:00:14. > :00:19.Pelka have been jailed for a minimum of 30 years. The judge said the pair
:00:19. > :00:23.were guilty of income pre-handsome or brutality. Daniel, who was four
:00:23. > :00:27.and a half when he died in March last year, had been beaten, she
:00:27. > :00:34.really two, intimidated and systematically starved, said the
:00:35. > :00:42.judge. -- of incomprehensible brutality. Also this lunchtime, out
:00:42. > :00:45.of the red, the Royal Bank of Scotland posts a profit and has
:00:45. > :00:48.appointed Ross McEwan as the new chief executive. Battered by the
:00:48. > :00:53.recession, a major study in household finances suggests that
:00:53. > :00:57.millions of families are feeling the squeeze. Two groups of observers
:00:57. > :01:05.have declared the election in Zimbabwe to be free and fair,
:01:05. > :01:10.despite widespread claims of fraud. The ingenuity and cunning of French
:01:10. > :01:14.prisoners of war, who managed to film daily life under the noses of
:01:14. > :01:20.their German guards. Here at Old Trafford, the Ashes has seen the
:01:20. > :01:23.return of a pantomime villain today. The main event, however, Australia,
:01:23. > :01:29.piling on the runs. On BBC London, the spot where a man died in the
:01:29. > :01:39.Thames, we speak to the teenagers who tried to save him. And the
:01:39. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:01.London flats being marketed to the minutes, the mother and stepfather
:02:01. > :02:05.of Daniel Elko have been sentenced to life in prison for his murder.
:02:05. > :02:10.They have been given a minimum term of 30 years each. The judge, Mrs
:02:10. > :02:15.Justice Cox, said they had submitted the four-year-old two in
:02:15. > :02:20.comprehensible brutality, and that neither of them had shown a single
:02:20. > :02:23.sign of remorse. She said Daniel had been the victim of chronic and
:02:23. > :02:32.systematic starvation, so severe that he had bones had ceased to
:02:32. > :02:38.grow. A serious case review will examine whether any opportunities
:02:38. > :02:44.were missed to stop the abuse. Ben Ando is at Birmingham Crown Court.
:02:44. > :02:48.Take us through this morning's proceedings door call by the end of
:02:48. > :02:53.it, some of the juror 's were in tears. It has been a nine week trial
:02:53. > :02:59.leading up to this morning's sentencing. A police investigation,
:02:59. > :03:09.taking many, many hours of police time, took place into Daniel 's
:03:09. > :03:14.death. There are wider questions to be answered. There is a serious case
:03:14. > :03:18.review into why the alarm was not raised sooner, why teachers,
:03:18. > :03:24.doctors, social workers, even the police, did not see anything wrong.
:03:24. > :03:33.But today, Daniel Pelka's stepfather, Mariusz Krezolek, and
:03:33. > :03:36.his own mother, Magdelena Luczak, have been given 30 years in prison.
:03:36. > :03:42.They stood in the dock to receive their life sentences, stepfather
:03:42. > :03:47.Mariusz Krezolek and mother Magdelena Luczak. They will have to
:03:47. > :03:52.serve a minimum of 30 years. The judge said Daniel, a four-year-old
:03:52. > :03:58.boy, had suffered unimaginable acts of cruelty. Since the trial, it has
:03:58. > :04:04.come to life that Mariusz Krezolek has been wanted I police in Poland
:04:04. > :04:08.for a drink-driving offence, and since 2006 he has been sentenced to
:04:08. > :04:13.at least 15 months for driving offences in the UK. He has been
:04:13. > :04:17.fined for theft, and West Midlands Police say that he was arrested for
:04:17. > :04:22.assault, but not charged. This was Daniel for his first day at school
:04:22. > :04:27.in 2011. By March of the following year, he was dead. He had suffered a
:04:27. > :04:33.fatal blow to the head. During his last six months, the jury were told
:04:33. > :04:40.he had suffered immense suffering - beating, starvation and abuse.
:04:40. > :04:43.Neighbours had suspected something was wrong. This lady remembers
:04:43. > :04:47.Mariusz Krezolek as a violent neighbour, who one occasion had
:04:47. > :04:56.attacked her husband. He was really short tempered, insulting all of the
:04:56. > :05:03.time. He pushed your husband into a wall? Yes. He was really scared, he
:05:03. > :05:08.said, how come we live next to him? Others heard shouting and crying but
:05:08. > :05:16.did not want to get involved. Parents said Daniel went from being
:05:16. > :05:18.playful and friendly to withdrawn and alone. He used to say hello to
:05:18. > :05:24.me at one point, and then he stopped, and then he would keep
:05:24. > :05:29.looking back at his mum, as if to say... But you cannot say that
:05:29. > :05:34.because you don't know what his mother had said. There is anger that
:05:34. > :05:37.despite Daniel's emaciated appearance at school, and contact
:05:37. > :05:43.with doctors, social workers and the police, no one helped him. A serious
:05:43. > :05:48.case review is under way, but the NSPCC says it is hard to see how
:05:48. > :05:53.this suffering could have been missed by so many professionals.
:05:53. > :05:58.These types of cases must be acted on, and children like Daniel, in the
:05:58. > :06:02.future, should be protected. serious case review will report in
:06:02. > :06:05.six weeks. It is expected to highlight shortcomings and recommend
:06:05. > :06:11.areas for improvement. But as his mother and stepfather begin their
:06:11. > :06:18.life sentences, exactly why they chose to inflict such cruel and
:06:18. > :06:23.finally fatal abuse on a little boy remains unknown. Well, perhaps when
:06:23. > :06:27.she passed sentence, the judge reflected on that lack of any
:06:27. > :06:33.apparent motive, when she said that there was no real mitigation in this
:06:33. > :06:39.case, and no clue ever that either Mariusz Krezolek or Magdelena Luczak
:06:39. > :06:43.showed any kind of sign of remorse. Throughout the trial, they sat
:06:43. > :06:47.impassive in the dock, even when the verdicts were given on Wednesday.
:06:47. > :06:50.The wider questions remain to be answered. There will be that serious
:06:50. > :06:55.case review, and there are calls for a public inquiry. But this
:06:56. > :07:00.lunchtime, Mariusz Krezolek and Magdelena Luczak, the stepfather and
:07:00. > :07:10.mother who brutally tortured and then killed a four-year-old boy are
:07:10. > :07:11.
:07:11. > :07:16.starting sentences that will last not less than 30 years. Royal Bank
:07:16. > :07:21.of Scotland has moved out of the red, reporting a pre-tax profit of
:07:21. > :07:26.�1.4 billion in the first six months of this year, compare it with a loss
:07:26. > :07:32.of �1.7 billion one year ago. RBS, 81% owned by the taxpayer, has
:07:32. > :07:35.confirmed that Ross McEwan, head of retail banking, will succeed Stephen
:07:35. > :07:39.Hester as chief executive. Our business correspondent, Emma
:07:39. > :07:45.Simpson, reports. Meat was McEwan, the New Zealander who has now been
:07:45. > :07:50.given the toughest job in British banking. -- Ross McEwan. He is the
:07:50. > :07:54.new boss at RBS, and it is a big change at the top. He is a keen
:07:54. > :07:59.cyclist, but his new job will be no easy ride. He has already decided
:07:59. > :08:03.not to take a bonus for the next 15 months. He will be making do on a
:08:03. > :08:07.salary of �1 million. Here at RBS, they were not giving any interviews.
:08:07. > :08:13.Instead, the company posted a message online from the man who
:08:13. > :08:16.takes over in October. There is a special bond between RBS and the
:08:17. > :08:21.communities we operate in, so there is a major response ability for me
:08:21. > :08:26.to guide this organisation to focus very strongly back on our customers.
:08:26. > :08:30.I am looking forward to that opportunity. For the last year, Ross
:08:30. > :08:35.McEwan was in charge of this bit of RBS, its retail bank. Before then,
:08:35. > :08:41.he was working at Australia's list bank. Now, here is taking on one of
:08:41. > :08:44.the most high-profile roles in British business. For the city, it
:08:44. > :08:53.ends the uncertainty over who is going to steer RBS back into private
:08:53. > :08:57.hands. What it tells me is that from his back ground in retail, this is
:08:57. > :09:03.where the focus of RBS will be. I think there is a clear desire from
:09:03. > :09:08.the Government to see RBS refocusing on the domestic, primarily retail
:09:08. > :09:14.and commercial activities. Today, we got an update on RBS's financial
:09:14. > :09:19.health. It made pre-tax profits of �1.4 billion for the first half of
:09:19. > :09:28.this year, and paired with a loss of �1.7 billion for the year before. --
:09:28. > :09:32.compared. But these figures failed to impress the City. However, Ross
:09:32. > :09:37.McEwan will inherit a bank much stronger than it was, but there is
:09:37. > :09:41.no sign of us taxpayers getting our money out of RBS any time soon. I am
:09:41. > :09:50.joined in the studio by our business editor, Robert Preston. RBS have
:09:50. > :09:54.posted big profits, and the share price has gone down sharply - why?
:09:54. > :09:59.It is suffering by comparison with the other semi-nationalised bank,
:09:59. > :10:03.Lloyds, which yesterday announced really considerable progress in the
:10:03. > :10:08.rehabilitation of the bank, very strong growth in profits. Yes, there
:10:08. > :10:13.was a swing from lost a profit at RBS, but actually, much of that was
:10:13. > :10:18.as a result of the eccentricities of the way that banks are forced to do
:10:18. > :10:24.their accounting. If you strip away that rather weird accounting effect,
:10:24. > :10:29.the progress is actually, in underlying terms, pretty modest. And
:10:29. > :10:32.the thing that worries shareholders most is that in the part of RBS
:10:32. > :10:39.which is thought of as being the best bits of RBS, the call of the
:10:39. > :10:42.bank, the return being earned by the bank has actually been falling for a
:10:42. > :10:48.bit. So, yes, this is a bank which is much stronger than it was, but
:10:48. > :10:51.the owners of the bank would like to see further evidence of profits
:10:51. > :10:57.growth, which just is not there at the moment. And what do we know
:10:57. > :11:01.about the new man at the helm, Ross McEwan? Well, almost anybody who
:11:01. > :11:05.gets appointed to these enormous jobs these days is younger than me,
:11:05. > :11:10.and he is actually older than me, which is a very pleasant change. He
:11:10. > :11:13.has been in the finance industry for 35 years, he has worked in
:11:13. > :11:20.investment and in life insurance, but for the last ten years, his
:11:20. > :11:25.career has been in retail banking. That is perceived by the Chancellor,
:11:25. > :11:34.who looks after our 81% stake in the bank, as terribly important, the
:11:34. > :11:36.cars he wants to see RBS much more focused on the UK, much more focused
:11:36. > :11:40.on helping companies and households, and much less involved
:11:40. > :11:47.in compensated, Easter Tarik investment banking. He believes that
:11:47. > :11:50.Ross McEwan is the right person at this stage to refocus the bank, so
:11:50. > :11:59.that it becomes much more of the kind of bank which all of us
:11:59. > :12:03.understand a bit better. More than half of adults in the UK are
:12:03. > :12:07.struggling to pay their bills, according to the Money Advice
:12:07. > :12:10.Service, an independent body set up by the Government. It found a
:12:10. > :12:14.general feeling that people worry about their ability to make it to
:12:14. > :12:19.the next payday. Here is our personal finance correspondent,
:12:19. > :12:25.Simon Gompertz. More families are feeling the financial heat, along
:12:25. > :12:29.with the businesses which serve them, like this chip shop in Crewe
:12:29. > :12:36.town. We have altered the menu, in that we now do smaller fish, which
:12:36. > :12:41.are more affordable. Also, a potato fritter in a bout, for just 30p.
:12:41. > :12:46.Many customers have virtually no cash by the end of the month.
:12:46. > :12:53.runs out into three days. This man cannot find regular work as a
:12:53. > :13:00.builder, but has small children to support. I have had to go hungry
:13:01. > :13:03.because I am feeding the kids. you say you are struggling? 100%.
:13:03. > :13:09.Back in 2006, according to this research, before the financial
:13:09. > :13:13.crisis, one in three adults said they were struggling to keep up with
:13:13. > :13:17.bills and credit commitments. Now, when asked the same question in a
:13:17. > :13:23.survey, 52% say they are struggling. That's equivalent to 25 million
:13:23. > :13:24.people. In some parts of the UK, it is even worse than that. The English
:13:24. > :13:28.is even worse than that. The English region where it is highest is the
:13:28. > :13:32.is even worse than that. The English region where it at 60%, but Northern
:13:32. > :13:35.Ireland is even higher than that, with 66% saying they are
:13:35. > :13:37.struggling, and even in the West Midlands, which has the lowest
:13:37. > :13:43.Midlands, which has the lowest figure, 44% are under severe
:13:43. > :13:47.financial pressure. One in five adults has had a sudden drop in
:13:47. > :13:52.income recently, often because of losing the job. For this man, who
:13:52. > :13:57.spent �1 50 on lunch, his partner has had her working hours cut.
:13:57. > :14:01.have just been paid today, and that has all gone out on bills, so we
:14:01. > :14:05.have got �10 to live on until next week. We have got two kids, so it is
:14:05. > :14:10.quite hard. There are signs of the economy reviving, with income is
:14:10. > :14:18.tight and prices high, there is still a painful squeeze on household
:14:18. > :14:23.budgets. -- incomes. Exploratory drilling exploration operations have
:14:23. > :14:27.started in West Sussex. Anti-fracking demonstrations have
:14:27. > :14:31.entered their ninth day, meanwhile. The project has been delayed because
:14:31. > :14:34.of the protests. Our correspondent is there for us. It has been a long
:14:34. > :14:42.time waiting, but exploratory drilling is finally getting under
:14:42. > :14:47.way? It did finally get under way at 11.15 this morning, following nine
:14:47. > :14:50.days of protests, day and night, by protesters having come from around
:14:50. > :14:54.the country. They have been throwing themselves in front of the road to
:14:54. > :14:58.try to stop lorries getting to this site. They brought in an old fire
:14:58. > :15:03.engine to block the entrance. They have superglued their hands around
:15:03. > :15:07.that gate, all to no avail, for the moment, because the drilling has got
:15:07. > :15:10.under way. It must be said, it is conventional drilling. We have heard
:15:10. > :15:15.from the company, Cuadrilla, this morning, and they say it is not
:15:15. > :15:20.fracking at the moment. They say that if it were to turn to fracking,
:15:20. > :15:24.they say it is safe, they say they have got experience from all over
:15:24. > :15:29.the world, and they say that claims that it causes earthquakes and
:15:29. > :15:32.pollute the water table are simply not true. They say we need to get at
:15:32. > :15:37.that gas to help with our future energy mix. They say that in any
:15:37. > :15:40.case, communities like these will be compensated. But that message has
:15:40. > :15:50.not gone down well. They say they will continue their protests for as
:15:50. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:04.Pelka have been jailed for a minimum of 30 years. The judge said the pair
:16:04. > :16:06.were guilty of incomprehensible retarded tea towards Daniel. He was
:16:06. > :16:13.beaten in, intimidated and systematically starved.
:16:13. > :16:17.Still to come, Texan singer Kelly Clarkson pleads with the government
:16:17. > :16:21.to show some sentence and stability of the Jane Austen ring she wants to
:16:21. > :16:25.take out of Britain. Later on BBC London: How the
:16:25. > :16:29.National citizens services working in the capital.
:16:29. > :16:39.And it is the biggest event since the Olympics. Ride London starts on
:16:39. > :16:46.
:16:47. > :16:51.life inside a prisoner of war camp has been honoured in Paris. The
:16:51. > :16:55.footage was filmed by French prisoners themselves during the
:16:55. > :17:00.Second World War. They recorded it on a secret camera they had built in
:17:00. > :17:04.a hollowed out dictionary from the camp library. The film shows the
:17:04. > :17:14.prisoners at work on one of the 32 tunnels that word dog during the
:17:14. > :17:19.camp's lifetime. 1940, the bleak surroundings of a
:17:19. > :17:24.prison camp in Austria holding 5000 French officers. This rarely seen
:17:24. > :17:29.footage is a 30 minute documentary shot in secret by the prisoners
:17:29. > :17:35.themselves. Risking death, they recorded it on a secret camera which
:17:35. > :17:38.was smuggled into the camp in sausages. The team concealed it in a
:17:38. > :17:45.hollowed out dictionary. It is an extraordinary story in itself, but
:17:45. > :17:50.it is what they filmed that made it all the more remarkable. This
:17:50. > :17:55.lieutenant was a former inmate and part of the escape committee. We dug
:17:55. > :18:00.a number of panels from the huts, he said. Guards always found them. They
:18:00. > :18:04.were smart, they were looking for the earth we dug out.
:18:04. > :18:08.But eventually they did find a way. This man, his father was also a
:18:08. > :18:13.prisoner, showed off the plans. The Germans allowed the inmates to build
:18:13. > :18:17.an open-air theatre between the barracks and wire. Now they had half
:18:17. > :18:22.the distance to go. With the crudest of tools, the malnourished men set
:18:22. > :18:26.to work. TRANSLATION: They were university professors,
:18:26. > :18:33.mathematicians and architect said a calculated the length of the tunnel
:18:33. > :18:40.exactly. This time, the earth was hidden in the seats of the theatre.
:18:40. > :18:45.The tunnel was ventilated with empty teas of these -- tins of peas which
:18:45. > :18:55.were stuck together. By September the 18th 1943, the men were ready to
:18:55. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:01.go. TRANSLATION: There was so little space inside the tunnel, we were
:19:01. > :19:08.forced to lie in the foetal position. There was very little air.
:19:08. > :19:13.Some people fainted. But we thought about the worst, the German firing
:19:13. > :19:17.squad which would be waiting at the end of the tunnel. Of course, once
:19:17. > :19:23.they had gone beneath the wire, they were still deep inside German
:19:23. > :19:29.occupied territory. Of 132 prisoners who escaped, 125 were recaptured in
:19:29. > :19:33.a week. Only a handful made it back to France and only one survives to
:19:33. > :19:38.this day. To celebrate his 100th birthday, John was recently honoured
:19:38. > :19:48.by the city of Paris. In 1943, he found his way to Vienna where he
:19:48. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :19:53.worked as a nurse in the hospital. Eventually, he secured a precious
:19:53. > :19:55.weekend pass back to Paris. The homecoming was not enough.
:19:55. > :19:58.Within weeks he had joined the war effort and was now fighting for the
:19:58. > :20:02.resistance. Labour's newest peer, the mother of murdered teenager
:20:02. > :20:06.Stephen Lawrence, has hit out at random spot checks for illegal
:20:06. > :20:09.immigrant switch were set up at a number of London Road way stations
:20:09. > :20:16.yesterday. Eyewitnesses said only members of ethnic minorities were
:20:16. > :20:22.being stopped. -- railway stations. A Labour MP said the stop and search
:20:22. > :20:26.style checks violated human freedoms.
:20:26. > :20:30.It was the vans with the stark message which the government hoped
:20:30. > :20:35.would show their tough approach to illegal immigrants. But sending out
:20:35. > :20:39.fans with adverts telling people to go home caused consternation in some
:20:39. > :20:44.quarters, and once again, immigration has become an extremely
:20:44. > :20:49.sensitive issue. Now the focus is on what is happening at places like
:20:49. > :20:53.train stations. At this tube station in London, some local people said
:20:53. > :20:56.officials looking for illegal immigrant is worth stopping and
:20:56. > :21:00.questioning passengers and targeting those from ethnic minorities. As a
:21:00. > :21:06.new member of the House of Lords, Doreen Lawrence, whose son was
:21:06. > :21:11.murdered in a racist attack and says she is ready to take up the issue.
:21:11. > :21:14.Why would you only focus on people of colour? I'm sure there are
:21:14. > :21:21.illegal immigrants from all countries. Why would you focus that
:21:21. > :21:24.on people of colour? I think racial profiling is coming into it.
:21:24. > :21:28.temperature is certainly rising in the immigration debate. This was the
:21:28. > :21:31.scene in west London where there was an operation involving border agency
:21:32. > :21:37.officials. Those who work with immigrants are worried about the way
:21:37. > :21:41.the politics of all of this is playing out. People are getting
:21:41. > :21:46.really concerned. There is a debate going on here which is toxic. There
:21:46. > :21:53.is a lack of political leadership across all parties. What we want is
:21:53. > :21:56.a more balanced debate, one which is driven by the facts and humanity.
:21:56. > :22:00.raid on suspected illegal immigrants. Immigration is a key
:22:00. > :22:04.issue for voters. Politicians of all parties know that. The challenge for
:22:04. > :22:09.them is not to alienate some of the citizens of modern multiracial
:22:09. > :22:14.Britain. Now, news of a modern romance which
:22:14. > :22:18.could have been inspired by Jane Austen. A gold and turquoise ring,
:22:18. > :22:22.once owned by the author of Pride And Prejudice, cannot be taken out
:22:22. > :22:27.of Britain because of its cultural value. That is a great
:22:27. > :22:31.disappointment to the owner, American pop singer Kelly Clarkson
:22:31. > :22:37.who bought it at auction. Her boyfriend has been refused and
:22:37. > :22:42.export licence so the singer has been wearing replica ring. Louisa
:22:42. > :22:47.Baldini is at the house in Hampshire where Jane Austen lived.
:22:47. > :22:51.It has been nearly 200 years since Jane Austen's death and yet she is
:22:51. > :22:57.making headlines at the moment. Last week was the announcement that her
:22:57. > :23:02.face would feature on the new �10 note and now there is this wrangle
:23:02. > :23:08.over her turquoise and gold ring. It was bought last year by the pop
:23:08. > :23:13.singer Kelly Clarkson. She bought it for just over �150,000 at an auction
:23:13. > :23:17.in Sotheby 's. But she has been unable to take it home to the states
:23:17. > :23:22.where she wants to wear it apparently as an engagement ring.
:23:22. > :23:25.She has had to make do with wearing a replica. But is because the
:23:25. > :23:29.British government has put a temporary export bank on the ring
:23:29. > :23:34.and they are appealing for a UK-based buyer to come forward
:23:34. > :23:39.instead. Is the government right to do that when the room was bought
:23:39. > :23:44.fair and square at auction? I am joined now by the former key rate of
:23:44. > :23:50.Jane Austen's house Museum, Louise West. Speaking objectively, is the
:23:50. > :23:58.culture minister right when he calls to want to keep a national treasure
:23:58. > :24:01.in the UK? Yes, she is right. There is so little of Jane Austen's
:24:01. > :24:09.jewellery and expand. If we could get it to come here, it would make
:24:09. > :24:13.the whole. Thank you. If no UK buyer matches the �150,000 price tag by
:24:13. > :24:17.September then the government will grant the export licence, but having
:24:17. > :24:22.said that, if there is proof of serious intention to raise funds,
:24:22. > :24:27.then the export and deadline could be extended until the end of the
:24:27. > :24:31.year. Australia lost two more wickets in
:24:31. > :24:38.the third Ashes test match this morning. Their captain Michael
:24:38. > :24:46.Clarke is still at the crease on 168 not out. At lunch on day two, the
:24:46. > :24:52.Aussies are 392 45. Joe Wilson is at Trafford for us now.
:24:52. > :25:00.A bit of everything at Old Trafford today. Sunshine, showers, it sheers
:25:00. > :25:03.and jeers. The Australians had great fun with one player in particular.
:25:03. > :25:10.392-5 at lunch, I reckon they will be happy with the way this match
:25:10. > :25:14.they must win is progressing. Good morning, welcome to sunny
:25:14. > :25:20.Manchester, day two of the Ashes. The Manchester morning came with a
:25:20. > :25:28.weather warning but the forecast for Australia, radiant. All they needed
:25:28. > :25:35.to do was keep on batting. Every run is a step towards their Ashes
:25:35. > :25:40.revival. Could anyone spot the wicket on the horizon? The captain
:25:40. > :25:47.had the chance to make a century. England's fielders could stand where
:25:47. > :25:52.they like. Michael Clarke would just whack it harder. Graeme Swann's
:25:52. > :25:59.hands stung. Clark was teasing England with half chances and
:25:59. > :26:06.mis-hits. A 200 partnership for Michael Clarke and Steve Smith.
:26:06. > :26:11.Steve Smith decided to get himself out, launching the ball. It still
:26:11. > :26:16.took some captures. Time at last to welcome a new batsmen to the crease.
:26:16. > :26:22.Listen to the reaction. David Warner, everyone's favourite
:26:23. > :26:28.villain, the man who tried to punch England's Joe Root in a part as the
:26:29. > :26:33.crowd remembered clearly. Warner was caught out. Except he still decided
:26:33. > :26:38.he wanted to waste one of Australia's precious reviews by
:26:38. > :26:44.calling for the replays which only confirmed his fate. One way or
:26:44. > :26:51.another he is destined to be a bad boy. I just wonder if Australia were
:26:51. > :26:55.worried about losing play due to rain but who would risk try to
:26:55. > :27:05.predict the Manchester weather? Well, I have just the person to
:27:05. > :27:06.
:27:06. > :27:12.answer that question about what the for a skydive into greater
:27:12. > :27:17.Manchester. There is the increasing chance of one or two showers popping
:27:17. > :27:27.up in the afternoon. Parts of the Southeast had a rude awakening this
:27:27. > :27:32.morning. These were lightening strikes. Some heavy downpours as
:27:32. > :27:39.well across this corner of the world. The radar picked shows the
:27:39. > :27:43.showers but most other places have had a reasonably dry and bright
:27:43. > :27:45.day. The showers will become more widespread through this afternoon.
:27:45. > :27:52.Showers for western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heavy and blustery
:27:52. > :27:56.ones. There will be some showers developing across northern England.
:27:56. > :27:59.Old Trafford might catch one. We will have lines of showers up
:28:00. > :28:06.through the south-west peninsula, up through Wales and the ever present
:28:06. > :28:09.risk of some showers, particularly to the extreme east of East Anglia.
:28:09. > :28:13.This evening and overnight, the showers across the East will tend to
:28:13. > :28:19.fade away. Showers in the West will keep going. Very windy across the
:28:19. > :28:23.north-west of Scotland with persistent rain developing here. Not
:28:23. > :28:26.as hot and sticky as it was last night across East Anglia and the
:28:26. > :28:31.south-east. It will be a fresher feeling with temperatures easing
:28:31. > :28:40.back into the mid-teens. Rather more unsettled. There will be some
:28:40. > :28:44.showers around for the weekend. On Saturday, probably a bright and
:28:44. > :28:54.sunny start across central and eastern areas. Showers to the West
:28:54. > :28:59.
:28:59. > :29:03.will become more widespread. Windy and wet towards the far north-west.
:29:03. > :29:07.On into Sunday, again there will be some sunshine. A few showers
:29:07. > :29:11.developing through the day. Then something more menacing developing
:29:12. > :29:15.in the far south-west. If we step back from this weather chart and
:29:15. > :29:21.could develop and as we go into the early parts of next week, you do not
:29:21. > :29:31.need to be a weatherman to see it will turn wetter. An area of low
:29:31. > :29:32.
:29:32. > :29:36.pressure crossing the country. Water proves that the ready.