:00:09. > :00:14.rates will remain at their record low, at least until unemployment
:00:14. > :00:17.falls to 7%. In his first major policy statement since becoming
:00:17. > :00:26.governor of the bank, Mark Carney said there were clear signs of
:00:26. > :00:31.growth in the economy. A renewed recovery is now underway in the
:00:31. > :00:34.United Kingdom. And it appears to be broadening.
:00:34. > :00:37.Criticism for the barrister who described a child abuse victim as
:00:37. > :00:39.predatory. David Cameron says he has had a
:00:39. > :00:49.constructive conversation with Spain's Prime Minister amid tensions
:00:49. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :01:00.over Gibraltar. How we can possibly be giving �8
:01:00. > :01:05.billion a month to Bongo-Bongo Land... UKIP tells one of its senior
:01:05. > :01:09.politicians to refrain from using this language when talking about
:01:09. > :01:11.international aid. And a warning to be wary when
:01:11. > :01:18.selling your home through what's known as quick house sale firms,
:01:18. > :01:23.with concern some people are offered just half the value of the property.
:01:23. > :01:29.Part of south London is in floods up to a meted deep.
:01:29. > :01:39.And the eight-year-old porn without ears is given new ones made from his
:01:39. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:53.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. Interest rates will
:01:53. > :01:56.remain at a historic low at least until unemployment falls to 7%. It's
:01:56. > :02:01.the first time since the Bank of England began setting interest rates
:02:01. > :02:04.that it's called for a clear link with the level of unemployment. It
:02:04. > :02:09.is designed to reassure borrowers that the interest rate won't rise
:02:09. > :02:12.above 0.5% before 2016, so long as inflation remains under control. The
:02:12. > :02:22.announcement was made by the new governor of the Bank of England,
:02:22. > :02:23.
:02:23. > :02:27.Mark Carney, as John Moylan reports. Interest rates decide how fast the
:02:27. > :02:31.wheels of the economy term. They influence how much we borrow and
:02:31. > :02:37.spend, affecting mortgages and savings, but until now we have had
:02:37. > :02:41.to guess if they are heading up or down. Not any more. Enter Mark
:02:41. > :02:46.Carney, in charge of the Bank of England. He confirmed today that
:02:46. > :02:53.with the economy still performing well below par, it was time to
:02:53. > :03:02.provide more certainty around interest rates remaining low.
:03:02. > :03:06.Monetary Policy Committee intends at a minimum to maintain the currently
:03:06. > :03:10.exceptional accommodating stance of interest rates until economic slack
:03:10. > :03:17.has been substantially reduced, provided this does not put at risk
:03:17. > :03:23.financial stability. Unemployment would have to fall to the threshold
:03:23. > :03:29.of 7% before interest rates would move. It is currently considerably
:03:29. > :03:35.higher at 7.8% and the bank's best guess is that it may not reach the
:03:35. > :03:39.7% threshold until 2016, which could mean three more years of record low
:03:40. > :03:45.interest rates. That would be welcome news for firms like this one
:03:45. > :03:49.in Burnley. It creates industrial parts and signs using lasers but the
:03:49. > :03:54.equipment is expensive, making investment decisions tough. Knowing
:03:54. > :03:59.that interest rates would be low for a period of time would be great for
:03:59. > :04:05.business generally. It is not just about us investing, it is about our
:04:05. > :04:11.customers and their customers being able to invest. It is not just
:04:11. > :04:15.businesses. Some economists believe forward guidance could also help
:04:15. > :04:20.give consumers confidence. If the consumer and small business thinks
:04:20. > :04:25.that interest rates will remain very low at 0.5% for the next two or
:04:25. > :04:29.three years, then potentially they may go out and buy that car, the
:04:29. > :04:35.small business may invest, and that will create jobs down the line which
:04:35. > :04:41.would help the economy. The bank believes a renewed recovery is
:04:41. > :04:45.underway. According to its quarterly inflation report, it expects annual
:04:45. > :04:51.growth of 2.4% and inflation falling to its target in two years time, but
:04:51. > :04:56.while the Chancellor sought to take credit for this new forward guidance
:04:56. > :04:59.policy, critics warned the government should be doing more.
:04:59. > :05:03.asked the Bank of England earlier this year to think about whether
:05:03. > :05:07.they should give more information about the future rates of interest
:05:07. > :05:12.and I very much support the decision that Mark Carney has announced.
:05:12. > :05:17.Spelling out how long this era of low interest rates will remain has
:05:17. > :05:20.been tried elsewhere in the world. What is not known is whether it will
:05:20. > :05:22.work. In a moment we'll speak to our
:05:22. > :05:28.deputy political editor James Landale but first let's cross to the
:05:28. > :05:33.Bank of England and our chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym.
:05:33. > :05:38.John ended with the question, will this work? Before you answer that,
:05:38. > :05:44.in terms of Mark Carney's new strategy of forward guidance, tell
:05:44. > :05:50.us more about that, and will it work?
:05:50. > :05:55.Is a very big questions. Let's not be under any illusion, this is a
:05:55. > :05:58.radical new policy that has been unveiled by the new governor of the
:05:58. > :06:02.Bank of England. A huge amount of interest in this media conference
:06:02. > :06:10.this morning and he has gone for the version of forward guidance on
:06:10. > :06:14.interest rates, which many analysts were least expecting, linked
:06:14. > :06:18.specifically to unemployment going down. He has gone for that. I know
:06:18. > :06:24.people in the Bank of England thought that was tying the Bank of
:06:24. > :06:29.England's hands and going too far, but if there are worries about
:06:29. > :06:33.inflation that cropped up, they can withdraw that forward guidance. Mark
:06:33. > :06:39.Carney said he was not tying the hands of the Monetary Policy
:06:39. > :06:43.Committee. The big problem is is it so complicated, with all these
:06:43. > :06:49.conditions, that consumers and businesses, who the message is meant
:06:49. > :06:54.to get to, will wonder that they are not any the wiser. The other worry
:06:54. > :06:58.is if it could potentially stoke up inflation and results at the end of
:06:58. > :07:01.the forward guidance period interest rates happened to be pushed up
:07:02. > :07:09.rather faster. But there is a view that this is a clear new departure
:07:09. > :07:16.for the Bank of England and an interesting one.
:07:17. > :07:24.Let's look at the political aspects of this. What is George Osborne's
:07:24. > :07:28.response overall likely to be? Not surprisingly he has welcomed it
:07:28. > :07:34.this morning. The Chancellor hopes this will engender more confident in
:07:34. > :07:37.the recovery so people will not just look at statistics, they will say,
:07:37. > :07:42.the Bank of England has said interest rates will not rise and
:07:42. > :07:46.therefore we can maybe get out a mortgage and invest a bit more. That
:07:46. > :07:51.is what George Osborne hopes. Labours say while they welcome what
:07:51. > :07:56.Mark Carney has done, they say he has shown leadership, they say he is
:07:56. > :08:00.only doing this because of the weakness of the economy. They are
:08:00. > :08:04.pointing to Mark Carney saying this is the slowest recovery on record
:08:05. > :08:10.and the recovery has not reached what he calls escape velocity. They
:08:10. > :08:15.say you have to do more to stimulate growth and get jobs. The most
:08:15. > :08:19.significant politics behind this though is that it changes the
:08:19. > :08:24.question for the next election. Labour are desperately trying to
:08:24. > :08:29.say, the question for voters should be, which party will do most to deal
:08:29. > :08:35.with the cost of living, the standard of living? The Conservative
:08:35. > :08:40.Party say no, the test should be which party is most likely to grow
:08:41. > :08:45.the economy? Today the Bank of England has said the test for growth
:08:45. > :08:50.will be unemployment. In other words it has shifted the question away
:08:50. > :09:00.from standards of living and I think in the long run that will help the
:09:00. > :09:06.Conservative party over Labour. New can find more about this on our
:09:06. > :09:08.website. -- you can find. The Crown Prosecution Service has
:09:08. > :09:13.criticised one of its lawyers for describing the 13-year-old victim of
:09:13. > :09:15.a child abuse case as predatory and sexually experienced. The Attorney
:09:15. > :09:19.General is also considering whether the suspended prison sentence given
:09:19. > :09:28.to the 41-year-old man who had abused her was unduly lenient. June
:09:28. > :09:31.Kelly reports. Child abuse, an issue which has
:09:31. > :09:36.dominated the headlines for months. We have learned how high profile
:09:36. > :09:41.names have got away with it for years and how young victims have
:09:42. > :09:46.suffered in silence. Now in a court case, a 13-year-old has been
:09:47. > :09:51.described as predatory by both a barrister and a judge. The
:09:51. > :09:55.41-year-old who abused her has been given an eight-month suspended
:09:55. > :10:00.sentence. The prosecution barrister, Robert Colover QC,
:10:00. > :10:07.especially trained to deal with sex offences, said: The goal is
:10:07. > :10:17.predatory in all her actions. Of the defendant Robert Colover -- Neil
:10:17. > :10:21.Wilson, he said, you might say it was forced upon him. The idea that a
:10:21. > :10:25.13-year-old could be considered predatory in a case like this is an
:10:25. > :10:31.idea that needs to be stamped on quite strongly. It plays into the
:10:31. > :10:35.idea that the victim is somehow to blame for her own abuse, which is
:10:35. > :10:40.something victims worry about. The case was heard at Snaresbrook Crown
:10:40. > :10:46.Court in east London. The Crown Prosecution Service has condemned
:10:46. > :10:49.the comments as inappropriate but the judge had agreed with Robert
:10:50. > :10:57.Colover QC, telling the defendant, the girl was predatory and was
:10:57. > :11:02.egging you on. That suspended sentence is now under review and the
:11:02. > :11:08.Prime Minister has joined the debate. The CPS are absolutely right
:11:08. > :11:12.to say that what one of the lawyers said was not appropriate. We need a
:11:12. > :11:17.criminal justice system that stands up properly for victims. The victims
:11:17. > :11:21.of crime should always be at the centre of our thinking. I am pleased
:11:21. > :11:25.the CPS has made the statement and that the Attorney General has said
:11:25. > :11:30.he will personally look into this case. After the focus on how victims
:11:30. > :11:35.have been treated in the past, this case raises questions about
:11:35. > :11:41.modern-day attitudes and how child victims are viewed in the current
:11:41. > :11:46.legal system. Our legal correspondent is with us.
:11:46. > :11:52.How unusual is it that the CPS is criticising one of its own? Does
:11:52. > :11:56.this suggest awaiting this to change attitudes?
:11:56. > :12:01.As prosecuting counsel, you are not there to secure the highest possible
:12:01. > :12:07.sentence. If you know of something that assists the defendant's case,
:12:07. > :12:11.you are obliged to put that before the court. The question is how was
:12:11. > :12:16.that material scrutinised and I think it is unusual that the CPS has
:12:16. > :12:23.so speedily come out with a statement saying the prosecuting
:12:23. > :12:25.counsel used inappropriate language. We have not got the transcript but
:12:25. > :12:34.on the face of it, it looked as though something went awry, both in
:12:34. > :12:39.terms of the prosecutor and the way the judge acted upon that.
:12:39. > :12:42.And we have learned specialist judges will be assigned to the sorts
:12:42. > :12:47.of cases. We already have specialist judges
:12:47. > :12:51.but they have said in response to a report by the Home Affairs Select
:12:51. > :12:56.Committee, they want an elite group in the most complex of these kinds
:12:56. > :13:01.of cases, cases where you may have multiple defendants cross-examining
:13:01. > :13:04.a child victim, he wants judges to be specially selected and trained to
:13:04. > :13:07.sit on those cases. A senior UKIP politician has been
:13:07. > :13:11.filmed saying Britain should not send aid to what he called
:13:11. > :13:14."Bongo-Bongo Land". Godfrey Bloom, who is a Member of the European
:13:14. > :13:19.Parliament, made the comments in a video obtained by the Guardian
:13:19. > :13:23.newspaper. Mr Bloom, who denies being a racist, claims that the
:13:23. > :13:31.countries given the money sometimes squander it on luxury goods. Louise
:13:31. > :13:36.Stewart reports. How we can possibly be giving the
:13:36. > :13:45.thought of money to Bongo-Bongo Land to buy sunglasses and apartments in
:13:45. > :13:50.Paris, for robberies... Godfrey Bloom made those comments last
:13:51. > :13:55.month. Today he has defended his choice of words, saying he has had
:13:55. > :13:59.messages of support from across the country. I spoke to my boss Nigel
:14:00. > :14:06.Farage this morning and he said I wish you had not said Bongo-Bongo
:14:06. > :14:10.Land. I said, there we are, Nigel, we don't agree. I think we should,
:14:11. > :14:16.it needs flagging up, and if I had not said Bongo-Bongo Land we would
:14:16. > :14:22.not be standing here talking about it, would we. It is not the first
:14:22. > :14:27.time Godfrey Bloom's comments have got him in trouble. He was expelled
:14:27. > :14:32.from the European Parliament after directing a Nazi slogan at a German
:14:32. > :14:35.colleague in 2010. They are racist and offensive to people from those
:14:35. > :14:45.countries across Africa, they are offensive to ethnic minorities and
:14:45. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:00.the vast majority of people in this for ordinary people. In one sense I
:15:00. > :15:05.agree with him because we need money here. Maybe he should have phrased
:15:05. > :15:12.it a bit differently. There are ways of getting your point across.
:15:12. > :15:17.Bongo-Bongo Land, this is very, I don't know, not exactly diplomatic.
:15:17. > :15:21.There is little doubt these comments are embarrassing for UKIP. The party
:15:21. > :15:25.leader has pledged to purge it of intolerance. Critics will argue that
:15:25. > :15:27.if he is serious about that, he must show it applies to everyone within
:15:27. > :15:35.the party. Detectives investigating allegations
:15:35. > :15:38.of threats posted on Twitter have arrested a 32 year-man. --
:15:38. > :15:41.32-year-old man. He was detained in Bristol in connection with a stream
:15:41. > :15:48.of violent abuse directed at Labour MP Stella Creasy and campaigner
:15:48. > :15:53.Caroline Criado-Perez on the social networking site. 11 people have been
:15:53. > :15:56.killed and 24 injured in an explosion in Pakistan 's biggest
:15:56. > :16:01.city, Karachi. Many were young boys who had been playing a foot or
:16:01. > :16:09.match. It is thought militants attached a bomb to a motorbike
:16:09. > :16:11.outside the stadium, targeting a provincial Minister. David Cameron
:16:11. > :16:16.has phoned the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to discuss
:16:16. > :16:22.border controls and Gibraltar, following a formal protest from the
:16:22. > :16:26.British ambassador to Spain over disproportionate border checks.
:16:26. > :16:29.What do we know about the phone call?
:16:29. > :16:35.Two views of the phone call. They may have been talking to each other
:16:35. > :16:40.but past each other as well. Mr Cameron made it clear to his Spanish
:16:40. > :16:46.counterpart that while Daschle while there may be visionary disputes, the
:16:46. > :16:51.way the Spanish have been behaving is unacceptable. He made that clear
:16:51. > :16:56.to Mariano Rajoy. He has come away with an idea things are perhaps on
:16:56. > :17:00.their way to being resolved. Certainly a Downing Street spokesman
:17:00. > :17:06.said that the Spanish Prime Minister indicated some of the restrictions
:17:06. > :17:10.would be relaxed. But the Spanish, after the telephone call, there does
:17:10. > :17:17.not seem to be a sign of relaxation and they are sticking to their guns
:17:17. > :17:20.and are insisting this is the fault of those in Gibraltar for trying to
:17:20. > :17:28.create an artificial reef and they say they within their rights impose
:17:28. > :17:31.restrictions, so clearly both sides setting out their position, not much
:17:31. > :17:39.evidence from the statements there is a meeting of minds. Indeed, thank
:17:39. > :17:43.you. The main story this lunchtime, the
:17:44. > :17:47.new Governor of the Bank of England signals interest rates will remain
:17:47. > :17:52.at an historic low at least until unemployment falls to 7%.
:17:52. > :17:54.And still to come: Why the Office of Fair Trading is investigating three
:17:54. > :17:58.firms which offer to buy people's homes quickly for reduced prices.
:17:58. > :18:02.Later, on BBC London: Looking to the future of our skies, the Airports
:18:02. > :18:05.Commission publishes more than 50 ideas to increase capacity.
:18:05. > :18:15.And he has policed three Jubilees and two Royal weddings. Now the
:18:15. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:20.oldest serving police officer in the The world's most ambitious attempt
:18:20. > :18:27.to harness "Fusion" as a new source of power is taking shape in the
:18:27. > :18:30.South of France. Fusion is the process that drives the Sun. Atoms
:18:30. > :18:33.are forced together to release energy and repeating it here on
:18:33. > :18:36.Earth could, in theory, offer an almost endless supply of
:18:36. > :18:39.electricity. The construction of a vast experimental reactor has now
:18:39. > :18:43.entered a crucial phase and our science editor, David Shukman, was
:18:43. > :18:53.given special access to it. A large-scale plot by al-Qaida to take
:18:53. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :18:59.over oil and gas facilities in Yemen This is what is known -- this is a
:18:59. > :19:03.Fusion reactor in the South of France. Fusion has long been offered
:19:03. > :19:08.as a dream of cheap and limitless power. One person trying to bring
:19:08. > :19:15.this together is Kenya, who is with me now. What is the long-term goal?
:19:15. > :19:21.-- is Kenneth. It is to demonstrate the technology to show we have this
:19:21. > :19:24.long-term power source, so it is an energy source in the future.
:19:24. > :19:31.Fusion has been offered since the 1950s and there was a great dream of
:19:31. > :19:36.power, but they say it is always 30 years away, what is different?
:19:36. > :19:41.We have stopped with the science and the design and are entering the
:19:41. > :19:44.construction phase and manufacturing components around the world.
:19:44. > :19:49.You have seven international partners, the EU, China, Russia and
:19:49. > :19:55.India, how difficult is it to bring everybody together to make the parts
:19:55. > :19:57.work? We have the technological and
:19:57. > :20:01.coordination and cultural changes and when we build the machine, it
:20:01. > :20:06.will be the challenge to have the parts arriving at the same time and
:20:06. > :20:12.in the right order. Everything needs to arrive in
:20:12. > :20:17.sequence, how difficult is that? We all planning, detailed planning,
:20:17. > :20:24.so in the future, we know what to do and when to do it.
:20:24. > :20:28.Costs have doubled and everything is delayed, is it worth the effort?
:20:28. > :20:32.We have to look at the purpose. It is a future source of energy for
:20:32. > :20:36.mankind and we are sharing the burden around the world so half the
:20:36. > :20:39.population of the world are contributing.
:20:39. > :20:43.Being realistic and given the decades involved, when is the
:20:43. > :20:49.earliest the commercial Fusion reactor may deliver power to the
:20:49. > :20:55.grid? About 2030, 2040.
:20:55. > :21:01.Decades away? So is it worth it when they're so many pressing energy
:21:01. > :21:05.problems around the world? If we do not start now, we will
:21:05. > :21:09.never get there, so we have to look ahead. The energy crisis of the
:21:09. > :21:16.world is long-term and we have two now plan for that.
:21:16. > :21:23.A lot of hurdles, but some optimism this will deliver. But questions
:21:23. > :21:26.about the cost and how long it will take to show Fusion power can work.
:21:26. > :21:29.A large-scale plot by Al-Qaeda to take over oil and gas facilities in
:21:29. > :21:32.Yemen has been foiled. Unprecedented security measures have been put in
:21:32. > :21:34.place by the authorities to protect government buildings and key
:21:34. > :21:39.targets. Britain, the US and other Western countries have withdrawn
:21:39. > :21:45.their embassy staff from the country. Our security correspondent,
:21:45. > :21:52.Frank Gardner, is with me. What is the latest in terms of the
:21:52. > :21:56.developments we are seeing in Yemen? The Yemen plot threat picture has
:21:56. > :22:03.moved on considerably and there was a drone strike earlier were at least
:22:03. > :22:06.six Al-Qaeda militants were allegedly killed in a car. But more
:22:06. > :22:09.importantly, the Yemeni authorities have released details of what they
:22:09. > :22:13.say is this large-scale plot to take over some of the key economic
:22:13. > :22:22.installations in the entry, particularly in the East. A port on
:22:22. > :22:26.the golf of Aden, an important oil and gas terminal. Using their own
:22:26. > :22:30.militants disguised as Yemeni soldiers. And a number of their
:22:30. > :22:34.militants have reportedly moved into the capital in preparation for this.
:22:34. > :22:40.Yemen says it has foiled best but what is not clear is whether this is
:22:40. > :22:45.connect it to the plot discussed that the Americans intercepted that
:22:45. > :22:52.prompted this mass exodus of the entire Western diplomatic corps from
:22:52. > :22:58.Yemen. So it is a very confused picture. Al-Qaeda will always keep
:22:58. > :23:00.trying to establish some kind of firm foothold. At the moment, they
:23:00. > :23:04.are pockets dotted around the country and they would love to be
:23:04. > :23:09.able to take and hold territory. The Americans, backed by the Yemeni
:23:09. > :23:13.government, are determined to stop them.
:23:13. > :23:15.Thank you. A huge fire has ripped through
:23:15. > :23:18.Kenya's main international airport, forcing its closure and causing
:23:18. > :23:27.disruption to air travel across the region. The blaze has now been
:23:27. > :23:30.contained and there were no casualties. Hundreds of passengers
:23:30. > :23:32.have been left stranded outside Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi.
:23:32. > :23:40.International cargo and domestic passenger services are expected to
:23:40. > :23:43.resume later today. You might not be familiar with quick
:23:43. > :23:49.sale firms, they offered to sell your home, bypassing the estate
:23:49. > :23:54.agent. But their concerns some people are being exploited, after
:23:54. > :23:57.being offered as little as half the value of the property. The Office of
:23:57. > :24:03.Fair Trading has stepped in to investigate. Targeted by a quick
:24:03. > :24:07.sale firms trying to -- in on people who cannot off-load a property.
:24:07. > :24:12.Charlotte had only just had her baby and needed to sell her flat because
:24:12. > :24:17.she had moved with a new mortgage, she was tempted with a reasonable --
:24:17. > :24:23.price and then the company made her pay and waited before evaluation and
:24:23. > :24:29.offered 40% less than the market value -- and inflatable speed before
:24:29. > :24:36.valuation. It is awful on this economic climate
:24:36. > :24:41.that people are cashing in on people 's livelihoods and when people are
:24:41. > :24:45.struggling financially. The Office of Fair Trading link
:24:45. > :24:50.9,000 people have used the firms in the last year on sales worth �1
:24:50. > :24:54.billion. It has uncovered what it calls shoddy practices, some make
:24:54. > :25:00.misleading claims on how quickly they can pay or insist homeowners
:25:00. > :25:06.sign an exclusive -- exclusivity deals, and reducing the price
:25:06. > :25:14.drastically at the last minute. Discounts are typically between 15,
:25:14. > :25:18.20%, but sometimes even 50%, meaning tens of thousands of pounds lost.
:25:18. > :25:21.Most vulnerable are the elderly needing to pay care home fees. And
:25:22. > :25:25.people in financial trouble, particularly after a financial
:25:25. > :25:30.break-up. They are so desperate, they will pay high fees and take the
:25:30. > :25:35.-- on offer. The firms are offered on the in -- are advertised on the
:25:35. > :25:40.Internet and television. One firm not being investigated is
:25:40. > :25:45.calling for a clamp-down. We feel all the petty traders should
:25:45. > :25:51.be under the ombudsman with a proper redress scheme to compensate
:25:51. > :25:57.consumers who have been ripped off. The Office of Fair Trading is not in
:25:57. > :26:04.posing new rules, but it is warning all 121 providers to observe all
:26:04. > :26:09.consumer laws -- imposing new rules. Scientists believe dolphins have the
:26:09. > :26:14.longest memories in the animal kingdom after humans. Researchers in
:26:14. > :26:18.the US say captive dolphins recognise the whistles of former
:26:18. > :26:24.companions after 20 years apart, it is thought it is because they have
:26:24. > :26:26.complex social lives, often leaving a group and rejoining it much later.
:26:26. > :26:36.Joining us now is Alex for the weather.
:26:36. > :26:38.
:26:38. > :26:45.weather. sunshine for most parts. If you
:26:45. > :26:51.shower is, not just today but for the next few days -- some showers.
:26:51. > :26:58.Temperature is about average. We have seen some cloud from brands,
:26:58. > :27:02.that is providing thunderstorms. -- France. Thick cloud across Scotland.
:27:02. > :27:09.Wet across northern Scotland, that rain will break up this afternoon.
:27:09. > :27:11.Dry and bright, some scattered showers across England and Wales.
:27:11. > :27:17.Right conditions across western Scotland this afternoon, cloud
:27:17. > :27:20.across the north-east, some rain here and some showers will head
:27:20. > :27:26.south across central and southern Scotland and across Northern
:27:26. > :27:31.Ireland. The majority of England and Wales will have a fine afternoon
:27:31. > :27:35.with some showers possible across Wales and the South West. Cloudy
:27:35. > :27:40.across the South East, showers possible around the Kent coast and
:27:40. > :27:47.East Anglia. Showers not the problem for Cowes week, it is the winds
:27:47. > :27:53.again. Pretty white, picking up a bit by Friday. -- white. It will
:27:53. > :27:56.turn chilly across the country tonight. Cloud will disappear and
:27:56. > :28:01.temperatures will tumble. Double figures in towns and cities, but in
:28:01. > :28:07.the countryside, down to five, six degrees, so it will feel a bit
:28:08. > :28:12.chilly in the morning there will be plenty of sunshine. The cloud will
:28:12. > :28:17.appear and we will see some showers but most places will be dry and
:28:17. > :28:21.bright, with average temperatures peaking in the low 20s, maybe 24, 25
:28:21. > :28:27.across the South East. It will change across Northern Ireland,
:28:27. > :28:33.clouding over with rain in the afternoon. It is from a weather
:28:33. > :28:37.front. That mixes things up on Thursday night, not as cold but in
:28:37. > :28:42.what of rain around. Still across the East at first on Friday but we
:28:42. > :28:47.are left with sunny intervals and showers, temperatures a bit lower
:28:47. > :28:51.but still high teens although 20s. Weather front -- the weather front
:28:51. > :28:55.is gone by the weekend and it will look good for most places. But a
:28:55. > :28:58.weather front is approaching from the south-west that may change
:28:59. > :29:08.things for Sunday. Saturday is drier and brighter and there could be rain
:29:09. > :29:09.
:29:09. > :29:15.around on Sunday, but we will keep new Governor of the Bank of England
:29:16. > :29:22.signals and interest rate -- that interest rates will remain at an