:00:14. > :00:18.to recruit local staff. Chris Bryant criticises what he sees as an over
:00:18. > :00:23.reliance on cheap labour from Eastern Europe. We will have
:00:23. > :00:28.reaction from Westminster. Also this lunchtime. Considering legal action.
:00:28. > :00:33.The government says it is very disappointed with Spain. About extra
:00:33. > :00:36.checks at the border with Gibraltar. And man is arrested in connection
:00:36. > :00:43.with the disappearance of 13-year-old Erika Kacicova who
:00:43. > :00:46.hasn't been seen for one week. Higher water bills for 14 million
:00:46. > :00:55.households. Thames Water says it wants an increase to meet unexpected
:00:55. > :01:01.costs. On your bike. Cycling gets a �94 million boost in England to
:01:01. > :01:05.encourage us to ride in our cities and national parks. A flourishing
:01:05. > :01:12.morning in Durham for England's cricketers has left Australia
:01:12. > :01:16.needing 299 to win the fourth test. Coming up in sport on BBC News,
:01:16. > :01:26.Britain's athletes make the grade in Moscow. Perri shakes Drayton
:01:26. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:47.qualifying fast for the 400 meter BBC News at 1pm. The shadow
:01:47. > :01:50.Immigration Minister Chris Bryant has attacked what he is called
:01:51. > :01:54.unscrupulous employers who recruit large numbers of migrant workers
:01:54. > :01:58.from low-wage countries. He says the practice makes it impossible for
:01:58. > :02:04.workers and settled in the UK to compete. Earlier he was forced to
:02:05. > :02:07.make clear that he wasn't accusing two big retailers, Next and Tesco of
:02:08. > :02:17.being unscrupulous after they protest about extracts of his speech
:02:18. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:22.which were released yesterday. A Tesco distribution centre. After
:02:22. > :02:27.the retail giant opened a new one in ethics, Labour wanted to attack the
:02:27. > :02:30.firm but instead it made a mess. It's immigration spokesman claimed
:02:30. > :02:37.Tesco was targeting foreign workers to undercut UK wonder -- workers.
:02:37. > :02:39.Labour plans to name and shame Next famed for its seasonal sales. It was
:02:39. > :02:43.recruiting directly from Poland because it was cheaper, they said.
:02:43. > :02:47.Both companies rejected the claims which were given to a newspaper in
:02:47. > :02:51.advance. It pointed out factual errors, as well. The confusion
:02:51. > :02:54.distracted from criticisms of the government and business which did
:02:54. > :03:01.eventually emerge. I want to see more companies providing assurances
:03:01. > :03:05.and demonstrating what they're doing to recruit staff particularly the
:03:05. > :03:09.youth unemployed. Even for temporary posts. Rather than using agencies
:03:09. > :03:14.are only bring workers in from abroad. The criticism was more tepid
:03:14. > :03:18.in the end. Labour shadow Immigration Minister managed to
:03:18. > :03:23.praise Tesco and expressed sympathy for Next but on that fundamental
:03:24. > :03:27.criticism, there was support from conservative. I do think Tesco in my
:03:27. > :03:30.own area of Harlow have behaved quite ruthlessly enclosing a major
:03:30. > :03:35.distributional centre which was incredibly productive and saying to
:03:35. > :03:41.the workers, yes, you can have a job in the new Dagenham plant, but you
:03:41. > :03:45.have to accept lower pay. Everyone knows immigration is a potent issue.
:03:45. > :03:50.Whether you think there's been too much of it or not enough, but Labour
:03:50. > :03:55.'s problem today if it has tried to come up with positive proposals in
:03:55. > :03:58.the traditional quiet summer period and now it's involved in a big row
:03:58. > :04:05.with two of the biggest retailers over facts and figures. Neither
:04:05. > :04:07.company are accused of doing anything illegal and any EU national
:04:07. > :04:13.can work here. Some independent immigration voices say it's not
:04:13. > :04:18.simply about the money. We've seen a sharp increase in the number of EU
:04:18. > :04:24.workers in employment at low skilled jobs, but the single cost and wages
:04:24. > :04:27.would be to ignore the bigger reasons which are work ethics and
:04:27. > :04:32.skills. British jobs for British workers proved a briefly popular
:04:32. > :04:35.slogan for Labour 's last election campaign but was illegal in
:04:35. > :04:41.practice. The party knows it can't avoid tackling the problem of an
:04:41. > :04:49.increase in immigration which it oversaw. Let's hear more from Robin
:04:49. > :04:53.at Westminster. How embarrassing is this by Chris Bryant? I think it was
:04:53. > :04:58.sloppy and there was misinformation here. What we saw was a hasty
:04:58. > :05:02.rewrite. We saw two huge retailers, Tesco is seeking to protect their
:05:02. > :05:06.reputation. They reject outright the allegations laid at their door and
:05:06. > :05:10.pointed out some factual errors. That is highly problematic for the
:05:10. > :05:14.Labour Party and when Chris Bryant gave the speech he sought to call
:05:14. > :05:17.them a good employer and was sympathetic towards Next but there
:05:17. > :05:22.has been a big muddle up and there is no doubt it has distracted from
:05:22. > :05:27.what Labour would want to see as a positive proposal to deal with
:05:27. > :05:30.immigration and the Borders. One of the lessons here is, when you have
:05:30. > :05:36.the policy idea, make sure you get the communication and the facts and
:05:36. > :05:41.figures right, first. For a while, Labour had made the running because
:05:41. > :05:44.there's been so much debate and criticism in many quarters of the go
:05:44. > :05:50.home fans of the government implemented, the investigation into
:05:50. > :05:53.those, this was a chance for Labour to make some headway.
:05:53. > :05:56.Conservatives particularly in the coalition are very sensitive at the
:05:56. > :06:01.moment on immigration because they know the UK Independence Party are
:06:01. > :06:05.nipping away at their support in the polls. And Labour is aware, as well,
:06:05. > :06:10.it's a very, very potent issue. It is tied to come to the debate with
:06:10. > :06:16.some positive ideas and they fail to do that today, and the problem is
:06:16. > :06:20.this plays into a sensible recent weeks that the party is slightly
:06:20. > :06:23.rudderless. Where are its policies about what it will do at the next
:06:24. > :06:28.general election? Not necessarily what it would do now if it was in
:06:28. > :06:31.government. Andy Burnham, a front bench at the weekend, he is in the
:06:31. > :06:34.Shadow Cabinet, and he was the first to speak from the front bench about
:06:34. > :06:39.real concerns about whether Labour is shouting loud enough and what the
:06:39. > :06:46.chances are it is a good chance come the general election in 2015.
:06:46. > :06:50.you. The government says it is seriously considering taking legal
:06:50. > :06:53.action against Spain in connection with extra checks at the border with
:06:53. > :06:56.Gibraltar. A Downing Street spokesman called Spain 's action in
:06:57. > :07:03.a dispute about fishing rights disproportionate and politically
:07:03. > :07:09.motivated. Roger smitten Dhani is outside the Foreign Office. What
:07:09. > :07:14.more has been said this morning? This is the latest in what has been
:07:14. > :07:18.a tit-for-tat row brewing over the summer between Britain and Spain.
:07:18. > :07:22.Stoked by those very long delays people have been experiencing trying
:07:22. > :07:25.to get in and out of Gibraltar. In the last hour, number ten spokesman
:07:25. > :07:29.issued a statement saying clearly the Prime Minister is disappointed
:07:29. > :07:33.by the failure of Spain to remove the additional border checks this
:07:33. > :07:37.weekend and you're considering what legal action is open to us. This was
:07:37. > :07:42.after David Cameron spoke to his counterpart about this very issue.
:07:42. > :07:46.This would be an unprecedented step and we want to consider carefully
:07:46. > :07:49.before making a decision to pursue it. I think that last line tells us
:07:49. > :07:55.number ten doesn't really know what it's going to do. Except it's very
:07:55. > :08:01.angry about this. There's a formal letter of complaint being written
:08:01. > :08:04.today and it's going to be given to Spanish authorities to register
:08:04. > :08:07.Britain's displeasure. What are the options open to the British
:08:07. > :08:12.government? They could take this to the International of justice, that
:08:12. > :08:15.is set up to administer arbitrate disputes between member states. More
:08:15. > :08:21.likely they will want to do something within the EU framework
:08:21. > :08:24.and there's the European Court of Justice and EU laws which govern how
:08:24. > :08:29.people across borders between member states. Gibraltar, of course, would
:08:29. > :08:32.be governed by that because its external relations are done by
:08:32. > :08:35.Britain. It could be along the lines of the European Court of Justice,
:08:36. > :08:40.which talks about freedom of access of citizens of member states between
:08:40. > :08:47.countries but at the moment, the British government is not really
:08:47. > :08:49.sure where it's going but this is an escalating row. Thank you very
:08:49. > :08:55.much. Police investigating the disappearance of the Sheffield
:08:55. > :08:59.schoolgirl Erika Kacicova have arrested a 37-year-old man. The
:08:59. > :09:06.13-year-old has not been seen for one week. Officers at issued a plea
:09:06. > :09:10.for her to get in touch to let them know she is safe.
:09:10. > :09:17.Where is Erika Kacicova? It is now one week since the 13-year-old went
:09:17. > :09:22.missing. In that time, she hasn't spoken to her family once. Today the
:09:22. > :09:29.schoolgirl 's father and younger sister, Slovakian remedies, pleaded
:09:29. > :09:38.with her to come home. Please, Erika, please come back to mum and
:09:38. > :09:44.dad, sister and brother. Comeback. Erica, are you OK? We love you so
:09:44. > :09:48.much. Comeback. We want to. She was last seen leaving her home on Monday
:09:48. > :09:52.the 5th of August. Four days later, 22-year-old man was arrested in
:09:53. > :09:59.Bradford and has been released on police bail. This morning,
:09:59. > :10:02.detectives arrested a second man in Bradford, 37-year-old, questioned
:10:02. > :10:07.about child abduction. Detectives believe she is still alive and have
:10:07. > :10:17.focused their searches away from her home town of Sheffield and towards
:10:17. > :10:20.Bradford where police say she has a number of friends. This
:10:20. > :10:24.investigation now involves 50 detectives and two police forces in
:10:24. > :10:34.Yorkshire. Her family say they have no idea where she is or why she is
:10:34. > :10:39.missing. They also say they just want her home. Britain's biggest
:10:39. > :10:43.water company, Thames Water, says it wants to increase every household
:10:43. > :10:48.bill by �29 to cover what it says are unexpected extra costs. The
:10:48. > :10:52.company, which has 40 million customers, is asking permission from
:10:52. > :10:55.the water regulator OFWAT to charge more to pay for maintenance work,
:10:55. > :11:02.and costs associated with a major new sewer, the Thames Tideway
:11:02. > :11:07.tunnel. We don't get to choose the company
:11:07. > :11:12.that we pay for water, so every five years the industry and regulators
:11:12. > :11:16.agree on prices. Now, 40 million customers are facing the prospect of
:11:16. > :11:22.an unexpected price rise. And what the company claims are unforeseen
:11:23. > :11:27.costs. When prices were set in 2009, a small number of things, we did
:11:27. > :11:31.know how much they would cost, no allowance was made for them, on the
:11:31. > :11:34.understanding we did know how much we spent. We are now making an
:11:35. > :11:39.application, we don't want to claim it all back in one year, and spread
:11:39. > :11:42.it over several years to avoid a one-off spike in bills. The biggest
:11:42. > :11:46.single cost the company has encountered is linked to the fact
:11:46. > :11:52.that almost 39 million tonnes of raw sewage pour into the Thames every
:11:52. > :11:58.single year. So the company spent almost �300 million buying land for
:11:58. > :12:03.a planned London super sewer. There are other costs, too. The economic
:12:03. > :12:08.downturn has meant more people can't or won't pay their bills. The
:12:08. > :12:12.company says is having to look after tens of thousands of kilometres of
:12:12. > :12:18.previously private sewers. And costs linked to taking water out of rivers
:12:18. > :12:24.and the ground are also up. They are the biggest water company and
:12:24. > :12:29.recently faced criticism for paying no corporation tax despite posting
:12:29. > :12:33.revenues of �1.8 billion. Last joke of it paid out �231 million to
:12:33. > :12:38.shareholders on the back of more than half �1 billion in operating
:12:38. > :12:43.profits. So today the main industry consumer group argued that the firm
:12:43. > :12:47.should be able to absorb more of these extra costs. We believe in
:12:47. > :12:53.this current climate, an increase of that size, plus the already
:12:53. > :13:00.inflation increase, and a 1.4% increase on top of that already
:13:00. > :13:04.accepted, would take a bills from �354 on average, to nearly �400.
:13:04. > :13:08.Thames Water insists it's saving money, too, and its bills remain the
:13:08. > :13:12.second lowest in England and Wales. The industry regulator has three
:13:12. > :13:20.months to decide whether the proposed �29 hike in bills is
:13:20. > :13:25.justified or not. The paedophile who was convicted last week of a sexual
:13:25. > :13:29.offence against a 13-year-old girl and of possessing indecent
:13:30. > :13:33.photographs has had his suspended prison term increased. Neil
:13:33. > :13:39.Wilson's senders has been changed from eight months to a year but that
:13:39. > :13:46.doesn't relate to the offence against the girl. Explain what
:13:46. > :13:50.happened here, June. Jane, this is a controversial case because both the
:13:50. > :13:53.judge in the case and the prosecuting barrister used the word
:13:53. > :13:57.predatory to describe this 13-year-old girl for the judges back
:13:57. > :14:01.in court this morning but the prosecuting barrister wasn't because
:14:01. > :14:04.he has now been suspended from appearing in such sex offence
:14:04. > :14:13.cases. When he appeared in court last week, the offender at the heart
:14:13. > :14:15.of all this, Neil Wilson, he admitted that he had committed an
:14:15. > :14:20.offence against this young girl and was given an eight-month suspended
:14:20. > :14:24.jail term, and he admitted possessing pornographic images. For
:14:24. > :14:28.that, he was given a community sentence and the judge today said
:14:28. > :14:32.that was a mistake and he should have been given a jail term. He's
:14:32. > :14:35.been given another four months suspended, so he's now got one-year
:14:35. > :14:40.suspended. He wasn't actually in court and gave evidence by video
:14:40. > :14:44.link, clearly having problems standing because he was allowed to
:14:44. > :14:47.sit throughout the hearing and he had a walking stick beside him. The
:14:47. > :14:57.original eight-month sentence handed down for the offence against a child
:14:57. > :14:59.is under review, so his sentence could be changed again. Thank you.
:14:59. > :15:03.There's an estimated 6 million CCTV camera in Britain. Following
:15:03. > :15:08.concerns about the potential for their misuse, a new code of conduct
:15:08. > :15:11.has come into force in England and Wales. It means public bodies like
:15:11. > :15:16.the police and local authorities must use them for a specific purpose
:15:16. > :15:25.and when there is a pressing need. More details from our home affairs
:15:25. > :15:31.correspondent. CCTV cameras are familiar sight. They can be vital in
:15:31. > :15:36.solving crime like in this case of the 16-year-old who was stabbed to
:15:36. > :15:40.death outside a club in the west Midlands. Police trawled through
:15:40. > :15:44.CCTV and found the moment he was surrounded by a gang and attacked.
:15:44. > :15:50.The footage led to their convictions. There is no definitive
:15:50. > :15:55.figure for the number of cameras in the UK, estimates range up to 5.9
:15:55. > :15:58.million, around one for every 11 people. Their use is already
:15:58. > :16:08.governed by the data protection act, now the Government has drawn up
:16:08. > :16:10.
:16:10. > :16:13.a new code of best practice for public to ensure cameras are there
:16:13. > :16:16.to protect us and not spy will stop the code says cameras must have a
:16:16. > :16:19.legitimate aim and meet a pressing need, and it says people in public
:16:19. > :16:24.places must be aware they are being monitored, who is doing it and why,
:16:24. > :16:28.and any images should only be kept for as long as they are needed. The
:16:28. > :16:33.Commissioner will oversee it, but he can only encourage police and local
:16:33. > :16:38.councils to stick to the code. Campaign groups say it doesn't go
:16:38. > :16:42.far enough. Public authorities will have to pay attention to the code,
:16:42. > :16:46.but individuals will not, so where we need to assess the system is
:16:46. > :16:53.really working is if the commission can influence those people not
:16:53. > :16:59.directly covered by the code. Recently police were told that using
:16:59. > :17:09.a camera to record registration plates coming in and out of areas
:17:09. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:16.was not permitted. The top story this lunchtime: Labour
:17:16. > :17:20.calls on companies to do more to recruit local staff. Chris Bryant
:17:20. > :17:28.has criticised what he sees as an over reliance on cheap Labour from
:17:28. > :17:30.Eastern Europe. Delta come, high hopes of a second gold at the world
:17:30. > :17:36.athletics Championships when Christine Ohuruogu runs in the final
:17:36. > :17:41.of the 400 metres. Later on BBC London, Thames Water says people who
:17:41. > :17:44.don't pay their bills are partly to blame for its application to
:17:44. > :17:54.increase prices. We look at the ever-increasing deer population and
:17:54. > :17:57.
:17:57. > :18:00.its impact on the environment. The success of British cyclists like
:18:00. > :18:03.Sir Bradley Wiggins, Victoria Pendleton and Sir Chris Hoy at last
:18:03. > :18:06.year's Olympics may have inspired some of us back onto our bikes. Now
:18:06. > :18:10.the Government is hoping to encourage even more people to get
:18:10. > :18:13.pedalling, as it invests �94 million in England's cycle routes. The money
:18:13. > :18:16.will be shared among a number of cities and national parks, and and
:18:16. > :18:25.will be used both to improve existing cycle paths and fund new
:18:25. > :18:30.ones. Here's our sports correspondent, Dan Roan.
:18:30. > :18:37.British cycling is riding high like never before, the wheels of success
:18:37. > :18:47.continuing to turn at the elite of the sport. Putting two wheels at the
:18:47. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:54.head of the transport policy is yet to succeed however. Four National
:18:54. > :18:59.Parks will receive �17 million of funding to include cycling
:18:59. > :19:07.provision. Many local authorities are adding to that money, meaning a
:19:07. > :19:11.total of �148 million will be spent between now and 2015. Our European
:19:12. > :19:19.neighbours take cycling much more seriously as a transport choice and
:19:19. > :19:24.they are spending more. My understanding is that a lot of extra
:19:24. > :19:33.money will come from local funding, but in a local transport plan they
:19:33. > :19:38.are only planning 75p per person per year on spikes in -- on cycling.
:19:38. > :19:42.Manchester has been given the most money and you can see why there is a
:19:42. > :19:48.need for investment. This is Deansgate, one of the busiest roads
:19:48. > :19:55.in the city, and yet there is no cycle lane. Many cycle lanes carry
:19:55. > :20:01.on and run out, and then people are parked in them. They are full of
:20:01. > :20:09.obstruction, not cleaned, with rubble and broken glass. I think it
:20:09. > :20:13.is probably fear for most people, and who can blame them. You see the
:20:13. > :20:18.amount of people out on a bike on a nice day, there is no reason those
:20:18. > :20:23.people could not go to work and back if it was safer. The aim is to
:20:23. > :20:28.emulate London where the number of cyclists has doubled in the last ten
:20:28. > :20:35.years but nationally just 2% of journeys in Britain work by bike and
:20:35. > :20:39.the numbers of people injured on the roads is increasing. When people
:20:39. > :20:45.turn left, they don't count on you being there so they will knock you
:20:45. > :20:49.off, but in the Netherlands they are more careful. Much more money is
:20:49. > :20:53.spent per head in European countries than here, and the funding is an
:20:53. > :20:56.attempt to address that, but the road to a true cycling revolution is
:20:56. > :20:59.a long one. The Foreign Office in London and its
:20:59. > :21:01.Irish counterpart in Dublin has said it's offering assistance to two
:21:01. > :21:05.women who've been arrested in south America on suspicion of trafficking
:21:05. > :21:08.cocaine. Michaella McCollum Connolly, who is Irish, and Melissa
:21:08. > :21:18.Reid, who is British, were arrested in Lima on Tuesday, while trying to
:21:18. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:26.board a flight to Madrid. As far as their families were aware, Michaella
:21:26. > :21:32.McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid were spending the summer in I'd be
:21:32. > :21:37.earning a living in the resorts and clubs. Today they are languishing in
:21:37. > :21:41.a Peruvian jail, accused of being drug smugglers. They were arrested
:21:41. > :21:45.in the capital Lima last Tuesday, while checking in at the airport
:21:45. > :21:52.before a flight back to Spain. The authorities alleged that between
:21:52. > :21:57.them they were carrying 11 kilos of cocaine with a street value of �1.5
:21:57. > :22:02.million. They are being held at the Santa Monica women's prison on the
:22:02. > :22:08.outskirts of Lima where the conditions are said to be very poor.
:22:08. > :22:12.The prison system in the room will be like anything you can compare to
:22:12. > :22:17.in the UK. The overcrowding is currently running at 200%, so people
:22:18. > :22:25.are sleeping in the corridors, in the stairwells and in the toilets.
:22:25. > :22:29.Per room is now the world 's biggest exporter of cocaine. Last year alone
:22:29. > :22:37.248 alleged drug mules were arrested at the main airport in Lima, trying
:22:37. > :22:40.to smuggle out a total of 1600 kilos of class a drugs. At Melissa Reid's
:22:40. > :22:44.home, her family said they had not had a chance to speak to their
:22:44. > :22:48.daughter yet and they have been told by the foreign office she is well
:22:48. > :22:55.cared for. Whether guilty or innocent, the women potentially face
:22:55. > :22:56.a long time in custody. It could be another year before their case goes
:22:56. > :22:59.to trial. The Duke of Edinburgh is carrying
:22:59. > :23:02.out his first official engagement in nearly two months today. Prince
:23:02. > :23:05.Philip has been handing out medals at the Royal Society of Edinburgh to
:23:05. > :23:08.scientists and businessmen who have excelled in their fields. It's the
:23:08. > :23:18.first time the 92-year-old will be seen in public since his operation
:23:18. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:28.in June. Great Britain have high hopes of a second gold at the World
:23:28. > :23:31.Athletics Championships, when Christine Ohuruogu runs in the final
:23:31. > :23:39.of the 400 metres this evening. Last night Usain Bolt set the stadium
:23:39. > :23:43.alight, when he won his sixth world title. Andy Swiss is in Moscow.
:23:43. > :23:49.It was a night in Moscow thunderstorm met a lightning bolt.
:23:49. > :23:53.Not even the weather could rein on his parade. From miming umbrellas to
:23:53. > :24:03.beating his rivals, Usain Bolt was once again the supreme entertainer.
:24:03. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:13.Another dazzling display, another gold medal. 9.78! Unbeatable.For a
:24:13. > :24:19.sport beset by problems of the track, it was the perfect tonic. The
:24:19. > :24:23.world 's fastest man had done it again. It is a great show as always.
:24:23. > :24:28.They came out and supported, there were a lot of Jamaicans in the crowd
:24:28. > :24:34.so it was just great. This morning there has already been a lot of
:24:34. > :24:44.British interests, with Jessica Ennis-Hill injured, Katarina Johnson
:24:44. > :24:47.Thompson came fourth in the -- after the first two events. In the women's
:24:47. > :24:53.event, Perri Shakes-Drayton confirmed her status as a medal
:24:53. > :24:57.contender, fastest in the heats. Later, all eyes will be on Christine
:24:57. > :24:59.Ohuruogu in the 400 metres final. Post a medal contender, fastest in
:24:59. > :25:07.the heats. Later, all eyes will be on Christine Ohuruogu in the 400
:25:07. > :25:15.metres final. Her stormy finish and if she is within striking distance
:25:15. > :25:20.we just don't know, it could be a gold medal. Christine Ohuruogu has
:25:20. > :25:27.won the world title before in 2007, if she can do this she might win it
:25:27. > :25:33.again. Her final gets under way at 6:15pm British time. After Mo
:25:33. > :25:40.Farah's victory on Saturday, Britain will be hoping for another gold
:25:40. > :25:47.medal in these championships. It is going to be an exciting evening,
:25:47. > :25:50.Andy. It will be a hugely exciting and nerve wracking evening, yes,
:25:50. > :25:55.with all eyes on Christine Ohuruogu. She looked impressive in the
:25:55. > :26:02.semifinals, in fact it was her best time of the year so far and if she
:26:02. > :26:12.can repeat that form, anything is possible. She won the world to title
:26:12. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:23.-- world title, and will it be gold again for Christine Ohuruogu? 60 --
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:26:32. > :26:34.6:15pm on BBC Two. Play has resumed on Day four of the fourth Ashes Test
:26:34. > :26:38.at Chester-le-Street. Ian Bell built on his overnight score but was
:26:38. > :26:40.bowled out on 113. Matt Prior was then bowled out immediately for a
:26:40. > :26:43.duck. Don't be too alarmed by the sight of
:26:43. > :26:53.this umbrella, we are hoping this is a mere light shower. We have had a
:26:53. > :26:55.
:26:55. > :26:59.dry morning session, leaving Australia needing 299 to win.
:26:59. > :27:03.Entertainment for the Durham Q. If there is one less on Australian
:27:03. > :27:08.cricket fans have had to learn in recent times, it is how to accept
:27:08. > :27:13.sympathy with good humour. Faced with Ian Bell in this series coming
:27:13. > :27:18.up to either laugh or cry. He reached his highest score this
:27:18. > :27:26.summer with this four. He may be incredible, he is not infallible.
:27:26. > :27:34.Beating on 113 by Ryan Harris. When Ian Bell departed, England were only
:27:34. > :27:39.219 ahead, and Harris had not finished. Stuart Broad put on his
:27:39. > :27:46.pads in a panic, but batted the ball away. Tim Bresnan had more in mind
:27:46. > :27:51.than simple defence, England needed to extend their need. Back came
:27:51. > :27:56.Harris to bounce out Stuart Broad. Bresnan was enjoying himself,
:27:56. > :28:01.pushing England on with a growing range of boundaries. England versus
:28:01. > :28:05.Harris, who was now doing the bowling and capturing, as Bresnan
:28:05. > :28:12.went for 45. Graeme Swann made 30, swinging at everything and getting
:28:12. > :28:18.away with it. A session that began with balloon making spread to
:28:18. > :28:23.juggling without raising an Australian smile. They need 299 to
:28:23. > :28:29.win. Australia 11 without loss at lunch, we will have a thrilling
:28:29. > :28:35.conclusion, weather permitting. Let's catch up on the weather
:28:35. > :28:40.Let's catch up on the weather prospects wherever you are. It is an
:28:40. > :28:44.important week for the farmers at harvest time and this time of year
:28:44. > :28:47.ideally they want a week of dry weather. As far as the next few days
:28:47. > :28:54.is concerned, it is looking like there will be some sunshine and
:28:54. > :28:59.hefty showers. You have just seen one at the cricket. On the satellite
:28:59. > :29:03.picture, there is this mishmash of weather across the UK. The cloud
:29:03. > :29:08.across the south-east gave this cloudy start of the day, and now
:29:08. > :29:14.clouds have been bubbling up, especially across eastern parts.
:29:14. > :29:17.They are producing those downpours and cracks of thunder. We will start
:29:17. > :29:23.with the northern portion across Northern Ireland and Scotland, this
:29:23. > :29:27.is where the rain will be coming and going this afternoon. There will be
:29:27. > :29:32.that particular strip to the eastern areas where most of the showers will
:29:32. > :29:37.occur. On the other hand, southern parts of the UK from mid Wales
:29:37. > :29:42.South, all the way from Plymouth to Dover, it looks like it will be fine
:29:42. > :29:45.for most of the afternoon with predominantly dry weather and some
:29:45. > :29:51.good sunny spells around. For the rest of the afternoon we have had
:29:51. > :29:55.some showers already, but the chance continues through the rest of the
:29:55. > :29:59.afternoon, and also through tomorrow, but less of a chance
:29:59. > :30:05.tomorrow compared with today. This evening the showers clear away so it
:30:05. > :30:10.will become clear across the majority of the UK and as a result
:30:10. > :30:14.the temperatures will be pretty low in rural spots. Then this area of
:30:15. > :30:20.cloud and rain you can see drifting out across the Irish Sea will give a
:30:20. > :30:27.cloudy afternoon, eventually inland, so anywhere from Birmingham
:30:27. > :30:32.to London, it looks like it will be a cloudy day. There will be some
:30:32. > :30:39.spots of rain. In the north it is around 17 degrees with some spots of
:30:39. > :30:45.rain lurking. Wednesday, again it is that mix of cloud, bits and pieces
:30:46. > :30:51.of rain nagging here and there. Not cold, 21 degrees, and from Thursday
:30:51. > :30:56.onwards there will be a portion of warm, muggy air coming from France