:00:12. > :00:17.concerned over claims that police tried to smear the family of Stephen
:00:17. > :00:21.Lawrence. The teenager was murdered 20 years ago. A former undercover
:00:21. > :00:25.officer says he was asked to discredit the campaigns to find his
:00:25. > :00:30.killer. Extraordinarily, to target the family, in case they could find
:00:30. > :00:34.any dirt on the family, that is quite disgusting. We are looking
:00:34. > :00:38.ahead to a statement on the claims in the Commons this afternoon. Also,
:00:39. > :00:48.the shooting of a British family in the French Alps last year. A man has
:00:49. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:04.been arrested in connection with the murders. He is thought to be the
:01:04. > :01:06.brother of one of the victims. Nelson Mandela is still in a
:01:06. > :01:08.critical condition in hospital. The South African president says doctors
:01:08. > :01:10.are doing all they can to make him comfortable. The CIA whistleblower
:01:10. > :01:13.Edward Snowden, still no confirmation as to his whereabouts
:01:13. > :01:16.as a Russian plane bound for Cuba leads without him. The high wire act
:01:16. > :01:18.which is not for the faint-hearted. A tightrope walker makes it across a
:01:18. > :01:20.gold without a safety harness. Australia sacks its team coach just
:01:20. > :01:23.a fortnight before the start of the Ashes series. And after heartbreak
:01:23. > :01:25.in the final last year, can Andy Murray go one better? I'm live at
:01:25. > :01:28.Wimbledon and a mouthwatering opening day. Later on BBC London.
:01:28. > :01:30.Safety concerns over the capital's pollution as the mayor reveals
:01:30. > :01:33.dangerously high emission levels. And the new training centre for
:01:33. > :01:43.athletes and amateurs alike that aims to provide a lasting Olympic
:01:43. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:05.he is deeply concerned about claims that the police wanted to smear the
:02:05. > :02:08.family of the murdered black teenager, Stephen Lawrence. The Home
:02:08. > :02:12.Secretary will make an urgent statement in the House of Commons
:02:12. > :02:17.this afternoon, following allegations by a former undercover
:02:17. > :02:27.police officer, Peter prances, saying he spied on the family for
:02:27. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :02:40.laying a wreath in the road where the teenager was stabbed in a racist
:02:40. > :02:44.murder. 20 years later, his mother has described the claim that a
:02:44. > :02:47.police officer was trying to smear the family as a disclosure that tops
:02:47. > :02:52.anything that has happened since. Sir Paul Condon was the Metropolitan
:02:52. > :02:58.Police commissioner at the time. Today, he denied any knowledge of a
:02:59. > :03:03.covert operation against the Lawrences. I can say categorically
:03:03. > :03:07.that at no time during my time as commissioner did I authorise or was
:03:07. > :03:11.aware of the sort of operation that has been described in the Guardian.
:03:11. > :03:17.I don't know if it is true or not, but I can certainly say that from a
:03:17. > :03:22.senior level, as far as I'm concerned, there was no such
:03:22. > :03:28.operation. Peter Francis was an undercover officer, and some in the
:03:28. > :03:34.group he infiltrated remember him. But questions remain. Who authorised
:03:34. > :03:39.it, if it is true, who knew about it, did senior figures know about
:03:39. > :03:43.this going on, why was it going on and how far did it go? In other
:03:43. > :03:48.words, he was placed under surveillance, why, what was being
:03:48. > :03:52.done and what were they trying to achieve? We need an immediate
:03:52. > :03:58.investigation into these allegations. It may need to be an
:03:58. > :04:03.investigation of a high order, more forensic than the investigation that
:04:03. > :04:07.operation Ahern is carrying out. Since the covert activities of this
:04:07. > :04:11.former officer, Mark Kennedy, came to light, and operation overseen by
:04:11. > :04:15.Derbyshire's chief constable has been investigating the role of
:04:15. > :04:22.undercover policing. The claim that covert operations with used during
:04:22. > :04:28.the period following the Lawrence murder has raised pressure on
:04:28. > :04:32.politicians to act. It has also dredged up old memories of Peter
:04:32. > :04:38.Francis from former activists. was trying to get us to do things
:04:38. > :04:43.that we didn't want to do. We were a peaceful protest group. We were able
:04:44. > :04:49.to sideline some of the things that he was suggesting an hour meetings.
:04:49. > :04:52.We dealt with him through our democratic structures. It's another
:04:52. > :05:01.controversy on top of so many before it that have resulted from the death
:05:01. > :05:07.of this young man. As we were hearing, a statement by the Home
:05:07. > :05:12.Secretary, Theresa May, to MPs this afternoon. My expectation is that
:05:12. > :05:15.the Home Secretary will tell MPs that because these allegations are
:05:15. > :05:21.so serious, because they strike at the very integrity of the police,
:05:21. > :05:25.they cannot be left hanging in the air and there needs to be a fresh
:05:25. > :05:33.enquiry, and one that command the confidence not just of the public
:05:33. > :05:37.but also of the Lawrence family. To that end, I understand this enquiry
:05:37. > :05:41.will not be left up to the police themselves to conduct. The police
:05:41. > :05:46.will not be investigating the police. Even though there is a
:05:46. > :05:50.convenient ongoing police enquiry which could have been used, that is
:05:50. > :05:56.investigating the work of undercover officers. This will be handed to
:05:56. > :06:01.accuse sake -- QC by the name of Mark Allison. What is significant
:06:01. > :06:06.about him is he is the QC who led the prosecution that secured the
:06:06. > :06:10.conviction of two of the original five suspects. Therefore, his
:06:10. > :06:15.involvement would command the confidence of the Lawrence family.
:06:15. > :06:20.And his remit will be not to simply establish whether there was a smear
:06:20. > :06:25.campaign, who ordered it, how high up it went the police chain of
:06:25. > :06:30.command, why the MacPherson enquiry team were kept in the dark, why do
:06:30. > :06:35.politicians, it seems, were kept in the dark, but also to answer the
:06:36. > :06:42.question the public want answered, namely, what is alleged to have
:06:42. > :06:45.happened 20 years ago, could it still happen in the police today?
:06:45. > :06:50.Detectives investigating the shooting of a British family on
:06:50. > :06:56.holiday in the French Alps last September have arrested a man in. He
:06:57. > :07:00.was found dead in his car along with his wife and her mother, the
:07:00. > :07:06.couple's two children survived. The man arrested is understood to be the
:07:06. > :07:11.victim 's brother. Brutal, ruthless and battling. The Al hilly family
:07:11. > :07:14.car strewn with bullet holes, its rear tyre burst. A sign of the
:07:14. > :07:18.savagery of this murder in a picturesque part of the French Alps
:07:18. > :07:22.last September. The victim was shot dead alongside his wife,
:07:22. > :07:26.mother-in-law and a cyclist it is believed to was passing by. His
:07:26. > :07:30.eldest daughter, who was then seven, was seriously injured. A younger
:07:30. > :07:35.sister just boar, was found eight hours after the shooting inside the
:07:35. > :07:38.car, hiding under her mother 's body. Searching for a motive for the
:07:38. > :07:42.death, detectives had been investigating rumours of a family
:07:42. > :07:44.feud over an inheritance. It's understood the police arrested the
:07:44. > :07:49.victim's brother at his home in Chessington in Surrey this morning,
:07:49. > :07:54.on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a murder. He has always denied that
:07:54. > :07:59.there was any family row over money. Much of the initial police enquiry
:07:59. > :08:04.focused on the family home in Surrey, as his work, his family and
:08:04. > :08:07.links to his native Iraq were examined. The police also set up a
:08:07. > :08:11.joint investigation team, working with French detectives to try and
:08:11. > :08:16.solve the mystery of these murders. Surrey police say today's arrest as
:08:16. > :08:19.part of the ongoing investigation into the killings. The chief
:08:19. > :08:28.prosecutor in France has always said he believed there would be no quick
:08:28. > :08:32.solution in this case. The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, says
:08:32. > :08:35.doctors are doing all they can to make Nelson Mandela more
:08:35. > :08:39.comfortable. The former leader remains in a critical condition in
:08:39. > :08:42.hospital in Pretoria, where he has spent almost three weeks being
:08:42. > :08:49.treated for a recurring lung infection. This report is from
:08:49. > :08:54.Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela's family arriving at the hospital this
:08:54. > :08:57.morning. The 94-year-old has already spent more than a fortnight in
:08:57. > :09:02.intensive care, battling a lung infection. There had been
:09:02. > :09:06.suggestions that the 94-year-old was improving slightly. He has recovered
:09:06. > :09:12.from pneumonia before. But over this weekend his condition suddenly hit a
:09:12. > :09:15.new low, moving from serious but stable too critical. The South
:09:15. > :09:22.African authorities, still keen to protect his privacy, offered this
:09:22. > :09:30.assessment. From President Mandela remains in a critical condition in
:09:30. > :09:38.hospital. The doctors are doing everything possible to ensure his
:09:38. > :09:42.well-being and comfort. We don't know the precise details of Nelson
:09:42. > :09:45.Mandela's condition, but the South African authorities have never used
:09:45. > :09:48.such alarming language before. It does seem clear that the former
:09:48. > :09:57.president is now fighting for his life. The reaction he has been swift
:09:57. > :10:01.and emotional. Nelson Mandela is like my father, my grandfather. I am
:10:01. > :10:10.praying for God that he can recover quickly. I'm hoping he gets well,
:10:11. > :10:16.he's in our prayers. I'm still wishing him a speedy recovery. We're
:10:17. > :10:20.just keeping our hope that he's going to be OK. Messages of support
:10:20. > :10:28.outside Mr Mandela's hospital. One of his close friends told the BBC
:10:28. > :10:33.there is a need to be sombre, we should not hold onto false hopes.
:10:33. > :10:39.Karen Allen is outside the hospital in Pretoria. We saw some reaction to
:10:39. > :10:45.this latest statement. What about the rest of South Africa, how are
:10:45. > :10:49.they interpreting the change? think sombre is the word to use.
:10:49. > :10:53.There is a sombre mood. People are using this time for quiet
:10:53. > :10:57.reflection. But there's also a sense of the enormous pride. You can see
:10:57. > :11:02.people from so many generations that all feel this enormous closeness
:11:02. > :11:06.towards Nelson Mandela and huge amounts of interest in his
:11:06. > :11:10.well-being. We've had the statement today from President Jacob Zuma,
:11:10. > :11:16.that doctors were doing all they could to ensure his comfort and
:11:16. > :11:21.well-being. No talk of recovery any more. I think we are beginning to
:11:21. > :11:25.get a sense of the gravity of the situation that Nelson Mandela faces.
:11:26. > :11:30.When you speak to people here, there are still people who are praying for
:11:30. > :11:35.the best, but some are dreading the worst. A real sense of mixed
:11:35. > :11:41.emotions. And extra visits today from members of the ministries and
:11:41. > :11:47.some former allies that worked with Nelson Mandela during the struggle
:11:47. > :11:50.years. There is confusion over the whereabouts of the US intelligence
:11:50. > :11:52.contractor Edward Snowden. A representative of the Russian
:11:52. > :11:57.Aeroflot airline said Edward Snowden, who leaked information
:11:57. > :12:00.about a massive American internet -- to net surveillance programme, had
:12:00. > :12:07.not boarded a flight he'd been expected to take from Moscow to
:12:07. > :12:10.Cuba. The flight from Moscow the fugitive former US intelligence
:12:10. > :12:17.contractor was expected to be on. Heading ultimately for Ecuador. But
:12:17. > :12:21.as it departed, of him, it seems, there was no sign. A global game of
:12:21. > :12:27.diplomatic cat and mouse appears to have got more complicated. On a
:12:27. > :12:30.visit to Vietnam Ecuador's Foreign Minister confirmed it had received a
:12:30. > :12:34.request for asylum from Edward Snowden.
:12:34. > :12:38.TRANSLATION: We are analysing it with a lot of responsibility and
:12:38. > :12:43.taking good care of him. It has to do with the freedom of expression
:12:43. > :12:47.and security of citizens around the world. It was just over a month ago
:12:47. > :12:51.when Edward Snowden left his home in Hawaii and headed for Hong Kong. It
:12:51. > :12:54.was while he was there that the Guardian and Washington Post began
:12:54. > :12:58.publishing the allegations and leaks heat provided. Yesterday came news
:12:58. > :13:02.that he'd left for Moscow, as the US authorities sought to have him
:13:02. > :13:08.detained in Hong Kong. It had been expected he would fly on to Cuba,
:13:08. > :13:11.then Venezuela and, or, Ecuador, both countries that have delighted
:13:11. > :13:15.in causing Washington diplomatic irritation of late. Mr Snowden has
:13:15. > :13:17.already left some serious diplomatic fallout in Hong Kong, with the
:13:17. > :13:23.Chinese authorities deflecting charges that they orchestrated his
:13:23. > :13:29.departure. A message was given to Edward Snowden through his carer in
:13:29. > :13:36.Hong Kong that he should leave Hong Kong, and that he could leave Hong
:13:36. > :13:43.Kong safely, without being stopped at the airport. I tend to believe
:13:43. > :13:47.that that message was given on to the authorities of Beijing. It's the
:13:47. > :13:51.scale of what Edward Snowden is accused of doing that has so angered
:13:51. > :13:58.Washington. He leaked documents revealing that American intelligence
:13:58. > :14:03.was collecting data about US phone calls, that Britain's GCHQ listening
:14:03. > :14:08.centre was tapping cables glow -- in global communications, and that the
:14:08. > :14:11.United States had been hacking into Chinese computers. Wherever he is
:14:11. > :14:18.now, the United States has underlined its irritation of
:14:18. > :14:21.difficulties it is having in getting his hands on him. A former health
:14:21. > :14:25.official at the centre of allegations on the Care Quality
:14:25. > :14:30.Commission has denied ordering a critical report into the deaths of
:14:30. > :14:34.babies at a hospital in Cumbria to be deleted. Jill Finney, who was
:14:34. > :14:39.deputy chief executive, said she and her colleagues decided the report
:14:39. > :14:42.needed much further work before being published. Our health
:14:42. > :14:45.correspondent is in Edinburgh at the British Medical Association's annual
:14:45. > :14:51.conference. Doctors gathered from across the UK are sharing their
:14:51. > :14:56.concerns about the demands facing the NHS and the constraint on its
:14:56. > :15:01.budget. But those from England are also all too aware about the debate
:15:01. > :15:04.around the need for greater openness, and the row which
:15:04. > :15:07.continues to envelop the health care watchdog for England. A maternity
:15:07. > :15:14.unit where failings led to the deaths of some babies will stop
:15:14. > :15:17.allegations of a cover-up at the regulator, the CQC. A review of its
:15:17. > :15:20.investigation of Furness General Hospital not published. But today,
:15:20. > :15:24.one senior official involved in a key meeting said there was no
:15:24. > :15:28.cover-up, no instruction to delete the report, but concern it didn't go
:15:28. > :15:33.far enough. We felt it came to the wrong conclusion. Whilst it
:15:33. > :15:37.challenged what we had done, it said that therefore the CQC had done all
:15:37. > :15:41.that was sufficient. That was not correct. CQC could and should have
:15:41. > :15:46.done more. So where does that leave hospitals in England? The NHS
:15:46. > :15:50.overall has had its budget protected compared to other public services.
:15:50. > :15:54.But the claim that health spending is protected rings hollow when we
:15:54. > :15:58.raise... Doctors say it feels more like cuts at the front line. And the
:15:58. > :16:02.leader said with all the pressures, now was not the time for another
:16:02. > :16:05.shake-up of the regulator. I think it's absolutely not the right time
:16:05. > :16:09.to try to say we need to reorganise or from top to bottom again. We
:16:09. > :16:12.should remember that sometimes you shouldn't react in a knee jerk way,
:16:12. > :16:15.which would allow changes under way to bed in. After calls for a more
:16:15. > :16:22.open culture to prevent future scandals, maintain public confidence
:16:22. > :16:25.in the NHS, do doctors gathered here feel they can raise concerns?
:16:25. > :16:30.are prepared to stand up, you can stand up and you are not going to
:16:30. > :16:36.get pushed down and clouded out. You can make your comment is known very
:16:36. > :16:40.easily. There's no doubt we understand the ethos and we want to,
:16:40. > :16:45.but there are still too many stories in the press about people who, after
:16:45. > :16:48.they've done that, suddenly they find their jobs not needed any more.
:16:48. > :16:51.You'll a-macro there are times when people see that things are going
:16:51. > :16:55.wrong, they want to make a difference and say something but
:16:55. > :17:00.they can't. Health ministers in England say doctors are working
:17:00. > :17:10.extremely hard, helping the NHS manager increasing demands with the
:17:10. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:13.budget relatively sheltered from heard, are the ambivalent views that
:17:13. > :17:18.the doctors have about whether or not they feel free to raise
:17:18. > :17:23.concerns. That is crucial in the restoring of public confidence that
:17:23. > :17:31.there is indeed openness and transparency in our health service.
:17:31. > :17:35.Thank you. Now our top story: David Cameron
:17:35. > :17:40.says he is deeply concerned over claims that the police tried to
:17:41. > :17:44.smear the family of the murdered teenager, Stephen Lawrence. A former
:17:44. > :17:48.undercover officer said he was asked to discredit the campaign to find
:17:48. > :17:53.his killer. And the latest on the floods in
:17:53. > :17:59.India. Where the do death toll has passed 1,000. On BBC London: After
:17:59. > :18:05.decades missing, the calls for the First World War mraks to be
:18:05. > :18:14.reinstated in a Dulwich chufrn and Lenny Henry, how the comedian turned
:18:14. > :18:20.stage actor is gearing up for his It is the first day of Wimbledon.
:18:20. > :18:25.The start of two weeks of debate over rain affecting play, the price
:18:25. > :18:28.of strawberries and whether or not this year will be Andy Murrays. The
:18:28. > :18:32.British number one starts his bid for the title on Centre Court,
:18:33. > :18:37.saying he will give everything he has starting with round one.
:18:37. > :18:42.Standing in Andy Murray's way is Novak Djokovic. The Serbian is
:18:42. > :18:45.hoping to win Wimbledon for the second time.
:18:45. > :18:51.Defending champion, Serena Williams, wants a sixth Wimbledon singles
:18:51. > :18:54.title. The question in the ladies draw is whether anyone can stop her.
:18:54. > :19:00.Let's join Katherine Downes who joins us from Wimbledon.
:19:00. > :19:04.As you say, bittersweet memories for Andy Murray and his supporters of
:19:04. > :19:09.this place last year. Because of that and the success that Andy
:19:09. > :19:13.Murray has joyed since the Olympic Gold Medal, there is anticipation
:19:13. > :19:19.and ex-peck tradition on him that are higher than ever. There is a
:19:19. > :19:23.mouth-watering open day in prospect. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and
:19:23. > :19:28.Maria Sharapova in action, but if you speak to some of the guys on
:19:28. > :19:33.that hill, they will tell you that they are here for just one man.
:19:33. > :19:37.Please, open the gates... It is Andy Murray Monday. For those at the
:19:37. > :19:40.front of the queue, there is one place to be and one reason to be
:19:40. > :19:45.there. We are here to support Scotland and
:19:45. > :19:52.for Andy Murray! Those without tickets have hours to wait. Andy
:19:52. > :19:55.Murray with a Grand Slam title under his belt is a bigger draw thatten --
:19:55. > :19:58.than ever. I know from the queue there are more
:19:58. > :20:04.people here than at the same time last year. Certainly with Andy
:20:04. > :20:08.Murray doing so well last year, proving he can play so well on
:20:08. > :20:12.grass, getting into the Olympics, winning there. Winning the Grand
:20:12. > :20:17.Slam, there is a big impact. Andy Murray has been playing down
:20:17. > :20:23.his chances this year. Today, the crowds jostled to watch Rafael
:20:23. > :20:29.Nadal's warm-up. He is to meet Roger Federer in the quarter-finals and
:20:29. > :20:33.Andy Murray could face whoever wins. We are guessing at the moment. I
:20:33. > :20:36.believe, one of the top four flairs will win the title. Andy Murray is
:20:36. > :20:42.one of those. If Andy Murray wins today, he will
:20:42. > :20:46.beat the Fred Perry record to become the most successful British man in
:20:46. > :20:51.Grand Slam history. After the heartbreak of last year's final, how
:20:51. > :20:57.far will the success stretch this year. It is the perennial question,
:20:57. > :21:02.is it Andy Murray's year? Here to give the best shot of answering it
:21:02. > :21:08.is Mike Dixon. Thank you very much for coming here.
:21:08. > :21:13.What do you think, is it his turn? Well , it has never been hard tore
:21:13. > :21:17.win a Grand Slam at tennis, but he has come here in good form. This is
:21:17. > :21:22.his best chance. His draw is reasonable. Better than some say.
:21:22. > :21:25.There is no time like the present. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have
:21:25. > :21:30.to deal with each other before Andy Murray takes on either? I think he
:21:30. > :21:34.has more of a chance, we are talking theories, if he comes through that
:21:34. > :21:41.match, he comes more chance of beating Roger Federer than
:21:41. > :21:43.inadequatally. -- Nadal. But you have to play well to win these
:21:43. > :21:47.tournaments. Do you think that the pressure is
:21:47. > :21:52.off? He has won the Olympic Gold Medal, beating Roger Federer, does
:21:52. > :21:56.it increase the pressure or is it off? It is relaxing he has won the
:21:56. > :22:02.US Open and the Olympic gold. He has that monkey off his back if you
:22:02. > :22:07.like. He feels an authentic member of the big four, but there is
:22:07. > :22:12.massive pressure. He is 26 now. Not as young as he was. He will not get
:22:12. > :22:15.that many more chances. And finally, Roger Federer, he is
:22:16. > :22:20.out on Centre Court at the moment, the raining champion. Do we think
:22:20. > :22:25.that his star is on the wane or is he still a threat? One to watch?
:22:25. > :22:33.think he is a threat. Of the four, he is the least likely to win. There
:22:33. > :22:38.are signs of slippage there. You may see this as his last istic to win
:22:38. > :22:43.Wimbledon. So he will be going out. I would not write him off. Only a
:22:43. > :22:48.fool would do that, but of the four, he is probably the outsider.
:22:48. > :22:52.Thank you very much. Coverage on the BBC for the next two
:22:52. > :22:57.weeks. Andy Murray getting his Wimbledon campaign this afternoon,
:22:57. > :23:02.Centre Court, he is third up. Rescuers in northern India are
:23:02. > :23:06.trying to rescue thousands of people after rain washed away homes and
:23:06. > :23:10.roads and triggered landslides nearly a week ago. Bad weather has
:23:10. > :23:15.hampered the evacuation efforts in an area where at least 1,000 people
:23:15. > :23:19.are thought to have died in the monsoon floods. We report from the
:23:19. > :23:24.affected area. It is one of India's bigst ever
:23:24. > :23:28.rescue operations, easily the most challenging. Soldiers building make
:23:28. > :23:31.shift bridges to reach areas cut off after the worst floods here in 80
:23:31. > :23:35.years. Roads have been swept away and
:23:35. > :23:40.thousands of people are still stranded in the mountains.
:23:40. > :23:47.With food supplies running low, there is a sense of urgency to try
:23:47. > :23:52.to get to them. Bad weather has forced the Air Force
:23:52. > :23:57.to suspend the rescue flights. Also on standby, these elite Special
:23:57. > :24:02.Forces... They have been deployed to try to rescue those survivors stuck
:24:02. > :24:06.on the slopes in the remote areas. All of the helicopters in this air
:24:06. > :24:10.base are grounded. The pilots are waiting for a break in the weather
:24:10. > :24:16.before they can resume flying. Until then, everyone here is simply having
:24:16. > :24:20.to wait. Rescue workers with supplies of food and medicines,
:24:20. > :24:25.supplies that must be taken urgently to people that need them and with
:24:25. > :24:29.every passing hour, it is getting more and more desperate. 80,000
:24:29. > :24:33.people have been rescued. Many have not even in days, they were
:24:33. > :24:40.desperate to get out. But it could be weeks now before the
:24:40. > :24:47.extent of the devastation becomes clear.
:24:47. > :24:51.Now, this needs a head for heights. A tight rope walk, 1,500 feet above
:24:51. > :24:57.the ground. Hirer than the Empire State
:24:57. > :25:05.Building. Nik Wallenda crossed the River Gorge over the Grand Canyon
:25:05. > :25:09.with no safety harness in under 25 minutes.
:25:09. > :25:17.A five-centimetre steel cable was all that stood between Nik Wallenda
:25:17. > :25:21.and the bottom of the Little Colorado River Gorge. Nearly half a
:25:21. > :25:28.kilometre high, with no safety harness, he relied on his training,
:25:28. > :25:33.self-belief and the power of prayer... Crazy, Jesus. Lord.
:25:33. > :25:38.The 34-year-old comes from an eminent line of high-wire artist,
:25:38. > :25:43.stretching back seven generations. As the winds whipped around him,
:25:43. > :25:48.causing the cable to sway, he paused and simply crouched down. Despite
:25:48. > :25:53.the risks, Nik Wallenda said he dreamt of doing this since he was a
:25:53. > :26:00.teenager. It took him 22 nail-biting minutes to make the crossing.
:26:00. > :26:09.Towards the end he felt confident enough to feel, blow a kiss... And
:26:09. > :26:15.even run. APPLAUSE.
:26:15. > :26:20.It was way more windy. The movement of the cabe, the side walls, as I
:26:20. > :26:25.was walking were getting in the way, confusing me. So I tried to react.
:26:25. > :26:30.When I reacted I kicked the rhythm into the cable. It took every bit to
:26:30. > :26:35.stay focussed. Nik Wallenda has no intention of
:26:35. > :26:40.remaining on terra firma. He told reporters that he hopes that the
:26:41. > :26:42.next stunt is a tight rope walk between the Empire State Building
:26:42. > :26:46.and the Chrysler Building in New York.
:26:47. > :26:53.Two weeks before the start of the Ashes, the Australian cricket coach,
:26:53. > :26:59.Mickey Arthur has been sacked. The team's form has been poor. They
:26:59. > :27:03.failed to win a match in the champions trophy one-day tournament.
:27:03. > :27:09.To warn you this report does contain flash photography. The first
:27:09. > :27:14.dismissal of the Ashes summer may be the most surprising.
:27:14. > :27:20.Mickey Arthur had been had been the man to steer Australia through the
:27:20. > :27:26.current chaos. Now he is a part of it. Today being replaced by a former
:27:26. > :27:31.player, Darren Layman. Paying the price for off and on the field
:27:31. > :27:34.problems. I gave the job 100% in the last
:27:35. > :27:41.couple of years. I thought we were nearly there to cracking it, but I
:27:41. > :27:45.take the responsibility for it. Arthur was brought in to restore the
:27:45. > :27:50.prestige to Australian cricket and not afraid to take on the players.
:27:50. > :27:57.Dropping four, including the vice captain for failing to complete a
:27:57. > :28:02.pre-match presentation. The problems did not go away. In this bar, the
:28:02. > :28:05.batsman Warner punched Joe Root he was banned. They have been without
:28:05. > :28:08.Michael Clarke, injured, now cricket Australia wants a change of
:28:08. > :28:13.direction. Behaviour, accountability for
:28:13. > :28:18.performance. They are things that we would like to see in a team that is
:28:18. > :28:22.improving performance and continuing to build. We have recognised issues
:28:22. > :28:26.and concerns about that in the months gone by. In recent times we
:28:26. > :28:31.have not seen the improvement we would like.
:28:31. > :28:36.Any Ashes predictions must be made cautiously. England lost a final
:28:36. > :28:42.they should have won yesterday, but they are a settled team. Australia
:28:42. > :28:48.may be galvanised by the arrival of a new coach but this is a big risk
:28:48. > :28:50.where the timing is key. where the timing is key.
:28:50. > :28:56.Now the weather with Nina Ridge. Hello. The showers at Edgbaston made
:28:56. > :29:00.it difficult for the cricketers. At Wimbledon, however, it has been dry
:29:00. > :29:05.although there is some thick cloud. There are better breaks in the cloud
:29:05. > :29:10.towards the west. We are looking at a small chance of a shower at
:29:10. > :29:15.Wimbledon. Overall expecting it to be dry if cloudy. We have the cloud
:29:15. > :29:19.coverage at the moment. As the day goes on, we are hoping that the
:29:19. > :29:23.cloud lifts a little. The temperatures about 17 Celsius. Lots
:29:23. > :29:29.of coverage across the BBC. A few breaks coming and going this
:29:29. > :29:32.afternoon. Cloud to the east of London through area, around the wash
:29:32. > :29:37.and towards Lincolnshire. Here a chance of seeing one or two showers
:29:37. > :29:42.this afternoon. North-east England and eastern Scotland a few showers
:29:42. > :29:45.here on and off. There will be brighter spells over western
:29:45. > :29:50.Scotland and temperatures climbing to about 15 Celsius. For Northern
:29:50. > :29:56.Ireland it is a mixture of spells, perhaps a few showers. More sunshine
:29:56. > :29:59.over Wales as we go through the day. For south-west England it should be
:29:59. > :30:04.fine, dry and bright for the rest of the day.
:30:04. > :30:09.This evening and tonight showers start to clear and the cloud
:30:09. > :30:12.dissipating as well. Underneath the starry skies, turning cold
:30:13. > :30:17.especially in the countryside. The towns and cities about 9
:30:17. > :30:20.Celsius. Although it is a cold start, tomorrow morning it will be a
:30:20. > :30:25.dry one generally with lots of sunshine. That sets us up tomorrow
:30:25. > :30:30.for a brighter day. More sunny spells with lighter winds. Feeling
:30:30. > :30:34.warmer than it has done today. Cloud in the north-west corner, a
:30:34. > :30:39.weak front approaching here. We cannot rule out the odd shower over
:30:39. > :30:42.the northern and eastern areas. For most it will be dry. Increasing
:30:43. > :30:49.cloud coming in the afternoon. With the sunshine, the temperatures
:30:49. > :30:53.lifted widely to 19 Celsius. We could get to about 21 Celsius in the
:30:53. > :30:57.south-east. By Thursday, a little more cloud in the east, keeping the
:30:57. > :31:01.risk of a few showers here. The best of the dry weather looks
:31:01. > :31:07.like being in the west. A lot of places throughout the week should
:31:07. > :31:12.stay dry with temperatures not too far off the average. High pressure
:31:12. > :31:16.is coming in off the Atlantic but at times there are weak weather fronts
:31:16. > :31:21.around, thickening up the cloud, bringing it with patchy rain. The
:31:21. > :31:25.detail for the end of the week is tricky but overall dry weather with
:31:25. > :31:28.sunny spells. Get a local forecast by looking at our website.
:31:28. > :31:32.That is all from me. That is all from me.
:31:32. > :31:35.Thank you very much. The main story: David Cameron says