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companies and celebrities are among those who have used private | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
investigation companies to illegally obtain information. The Government | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
is setting up plans to regulate private investigators. Also this | :00:24. | :00:32. | |
lunchtime - calls for the law to be clarified on assisted suicide. | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
Appeal Court judges find in favour of one paralysed man who wants to | :00:35. | :00:42. | |
die, but against two other cases. The Stafford NHS trust, centre of | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
one of the biggest scandals to hit the health service, could be broken | :00:44. | :00:51. | |
up. British Gas's profits are up after a long, cold winter, but bills | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
are up as well, and the company warns they could go up again. And | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
pop singer Rhiannon wins her High Court legal battle with Top Shop | :01:01. | :01:07. | |
over a T-shirt bearing her image. Later on BBC London, the High Court | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
quashes the Government's decision to reduce services at Lewisham | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
Hospital. And police are investigating after a 12-year-old | :01:14. | :01:24. | |
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companies and celebrities have been found to be among 94 clients who | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
used private investigators who had been convicted of illegally | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
obtaining information. The Home Affairs Select Committee published | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
the list of clients, but did not name them individually, before the | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
rogue investigators concerned were all given jail sentences last year. | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
Tom Symons has more. Out of the shadows and into court, the private | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
investigators who fraudulently obtained personal information for | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
nearly 100 clients. The case, code-named Operation Millipede, | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
revealed this man, Daniel Summers, as the blag. The private | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
investigators paid him to phone up banks, phone companies all utilities | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
and talk employees into handing over private information. It is illegal. | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
They were convicted last year, but it has now been revealed that they | :02:30. | :02:36. | |
were working for 22 law firms, eight financial institutions and companies | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
from a variety of sectors. The serious and organised crime agency | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
will not allow the names of these clients to be released because of | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
ongoing investigations. MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee are | :02:47. | :02:55. | |
not happy about that. They asked us to keep the list confidential. Now, | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
parliament is not very keen on secret lists, which is why I had a | :02:59. | :03:05. | |
meeting yesterday with the head of SOCA, and we have decided to publish | :03:05. | :03:13. | |
the categories of those companies, firms and individuals. And there is | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
anger that while the phone hacking affair, which led to the closure of | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
the News of the World, resulted in a massive police investigation, the | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
clients of rogue private detectives have not been arrested or | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
questioned. On the one hand, they put fast we sources, 150 | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
detectives, �40 million, into investigating the media, yet they | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
effectively turned a blind eye and decided not to bother with blue-chip | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
companies that were doing at least the same and worse. So, what | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
information is on offer from rogue privatise? Well, somebody's bank | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
balance could be obtained for �100, or how much tax they paid for a | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
similar fee. Itemised telephone bills could be obtained for �450. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
Some investigators will hack a computer or intercept calls for | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
�7,000 a month. These figures are from a widely leaked intelligence | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
assessment which was sent to the Government in 2008. It has helped to | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
build the case for the regulation of private investigators, which is due | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
to be announced today. Any of their activities, such as surveillance, | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
are legal, but this is unlikely to dampen down the row about how these | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
affairs should be investigated. Tom Symons is with me now. We have just | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
had an announcement from the Home Secretary on this issue... Yes, in | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
the last ten minutes Theresa May has confirmed that it will be made an | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
offence to practice as a private investigator, without a licence. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
Licensing means they will have to complete a government recognised | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
training scheme, they will have to confirm their identity through | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
identity checks and also have their criminal records check. But the | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
interesting thing is, what is illegal? Every private investigator | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
has two act within the law, but there is a large grey area, I | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
continue, having looked into this for some time, in the minds of the | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
private investigators themselves. It is also true that law firms | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
regularly used private investigators, and I spoke to one | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
respectable law firm which told me it uses them on every single case. | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
It can be very difficult to make absolutely sure that the private | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
investigator will not be doing anything illegal. I think lawyers | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
will be pleased with regulation, but it may not dampen down the argument | :05:35. | :05:43. | |
which is developing about this set of rogue private investigators. | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
former Conservative Party code treasurer has one �180,000 in libel | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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damages from the Sunday Times. -- co-treasurer. The claim was brought | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
over three articles which appeared in March 2012. How significant a | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
result is this, Norman Smith? you would think this would be an | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
occasion for Downing Street to be hanging out the bunting, with | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
victory for a four Tory treasurer in his libel tussle with the Sunday | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
Times. However, let me remind you, those allegations from last year | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
that he corruptly arranged dinners for donors in Downing Street to | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
influence policy well what it was about. But Peter Cruddas has come | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
out and attacked not just the Sunday Times, he has attacked the | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
Conservative Party and David Cameron, accusing them of not | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
listening to his side of the story, of cutting him off. Let me read you | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
what he said - I was constructively dismissed from my role as party | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
treasurer and made to feel like an outcast, as the Prime Minister lined | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
up to criticise me. On top of that, the judge in the case has also said | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
that Peter Cruddas had to go through a massive public humiliation at the | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
hands of the Prime Minister, and, for good measure, Lord Ashcroft, one | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
of the Tory party's best known fundraisers, has called on Mr | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
Cameron to apologise over his treatment of Peter Cruddas. So, what | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
should've a victory, a moment for Mr Cameron to enjoy an extra portion of | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
sardines at his Algarve holiday home, has rather rebranded against | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
him. I am tempted to say, Hell hath no Furia like a former Tory | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
treasurer disowned by his party. Director of Public Prosecutions says | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
he will appeal to the Supreme Court after Appeal Court judges ruled he | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
should clarify the law on assisted suicide. They had found in favour of | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
a paralysed man identified in court only as "Martin". He wants a nurse | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
or carer to travel abroad with him so that he can end his life. The | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
judge has reject it to other cases brought by campaigners who wanted | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
doctors to be allowed to help patients kill themselves. Northern | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
Ireland Walsh reports. This is "Martin". He is almost completely | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
paralysed following a stroke five years ago. He does not want to be | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
identified, but he gave this interview two years ago, using a | :08:21. | :08:29. | |
special computer to communicate. Life is not worth living. "Martin" | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
's wife respects his wishes but has refused to take him to the Swiss | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
suicide group Dignitas. "Martin" is worried that a carer who he paid to | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
take him would be charged with assisting a suicide. Two out of | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
three appeal court judges ruled that there was insufficient clarity in | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
the guidance from the director of public was it you should on the law | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
on assisted suicide, in particular whether a health professional who | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
travelled with "Martin" would be at risk of prosecution. -- guidance | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
from the Director of Public Prosecutions. "Martin" 's lawyer | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
read out a statement on his behalf. I am delighted by this judgment, | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
which takes me one step closer to be able to decide how and when I will | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
be able to end my life. I am only able to do so because of my physical | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
disabilities. The DPP has been forced by the courts to clarify the | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
law on assisted suicide in England and Wales once before, in the case | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
of Debbie Purdy. That guidance made clear that friends and family would | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
not be charged if they travelled to Switzerland. Two other cases were | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
rejected by the Court of Appeal today. Tony Nicklinson has died | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
since the case began. He and Paul Lamb had both wanted the law on | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
murder amended so that any Dr Who helped them to die here in Britain | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
would not be persecuted. All three judges were very clear on legal and | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
ethical grounds, that the law, if it is to be changed, must be changed by | :10:00. | :10:07. | |
Parliament alone. The cases will all now go to the Supreme Court for a | :10:07. | :10:15. | |
final ruling. Special administrators could this afternoon recommend | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
breaking up the midst average of foundation trust, scene of one of | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
the biggest scandals to hit the health service. -- the midst of | :10:22. | :10:32. | |
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foundation trust. -- the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Full | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
for 15 weeks, a team of experts has been struggling to come up with a | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
plan for the future of Stafford Hospital. A series of reports | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
exposed terrible standards of care at the trust between 2005 and 2009. | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
The trust also faces huge financial problems. It carries an ongoing | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
deficit and it needs an estimated �70 million over the next five years | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
just to keep it afloat. There has been a vocal campaign to keep the | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
hospital open. There are fears about what today's announcement will | :11:10. | :11:16. | |
bring. For accident and emergency, it is in the top ten in the country, | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
so it makes absolutely no sense to threaten or downgrade any of these | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
essential services in this hospital. They provide a very good quality | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
service for our community. The trust has already lost some key services. | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
A&E has closed overnight. Rage of trauma and stroke services have | :11:32. | :11:38. | |
already been transferred to the neighbouring hospital in Stoke. It | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
is possible the trust could now been broken up. A&E could be further | :11:41. | :11:48. | |
downgraded to becoming an urgent care centre. Other services | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
including maternity could be moved to neighbouring trusts. The problems | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
over the quality of care offered to patients have been well documented, | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
but experts warn that the financial difficulties are also likely to | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
confront many other district general hospitals across England. | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
financial context in which the NHS is operating at the moment means | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
that we have to think really carefully about where we can deliver | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
services, and essentially, it means that we can deliver all services in | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
all places that we currently deliver them at the moment. Stafford | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
Hospital is unlikely to close altogether, but financial reality | :12:22. | :12:30. | |
means that big changes are on the way. The residential arm of British | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
Gas has reported profits of more than �350 million for the first half | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
of the year, an increase of 3%. The company increased its prices by 6% | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
at the end of last year. The parent company, Centrica, says it is | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
committed to keeping energy bills for customers under control. Our | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
correspondent John Moylan reports. It was a long, cold winter. | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
Temperatures plummeted and stayed low well into the spring. Across the | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
UK, millions of families were forced to turn up the heating, resulting in | :13:04. | :13:10. | |
much higher energy bills for British Gas customers. I remember it being | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
really expensive, my husband was a bit shocked. But I guess that is | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
what we expect. I suppose it was a hard, cold winter, and I just | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
expected that it probably would be quite high. At British Gas, revenues | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
soared as households used 13% more gas. Fitz rose by more than 3% in | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
its residential arm, to �356 million in the first half of the year. -- | :13:35. | :13:42. | |
profits. We had a very long winter, colder than average, meaning that | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
energy companies sell more energy and make more profit. British Gas is | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
by far the biggest energy supplier. It provides gas or electricity to | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
roughly a third of all households in Britain. Now, it last put up prices | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
by 6% in November, but it has since indicated that it would use any | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
windfall from this winter to try to keep a lid on prices going forward. | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
But the company says it is spending more on government schemes to boost | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
energy efficiency and combat climate. It is more expensive to | :14:15. | :14:21. | |
transport gas and electricity. Today, it warned those costs would | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
inevitably impact on customer bills, leading to fears of another round of | :14:25. | :14:31. | |
price rises in the months ahead. theory is that they know that we | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
will want to continue to use energy, and our ability to fight price rises | :14:36. | :14:44. | |
is limited. I believe the Government to should do more to encourage the | :14:44. | :14:50. | |
introduction of a truly fair market. Overall, profits at Centrica were up | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
9%, on the back of higher gas production offshore and overseas. | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
Our top story this lunchtime - the Home Secretary announces that | :15:04. | :15:06. | |
operating as a private detective without a licence will become a | :15:06. | :15:14. | |
criminal offence. Still to come, can England grab an Ashes victory at Old | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
Trafford? Later on BBC London, the Government says it will review the | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
use of controversial zero hours contracts, used by more than a third | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
of councils in the capital. And Boris Johnson faces calls to scrap | :15:29. | :15:38. | |
charges for softball players in Hyde presidential and parliamentary | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
election in Zimbabwe. The country's Prime Minister Morgan | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
Tsvangirai is challenging President Robert Mugabe for the top job for a | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
third time. Mr Mugabe says he will stand down if he loses, after 33 | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
years in power. His party, ZANU-PF, has denied accusations that it has | :15:56. | :16:03. | |
rigged the voters' roll. Andrew Harding reports. | :16:03. | :16:09. | |
433 years, one man has been in charge in Zimbabwe, but the crowds | :16:09. | :16:19. | |
:16:19. | :16:20. | ||
at this rally believe that finally about to change. F to everybody is | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
ready for the change, there will be no violence in Saint Barb Wake. | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
Violence has been a problem. President Mugabe used it to cling on | :16:29. | :16:37. | |
to power in the last election in 2008. He then agreed to sign up to a | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
power-sharing deal with his enemies. At the time, Zimbabwe's | :16:41. | :16:50. | |
economy was in freefall. I saw a country of empty shelves and | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
hyperinflation on a surreal scale. I have just spent nearly $1 trillion | :16:54. | :17:01. | |
and I have three tins of baked beans to show for it. Today, the economy | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
has stabilised. There is food in the shops, thriving schools and calm on | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
the streets. But for all the changes, the fear remains that | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
President Mugabe may try to hold onto power it legally. The voters | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
roll is a shambles. 30% of young voters are not even registered and a | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
suspicious number of extra ballots have been printed. ZANU-PF have made | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
it very clear they are not prepared to lose power and in the preparation | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
of this election, they are completely in control of the whole | :17:36. | :17:44. | |
process. But it must be acknowledged, President Mugabe still | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
enjoys genuine popular support. He has called to seize control of | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
foreign businesses and that goes down well with some. He insists, his | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
hands are clean. If you lose, you must surrender to those who have | :17:58. | :18:05. | |
one. Those who have lost must also surrender to you -- you must | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
surrender to those who have won. We will comply with the rules. | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
The schools watchdog, Ofsted, has apologised after its inspections | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
failed to pick up concerns about a residential school for children with | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
special needs, criticised for its handling of a pupil's rape claim. In | :18:22. | :18:24. | |
January, an educational tribunal raised grave concerns about | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
Stanbridge Earls in Hampshire, just months after Ofsted had given it an | :18:27. | :18:37. | |
:18:37. | :18:39. | ||
"outstanding" rating. Our education correspondent is here. Can you | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
outline what exactly has happened? Stanbridge Earls is a private | :18:43. | :18:53. | |
Baoding school -- boarding school in Hampshire. It has children from ten | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
to 19 with special educational needs. Ofsted inspected the school | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
on three occasions in 2011 and 2012 and gave it an outstanding rating, | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
but a few months ago and educational tribunal said it had grave concerns | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
about the way the school had behaved in the case of a female pupil who | :19:13. | :19:19. | |
claimed she had been raped by another people. It severely | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
criticised the school and the headteacher. The headteacher | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
eventually resigned and the school is now going to close. Ofsted | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
started up an internal review and today we have the results of that | :19:31. | :19:38. | |
review and an admission from Ofsted of their own failings. | :19:38. | :19:44. | |
Embarrassing to say the least. Yes. It admitted their inspections | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
were problematic. It says it has taken disciplinary action against a | :19:48. | :19:54. | |
small number of staff including dismissals. It also said other | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
internal reorganisations should prevent this in future. But it | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
raises wider questions about whether the inspection regime is really | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
effective and the Department of education says it is looking again | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
at the regulation regime. There has been a large increase in | :20:11. | :20:15. | |
the number of civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan. A United | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
Nations report says the total number for the first six months of the year | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
was almost 25% higher than in the same period last year. Jon Brain is | :20:23. | :20:30. | |
in Kabul. It isn't there conflict but the | :20:30. | :20:37. | |
ordinary men, women and children in Afghanistan are paying the price for | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
the struggle in their country. Insurgence took over an empty | :20:41. | :20:48. | |
building in Kabul. Their motives? To kill and maim passers-by. Just one | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
of an increasing number of attacks on civilians. Most are the victims | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
of bomb attacks. Last month insurgence true that a vehicle full | :20:57. | :21:03. | |
of explosives into a bus outside the Supreme Court, killing 16. This | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
man's cousin was one of the victims. The winning in the family are too | :21:08. | :21:17. | |
scared to go outside -- the women. Afghanistan is a dangerous country, | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
he says. 231 of the 1300 killed in | :21:24. | :21:26. | |
Afghanistan were children. Many of the victims were targeted | :21:26. | :21:34. | |
deliberately. That is extremely alarming, this quite large increase | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
in direct attacks against civilians, deliberate targeting through a | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
number of tactics. It may be by an IED, and assassination, a suicide | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
attack. Most Afghans are getting on with their lives. They have no | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
choice. The UN have called on all sides of the conflict to uphold | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
their legal obligation to protect them. | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
The singer Rihanna has won a High Court battle with Topshop over | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
T-shirts bearing her image. The star sued Topshop's parent company | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
Arcadia over the T-shirts, which featured a photo taken during a | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
video shoot in 2011. Our arts correspondent David Silitto reports. | :22:16. | :22:26. | |
This contains flash photography. When Vienna shot her video in | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
Northern Ireland, her fans were out in force -- Rihanna. Thousands of | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
photos were taken and one ended up on this T-shirt, which ended up on | :22:36. | :22:44. | |
sale in Topshop. Rihanna was not pleased. She issued a writ and has | :22:44. | :22:48. | |
won her case. Does this mean you are not allowed to take a photo of a | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
celebrity and put it on a T-shirt yourself? No, said the High Court. | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
They said it was because this looked like official Rihanna merchandise. | :22:58. | :23:06. | |
The image had a close similarity to images on her video and album and | :23:06. | :23:12. | |
fans would assume this was a product she had assumed. Topshop said it was | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
disappointed and perplexed, adding there was no intention to create an | :23:17. | :23:26. | |
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appearance of an endorsement or is Rihanna has her own fashion line | :23:34. | :23:42. | |
at Topshop's rival, River Island. Clothes in pop are big business. | :23:42. | :23:47. | |
The third Ashes Test gets under way at Old Trafford tomorrow. It is 84 | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
years since England won the first three Tests of an Ashes series, but | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
victory this week will give them an unassailable 3-0 lead. All five days | :23:56. | :24:04. | |
in Manchester are sold out and Joe Wilson is there for us. | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
These days in England and Wales there is huge competition just to | :24:08. | :24:16. | |
win the right to stage an Ashes test match. Old Trafford has spent over | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
�30 million just to get the ground redeveloped. It looks great. The | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
weather forecast is OK, definitely some sunshine between now and | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
Monday. In Manchester they would love to be the place where the ashes | :24:30. | :24:38. | |
are retained in England with two Test matches to spare -- the Ashes. | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
James Anderson can do anything, apart from control the weather. | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
England was forced inside to train today. Listen now to an object | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
lesson in not getting carried away. We played really well in the first | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
two games and our job is to improve on that. Show some of the form that | :24:59. | :25:04. | |
we did and tighten up on the areas that we can tighten up on. Five days | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
of rain would be one way of Australia avoiding defeat here but | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
it won't happen. They have to come out fighting, in the right way. Get | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
stuck in. Amongst the entertainment options available in Manchester is | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
this bar. The Birmingham branch is where David Warner disgraced | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
himself. He served his suspension and is tipped to play in this Test. | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
This is an Aussie born English critic who is now a cage fighter! -- | :25:37. | :25:47. | |
:25:47. | :25:48. | ||
cricketer! We need a guy to come in with a bit of character and to | :25:48. | :25:53. | |
change momentum. England have been doing their best to protect Kevin | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
Pietersen, nursing him through a strain in the nets. He has gone | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
through training in the last few days and has done everything we have | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
asked of him so clearly we have to make that decision tomorrow | :26:05. | :26:12. | |
morning. We will see and we are pretty hopeful. Meanwhile, Anderston | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
should become England's second-highest wicket taker of all | :26:16. | :26:23. | |
time this week. Australia, here's looking at you. | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
Australia are going through their final preparations this afternoon. | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
Remember Australia came having lost a series in India. If they lose this | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
match it will mean they have lost seven matches in a row, consecutive | :26:37. | :26:46. | |
Test matches. The last time that happened was in the 1880s. | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
Thank you very much. Some other sports news that is just in. The | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
British Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed that she | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
will not compete at the world athletics Championships in Moscow | :27:00. | :27:06. | |
next month. The 27-year-old gold medallist has been struggling with | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
an Achilles injury and performed below her best at last week's | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
anniversary games in London. We thought temperatures here were a | :27:14. | :27:20. | |
bit on the high side. In China they have had it for worst. The Chinese | :27:20. | :27:23. | |
authorities say more than ten people have died in Shanghai as the city | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
grapples with its highest temperatures in 140 years. Water | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
parks and swimming pools are doing record business, as you can see. | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
Weather experts in China say a subtropical high pressure system and | :27:33. | :27:38. | |
a lack of rain is to blame. The heatwave is likely to last for | :27:38. | :27:44. | |
several more days. That is extraordinary, isn't it! Let's look | :27:44. | :27:52. | |
at the weather for us now. Are we going to have some more hot weather | :27:52. | :28:02. | |
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tomorrow? will be out and the temperatures | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
will soar. It will be very hot, particularly in the south and east. | :28:07. | :28:15. | |
Act today. The cloud is slowly drifting north -- back to today. It | :28:15. | :28:21. | |
has been quite wet for some so far and plenty more rain to come this | :28:21. | :28:26. | |
afternoon. Extensive across Northern Ireland, Wales, the Midlands and | :28:26. | :28:30. | |
northern England. It never really gets into Scotland, so this is where | :28:30. | :28:35. | |
the best of the weather is this afternoon. Very different in | :28:35. | :28:44. | |
Belfast. Much of northern England seeing potentially heavy rain. The | :28:44. | :28:53. | |
rain will slowly pull away from the Midlands in the afternoon. An | :28:53. | :28:57. | |
increasingly humid feel to things as the southerly breeze imports that | :28:57. | :29:03. | |
humid air from the near continent. That air will go northwards behind | :29:04. | :29:11. | |
the rain this evening. It will turn wet in Scotland overnight. England | :29:11. | :29:17. | |
and Wales will have low cloud and mist but quite a warm night. It will | :29:17. | :29:24. | |
be a difficult night for sleeping. Tomorrow, quite wet. You and | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
Northern Ireland, persistent rain. What England and Wales, after a | :29:29. | :29:35. | |
great start, it will warm up. It could get above 30 Celsius in the | :29:35. | :29:41. | |
southeastern corner. Fresh from Northern Ireland and Scotland | :29:41. | :29:46. | |
because of the cloud and the rain. Not a great start for the women's | :29:46. | :29:51. | |
golf in Saint Andrews. The wind will pick up over the weekend which will | :29:51. | :29:58. | |
make for challenging conditions. This is Friday, you can see a lot of | :29:58. | :30:03. | |
isobars. Quite a strong breeze across most parts of the UK. The | :30:03. | :30:09. | |
potential for thundery rain. That will drop the temperatures in the | :30:09. | :30:15. | |
south and south-east of England. Still breezy for the weekend in many | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
areas. There will be some rain but mostly for the north and North-West. | :30:19. | :30:29. | |
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A reminder of out top story this lunchtime. The Home Secretary | :30:31. | :30:34. |