:00:09. > :00:13.Almost 30 million people are now in work is the latest figures show
:00:14. > :00:19.another fall in unemployment. The number of people claiming jobless
:00:20. > :00:22.benefits dropped at its fastest rate for 16 years but figures sparked a
:00:23. > :00:27.row in the Commons. One of the remarkable things about
:00:28. > :00:30.these figures is that a show for the first time there 1 million more
:00:31. > :00:35.people in work than there were when this government came to office.
:00:36. > :00:40.There is a cost of living crisis and one reason is rising energy bills
:00:41. > :00:44.which one leading charity reports today is one of the things driving
:00:45. > :00:49.people to food banks. The latest from Westminster. Also
:00:50. > :00:54.this lunchtime, it David Cameron says his former Chief Whip Andrew
:00:55. > :01:02.Mitchell is owed an apology over the plebgate row. Claims in reading
:01:03. > :01:05.psychiatrist -- crisis claims a reading psychiatrist, as the number
:01:06. > :01:08.of available hospital beds in England shrinks.
:01:09. > :01:11.A dramatic rise in the number of people using food banks. A charity
:01:12. > :01:14.says more than 350,000 people got help this summer.
:01:15. > :01:16.And dragged up from the bottom of a lake in Russia, the half-a-tonne
:01:17. > :01:20.meteor that fell to Earth. In London. A stark warning that
:01:21. > :01:21.thousands of young girls are at risk of being sexually exploited by
:01:22. > :01:24.London gangs. And after a freight train derailment
:01:25. > :01:26.on Monday, works gets under way to get things moving again around
:01:27. > :01:53.Camden. Good afternoon. The number of people
:01:54. > :01:58.claiming unemployment benefit fell at its fastest rate since 1997,
:01:59. > :02:01.according to the latest unemployment figures. The jobless total fell
:02:02. > :02:05.again over the summer by 18,000 and now stands at 2.49 million. But
:02:06. > :02:13.there was more evidence of the squeeze on people's wages. The
:02:14. > :02:18.latest figures sparked a row in the Commons this lunchtime.
:02:19. > :02:22.The economy is moving up through the gears, new jobs are being created
:02:23. > :02:28.and that has brought down the unemployment total again, but pay
:02:29. > :02:32.rises liking behind inflation. That fuelled the clashes today at Prime
:02:33. > :02:38.Minister 's Pashtuns. These are welcome figures. --
:02:39. > :02:41.questions. We all want to see living standards improve and disposable
:02:42. > :02:47.income increased but the way to deliver is to grow the economy, keep
:02:48. > :02:51.producing jobs and cut taxes. There are almost 1 million young
:02:52. > :02:55.people out of work and record numbers of people working part-time
:02:56. > :03:00.who cannot find full-time work, that is no cause for complacency!
:03:01. > :03:06.Breaking down the figures shows the claimant count fell by 41,000 in
:03:07. > :03:12.September to the lowest in more than four macro years. Long-term
:03:13. > :03:16.unemployment over three years -3 months was down 15,000, but youth
:03:17. > :03:20.unemployment was little changed at nearly 960,000. The economy is
:03:21. > :03:25.growing but youth unemployment remains a problem. In East London, a
:03:26. > :03:31.short distance from the city, there are jobs on offer but junk people
:03:32. > :03:36.often struggle to get a break. Maybe your biggest assumptions...
:03:37. > :03:39.This training course run by a charity prepares young people for
:03:40. > :03:44.the world of work, including starting a business.
:03:45. > :03:48.Guidance on and play -- guidance on applying for jobs is also a
:03:49. > :03:53.priority. The travel connections here are brilliant but I do not go
:03:54. > :03:57.into Central London subpart of what we do is to build their confidence
:03:58. > :04:03.so they feel they can apply for jobs in Central London, where they feel a
:04:04. > :04:10.bit intimidated at times. Shannon, 19, has been searching for full-time
:04:11. > :04:15.work since leaving school at 16. It has been hard, you get somewhere and
:04:16. > :04:22.think, another interview, and you go for the training and the interview
:04:23. > :04:25.and they just say, no. While some are struggling to find work, some
:04:26. > :04:30.employers cannot fill vacancies. The market is improving, but there is
:04:31. > :04:35.still a way to go before it is back to normal. The latest now from
:04:36. > :04:39.Westminster. Once again, the cost of living has
:04:40. > :04:43.dominated the Commons this lunchtime.
:04:44. > :04:53.People could be forgiven for rubbing their eyes a bit. It was a repeat of
:04:54. > :04:59.last week, dominated by the cost of living, and David Cameron had better
:05:00. > :05:03.economic news last week and the revised growth forecast, but he was
:05:04. > :05:07.still dragged to this debate about living standards. He arrives with
:05:08. > :05:13.even better economic news today, the number of people in work is that the
:05:14. > :05:18.greatest level since records began, but he again got sucked into this
:05:19. > :05:20.debate about the cost of living. You sense a disjuncture between the
:05:21. > :05:26.economic debate and political debate, with the economic facts and
:05:27. > :05:29.figures moving in the direction of the government. But the cut and
:05:30. > :05:33.thrust over the cost of living is more problematic. And not just
:05:34. > :05:40.because it has given Ed Miliband a useful rallying cry to get momentum.
:05:41. > :05:43.More because I suspect there is a fear in government circles that
:05:44. > :05:51.people have maybe banked economic recovery. They almost accept it is
:05:52. > :05:56.taking place. So when the government comes out with better figures, they
:05:57. > :06:02.almost discount them and say, yes, what are you going to do about my
:06:03. > :06:06.household budget and wages? The prime Minster says his former
:06:07. > :06:10.Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell is owed an apology after he called the
:06:11. > :06:15.unacceptable behaviour of police officers in the so-called white gate
:06:16. > :06:20.row. The chief constables of three forces in the Midlands have defended
:06:21. > :06:22.their decision not to begin disciplinary action against three
:06:23. > :06:25.officers who allegedly gave an inaccurate account of the
:06:26. > :06:30.confrontation in Downing Street which led to the resignation of Mr
:06:31. > :06:33.Mitchell. It is a scandal that began with a little-known government
:06:34. > :06:38.Minister Andrew Mitchell, a disagreement with police over him
:06:39. > :06:43.riding his bike through the gates of Downing Street, a claim he insulted
:06:44. > :06:47.officers by calling them plebs. And a counterclaim the police made
:06:48. > :06:51.it up. But the latest twist centres on a different group, these men were
:06:52. > :06:57.accused of giving a false account of another meeting which Mr Mitchell
:06:58. > :07:00.recorded in his constituency office. Yesterday, the Independent Police
:07:01. > :07:04.Complaints Commission stepped in. They said the officers and that --
:07:05. > :07:09.they said their bosses should have made them face disciplinary
:07:10. > :07:13.proceedings, that has prompted for the creation -- that has prompted
:07:14. > :07:19.calls for the creation of an ombudsman.
:07:20. > :07:23.It is independent of the police. In the case under scrutiny, we scurried
:07:24. > :07:26.out the investigation under supervision. The Independent Police
:07:27. > :07:33.Complaints Commission chose not to take it on in its entirety. This
:07:34. > :07:37.morning came confirmation the main players in this increasingly
:07:38. > :07:42.poisonous row would be speaking to MPs on the Home Affairs Committee.
:07:43. > :07:47.The Prime Minister said police behaviour was unacceptable. This
:07:48. > :07:50.meeting was recorded so he has proved what he said was true and
:07:51. > :07:56.what the police officer said was untrue. The police trade union is
:07:57. > :07:59.furious. Some members have been under criminal investigation over
:08:00. > :08:05.the original Downing Street indecent -- incident. Macro to publicly
:08:06. > :08:09.questioning the integrity of other members have angered it further. The
:08:10. > :08:12.chairman of the Police Federation Steve Williams has written to the
:08:13. > :08:29.Home Secretary saying... We need a strong the Independent
:08:30. > :08:33.Police Complaints Commission that acts correctly. I want that, a lot
:08:34. > :08:37.of the budget will be transferred to them next year probably, and they
:08:38. > :08:44.need to play by the rules. They cannot behave arbitrarily and I
:08:45. > :08:47.think they have in this case. The investigation into the Downing
:08:48. > :08:50.Street incident is complete and awaiting a decision by the Crown
:08:51. > :08:55.Prosecution Service as to whether officers will be charged. This has
:08:56. > :08:58.long ceased to be a row about who said what that these gates, it is
:08:59. > :09:01.also about public confidence in the police.
:09:02. > :09:04.The independent oversight of complaints against them and
:09:05. > :09:09.relations between the police and government.
:09:10. > :09:12.Mental health services in England are in crisis and unsafe, according
:09:13. > :09:16.to one of the country's leading psychiatrists. An investigation by
:09:17. > :09:19.the BBC has found that more than 1,700 hospital beds for people with
:09:20. > :09:23.mental health problems have been closed over the last two-and-a-half
:09:24. > :09:27.years. It means many people are having to travel hundreds of miles
:09:28. > :09:33.to get treatment. Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan,
:09:34. > :09:38.reports. Lucy Bowden has a history of self
:09:39. > :09:43.harm. After one incident last year, she knew she was still not well and
:09:44. > :09:47.looked for voluntary help. She was told no beds were available, so
:09:48. > :09:52.eventually police were called, who were forced to detain her to get her
:09:53. > :09:59.appropriate help. Several hours of police time that could have a better
:10:00. > :10:06.spent. And if I had known where to go for help, I would have even less
:10:07. > :10:14.distressed probably and got home and got back to work quicker.
:10:15. > :10:16.Pressure on beds has been revealed through Freedom of Information
:10:17. > :10:21.requests. Between April last year and August this year, more than 1700
:10:22. > :10:29.ads have been closed, 9% of the total. Occupancy levels on acute and
:10:30. > :10:33.psychiatric wards are linked at 100%. This senior psychiatrist says
:10:34. > :10:39.problems are cute. -- acute. We are in a real Isis, it
:10:40. > :10:46.is very pressured and we spend a lot of time struggling to find beds. --
:10:47. > :10:51.crisis. Sending people across the country, which is not what I want.
:10:52. > :10:54.That is only part of the problem, doctors say there is an increased
:10:55. > :11:00.demand for mental health services. The two things together, you end up
:11:01. > :11:05.with more patients saying they are not getting the help they need. When
:11:06. > :11:10.Kerry felt though, the only available bed was miles away,
:11:11. > :11:14.delaying her recovery. They did not know anything about who
:11:15. > :11:17.I was or what was available to support me in the community so I was
:11:18. > :11:22.held there for longer than I needed to be.
:11:23. > :11:26.Ministers admit mental health services in England are simply not
:11:27. > :11:31.good enough. We have access standards, an 18 week
:11:32. > :11:35.limit for physical health ponds but they left out mental health and we
:11:36. > :11:38.need to correct so people with mental health are treated with the
:11:39. > :11:44.same seriousness -- physical health Robins. This picture is
:11:45. > :11:49.distressing, raising serious questions over the ability of the
:11:50. > :11:53.NHS to cope. Surrey Police say they were told no
:11:54. > :11:58.further action would be taken by the Crown Prosecution Service following
:11:59. > :12:01.their interview with Jimmy Savile in 2009. The statement follows after
:12:02. > :12:06.the interview was made public yesterday. Detectives interviewed
:12:07. > :12:09.the former presenter at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he was
:12:10. > :12:13.given an office and where he was thought to have carried out a number
:12:14. > :12:18.of assaults. So this interview has raised questions and this is the
:12:19. > :12:23.defence of Surrey Police over why nothing more was done.
:12:24. > :12:26.We knew a lot of the facts about this investigation because they had
:12:27. > :12:31.carried out an enquiry into their own investigation, but the
:12:32. > :12:35.transcripts give us the tone of the interview in that room in October
:12:36. > :12:38.2009. Surrey Police say, we did not know
:12:39. > :12:43.the full facts then, they had not been told there had been previous
:12:44. > :12:49.allegations made to police in the 1980s and 2003. They said he had not
:12:50. > :12:53.given the full facts, and they had been advertised by the Crown
:12:54. > :12:57.Prosecution Service merely to tell Jimmy Savile about the allegations
:12:58. > :13:00.and go no further. They said doing the interview was going one step
:13:01. > :13:09.further. It raises questions about the tone, given what we know now. A
:13:10. > :13:13.second area is also the words coming out about West Yorkshire, how Jimmy
:13:14. > :13:19.Savile had a group of police officers he was hand letters to and
:13:20. > :13:23.-- when allegations were made. There has been an investigation into that
:13:24. > :13:27.and last week, there was an investigation into the investigation
:13:28. > :13:30.of that and the Chief Constable of Avon Somerset Police said there
:13:31. > :13:35.was no evidence he was protected from arrest and prosecution, but he
:13:36. > :13:41.did feel there was a bomb, the look and feel of their report did not
:13:42. > :13:46.look independent -- it problem. The top story, the number of people
:13:47. > :13:50.signing unemployment benefit has fallen at its fastest rate since
:13:51. > :13:54.1997. Still to come, the road to Rio, but
:13:55. > :13:57.how much will it cost England fans to get to the World Cup in Brazil
:13:58. > :14:04.next year? Later in London, a dog 's dinner,
:14:05. > :14:08.the assessment by MPs who say the London Assembly needs more teeth to
:14:09. > :14:12.scrutinise the London mayor. The boy racers who are young, why is
:14:13. > :14:17.South London school is giving 13-year-old striking lessons.
:14:18. > :14:25.-13-year-olds driving lessons. These are the faces of six British
:14:26. > :14:28.soldiers killed in the single deadliest attack by the Taliban
:14:29. > :14:35.since operations began in Afghanistan in 2001. They died when
:14:36. > :14:38.a massive roadside bomb destroyed their armoured vehicle in
:14:39. > :14:43.Afghanistan last year, the vehicle was considered one of the safest in
:14:44. > :14:48.use. The inquest into their deaths opened this morning. From Oxford,
:14:49. > :14:51.this report. The tragic homecoming in a conflict which claimed so many
:14:52. > :14:56.British lives. But the number of soldiers lost in
:14:57. > :15:00.this single incident shocked senior officers, regiments and families.
:15:01. > :15:06.From the Yorkshire Regiment, Corporal Hartley, private Frampton,
:15:07. > :15:12.Private Christopher Kershaw, Private Daniel Wade and Private Daniel
:15:13. > :15:16.Wilford. From the Duke of Lancaster Regiment... All of them were in line
:15:17. > :15:22.has -- in Afghanistan for less than a month. Their families gathered in
:15:23. > :15:25.Oxford today to hear details of the incident which claimed the lives
:15:26. > :15:38.during a routine security patrol in a Warrior armoured vehicle.
:15:39. > :15:42.Evidence from the pathologist indicated that the severity of the
:15:43. > :15:47.blast would instantly have killed the soldiers or rendered them
:15:48. > :15:51.unconscious. The inquest heard evidence from the crew of a second
:15:52. > :15:56.warrior on the scene, who said the patrol had been delayed by a
:15:57. > :16:02.sandstorm. It recalled a fireball that followed the explosion. They
:16:03. > :16:06.had attempted to reach the crew but were beaten back by the intensity of
:16:07. > :16:12.the flames. The attack happened before the warrior trapped vehicles
:16:13. > :16:19.were upgraded. Following his attack, the MoD said the Warrior provided
:16:20. > :16:24.the best protection available. No armoured vehicle could provide
:16:25. > :16:30.absolute protection from the biggest explosions. The inquest continues
:16:31. > :16:34.this afternoon. The Supreme Court has dismissed
:16:35. > :16:39.appeals from two prisoners who were demanding the right to vote under
:16:40. > :16:42.European Union rules. The convicted murderers were arguing that the EU
:16:43. > :16:46.law gave them a right to vote even though they cannot, under British
:16:47. > :16:53.law. The Prime Minister said today but my position is a great victory
:16:54. > :16:57.for common sense. If you are detained at her Majesty
:16:58. > :17:02.'s pleasure, you can't vote. That is British law. But eight years ago
:17:03. > :17:06.Britain was told its law breached human rights. That meant the
:17:07. > :17:15.government had to begin the process of changing the law. Today's case
:17:16. > :17:20.was brought by two lifers. They wanted the Supreme Court, in effect,
:17:21. > :17:24.to put extra pressure on the government to introduce prisoner
:17:25. > :17:27.voting by arguing the ban breached European law as well as the European
:17:28. > :17:33.Convention on Human Rights. But it declined. It left the matter to MPs
:17:34. > :17:37.to decide. The matter is curry under review in
:17:38. > :17:40.Parliament. There's no point making a further declaration of
:17:41. > :17:48.incompatibility. Britain's Bain -- ban remains
:17:49. > :17:52.incompatible with the human rights Convention. There is a bill that
:17:53. > :17:57.some prisoners may be allowed to vote with. But the government is in
:17:58. > :18:03.no hurry. They have been noncompliant since 2005. If we get
:18:04. > :18:09.to 2015, it will be ten years of breaking the law. It is nothing to
:18:10. > :18:15.be proud of. Having been a prisoner, I know it is the least important
:18:16. > :18:22.issue to them, ordinary guys on the wing. I would think prisoner voting
:18:23. > :18:27.rights have the significance of tiddlywinks.
:18:28. > :18:35.It is not tiddlywinks in the great debate about the powers of British
:18:36. > :18:41.voters. This issue is going to take some sorting out.
:18:42. > :18:49.America is on the brink of running out of money to pay its bills. The
:18:50. > :18:53.Republicans and Democrats in Washington have until tomorrow to
:18:54. > :19:00.come up with a deal to stop the UST faulting on its debt repayments. The
:19:01. > :19:06.American business magnate, Warren Buffett, says the threat of not
:19:07. > :19:08.raising the debt ceiling is a political weapon of mass
:19:09. > :19:11.destruction. The US government remains in a partial shutdown
:19:12. > :19:13.because of a row over President Obama's health care law. Let's speak
:19:14. > :19:21.to our correspondent in Washington. Strong words there. But they are
:19:22. > :19:26.running out of time, aren't they? For the past two Wicks, politicians
:19:27. > :19:28.here have been unable to agree on a budget deal which has left the
:19:29. > :19:34.government partially close. Now a more pressing deadline is
:19:35. > :19:41.around the corner. If politicians can't agree on how to raise the
:19:42. > :19:45.borrowing limit, the country risks going into default and could
:19:46. > :19:49.struggle to pay many of its bills. The US Treasury Secretary has warned
:19:50. > :19:54.of dire consequences, saying that credit markets could freeze,
:19:55. > :19:57.interest rates could rise and the value of the dollar could plummet.
:19:58. > :20:01.There are fears America could even go into recession at a time when it
:20:02. > :20:09.is just turning a corner. One top credit rating agency has also warned
:20:10. > :20:13.that they could download at -- downgrade America's rating because
:20:14. > :20:18.of this uncertainty. The bottom line is politicians need to agree on a
:20:19. > :20:23.deal. Negotiations are continuing in Washington today. The clock really
:20:24. > :20:26.is ticking. They need to make an agreement by midnight tonight here
:20:27. > :20:31.in Washington. That is only a matter of hours. Talks are continuing in
:20:32. > :20:34.Geneva between Iran and leading world powers over its nuclear
:20:35. > :20:37.ambitions. There are reports Iran could allow I to its research
:20:38. > :20:43.facilities in an effort to end international concern that it is
:20:44. > :20:45.trying to develop nuclear weapons. James Reynolds is in Geneva for us.
:20:46. > :20:51.It seems they are making some progress? The mood music sounds
:20:52. > :20:55.good. But we don't know what is on the table.
:20:56. > :21:00.There have been reports this morning and yesterday that Iran might at
:21:01. > :21:04.some stage it agree to more intrusive inspections of its nuclear
:21:05. > :21:08.site in order to reassure the West and the outside world that it is not
:21:09. > :21:13.having any intention to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has said that
:21:14. > :21:16.those inspections could essentially come only at the end of a
:21:17. > :21:21.negotiating process, not at the beginning. In the buildings behind
:21:22. > :21:24.me, I think there will be some arguments about the timing of what
:21:25. > :21:29.Iran should do and what the West wants Iran to do. Iran has come here
:21:30. > :21:33.with a new government and an intention to reach out to the
:21:34. > :21:37.outside world and get sanctions lifted. We don't expect a final
:21:38. > :21:43.agreement today, but perhaps some kind of statement or structure. The
:21:44. > :21:46.water regulator says it plans to lock Thames water's request to
:21:47. > :21:52.increase customer bills by up to 8% next year.
:21:53. > :22:01.Thames Water wanted to add an act ?29 to the average bill.
:22:02. > :22:07.There has been a dramatic rise in the number of people using
:22:08. > :22:11.foodbanks, according to a charity. The Trussell Trust says it has seen
:22:12. > :22:15.a threefold increase in the number of people and for emergency
:22:16. > :22:19.supplies, situation it called scandalous. The government says the
:22:20. > :22:23.increase could be because there are now more foodbanks and Jobcentre
:22:24. > :22:28.staff are now allowed to direct claimants to them. If you are hungry
:22:29. > :22:32.and can't afford to eat, in Manchester, this is the place to
:22:33. > :22:37.come to. The foodbank here is busier than
:22:38. > :22:43.ever before. One today's customers is Kelly Taylor. She is training to
:22:44. > :22:49.be a hairdresser. She says her benefits don't cover rising food
:22:50. > :22:54.bills, prices, and that means she goes hungry. I have got a lot of
:22:55. > :22:58.anxiety. It is just the world nowadays, it has changed. Everything
:22:59. > :23:03.is higher in price. It feels like we are scroungers, but we are not. We
:23:04. > :23:08.are just trying to survive. More and more people are receiving help.
:23:09. > :23:15.Today, one foodbank charity said that in six months it had given out
:23:16. > :23:18.nearly 356,000 food parcels. That is three times the number is fed from
:23:19. > :23:24.April to September last year. 120,000 of those getting help our
:23:25. > :23:27.children. It is exceedingly busy. In the last year, it has really
:23:28. > :23:34.increased, the amount of people coming to our centre. A lot of it is
:23:35. > :23:37.with the government changes. There are foodbanks in many towns and
:23:38. > :23:42.cities. Around three are opening every week in the UK. What is behind
:23:43. > :23:47.this growing demand? Is it because people are struggling in a difficult
:23:48. > :23:51.economy? Or is it down to something else, awareness that if food is
:23:52. > :23:57.offered for free then people will take it? Angela is a manager here.
:23:58. > :24:02.She believes it is right to ask difficult questions of those who say
:24:03. > :24:09.they are in need. If you are donating something, you wanted to go
:24:10. > :24:15.to the right person. You don't want to give it to somebody who has just
:24:16. > :24:20.gone to the off-licence. Morally, that can't be right. The government
:24:21. > :24:23.says it is helping those in work and its benefit changes will make lower
:24:24. > :24:28.earners better off. The problem is that the longer it takes for the
:24:29. > :24:33.economy to recover, the busier foodbanks will become. Thousands of
:24:34. > :24:38.England fans are expected to make the journey to South America next
:24:39. > :24:45.after the team secured a place last night in XT's World Cup. Roy
:24:46. > :24:49.Hodgson's beat Poland, guaranteeing them a place in the finals. But
:24:50. > :24:56.watching England in Brazil will not be easy. For fans, it was ecstasy.
:24:57. > :25:01.For the captain, sheer relief as he booked England's flight to
:25:02. > :25:06.football's greatest party. Joy, too, for the manager at the weight of a
:25:07. > :25:12.nation's hopes lifted from his shoulders. It has been our goal.
:25:13. > :25:17.You could say it is the dream for every national team, every national
:25:18. > :25:22.team coach, to lead his team out in a World Cup in Brazil. We are all
:25:23. > :25:27.pleased about that. At 1-0, it was very tense. You are always thinking,
:25:28. > :25:32.one mistake or bit of bad play and we could be in trouble. We got a
:25:33. > :25:36.break with the goal. But it was tremendous. England's performances
:25:37. > :25:39.over the last two Games have transformed the mood ran here from
:25:40. > :25:45.one of joyless resignation to one of quiet optimism. Nobody is getting
:25:46. > :25:49.carried away, but as Roy Hodgson said, if you dream of winning the
:25:50. > :25:53.lottery, you must first buy a ticket. At fans may need their
:25:54. > :26:02.numbers to come up. Current return flights to the Rio in June have
:26:03. > :26:08.leapt to ?1200. The whole cost of seeing England's group Games could
:26:09. > :26:12.set fans back ?7,000. The important thing is, having qualified, you are
:26:13. > :26:20.not going to waste the chance of being there. However I can do it, I
:26:21. > :26:26.will be there. Before fans can dream of the final, a word of caution from
:26:27. > :26:30.a man who knows about the pressure of playing for England. Can we
:26:31. > :26:35.really say that if we get into the last 16 against Brazil, we are going
:26:36. > :26:40.to beat Brazil? The expectations, we don't live who we are going to play,
:26:41. > :26:44.I always say all you can do is maximise your potential. England
:26:45. > :26:49.will learn their group opponents in December. It is tough -- true that
:26:50. > :26:54.tougher tests lie in wait. For now, at least joy that England will be at
:26:55. > :27:00.the carnival. Finally, part of a giant meteor
:27:01. > :27:06.weighing more than half a tonne has been raised from the lake where it
:27:07. > :27:10.crashed earlier this year. The meteor exploded above central
:27:11. > :27:13.Russia, showering down debris which injured around 1000 people and
:27:14. > :27:17.damaged hundreds of buildings. Our correspondent reports from Moscow.
:27:18. > :27:22.Emerging from a lake in Russia's Ural Mountains, what scientists
:27:23. > :27:29.believe is a huge meteorite, a rock which flew in from space. It is
:27:30. > :27:33.thought to be the biggest remaining fragment of a huge meteor which
:27:34. > :27:39.broke through the Earth's atmosphere earlier this year. It is so dense
:27:40. > :27:43.that this rock weighed in at over half a tonne. Scientists think it is
:27:44. > :27:48.one of the ten biggest meteorite fragments ever found. The meteorite
:27:49. > :27:54.fell to Earth on a Friday morning, back in February.
:27:55. > :28:01.It created a fireball that blazed a trail across the clear winter sky.
:28:02. > :28:05.It was filmed on dozens of the cameras that Russians love to have
:28:06. > :28:10.in their cars. People rushed outside to see what it was and then this. A
:28:11. > :28:18.massive explosion as big as 30 nuclear bombs. It shocked, terrified
:28:19. > :28:25.and amazed at the commuters on their way to work. The blast wave blue in
:28:26. > :28:31.windows in sports clubs, schools and offices. Hundreds of people who had
:28:32. > :28:39.gone to look outside work at in the face by flying glass and ended up in
:28:40. > :28:43.hospital. Now they can see what caused the chaos, a rock still
:28:44. > :28:48.bearing the scars of its journey through space.
:28:49. > :28:53.Let's have a look at the latest weather.
:28:54. > :29:00.I'm not even going to tempt fate by saying there is nothing like that on
:29:01. > :29:06.the way. For some of you, some rain is likely. It started in the South
:29:07. > :29:12.West. But you can see it is on the move. It is pushing further towards
:29:13. > :29:15.the north. It is going to be one of those afternoons for Northern
:29:16. > :29:22.Ireland. So, too, the North of England. Not overly warm in
:29:23. > :29:28.Scotland. Northern Ireland, Southern uplands of Scotland, you could see
:29:29. > :29:32.40 millimetres of rain. The rain is on the move. You have got it in the
:29:33. > :29:40.Midlands, but it will stop, and could even brighten up. 10 degrees
:29:41. > :29:44.at the moment. 16 or 17 is on the way in the south-west in court as
:29:45. > :29:48.the skies brighten and we tap into some mild air. Overnight, the rain
:29:49. > :29:54.just about get away from Northern Ireland. You have got some heavy
:29:55. > :30:00.showers behind. It will be joined by other showers in the southern parts
:30:01. > :30:06.of it when Wales. Yesterday we were talking about where the air has come
:30:07. > :30:15.from. This is responsible for this weather. This is Thursday daytime.
:30:16. > :30:21.We have still got the remnants of the front. The rain is easing but
:30:22. > :30:27.there is an absence of sunshine. A different kettle of fish in the
:30:28. > :30:33.south. A mixture of sunny spells, 17 degrees, but further north, oh,
:30:34. > :30:40.dear, nine or ten. We have still got the mild flow of southerly breezes
:30:41. > :30:44.into Friday. We will see an area of cloud and rain building all the
:30:45. > :30:48.while from the south-west. It will push ever further north. Notice the
:30:49. > :30:53.temperatures are at best still above par for the time of year. The rain
:30:54. > :31:02.will be all over the British Isles on Friday night. Following behind, a
:31:03. > :31:07.mixed of sunshine and showers. Into Sunday, again, still a rather
:31:08. > :31:17.unsettled feel. But not a right. The weekend, we suspect, will be showers
:31:18. > :31:22.and breezy. We are going to stay on the mild side by day and night. At
:31:23. > :31:26.this time of year, that is welcome. A reminder of our top story. The
:31:27. > :31:31.number of people claiming an implement benefit has fallen at its
:31:32. > :31:33.fastest rate since 1997 as the jobless total falls again. That is
:31:34. > :31:37.all from us. jobless total falls again. That is
:31:38. > :31:39.from us. Now on BBC1 it is time for the news where you