:00:15. > :00:17.and 38 trophies, Sir Alex Ferguson is to step down as manager of
:00:17. > :00:22.Manchester United. Having just won the Premier League
:00:22. > :00:24.title, his retirement will bring to a close the most successful
:00:24. > :00:29.managerial career in British would ball.
:00:29. > :00:30.Sir Alex says he will become a director and ambassador for the
:00:30. > :00:34.club. The Queen sets out the government
:00:34. > :00:37.agenda for the next year at the State Opening of Parliament,
:00:37. > :00:42.announcing 15 bills, including measures to control immigration and
:00:42. > :00:47.for a single state pension. My government will bring forward a
:00:47. > :00:51.bill that further reforms Britain's immigration. The bill will ensure
:00:51. > :00:57.that this country attracts people who will contribute and deters those
:00:57. > :01:01.who will not. I'm here at Westminster with full
:01:01. > :01:05.analysis of this, the penultimate Queen's Speech before the next
:01:05. > :01:08.election. Police in Cleveland prepared to
:01:08. > :01:12.charge three brothers with the kidnap and imprisonment of three
:01:12. > :01:16.women missing for a decade. The jury in the April Jones trial
:01:17. > :01:21.has heard a 999 call made by her mother hours after she disappeared.
:01:21. > :01:26.And 70 years on, remembering the merchant seamen who braved German
:01:26. > :01:28.U-boats to maintain Britain's vital supply lines during the Battle of
:01:28. > :01:35.the Atlantic. On BBC London, new figures show
:01:35. > :01:44.closing fire stations will slow response times in more than 40
:01:44. > :01:54.areas, and plans to build a university campus in East London
:01:54. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:03.fall through, what will it mean to Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC
:02:03. > :02:08.News that one. Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in the
:02:08. > :02:12.history of British football, is to retire at the end of the season. 71
:02:12. > :02:17.the Roald Sir Alex has been the boss at Manchester United since 1986 and
:02:18. > :02:23.has won 38 trophies, including this season's Premier League total --
:02:23. > :02:27.title. In a statement he said it was a decision he had thought a great
:02:27. > :02:32.deal about and decided it was the right time. Allah chief sports
:02:32. > :02:36.correspondent is at Old Trafford. It is a day that redefines the very
:02:36. > :02:40.landscape of British football, such as being the success that Sir Alex
:02:40. > :02:44.Ferguson has enjoyed at Old Trafford for more than a quarter of a
:02:44. > :02:48.century. It is very hard to imagine life without him here but today,
:02:48. > :02:52.finally, he decided to call time on an illustrious career, a momentous
:02:52. > :02:57.day for the club and the sport at large.
:02:57. > :03:01.On the face of it, this was yet another celebration, but perhaps
:03:01. > :03:04.British football's greatest ever manager was also saying farewell. As
:03:04. > :03:08.Sir Alex Ferguson enjoyed more success at Old Trafford last month,
:03:08. > :03:13.there was little sign that an era was about to end, but we know that
:03:13. > :03:16.this will be his 13th and final Premier League triumph. The 71 new
:03:16. > :03:20.Roald arrived at the training ground this morning having decided to
:03:20. > :03:30.retire, first telling his players, then the world. In a statement, he
:03:30. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:48.and I didn't want to believe them, I wanted him to still be at the club
:03:48. > :03:51.next season. He is a fantastic manager. It is unbelievable, he is
:03:51. > :03:55.the best manager the world has ever seen. Ferguson has always said he
:03:55. > :03:59.would only quit on health grounds, and he is due to undergo hip surgery
:03:59. > :04:03.this summer. But rumours of his shock departure only emerged
:04:03. > :04:09.yesterday after bookmakers suddenly slashed odds on David Moyes of
:04:09. > :04:14.Everton, becoming the next United manager. Jose Mourinho is another in
:04:14. > :04:19.the frame to take over, with United preparing to name a successor before
:04:19. > :04:23.the weekend. It is a lot for the fans to take on. We would love to
:04:23. > :04:27.see another Ferguson, but I don't think you will ever get that again.
:04:27. > :04:32.It is almost like someone has died, you want to give him a good send-off
:04:32. > :04:37.but you feel so so Judah. With two more matches in the dugout, Ferguson
:04:37. > :04:40.will become a club director and ambassador. After more than a
:04:40. > :04:45.quarter-century in charge, Ferguson has become part of the fabric of Old
:04:45. > :04:51.Trafford. He retired 12 years ago, only to change his mind. This time
:04:51. > :04:56.the decision is final and football will never be the same again.
:04:56. > :04:59.Temperamental, competitive and ruthless, Sir Alex Ferguson's
:04:59. > :05:03.treatment of match officials, certain members of the media,
:05:03. > :05:07.ex-players and the FA at times crossed the line, and not everyone
:05:07. > :05:12.will mourn his departure, but it is as a trophy winning manager at Old
:05:12. > :05:16.Trafford that his career will be remembered and celebrated. He
:05:16. > :05:20.oversaw an era of dominance at Manchester United, his grip on the
:05:20. > :05:25.Premier League was vice like, he turned to this club into a global
:05:25. > :05:30.commercial brand and a phenomenon, as Andy Swiss reports.
:05:30. > :05:34.For more than a quarter of a century he has ruled English would pull, Sir
:05:34. > :05:39.Alex Ferguson, the man who turned Manchester United into a trophy
:05:39. > :05:43.machine and the club into a global powerhouse. How times change. In
:05:43. > :05:49.1986, a freshfaced Sir Alex arrived, with United in the doldrums. I'm
:05:49. > :05:57.excited. It was tough going at first, he didn't win a trophy for
:05:57. > :06:03.four years. His job under pressure, but in 1993, in unforgettable
:06:03. > :06:13.fashion, he clinched his first league title, ushering in an era of
:06:13. > :06:23.
:06:23. > :06:27.was always plain to see. His outbursts became known as the
:06:27. > :06:33.hairdryer treatment and he even once accidentally kicked a boot into
:06:33. > :06:36.David Beckham's face. No player was too big, Ferguson's success was
:06:36. > :06:43.through constantly reinventing his team, and earlier this year he
:06:43. > :06:46.suggested he was not finished yet. The issue is how I feel within
:06:46. > :06:52.myself, as you get older you are not guaranteed your health, no one is. I
:06:52. > :06:55.touch wood that my health remains for a long time yet. At the moment,
:06:55. > :07:04.everything is hunky-dory. But you never know. You are vulnerable to
:07:04. > :07:10.age. That is the question. suddenly, stunningly, it is over. 26
:07:10. > :07:16.years at one club in the fickle world of football, a miracle of
:07:16. > :07:20.staying power and success of the man who made winning a way of life.
:07:20. > :07:24.When you think of some of the great players that Ferguson has managed at
:07:24. > :07:30.Old Trafford over the years, the likes of Eric Cantona, Mark Hughes,
:07:30. > :07:36.Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Rinaldo, the list goes on and on, you get the
:07:36. > :07:39.idea of the unique longevity of this remarkable man manager. He is set
:07:39. > :07:43.for an emotional and rem rebel occasion this weekend, when Man
:07:43. > :07:47.United play their last home game of the season against Swansea adult
:07:47. > :07:51.travelled on Sunday. It would already be a special day, they are
:07:51. > :08:00.being given a trophy, but now the fans have the chance to say farewell
:08:00. > :08:04.to the man, the like of which, we will never see again, I imagine.
:08:04. > :08:10.We are joined by our sports editor David Bond. What kind of impact is
:08:10. > :08:13.this likely to have? Not just the team, but the club as a whole, and
:08:13. > :08:17.the brand of Premier League English football. Ferguson has been a real
:08:18. > :08:23.driving force and the club has had huge commercial success over the
:08:23. > :08:27.last two decades. A remarkable phenomenon. Although the Glazers,
:08:27. > :08:31.the current owners, would have been planning for years for this moment,
:08:31. > :08:35.this did not reduce the sense of shock that finally they were having
:08:35. > :08:41.to deal with it. Interestingly, their executive based chairman Ed
:08:41. > :08:45.Woodward said last October that they had a plan in place -- their
:08:45. > :08:49.executive vice-chairman. The club is keen to have a successor announced
:08:49. > :08:53.before the weekend. They want somebody who understands the
:08:53. > :08:56.heritage and tradition of Manchester United, someone committed to playing
:08:56. > :09:00.attractive attacking football and committed to developing youth
:09:01. > :09:06.talent. At the moment that would seem to point towards David Moyes of
:09:06. > :09:10.Everton, but we can't be sure about that. Whoever comes in, clearly,
:09:10. > :09:15.will be overshadowed by the amazing achievements of Sir Alec over 27
:09:15. > :09:19.years. Even though United are wanting him to step back, he will be
:09:19. > :09:24.on the football club board, but they don't want him necessarily to
:09:24. > :09:26.interfere. It will be like Margaret Thatcher and conservative leaders
:09:27. > :09:34.down the years, whenever something comes up they will always deferred
:09:34. > :09:38.to Sir Alex. The Queen has set out the government
:09:38. > :09:44.agenda for the next year at the State Opening of Parliament. The
:09:44. > :09:47.bills, plans for tougher immigration rules to make it easier to deport
:09:47. > :09:51.foreign criminals and those entering the UK illegally. The post bills
:09:51. > :09:56.will cap social care costs in England and introduce a single state
:09:56. > :09:59.pension of �144 a week. David Cameron and the deputy PM Nick Clegg
:09:59. > :10:03.said the speech showed that their resolve to turn the country around
:10:03. > :10:06.had never been stronger, but Labour Leader Ed Miliband said the
:10:07. > :10:10.government was not up to the scale of the task.
:10:10. > :10:15.Matthew Amroliwala is at Westminster. Good afternoon. We have
:10:15. > :10:19.heard the last but one Queen's Speech before the next election.
:10:20. > :10:24.Politicians here are digestive the agenda laid out. 15 bills in total
:10:24. > :10:28.to help with the economy, changes to pensions, social care and
:10:29. > :10:33.immigration are all key planks. Interesting, too, what is not in
:10:33. > :10:39.this Queen's Speech. We will discuss that in a moment, but first, Carole
:10:39. > :10:44.Walker reports. It is an occasion when the Palace of
:10:44. > :10:49.Westminster revels in ceremony, and sets in train the key political
:10:49. > :10:53.battles of the coming year. It is the 59th Queen's Speech to be
:10:53. > :10:57.delivered by Queen Elizabeth. For the first time, she was accompanied
:10:57. > :11:02.by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, a small change to the
:11:02. > :11:04.ancient ceremony. The door to the Commons is slammed in the face of
:11:04. > :11:14.Black Rod to signify the independence of the House of
:11:14. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:19.Commons. Before he summons MPs to attend the Lords. The occasion would
:11:19. > :11:27.not be complete without the intervention of the veteran Labour
:11:27. > :11:34.MP Dennis Skinner. Royal Mail for sale, Queens head privatised... --
:11:34. > :11:37.the Queen's head privatised. Prime Minister and the Leader of the
:11:37. > :11:41.Opposition were required to find Smalltalk before facing each other
:11:41. > :11:45.across the despatch box. My lords and members of the House of Commons,
:11:45. > :11:50.my government's legislative programme will continue to focus on
:11:50. > :11:54.building a stronger economy so that the night is Kingdom can compete and
:11:54. > :11:59.succeed in the world. Her speech was written before last week's local
:11:59. > :12:03.elections, when UKIP made big gains. The government wants to show
:12:03. > :12:07.it is addressing the concerns of voters on issues like immigration.
:12:07. > :12:13.My government will bring forward a bill that further reforms Britain's
:12:13. > :12:17.immigration system. The bill will ensure that this country attracts
:12:17. > :12:21.people who will contribute and deters those who will not.
:12:21. > :12:25.New legislation will make it easier to deport foreign criminals,
:12:25. > :12:29.landlords will have to check the immigration status of tenant and
:12:29. > :12:34.there will be regulations to try to cut NHS tourism. People who pay
:12:34. > :12:42.taxes and work hard are very happy for the NHS to be there for people
:12:42. > :12:47.entitled to it, but they don't like the prospect of people who are not
:12:47. > :12:53.entitled to free NHS care flying to this country and using the NHS and
:12:53. > :12:57.not being charged for it. Other measures announced include a cap on
:12:57. > :13:00.social care costs and more help for carers, pension changes including a
:13:00. > :13:05.single flat rate pension and help for small businesses, cutting
:13:05. > :13:08.regulations and national insurance contributions. I want to see a
:13:08. > :13:12.Queen's Speech responding to the deep problems the country faces,
:13:13. > :13:16.young people who can't find work, small businesses that can't get a
:13:16. > :13:19.bank loan and the cost of living crisis that so many families face. I
:13:19. > :13:26.feel on the evidence so far, this Queen's Speech is not up to the
:13:26. > :13:30.scale of the task. The speech was notable for what is left out - no
:13:30. > :13:33.mention of a minimum price for alcohol or plain packaging for
:13:33. > :13:36.cigarettes, no new powers for police to monitor Internet communications,
:13:36. > :13:42.something opposed by the Lib Dems, and no bill to establish a wreck the
:13:42. > :13:45.rent on Europe, which some Conservative MPs would like. -- no
:13:45. > :13:52.bill to establish a referendum on Europe. 15 bills were announced
:13:52. > :13:58.today, but no real surprises. Is the coalition running out of steam?
:13:58. > :14:02.Certainly not, it is a five-year plan. It has been said in the past
:14:02. > :14:06.that the government legislates to much. I hope we get the balance
:14:06. > :14:13.right. If jobs increase and unemployment goes down, I hope
:14:13. > :14:16.people will say it was politically worth having. With the ceremony
:14:16. > :14:17.over, political arguments resume. The government says its programme is
:14:17. > :14:21.about strengthening Britain's economic competitiveness, but
:14:22. > :14:26.details have yet to be agreed and it will be judged on how they work in
:14:26. > :14:32.practice. With me here is our political
:14:32. > :14:37.correspondent, Norman Smith. What is your analysis of the contact and --
:14:37. > :14:40.content and impact of this Queen's Speech? The government wants the
:14:40. > :14:44.Queen's Speech to be seen really as a Parliamentary drumroll, setting
:14:44. > :14:49.out their agenda, ambitions and aims. The agenda the government
:14:49. > :14:53.wants us to take is that they are committed to helping Britain in the
:14:53. > :14:58.global race and helping families who want to get on. So we have reforms
:14:58. > :15:01.to long-term care and pension and measures to crack down on migrant
:15:01. > :15:06.taking the Mickey out of the benefit system. Notwithstanding that, it
:15:06. > :15:09.seems that this is less of a big drumroll and more a vigorous shaking
:15:09. > :15:14.off a Parliamentary tambourine. I say that not because it is
:15:14. > :15:17.comparatively light, but because the really big events shaping politics
:15:17. > :15:21.today are happening elsewhere. They are obviously the economy, the
:15:21. > :15:25.deficit and the eurozone, the comprehensive spending review next
:15:25. > :15:29.month and the emerging issue of Europe, of which there was nothing.
:15:29. > :15:34.They seem to be the real political drumroll moments. Those omissions
:15:34. > :15:38.that Carroll referred to, how significant were they? They say that
:15:38. > :15:43.this Queen's Speech was also a peacemaker's Queen's Speech,
:15:43. > :15:48.designed to restore order, tranquillity and calm on the
:15:48. > :15:52.coalition backbenchers. Tory backbenchers want measures like
:15:52. > :15:56.alcohol minimum pricing and cigarette packaging, the Liberal
:15:56. > :16:00.Democrats are spared the so-called Snoopers' Charter. It seems that
:16:00. > :16:05.Miss Cameron is trying to draw a line to the fractious nature by
:16:05. > :16:10.giving concessions to both sides. Thank you. We will have more on the
:16:10. > :16:20.Queen's Speech later. There is more commentary and analysis on the
:16:20. > :16:24.website. Thank you. After yesterday's dramatic rescue
:16:24. > :16:29.from a house in Cleveland, police are preparing to charge three
:16:30. > :16:33.brothers with the kidnapping and imprisonment of three women. The
:16:34. > :16:38.three women were freed, having been held captive for the past decade.
:16:38. > :16:45.The police are now also facing questions as to how the crime
:16:45. > :16:50.remained undetected for so long. Preparing for a joyous home-coming
:16:50. > :16:55.for Gina DeJesus one of the women at the centre of this extraordinary,
:16:55. > :16:58.unfolding drama and for Amanda Berry. It was she who was first able
:16:58. > :17:04.to escape and raise the alarm. Her grandmother overwhelmed to hear her
:17:04. > :17:11.voice after so long. I'm so happy. I told her I loved her and I missed
:17:11. > :17:17.her and prayed for her. Oh, my God, I'm so happy. Finally, an image of
:17:17. > :17:20.the third woman, Michele Knight, who had been missing the longest of all.
:17:21. > :17:26.But as investigators tried to piece together the missing decade and
:17:26. > :17:30.more, there is bewilderment that they could be hidden for so long and
:17:30. > :17:36.unanswered questions. The police are fending off reports that they missed
:17:36. > :17:42.chances in the past to check out the goings-on at the house. The old
:17:42. > :17:48.people who live in that building up there, they reported there were
:17:48. > :17:55.three guys in the back yard, with you butt-naked girls. And doing
:17:55. > :17:59.bodily harm to them. They come buy and look, you know -- they come by
:17:59. > :18:03.and look, you know what I'm saying. It's expected the three brothers,
:18:03. > :18:07.currently in custody, as suspects, will be formally charged later in
:18:07. > :18:13.the day. One of them, who lived at the house, this brush with the law
:18:13. > :18:17.five years ago was caught on video. He was warned for minor traffic
:18:17. > :18:24.infringements. For the women, after the welcome home, there will be the
:18:24. > :18:29.challenge of adjustment. Going forward, with the proper therapy and
:18:29. > :18:34.the proper support, they will live their lives, but probably always be
:18:34. > :18:37.looking around their back to see who is following them. And still, for
:18:38. > :18:42.the outside world, there's a fascination to find out more about
:18:42. > :18:51.what extraordinary events have taken place inside this otherwise
:18:51. > :18:55.apparently ordinary house. Our main story - Sir Alex Ferguson,
:18:55. > :18:59.the most successful manager in British football, announces his
:18:59. > :19:03.retirement after 26 years at Manchester United. And still to come
:19:03. > :19:08.- it was the lostest continuous military campaign in the Second
:19:08. > :19:11.World War. We look back at the Battle of the Atlantic. Later in
:19:12. > :19:16.London, rebuilding Tottenham, after the riots. The Mayor looks as how
:19:16. > :19:20.the money is being spent. And, one of London's most famous churches
:19:20. > :19:30.needs to raise millions to restore it and save it for future
:19:30. > :19:34.
:19:34. > :19:39.murdering five-year-old April Jones has heard the 999 call made by her
:19:39. > :19:43.mother on night she disappeared. Mark Bridger denies abducting and
:19:43. > :19:49.murdering last October. Hour reporter is in the North Wales town
:19:50. > :19:54.of Mold with more. It's been a difficult morning in court. At one
:19:54. > :19:59.stage, her mother began to weep and had to leave the public gallery as
:19:59. > :20:02.she listened to a recording of her own strained pleas for her
:20:02. > :20:07.daughter's return and we heard from the first police officer at the
:20:07. > :20:11.scene, the person who began what became the largest search for a
:20:11. > :20:15.missing child in UK force history. The parents arrived at court knowing
:20:15. > :20:19.that they were about to relive the painful first moments when they
:20:19. > :20:23.realised their daughter had disappeared. The five-year-old had
:20:23. > :20:29.been playing with a friend, when her mother sent for April to come home.
:20:29. > :20:39.Only to be told that she had been taken by a stranger. Coral Jones
:20:39. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:56.'999 call was played to the jury. remained impassive. He denies
:20:56. > :21:01.abducting April and committing murder, saying he ran her over in an
:21:01. > :21:05.accident. Before the 999 call had finished, the police arrived at the
:21:05. > :21:09.Bryn-y-Gog estate, where April had been playing. The first officer at
:21:09. > :21:14.the scene described to the court how she had been told to look out for a
:21:14. > :21:17.large, grey vehicle. She said April's mother was panicked. The
:21:17. > :21:22.officer spoke to the seven-year-old who had been playing whap, who told
:21:22. > :21:26.her she had gone in a van, a gran van. This afternoon, the jury will
:21:26. > :21:30.hear from the headteacher at April's school, the place where her parents
:21:30. > :21:36.and Mark Bridger attended a parents' evening, hours before April was
:21:36. > :21:41.missing. It has been a day of disruption at court. Mid-way through
:21:41. > :21:45.the morning, a fire alarm sounded, which meant the whole building was
:21:45. > :21:51.evacuated. They were able to resume just ahead of the lunch break. The
:21:51. > :21:56.jury will continue to hear evidence this afternoon.
:21:56. > :22:00.A woman has been sentence today a minimum of 30 years for the murders
:22:00. > :22:04.of five members of the same family, including three children in a house
:22:04. > :22:08.fire in pret statin. The court was told that Melanie Smith, who lived
:22:08. > :22:16.in the flat below the victims, set fire to a pushchair in a dispute
:22:16. > :22:19.about a shared hallway last October. Lianne shears and her partner and
:22:19. > :22:23.three children died after becoming trapped by the blaze. The
:22:23. > :22:27.grandmother of the schoolgirl, Tia Sharp, told police that she would
:22:27. > :22:31.have murdered her partner if she had thought he was responsible for her
:22:31. > :22:35.granddaughter's death. The Old Bailey has heard that Christine
:22:35. > :22:40.Bicknell described Stuart Hazell as a drinker, but a man who was found
:22:40. > :22:44.of her grandchildren and never hurt them. He denies murdering Tia in New
:22:44. > :22:52.Addington last August and of hiding her body in the loft of a house that
:22:52. > :22:56.he shared with her grandmother. Another stressful day in comfort --
:22:56. > :23:00.court for the family of Tia Sharp. The jury was read a police statement
:23:00. > :23:06.from Christine Bicknell, Tia's grandmother, and former partner of
:23:06. > :23:11.the man who denies Murder. She described him as a drinker and drug
:23:11. > :23:21.user, but main who never lost his temper and doted on her
:23:21. > :23:32.
:23:32. > :23:36.night that Tia Sharp was killed, her grandmother had been out working.
:23:36. > :23:39.She called Stuart Hazell at home and could hear Tia Sharp laughing in the
:23:39. > :23:43.background. But when she returned from work next morning, there was no
:23:43. > :23:50.sign of Tia. Stuart Hazell told her that she had gone shopping in crow
:23:50. > :23:57.done. -- crow done. Christine then said of Tia that she knew nothing
:23:57. > :24:01.about her death. " If I did, I would be inside, I would have killed him."
:24:01. > :24:05.Court was shown images of her final journey. She is seen apparently
:24:05. > :24:10.happy and care-free travelling on a bus with Stuart Hazell. They also
:24:10. > :24:20.bought sweets at a local shop. By the following morning, she was dead.
:24:20. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:24.The trial continues. Now, it was the longest continuous military campaign
:24:24. > :24:27.in the Second World War and today marks the start of the
:24:27. > :24:32.commemorations for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the
:24:32. > :24:34.Atlantic. Three Royal Navy ships are on the Thames. There will be a
:24:34. > :24:38.special service at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 60,000 sailors
:24:38. > :24:44.and airmen lost their lives in the fighting. Robert Hall has been
:24:44. > :24:53.speaking to some of those who survived. No light, a foggy night,
:24:53. > :24:57.as we sail up. So far all right. All in line, convoy-bound... On a warm,
:24:57. > :25:05.spring evening, Jack's poetry speaks of the dark days at sea, which
:25:05. > :25:09.changed him forever. What you see is an dramatic incident. It was
:25:09. > :25:16.Churchill who first referred to this, the longest naval battle in
:25:16. > :25:21.history haunted him for five years. Britain needed one million tonnes of
:25:21. > :25:27.imported food, fuel, equipment and arms every week to survive and fight
:25:27. > :25:31.and Hitler's U boats had one mission - to sink allied ships and maintain
:25:31. > :25:36.the block aid. I remember one that was quite close and as I looked at
:25:36. > :25:45.her I saw the water going up and the bang and she started to break in the
:25:45. > :25:50.middle. Operating in wolf packs, the U boats dodged the naval escorts to
:25:50. > :25:55.pick their targets in the slow-moving columns. Ships and crews
:25:55. > :26:05.were lost on every crossing, but there were acts of swivelary. Flank
:26:05. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:14.was aboard a liner that was torpedoed that was helping people.
:26:14. > :26:20.They bandaged my hands up. I got cigarettes. Although he was an
:26:21. > :26:25.enemy, I felt as though I was among friends with the Germans. This
:26:25. > :26:33.U-boat, recovered from the seabed and now on show to the public at
:26:33. > :26:42.Birkenhead is one of only four left in the world. During the battle,
:26:42. > :26:48.many were sunk and thousands of lives were claimed, over 30,000. The
:26:48. > :26:53.battle was won, but at a terrible cost. A further 36,000 sailors and
:26:53. > :26:58.airmen died protecting the convoys. Those journeys through seas and
:26:58. > :27:06.constant risk of attack can never be wiped from the memories of the old
:27:06. > :27:11.men who survived. I got my life and I'm a lucky man. I thank God I've
:27:11. > :27:21.got my family around me, you know. love my country. I'll do anything to
:27:21. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:25.stop people taking it over. Now, we have time just to get a little more
:27:25. > :27:29.on the Queen's Speech. I'm joined from Westminster by Nick Robinson.
:27:29. > :27:34.Your analysis of what we have heard today. There are some speeches that
:27:34. > :27:37.historians look back on and say, that's the moment a law was
:27:37. > :27:42.announced that changed Britain. Frankly, I don't think today was one
:27:42. > :27:47.of those days. On the economy, the Government has and is promising to
:27:47. > :27:53.introduce Myres that it says will make a difference -- measures that
:27:53. > :27:56.it says will make a difference and in the long term, like the creation
:27:56. > :28:00.of high-speed rail lines across Britain, but they don't believe in
:28:00. > :28:04.this Government and new laws can get the economy to grow. There are
:28:04. > :28:08.important measures on immigration, which will be tested by events in
:28:08. > :28:12.the next few months, as to whether they do restrict the flow of people
:28:12. > :28:17.coming to the United Kingdom from the EU. But, it seems to me the
:28:17. > :28:22.thing most likely to matter to people watching and yet might not
:28:22. > :28:27.get the most attention from politicians are the social changes.
:28:28. > :28:31.Changes to pensions, so people work longer and there is a new single
:28:31. > :28:35.top-up pension, changes to social care, so people may not always have
:28:35. > :28:40.to lose their house, if they have those enormous social care bills and
:28:40. > :28:44.changes to childcare as well, attempting to make it cheaper and
:28:44. > :28:48.more affordable for people. It won't be one of the speeches that
:28:48. > :28:53.dominates the next election, but it will matter to a lot of people.
:28:53. > :28:58.Nick, thank you very much. It's time now to look at the weather
:28:58. > :29:06.It's time now to look at the weather with Alex. That was yesterday, Kate.
:29:06. > :29:09.Today is the transition day. We are swapping over. Yesterday was
:29:09. > :29:13.glorious and temperatures in the mid-20s. It is still warm out there
:29:13. > :29:17.if you have a bit of sun, but by tomorrow we'll be struggling to
:29:17. > :29:21.reach 11 or 12 C across large parts of the United Kingdom. Yes, 24
:29:21. > :29:26.yesterday. A thing of the past. Here's the change taking place. You
:29:26. > :29:30.can see the picture and how the band has worked it's way -- its way
:29:30. > :29:34.across the country bringing rain. The rain will continue to march
:29:34. > :29:38.north. It won't reach Scotland. Still sun here and temperatures in
:29:38. > :29:41.the high teens. In the south, it's not all doom and gloom. There are
:29:41. > :29:46.some brighter spells to be had, but we'll see fairly heavy showers.
:29:46. > :29:50.Already got a lot of cloud and showers across the far south-west.
:29:50. > :29:56.It mai -- may brighten a touch, but the showers will drift across South
:29:56. > :30:04.Wales and into eastern England and here they could well turn into
:30:04. > :30:08.downpours. Perhaps a touch dryer to end the day in Northern Ireland.
:30:09. > :30:15.Misty on the east coast. The rain not reaching the extreme north of
:30:15. > :30:20.Scotland until overnight, but it will arrive here. The showers will
:30:20. > :30:24.affect the east of England. A few in the south-west and South Wales, but
:30:24. > :30:27.it does turn into a dry night, with clear spells and fresher than last
:30:27. > :30:32.night. Temperatures down to seven or eight. More wet weather arrives and
:30:33. > :30:40.that's going to be accompanied by the winds. They'll whip up tonight
:30:40. > :30:47.through the Irish Sea coasts and further south. Gusts of 60mph, maybe
:30:47. > :30:56.65mph in exposed areas. It could cause a few problems. Accompanied by
:30:56. > :30:59.wet weather too. We might reach 13 or 14, but for most, ten, 11, 12 and
:30:59. > :31:03.feeling a lot cooler because of the rain and because of those lively
:31:03. > :31:08.winds. All caused by a deep area of low pressure. That doesn't hang
:31:08. > :31:12.around too long. That does scoot away by Friday, but another tangle
:31:12. > :31:16.of weather fronts approach, which promise further bands of cloud and
:31:16. > :31:19.showery rain across the country. There will be brighter spells, with
:31:19. > :31:23.temperatures getting to 15 or 16. Most places much cooler than we were
:31:23. > :31:26.at the start of the week and that's how we look as we head into the
:31:27. > :31:30.weekend. It looks as if we'll have heavy showers and some bright
:31:30. > :31:35.heavy showers and some bright spells, but a cool wind. Thank you.
:31:35. > :31:39.Time to leave you with our main story - after more than 26 years in