:00:09. > :00:15.The Duchess of Cambridge is in labour at a London hospital with
:00:15. > :00:18.her husband by her side. The couple arrived at St Mary's
:00:18. > :00:28.this morning - a spokesman for Kensington Palace says things are
:00:28. > :00:33."progressing as normal". News of a Royal birth will be
:00:33. > :00:41.formally announced in the grounds of Buckingham Palace with it
:00:41. > :00:46.announced in public view. Her these are the scenes live as crowds begin
:00:46. > :00:50.to gather in expectation. Crowds outside the Palace begin to gather
:00:50. > :00:53.in expectation - as they and the world's media watches and waits for
:00:53. > :00:58.the birth of the third in line to the throne. I am at St Mary's
:00:58. > :01:01.Hospital where the media is waiting for news. So far there isn't any.
:01:01. > :01:04.We'll also be live in York and in Bucklebury where the prospective
:01:04. > :01:07.grandparents are also awaiting news. And coming up: Every household in
:01:07. > :01:16.the UK will have internet pornography blocked as David
:01:16. > :01:19.Cameron tries to protect children from online dangers.
:01:19. > :01:23.There are unprecedented requirements to teach children
:01:23. > :01:27.about online safety. It does not mean teaching children about
:01:27. > :01:33.pornography, it means age appropriate conversation about what
:01:33. > :01:37.to expect on the internet. The intense heat wave continues
:01:37. > :01:40.with today forecast to become the hottest of the year so far.
:01:40. > :01:46.And triumphant cyclist Chris Froome celebrates winning the 100th Tour
:01:46. > :01:51.de France. Nothing could have prepared me for that. I was
:01:51. > :01:54.overwhelmed with emotion. I could feel myself welling up.
:01:54. > :01:57.Later on BBC London: We'll be live at Kensington Palace
:01:57. > :01:59.as Londoners await the birth of the Royal baby.
:01:59. > :02:09.Who should run this school? The parents and the politicians fight
:02:09. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:27.it out for the future of this Good afternoon.
:02:27. > :02:29.The Duchess of Cambridge is in hospital having been admitted this
:02:29. > :02:33.morning in what Kensington Palace described as the early stages of
:02:33. > :02:36.labour. The Duchess arrived at St Mary's hospital by car with the
:02:37. > :02:39.Duke of Cambridge shortly before 6:00am this morning. A palace
:02:39. > :02:43.spokesman has said things are "progressing normally". The couple
:02:43. > :02:53.do not know the sex of their first child, who will be third in line to
:02:53. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:01.the throne. Simon McCoy is outside the hospital for us. Simon.
:03:01. > :03:07.As the temperature in London saws, expect -- speculation is reaching
:03:07. > :03:13.fever if pitch. Speculation can be heard in many languages, the
:03:13. > :03:17.world's media gathered outside. At 6 am, a car pulled up at the side
:03:17. > :03:22.entrance to the hospital and two photographers saw the Duchess of
:03:22. > :03:26.Cambridge. They thought it was her getting out and going into the
:03:26. > :03:31.hospital. A couple of hours later, confirmation from Kensington Palace
:03:31. > :03:36.that it was the Duchess of Cambridge. She is in the early
:03:36. > :03:41.stages of labour. That is all we know. The next thing we will hear
:03:41. > :03:45.will be a sign been put up outside Buckingham Palace to announce the
:03:45. > :03:52.Royal baby. Third in line to the throne. The build-up has made this
:03:52. > :03:55.a waiting more frustrating. She had gone into the early stages
:03:55. > :04:00.of labour at Kensington Palace early this morning. Overdue,
:04:00. > :04:06.perhaps by a week. So at this stage when doctors may have been
:04:06. > :04:12.considering inducing the birth. Shortly before 6:00am, she arrived
:04:12. > :04:22.with William to a side entrance at St Mary's Hospital. At 7:30am,
:04:22. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:37.Kensington Palace issued this Within minutes, the media, who have
:04:37. > :04:44.gathered from around the world where relaying the news. Inside the
:04:44. > :04:48.private wing, matters are in the hands of the medical team led by
:04:48. > :04:53.the Royal gynaecologists. They have kept in close touch with the
:04:53. > :04:57.pregnancy from its anxious the early-stage his last winter, when
:04:57. > :05:01.the duchess had to be hospitalised suffering from acute pregnancy
:05:01. > :05:06.sickness. Now she has been admitted to give birth, with the country's
:05:06. > :05:11.good wishes, which were led by the Prime Minister. It is a very
:05:11. > :05:15.exciting occasion, and the whole country is excited with them.
:05:15. > :05:19.outside the hospital, where the crash of media and curious
:05:19. > :05:25.bystanders has been growing by the minute, there was the inevitable
:05:25. > :05:34.speculation, a boy or a girl. it is going to be a girl. Quite
:05:34. > :05:40.excited. I would say a little boy. I still say it is a boy. I still
:05:40. > :05:43.say it is a boy, because my first- born was a boy and he was late.
:05:43. > :05:48.Confirmation a baby has been born will come when an official leads
:05:48. > :05:53.the hospital with an announcement bound for Buckingham Palace. It
:05:53. > :05:57.will only be when that announcement is put on display, we will know
:05:57. > :06:02.whether William and Kate have a son or a daughter. Until then, all we
:06:02. > :06:08.can do is wait. Here we are waiting. News is
:06:09. > :06:16.something of a premium, do we know any more? Not a lot. Seven and a
:06:16. > :06:26.bit hours since she went in. Princess Diana had a 16 hour
:06:26. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:31.pregnancy macro to give birth to Prince William. -- labour. Her
:06:31. > :06:37.parents are not here, they may visit when the baby is born. It is
:06:37. > :06:41.not clear whether doctors have taken any steps to induce the baby
:06:41. > :06:47.before she left Kensington Palace. But there is no further news of any
:06:47. > :06:52.moment. This crowd tells us something significant is about to
:06:52. > :06:57.happen? We shouldn't lose sight of the fact it is significant. The
:06:57. > :07:02.child will be third in line to the thrones. And for a hereditary
:07:02. > :07:10.monarchy, a clear line of succession is important. King or
:07:10. > :07:15.queen? Whether it is a boy or a girl? I know the Prime Minister
:07:15. > :07:18.have declared their will that it should be so. It is not law yet and
:07:18. > :07:23.it is complicated to push it through the Parliament of the 16
:07:23. > :07:27.countries involved. There is constitutional challenge in Canada.
:07:27. > :07:34.And they are confident it will become law, but the devil, as ever,
:07:34. > :07:38.is in the detail. We won't know about anything to do with the birth
:07:38. > :07:44.until the announcement at Buckingham Palace. So let's go to
:07:44. > :07:49.Buckingham Palace. Once the baby is born way you are, we won't know the
:07:49. > :07:53.details whether it is a boy or girl until the official announcement at
:07:53. > :07:57.Buckingham Palace. Joining me as someone who knows that the workings
:07:57. > :08:04.of Buckingham Palace, a former press secretary to the Queen.
:08:04. > :08:08.Charles, the announcement, no Twitter, no Facebook, it is a
:08:08. > :08:13.traditional way to announce the Royal birth? I think the Palace
:08:13. > :08:17.wanted that elements of tradition, in this very modern world, when
:08:17. > :08:22.news travels so fast. They wanted to stick to the traditional way of
:08:22. > :08:26.announcing these details. What is your sense of the level of interest
:08:26. > :08:32.in his Royal Berk, and subsequently the amount of preceded Duke and
:08:32. > :08:36.Duchess will be able to afford their growing family? With 24 hour
:08:36. > :08:41.news around the world, there is a great deal interest and it is a
:08:41. > :08:45.minute-by-minute, from when the pregnancy was first announced.
:08:45. > :08:49.There is this huge interest, it is not just in this country and the
:08:49. > :08:54.Commonwealth, but throughout the world. A lot of the Republic as
:08:54. > :08:59.well, and that has to be balanced with the need for privacy. It is
:08:59. > :09:04.hard for the Royal couple. Once the Duchess believes the hospital, in a
:09:04. > :09:08.sense, the baby has become a baby the whole world feels they have any
:09:08. > :09:14.interest and perhaps a share in, in a funny kind of way. Thanks for
:09:14. > :09:17.joining us. Just like everyone else, we are waiting here. Not as friends
:09:17. > :09:24.read at the hospital, but we know this is where the announcement will
:09:24. > :09:29.be made. It won't stop the speculation. But
:09:29. > :09:35.as far as what is going on outside a hospital, the news is, we have
:09:35. > :09:45.done no news yet. Back to the studio.
:09:45. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :09:53.Well it's an exciting day for both sets of prospective grandparents.
:09:53. > :09:56.In a moment we'll be speaking to our reporter, who's outside the
:09:56. > :09:59.Middleton family home near Bucklebury in Berkshire. But first,
:09:59. > :10:01.let's talk to Danny Savage in York, where the Prince of Wales and the
:10:01. > :10:04.Duchess of Cornwall are visiting the National Railway Museum.
:10:04. > :10:08.Prince Charles was visiting here today. His first port of call was
:10:08. > :10:13.at the National Railway Museum in York. He arrived by steam train on
:10:13. > :10:17.the Royal train. It is another Royal arrival that everybody wanted
:10:17. > :10:21.him to talk about. People talk to him politely while he was there.
:10:21. > :10:26.They did not ask any questions about the birth of his first
:10:26. > :10:31.grandchild. But there are reminders everywhere and he was taken to see
:10:31. > :10:34.a locomotive called Prince William. A journalist at forward to ask him
:10:34. > :10:39.a question about the imminent arrival, and the journalist was
:10:39. > :10:44.told to be quiet. Someone did get a question to him later on. Prince
:10:44. > :10:49.Charles said he did not have any information. So for him, it is
:10:49. > :10:52.business as usual as he continues his tour of Yorkshire. After the
:10:52. > :10:58.railway museum he came by car to York Minster and spends about an
:10:58. > :11:03.hour looking at restoration projects. He looked very relaxed.
:11:03. > :11:06.If he is anxious about the arrival of his first grandchild, he is not
:11:06. > :11:16.showing it. It is business as usual as he continues his official duties
:11:16. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:26.in Yorkshire today. Our reporter is outside Kate's family in Berkshire.
:11:26. > :11:30.Things hotting up here. The weather is scorching. Of the media have
:11:31. > :11:36.arrived and the locals are certainly very expectant. I have
:11:36. > :11:40.spoken to a couple today and they are very excited. They fully expect
:11:40. > :11:44.this village did play a big part in the baby's life. There have been
:11:44. > :11:50.reports the Duchess will be bringing the baby here for a six-
:11:50. > :11:54.week period at some point in the near future. The Duchess, very much
:11:54. > :11:59.a part of this village. She was born and raised here, educated here.
:11:59. > :12:05.We know she was at the family home until last week. The family home is
:12:05. > :12:08.just up the road. The family, we believe is in London. But the
:12:08. > :12:13.police presence in the village is huge. And there are parts of the
:12:13. > :12:18.village we cannot go to us. Nonetheless, the mood is very
:12:18. > :12:26.expectant. Plenty of pubs here and we know that the champagne is on
:12:26. > :12:35.ice. Many thanks. For You can find much more coverage about the royal
:12:35. > :12:38.baby on our BBC News website. Now, in other news, every household
:12:38. > :12:41.in the UK will have pornography blocked from their computers unless
:12:41. > :12:44.they actively choose to receive it. That's under tough new measures
:12:44. > :12:47.announced by the Prime Minister. David Cameron warned that access to
:12:47. > :12:49.online pornography is corroding childhood. Critics have said the
:12:49. > :12:56.plans don't go far enough. Our Political Correspondent, Louise
:12:56. > :13:00.Stewart reports. David Cameron says as a politician
:13:00. > :13:04.and a parent, he wants to see action to tackle internet
:13:05. > :13:08.pornography. He has already said internet companies must block
:13:08. > :13:14.searches for offensive terms, and is announcing further measures to
:13:14. > :13:20.restrict access to obscene images. I have a very clear message, you
:13:20. > :13:23.have a duty to act on this, and it is a moral duty. I do not accept
:13:23. > :13:27.the argument that some of these companies have used to say,
:13:27. > :13:32.searches should be allowed because of freedom of speech. The law will
:13:32. > :13:36.be changed to make possession of pornography depicting rape a
:13:36. > :13:42.criminal offence in England and Wales. All new customers setting up
:13:42. > :13:47.a broad band account will have filters banning adult content sites
:13:47. > :13:52.automatically switched on, unless they disable them. By the end of
:13:52. > :13:55.2014, all homes connected to the internet will be asked whether
:13:55. > :14:00.family-friendly filters that block pornography sites and it should be
:14:00. > :14:04.switched on or off. This action comes after David Cameron met the
:14:04. > :14:11.families of five year old April Jones and Tia Sharp last week. Both
:14:11. > :14:15.of them murderers had viewed pornography images online.
:14:15. > :14:21.Neighbour, who had challenged the Government to bring in new laws,
:14:21. > :14:28.have accused the Government to cut in funding. Last year Theresa May
:14:28. > :14:31.cut CEOP, the bits of the plays that deal with child abuse by 10%.
:14:31. > :14:36.There are 50,000 people in this country downloading child abuse
:14:36. > :14:41.images, but they were only able to pursue 2000 of those. Industry
:14:41. > :14:45.sources warned it is not easy to police the Internet. Campaigners
:14:45. > :14:49.have welcomed the proposals, but say they do not go far enough.
:14:49. > :14:53.welcome these announcements, but it is just the start, and what needs
:14:53. > :14:58.to happen next is the governor needs to ensure it is effective
:14:58. > :15:02.implementation. There is a way to go to reach agreement with internet
:15:02. > :15:08.service providers. They say they take a zero-tolerance approach to
:15:08. > :15:12.child sexual abuse imagery that supports freedom online. David
:15:12. > :15:22.Cameron a wants to see a blacklist and is prepared for a row with the
:15:22. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:46.internet companies about it, if specific in -- specific measures.
:15:46. > :15:51.On the illegal images, people say this should be more of a focus for
:15:51. > :15:55.the government, they are criticising the approach of calling on search
:15:55. > :16:00.engines to do more, they say this is not how people find these images,
:16:00. > :16:06.they are hidden deep on the net, and they are calling for more resources
:16:06. > :16:11.for CEOP which has had its budget cut.
:16:12. > :16:17.The issue of parental controls and how effective they will be?
:16:17. > :16:21.The question is about the automatic nature of them, which is what the
:16:22. > :16:26.providers have been reluctant to commit to. They have committed to
:16:26. > :16:32.contacting every household to give this choice, yes or no, to parental
:16:32. > :16:42.controls. What the government is celebrating today is the fact that
:16:42. > :16:46.this will be pre-ticked, as a default. The companies are saying,
:16:46. > :16:52.no, what is important is the customers have further choices of
:16:52. > :17:02.exactly what they want to filter. But, a lot of concern from Civil
:17:02. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:07.Liberties campaigners about creeping The longest heatwave for seven years
:17:07. > :17:09.is expected to reach its peak later, before giving way to thunderstorms
:17:09. > :17:13.and potential localised flooding. Temperatures dipped slightly over
:17:13. > :17:17.the weekend, but the forecast is set to rise as high as 33 degrees in
:17:17. > :17:20.parts of the country, in what could be the hottest day of the year so
:17:20. > :17:26.far. Sangita Myska is in St James' Park in central London.
:17:26. > :17:32.How does today compare? It is hot, but the people here in central
:17:32. > :17:36.London are being really sensible, taking plenty of precautions and
:17:36. > :17:44.staying in the shade. People are awash with suntan lotion and plenty
:17:44. > :17:52.of bottles of water. They are keeping their fluid intake high. As
:17:52. > :17:58.you say, we understand temperatures could go into 34 Celsius, making it
:17:58. > :18:03.the hottest day of this period so far. We are still in a level three
:18:03. > :18:07.health alert period in London, the south-east and east of the country.
:18:07. > :18:12.What that means is if you are vulnerable, very young or very old
:18:12. > :18:20.or have a chronic disease, you must take special care. You can get that
:18:20. > :18:23.care from your local authority and Our top story this lunchtime. The
:18:23. > :18:28.Duchess of Cambridge is in labour at a London hospital, with her husband
:18:28. > :18:31.by her side. This is the scene, live at St Mary's
:18:31. > :18:40.Hospital ,where the world's media are waiting for news of the new
:18:40. > :18:43.announces plans for more affordable housing in the capital.
:18:43. > :18:53.And, with temperatures set to reach 30 degrees-plus, the Forestry
:18:53. > :18:58.
:18:58. > :19:01.Commission warns about the dangers He's come a long way from selling
:19:01. > :19:04.avocados on his BMX as a child in Nairobi. But Chris Froome says
:19:04. > :19:10.nothing could have prepared him for the overwhelming emotion of winning
:19:10. > :19:13.cycling's biggest prize, the Tour de France. It's Britain's second
:19:13. > :19:16.successive victory in the race and, with the Tour starting in Yorkshire
:19:16. > :19:26.next year, the sport's now set to go from strength to strength. This
:19:26. > :19:31.report from Tim Muffett in Paris contains flash photography.
:19:31. > :19:35.COMMENTATOR: Chris Froome, second last year, is the winner. The moment
:19:35. > :19:42.Chris Froome joined that exclusive club, winner of the Tour de France.
:19:42. > :19:46.Any cyclists are less macro dream, for him, a reality. It was
:19:46. > :19:50.incredible to see another Brit on the podium. British sport is doing
:19:50. > :19:56.so well at the moment. And I am delighted, and so are so many
:19:56. > :20:02.people. We have seen British flags everywhere. Coming one year after
:20:02. > :20:07.Sir Bradley Wiggins had victory in Paris and at the Olympics, British
:20:07. > :20:12.cycling has really never been in a stronger position, it is dominating
:20:12. > :20:15.the sport. For the winner, today was a chance to reflect on his
:20:15. > :20:19.extraordinary achievement. Nothing could have prepared me for
:20:19. > :20:25.that, it really was, I was overwhelmed with emotion, I could
:20:25. > :20:31.feel myself welling up with tears, with my team-mates are coming up to
:20:31. > :20:37.the finish line, a special moment. In Kenny, where Chris Froome was
:20:37. > :20:42.born, members of his old cycling group also paid tribute. It is going
:20:42. > :20:48.to change lots of things, for sure. Not only in Kenny, but all over
:20:49. > :20:53.Africa. The best thing is there will be a lot of attention for our young
:20:53. > :20:58.riders here, and that gives us a chance to prove more what we have
:20:58. > :21:02.already been delivering. Next year, British cycling will
:21:02. > :21:10.receive another boost, the Tour de France will begin in Yorkshire, the
:21:10. > :21:14.first time it has visited the UK since 2007. Huge crowds are expected
:21:14. > :21:20.as the British effect grows. It couldn't be better, the fact that
:21:20. > :21:24.it will be in Britain next year, it will be crazy. The sport has grown
:21:24. > :21:29.in Britain, we have brilliant fans. It will be fantastic to race in
:21:29. > :21:31.front of them, I am looking forward to it.
:21:31. > :21:37.Lance Armstrong's drug-taking revelations were seen to have
:21:37. > :21:44.tarnished the sport. To Chris Froome, many questioned questioned
:21:44. > :21:48.his performance. But, with victory under his belt, Chris Froome can
:21:48. > :21:58.today relish achieving what few cyclists manage. Winning the
:21:58. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:04.Police in Ohio are searching a neighbourhood for bodies, after the
:22:04. > :22:06.discovery of three dead women wrapped in plastic. A man, who's on
:22:06. > :22:11.the sex offenders' register, has been arrested, and is understood to
:22:11. > :22:14.have told detectives that more The British pharmaceutical giant
:22:14. > :22:17.GlaxoSmithKline has said some of its executives in China appear to have
:22:17. > :22:20.broken the law. Last week, Chinese police accused the company of having
:22:20. > :22:25.paid bribes to officials and doctors in order to boost its sales in
:22:25. > :22:35.China. Four Chinese executives have already been detained in connection
:22:35. > :22:36.
:22:36. > :22:39.killed, and hundreds injured, in an earthquake in China's western
:22:39. > :22:42.province of Gansu. It struck the remote, mountainous areas around the
:22:42. > :22:45.city of Dingxi in the early hours of the morning, with a magnitude of
:22:45. > :22:54.6.6. The worst-affected areas are in the outlying districts where scores
:22:54. > :23:01.of homes have been damaged. John Sudworth is in Shanghai for us.
:23:01. > :23:06.What are the latest updates? This was a relatively powerful but
:23:06. > :23:11.also relatively shallow earthquake, just ten kilometres deep,
:23:11. > :23:17.potentially increasing the likelihood of loss of life. It was
:23:17. > :23:24.centred on a hilly farming area of China's remote Gansu province, near
:23:24. > :23:31.to Dingxi city. Workers are facing a difficult task, 1000 buildings
:23:31. > :23:36.counted to have collapsed, many others partially destroyed. It looks
:23:36. > :23:45.likely that we will see the number of dead increasing, as that rescue
:23:45. > :23:48.work continues and reaches those The happiness of children in the UK
:23:48. > :23:53.is on the decline, that's according to research from the Children's
:23:53. > :23:55.Society. The study found that 10% of children have a low sense of
:23:55. > :23:57.well-being, and that teenagers are increasingly concerned with their
:23:57. > :24:07.appearance, bullying at school and family conflict. Michael Buchanan
:24:07. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:12.four-fifths said to be flourishing, says the Children's Society. But its
:24:13. > :24:16.most recent poll of more than 10,000 eight to 17-year-olds shows around
:24:16. > :24:18.one in ten children have low levels of well-being, with those aged 14-15
:24:18. > :24:28.having the most concerns. Adults want us to be more
:24:28. > :24:31.
:24:31. > :24:34.responsible. And more thoughtful. But we want to live in the moment.
:24:34. > :24:36.When you log on to Facebook, you are fearful of the pictures, and the
:24:36. > :24:41.words you say. Today's report says the concerns
:24:41. > :24:44.they've identified are much more than normal teenage angst.
:24:44. > :24:47.When you look at the reasons why children are feeling the way they
:24:47. > :24:49.do, there are some very worrying things. They are very concerned
:24:50. > :24:55.about appearance, not feeling safe. Very concerned about being
:24:55. > :24:58.discriminated against or demonised by society.
:24:58. > :25:01.An analysis by the charity looking at how satisfied children are with
:25:01. > :25:06.their lives, a question that's been asked for nearly two decades, shows
:25:06. > :25:09.that levels have fallen from their peak in 2008. Parents are therefore
:25:09. > :25:12.being urged to talk and listen to children, and create loving, stable
:25:12. > :25:22.family units which, researchers say, are the key to children's happiness
:25:22. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:29.Let's return to our main story: The Duchess of Cambridge is in hospital,
:25:29. > :25:32.having been admitted this morning in what Kensington Palace described as
:25:32. > :25:41.the early stages of labour. We can speak to Daniela Relph outside
:25:41. > :25:47.Buckingham Palace. Where the baby 's arrival will be
:25:47. > :25:50.formally announced. All the focus and action is at the
:25:50. > :25:55.hospital at the moment. There is an enormous amount of interest at
:25:55. > :25:59.Buckingham Palace where the formal announcement will be made. Not quite
:25:59. > :26:05.as frenzied as the hospital but if we look at the level of media
:26:05. > :26:09.interest, you get a sense, a huge number of cameras, special mini
:26:09. > :26:17.studios outside Buckingham Palace with everyone wanting to make sure
:26:17. > :26:20.they have a proper view of what will be happening. Once the baby is born,
:26:20. > :26:26.that official announcement on Buckingham Palace headed notepaper
:26:26. > :26:31.will be brought from the hospital, put up in a frame on an easel just
:26:31. > :26:36.inside the gates. This is very much as the Duke and Duchess wanted it to
:26:37. > :26:41.be. They don't want if possible the announcement to be made on Twitter
:26:41. > :26:48.or Facebook or e-mail, they would like a nod to historical precedent,
:26:48. > :26:56.it additional way of announcing it on the easel for everybody to see.
:26:56. > :27:01.Just as Vince William's birth was announced. -- Prince William. It is
:27:01. > :27:08.a game of waiting, could the announcement be later today or
:27:09. > :27:16.tomorrow. We will have to let nature Time for a look at the weather.
:27:16. > :27:22.Here's Jay Wynne. Another hot one today but there is a
:27:22. > :27:28.big change this week, we will see some rain, some heavy with thundery
:27:28. > :27:33.downpours. High humidity. Temperatures may drop away but it is
:27:33. > :27:40.still very warm. Quite hot today in the south-east, a warning has been
:27:40. > :27:45.raised to level three in the south-east. This is the satellite
:27:45. > :27:50.sequence. Coming from the Atlantic, these bands of cloud moving our way,
:27:50. > :27:56.a very different day tomorrow. Not completely dry today, the odd shower
:27:56. > :28:03.across East Anglia, the Midlands, Wales and northern England. Along
:28:03. > :28:09.the North Sea coast, cloudy and cooler but dry, 18 degrees. As high
:28:09. > :28:13.as 28 in the Western Highlands. In the North of England, the chance of
:28:13. > :28:19.showers in the middle of the afternoon. And in the southeastern
:28:19. > :28:25.corner. Temperatures up to 34 degrees, the hottest day of the year
:28:25. > :28:32.so far. Some heat to be found in the far south-west. But thicker cloud
:28:32. > :28:39.will limit those temperatures. Quite hot in Cardiff, further north, a few
:28:39. > :28:44.clouds around. 20 or so degrees in Belfast. Plenty of heat to be found
:28:44. > :28:49.across much of the UK. Thundery showers drifting north into the
:28:49. > :28:59.evening. In the south west, there is the potential for very heavy
:28:59. > :29:00.
:29:00. > :29:06.weighing four get -- heavy rainfall at dawn. Tomorrow, a different day,
:29:06. > :29:11.a lot of cloud around, torrential downpours for England and Wales.
:29:11. > :29:18.That rain falling into baked, hard ground, with localised flooding.
:29:18. > :29:24.Temperatures, 28 degrees. Tuesday night into Wednesday, some
:29:24. > :29:28.torrential rain across eastern parts of England, thanks to this weather
:29:28. > :29:34.front. That will gradually cleared to the North Sea, followed by Sunny
:29:34. > :29:40.spells on Wednesday, up to 26 more rain into Northern Ireland, that
:29:40. > :29:50.spreads west to east on Thursday. Some of that could be heavy and
:29:50. > :29:57.
:29:57. > :30:00.story this lunchtime. The Duchess of Cambridge is in
:30:00. > :30:08.labour at set merits Hospital in London, with her husband by her
:30:08. > :30:13.side. Let's take a look at the scene at