:00:12. > :00:18.north-west of England as the Met Office warns of even higher
:00:18. > :00:22.temperatures to come. Temperatures could reach the mid-30s by next week
:00:22. > :00:27.in the longest heatwave for seven years.
:00:27. > :00:31.On a day like today, the UV index will hit six in many parts. That
:00:31. > :00:36.will mean that many people will be at risk of getting sunburnt.
:00:36. > :00:40.We will have the latest. Also, big tax breaks planned for companies
:00:40. > :00:45.involved in the UK shale gas industry. We want to make it clear
:00:45. > :00:48.that Britain is going to be at the forefront of the shale gas
:00:48. > :00:53.revolution. This is a potentially enormous supply of energy for
:00:54. > :00:57.Britain. The Olympics paid off, says the government as a report claims
:00:58. > :01:01.the UK economy was boosted by �10 billion.
:01:01. > :01:06.Detroit becomes the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy with
:01:06. > :01:12.debts of at least �12 billion. NASA scientists say there could have
:01:12. > :01:18.been life on Mars, 4 billion years ago.
:01:18. > :01:24.Here at Lord's, the Ashes continues, with tail end resistance helping
:01:24. > :01:30.England feel satisfied at lunch. Later on BBC London, police have
:01:30. > :01:36.broken up a camp in marble arch set up by Roma gypsies. And Stansted
:01:36. > :01:46.airport unveils plans to expand into a four runway help.
:01:46. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:01.Good afternoon. The heatwave health warnings have been extended to
:02:01. > :02:05.north-west England at the longest hotspot for 11 years continues.
:02:05. > :02:08.There are warnings about the risk of grass and wildfires and parents are
:02:08. > :02:12.being urged to protect their children from sunburn after one
:02:12. > :02:16.hospital admitted ten youngsters, six of whom had such severe burns
:02:16. > :02:19.that they needed specialist treatment. The Met Office says there
:02:19. > :02:25.is no end in sight to the heatwave and temperatures could go even
:02:26. > :02:29.higher next week. After sweltering for days, the
:02:29. > :02:33.mercury in the south-east is dropping. The West of England, from
:02:33. > :02:39.Cornwall away up to Cumbria, is now being given a level three heatwave
:02:39. > :02:44.warning by the Met Office. That is one below national emergency status.
:02:44. > :02:47.Temperatures over the weekend will not be as high. We will not reach 32
:02:47. > :02:52.degrees, but there are strong signals that we could be back up to
:02:52. > :02:55.30 degrees next week, and even a few degrees higher by the middle of the
:02:55. > :03:01.week. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not included in the system
:03:01. > :03:06.but almost everywhere now the emergency services, local
:03:06. > :03:09.authorities and the NHS are taking action. Hospitals across the UK are
:03:09. > :03:14.putting their heatwave action plans into place. Controlling temperatures
:03:14. > :03:19.within hospital buildings, but also keeping an especially close eye on
:03:19. > :03:22.the most vulnerable patients. Part of the daily running of the health
:03:22. > :03:29.service now includes steps to help patients keep cool, including
:03:29. > :03:34.switching off unnecessary lights and machines. Potential blood donors
:03:35. > :03:40.being taken to the beach or park as meant in a drop of some types. There
:03:40. > :03:44.is an urgent need for all negative and be negative.
:03:44. > :03:49.Those able and anxious to make the most of the sun and heat have
:03:49. > :03:53.warnings not to overdo it. important thing is to avoid sunburn
:03:53. > :03:57.because it is a clear sign that your skin has been damaged. That damage
:03:57. > :04:06.can build up over time and eventually turn into skin cancer.
:04:06. > :04:10.The desire to cool off in quarries and rivers has, it is believed,
:04:10. > :04:15.claimed several lives. Rescue services say that while swimming can
:04:16. > :04:18.be fraught with danger. Muscles cooldown quickly. They work with
:04:18. > :04:22.chemical reactions and like any chemical reaction, they are less
:04:22. > :04:27.efficient when it is cold. You can start to struggle to coordinate your
:04:28. > :04:32.arms and legs, and can make it difficult to stay up at the surface.
:04:32. > :04:37.For many of us, a proper summer for once is long overdue. Particularly
:04:37. > :04:42.for coastal businesses. It was touch and go this last year.
:04:42. > :04:46.It has rained every day for a year. If you asked me three months ago, I
:04:46. > :04:53.would have considered selling the restaurant. Running a beach-front
:04:53. > :04:59.restaurant in the UK is tricky. Families will be flocking to beaches
:04:59. > :05:04.this weekend. A holiday for some but hot and hard work for others,
:05:04. > :05:08.especially those charged with keeping us safe in the summer sun.
:05:08. > :05:15.Judith Mauritz is in the north-west of England were heatwave alerts has
:05:15. > :05:19.been raised to level three. Far be it from me to say it often rains
:05:19. > :05:29.here but I am surprised as anyone to be able to welcome you to what feels
:05:29. > :05:30.
:05:30. > :05:35.like the Costa Del Salford. You can see the ice cream hut has appeared
:05:35. > :05:38.behind me. People are coming out in great numbers. Tourism is doing well
:05:38. > :05:43.on this heatwave. The beaches are busy and I'm told that Mersey
:05:44. > :05:50.ferries are doing 40% better trade now than they were at this time last
:05:50. > :05:53.year. Blackpool zoo, they tell us that things are going very well but
:05:53. > :05:58.they have to be particularly careful with the animals. The llamas this
:05:58. > :06:03.lunchtime are having iced fruit and the aardvarks have suncream on them.
:06:03. > :06:08.As does my balding cameraman, who will not be pleased that I'm telling
:06:08. > :06:15.you that. Everybody is having a good time. There is a flip side in that
:06:15. > :06:18.report, a concern in the North West that there are increased admissions
:06:19. > :06:23.to accident and emergency departments, seeing higher
:06:23. > :06:27.incidences of people with some related problems, such as the
:06:27. > :06:31.hydration and sunburn. So a warning to be careful while you are out
:06:31. > :06:34.enjoying this. And here is one unusual fact. You will know that I
:06:34. > :06:40.have reported time and again from snow drifts in the North of England
:06:41. > :06:44.and I was looked at the critters on the roads. -- I always look at the
:06:44. > :06:51.critters. In Warrington, they have been out again, trying to stop the
:06:51. > :06:59.roads bricking up. There you go. They are out in the summer and the
:06:59. > :07:07.depths of winter. -- raking up. And we will have a full weather
:07:07. > :07:13.forecast that the end of the programme.
:07:13. > :07:16.Big tax breaks could be offered to companies which exploit the UK's
:07:16. > :07:20.deposits of shale gas. The incentive would mean the tax payable on some
:07:20. > :07:25.income from the gas would be halved. Opponents warn that the extraction
:07:25. > :07:31.process could cause earthquakes and would be played on the countryside.
:07:31. > :07:35.-- would be a blight. It is early days for the shale gas industry in
:07:35. > :07:40.Britain. Two years ago, Cuadrilla began drilling in Lancashire for
:07:40. > :07:43.gas. Two years on, there was a lot of talk about the potential for
:07:43. > :07:48.shale gas but very little action, something the government is seeking
:07:48. > :07:52.to change. This is a potentially enormous new supply of energy. We
:07:52. > :07:57.need to make sure we make the best use of it so that energy bills for
:07:57. > :08:03.families or lower. We need to create jobs that benefit the communities
:08:03. > :08:08.where this new source of energy exists. The tax cut is in line with
:08:08. > :08:16.what happens in some offshore fields. The normal 62% rate on
:08:16. > :08:19.profits is reduced to just 30% for an agreed period. But many oppose it
:08:19. > :08:24.shale gas extraction. Environmentalists fear that the
:08:24. > :08:30.controversial fracking process could pollute water supplies and even
:08:30. > :08:33.cause earth tremors. Today, one group branded the tax breaks a
:08:33. > :08:38.disgrace. Communities are concerned about the impact it will have on the
:08:38. > :08:41.existing economy. Areas like Lancashire, to risen and farming is
:08:41. > :08:47.a really important part of the community. Shale gas will have a
:08:47. > :08:50.negative impact on those existing industries. But how much shale gas
:08:50. > :08:58.might we have? Scientists spent two years looking at this area in the
:08:58. > :09:01.north of England. A studied seismic data in places like Blackpool, which
:09:02. > :09:07.sit on shale deposits several kilometres down. The industry wants
:09:07. > :09:10.to start drilling but it insists that these tax breaks are necessary.
:09:10. > :09:18.It is likely to be higher at the early stages as we build up the
:09:18. > :09:22.supply chain. The industry hopes to drill 50 wells in the next three
:09:22. > :09:28.years. Only then will we know whether shale gas will live up to
:09:28. > :09:32.the hype. The London Olympic and Paralympic
:09:32. > :09:35.games have provided a boost of nearly �10 billion to the UK economy
:09:35. > :09:39.according to a government report. Ministers say the money has come
:09:39. > :09:48.from additional sales related to the games and new contracts secured by
:09:48. > :09:54.businesses and foreign investment. Some analysts remain sceptical.
:09:54. > :10:01.The Olympic legacy was always one of the top priorities behind London's
:10:01. > :10:07.bid. Too many host cities have lost millions in the past. So far, if the
:10:07. > :10:11.report is to believed, London's effort to make true that did not
:10:11. > :10:16.happen is paying off. The games were credited with lifting the spirits of
:10:16. > :10:21.a nation and now it appears that Britain's bank balance may also have
:10:21. > :10:27.been boosted. Costing �9 billion to host, according to a report, the
:10:27. > :10:30.payback so far is almost �10 billion. Undoubtedly, the Olympics
:10:30. > :10:34.boosted the economy. It was a big party at the time and the country
:10:34. > :10:44.enjoyed it. As a result of the work put in to attract inward investment,
:10:44. > :10:47.by British punk knees -- it allowed British companies to do better off
:10:47. > :10:51.the back of it. It is not the total the back of it. It is not the total
:10:51. > :10:55.benefit could reach �41 billion by 2020. The report claims that the
:10:55. > :10:58.London legacy is making strong progress in other areas. 1.4 million
:10:58. > :11:03.progress in other areas. 1.4 million people are playing sport once a week
:11:03. > :11:04.than in 2005 when the bid was one. And 70,000 out of work Londoners
:11:04. > :11:07.And 70,000 out of work Londoners were helped into employment through
:11:07. > :11:12.And 70,000 out of work Londoners were helped Work is continuing to
:11:12. > :11:16.transform this part of east London. Already, there is a huge shopping
:11:16. > :11:20.complex employing 10,000 people and there is the Queen Elizabeth Park,
:11:20. > :11:24.which will reuse those iconic venues from the gales -- from the games
:11:24. > :11:28.themselves. All eight vermin and structures have now had their future
:11:28. > :11:34.secured. Away from here, the economic benefits are less clear.
:11:34. > :11:38.the regions, we found that the effects of the Olympics and the
:11:38. > :11:41.Paralympics and the contracts we were expecting did not materialise
:11:41. > :11:45.as much as many people hoped for. Work went into it at the beginning
:11:45. > :11:51.when it was announced, and ogle some businesses certainly got good
:11:51. > :11:54.contracts, the vast majority did not see that. Of course, the games
:11:54. > :11:58.should have been about more than economics. It is hoped the rise in
:11:58. > :12:03.people playing sport regularly will have provided a much-needed boost to
:12:03. > :12:08.the help of the nation. -- the health of the nation. We take part
:12:08. > :12:13.in lots of festivals and tournaments. It is a key element of
:12:13. > :12:17.what we are about as a school. Realising the Olympics legacy is
:12:17. > :12:21.more a marathon than a sprint. Almost a year on, the feel-good
:12:21. > :12:29.factor continues. One of the other legacies are
:12:29. > :12:36.according to the report, is the boost in the number of volunteers,
:12:36. > :12:40.--. The Games Makers were such an important part of the event. It is
:12:40. > :12:42.appropriate that the first event in the Olympic Park is a celebration of
:12:42. > :12:50.volunteering. That will be attended by the Prime Minister and Emir of
:12:50. > :12:54.London. -- the mayor of London. Stephanie Flanders is with me. You
:12:54. > :12:58.have been looking at the figures. Does it add up? If I was being nicer
:12:58. > :13:01.would say they are speculative. You can understand why the government
:13:01. > :13:04.wants this report, because we are remembering how nice it was one year
:13:04. > :13:09.ago. It is nice to think there is a lasting benefit to the economy of
:13:09. > :13:11.having the games, not just to British sport. The problem with
:13:11. > :13:15.something like this is that even though we know there is lots of
:13:15. > :13:19.business that will come to UK firms, and jobs created and sales as
:13:19. > :13:22.a result of the Olympics, in order to know what the extra benefit is,
:13:22. > :13:26.you need to have an idea of what would have happened otherwise, and
:13:26. > :13:31.there's not much effort to do that in this report. They do not talk
:13:31. > :13:33.about the government might have spent the �9 billion on, or what
:13:33. > :13:37.these businesses who got all the big contracts might have been doing
:13:37. > :13:40.otherwise. There are quite a few investments included in this report
:13:40. > :13:44.has benefits that look like they would have happened otherwise.
:13:44. > :13:48.Without that sense of what might have happened otherwise, it is hard
:13:48. > :13:52.to put a lot of weight on these numbers. But we spent the money on
:13:52. > :13:55.the Olympics, and most people now seem to think it was worthwhile.
:13:55. > :13:57.Given we are not facing another all the Olympics, and most people now
:13:57. > :13:59.seem to think it was worthwhile. Given we are not facing another
:13:59. > :14:02.organ picks any time soon, you wonder why the government did not
:14:02. > :14:05.leave it at that. It was once the home of the thriving American car
:14:05. > :14:11.industry and the base of Motown records, but note to write has
:14:11. > :14:15.declared itself bankrupt. -- but now Detroit. Years of economic problems
:14:15. > :14:21.have led to more than half of the body Laois and moving away and
:14:21. > :14:23.thousands of properties lying empty. They call this urban prairie. Only
:14:23. > :14:29.weeds and wildlife grow in Detroit's city centre. All
:14:30. > :14:34.neighbourhoods have emptied, leaving derelict houses, abandoned offices
:14:34. > :14:37.and dangerous streets. The remaining residents complain of a chronic lack
:14:37. > :14:47.of basic services like police and rubbish collection. Detroit is a
:14:47. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:54.dump. It is a dump now. It cannot even have its own business. That is
:14:54. > :15:00.sad. The city has racked up $18 billion in debt. One in five
:15:00. > :15:04.residents are an implied, and there are 78,000 abandoned buildings. It
:15:04. > :15:08.was not always like this. Once the country's fourth-largest city,
:15:08. > :15:15.Detroit made the car is that powered the American economy. This was the
:15:15. > :15:18.home of Ford and Chrysler. The city and its people became rich. But he
:15:18. > :15:23.began the seeds of decline. Wealthy, white families left the
:15:23. > :15:29.city centre for the suburbs. The inner city became a deprived, black
:15:29. > :15:36.ghetto, with an ever tricking tax base. -- ever shrinking. Then the
:15:37. > :15:40.once thriving car industry ground to a halt. Bankruptcy is an attempt to
:15:40. > :15:45.draw a line under the mountain of public debt. It is business as
:15:45. > :15:51.usual. Many people will say, well, you have to improve upon that, but
:15:51. > :15:56.that will take time. He did say that they pay cheques for our city
:15:56. > :16:00.employees will continue and services will continue. Over the
:16:00. > :16:07.medium-range, hopefully we will see things start to improve, especially
:16:07. > :16:10.the services that our citizens require and deserve. Detroit has
:16:10. > :16:17.suffered a vicious cycle of decay and mismanagement and population
:16:17. > :16:26.decline. The hope now is that bankruptcy will mark a new start to
:16:26. > :16:29.finally help industry and the people come back. There has been welcome
:16:29. > :16:37.news for the Chancellor on government ruling. New figures
:16:37. > :16:41.suggest it was lower last year and had been thought. Our business
:16:41. > :16:44.correspondent is with me now. So, the deficit has continued to fall
:16:44. > :16:49.after all? Yes, in contrast to when they did the calculation about one
:16:49. > :16:52.month ago, when it appeared that borrowing last year had gone up
:16:52. > :16:57.compared to the previous year, which was embarrassing for the Chancellor,
:16:57. > :17:02.whose aim is to get it down, this time, the figure is �2 billion less
:17:02. > :17:06.than the previous year, because income tax was higher. It looks
:17:06. > :17:10.better, however, it is still a colossal amount of money, and it is
:17:10. > :17:13.what the country is having to borrow because there is not enough tax
:17:13. > :17:18.coming in to pay for schools, hospitals, defence, benefits, all of
:17:18. > :17:25.those things. The monthly figure for June this year is itself slightly up
:17:25. > :17:28.on last year, so it is still a major cause for concern.
:17:28. > :17:33.There has been a worrying increase in alcohol related deaths among
:17:33. > :17:38.women in their 30s and 40s, according to new research. Experts
:17:38. > :17:43.looked at deaths in men and women in three cities over two decades, and
:17:43. > :17:48.said the results for women born in the 1970s raised real concerns. When
:17:48. > :17:55.it comes to alcohol, one group stands out - women born in the
:17:55. > :18:01.1970s. More and more are dying because of drink. This lady is one
:18:01. > :18:04.of those at risk. She was born in 1972. She has three children but is
:18:04. > :18:10.addicted to cheap alcohol. If she does not stop, she could die in
:18:10. > :18:16.weeks. I went from enjoying a glass of wine to wiring a bottle of vodka.
:18:16. > :18:23.Nobody batted an eyelid. It became an addiction for me and a way of
:18:23. > :18:26.life. It is a sentence hanging over my head. Today's report looked at
:18:26. > :18:32.the patterns of drink related deaths in Glasgow, Manchester and
:18:32. > :18:37.Liverpool. Although overall, deaths were levelling off, there was a
:18:37. > :18:42.worrying increase among women born in the 1970s, and their deaths are
:18:42. > :18:46.narrowing Big Apple with men of the same age. This report looks at three
:18:46. > :18:51.cities - Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. Researchers said what they
:18:51. > :18:57.found was a warning to others, that the relationship between women and
:18:57. > :19:01.alcohol needs to change. Those who treat patients here at the Royal
:19:02. > :19:06.Liverpool hospital believe one problem is the easy availability of
:19:06. > :19:10.cheap alcohol. Anybody who argues that the market forces of less
:19:10. > :19:15.expensive items does not affect it really do not know what they are
:19:15. > :19:18.talking about. If you ask any patient what would help them not to
:19:18. > :19:24.drink, it is the price of alcohol. That is what encourages their
:19:24. > :19:28.behaviour. In England and Wales, plans for a minimum price for
:19:28. > :19:32.alcohol have been put on hold. The Scottish government still intends to
:19:32. > :19:38.go ahead with a minimum pricing, but some believe it is down to the
:19:38. > :19:46.individual. Everywhere, people need to be concerned about alcohol.
:19:46. > :19:48.want to keep your senses if action is not taken, the report warns that
:19:48. > :19:58.generations of women could be damaged by alcohol for decades to
:19:58. > :20:00.come. Our top story this lunchtime -
:20:00. > :20:05.heatwave health warnings are extended to the north-west of
:20:05. > :20:08.England, as the Met Office predicts higher tempo just for next week.
:20:08. > :20:18.Still to come, Canon Rory McIlory make the cut on the second day of
:20:18. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:41.the Open? Later, I will have the Mars. The most detailed data
:20:41. > :20:44.collected so far from NASA's Curiosity Rover suggests that 4
:20:44. > :20:50.billion years ago, Mars had a thick atmosphere like Earth. It would've
:20:50. > :20:55.been warm, with running water on its surface, and it could have supported
:20:55. > :21:02.life. But as yet, there is no hard evidence. Pallab Ghosh has more. It
:21:02. > :21:05.is now nearly a year since Durie city arrived on Mars in such
:21:05. > :21:12.spectacular style. Since then it has been trying to find out whether the
:21:12. > :21:16.planet could once have supported life. Curiosity is the most
:21:16. > :21:20.well-equipped rover ever sent to another planet. Its laser zaps rocks
:21:20. > :21:24.to find out what they are made from, and its robotic arm is packed full
:21:24. > :21:28.of instruments. In this experiment, it is analysing the Martian
:21:28. > :21:32.atmosphere in order to discover what it was like in the distant past.
:21:32. > :21:36.Scientists have learnt a lot about the history of Mars from meteorites
:21:36. > :21:41.from the Red Planet. Now, they have direct evidence from Curiosity Rover
:21:41. > :21:45.is helping them answer the biggest question of all. One of the
:21:45. > :21:49.fascinating things about Mars is the prospect that it might once have
:21:49. > :21:54.harboured life. To harbour life, we believe you have two have had water.
:21:54. > :21:59.To have had water, you have two have had a thicker atmosphere, much
:21:59. > :22:05.thicker than Mars has at the moment. The latest results indicate
:22:05. > :22:09.that Mars may indeed have had a much thicker atmosphere. 4 billion years
:22:09. > :22:14.ago, it might have looked like this. It was a warm, wet place, with
:22:14. > :22:19.running water, protected from the harsh solar wind by the planet's
:22:19. > :22:22.magnetic field. But the magnetic field collapsed and the atmosphere
:22:22. > :22:27.was gradually ripped away, to leave the dry, desolate planet we see
:22:27. > :22:32.today. If there was once life on the planet, which remains will be buried
:22:32. > :22:36.under the surface, and probably will not be found by Curiosity Rover salt
:22:36. > :22:40.now, we see that there could have been a habitable atmosphere, with
:22:40. > :22:46.water on the surface. That is a time when early life could have
:22:46. > :22:50.developed, at the same time when it was developing on earth. It makes it
:22:50. > :22:55.all the more important to go with future missions, to look underneath
:22:55. > :23:00.the surface, which we will be doing in 2014. This is what the next rover
:23:00. > :23:04.will look like. There is strong British involvement. In five years
:23:04. > :23:11.time, this mission will drill deep to begin the search for life on
:23:11. > :23:16.Mars. England frustrated Australia in the second Ashes Test this
:23:16. > :23:23.morning, as they batted themselves past 350 in the first innings at
:23:23. > :23:29.Lord's. The hosts had their bowlers to thank, as they added 72 to their
:23:29. > :23:34.overnight score. They were eventually all out for 361. Yes, it
:23:34. > :23:37.does not really matter who gets the runs or how you get them, it is just
:23:37. > :23:43.important that they get on the scoreboard. England had a last
:23:43. > :23:50.wicket stand of 58 between Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann. I think it
:23:50. > :23:55.is a workable total they have now got. Already, things are moving. Old
:23:55. > :23:59.Father Time, the famous weathervane at Lord's. Sometimes, things move
:23:59. > :24:04.faster than you would like. When Tim Bresnan strode out just before 11
:24:04. > :24:09.o'clock, he would have imagined a morning of batting. Instead, he was
:24:09. > :24:13.out first ball of the day. Getting past 300 was England's minimum
:24:13. > :24:17.requirement, and they managed that thanks to a couple of boundaries
:24:17. > :24:23.from Stuart Broad. James Anderson got 12 before becoming a fifth
:24:23. > :24:29.victim for Ryan Harris. Harris is so injury prone, that his ambition was
:24:29. > :24:34.simply not to fly home early from this tour. He is a man with a
:24:34. > :24:37.British born father, as the Prime Minister may have been aware. David
:24:37. > :24:45.Cameron then watched Stuart Broad at his belligerent best, throwing the
:24:45. > :24:50.bat, teasing Australia, hitting a six. England went past 350. Graeme
:24:50. > :24:59.Swann was doing his bit as well. For the fielding side, late runs are the
:24:59. > :25:04.most frustrating. 361 all out when Stuart Broad finally went. Australia
:25:04. > :25:09.batted, and Anderson was revved up and ready to go. This one was close
:25:09. > :25:19.but not quite. Australia are determined not to be intimidated,
:25:19. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:29.and so the battle resumed. I can tell you, on the stroke of lunch,
:25:29. > :25:33.Tim Bresnan, recalled to the side, got rid of Shane Watson. 42-1. That
:25:33. > :25:43.will certainly have reinvigorated England. We will resume in the next
:25:43. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:50.Muirfield, and Rory McIlory will be hoping to find the missing spark
:25:50. > :25:55.from his game. The world number two said he felt brain-dead after his
:25:55. > :26:02.first round. This morning, it was the turn of the world number one,
:26:02. > :26:06.Tiger Woods. Andy Swiss reports. Yet more scorching temperatures and
:26:06. > :26:11.scorched conditions at you feel. After so many struggles yesterday,
:26:11. > :26:15.the search was on for some British success. The home challenge,
:26:15. > :26:19.particularly that of Rory McIlory, had failed to materialise, but at
:26:20. > :26:24.had failed to materialise, but at last, there was something Lee
:26:24. > :26:29.Westwood went soaring up the leaderboard with a string of early
:26:29. > :26:38.birdies. Not everyone found it quite so easy. Darren Clarke had to try
:26:38. > :26:41.once, then twice, and then finally, a third time, to escape a bunker.
:26:41. > :26:44.Muirfield was showing once again that it can be a cruel place. As for
:26:44. > :26:44.that it can be a cruel place. As for Tiger Woods, he began the day just
:26:44. > :26:51.that it can be a cruel place. As for Tiger Woods, he began the day of the
:26:51. > :26:56.lead, and soon set about closing the gap. For his rivals, the signs were
:26:57. > :27:04.ominous. He has since blended the brilliant with the average, but is
:27:04. > :27:09.still in contention. But it was Lee Westwood who showed the way. This
:27:09. > :27:16.took him into a share of the lead. After coming so close so many times,
:27:16. > :27:20.could this finally be his chance? This afternoon, the focus will turn
:27:20. > :27:25.to Rory McIlory. After struggling all year, yesterday's dismal round
:27:25. > :27:29.was a new low. The question now is whether British golf's brightest
:27:29. > :27:35.whether British golf's brightest star can somehow bounceback. One of
:27:35. > :27:39.the UK's much loved birds is making a comeback in the North of England,
:27:39. > :27:44.despite thousands having perished in severe storms recently. The latest
:27:44. > :27:52.survey has revealed that there are now almost 40,000 nesting pairs of
:27:52. > :27:57.puffins. Resisting the rain high on the rocks. It looks like winter, but
:27:57. > :28:01.this was spring on the Farnes this year. Similar weird weather has
:28:01. > :28:05.caused many puffins to perish. There are boroughs have been flooded and
:28:05. > :28:09.they started breeding late. That is why this year's count has been
:28:10. > :28:14.crucial. It is hard work. For three months, National Trust ranges delved
:28:14. > :28:18.deep into the boroughs to try to find a nest. Every nest meant there
:28:18. > :28:24.was a pair. Now, after checking almost 70,000, their work has paid
:28:24. > :28:31.off. The results show that there are nearly 40,000 breeding pairs on the
:28:31. > :28:37.Farnes, an increase of 8% since the last count in 2008. It is well below
:28:37. > :28:43.the 2003 count, when there were more than 55,000 breeding pairs. But for
:28:43. > :28:50.the pairs who have survived, this is the rangers' reward. This egg was
:28:50. > :28:55.laid in May, and four weeks ago, it touched. In five years time, this
:28:55. > :29:00.puffin chick could return to the Farnes, when conservationists hope
:29:00. > :29:04.the numbers will be higher. Some news just in -1 of Manchester
:29:04. > :29:14.City's most colourful former players has died at the age of 89. The
:29:14. > :29:19.
:29:19. > :29:23.former German paratrooper Bert Trautman will be best remembered for
:29:23. > :29:29.breaking his neck in the 1956 FA Cup final. Time for the weather, with
:29:29. > :29:33.Tomasz Schafernaker. The heat in the last few days has been drifting
:29:33. > :29:40.last few days has been drifting around a bit. Today, it is actually
:29:40. > :29:44.in other parts of the country, a bit more towards the west. Lots of
:29:44. > :29:48.sunshine, wherever you are, even if you are not getting the really high
:29:48. > :29:52.temperatures. So far, the highest temp which is today have been
:29:52. > :30:00.recorded in the north-west of Wales. We do not often get that near the
:30:00. > :30:06.coast in Wales. -- the highest temperatures. In Scotland as well,
:30:06. > :30:09.the temperatures have really been shooting up. By the time we get to
:30:09. > :30:15.four o'clock in the afternoon, it will be towards the high 20s in the
:30:15. > :30:25.central lowlands. On the North Sea coast, quite a bit cooler. But as
:30:25. > :30:26.
:30:26. > :30:31.soon you get inland, 29 degrees. The south-west of England, also hot. The
:30:31. > :30:35.further towards the south-east we go, temperatures, even around Kent,
:30:35. > :30:41.down to 20 Celsius, because there is more of a breeze coming in off the
:30:41. > :30:45.North Sea. Tonight, the extensive cloud from the North Sea will be
:30:45. > :30:49.rolling in across the UK, which means, by the time we get to the
:30:49. > :30:55.early hours of Saturday morning, it will be reaching as far west as
:30:55. > :30:59.Birmingham. These eastern areas tomorrow morning will be waking up
:30:59. > :31:04.and it will be quite cloudy, even with bits of drizzle, and it will
:31:04. > :31:13.take time for some of that to move away. The sun will eventually break
:31:13. > :31:17.the clouds up, but not everywhere. Remember, if you are in the west,
:31:17. > :31:27.you might think it is quite a disappointing start to the day. This
:31:27. > :31:30.is still four o'clock, quite cloudy. With the wind, coming off the sea,
:31:30. > :31:38.these will be the impetus. In contrast, on the other side of the
:31:38. > :31:43.UK, it should be lovely. Sunday, I think a similar day, the further
:31:43. > :31:50.west you are, the better the weather will be. The further east you are,
:31:50. > :31:54.the cooler it will be. Next week, there is a change on the way. Hot