:00:15. > :00:18.in public for the first time since he was jailed for life in 1966.
:00:18. > :00:21.The 75-year-old tells a mental health tribunal he's been
:00:21. > :00:24.misdiagnosed as mentally ill and should be transferred to a normal
:00:24. > :00:27.prison. We'll hear all the details from our
:00:27. > :00:31.correspondent who's been at the tribunal. Also in lunch time.
:00:31. > :00:36.Thousands of women are to be offered preventative breast cancer drugs in
:00:36. > :00:39.a bid to almost half their risk of getting the disease.
:00:39. > :00:43.Where is the American intelligence analyst Edward Snowden? Confusion
:00:43. > :00:47.after Russia says he's not crossed their border after all.
:00:47. > :00:51.Rescue teams in India make a final effort to reach thousands trapped
:00:51. > :00:55.after heavy rain and devastating floods.
:00:55. > :01:03.And I'm live at Wimbledon where all the that you can is still of Rafael
:01:03. > :01:07.Nadal and what's the problem with British tennis?
:01:07. > :01:11.On BBC London - why the mayor thinks a judge-led inquiry is not good
:01:11. > :01:21.enough for the family of Stephen Lawrence and we speak to the man who
:01:21. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.disrupted the boat race last year News at One.
:01:36. > :01:39.For the first time since his trial in 1966, the moors murderer, Ian
:01:39. > :01:43.Brady, has been speaking in public. He's been giving evidence at a
:01:43. > :01:46.tribunal which is trying to determine whether he should be moved
:01:46. > :01:50.from Ashworth High Security Hospital where he claims he's been force fed,
:01:50. > :01:55.to a normal prison where he believes he could stop eating and end his
:01:55. > :02:00.life. Brady, who murdered five children with Myra Hindley in the
:02:00. > :02:03.1960s, claim he's been misdiagnosed as meantly ill. Our correspondent,
:02:03. > :02:09.Judith Moritz, has been watching him at the tribunal in Manchester.
:02:09. > :02:15.Judith. Yes. It has been compulsive viewing.
:02:15. > :02:21.Speaking in a soft, Scottish drawl and giving long, rambling answers,
:02:21. > :02:26.Ian Brady has been lifting the lid on half a century behind bars. His
:02:26. > :02:29.tribunal is being held 40 miles from here at Ashworth High Security
:02:29. > :02:31.Hospital on Merseyside where she's a patient, but it's being relayed I
:02:32. > :02:36.have ya video link to this court building in Manchester where some of
:02:36. > :02:40.the families of Brady's victims have been watching proceedings.
:02:40. > :02:45.-- via video link. After nearly 50 years, this is the
:02:45. > :02:53.first time that Ian Brady has spoken in public. Wearing his nasal feeding
:02:53. > :02:57.tube, he described himself as the so soul pry-profile prisoner at
:02:57. > :03:01.Ashworth High Security Hospital. He's been at Ashworth on Merseyside
:03:01. > :03:04.since 19856 when he was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. Today, he
:03:04. > :03:08.told the court about conditions inside the hospital. On hunger
:03:08. > :03:13.strike, he's fed by tube. He says he wants to be moved to a mainstream
:03:13. > :03:16.prison so be allowed to die without the same feeding regime.
:03:16. > :03:20.I'm not convinced in fact that he wants to take his life, because we
:03:20. > :03:23.have already heard that he assists with his feeding and in fact he make
:03:23. > :03:26.himself toast every morning. That's not the behaviour and actions of
:03:26. > :03:34.somebody intent on taking their own lives.
:03:34. > :03:40.This is the most he's spoken about. Little has been known about him
:03:40. > :03:50.since he was jailed. Today, he was asked whether at hallucinates and
:03:50. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:04.Together with his accomplice Myra Hindley, he murdered five children,
:04:04. > :04:07.buried in shallow graves on Saddleworth moor. The remains of
:04:07. > :04:12.Keith Bennett have never been found. His mother Winnie spent her life
:04:12. > :04:15.trying to find the location of the grave. Roy Rainford worked on the
:04:15. > :04:18.moors investigation for Greater Manchester Police. If he has got
:04:18. > :04:22.that secret, that's his bargaining chip, he needs to play it and he
:04:22. > :04:25.needs toe play it very, very soon. It doesn't help Winnie, but it will
:04:25. > :04:31.help the rest of the family. Some of the families of Brady's victims were
:04:31. > :04:35.at court watching the moors murderer give his evidence via video link,
:04:35. > :04:41.the decision on when he may be transferred to a prison will be
:04:41. > :04:43.taken at a later date. Brady said he had most enjoyed the cosmopolitan
:04:43. > :04:47.atmosphere at www.bbc.co.uks prison. He said of Ashworth, the
:04:47. > :04:52.psychiatrists are worse than the prisoners. He'll be cross-examined
:04:52. > :04:56.on his evidence this afternoon -- Wormwood Scrubs. Women a family
:04:56. > :05:00.history of breast cancer in England and Wales are to be offered drugs to
:05:00. > :05:03.try to prevent them from getting the disease. Until now, the likes of
:05:03. > :05:06.raloxifene and tamoxifen were only given to women who'd already been
:05:06. > :05:10.diagnosed with cancer. Similar measures are being planned for women
:05:10. > :05:13.in Scotland. Here is our Medical Correspondent, Fergus Walsh.
:05:13. > :05:18.Tamoxifen has been used to treat breast cancer for decades. But now
:05:18. > :05:21.for the first time, it's being officially recommended to prevent
:05:22. > :05:26.it, where women have a strong family history of the disease.
:05:26. > :05:32.Until now, the only option for women, like the actress Angelina
:05:32. > :05:35.Jolie, who are healthy but at high risk, was to choose between a
:05:35. > :05:40.mastectomy or regular screening. Ursula Van Mann's sister died from
:05:40. > :05:43.breast cancer at just 33 and she also got the disease. She's
:05:43. > :05:50.delighted that women at risk now have another option to protect
:05:50. > :05:54.themselves. The fact that you can have a drug, admittedly it has side
:05:54. > :05:59.effects, is a major step guard and it will give women that extra piece
:05:59. > :06:03.of mind that we are doing something about trying to get their risk
:06:03. > :06:07.reduced. Women have a one in eight lifetime
:06:07. > :06:12.risk of getting breast cancer. The NICE guidance says healthy women
:06:12. > :06:16.aged 35 and over, who have at least a one in six risk, should be offered
:06:16. > :06:20.tamoxifen for five years. The drug can cut breast cancer risk by 40
:06:20. > :06:24.bars and it's thought that benefit continues for at least a decade
:06:24. > :06:29.after the treatment stops. The Christie in Manchester carried
:06:29. > :06:33.out the world's first trial of tamoxifen in the late 1960s. Cancer
:06:33. > :06:36.specialists there have welcomed the guidance which applies to England
:06:36. > :06:42.and Wales but is likely to be adopted throughout the UK.
:06:42. > :06:48.I think it offers women more choice. Not every woman wants to have
:06:48. > :06:51.preventative surgery because it's quite involved as a procedure and so
:06:52. > :06:55.this now offers them the opportunity to do something else instead of
:06:55. > :07:00.having to go for surgery so it increases their choices which is why
:07:00. > :07:04.it's important. Like all medicines, tamoxifen has
:07:04. > :07:09.potential side effects. It increases the risk of blood clots and of
:07:09. > :07:16.cancer of the womb lining, those those risks are usually outweighed
:07:16. > :07:20.by the benefits in breast cancer reduction. It can trigger
:07:20. > :07:26.menopause-like side effects such as hot flushes. Many women find these
:07:26. > :07:29.so unpleasant, they stop taking the drug. Doctors say it will be a
:07:29. > :07:34.person choice for #wi78 base odden their own circumstances as to
:07:34. > :07:36.whether they take the drug. Members of Nelson Mandela's family
:07:36. > :07:39.have been visiting the hospital in South Africa are the former
:07:40. > :07:44.President's still in a critical condition. He was admitted earlier
:07:44. > :07:49.this month with a lung infection. Our correspondent, Karren Allen is
:07:49. > :07:53.outside the hospital in Pretoria where he's being treated.
:07:53. > :07:56.No further details on Nelson Mandela's medical condition. He
:07:56. > :07:59.still remains critical in hospital. What I can tell you is that
:07:59. > :08:03.certainly over the past few hour, we have seen a significant increase in
:08:03. > :08:08.the numbers of people who've come here to give their messages of
:08:08. > :08:12.support to, we saw police recruits, several
:08:12. > :08:20.dozen came streaming in, each bearing a flower and left a message
:08:20. > :08:28.pinned on the wall behind, saying their prayers were very much, saying
:08:28. > :08:32.they were very much in Nelson Mandela's mind. Two businessmen
:08:32. > :08:37.released doves, saying it was a symbolic gesture to represent the
:08:38. > :08:42.freedom that Nelson Mandela gave them after selling 27 years --
:08:42. > :08:45.spending 27 years in jail and the sacrifices he made to allow them to
:08:46. > :08:49.be able to lead the lives they now live in South Africa. There is a
:08:49. > :08:53.great sense of gratitude being echoed in the messages you see
:08:53. > :08:57.behind me here. Aside from that, we have seen visits from Nelson
:08:57. > :09:02.Mandela's family, also visits from some of the great names in the ANC,
:09:02. > :09:07.ministers who used to work alongside Nelson Mandela, also member of the
:09:07. > :09:11.business community. Talks go on in his rural village to decision
:09:11. > :09:13.sensitive matters, at this stage we don't know any details of what's
:09:14. > :09:18.come from those. Thank you very much.
:09:18. > :09:22.Still confusion surrounding the whereabouts of Edward Snowden, the
:09:22. > :09:24.former CIA worker who leaked information about a secret American
:09:24. > :09:27.surveillance programme. He was thought to have arrived in Moscow
:09:27. > :09:31.yesterday but this morning, the Russian Foreign Minister said he had
:09:31. > :09:35.not crossed the border into Russia. Our Security Correspondent, Frank
:09:35. > :09:38.Gardner is with me. This story gets more intriguing bay the day? It's
:09:38. > :09:44.straight out of the pages of a spy novel, but it's a very serious
:09:44. > :09:48.business. This is a man who's had access to a lot of US intelligence
:09:48. > :09:52.secrets. He's been first in Chinese territory and then essentially in
:09:52. > :09:56.Russian territory. The Americans are desperate to get to him before he
:09:56. > :10:00.spills any more secrets. Of course, the chase for where he is and
:10:00. > :10:03.whether the Americans get their hands on him is rather colluded. The
:10:03. > :10:06.bigger issues of whether it's right or wrong of what he's doing. The
:10:06. > :10:10.last known whereabouts of him is that he was on the plane from Hong
:10:10. > :10:14.Kong to Moscow on Sunday. People saw him on that plane. After that, he
:10:14. > :10:19.disappeared. The Russian Foreign Minister said today he hasn't
:10:20. > :10:24.entered Russian territory. That's a little bit disingenius because the
:10:24. > :10:28.plane landed in Moscow, so he's in one of two places, either still in
:10:28. > :10:33.transit and that's sovereign Russian territory. He hasn't got a passport
:10:33. > :10:37.any more, he has refugee papers from Equitable coo boar, but the papers
:10:37. > :10:42.have not been stamped. So he's either there or there is the
:10:42. > :10:46.possibility, and this is a bit of a conspiracy theory but if I was the
:10:46. > :10:50.Russians I would do this, take him to a safe house, find out everything
:10:50. > :10:54.I could from him about what is the extent of America spying on Russia.
:10:54. > :11:01.He's a gold mine for them, but there's no proof of that at all. He
:11:01. > :11:04.could simply be wondering how to get to Ecuador which is where his asylum
:11:04. > :11:08.request is launched. There are no direct flights from there, he'd have
:11:08. > :11:11.to go through a third country and could possibly slip out by a land
:11:11. > :11:14.order not being watched by the media.
:11:14. > :11:19.Thank you very much. Three security guards have been killed in a gun and
:11:19. > :11:22.bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul. It's thought the target was
:11:22. > :11:25.the presidential palace and the nearby CIA headquarters. The attack
:11:26. > :11:30.happened as diplomats tried to revive plans for peace talks with
:11:30. > :11:34.the Taliban in the Gulf state of Qatar. Jonathan Beale reports.
:11:34. > :11:39.The attack took place early this morning. A series of explosions and
:11:39. > :11:44.then a plume of smoke rising from the direction of President Karzai's
:11:44. > :11:48.palace. It was followed by long bursts of
:11:48. > :11:53.intense gunfire. The battle continuing for about an hour.
:11:53. > :11:56.TRANSLATION: I live in this area. It was around 6 o'clock when the
:11:56. > :12:00.shootings started. Then there were explosions and people were running
:12:00. > :12:05.away. People are saying that they were suicide bombers.
:12:05. > :12:07.It was an alarming and extraordinary breach of security. Right in the
:12:07. > :12:13.centre of Kabul's government district.
:12:13. > :12:17.The presidential palace is close to the Defence Ministry and NATO's
:12:17. > :12:21.headquarters, as well as the old Ariana Hotel, a building used by the
:12:21. > :12:25.CIA, which was also targeted with rocket-propelled grenades.
:12:25. > :12:30.Though the attack was eventually stopped by Afghan presidential guard
:12:30. > :12:34.with the help of American fire power from the CIA station, the insurgents
:12:34. > :12:38.still managed to penetrate Kabul's so called ring of steel with its
:12:38. > :12:43.numerous checkpoints. It's believed the attackers were
:12:43. > :12:47.wearing military uniform to avoid detection.
:12:48. > :12:51.TRANSLATION: A Land Cruiser car using fake ID came to the gate.
:12:51. > :12:56.While the guards were asking for ID, two or three people came out from
:12:56. > :12:59.the car and the car exploded. The guards killed all the attackers.
:12:59. > :13:02.least four insurgents were killed in the fighting, as well as three
:13:02. > :13:05.Afghan security guards. This is the fourth high profile
:13:05. > :13:09.attack in the city within the past month.
:13:09. > :13:15.This is the closest so far also to the heart of government. The Taliban
:13:15. > :13:19.say they were behind the attack, the same group that's recently said
:13:19. > :13:22.wanes to talk peace. -- wants to talk peace. A rescue
:13:22. > :13:26.operation is under way in India to help around 10,000 people surrounded
:13:26. > :13:30.by days of flooding and landslides. At least 1,000 people have died as a
:13:30. > :13:35.result of torrential rains which have devastated the area along the
:13:35. > :13:41.Ganges river, as our correspondent in India, now reports.
:13:41. > :13:44.It's the largest rescue operation ever mounted in India. An urgent
:13:44. > :13:48.rush to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the mountains for over a
:13:49. > :13:53.week. Exhausted, hungry and just about
:13:53. > :13:58.clinging on. But bad weather's making it harder.
:13:58. > :14:01.More rain over the past two days have triggered fresh landslides,
:14:01. > :14:05.making it harder for the military to get through.
:14:05. > :14:08.TRANSLATION: The government should take responsibility and ask the
:14:08. > :14:12.public works department to send cranes and clean the roads and
:14:12. > :14:17.resume traffic so that military vehicles can go into the flood-hit
:14:17. > :14:20.areas and rescue the trapped people. However, now our vehicles are stuck
:14:20. > :14:25.here on the road, how can we help rescue them?
:14:25. > :14:29.At this airbase, helicopters line up, ready to take off. One of
:14:29. > :14:35.hundreds of missions that are flown every day to get to the survivors.
:14:35. > :14:43.We have had quite a bit of rain, but the skies have cleared. The first of
:14:43. > :14:48.these Indian Air Force helicopters, A 17s, is taking off. There are many
:14:48. > :14:51.there are many others to follow. Emergency supplies for people are on
:14:51. > :14:55.their way to people stranded there. Along with food and medicine,
:14:55. > :14:58.firewood is being sent in as well, there to be used toer mass
:14:58. > :15:02.cremations for the hundreds who didn't survive.
:15:02. > :15:05.There are still many who're unaccounted for.
:15:05. > :15:09.Relatives have been gathering outside the airbase every day,
:15:09. > :15:19.desperate for news of their loved ones. And with every passing hour,
:15:19. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:28.has told a hearing into whether he should be moved from a secure
:15:28. > :15:32.hospital to prison, that he's been misdiagnosed as mentally ill. And
:15:32. > :15:39.the pride of Britain and Ireland. The Lions win their latest warm-up
:15:39. > :15:44.match before the second test against Australia. Later, the rise and rise
:15:44. > :15:47.of G20. How more and more of us are setting up home in the East End. And
:15:47. > :15:57.taking a sideways look at life. Why people are climbing the walls in
:15:57. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:06.two-time champion Rafa Nadal crashed out in straight sets in the first
:16:06. > :16:12.round yesterday, the first time that has ever happened to him after Grand
:16:12. > :16:16.Slam. Today, all eyes will be on Britain's number one, Laura Robson,
:16:16. > :16:19.after the number two, Heather Watson, lost her match just a short
:16:19. > :16:23.time ago. Andy Murray is through to the second round after beating
:16:23. > :16:27.Benjamin Becker and is already the only British man left in the
:16:27. > :16:31.tournament. But today the focus is on the favourite for the men's
:16:31. > :16:40.title, Novak Djokovic. He begins his campaign and the defending ladies
:16:41. > :16:44.champion, Serena Williams. quickly the landscape of a Grand
:16:44. > :16:48.Slam can change. Only yesterday we were all salivating over the
:16:48. > :16:52.prospect of a federal Nadal quarterfinal. But Nadal dumped out
:16:52. > :16:56.in the first round yesterday by Steve Darcis, a man they call the
:16:56. > :17:03.shark because apparently he has one tattooed on his shoulder. He also
:17:03. > :17:09.proved yesterday he has the teeth to take on the top seeds. They called
:17:09. > :17:14.his half of the competition the draw of death. Nadal, Federer and Murry
:17:14. > :17:20.Mac Pro all vying for a place in the final. But Rafa's demise still
:17:21. > :17:26.stunned Wimbledon. Whether it was poor preparation or his belief that
:17:26. > :17:32.knees, the French Open champion was no match for a man ranked 135 in the
:17:32. > :17:36.world, a little-known Belgian called Steve Darcis. By the time much point
:17:36. > :17:46.was served up, the crowd knew they'd witnessed the biggest win of his
:17:46. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:51.life. The only thing I can say today is congratulations to Steve Darcis.
:17:51. > :17:55.He played a fantastic match. Everything that I will say today
:17:55. > :18:01.about my knee isn't an excuse. I don't like to put any excuse when
:18:01. > :18:09.I'm losing. Over on Centre Court, the result flashed up during Andy
:18:09. > :18:15.Murray's match. I didn't speak to him about it. I said it was amazing
:18:15. > :18:20.that Rafa lost. He acknowledged it and that was it. So is not getting
:18:20. > :18:24.ahead of himself, perhaps that is my trip to the final made a bit easier?
:18:24. > :18:28.I don't think so. Whoever Andy Murray should play in the semis is
:18:29. > :18:34.going to be a tough match. You don't make that unless you are playing
:18:34. > :18:37.extremely well. So Nadal is out and with him a bevy of Brits. Seven
:18:37. > :18:42.played, only Andy Murray went through. Today, Heather Watson has
:18:42. > :18:49.gone out, beaten by American debutant Madison Keys. When later,
:18:49. > :18:54.Laura Robson takes on 10th seed Kirilenko. It's one of those years
:18:54. > :18:58.at Wimbledon where reflecting rather negatively on the state of British
:18:58. > :19:02.tennis. Joining me this former British number one, John Lloyd. It's
:19:02. > :19:08.a pretty dire state of affairs. Eight have played and seven have
:19:08. > :19:18.gone out. It's not good. We expected that with the rankings. Perhaps
:19:18. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:22.Heather Watson, perhaps we would have hoped she'd have got through.
:19:22. > :19:24.She's been unlucky with her illness. But it's not good, it has got to be
:19:24. > :19:28.improved and we can't just keep relying on one player the whole
:19:28. > :19:33.time. I have to ask you about Rafael Nadal. How do you go from being the
:19:33. > :19:37.French Open champion just a couple of weeks ago to going out in the
:19:37. > :19:40.first round of Wimbledon. He's done it two years in a row. His movement
:19:40. > :19:44.didn't look good. I'm not sure whether he ever felt really
:19:44. > :19:49.comfortable on the grass. His footwork is so important. We didn't
:19:49. > :19:52.look like he was ever balanced on the court yesterday. It was a huge
:19:52. > :19:58.shock. Last year it was a big shock but there were circumstances with
:19:58. > :20:02.the roof. No one expected this. It is quite amazing that he is out of
:20:02. > :20:06.the drawer in the first round. Djokovic place today, is he the
:20:06. > :20:12.favourite? I think he's the slight favourite but I still fancy Andy
:20:12. > :20:16.Murray to get to the final. Djokovic getting under way on centre court.
:20:16. > :20:21.He is second, Serena Williams up first. Novak Djokovic never lost in
:20:21. > :20:29.the first round here ever. Until yesterday, Rafael Nadal hadn't
:20:29. > :20:34.either. The outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King,
:20:34. > :20:39.has said there are signs of an economic recovery but they are still
:20:39. > :20:43.weak. He was making his last appearance before MPs at the
:20:43. > :20:48.Treasury select committee. He also said there's no sign of interest
:20:48. > :20:53.rates going up any time soon. Guess, his final appearance. There
:20:53. > :20:56.is a recovery, he said, but it's too weak to be a tall satisfactory.
:20:57. > :21:01.Unemployment will stay high for longer than most people had
:21:01. > :21:06.expected. Therefore no chance of an interest rate rise any time soon.
:21:06. > :21:11.Not for a couple of years was his strong message. He had something to
:21:11. > :21:16.say about banks as well. Commercial banks, he'd be no great fan. He
:21:16. > :21:20.accused them of putting tremendous pressure on politicians over reforms
:21:20. > :21:26.to the banking system, new moves to get them to put more money aside. He
:21:26. > :21:31.has more or less accused them of trying to go behind the back of
:21:31. > :21:36.regulators to politicians. He has something interesting to say about
:21:36. > :21:40.banknotes as well. He announced that Sir Winston Churchill was going to
:21:40. > :21:44.be the new face on the new �5 note. There was controversy after that
:21:44. > :21:49.because it was replacing Elizabeth Fry. That would have left no female
:21:49. > :21:55.public figure on a note, apart from the Queen. He said, actually, Jane
:21:55. > :22:01.Austen was waiting in the wings, because there will be a new �10 note
:22:01. > :22:06.in a few years time. Meanwhile, the Chancellor is putting the final
:22:06. > :22:08.touches to his speech, outlining the government 's plans to cut �11.5
:22:08. > :22:13.billion from its budget in 2015. George Osborne says the cuts are
:22:13. > :22:17.needed to balance the books. Labour has admitted it will have two stick
:22:17. > :22:24.to the Chancellor's spending plans if they win the next election. We've
:22:24. > :22:27.been looking at where the axe might fall. We know there is going to be
:22:27. > :22:32.pain, but not everyone is going to suffer at the hands of the Treasury.
:22:32. > :22:36.So the NHS, the second biggest spending department, will be
:22:36. > :22:41.safeguarded. Likewise schools and the aid budget. The benefits bill
:22:41. > :22:45.will be protected, at least for now. The armed forces, there will be no
:22:45. > :22:48.further job losses. And counter-terrorism, particularly in
:22:48. > :22:54.the wake of Woolwich, will also be safeguarded. So where will the
:22:54. > :22:57.painful? Big areas of spend like local government, law and order
:22:57. > :23:02.spending, transport, where the Chancellor will have to go looking
:23:02. > :23:07.for his big cuts. But I suspect what we will hear more about is how the
:23:07. > :23:10.Chancellor has found a load of efficiencies. So what are the
:23:10. > :23:16.politics of all of this pain? George Osborne will argue it's not just
:23:16. > :23:19.about cuts, it's about growth. Hence he will also announce plans for big
:23:19. > :23:23.capital spending projects stretching into the future. Labour will say
:23:23. > :23:28.they accept these cuts to show they are serious about the deficit. But
:23:28. > :23:30.they will say they could borrow more to spend on capital projects. And
:23:31. > :23:35.the Liberal Democrats will argue only they stopped the Chancellor
:23:35. > :23:39.from cutting welfare even deeper. are two years out from the general
:23:39. > :23:44.election. This is a pivotal moment for each party to show it can run
:23:44. > :23:47.the economy in a credible way, looking beyond a round of cuts which
:23:47. > :23:51.ostensibly this is about, and mapping out a vision for Britain's
:23:52. > :23:56.future as the economy starts to recover. And it is not over yet.
:23:56. > :24:00.There may be more pain to come. Already, all three main parties have
:24:00. > :24:04.warned that pension benefits, like the winter fuel allowance, may have
:24:04. > :24:09.to go after the next election. And many analysts are warning there
:24:09. > :24:12.could be an extra �23 billion worth of cuts in the two years after this
:24:12. > :24:17.spending round. Austerity started after this government took office in
:24:17. > :24:21.the summer of 2010. The government... Running right the way
:24:21. > :24:25.through to March 2018. One could easily imagine scenarios where
:24:25. > :24:31.austerity continues. If the economy continues to underperform, as it has
:24:31. > :24:35.done for the last two years. harsh truth is it -- there may be
:24:35. > :24:39.many more painful spending cut rounds to come. The interesting
:24:39. > :24:43.thing about this Spending Review is it is a Spending Review the
:24:44. > :24:49.Chancellor didn't have to have. This is a political spending review.
:24:49. > :24:52.There's a lot of truth in that. If you listen closely, you cannot hear
:24:52. > :24:57.the sound of howls of anguish from Whitehall spending departments this
:24:57. > :25:02.lunchtime. That is because they've all signed up to these cuts, more
:25:02. > :25:05.than three days ahead of deadline. It tells us though there will be
:25:05. > :25:11.pain, and probably particular painful local government, it is not
:25:11. > :25:18.on the scale of the last spending round. Cuts are just one year only.
:25:19. > :25:21.It tells us two things. Tomorrow is largely going to be about paying
:25:21. > :25:25.deferred, with up to �23 billion of spending cuts expected after the
:25:25. > :25:28.election. But two is, although they'll be plenty of argy-bargy
:25:29. > :25:34.between the parties, it's a bit of a phoney war because they are all
:25:34. > :25:38.signed up to these cuts and they are all agreed they absolutely don't
:25:38. > :25:42.want to talk about tax rises, which may also be unavoidable after the
:25:42. > :25:48.election. The Chancellor will be outlining his spending plans
:25:48. > :25:52.tomorrow. You can watch it live on the BBC News Channel and on BBC Two,
:25:52. > :25:56.starting at 11:30am. If you want to find out more about how the
:25:56. > :26:01.Chancellor is trying to make it all add up, we do have a special report
:26:01. > :26:05.on the BBC News channel this afternoon. The British and Irish
:26:05. > :26:09.Lions cruised to a comfortable five try victory in Australia this
:26:09. > :26:14.morning, beating the Melbourne Rebels by 35 points to the row. The
:26:14. > :26:17.game was the last of the second and third test against Australia. I was
:26:17. > :26:20.Chief sports correspondent was at the game and is in Melbourne now.
:26:20. > :26:25.The Lions have had some bad injury news this week. Talismanic lock Paul
:26:25. > :26:29.O'Connell ruled out of the rest of the series. Rob Alex Corbisiero and
:26:29. > :26:33.centre Jamie Roberts, both unlikely to play in the second test at the
:26:33. > :26:36.weekend. Tonight was a really useful reminder to the management of the
:26:36. > :26:41.strength and depth of this squad, as the second string ran out convincing
:26:41. > :26:45.winners in front of a record crowd. In sport, tradition dictates the
:26:45. > :26:50.should always take one game at a time. But for these Lions fans in
:26:50. > :26:53.Melbourne, it was almost impossible not to get ahead of themselves, with
:26:53. > :26:58.Saturday's potentially decisive second test match against Australia
:26:58. > :27:01.looming. Having won the first test, the Lions stand on the brink of an
:27:01. > :27:05.historic first series win for 16 years. First, they have one final
:27:05. > :27:10.midweek match to navigate stop here, against the Melbourne Rebels. What
:27:10. > :27:16.they want is a convincing win and no further injuries. Having lost their
:27:16. > :27:20.last midweek game in Canberra, the Lions were in no mood for a repeat.
:27:20. > :27:26.Conor Merry taking advantage after solid work by his forwards. With
:27:27. > :27:30.places in the second West God does Max second test squad up for grabs,
:27:30. > :27:35.the tourists continued to press. Sean Maitland finishing off a
:27:35. > :27:40.flowing move. The Lions in control. Injuries meant that Dan Lydiate was
:27:40. > :27:43.captain for the night, and the Welshman's deft pass then created a
:27:43. > :27:47.try for Sean O'Brien. With Owen Farrell kicking well, this was an
:27:47. > :27:51.encouraging evening for the Lions. The rebels offered little in attack.
:27:51. > :28:01.When they did manage to cross the line, a consolation try was
:28:01. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:09.disallowed. The hosts continued to struggle. Ben Youngs with a fine
:28:09. > :28:11.solo score, the tourists fifth try of the night. 35-0 it finished. If
:28:11. > :28:14.the first team can emulate this kind of result that the weekend, the
:28:14. > :28:17.series will be theirs. In reality, the Wallabies represent a very
:28:17. > :28:22.different proposition from this Melbourne Rebels side. No doubt
:28:22. > :28:28.Australia, despite having injury problems of their own, will play
:28:28. > :28:31.like men possessed. The series is on the line for them. They find
:28:32. > :28:41.themselves 1-0 down. The Lions have a huge challenge at the weekend. A
:28:42. > :28:54.
:28:54. > :29:01.win, and they will make history. The were just above freezing through the
:29:01. > :29:06.early hours. There has been a little bit more cloud so far in parts of
:29:06. > :29:11.Scotland and Northern Ireland. After a start of clear, blue skies for
:29:11. > :29:16.England and Wales, again the cloud has been bubbling up. Misty and
:29:16. > :29:22.murky conditions down across the far south-west. But for many, the rest
:29:22. > :29:25.of today will have sunshine and it will feel warmer than yesterday. We
:29:25. > :29:31.have got lighter winds. Sea Breeze perhaps performing around the coast
:29:31. > :29:33.through the afternoon. A little bit of cloud across parts of West
:29:33. > :29:35.Cornwall but overall some dry weather, sunny spells and
:29:35. > :29:40.temperatures in the high teens. As the cloud continues to increase,
:29:40. > :29:44.there is the small chance of it producing a light shower. Maybe one
:29:44. > :29:48.or two showers for Northern Ireland, with some bright spells to come. A
:29:48. > :29:52.similar story across southern Scotland. Northern Scotland is
:29:52. > :29:56.looking more overcast. The cloud and patchy rain brushing past northern
:29:56. > :30:01.Scotland through the night tonight. Elsewhere, tonight looks like being
:30:01. > :30:06.dry with some clear spells. Not as cold as it was last night, our towns
:30:06. > :30:10.and cities around 10-12. We will dip down into single figures in the
:30:10. > :30:14.countryside. For many, another bright start to the day for all
:30:14. > :30:18.tomorrow. The cloud will increase come the afternoon. A greater risk
:30:18. > :30:22.tomorrow of some sharp showers developing across eastern Scotland
:30:22. > :30:28.and eastern England. Further west it stays dry with some sunny spells.
:30:28. > :30:31.Temperature is very similar to today. Those showers triggered
:30:31. > :30:37.through the afternoon and evening, more likely to affect Wimbledon
:30:37. > :30:46.after a couple of dry days. We could see some of those showers disrupting
:30:46. > :30:49.play tomorrow. Overall, a pretty dire -- pretty dry day. Another fine
:30:50. > :30:53.day on Thursday across England and Wales with some sunshine.
:30:53. > :30:58.Temperatures reaching 20 degrees. Further north and west, more cloud
:30:58. > :31:02.and rain moving in. That is steadily moving south. The weather fronts
:31:02. > :31:07.look like sitting across us through the day on Friday, giving us a more
:31:07. > :31:10.overcast day with some patchy, light rain around. A similar set-up for
:31:10. > :31:15.the weekend. Plenty of events happening throughout Friday and into