27:10. > :27:15.of the quickest cars I've driven, much quicker than a V12 Ferrari.
:27:15. > :27:21.has been a labour of love and money to convert this car, bought from E-
:27:21. > :27:25.Day, into a record-breaker. The company behind it is a green energy
:27:25. > :27:29.firm and once Nemesis to challenge perceptions that electric cars are
:27:29. > :27:32.slow. What we are hoping to achieve is to get a bit of attention for
:27:32. > :27:37.electric cars and get people thinking about them in a different
:27:37. > :27:44.way. They are not the kind of things that Noddy might drive, they
:27:44. > :27:48.are supercars. Now Campbell hurtles over the salt flats... We Brits
:27:48. > :27:54.have long harboured a need for speed. The previous UK electorate
:27:54. > :28:01.record of 137 mph was set by the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, a
:28:01. > :28:05.family name synonymous with speed records. The new record has to be
:28:05. > :28:15.officially ratified but if it is, Nemesis will have achieved did not
:28:15. > :28:20.
:28:20. > :28:25.They chose a pretty good morning for that record. Most of us
:28:25. > :28:30.enjoying a pretty decent afternoon. Plenty of sunshine, dry and bright.
:28:30. > :28:34.There will be one or two showers out there. There is some cloud
:28:34. > :28:40.gathering in the north-west which will bring some rain. The hole in
:28:40. > :28:45.the crowd behind it is Saturday's weather, looking good for Saturday.
:28:45. > :28:50.Before that happens, a lot of fine, dry weather across the UK into the
:28:50. > :28:53.afternoon. One or two showers in Wales. Sunshine a bit harder to
:28:53. > :28:56.find in Northern Ireland but they be some lingering longer has the
:28:57. > :29:00.further east you are. There is already some rain in western
:29:00. > :29:07.Scotland and there is more to come. Eastern Scotland Ferring that bit
:29:07. > :29:12.better. -- bearing that bit better. In northern England there is plenty
:29:12. > :29:20.of sunshine. Maybe one or two showers the most places fine and
:29:20. > :29:25.dry. The showers are fairly few and far between in most places. Like
:29:26. > :29:29.winds, it's a pretty pleasant afternoon. It is largely dry
:29:29. > :29:34.towards the south and west. Tonight, the rain push us into Northern
:29:34. > :29:40.Ireland and moves through swiftly. Eventually it will clear away from
:29:40. > :29:45.Scotland. Ahead of it should stay dry but behind it are some showers
:29:45. > :29:49.coming in. Most showers being pushed along by a noticeable breeze.
:29:49. > :29:54.A breezy day in the north of the UK through tomorrow, sunny spells and
:29:54. > :29:58.showers. More cloud around for England and Wales at first. That
:29:58. > :30:04.moves eastwards with patchy rain, which will gradually fizzled out.
:30:04. > :30:08.It should brighten up. Temperatures on a par with today's values. The
:30:08. > :30:11.start of the weekend looking pretty good. Any early rain will clear
:30:11. > :30:16.away from the south-eastern corner and it is dry and bright with that
:30:16. > :30:20.spells of sunshine and light winds, although there will be blustery
:30:20. > :30:24.showers in northern Scotland. The winds pick up on Sunday. The
:30:24. > :30:28.weather front will bring some rain and wind into the north of the UK
:30:28. > :30:31.initially. It will move away from Scotland and Northern Ireland,
:30:31. > :30:36.pushing south into northern England and Wales. The rain will continue
:30:36. > :30:39.to drift ever southwards, getting into the South Eastern corner later
:30:39. > :30:43.in the day. Saturday is the day for getting out and about. But by
:30:43. > :30:52.Sunday, things are going downhill from the north with rain on the way
:30:52. > :30:57.The bodies of a young couple have been found in a swollen river in