:00:14. > :00:17.of Britain's most wanted evaders. But there is criticism of the
:00:17. > :00:21.policies, it emerges only one of those named and shamed a year ago
:00:21. > :00:27.has been caught. We will be examining the prospects of further
:00:27. > :00:32.arrests. Also, they go home or face arrest billboards are to be
:00:32. > :00:36.investigated by the advertising standards authority.
:00:36. > :00:41.Police intends a bar are questioning a number of people in connection
:00:41. > :00:45.with the acid attack on two girls on the island -- in Zanzibar. You won't
:00:45. > :00:50.be able to afford that -- but the Swiss shop assistant told perhaps
:00:50. > :00:59.the world 's most famous black woman. Plenty to play for here in
:00:59. > :01:03.Durham. The Ashes retained, or 4-0, or 2-2. I will have the latest.
:01:03. > :01:08.Later, a boom in buy to let mortgages, will it make it harder
:01:08. > :01:18.for Londoners to get in the property ladder can smack in the sisters from
:01:18. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:36.new hoping for success at the World BBC News. It has emerged that only
:01:36. > :01:40.one of Britain's 's most wanted fraudsters and tax evaders has been
:01:40. > :01:44.arrested since HM Revenue and Customs published their names and
:01:44. > :01:50.photographs a year ago. Click the group are said to owe more than �700
:01:50. > :01:54.million. -- collectively. A man put on the revised list has also been
:01:54. > :02:01.detained. Labour said the arrest rate suggested the project had been
:02:01. > :02:06.a huge failure. They are accused of serious
:02:06. > :02:10.organised crime, which in total has cost the Treasury more than �27
:02:10. > :02:14.million. These ten people, wanted for money-laundering, goods
:02:14. > :02:21.smuggling and fraud, are the latest to be added to a website of the UK
:02:21. > :02:24.'s most wanted tax evaders. The Chancellor, seen here with
:02:24. > :02:29.investigators brushing up on arrest skills, said it is part of the
:02:29. > :02:32.government 's plan to be tough on tax dodgers. This government will
:02:32. > :02:37.not tolerate people who evade their taxes. We are publishing the names
:02:37. > :02:40.of ten of our most wanted tax evaders who are costing the country
:02:40. > :02:44.millions of pounds, and this comes on top of the support and investment
:02:44. > :02:51.we are giving to the men and women here who go out there on the streets
:02:51. > :02:54.now there has two raise the money due to pay for our public services.
:02:54. > :02:58.Fugitives are scattered across the globe. It is hoped that revealing
:02:58. > :03:04.this identity will lead to information that helps track them
:03:04. > :03:09.down. The scheme was first launched a year ago, since then 21 names have
:03:09. > :03:14.been publicised, and to have been arrested. John Nugent was caught in
:03:14. > :03:17.America and jailed for a �22 million tax fraud. Anthony Judge, a late
:03:17. > :03:24.addition to the original list, was caught at Heathrow Airport last
:03:24. > :03:28.month. Labour says just to macro arrests are not enough. It has never
:03:28. > :03:33.been more important to ensure that everybody pays their fair share of
:03:33. > :03:37.tax and the government clearly had to do better. The Treasury says its
:03:37. > :03:42.website has led to intelligent number of other fugitives it
:03:42. > :03:48.wouldn't otherwise have had, and it is confident its efforts are paying
:03:48. > :03:51.off. But tax experts say there is some way to go. There is scope for
:03:51. > :03:58.smugglers and tax fraudsters to effectively steal money from the
:03:58. > :04:03.Exchequer, it is still so lighter despite HM C 's significant efforts
:04:03. > :04:06.they have not been able to really clamp down on the problem.
:04:06. > :04:11.government hopes today 's additions to the rogues gallery will provide
:04:11. > :04:16.results, but these are just a snapshot of those still evading tax.
:04:16. > :04:21.A high profile campaign, only to macro arrests, how do the Treasury
:04:21. > :04:26.explain it? This is deliberate, often organised criminal behaviour.
:04:26. > :04:29.Some of these individuals are British, others from the Middle East
:04:29. > :04:32.or Europe. They committed their crimes here but now could be
:04:32. > :04:36.anywhere in the world, even in countries that don't have
:04:36. > :04:39.extradition treaties with the UK. Finding them is one thing but
:04:39. > :04:44.bringing them back here is another. That is the government trying to
:04:44. > :04:48.show it is being tough on tax evasion and it says in the past two
:04:48. > :04:52.years, the number of prosecutions has increased, perhaps for
:04:52. > :04:55.self-employed plumbers or dentists, but when it comes to the most
:04:55. > :04:59.serious offenders, whether this website is making a difference. The
:04:59. > :05:02.Treasury says yes, others say this is just publicising work they were
:05:02. > :05:09.already doing because they know hard-working people want to see
:05:09. > :05:12.those who are not paying their tax are being caught. Thanks.
:05:12. > :05:14.The advertising standards authority has begun an investigation into the
:05:14. > :05:19.government 's use of fans with billboards telling illegal
:05:19. > :05:23.immigrants to go home and stop it said it had received 60 complaints.
:05:23. > :05:30.Last month the vans were driven into London boroughs, carrying the
:05:30. > :05:35.message, go home or face arrest. Our political correspondent is at
:05:35. > :05:38.Westminster. Tell us about the complaints that have been received.
:05:38. > :05:42.They have been from people who describe these adverts as offensive
:05:42. > :05:46.and irresponsible. They were banners on the side of the vans, driven
:05:47. > :05:53.around London as part of a week-long pilot scheme, and they read, go home
:05:53. > :05:55.or face arrest. People have campaigned and said they potentially
:05:55. > :06:01.inside racial hatred and are reminiscent of the kind of slogans
:06:01. > :06:07.used by racist groups towards immigrants. On that basis, the
:06:07. > :06:12.advertising standards authority said it would investigate. In terms of
:06:12. > :06:15.political reaction, what are people said? Immigration is one of the key
:06:15. > :06:20.issues all the parties want to be seen to be tough on, and the Home
:06:20. > :06:23.Office, the scheme, said it was a way to crack down on illegal
:06:23. > :06:27.immigrant. Since the announcement, the Home Office has said it is in
:06:27. > :06:31.touch with the ASA and would respond in due course although Eric pickles
:06:31. > :06:37.has said that if it was effective, the scheme could be rolled out
:06:37. > :06:41.nationally. But Labour has seized on this. Chris Bryant has said this is
:06:41. > :06:49.embarrassing for the government, and also said what is needed is
:06:49. > :06:53.effective action on immigration not offensive stunts. Thank you.
:06:53. > :06:56.Police on the East African island of Zanzibar say they are questioning a
:06:56. > :07:03.number of people about an acid attack on to British teenagers.
:07:03. > :07:11.Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, had a sick -- acid thrown on the
:07:11. > :07:13.money Wednesday. They are expected back in the UK later today. There is
:07:13. > :07:22.a reason thousands of British tourists come to Zanzibar every
:07:22. > :07:26.year. Its Indian Ocean beaches and laid-back, no problem approach to
:07:26. > :07:31.life. Tourists mix well here with the locals. The olives 's economy
:07:31. > :07:34.depends on them, and there is a friendly and open attitude. People
:07:34. > :07:37.here are genuinely shocked that the girls were attacked in such a
:07:38. > :07:43.vicious way on the streets of the capital. It is the first time this
:07:43. > :07:45.has happened to tourists and the government of Zanzibar has offered a
:07:45. > :07:52.ransom of 10 million shillings for information leading to their
:07:52. > :07:56.attackers 's arrest. �4000 is a lot of money here. This was the spot
:07:56. > :07:59.where the girls were walking when they were attacked by two men on a
:07:59. > :08:04.motorcycle who threw acid in their faces. One British tourist who was
:08:04. > :08:08.walking past said they did everything they could to help the
:08:08. > :08:12.girls as quickly as possible. He didn't want to be identified.
:08:12. > :08:17.were separated immediately, one started running to get water and the
:08:17. > :08:21.other one just dropped down, screaming. The one that was just on
:08:21. > :08:26.the floor, she was quickly picked up by three local guys and they threw
:08:26. > :08:31.her in the sea. They knew she had been attacked with something.
:08:31. > :08:37.Gee and Kirstie Trup work travelling back to the UK overnight after
:08:37. > :08:40.medical evacuation took them from Dar es Salaam. Zanzibar 's
:08:40. > :08:43.Commissioner of police told the BBC that a large number of people are
:08:43. > :08:47.being questioned but as yet, nobody has been arrested and there are
:08:47. > :08:52.still no prime suspect. They have been tensions on the Islamic island
:08:52. > :08:57.in the past. Some concerns about tourists not dressing conservatively
:08:57. > :09:01.enough and some Christian Muslim tensions. But on the whole it is a
:09:01. > :09:07.safe, welcoming place for visitors. This attack has made some visitors
:09:07. > :09:11.here very nervous. Local authorities in England are
:09:11. > :09:13.being urged to take swift and effective action against illegal
:09:14. > :09:18.traveller sites. The government has issued guidance recommending
:09:19. > :09:23.councils intervene at the earliest point to avoid drawn-out disputes
:09:23. > :09:31.with sites like Dale Farm, which was finally cleared by Basildon Council
:09:31. > :09:35.in 2011. Most travellers 's caravans are on
:09:35. > :09:39.legal sites, but a minority are living in unauthorised locations.
:09:39. > :09:47.Councils say they are providing new plots but there is often resistance.
:09:47. > :09:50.This man is trying to stop and authorised being site. Auroral area
:09:50. > :09:56.can only support so much itinerant work of the sort that they tend to
:09:56. > :09:59.do. When there is not enough of that go around, that is another spot of
:09:59. > :10:06.the problem, because they are all trying to get a little bit of work
:10:06. > :10:09.there is and it spills over. Ministers say the public should act
:10:09. > :10:13.quickly if unauthorised encampments appear. The community secretary did
:10:13. > :10:20.that earlier this year. The Cabinet minister spotted caravans on this
:10:20. > :10:26.cricket pitch and phoned the police. Now he wants councils to
:10:26. > :10:32.deploy the powers they have. police say that 86% of the traveller
:10:32. > :10:39.population is happily within a legal sites, so we are only dealing with
:10:39. > :10:44.minority but of that minority can cause enormous problems, bring
:10:44. > :10:47.disrespect and dislike to the travelling community. Local
:10:47. > :10:50.authorities are trying to avoid another situation like Dale Farm,
:10:50. > :10:56.where the removal of dozens of travellers took years and cost the
:10:56. > :10:59.council millions. Two years after the eviction here, caravans are
:10:59. > :11:04.still parked on the approach road. The people here say they have
:11:04. > :11:11.nowhere yet to go. The experience of Dale Farm shows how hard it can be
:11:11. > :11:14.to remove an unauthorised site. The travellers here didn't want to speak
:11:14. > :11:21.on camera today, but rapid and tips in London said the government was
:11:21. > :11:26.inflaming Priddis. The measures do not address the issue of
:11:26. > :11:29.unauthorised sites, which is on the provision over the country, there is
:11:29. > :11:34.a chronic shortage as a result of under provisioned by local
:11:34. > :11:40.authorities. Ministers say they are putting money into legal sites for
:11:41. > :11:42.the travellers here are still waiting.
:11:42. > :11:47.She is properly the most instantaneously recognisable black
:11:47. > :11:53.woman in the world but that didn't stop on the -- Oprah Winfrey being
:11:53. > :12:03.subjected a can of casual racism thousands face on a daily basis. She
:12:03. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:11.had gone into a handbag shop in the Swiss city of Zurich.
:12:11. > :12:15.She has one of the most recognisable faces in the world. Oprah Winfrey,
:12:15. > :12:19.Queen of TV talk shows and a self-made billionaire. But here in
:12:19. > :12:22.Switzerland, she said she may have been the victim of racism when an
:12:22. > :12:28.assistant in an upmarket shop told her repeatedly that a handbag she
:12:28. > :12:36.liked was too extensive for her. refused to get it. She started to
:12:36. > :12:41.show the these are the little bags, and I said, one more time, could I
:12:41. > :12:47.see that by? -- these are the little bags. She said, I don't want to hurt
:12:47. > :12:53.your feelings. And I said, OK, you will be right, I can't afford it and
:12:53. > :12:57.walked out of the store. Why did she do that? She counts the Obamas as
:12:57. > :13:02.friends, and didn't report the incident last month but says she
:13:02. > :13:08.shows that racism still exists. Today the owner of the boutique in
:13:08. > :13:11.Zurich said that the cell assistant did not mean to insult her. I am
:13:11. > :13:17.sure she felt like this, but my salesgirl, she really promised me
:13:17. > :13:25.that she took care of Oprah Winfrey as best as she could, and this
:13:25. > :13:31.salesgirl normally spoils the customer from bottom to the top. It
:13:31. > :13:36.must have been a misunderstanding. Race rations are hot topic in
:13:36. > :13:39.Switzerland right now. Recently but is there a proved bands of -- on
:13:39. > :13:44.asylum seekers from faces like swimming pools and to house them in
:13:44. > :13:48.special centres like these. Human rights groups have condemned the
:13:48. > :13:54.move. As for Oprah Winfrey, her fame means she generates headlines but
:13:54. > :14:01.this is the kind of news no one wants to make.
:14:01. > :14:04.Out of story: The tax authorities issue a new list of Britain 's most
:14:04. > :14:10.wanted evaders but it has emerged that only one of those named and
:14:10. > :14:17.shamed a year ago has been caught. Still to come, is she or isn't she?
:14:17. > :14:21.It is not black or white whether the pound at Edinburgh zoo is pregnant.
:14:21. > :14:28.-- the panda. Later, new warnings over the dangers of swimming out
:14:28. > :14:38.doors in hot weather. And art at the Roundhouse as the Camden venue is
:14:38. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:50.many farmers are now facing one of the worst wheat harvests in Britain
:14:50. > :14:55.for more than a decade. They say planting last autumn was wrecked by
:14:55. > :14:58.heavy rain and flooding. But some crops, particularly fruit, have
:14:58. > :15:00.benefited from the wet weather followed by the long spell of warm
:15:00. > :15:06.sunshine. Our correspondent Sian Lloyd is in the village of
:15:06. > :15:10.Bobbington, in South Staffordshire. And this field is due to be
:15:10. > :15:14.harvested this afternoon. It is later than usual and that is due to
:15:14. > :15:18.the changeable weather we have been having. It has been a huge
:15:18. > :15:23.challenge, again, for wheat farmers this year.
:15:23. > :15:31.Bringing home the harvest. The Farrington family have been farming
:15:31. > :15:35.wheat for generations. But over the past two years, the harvest has been
:15:35. > :15:40.poor and planting last autumn was wrecked by rain. The soil is now
:15:40. > :15:47.dry, thanks to the recent hot spell, but the ground here was waterlogged
:15:47. > :15:52.in October. Duncan Farrington was only able to plant half his usual
:15:52. > :15:57.wheat crop. The weather has been the main challenge. From start to
:15:57. > :16:00.finish, with wet in the winter through to cold in this bring, it
:16:00. > :16:05.did not combine to make good foundations for a good crop. The
:16:05. > :16:10.light at the end of the tunnel, though, was the early summer and as
:16:10. > :16:15.a rule, if we have sunshine during Wimbledon fortnight, we get quality
:16:15. > :16:20.wheat. The grain may be of higher quality but across the country, the
:16:20. > :16:25.wheat harvest is expected to be the smallest in more than a decade.
:16:25. > :16:28.Although experts say it doesn't necessarily mean higher prices in
:16:28. > :16:34.the shops. When the general public looking at the UK farming industry
:16:34. > :16:38.and they see a big weather issue for instance, the concern could well be
:16:38. > :16:42.for food prices, but it is important to remember we operate in a global
:16:42. > :16:47.marketplace and that is where a lot of our Price direction comes from.
:16:47. > :16:56.For free growers, it is looking like a bumper year. It was due to the
:16:56. > :17:06.heat wave we had at the start of July... This vineyard is looking at
:17:06. > :17:06.
:17:06. > :17:12.one of its best crops. Last year with very tough on all crops but we
:17:12. > :17:18.are going to have a high yield, good quality and plenty of wine to sell
:17:18. > :17:25.this year. The wave has also helped the blueberry harvest. Growers say
:17:25. > :17:27.the fruits are bigger and sweeter than ever before. -- the heat wave.
:17:27. > :17:36.And the weather watching continues because farmers are at an early
:17:36. > :17:39.stage of gathering the harvest here and they really need to hold.
:17:39. > :17:43.Police are investigating the death of a man killed last night after he
:17:44. > :17:46.got out of his car on the hard shoulder of the M3 and was hit while
:17:46. > :17:50.another vehicle. While the circumstances of this accident are
:17:50. > :17:54.still being looked at, the Highways Agency today released details of
:17:54. > :18:01.what it says are over 8,000 incidents in England where drivers
:18:01. > :18:04.have stopped in the emergency lane for no good reason.
:18:04. > :18:08.If you need convincing that the hard shoulder of a motorway is a
:18:08. > :18:11.dangerous place to be, then just take a look at this. The car has
:18:11. > :18:18.broken down, and, sensibly, the family are behind the safety barrier
:18:18. > :18:20.when their vehicle is hit at high speed. But later, unbelievably, they
:18:20. > :18:29.return to their car to retrieve their possessions as vehicles
:18:29. > :18:32.continue to career past at high speeds. 70 miles an hour and more.
:18:32. > :18:35.We're on patrol in Birmingham with the Central Motorway Police Group,
:18:35. > :18:45.who are all too familiar with people using the hard shoulder when they
:18:45. > :18:49.shouldn't. Whether it be a small child who needs feeding, they are
:18:49. > :18:54.using the side of the carriageway to take comfort break, for example.
:18:54. > :18:59.There is a whole host of examples and more ludicrous ones of people
:18:59. > :19:04.taking -- picking flowers and taking photos. Just last night a driver was
:19:04. > :19:07.killed on the M3 in Surrey. It is believed he got out of his car and
:19:07. > :19:11.was hit by a lorry. It is a sobering reminder of the dangers of hard
:19:11. > :19:14.shoulder. It's illegal to use the hard shoulder unless for an
:19:14. > :19:17.emergency or, of course, a break-down. Last year, in England
:19:17. > :19:21.alone there were 8,655 incidents where drivers were caught stopping
:19:21. > :19:26.when they shouldn't have. And of the break-downs, more than 8,000 were
:19:26. > :19:35.caused by people running out of fuel. Increasingly, the hard
:19:35. > :19:41.shoulder is being used as an extra lane. You will notice vehicles are
:19:41. > :19:46.using the hard shoulder, and in this instance, quite rightly so. We have
:19:46. > :19:50.assigned there saying 60 miles an hour, a mandatory speed limit. -- we
:19:50. > :19:58.have a sign. That is saying to road users they can now use the hard
:19:58. > :20:00.shoulder. So with traffic levels rising - the hard shoulder -
:20:00. > :20:03.designed to allow access for emergency vehicles may - in certain
:20:03. > :20:11.areas - be used for all our vehicles. And woe betide anyone
:20:11. > :20:19.caught blocking it. The president of the IOC, Jacques
:20:19. > :20:24.Rogge, has ignited controversy over legislation in Russia. He wants
:20:24. > :20:30.clarification on the new law with the winter Olympic team going
:20:30. > :20:33.through their preparations for next year's event.
:20:33. > :20:37.Training this morning and Bath, the British bobsleigh team cannot afford
:20:37. > :20:41.to be distracted by politics. Little more than five months before the
:20:41. > :20:45.games, they need to focus on their performance but the debate around
:20:45. > :20:52.Russia's new laws has intensified in recent days, with calls for the
:20:52. > :20:55.Winter Olympics to move to another country growing louder. If you look
:20:55. > :20:59.at the seven principles that the very beginning of the charter, what
:20:59. > :21:04.Russia is doing violates four of those principles. There is no other
:21:05. > :21:11.scenario I can think of where you can buy a lot for -- violate four of
:21:11. > :21:15.the seven principles and still be seen as appropriate. In Sochi,
:21:15. > :21:19.preparations are continuing as normal and the prospects of the
:21:19. > :21:27.Games being moved are close to zero. There are questions as to whether
:21:27. > :21:32.Team GB should go to Russia. This is not the first time where a country
:21:32. > :21:38.with very different values to our own is hosting. It will be better
:21:38. > :21:41.for us to go and it would be better to compete than not. Once the Games
:21:41. > :21:46.begin, attention will return to the competition. Shelley Rudman is one
:21:46. > :21:49.of a number of British athletes set to do well. When you see the
:21:49. > :21:59.facilities here it is remarkable that Britain has such a great track
:21:59. > :21:59.
:21:59. > :22:04.record at a Winter Olympics. No snow and ice, and yet it is more than 20
:22:04. > :22:08.years since Britain came away without an Olympic medal. At the
:22:08. > :22:12.last Games in Vancouver, Amy Williams won a gold for Britain. She
:22:12. > :22:19.is now retired and will be in Sochi as an ambassador for Team GB.
:22:19. > :22:22.have a grain chart -- great chances of bringing home a medal. They have
:22:22. > :22:27.the great last season and we have got many athletes who, hopefully,
:22:27. > :22:32.can bring home a medal like why did. The organisers will, no doubt, be
:22:32. > :22:37.relieved when the first medals are handed out. Until then, the
:22:37. > :22:42.questions about politics are unlikely to go away.
:22:42. > :22:48.England won the toss this morning and decided to bat at the fourth
:22:48. > :22:56.Ashes Test. At lunch, they were 57 for one. England have already retain
:22:56. > :23:01.the Ashes but looking for outright victory. -- but are looking.
:23:01. > :23:05.Yes, you will recall that Australia left soggy Manchester with a sense
:23:05. > :23:09.of injustice after the draw there meant England retain the Ashes.
:23:09. > :23:16.There is still a lot to play for in Durham, as the Ashes enters new
:23:16. > :23:21.territory. This is as far north as the Ashes
:23:21. > :23:24.have ever travelled but the best way to get to the cricket in Durham is a
:23:24. > :23:31.cross or alongside the River Wear. You might ponder the north-east's
:23:31. > :23:36.hidden depths. Australia through in a new bowler close to the edge of
:23:36. > :23:39.the England captain's bat. Alastair Cook searching for a big score and
:23:39. > :23:44.the Australia skipper looking for some luck. There was almost an hour
:23:44. > :23:48.of play before we saw the first four from Joe Root. No need to rush on
:23:48. > :23:52.the first day of a Test match! At Alastair Cook would dearly love a
:23:52. > :23:58.century before the series ends. England can normally rely on the
:23:58. > :24:03.sheer weight of his scoring. Signs of normal service resuming here.
:24:03. > :24:07.Australia were convinced they had got him out but the umpire wasn't.
:24:07. > :24:11.Here came the review and the Hot Spot technology recently revealed to
:24:11. > :24:15.be imperfect. But a speck of light glimmered on the edge of the bat.
:24:15. > :24:21.Enough for the decision to be overruled. Joe Root went 34 for one
:24:21. > :24:26.and an early victory for technology. Jonathan Trott, another batsmen who
:24:27. > :24:35.has not looked himself in the Ashes. Concentration, his most usual
:24:35. > :24:40.expression. They will resume shortly with
:24:40. > :24:47.England 57 for one. Graham Onions wasn't selected for this match and
:24:47. > :24:55.England are sticking with the same side. A day certainly here to cash
:24:55. > :24:59.Now, it's been nearly two years since these two giant pandas arrived
:24:59. > :25:03.in Scotland. They were taken to Edinburgh Zoo, accompanied by the
:25:03. > :25:06.obligatory bagpipes. And ever since then, hopes have been high that Tian
:25:06. > :25:08.Tian and Yang Guang would mate. Well, when it didn't happen
:25:08. > :25:11.naturally, Tian Tian was artificially inseminated, and now it
:25:11. > :25:15.seems she's pregnant. Keepers say they won't know for sure until just
:25:15. > :25:25.before she gives birth, which could be later this month. James Cook is
:25:25. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:30.at the zoo now. Yes, that is right. All eyes on Tian Tian today but she
:25:30. > :25:32.doesn't seem too interested. She is inside at the moment and spent much
:25:32. > :25:38.of the morning sleeping while everybody else ponders the same big
:25:38. > :25:41.question. Is this panda pregnant? There is no
:25:41. > :25:49.simple test and Tian Tian is not giving much away but the signs are
:25:49. > :25:54.very promising. For a start, she has become moody and not so keen on her
:25:54. > :26:00.daily trip to be weighed. She is also off her food and that is not
:26:00. > :26:06.all. She is becoming more restless as well. Less tolerant of noise.
:26:06. > :26:14.Tian Tian is a tropical panda but very particular and can be quite
:26:14. > :26:17.difficult and so we haven't been able to do any kinds of testing.
:26:18. > :26:21.this laboratory in Germany they are looking at more signs that she is
:26:21. > :26:31.expecting. A year and is being analysed and it shows a spike in the
:26:31. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:37.warming progesterone. -- her you ring. Another promising sign.
:26:37. > :26:45.spoken, a spike would tell me if she is pregnant or not pregnant. Back at
:26:45. > :26:49.the zoo, keepers are more excited. Another test on her proteins
:26:49. > :26:57.suggests Tian Tian really is with copper. So what would that do for
:26:57. > :27:01.the interest in Edinburgh's bears? think there will be a very big buzz
:27:01. > :27:07.about it within the staff working here and the visitors that come. It
:27:07. > :27:11.is such an exciting thing. Off the scale! Two pandas, including this
:27:11. > :27:16.one, we used for the artificial insemination but he seems pretty
:27:16. > :27:25.relaxed about the whole affair. So this is Yang Guang, you could be the
:27:25. > :27:28.father of a cub. We will have to wait and see for sure. -- who could.
:27:28. > :27:34.But he will have no role at all in the rearing of that a beep and. Yang
:27:34. > :27:38.Guang has proved his prowess in the past. He is already a father and
:27:38. > :27:44.Tian Tian has reared her own cub fall. The zoo is hopeful that within
:27:44. > :27:50.a month, she will have the first ever British born panda. -- she has
:27:50. > :27:54.reared her own cub before. So, the signs are good and they are
:27:54. > :27:57.promising, but we just don't know for sure. And it seems like the
:27:57. > :28:01.black and White Bear will keep us guessing until the last possible
:28:01. > :28:11.moment. It looks rather gorgeous there in
:28:11. > :28:12.
:28:12. > :28:16.Edinburgh. What about the prospects some decent weather around for us
:28:16. > :28:21.with some sunshine over the weekend but there will be some showers.
:28:21. > :28:25.Chester-le-Street will see similar conditions. A bit more cloud this
:28:25. > :28:30.afternoon at by Sunday, the breeze will be picking up, so any showers
:28:30. > :28:40.fairly short lived. -see plenty of play in the fourth Test. A couple of
:28:40. > :28:42.
:28:42. > :28:47.whether features outing in the Al -- out in the Atlantic to keep an eye
:28:47. > :28:51.on. -- weather features. We will see showers across eastern Scotland and
:28:51. > :28:54.parts of eastern England over the next few hours. Possibly a rumble of
:28:54. > :29:00.thunder over East Anglia and the south-east but those showers tending
:29:00. > :29:05.to scoot away by the time we get to late afternoon, with temperatures
:29:05. > :29:08.peaking at 23, 24. Dry and bright for much of the Southwest, Wales and
:29:09. > :29:12.the Midlands. Maybe a few showers for north-east England and some
:29:12. > :29:18.heavier ones getting into north-eastern parts of Scotland and
:29:18. > :29:22.they could, again, be a rumble of thunder. Isolated showers over
:29:22. > :29:25.Northern Ireland with one or two showers developing over the
:29:25. > :29:30.north-west corner tonight. The wet weather fades away so for most of
:29:30. > :29:34.us, a dry night with clear spells. Quite a bit cooler with temperatures
:29:34. > :29:40.in rural areas getting down to single figures. These values, of
:29:40. > :29:44.course, our values in towns and cities. A dry start for many to the
:29:44. > :29:50.weekend but we will see showers developing. The showers on Saturday
:29:50. > :29:57.chiefly across north-west Scotland and Northern Ireland. Many southern
:29:57. > :30:00.areas will be dry. The prospect of wet weather pushing into South
:30:00. > :30:05.Eastern England later in the day. Possibly feeling a touch cooler than
:30:05. > :30:12.today. Why the time we get to Saturday and Sunday, those weather
:30:12. > :30:15.fronts are pushing in. -- by the time. This in the South could bring
:30:15. > :30:21.wet weather for a time on Sunday morning across the south-east but
:30:21. > :30:24.should tend to clear away, and then again, we are left with sunny
:30:24. > :30:27.intervals and showers. Feeling cooler on Sunday because the breeze
:30:27. > :30:31.will be picking up and that is a feature of the weather through the