:00:13. > :00:18.key town of Qusair after forcing rebels to withdraw after a two-week
:00:18. > :00:21.siege. Soldiers backed by Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon seized control
:00:21. > :00:26.this morning, saying they will now crush resistance elsewhere in the
:00:26. > :00:30.country. We will be live at Westminster as
:00:30. > :00:34.the government here says there is persuasive evidence now that the
:00:34. > :00:39.Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its own people. We
:00:39. > :00:43.will look at the significance of the news and ask what hope now of a
:00:43. > :00:48.political solution for the conflict. Former News International chief
:00:48. > :00:52.executive Rebekah Brooks pleads not guilty to phone hacking charges.
:00:52. > :00:56.Ed Miliband is criticised by the government after refusing to confirm
:00:56. > :01:01.if his party would reverse the decision to cut child benefits for
:01:01. > :01:04.higher earners. Consultants advise pregnant women to
:01:04. > :01:08.consider avoiding some common household chemicals, but they're
:01:08. > :01:12.warning is labelled unhelpful and impractical.
:01:12. > :01:18.Tailgaters beware - police will soon begin thing on the spot fines for
:01:18. > :01:22.that and other motoring offences. -- begin giving on the spot fines.
:01:23. > :01:32.80% of victims from the riots have not yet been paid compensation.
:01:33. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:52.And police are treating a fire that Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:52. > :01:58.BBC News asked one. Syrian government forces are ported to have
:01:58. > :02:04.taken full control of the strategic town of Qusair after a siege lasting
:02:04. > :02:07.more than two weeks. Qusair links Damascus to the coast. Forces loyal
:02:07. > :02:11.to President Assad have been reinforced by fighters from the
:02:11. > :02:16.Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. Downing Street says there is no
:02:16. > :02:19.persuasive evidence that the Assad regime has deployed chemical weapons
:02:19. > :02:26.against its people. The French yesterday said there was no doubt
:02:27. > :02:31.sarin gas had been used. Our world affairs correspondent reports.
:02:31. > :02:36.Once a town, now a battle ground. The besieged city of Qusair has
:02:36. > :02:40.fallen back into government hands. The rebels had held it for over a
:02:40. > :02:45.year but have been driven out. The fighting was the roses --
:02:45. > :02:50.ferociously. The town is near vital supply routes and is highly
:02:50. > :02:54.strategic for both sides. Syrian born -- rebels are blaming the
:02:54. > :02:59.defeat on the intervention of Lebanese Hezbollah militants. They
:02:59. > :03:05.are experienced fighters. As Shia Muslims, they support President
:03:05. > :03:10.Assad against his Sunni opponents. There are now a very large number of
:03:10. > :03:14.Hezbollah fighters in Syria. They are invading Syrian territory. When
:03:14. > :03:24.they continue to do that, and the Lebanese authority don't take any
:03:24. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:28.action to stop them coming to Syria, I think we are allowed to fight
:03:28. > :03:35.against Hezbollah within Lebanese territory. The threat of a widening
:03:35. > :03:39.walk comes as France confirmed that samples taken -- collected inside
:03:39. > :03:42.Syria have proved positive for the nerve gas sarin. A former doctor
:03:42. > :03:50.from a British hospital claims he has witnessed the effects
:03:50. > :03:58.first-hand. We have seen around 6000 injured people, some of them dead,
:03:58. > :04:08.with no clear injuries except that they are in a coma or they might be
:04:08. > :04:14.twitching. Very, very constricted by pupils. A new UN report says the war
:04:14. > :04:18.in Syria has reached new levels of brutality, with an escalation of war
:04:18. > :04:21.crimes including rape, executions and violence against children.
:04:21. > :04:27.American and Russian diplomats are trying to pave the way for a new
:04:27. > :04:32.peace conference, but as a man plans a Syrian flag on Qusair putts-macro
:04:32. > :04:37.clocktower, the prospects for peace seemed mode. This could be a turning
:04:37. > :04:43.point for President Assad, and his forces are likely to press on to try
:04:43. > :04:47.to retake more ground. Hundreds of thousands of people have
:04:47. > :04:52.fled Syria since the start of the conflict two years ago, many with
:04:52. > :04:58.harrowing stories to tell. Jim Muir has been to the Lebanese border with
:04:58. > :05:02.Syria to talk to refugees from the town of Qusair, which has fallen to
:05:02. > :05:07.government troops this morning, as we have heard.
:05:07. > :05:11.There are no international officials here, this is being run by the
:05:11. > :05:14.municipality, with hundreds of Syrian refugees pouring across the
:05:14. > :05:21.nearby border and flocking to register here. They are coming here
:05:21. > :05:26.to get water, supplies and just to be registered. Those lists are
:05:26. > :05:28.eventually passed to the United Nations, but it is taking people
:05:28. > :05:34.about three months to get any international help from the UN.
:05:34. > :05:44.Let's talk to some of these people. TRANSLATION: Hezbollah was
:05:44. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:57.attacking. You have two daughters. We were just sitting in the street.
:05:58. > :06:04.Every day, we come to register. Now we are just waiting. We need
:06:04. > :06:10.mattresses, water or anything. TRANSLATION: They have been
:06:10. > :06:16.murdering people with knives. Slaughtering people with knives.
:06:16. > :06:21.He said, I've been waiting here since 6am, I'm broken. What I is
:06:21. > :06:24.opposed to do? Tempers are clearly fraying, people have been waiting
:06:24. > :06:30.weeks and weeks just to register with the UN for any kind of help.
:06:30. > :06:34.The situation here is dire, more people are coming virtually every
:06:34. > :06:41.night, most of them making most of the journey on foot from Qusair.
:06:41. > :06:44.Jim Muir on the border, the Lebanese border with Syria. Norman Smith
:06:44. > :06:49.joins us from Westminster, people are asking for help. The government
:06:49. > :06:54.here now is that knowledge Inc VAT sarin gas has been used in the
:06:54. > :07:01.conflict? -- the government here is now acknowledging that sarin gas has
:07:01. > :07:04.been used in the conflict? There is a growing conviction that Assad has
:07:04. > :07:08.used chemical weapons on his own people. Downing Street are saying
:07:08. > :07:13.this morning that there is a growing body of persuasive evidence that he
:07:13. > :07:17.has used these weapons. There is a view that it will not be possible to
:07:17. > :07:23.cut any sort of deal with Assad, the Number Ten spokesman says that he
:07:23. > :07:27.must go. The Prime Minister is personally of a view that it is an
:07:27. > :07:34.hour just with Bosnia, and the only reason the Serbs work eventually
:07:34. > :07:37.brought to the negotiating table was that the West intervened. We are not
:07:37. > :07:42.on the cusp of any form of intervention yet or arming of the
:07:42. > :07:46.rebels, because their arsenic -- important and significant checks.
:07:46. > :07:50.One is the forthcoming peace conference, Number Ten wants to see
:07:50. > :07:56.what prospect but has success. Number Ten wants to be in step with
:07:56. > :08:02.the United States, and they want to be copper bottom sure that Assad has
:08:02. > :08:06.used chemical weapons, and they are waiting for that confirmation from
:08:06. > :08:10.the UN investigation. The biggest cheque is British political and
:08:10. > :08:14.public opinion, and the shadow of Iraq is a very long and dark one.
:08:14. > :08:20.Significantly, in the Commons this lunchtime, the Prime Minister was
:08:20. > :08:24.asked whether Parliament would have any say on intervention in Syria, he
:08:24. > :08:30.strongly indicated that there would be a debate and he flagged up that
:08:30. > :08:33.he backed a vote over Iraq. If you want more analysis and
:08:33. > :08:42.background on the conflict, including a report on why the town
:08:42. > :08:47.of Qusair is so important, you can visit the website.
:08:47. > :08:50.Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, has
:08:50. > :08:56.pleaded not guilty to phone hacking at Southwark Crown Court. She
:08:56. > :09:00.appeared with nine others, including her husband, Charlie Brooks. She has
:09:00. > :09:04.denied charges of conspiracy to convert the course of justice and
:09:04. > :09:12.conspiracy to pay public officials. Our home affairs correspondent is
:09:12. > :09:18.outside court. This was a very big and busy hearing. The doc was full,
:09:18. > :09:23.I counted 29 barristers in court. It was the first opportunity in this
:09:23. > :09:32.long-running saga for many of the key defendants to enter pleas.
:09:32. > :09:36.Rebekah Brooks pleaded not guilty to phone hacking, to conspiracy to
:09:36. > :09:40.commit mist on the -- misconduct, for conspiracy to pervert the course
:09:40. > :09:45.of justice. There were also not guilty plays from an James
:09:45. > :09:49.Weatherup, also of the News of the World, the Royal editor pleaded not
:09:49. > :09:54.guilty to misconduct in public office. There were a number of not
:09:54. > :09:57.guilty pleas in relation to perverting the course of justice
:09:57. > :10:02.from the coterie of people who worked for Rebekah Brooks two
:10:02. > :10:07.summers ago. We can't give details for legal reasons. We are heading
:10:07. > :10:13.towards what you might call a mega trial including bees keep people
:10:13. > :10:18.from the News of the World -- involving these people.
:10:18. > :10:21.A serious case review has been published into how a mother forced
:10:21. > :10:25.her adopted teenage daughter to become pregnant by artificial
:10:25. > :10:31.insemination. It found that agents had missed opportunities to protect
:10:31. > :10:35.the girl. Her adoptive mother is serving a prison sentence for child
:10:36. > :10:41.cruelty. Our social affairs correspondent joins me. Give us the
:10:41. > :10:45.background to this very disturbing story. It centres on a mother who
:10:45. > :10:48.adopted three children from overseas. She was denied the right
:10:48. > :10:54.to adopt a fourth child, so she concocted this plant that she would
:10:54. > :10:59.buy some frozen sperm online and then get her daughter to carry the
:10:59. > :11:03.child for her. The first attempted impregnation took place when the
:11:03. > :11:10.girl was 14, that is likely to have ended in a miscarriage. Finally, the
:11:10. > :11:14.girl gave birth to a baby boy when she was 17. It was only then, when
:11:14. > :11:18.the mother tried to remove the child from the hospital, that health
:11:18. > :11:22.professionals called in child protection officials, which is when
:11:22. > :11:28.the story unravelled. The review looks at the agencies that maybe
:11:29. > :11:31.could have stepped in earlier? Social services, says the report,
:11:31. > :11:36.had four opportunities and in one case an unqualified worker looked
:11:36. > :11:41.into the case and no home visit was called for. Social workers were
:11:41. > :11:45.fobbed off when the mother robustly denied there were any concerns. AGP
:11:45. > :11:48.did not report an of sexual assault that the girl and the mother had
:11:48. > :11:52.come forward with when she was 14, saying she might have been drugged
:11:52. > :11:56.and raped when they were looking to get her pregnancy test. They
:11:56. > :12:01.criticised health visitors who they say did not properly investigate
:12:01. > :12:06.several instances safeguarding concerns because they may have been,
:12:06. > :12:09.as the report says, influenced by the social profile of the mother -
:12:09. > :12:13.educated, articulate and middle-class. The local authority
:12:13. > :12:17.says they acknowledge that serious shortcomings were involved and they
:12:17. > :12:22.say things will improve. A van driver who admitted driving
:12:22. > :12:29.his car at pedestrians in Cardiff, killing a mother of three and
:12:29. > :12:31.injuring 14, will be sentenced this afternoon. 32-year-old Matthew
:12:31. > :12:37.Tvrdon, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, admitted grep --
:12:37. > :12:41.admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
:12:41. > :12:46.Matthew Tvrdon is a man with a significant history of mental health
:12:46. > :12:50.problems who, on October 19 last year, said to the police, something
:12:50. > :12:54.just snapped after he finished with his girlfriend. So he set off on the
:12:54. > :12:58.streets of Cardiff on his three tonne white van to seek revenge for
:12:58. > :13:02.people who he believed had been mocking and bullying him. His
:13:02. > :13:06.victims were, in fact, total strangers, innocent people making
:13:06. > :13:12.their way home at the end of the school day.
:13:12. > :13:17.Speeding van caught on CCTV as it makes its journey across Cardiff.
:13:17. > :13:22.Just 29 -- in just 29 minutes, it strive ahead 14 people, mostly women
:13:22. > :13:25.and young children making their way home from school. Matthew Tvrdon did
:13:25. > :13:29.not know his victims but he deliberately revved his engine to
:13:29. > :13:34.mount the curb and hit pedestrians. Others he attacked with a crook
:13:35. > :13:38.lock. The police investigation spanned five crime scenes. The local
:13:38. > :13:43.hospital had to close its doors in order to cope with the number of
:13:43. > :13:48.victims. Among them was Karina Menzies, the 31 new roles was killed
:13:48. > :13:54.after being hit by the full force of the van. She saved her two young
:13:54. > :14:04.daughters by pushing them out of the way. It just makes me feel that was
:14:04. > :14:08.the last thought in her mind, those girls, that is good. I saw the van
:14:08. > :14:13.driver. Sarah Pryor was driving her daughter home from school when
:14:13. > :14:18.Matthew Tvrdon cut across her path. Seconds later, she saw some of his
:14:18. > :14:23.victims on the ground. I just saw the most horrific sight, two women
:14:23. > :14:31.in the road, clearly they had just been involved in a very nasty
:14:31. > :14:36.accident. Seriously injured. I have never seen anything like it.
:14:36. > :14:41.Horrific. Horrible. Matthew Tvrdon pulls-macro guilty pleas means his
:14:41. > :14:44.victims will no longer have to live the attacks during a trial, but some
:14:44. > :14:51.questions about how and why they were subjected to such extreme
:14:51. > :14:57.violence remain unanswered. Some of Matthew Tvrdon's victims
:14:57. > :15:00.have been in court to watch the sentencing process. At one stage,
:15:00. > :15:05.graphic mobile phone footage was shown of two women being dragged
:15:05. > :15:08.under a van, and some had to leave because it was so distressing.
:15:08. > :15:12.Sentencing will continue this afternoon. Labour Leader Ed Miliband
:15:12. > :15:16.has refused to say whether his party would reverse cuts to child benefit
:15:16. > :15:20.for higher earners which came into effect earlier this year.
:15:20. > :15:22.The BBC has learned that Labour would not be able to reverse the
:15:22. > :15:30.policy, despite repeatedly criticising the change. Carole
:15:30. > :15:33.Walker joins us. Well, it was hugely controversial when the Chancellor,
:15:33. > :15:38.George Osborne announced that the Government was going to strip child
:15:38. > :15:43.benefit away from those earning over �60,000. At the time, Ed Miliband
:15:43. > :15:46.condemned the decision in the strongest terms describing it as an
:15:46. > :15:50.unfair attack on middle-class families that undermined a
:15:50. > :15:54.cornerstone of the system of universal benefits. Well, the BBC
:15:54. > :16:00.has learned that the Labour Party, if it came into power, would not
:16:00. > :16:05.reverse that change. To do so would cost 2. .3 billion and it would mean
:16:05. > :16:15.Labour giving money back to wealthier families, but when it came
:16:15. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:19.to Question Time, the tables were reversed. Despite goading, Ed
:16:19. > :16:23.Miliband refusing point-blank to utter a word about this policy. He
:16:24. > :16:28.talked about the Health Service instead. Now, tomorrow, Mr Miliband
:16:28. > :16:31.is making a speech about welfare and it is expected he will accept an
:16:31. > :16:35.overall limit on the welfare budget, but when it comes to Labour's
:16:35. > :16:38.policy, on this key issue of child benefit, it looks as though we are
:16:38. > :16:42.going to have to wait until closer to the next election for the
:16:42. > :16:46.official confirmation. Thank you.
:16:46. > :16:51.Patients, doctors and managers have joined forces to call for a change
:16:51. > :16:55.in the way their NHS delivers its services. They warn without change
:16:55. > :17:00.the Health Service faces unsustainable demand and financial
:17:00. > :17:04.ruin. Well, Dominic Hughes is at the annual conference of the NHS
:17:04. > :17:09.Confederation in Liverpool and part of the changes they are suggesting
:17:09. > :17:13.could involve hospital closures? Certainly, the closures of some
:17:13. > :17:17.services within hospitals, Kate. This is a significant coalition, I
:17:17. > :17:21.think, of doctors, of managers and of patients all coming together
:17:21. > :17:25.saying the NHS has to change. It has to change the way services that we
:17:25. > :17:31.all use are delivered and the model that those services operate on. So
:17:31. > :17:36.this morning, the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation told delegates
:17:36. > :17:39.here at the NHS NHS Confederation's annual conference that things had to
:17:39. > :17:42.change. We are saying for a sustain bible
:17:42. > :17:46.service we need to get more money into community. More money to
:17:46. > :17:49.primary and social care and we need to create the right circumstances so
:17:49. > :17:55.we can relieve the pressure on our hospitals and because we only have
:17:55. > :18:01.one pot of money, we are going to have to recycle that money and
:18:01. > :18:06.reinvest it. So why are they calling for the
:18:07. > :18:10.changes? Well, it is because how we have all changed. There are more
:18:10. > :18:14.older people for example who are turning up to hospital with not just
:18:14. > :18:17.one, but two or three conditions that need treating and they say for
:18:17. > :18:22.example, people with dementia. A hospital is the worst place that
:18:22. > :18:25.that person needs to be. But also it is about the money. The NHS in
:18:25. > :18:28.England alone has been asked to save �20 billion over the next few years
:18:28. > :18:32.and they are looking at a further ten years of austerity so things
:18:32. > :18:39.have to change. Dominic, thank you.
:18:39. > :18:45.It is now 1. 18pm. Syrian Government forces are
:18:45. > :18:49.reported to have taken a town after a two week siege.
:18:49. > :18:52.Coming up, I will be live at Highgrove, the home of the Prince of
:18:52. > :18:58.Wales as he launches a plan to regenerate wild flower meadows
:18:58. > :19:01.across the UK. New research shows London has the
:19:01. > :19:07.highest rate of Sexually Transmitted Infections in England.
:19:07. > :19:17.We have a sneak pre-view of the Royal Academy's highly anticipated
:19:17. > :19:22.
:19:22. > :19:27.For many us it may have been frustrated or in fear of bad drivers
:19:27. > :19:30.on the motorway, be it those hogging the middle lane or motorists who
:19:30. > :19:38.tailgate, driving too close to the car in front. Well, that behaviour
:19:38. > :19:41.about mean a fine and points on the licence as Richard Westcott reports.
:19:41. > :19:46.Most drivers will have been on the wrong end of something like this.
:19:46. > :19:50.Just look at how close the van gets. Tailgating. And most will have seen
:19:50. > :19:54.this too. Sitting in the middle lane of the motorway and what about
:19:54. > :19:57.pushing in a queue or jumping a junction? Ministers say these new
:19:57. > :20:01.powers will help police tackle careless driving. Well, it is
:20:01. > :20:06.safety, isn't it? It is people conforming and being good citizens
:20:06. > :20:10.and all that on the road. You know. I think it is good.
:20:10. > :20:14.It is just a money making thing. Whether it is going to improve
:20:14. > :20:18.safety on the roads. It is judge and jury. It is under
:20:18. > :20:22.giving the police too much -- it is giving the police too much power.
:20:22. > :20:26.Everyone should know what the laws are so fair enough.
:20:26. > :20:30.Up until now, the people who drive too close to the boot of your car or
:20:30. > :20:34.who hog the middle lane on a motorway would have been prosecuted
:20:34. > :20:38.in court, but from July, we are going to see police patrols on the
:20:38. > :20:43.side of the roads, handing out on-the-spot fines, points and
:20:43. > :20:46.retraining courses. Now, they say it will cut some of that anti-social
:20:46. > :20:51.behaviour. But realistically, is it going to change the way people
:20:51. > :20:55.drive? Or for on-the-spot fines, you need
:20:55. > :20:59.on-the-spot policemen and the resources are stretched. It he
:20:59. > :21:03.remains to be seen if the police will properly put the p policemen in
:21:03. > :21:07.force to enforce it. Fines will up oen a range of other
:21:07. > :21:15.driving offences too. Using a mobile phone or not using your seat belt
:21:15. > :21:19.rises from 6 60 to �100 and driving without insurance goes up from �200
:21:19. > :21:22.to �300. The changes are being welcomed by motoring and safety
:21:22. > :21:31.groups, but the Government will have to convince people that it is not
:21:31. > :21:37.just a way of making money out of Preg nanlt women should avoid --
:21:37. > :21:43.pregnant women should avoid chemicals found in common household
:21:43. > :21:48.goods. The report recommends using fresh food and avoiding tins and
:21:48. > :21:53.plastic containers, but the advice provoked concern with critics saying
:21:53. > :21:59.it is alarmist. Well, let's speak to Fergus Walsh.
:21:59. > :22:03.Tell us more about the advice, first of all? Well, they are talking about
:22:03. > :22:08.products, chemicals found in plastics and in thousands of every
:22:08. > :22:12.day household products and the royal college said we think you should
:22:12. > :22:16.adopt a safety first precautionary approach and it has given a list of
:22:16. > :22:23.things that pregnant women could avoid. They include food wrapped in
:22:24. > :22:28.plastic and in tins. Drinks in plastic bottles. Moisturisers or
:22:28. > :22:34.cosmetics and fragrances. Don't buy new furniture or fabrics. Don't buy
:22:34. > :22:37.a new car or a new non stick frying pan. The list goes on. So it is
:22:37. > :22:40.quite comprehensive the things they are suggesting pregnant women might
:22:40. > :22:46.considerle. And that's why the accusations
:22:47. > :22:54.amount to it could aamount to being alarm alarmist. Where is the
:22:54. > :23:00.evidence? The Royal College said it is difficult to assess the risk
:23:00. > :23:05.which begs the question as to why did they give this advice in the
:23:05. > :23:09.first place? There are potential dangers, but not the hard evidence
:23:09. > :23:14.and that's why the Royal College has been criticised for being
:23:14. > :23:18.unscientific and alarmist and perhaps detracted from the really
:23:18. > :23:21.important proven dangers from things like smoking and excess alcohol and
:23:21. > :23:25.things like avoiding some soft cheeses, liver, the list goes on.
:23:25. > :23:29.They are the things that pregnant women really need to focus on.
:23:29. > :23:34.Thank you. From today, crime victims in England
:23:34. > :23:39.and Wales are able to challenge a decision not to charge a suspect or
:23:39. > :23:43.to stop a prosecution. The new right to review policy will apply to about
:23:43. > :23:46.100,000 cases a year. Many victims of crime feel they are
:23:46. > :23:51.let down by a system which they don't understand and which fails to
:23:51. > :23:56.look after them. Now, victims in England and Wales are to be given a
:23:56. > :24:01.new power. If prosecutors denied to the to go ahead with a case, the
:24:01. > :24:06.victim will be able to challenge that decision. The Victims' Right to
:24:06. > :24:11.Review will apply to around 100,000 cases a year. This is made up of
:24:11. > :24:16.70,000 cases where a decision is made not to bring charges and 30,000
:24:16. > :24:20.where a prosecution is started and then dropped. There are hundreds of
:24:20. > :24:24.thousands of cases every year and it is inevitable that there will be
:24:24. > :24:27.rare mistakes and this scheme enables victims to have those
:24:27. > :24:31.mistakes put right quickly, but for the majority of cases that are
:24:31. > :24:35.right, it also gives them reassurance to know the decision has
:24:35. > :24:39.been looked at again. So if the victim wants it, there
:24:39. > :24:43.will be a fresh examination of each case and a a pledge that if there
:24:43. > :24:47.are no legal barriers to a prosecution the suspect will be
:24:47. > :24:53.charged. I think it puts victims at the heart of decision making about
:24:53. > :24:57.prosecutions. To. Often victims feel like bystanders and the ability to
:24:57. > :25:00.ask the CPS to look again at decisions around prosecutions is a
:25:00. > :25:02.way of giving victims a greater voice and ensuring that the system
:25:02. > :25:08.works for them and not just the State.
:25:08. > :25:12.This new move is all about inspiring confidence in the system, but some
:25:12. > :25:16.are sceptical about whether it is really necessary. The process as it
:25:16. > :25:20.stands at the moment, there are a lot of opportunities tor victims to
:25:20. > :25:24.engage with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service and so really
:25:24. > :25:27.the process at the moment should be capable of giving victims that
:25:27. > :25:31.voice, taking a their views on board and ensuring that those views are
:25:31. > :25:35.brought out through either charging decisions or prosecutions.
:25:35. > :25:39.The right to have a case reviewed will extend to those who have lost a
:25:39. > :25:42.family member as the result of a crime. Suspects who escape
:25:42. > :25:51.prosecution the first time around prosecution the first time around
:25:51. > :25:56.prosecution the first time around new meadows to mark the anniversary
:25:56. > :26:01.of the Queen's Coronation. The idea is to help conserve flower-rich
:26:01. > :26:04.grasslands across the UK with a meadow in every county. Steve Knibbs
:26:04. > :26:09.joins us from Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
:26:09. > :26:13.Kate, thank you very much. Look at the meadow the Prince has got in his
:26:13. > :26:18.front garden. 120 different species is here. This isn't is a scene seen
:26:18. > :26:23.across the country. 97% of wild flower meadows have disappear so the
:26:23. > :26:29.Prince is launching this plan to bring them back. Joining me is
:26:29. > :26:33.Stephen Davis from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Why have we lost the
:26:33. > :26:37.med ease? As a result of development and it is a sad situation because
:26:37. > :26:41.people and particularly children now, they have no opportunity to
:26:41. > :26:46.experience the wonderful diversity that you can get in such meadows.
:26:46. > :26:50.We need the agricultural intensification, can this work in
:26:50. > :26:55.harmony with this new project? habitats need to be managed and cut
:26:55. > :26:59.for hay in July and grazed by sheep or cattle. So that is important. But
:26:59. > :27:04.we also want it to promote species diversity within the agricultural
:27:04. > :27:08.landscapes. Tell us how the project will work. This meadow is a good
:27:08. > :27:13.example of how it will work with yourselves? The project will work by
:27:13. > :27:21.using green hay and wild flower seed from fantastic flower rich meadows
:27:21. > :27:25.and using them to restar new grassland in new grassland in each
:27:25. > :27:28.county in England. The Prince of Wales will launch the
:27:28. > :27:34.project this afternoon. Thank you very much, Steve.
:27:34. > :27:39.The British and Irish Lions kicked off their first home match in
:27:39. > :27:44.Australia. Joe Wilson reports. There was incident and injury to concern
:27:44. > :27:47.the Lions despite winning. The British and Irish Lions on
:27:47. > :27:53.Australian soil for the first time in a dozen years. The elite of the
:27:53. > :27:58.home nations and a cuddly toy! For Perth, western force, the chance
:27:58. > :28:04.to play against them may never come again. They promised aggression and
:28:04. > :28:08.intimidation and tackling. Johnny Sexton scoring after ten minutes.
:28:08. > :28:15.There are boundaries. Look at the top of the pictures where the
:28:15. > :28:20.western force scrum-half believes he was bitten by Kane Healey. The
:28:20. > :28:25.incident removed unproven. The Lions continued to dominate. Bridon owe
:28:25. > :28:35.discold played here for the Lions in 2001. He can still manage a classy
:28:35. > :28:36.
:28:36. > :28:40.finish. It was 27-3 by half-time. Despite the grand occasion, the home
:28:41. > :28:50.side rested some key players, unacceptable and disgraceful claimed
:28:51. > :28:53.
:28:53. > :28:58.It is time for a look at the It is time for a look at the
:28:58. > :29:01.weather. Do we dare? Well, the Lions are not m missing the sunshine. 29
:29:01. > :29:05.Celsius in Perth. We have had more cloud today compared with yesterday.
:29:05. > :29:10.Here it is on the satellite picture. It is reduck tant to clear the
:29:10. > :29:18.Midlands and link shire, but hopefully we will see sunshine
:29:19. > :29:25.coming through here. For most of us, it will feel warm in the sunshine.
:29:25. > :29:33.There is just a few flies in -- flies in the ointment. One of them,
:29:33. > :29:37.the odd shower. Along the North Sea Coast, the sea being so chilly, it
:29:37. > :29:42.is a little bit cooler than elsewhere inland where we are seeing
:29:42. > :29:47.temperatures getting into the high teens and ot low 20s. There is
:29:47. > :29:52.sunshine to enjoy for many of us as the day continues, but there is a
:29:52. > :29:57.little bit of cloud drifting along the South Coast of Devon and
:29:57. > :30:01.Cornwall. So here it is bright rather than sunny. Some warmth
:30:01. > :30:06.developing across the Midlands and Wales as the cloud continues to
:30:06. > :30:12.break. I don't think we will see temperatures getting into the 20s
:30:13. > :30:17.here. The showers will linger through this evening and overnight.
:30:17. > :30:27.Through the night, the low cloud returns, but in the north, it will
:30:27. > :30:31.be chill I willy. -- chilly. So a chillyish night and a chilly start
:30:31. > :30:34.and potentially a grey start tomorrow morning, but that cloud
:30:34. > :30:38.burns back and probably a bit quicker than today to the coast.
:30:38. > :30:43.Still one or two showers or a risk anyway, but it is a dry and fine day
:30:43. > :30:46.so with more sunshine coming through quickly it should be warmer. I think
:30:46. > :30:49.the temperatures will peak tomorrow or Friday bringing the warmest day
:30:49. > :30:52.of the year so far. So we are talking about the odd 25 Celsius
:30:52. > :30:56.tomorrow and possibly on Friday as well, but probably not in the south.
:30:56. > :30:59.We pick up a breeze in the south by Friday as the high pressure migrates
:30:59. > :31:03.further northwards. We start to be threatened by this low pressure
:31:03. > :31:07.coming up from France, but at this stage it looks as if it may hold off
:31:07. > :31:12.until the beginning of next week, so not as warm over the weekend, the
:31:12. > :31:15.weather does look fair for many of us. More sunshine to come. Still a
:31:15. > :31:19.little chilly along the coasts with the sea breezes. I started saying it
:31:19. > :31:23.will be warm and sunny for most and I think it will be warm and sunny
:31:23. > :31:30.for most this weekend and hopefully the showers will hold off until next
:31:30. > :31:33.week at least. The town in Syria is reported to