:00:12. > :00:19.gas industry, as David Cameron gives fracking his full support. More
:00:20. > :00:24.anti-fracking protests as councils are given incentives to allow
:00:25. > :00:28.drilling for the gas in their areas. This is costing police thousands and
:00:29. > :00:32.thousands of pounds a week just to manage the protests at this site.
:00:33. > :00:38.Imagine if this starts going on at all the other dozens of proposed
:00:39. > :00:43.fracking sites. Also this lunch time - looking back over more than 70
:00:44. > :02:33.years of public hearings about the allegation of child abuse
:02:34. > :02:40.They closed the road. It did illustrate the strength of feeling
:02:41. > :02:43.as the Prime Minister headed out into the countryside to give the
:02:44. > :02:47.thumbs up to fracking. The Government wants to see more of
:02:48. > :02:57.this, energy companies searching for shale gas. Today as Total planned to
:02:58. > :03:01.invest millions in exploration, the Energy Minister was outlining plans
:03:02. > :03:07.to encourage councils to give the green light to sites. We know there
:03:08. > :03:11.is shale gas in the north and the South. It will be up to each local
:03:12. > :03:17.authority as to whether or not they agree planning applications. There
:03:18. > :03:21.is a local say as to whether or not it should go ahead. Local residents
:03:22. > :03:34.and the local authority should be able to keep some of the benefit.
:03:35. > :03:41.Some of the benefits. The council also once communities to receive
:03:42. > :03:57.money for each well and 1% of the revenues if the world goes into full
:03:58. > :04:05.production. -- well. At Barton masts, some local residents are less
:04:06. > :04:12.concerned. We do not think it is a major problem. It will help local
:04:13. > :04:17.communities and that is a good thing. I do not know what the
:04:18. > :04:23.long-term effects are. For what they make out of it communities, they
:04:24. > :04:26.should put some backing. It is about getting local councils to accept
:04:27. > :04:31.fracking. Local authorities do not want it in their areas and local
:04:32. > :04:35.residents do not want it. There are huge risks attached. This is a bribe
:04:36. > :04:42.to push local authorities into accepting it in their area. Fracking
:04:43. > :04:47.involves injecting water, sand and chemicals into shale rocks far
:04:48. > :04:52.underground. In America, it has resulted in soaring gas production
:04:53. > :04:57.and plummeting energy prices. The industry could generate 70,000 jobs
:04:58. > :05:02.and billions in investment. Will the cash incentives go far enough? Local
:05:03. > :05:06.communities have to get real benefit from fracking in that area. That
:05:07. > :05:11.will be money coming into something like a local community trust, which
:05:12. > :05:15.will be invested and build a year upon year as the oil and gas
:05:16. > :05:20.operations. That will be used for the benefit of the whole community.
:05:21. > :05:24.The Government insists it is going all out for shale. It expects
:05:25. > :05:31.between 20 and 40 wells to be drilled in the next few years.
:05:32. > :05:35.Number ten has also said that fracking could mean lower energy
:05:36. > :05:41.bills. Throwing that argument in as well. They mention there are 30 or
:05:42. > :05:46.40 potential fracking sites across England and other parts of the UK as
:05:47. > :05:50.well. You have seen the strength of the feeling and the protests. That
:05:51. > :05:54.could be replicated across the country are now will be more delays
:05:55. > :05:57.in some areas where the protesters are and the big bill for the
:05:58. > :06:06.taxpayer for policing these protests when they take place. Let's pick up
:06:07. > :06:10.on that as our chief political correspondent is at Westminster. In
:06:11. > :06:16.the face of opposition, can the Government push ahead? All systems
:06:17. > :06:21.are go on fracking from because Bective of the Government. Why? They
:06:22. > :06:25.believe it could be a huge boost to the British economy, not quite on
:06:26. > :06:30.the scale of North Sea oil. They are talking about tens of thousands of
:06:31. > :06:33.jobs and revitalising the manufacturing industry. On top of
:06:34. > :06:40.that, you get possible lower fuel bills. On top of that, it is worth
:06:41. > :06:44.noting that the Labour Party is by and large supporting it. It may come
:06:45. > :06:48.at a much heftier political and financial price than ministers are
:06:49. > :06:53.currently saying. The political price because of the protests we are
:06:54. > :06:58.seeing. We have already seen with other big infrastructure projects
:06:59. > :07:02.that a degree of difficulty governments can get into with these
:07:03. > :07:06.local constituency protests. The financial package they have to
:07:07. > :07:12.offer, which has already been described as a Tory MP as crumbs off
:07:13. > :07:17.the table, it seems to me that may have to be significantly increased.
:07:18. > :07:23.Fracking, it seems to me, is set to go ahead but the price ministers
:07:24. > :07:28.have to pay may be a lot higher than they currently realise. BBC News
:07:29. > :07:34.online has more on the arguments for and against fracking. You can have a
:07:35. > :07:39.look at on the website. A public hearing into allegations of child
:07:40. > :07:43.abuse at church and state run children's homes in Northern Ireland
:07:44. > :07:47.will begin this afternoon. More than 300 witnesses are due to give
:07:48. > :07:51.evidence to the inquiry which will consider whether there were systemic
:07:52. > :08:03.failings in the treatment of children in care between 1922 and
:08:04. > :08:08.1995. This is said to be the widest ranging enquiry into institutional
:08:09. > :08:13.abuse ever conducted in the UK. More than 200 victims of abuse, that is
:08:14. > :08:17.psychological, physical and sexual abuse, have already spoken privately
:08:18. > :08:21.to members of being quarried team. Many of them will speak out
:08:22. > :08:30.publicly. There are stories of ill-treatment and childhoods
:08:31. > :08:35.deprived are often harrowing. Happy children, welfare and cared for in a
:08:36. > :08:40.wholesome environment. That was the public image. The reality was
:08:41. > :08:46.sometimes very different. Many, like this home filmed in Scotland in the
:08:47. > :08:51.1950s, were run by religious orders. Kate was taken to Nazareth House in
:08:52. > :08:55.Londonderry when she was seven years old. One none would keep up to the
:08:56. > :09:03.back of the line at confession so a particular priest could abuse her. I
:09:04. > :09:15.was an abused child. I was a child, crying for help. I was a hurt child.
:09:16. > :09:28.I just needed someone to ask me, why was I not happy? Two homes in Derry
:09:29. > :09:32.are the focus of public hearings. It is investigating allegations of
:09:33. > :09:37.abuse over 70 years, right up until 1995. More than 430 people have come
:09:38. > :09:44.forward to say they were abused. The inquiry will look at claims that
:09:45. > :09:56.other claims. It was set up after lobbying by former victims. Bath
:09:57. > :10:05.times were an awful ritual. You were scrapped in Jays fluid. Roasting and
:10:06. > :10:11.scolding. You ducked down into a steel basin. We were screaming out
:10:12. > :10:16.for help and shivering. I remember standing in a corridor. Many homes
:10:17. > :10:20.are run by the church but not all. The Government must take the blame
:10:21. > :10:24.for failing to inspect and investigate them. Michael spent 18
:10:25. > :10:30.years in a succession of institutions, where he was beaten,
:10:31. > :10:34.starved, locked in cells and deprived of all affection. It is
:10:35. > :10:45.about time that people knew what has been hidden for 50 years. It is time
:10:46. > :10:49.it came out. What do the campaigners want from this enquiry? They want
:10:50. > :10:52.formal recognition of what they suffered. They want to insure that
:10:53. > :10:59.no child in future have to go through what they did. They want
:11:00. > :11:04.those still living, who committed the abuse, to face charges.
:11:05. > :11:15.The funeral is taking place of Ariel Sharon. He died on Saturday after
:11:16. > :11:20.being in a coma for eight years. At a memorial service, Tony Blair and
:11:21. > :11:29.Joe Biden were among some 20 foreign delegates, who paid tribute to the
:11:30. > :11:35.former leader. The day began with a memorial in Jerusalem where world
:11:36. > :11:38.leaders and Israeli dignitaries commended Ariel Sharon on his
:11:39. > :11:43.commitment, his unwavering commitment, to Israel. In the last
:11:44. > :11:48.few moments, on the hillside behind me, is coughing was lowered into the
:11:49. > :12:00.ground. His son said that Ariel Sharon had come home. The coughing
:12:01. > :12:08.of Ariel Sharon arrived on the rolling hills of southern Israel. --
:12:09. > :12:11.coffin. This was a funeral with full military honours. He was one of the
:12:12. > :12:22.greatest battlefield heroes. At an earlier memorial service, he
:12:23. > :12:31.was honoured as a fighter, farmer and statesman. He was part of the
:12:32. > :12:38.country 's founding generation. TRANSLATION:
:12:39. > :12:43.Your narrative is intertwined in the Nile is of our state. Your
:12:44. > :12:49.footprints are inscribed in every nook and cranny and hill and
:12:50. > :12:55.valley. You harvested its fruit with a sickle and defended its wheat
:12:56. > :12:58.kernels with a sword. Controversy has never been far from Ariel
:12:59. > :13:07.Sharon. His mission always remained the same. His strategic objective
:13:08. > :13:13.never wavered. The state which from the age of 14, he fought to bring
:13:14. > :13:21.into being, had to be protected for future generations. Ariel Sharon was
:13:22. > :13:26.as much a farmer as a fighter. His connection to the land was this a
:13:27. > :13:34.row. On this farm, he spent much of his life. This is his final resting
:13:35. > :13:38.place. He is buried beside his wife, not far from Gaza. The risk of
:13:39. > :13:43.missile attacks meant warning sirens were placed around the burial site.
:13:44. > :13:48.Palestinians had been celebrating and not mourning the passing. For
:13:49. > :13:55.them, he remains a warmonger and not a war hero. His journey here to his
:13:56. > :14:00.final resting place carried him past the scene of his earliest battles.
:14:01. > :14:04.Controversial to the end, Israel and Ariel Sharon travelled through
:14:05. > :14:10.history together. The funeral is just ending behind me. The
:14:11. > :14:16.controversy over his life will continue for a very long time.
:14:17. > :14:21.Undoubtedly, this is a man who left an della bore marks not only on
:14:22. > :14:27.Israel but the entire middle east. -- an della ball mark. The Treasury
:14:28. > :14:36.has said it will take responsibility of all the UK Government 's debt in
:14:37. > :14:41.the event of Scottish independence. Let's speak to our Scotland economy
:14:42. > :14:47.editor, who is in Glasgow. Just explain the significance of the
:14:48. > :14:51.move. The United Kingdom has high and fast rising debts for completely
:14:52. > :14:57.different reasons, which it has two finance by bonds. If there is a yes
:14:58. > :15:02.in the independence referendum, it is agreed that Scotland should take
:15:03. > :15:09.on a fair share of that debt. It could be between 100 and ?130
:15:10. > :15:12.billion. What we have learned today is that the Scottish Government will
:15:13. > :15:17.pay the Treasury to service those debts. At least those bonds which
:15:18. > :15:22.have been issued up until the referendum. The catch is that Alex
:15:23. > :15:26.Salmond has said if there is no agreement on the share out of
:15:27. > :15:31.assets, that includes joint control over the Bank of England and the ?
:15:32. > :15:36.he may not recognise any deal on a share of liabilities as well. The
:15:37. > :15:40.Treasury in London is reassuring investors. There is no reason for
:15:41. > :15:48.that dispute to worry them. It will not cost up -- push up the cost of
:15:49. > :15:52.borrowing. It is highly political. The First Minister is saying this is
:15:53. > :15:56.a victory for common sense over the fear that has been put out by
:15:57. > :15:59.opponents. There is a new uncertainty about the potential cost
:16:00. > :16:06.of borrowing should Scotland become independent.
:16:07. > :16:23.The way films are being classic -- classified is being changed.
:16:24. > :16:27.They call me the Pirate captain... Language used in a film from the
:16:28. > :16:31.makers of Wallis and Gromit has brought about a change in the waste
:16:32. > :16:40.and ratings will be decided in the UK. Pirates and adventure with
:16:41. > :16:43.scientists was given a new certificate on release but now there
:16:44. > :16:50.will be tighter controls on films deemed suitable for all. Children
:16:51. > :16:55.learn by copying so they copy some of the bad language, and that can be
:16:56. > :16:59.embarrassing for parents, with children repeating language to the
:17:00. > :17:06.Vic or something like that! Another area of concern was the portrayal of
:17:07. > :17:10.self harm in films such as Black Swan about the psychological
:17:11. > :17:14.struggles of a ballet dancer. Parents also worried about the
:17:15. > :17:20.sexualisation of girls in films and the normalisation of habits such as
:17:21. > :17:28.drug-taking. These things will be taken into consideration when given
:17:29. > :17:33.certification is. These films which are often violent, graphically so,
:17:34. > :17:37.and they talk of superheroes, war, destruction, death. Maybe not
:17:38. > :17:44.graphically but the intention is there. And it is not just the
:17:45. > :17:48.classification of films which will be changing. The Government has been
:17:49. > :17:52.working on a pilot scheme, meaning the same rating certificates will be
:17:53. > :17:59.applied to online pop music videos for the first time. Miley Cyrus's
:18:00. > :18:03.Wrecking Ball, which has been viewed half a million times without
:18:04. > :18:10.restriction, could be given a 15 certificate.
:18:11. > :18:13.Our top story this lunchtime, the French company Total becomes the
:18:14. > :18:18.first to invest heavily in fracking in the UK as David Cameron has the
:18:19. > :18:27.industry has backing. And, coming up... The Golden Globe
:18:28. > :18:33.goes to... 12 Years A Slave. Triumph for British director Steve McQueen
:18:34. > :18:37.but American Hostel is hot on his heels. Later, I'll have all the
:18:38. > :18:41.sport on BBC News, with England's women set out to the men by
:18:42. > :18:56.retaining the Ashes in Australia. They won the Test match by 61 runs.
:18:57. > :19:10.It has been announced in man is to open up its country and rules could
:19:11. > :19:13.be relaxed. In a rare interview, Sheikh Mohammed has called on the
:19:14. > :19:17.international community to lift all its sanctions on around. He spoke to
:19:18. > :19:35.John Sobel. These go and take goods allowed
:19:36. > :19:38.under the regime. Iran used to be Dubai's biggest trading partner by a
:19:39. > :19:41.long way. It is clear the Sheik would like to see that back again.
:19:42. > :19:47.Before we got on to matters like that, he took me on a tour of his
:19:48. > :19:52.emirate. Your highness, very nice to see you. Thank you for seeing us.
:19:53. > :20:03.This is as you don't imagine it, but it is how it started. This is where
:20:04. > :20:08.Sheik Mohammed was born and grew up. Only this light and no water. We
:20:09. > :20:14.went inside and he showed me the family album: And this is also my
:20:15. > :20:20.grandfather. That's my grandfather. This is Dubai as you probably do
:20:21. > :20:25.know it - brash, bright, big. He drove me himself out of the city to
:20:26. > :20:29.his desert hide away, where he spoke about the state of the world.
:20:30. > :20:34.Progress has been made in these talks about giving access to Iran's
:20:35. > :20:40.nuclear facilities do. You believe the time is now right to lift
:20:41. > :20:49.sanctions against Iran? I think so. And give Iran a space. You know,
:20:50. > :20:55.really Iran is our neighbour and we don't want any problem. They don't
:20:56. > :20:59.have any problem. But if the peace, you know, and they agree with
:21:00. > :21:03.Americans and the Americans agree and lift their sanction, everybody
:21:04. > :21:07.will benefit. With Ariel Sharon being buried today, he looked
:21:08. > :21:10.forward to the benefits of a peace deal between Israelis and
:21:11. > :21:14.Palestinians would bring. After the peace process, we'll do everything
:21:15. > :21:20.with Israel, you know? We'll trade with them again and we will welcome
:21:21. > :21:25.them and everything. But sign the peace process. ??FORCEWHITE He is
:21:26. > :21:31.proud of his Bedouin roots and loves his hunting birds. He has eyes like
:21:32. > :21:35.a hawk on keeping Dubai as a powerhouse, after its flirtation
:21:36. > :21:42.with danger after the economic downturn.
:21:43. > :21:48.Well, Sheik Mohammed normally doesn't do sit-down interviews. They
:21:49. > :21:53.have won Expo 2020. After the crisis that came after the World Banking
:21:54. > :21:57.crisis in 2008, he wants to proclaim that Dubai is back and thriving and
:21:58. > :22:03.that is pretty much the message he wants. That is what this place feels
:22:04. > :22:06.like at the moment. France's First Lady, Valerie
:22:07. > :22:10.Trierweiler remains in hospital after being admitted last week after
:22:11. > :22:13.a magazine printed claims that her partner, the French President,
:22:14. > :22:17.Francois Hollande, has been having an affair with an actress. Her staff
:22:18. > :22:22.say she was suffering from a severe case of the blues. Here is our Paris
:22:23. > :22:26.correspondent, Christian Fraser. The night of the Presidential election.
:22:27. > :22:29.Centre-stage Mr Hollande's girlfriend, his partner of seven
:22:30. > :22:33.years, Valerie Trierweiler. A journalist with a keen eye for
:22:34. > :22:39.politics and one who had played such a significant role in his campaign.
:22:40. > :22:43.And yet, she has always been kept in the background. Even a kiss on the
:22:44. > :22:47.night was awkward. Of late, it has been all too apparent - the distance
:22:48. > :22:51.between them has been growing. On Friday, the First Lady was admitted
:22:52. > :22:55.to hospital with a severe case of the blues, said her staff. She's in
:22:56. > :23:00.need of rest and maybe discharged later today, they added, before
:23:01. > :23:04.deciding what to do next. It is a mark of the cultural difference
:23:05. > :23:10.between Britain and France that even today the French media is teetering
:23:11. > :23:14.around the issue of Mr Hollande's private life, even Le Figaro talks
:23:15. > :23:19.about his speech tomorrow and the problems in the French economy. Make
:23:20. > :23:24.no mistake, it is the silence of the Elysee Palace on this issue that
:23:25. > :23:28.overshadows the main agenda. Even the intellectual media think there
:23:29. > :23:32.are legitimate questions to answer. She's employed by Paris Match. She
:23:33. > :23:37.continues to write taz a journalist. She is described by the Elysee as
:23:38. > :23:45.the First Lady. I think the French have felt there's an ambiguous role
:23:46. > :23:54.she has which makes its relevant to the press. This President has had
:23:55. > :23:58.problems of asserting his authority. Credibility is the key and Mr
:23:59. > :24:05.Hollande's personal life is bound up with that.
:24:06. > :24:11.The super Lidl is removing sweets and chocolates from check-out areas
:24:12. > :24:16.in its 600 stores this morvent and replacing them with -- this month
:24:17. > :24:22.and replacing them with healthy snacks.
:24:23. > :24:31.Mother of three, Katie, has struggled with her weight since she
:24:32. > :24:36.was a child. At 27 years old she weighs 27 stone and she feels deeply
:24:37. > :24:41.ashamed. I hate walking outside. I always look down, hoping no-one will
:24:42. > :24:48.look at me, really. I feel guilty that I am this size because I should
:24:49. > :24:54.have of done something about it. I should va tried harder. -- have
:24:55. > :24:58.tried harder. The scale of The Observer problem in the UK may have
:24:59. > :25:03.been -- the obesity problem in the UK may have been untsds estimated T
:25:04. > :25:08.prediction that half the population will be obese by 2020 could be
:25:09. > :25:14.outstripped. Obesity peeks four years ago with a quarter of adults
:25:15. > :25:18.in that category. 32% of women are classified as being overweight and
:25:19. > :25:23.42% of men. One of the bigger problems is the food that we buy and
:25:24. > :25:30.the beverages we consume. At the moment, they are stuffed full of
:25:31. > :25:36.sugar, fat and salt, which are the really bad ingredients. We need to
:25:37. > :25:41.have reforlation, that is to say the industry needs to readjust what they
:25:42. > :25:45.put into their food. Katie says she is desperate to lose weight, but
:25:46. > :25:50.needs help. I cannot do it on my mine. We need something in the area
:25:51. > :25:54.here, like obesity clinics. I need something to help me to get that
:25:55. > :25:58.momentum, to keep going, until I have lost the weight. She says she
:25:59. > :26:05.wants the type of support available to drug users and smokers to help
:26:06. > :26:09.people like her to lose weight. England's women cricketers have been
:26:10. > :26:15.making up of the lack-lustre performance of their male
:26:16. > :26:20.counterparts. They beat Australia in an Ashes series played in a variety
:26:21. > :26:25.of different formats. At first, it was an all too familiar
:26:26. > :26:29.site. England's bowlers taking an Australia thrashing. They began
:26:30. > :26:34.needing just five wickets for victory. As the ball hurtled to the
:26:35. > :26:38.boundary, it with us the hosts threatening an unlikely win. Not
:26:39. > :26:44.again, surely! But just when England needed a break-through, up stepped
:26:45. > :26:49.22-year-old Anya Shrubsole. Straight to square leg... The relief
:26:50. > :26:53.was plain to see. One wicket instantly became two, as Anya
:26:54. > :26:57.Shrubsole struck again. England holding their catches and their
:26:58. > :27:03.nerve, now within sight of victory. The third wicket of the day took
:27:04. > :27:09.them to the brink, before Katherine Brunt finished things off in
:27:10. > :27:13.emphatic style. That is the end of the Test match and England win.
:27:14. > :27:17.Words we have not heard too much recently. They still have to win two
:27:18. > :27:24.out of six more games to keep the Ashes. At long last, English cricket
:27:25. > :27:30.has something to celebrate. The British director Steve McQueen
:27:31. > :27:36.is in shock after his film 12 Years A Slave won at the gold Golden Globe
:27:37. > :27:41.awards. It is the first major award show of
:27:42. > :27:47.the year. And the biggest names in the business were out in force.
:27:48. > :27:53.It was overlooked in several categories, but 12 Years A Slave won
:27:54. > :27:59.the top award. It took the film's British director, Steve McQueen, by
:28:00. > :28:06.surprise. A little bit in shock. What can I say? Firstly, I would
:28:07. > :28:14.like to thank the press. I would like to thank my wife - for finding
:28:15. > :28:19.the book 12 Years A Slave. Gravity, which was make in the UK, had four
:28:20. > :28:25.nominations. It won in only one category, for Best Director.
:28:26. > :28:28.American Hustle won three awards for Best Cod di and two of its -- comedy
:28:29. > :28:39.and two of its actors. It was a night when no movie swept
:28:40. > :28:43.the board and the acceptance speeches went on and on.
:28:44. > :28:47.I wonder, can people at home hear this music, or do they think you are
:28:48. > :28:52.getting fast before you are having a panic attack, which I am probably
:28:53. > :28:56.having. Most critics agree the standard of films this year is
:28:57. > :29:00.higher than ever. It is all the still to play for at the Oscar
:29:01. > :29:04.nominations - they are out on Thursday.
:29:05. > :29:10.Weather now. Quite a lot of sunshine across the
:29:11. > :29:14.British Isles for the first part of this week. We are seeing some hefty
:29:15. > :29:18.showers marching into the west at the moment as well. The showers in
:29:19. > :29:25.some areas accompanied by hail, thunder. We will also have squally
:29:26. > :29:29.winds lining up with this band as it works from east to west. So far into
:29:30. > :29:32.Wales, the south-west. This afternoon, the showers will go into
:29:33. > :29:36.the Midlands. They will be in the south-east for the rush hour.
:29:37. > :29:42.Further showers across Wales. As the showers cross Scotland and northern
:29:43. > :29:45.England, they will turn wintry above 400 feet.
:29:46. > :29:49.Temperatures will fall away, in rural areas as low as minus three.
:29:50. > :29:54.Any moisture on the ground is likely to turn to ice. That is one of our
:29:55. > :29:57.prime concerns first thing tomorrow. That and the potential for fog for
:29:58. > :30:01.Northern Ireland and Scotland. Ice could be a problem just about
:30:02. > :30:06.anywhere where roads have not been treated.
:30:07. > :30:11.A little bit of fog possible here too. It should clear by mid-morning.
:30:12. > :30:15.Further east, a hang-back of cloud behind the showers. Rain for Norfolk
:30:16. > :30:19.and Suffolk. A milder start. We should not have the visibility
:30:20. > :30:22.problems. A greyer morning here. It will take until the afternoon for
:30:23. > :30:27.the rain to clear. A lot of sunshine for the first part of the day. Into
:30:28. > :30:30.the west for Northern Ireland, our next system arriving around lunch
:30:31. > :30:35.time. We are looking at a wet end to the day here. Increasingly strong
:30:36. > :30:39.winds as well. In the sunshine, highs of perhaps nine Celsius.
:30:40. > :30:43.Tomorrow evening and overnight into Wednesday, that front will make its
:30:44. > :30:46.journey eastwards. Across Scotland and northern England it could bring
:30:47. > :30:51.more significant snow. Perhaps some to Snowdonia as well I will turn
:30:52. > :30:55.back to rain by the end of -- as well well. It will turn back to rain
:30:56. > :30:59.by the end of the night. A lot of rain first thing on Thursday.
:31:00. > :31:04.Sunshine in quite short supply. Northern Ireland is likely, if
:31:05. > :31:08.anything, to be the brightest and driest spot. Thursday looking
:31:09. > :31:13.clearer. Some rain in there in the east. Still some showers in the
:31:14. > :31:16.south. We are keeping a close eye on the flood warning situation because
:31:17. > :31:20.there is a lot of ground water out there and our flooding problems
:31:21. > :31:25.could return again. First half of the week improved. Second half of
:31:26. > :31:28.the week, look out for thicker cloud and linger lingering rains. That is
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