:00:09. > :00:15.speak out for the first time in court. One tells a jury that the
:00:16. > :00:18.Coronation Street star William Roache pushed her into a men's
:00:19. > :00:21.toilet at Granada Studios when she was 14.
:00:22. > :00:24.At a separate trial, a court hears that the former Radio DJ Dave Lee
:00:25. > :00:28.Travis sexually assaulted a trainee newsreader in a radio studio. We'll
:00:29. > :00:31.get the latest from our correspondents in court.
:00:32. > :00:35.Also this lunchtime. The Prime Minister says he will veto
:00:36. > :00:39.any proposal by the Royal Bank of Scotland to increase the overall
:00:40. > :00:41.level of pay and bonuses. The Alps murders - police say
:00:42. > :00:46.they're taking no further action against the brother of a man shot
:00:47. > :00:48.dead with family members in France. And lightning strikes spark
:00:49. > :00:52.wildfires in Australia, already scorched by more than 40 degree
:00:53. > :00:55.heat. Later on BBC London.
:00:56. > :00:58.Throwing out big bins - why Lambeth is the latest council to introduce
:00:59. > :01:02.smaller wheelie bins. And find out when you can swim in
:01:03. > :01:22.the Olympic Aquatics Centre - and how much it will cost.
:01:23. > :01:26.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:27. > :01:29.A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted when she was 14 by the
:01:30. > :01:33.Coronation Street actor William Roache has begun giving evidence at
:01:34. > :01:36.his trial. The woman, who's now 63, says she went to Granada Studios for
:01:37. > :01:40.an audition for a talent show and bumped into the actor in a corridor
:01:41. > :01:48.afterwards. He denies charges of indecent assault and rate between
:01:49. > :01:56.1965 and 1971. Our correspondent, Judith Morritz, is at Preston Crown
:01:57. > :02:00.Court. Inside the dock of courtroom number one, William Roache sat and
:02:01. > :02:06.listened intently as the court heard from his first alleged victim. The
:02:07. > :02:12.woman, who is now in her 60s, described being indecently assaulted
:02:13. > :02:17.by the actor Billy 50 years ago. -- nearly 50 years ago. William Roache
:02:18. > :02:21.arrived at court for the second day of his trial, accompanied again by
:02:22. > :02:25.three of his children. Yesterday, the prosecution made the case that
:02:26. > :02:29.the actor had taken advantage of his stardom to abuse teenage girls.
:02:30. > :02:33.William Roache has played Ken Barlow in Coronation Street form or than 50
:02:34. > :02:38.years, having appeared in the soap since its first episode in 1960.
:02:39. > :02:42.Today, the court heard evidence from the first alleged victim, who said
:02:43. > :02:48.she went to the Granada Studios in Manchester am aware the programme
:02:49. > :02:52.was filmed, in 1965, when she was 14. The jury heard she had gone to
:02:53. > :02:55.the studios to take part in a children's talent show and that
:02:56. > :02:58.William Roache had pulled her from his dressing room into the men's
:02:59. > :03:09.toilets. Now 63, she described being indecently assaulted.
:03:10. > :03:15.In the dock, the 81-year-old actor listened as the jury was told that
:03:16. > :03:16.soon after the assault, he had sent a letter to the girl which included
:03:17. > :03:27.the lines: The actor is charged with seven
:03:28. > :03:33.sexual offences against five girls, and denies them all. The case
:03:34. > :03:36.continues. The woman has also been
:03:37. > :03:41.cross-examined by the defence this morning. She has explained that some
:03:42. > :03:44.of the details of what happened 50 years ago are difficult to recall.
:03:45. > :03:51.But that she does remember that experience with William Roache at
:03:52. > :03:54.the Granada Studios. We are also expecting later on in the trial to
:03:55. > :03:57.hear evidence from the other women who have made allegations about the
:03:58. > :04:00.actor, who denies all the charges against him.
:04:01. > :04:03.At a separate trial, a woman has been telling a jury that she was
:04:04. > :04:08.indecently assaulted by the former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis in a BBC
:04:09. > :04:13.studio in the 1980s - when she was a trainee newsreader. He denies 13
:04:14. > :04:15.counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. Our
:04:16. > :04:24.correspondent, June Kelly, is at Southwark Crown Court.
:04:25. > :04:29.The allegations against Dave Lee Travis span from 1976 to 2008.
:04:30. > :04:32.Yesterday, the prosecution here began outlining their case against
:04:33. > :04:38.him. Today they began calling witnesses.
:04:39. > :04:44.Dave Lee Travis has been described as an opportunist who targeted the
:04:45. > :04:48.honourable young women. He denies all 14 charges against him --
:04:49. > :04:51.vulnerable young women. He told police that his 11 accusers were
:04:52. > :04:55.after money or media attention. Today, the court heard from the
:04:56. > :04:59.first of them. Like all of his alleged victims, she cannot be
:05:00. > :05:05.identified. In the early 80s, she was based at the headquarters of BBC
:05:06. > :05:09.Radio, Broadcasting House. She was a trainee in her mid-20s. She
:05:10. > :05:12.described how Radio 1 was close to the radio for studio where she was
:05:13. > :05:18.working, when Dave Lee Travis walked in. Today, he listened as the woman
:05:19. > :05:22.testified against him from behind a screen. She described how he
:05:23. > :05:25.indecently assaulted her while she was introducing a programme. She
:05:26. > :05:42.said, I was aware that Dave Lee Travis was right up behind me.
:05:43. > :05:48.She said she couldn't report him because he was one of the big stars
:05:49. > :05:51.of Radio 1. She believed the management response would have been,
:05:52. > :05:56.you are a big girl, deal with it, and there would have been a black
:05:57. > :06:00.mark against her. The jury has been told that some of the other
:06:01. > :06:04.complaint against the former DJ also relate to his BBC career. Others are
:06:05. > :06:11.said to have happened after he left the corporation. This first witness
:06:12. > :06:15.was cross-examined by the barrister representing Dave Lee Travis, and he
:06:16. > :06:20.said his client's contention was that this incident simply did not
:06:21. > :06:25.happen. And if it had happened, somebody else would have seen it.
:06:26. > :06:30.This witness replied, Dave Lee Travis in to regard it as a prank
:06:31. > :06:35.rather than a sexual assault. As seemed to regard it. This first
:06:36. > :06:39.witness has completed her evidence just before the lunch break, the
:06:40. > :06:42.second of the alleged victims went into the witness box who worked with
:06:43. > :06:44.the former DJ at children's radio, and she is due to continue her
:06:45. > :06:48.evidence this afternoon. David Cameron has said he will veto
:06:49. > :06:50.any proposal by the mainly state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland
:06:51. > :06:53.to increase the overall level of pay and bonuses. But speaking at Prime
:06:54. > :06:57.Minister's Questions, he refused to agree to a call by the Labour
:06:58. > :07:00.leader, Ed Miliband, for a limit on share-based pay-outs that could be
:07:01. > :07:10.worth more than 100% of an employee's salary. Our political
:07:11. > :07:14.correspondent, Chris Mason, reports. Just as it is a fair bet that
:07:15. > :07:19.January will bring foul weather, you can also bet there will be a bust up
:07:20. > :07:22.about bankers bonuses. Plenty working in banking and modest wages
:07:23. > :07:30.but for those at the top, it is bonus season, and some are set to be
:07:31. > :07:36.whopping. It poses a tricky question, what should it say about
:07:37. > :07:40.bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland which is predominantly
:07:41. > :07:45.owned by taxpayers. RBS are talking to parts of the government about the
:07:46. > :07:49.proposal to pay over 100% bonuses. He is the Prime Minister, the
:07:50. > :07:55.taxpayer will foot the bill. Will he put a stop to it right now by
:07:56. > :08:00.telling RBS to drop this idea? I will tell him exactly what we are
:08:01. > :08:04.saying to RBS. If there are any proposals to increase the overall
:08:05. > :08:09.pay, that is pay and bonus bill at RBS, at the investment bank, any
:08:10. > :08:13.proposals for that, we will veto it. What a pity the past government
:08:14. > :08:20.never took an approach like that. There is, as ever, a complicate in
:08:21. > :08:23.quest. A cap being imposed by the European union to the bonuses that
:08:24. > :08:28.can be paid by the top earners in banks. It doesn't affect bonuses
:08:29. > :08:32.this year but will next. The government is irritated by the whole
:08:33. > :08:36.idea and it is challenging it in court. The Treasury says it is not
:08:37. > :08:39.only pointless but counter-productive. After a speech
:08:40. > :08:44.about the EU this morning, the Chancellor made his view very clear.
:08:45. > :08:48.These European rules will not lead to bankers being paid less. It will
:08:49. > :08:52.lead to a Fred Goodwin style situation, where you will not be
:08:53. > :08:57.able to get the money back off the bankers when things go wrong. We
:08:58. > :09:02.aren't bonuses and battles with the EU, there is another challenge with
:09:03. > :09:05.the banks, making them work better for us as customers. The BBC has
:09:06. > :09:11.learned that Labour wants to shrink the size of the dominant high street
:09:12. > :09:14.names by making so-called -- helping so-called Challenger banks to emerge
:09:15. > :09:20.by taking them on. The idea is we would get a better deal, better
:09:21. > :09:26.service and access to loans. The Conservatives are saying they are
:09:27. > :09:31.merely trying to solve a problem that was caused when they were in
:09:32. > :09:35.government. Bankers bonuses, always a hot
:09:36. > :09:38.topic, particularly in Parliament. Explain the significance of the
:09:39. > :09:42.arguments going on. Indeed, particularly this time of year.
:09:43. > :09:45.January is the time of year when the big banks decide on what bonuses
:09:46. > :09:52.they are going to hand out, based on the previous year's performance, in
:09:53. > :09:56.this case 2013. David Cameron was referring to RBS, the taxpayer as
:09:57. > :10:00.the majority stake so the government's involvement is keenly
:10:01. > :10:04.watched. Cash bonuses will be capped at ?2000. That was the case in
:10:05. > :10:07.previous years. He says as prime minister and as a government they
:10:08. > :10:11.won't agree to any increase on the amount being paid out in salaries
:10:12. > :10:18.and bonuses foot up in previous years, the bonus pool has been
:10:19. > :10:24.reduced anyway for bankers. He was responding to Ed Miliband talking
:10:25. > :10:28.about an EU cap on bank bonuses. That won't technically start until
:10:29. > :10:32.the next January pay round, in a year's time. That is saying if you
:10:33. > :10:36.want to pay bank bonuses at twice Alaric, you have to get approval of
:10:37. > :10:41.shareholders. The government has a share in RBS. George Osborne and
:10:42. > :10:47.David Cameron won't have to decide on that relating to next year until
:10:48. > :10:51.RBS's general meeting in May of this year. I think Labour will keep the
:10:52. > :10:54.pressure on, but as always in Prime Minister 's questions, a lot of
:10:55. > :11:00.smoke and thunder but different lines being discussed.
:11:01. > :11:03.The Chancellor, George Osborne, has raised the prospect of Britain
:11:04. > :11:05.leaving the European Union if it fails to improve competitiveness,
:11:06. > :11:08.cut welfare spending and protect the rights of member countries not in
:11:09. > :11:12.the eurozone. In a speech in London this morning, he said that the
:11:13. > :11:19.treaties underpinning the EU were no longer "fit for purpose". And a
:11:20. > :11:24.failure to renegotiate and reform would condemn the continent to
:11:25. > :11:29.further economic crisis and decline. We need two things. First, we need
:11:30. > :11:33.economic reform that enables the EU to create jobs and economic security
:11:34. > :11:39.and compete in the global race, something it is not doing well at
:11:40. > :11:43.the moment. Second, as the eurozone undertakes the integration required
:11:44. > :11:48.to make the Euro work, we need constitutional reforms to make sure
:11:49. > :11:53.that those countries who are not in the euro-macro can remain in the U,
:11:54. > :11:59.confident that their interests and rights will be protected. Let's
:12:00. > :12:03.speak to our political correspondent, Vicki Young. What's
:12:04. > :12:06.the reaction been to his speech? It was interesting, many of those
:12:07. > :12:09.sceptical Tories were sitting in the audience, they would have been
:12:10. > :12:13.heartened by some of the things that George Osborne had to say, by saying
:12:14. > :12:20.that you needed to think big, it needed major reforms -- the EU
:12:21. > :12:24.needed to think big. Making the point that the EU had to be more
:12:25. > :12:28.competitive and to do that, it needed changes. It wasn't just about
:12:29. > :12:33.Britain demanding all these things that it wants, this is good for the
:12:34. > :12:37.EU, too. The wider message is that Britain is not isolated on this. He
:12:38. > :12:42.said the cut in the EU budget showed that Britain could work with
:12:43. > :12:45.like-minded countries, Germany for example, and get results. It doesn't
:12:46. > :12:49.take away the fact that dozens of Conservatives want to go far
:12:50. > :12:53.further, demanding that the UK Parliament has a veto over all
:12:54. > :12:57.existing and future EU law. George Osborne said there is not civil war
:12:58. > :12:59.in the Tory Party, he said they are simply having a sensible, grown-up
:13:00. > :13:02.debate. The brother of a British man shot
:13:03. > :13:06.dead with his family in the French Alps in 2012 has been released from
:13:07. > :13:08.bail after police said there wasn't enough evidence to charge him. Zaid
:13:09. > :13:11.al-Hilli was accused of orchestrating the murders of his
:13:12. > :13:17.brother Saad and his wife who were from Surrey and his mother-in-law.
:13:18. > :13:22.The couple's two young daughters survived. Our correspondent,
:13:23. > :13:27.Christian Fraser, is in Paris. What has the reaction been from the
:13:28. > :13:31.French authorities to this news? On a number of occasions that I have
:13:32. > :13:35.interviewed the chief prosecutor in this case, he has consistently told
:13:36. > :13:38.me that he believes the answers to this crime lie in Britain. His
:13:39. > :13:42.suspect has aways been Zaid al-Hilli, it continues to be and
:13:43. > :13:46.they have said today they will continue to issue him. Although he
:13:47. > :13:50.left his house talking about his release, that the British police had
:13:51. > :13:52.cancelled his bail, I am sure he is being advised not to travel to
:13:53. > :13:56.France because if he did come he would certainly be arrested. The
:13:57. > :14:00.trouble for the French police is that although they have come up with
:14:01. > :14:03.this motive, the idea that there was a dispute between the two brothers
:14:04. > :14:08.over their father 's will, the search for meaningful evidence has
:14:09. > :14:10.always come up short. Last year they raised a Photofit of a motorcyclist
:14:11. > :14:15.who was spotted near the murder scene on the day. And that has
:14:16. > :14:20.brought pretty much a blank response. In mind of that, they are
:14:21. > :14:25.scaling back the investigation. There is no official statement on
:14:26. > :14:29.that but it is happening, no great surprise given the number of police
:14:30. > :14:34.officers that have been involved. Over the past 16 months. There will
:14:35. > :14:39.be some relief for Seidel Hurley. For the al-Hilli family at large,
:14:40. > :14:46.will be disappointment -- relief for Zaid al-Hilli.
:14:47. > :14:49.Our top story this lunchtime: The trial of the Coronation Street
:14:50. > :14:53.actor, William Roache, he is from his first alleged victim, a teenager
:14:54. > :14:56.at the time, she says she was assaulted by the star at the Granada
:14:57. > :15:00.Studios. Still to come, back with a bang, the
:15:01. > :15:03.British tennis player who has overcome cancer and is through to
:15:04. > :15:08.the second round of the Australian open.
:15:09. > :15:12.Later on BBC London, scenes from London Underground, the capital
:15:13. > :15:15.caught on camera more than 20 years ago on the tube. We will be showing
:15:16. > :15:23.you morgan says of a lost London from the last century.
:15:24. > :15:28.Scorching temperatures are set to continue in parts of Australia this
:15:29. > :15:31.week. The south-east of the country has seen temperatures soar into the
:15:32. > :15:35.40s. In Victoria, lightning strikes have sparked more than 250 fires,
:15:36. > :15:46.and now a fire ban has been issued across the state. Our correspondent,
:15:47. > :15:51.Jon Donnison, sent this report. This week, Australia has once again
:15:52. > :15:56.been burning. These were the hills around Perth on Monday. People doing
:15:57. > :16:03.their best to defend their homes, but more than 50 houses were
:16:04. > :16:08.destroyed and one man died. The heatwave has now moved eastwards,
:16:09. > :16:13.bringing more bushfires elsewhere. Dozens of lasers are burning in the
:16:14. > :16:16.states of Victoria and South Australia -- blazes. This historic
:16:17. > :16:25.guesthouse was among the buildings lost. When I got here, the fire and
:16:26. > :16:29.the heat and the smoke, it was clear that no one was going to bring it
:16:30. > :16:35.under control. The city of Melbourne in Victoria has been baking, with
:16:36. > :16:39.temperatures now over 40 degrees for several days. This is a serious
:16:40. > :16:43.public health issue. We know that there are serious consequences from
:16:44. > :16:47.extreme heat, and that can mean increased hospitalisation is and
:16:48. > :16:51.unfortunately, increased deaths. And spare a thought for those engaged in
:16:52. > :16:56.sport. Fans of the Australian Open tennis have been doing their best to
:16:57. > :17:02.keep cool. But there are fears for the health of the players, after the
:17:03. > :17:09.Canadian collapsed on court this week. A ball boy also passed out.
:17:10. > :17:13.Meanwhile, the country's firefighters are facing a difficult
:17:14. > :17:19.few days. The forecast shows no letup in the temperatures until the
:17:20. > :17:23.weekend. 2013 was just declared Australia's hottest year on record,
:17:24. > :17:27.raising questions about the impact of climate change here. If this year
:17:28. > :17:35.continues as it has darted, the record may not last long.
:17:36. > :17:40.The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is as half the population of Syria,
:17:41. > :17:44.more than 9 million people, urgently need humanitarian aid. He was
:17:45. > :17:47.speaking at a conference of donors in Kuwait, where the United Nations
:17:48. > :17:51.is asking for ?4 billion to deal with the crisis. This report from
:17:52. > :17:56.Lee Buchanan does contain flash photography.
:17:57. > :18:00.Syria's growing desperation has brought these Foreign Minister is to
:18:01. > :18:05.Kuwait. They came to pledge aid a year ago, but now the humanitarian
:18:06. > :18:10.crisis has escalated and much more money is needed. We are bit
:18:11. > :18:12.frustrated, because the needs on the ground are much higher than the
:18:13. > :18:18.response from the international community, and we do hope that
:18:19. > :18:22.during this conference, there will be some response and more money will
:18:23. > :18:28.pour in in order to meet the needs of the Syrian refugees.
:18:29. > :18:33.Vast tent cities have sprung up outside Syria. The US and 28 big
:18:34. > :18:36.donors and the UK has promise to another ?100 million. Justine
:18:37. > :18:39.Greening recently visited this refugee camp in Jordan. Today, she
:18:40. > :19:02.said: and that's because some areas are
:19:03. > :19:06.under siege and delivering aid is impossible, so cease-fires as well
:19:07. > :19:10.as a new died. One UN official described how hard it was foreign
:19:11. > :19:15.aid convoy to reach a refugee near Damascus. Bursts of gunfire,
:19:16. > :19:22.including machine-gun fire, erupted close to the trucks and under
:19:23. > :19:26.vehicles, suggesting that there was a firefight. Also, one mortar
:19:27. > :19:29.exploded very close to the convoy. Western governments have long
:19:30. > :19:33.condemned the Syrian regime, but in a new development, it's now appears
:19:34. > :19:41.that Western intelligence agencies have visited Damascus for talks on
:19:42. > :19:44.combating radical Islamist groups. When these countries ask us for
:19:45. > :19:49.security cooperation, then it seems to me that there is a schism between
:19:50. > :19:55.the political and security leaderships. Many of these countries
:19:56. > :19:59.have contacted us to coordinate security measures. If true, these
:20:00. > :20:04.contacts will undermine trust with Syria's rebels at a crucial time.
:20:05. > :20:07.The main opposition group still has to decide if it will attend peace
:20:08. > :20:14.talks in Geneva next week. Emily Buchanan, BBC News. A man and two
:20:15. > :20:17.boys aged 17 have been convicted of a series of rapes and sexual
:20:18. > :20:21.assaults against three young girls in Peter borough after a trial
:20:22. > :20:28.lasting two months, the jury at the Old Bailey found the three guilty of
:20:29. > :20:31.a total of 14 rapes and three sexual assaults.
:20:32. > :20:35.Three other defendants including a 14-year-old boy workload of any
:20:36. > :20:37.involvement in the attacks. The jury is still considering other verdicts.
:20:38. > :20:41.Birmingham city council is having to decide whether to sell off some of
:20:42. > :20:44.its most famous assets in order to pay off mounting legal bills. Like
:20:45. > :20:47.many local authorities, it's having to make big pay-outs in order to
:20:48. > :20:50.settle bills for equal pay cases, mainly women, who for years were
:20:51. > :21:02.paid less than their counterparts on the same grade. Our correspondent,
:21:03. > :21:08.Phil Mackie, reports. When a court ruled in favour of
:21:09. > :21:10.these council workers who had been paid significantly less than
:21:11. > :21:14.colleagues in the same grade, it allowed tens of thousands of fresh
:21:15. > :21:19.claims for back pay. The latest figures from Birmingham City Council
:21:20. > :21:23.show that it's now owes ?1.1 billion . It has been allowed to borrow
:21:24. > :21:27.about half, but there is estimated shortfall of around 550 million.
:21:28. > :21:31.There are some things that are another going to be sold off, like
:21:32. > :21:34.Birmingham's ran new Central library, but the City Council owes
:21:35. > :21:37.so much money that it is going to have to make some tough decisions
:21:38. > :21:41.soon about what is to be put on the market, including potentially some
:21:42. > :21:47.big-ticket items, like the international convention centre. The
:21:48. > :21:52.ICC is part of the council owned NEC group, which also includes the
:21:53. > :21:58.National exhibition Centre, the LG Arena and the National Indoor Arena.
:21:59. > :22:03.The whole lot could be worth up to ?300 million. Speaking to BBC radio
:22:04. > :22:08.W, coming's leader, Sir Robert Bork, confirmed that selling the NEC
:22:09. > :22:12.group is under consideration. We need to invest in the NEC in order
:22:13. > :22:16.to ensure the future over the next 20 years or so, and it may be that
:22:17. > :22:30.to do that, Birmingham City Council has to diversify. SOUND PROBLEMS.
:22:31. > :22:36.The reason it has taken so long is that council administrations have
:22:37. > :22:40.been fighting every single case and refusing to enter into a reasonable
:22:41. > :22:44.negotiation with ourselves to try and settle this own behalf of our
:22:45. > :22:47.members. And the sell-off has already started.
:22:48. > :22:53.From council offices to these public toilets, which were recently sold
:22:54. > :22:55.for ?35,000. But in increasingly difficult times, one thing
:22:56. > :22:59.Birmingham wants to avoid is a wholesale clear out. Phil Mackie,
:23:00. > :23:02.BBC News, Birmingham. More than 70% of clinical contracts
:23:03. > :23:06.that the NHS has awarded since April last year have gone to private
:23:07. > :23:08.companies. The figure comes from the NHS Support Federation, which is
:23:09. > :23:12.opposing the introduction of a competitive market into the health
:23:13. > :23:15.service. The Department of Health said that when all NHS work is
:23:16. > :23:21.considered, only around 6% is currently carried out by the private
:23:22. > :23:25.sector. Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes, reports.
:23:26. > :23:30.Are you finding that establishing the feeding is easier? ?? WHITE Just
:23:31. > :23:35.a few days old, baby Georgia Reid has already received the best care
:23:36. > :23:37.the NHS can offer. She was very poorly when she was born at
:23:38. > :23:40.Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridge, so mum Lauren and father
:23:41. > :23:45.James are relieved to see her getting stronger. We have had a bit
:23:46. > :23:49.of a tough time for the last couple of days with her, but we have had
:23:50. > :23:51.lots of experts coming to help us. Everyone has been really
:23:52. > :23:56.accommodating, wanting to do everything they can to get the best
:23:57. > :23:58.outcomes for all of us. But Hinchingbrooke Hospital is unlike
:23:59. > :24:01.any other in England, a unique collaboration between the NHS and a
:24:02. > :24:05.private company. It looks and sounds like any other NHS hospital, only
:24:06. > :24:08.this one is run by a private company called Circle, who took it over when
:24:09. > :24:18.the previous trust was on the verge of going bust. Reforms to the health
:24:19. > :24:22.service in England mean any qualified provider is now able to
:24:23. > :24:25.bid for NHS contracts. Since April last year, more than ?5 billion
:24:26. > :24:29.worth of contracts have been advertised. Of those that have been
:24:30. > :24:32.awarded, more than 70% have been won by private companies. They include
:24:33. > :24:37.diagnostic services like scans and blood tests, mental health and GP
:24:38. > :24:40.services. Campaigners believe the process of having to bid for
:24:41. > :24:45.contracts is undermining the health service. ?? YELLOW The government is
:24:46. > :24:48.wasting tens of millions of pounds on these contracts, money that
:24:49. > :24:52.should be spent on front line patient care. NHS care has already
:24:53. > :24:57.moved from the hospital to the high street, almost becoming a brand that
:24:58. > :25:00.reassures patients. Having a hearing aid fitted in the local optician's
:25:01. > :25:04.is now fairly common, and the private sector sees plenty of other
:25:05. > :25:07.opportunities. I'm sure if there are other services that could be easily
:25:08. > :25:13.provided on the high street, they will benefit. Patients like it. They
:25:14. > :25:16.don't want necessarily to have to go to a hospital environment. Are you
:25:17. > :25:21.using a tube? Hopefully not any more. By the time baby Georgia is
:25:22. > :25:25.ten years old, some fear competition will have led to a privatised NHS.
:25:26. > :25:30.Others believe equally strongly that this is the only way the NHS can
:25:31. > :25:35.hope to survive. Dominic Hughes, BBC News.
:25:36. > :25:38.West Country beef and lamb have joined the ranks of Cornish pasties
:25:39. > :25:42.and Stilton cheese by gaining protected EU status. The European
:25:43. > :25:45.Commission has awarded animals born and reared in parts of the South
:25:46. > :25:50.West "Protected Geographical Indication" status. Anglesey Sea
:25:51. > :25:54.Salt was given similar recognition, which prevents other products from
:25:55. > :25:57.using its name. Just over a year ago, British tennis
:25:58. > :26:02.player Ross Hutchins was diagnosed with cancer. He missed the whole of
:26:03. > :26:06.the 2013 tour while he underwent treatment. But now the doubles
:26:07. > :26:10.player has marked his return to Grand Slam tennis with a first-round
:26:11. > :26:17.win at the Australian Open. Alex South sent this report from
:26:18. > :26:21.Melbourne. After a year away from tennis
:26:22. > :26:24.beating cancer, you would think Ross Hutchins would just be happy with
:26:25. > :26:27.being out on the court again, but that couldn't be further from the
:26:28. > :26:33.truth. He appreciates the sympathy he's received, but now he just wants
:26:34. > :26:36.to win tennis matches. Before the disruption and the chemotherapy and
:26:37. > :26:41.the thousands of letters of support, Hutchins and his double partner
:26:42. > :26:44.Colin coming had advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and US
:26:45. > :26:48.open. The aim is to get back to that level as quickly as possible. And
:26:49. > :26:52.judging by this display, he and Fleming are heading in the right
:26:53. > :26:56.direction but coming from a set down to join Hutchins' best friend Andy
:26:57. > :27:02.Murray into round two. I don't want people to feel sorry for me. I want
:27:03. > :27:06.to be treated as another player who has just as much chance to win or
:27:07. > :27:09.lose and to be ruthless out there with these other guys and to become
:27:10. > :27:13.a better competitor and to win matches in our own right, not to
:27:14. > :27:18.people taking pity on us, which hopefully they don't, and we can
:27:19. > :27:21.beat them on their own merits. My best friend over there, Ross
:27:22. > :27:31.Hutchins, he was diagnosed with cancer. About... It is a far cry
:27:32. > :27:34.from last January, when Hutchins was fighting Hodgkins lymphoma. Murray
:27:35. > :27:38.helped bring the attention of the world on his friend's disease,
:27:39. > :27:41.playing a charity match after winning at Queens. It has been a
:27:42. > :27:46.difficult time for all those close to Hutchins. I have never literally
:27:47. > :27:50.once thought that we wouldn't team up again. I saw was play in December
:27:51. > :27:54.at the Davis cup, and he was playing well then. So there has never been a
:27:55. > :27:58.stage when I thought we would not get back to a good level. This time
:27:59. > :28:02.last year, Ross Hutchins walked into the hospital to start his first
:28:03. > :28:06.round of chemotherapy. Now he is walking into the second round of a
:28:07. > :28:09.grand slam as a tennis player, just how he likes it.
:28:10. > :28:17.Time for a look at the weather. It is super hot there in Melbourne.
:28:18. > :28:22.For anyone watching, the heat may not have picked yet. That may be on
:28:23. > :28:25.Thursday. Not a problem we have here at the moment, but we do still
:28:26. > :28:28.continue with our mild weather. 20 of cloud across the British Isles
:28:29. > :28:34.for this afternoon. Sunshine in short supply. Patchy rain for the
:28:35. > :28:38.next few hours with this swathe of cloud. This line towards the west
:28:39. > :28:41.promises to bring in some punchier showers this evening. Bear in mind
:28:42. > :28:46.that the rain will get worse before it finally clears awake eastwards
:28:47. > :28:50.tonight. Squally winds accompanying those showers on their weight used.
:28:51. > :28:58.Showers tend to gather around the coast. Generally a mild night, with
:28:59. > :29:01.clearer skies across Scotland which mean that could be a frost here
:29:02. > :29:07.first thing tomorrow. There could also be patches of fog. There could
:29:08. > :29:13.be a risk of some ice on untreated surfaces first thing. Still some
:29:14. > :29:22.showers clinging on across Aberdeenshire. Early showers the
:29:23. > :29:27.Dumfries and Galloway. Some are likely to get carried further
:29:28. > :29:31.eastwards, but as a rough rule of thumb for the day as a whole, the
:29:32. > :29:33.further west you are, the more likely you are to encounter the
:29:34. > :29:38.showers. Some of them will be quite punchy as well. We could get quite a
:29:39. > :29:42.bit of rain from some of them over a short space of time. And we are
:29:43. > :29:47.still vulnerable to localised flooding. Some decent sunny spells,
:29:48. > :29:51.though, between the showers tomorrow. But fog may linger over
:29:52. > :29:57.the north-east of Scotland. But generally, a mild story. Not much to
:29:58. > :30:02.pick between Thursday and Friday. Very similar day again. Showers
:30:03. > :30:06.crowding into the south and west. Elsewhere, some sunny spells, and we
:30:07. > :30:09.are still talking about a mild day. This weekend, the threat of heavy
:30:10. > :30:14.rain is spreading across the British Isles again. Saturday, we are
:30:15. > :30:19.talking about that . Sunday looks like the driest and brightest day of
:30:20. > :30:23.the weekend. Bit of a question over where the heaviest rain to Saturday
:30:24. > :30:27.will be. Currently, it looks like it will sit to the west of the British
:30:28. > :30:31.Isles, but that could be subject to change, so it is worth keeping
:30:32. > :30:34.up-to-date with the forecast. Sunday, it looks like we will see
:30:35. > :30:38.that clearing through more and we will see more sunshine after any
:30:39. > :30:44.early mist and fog lifts. It is definitely the driest and artist of
:30:45. > :30:46.the two days this weekend. You can get the outlook from where you are
:30:47. > :30:51.online. Now a reminder of our top story this
:30:52. > :30:53.lunchtime. The trial of the Coronation Street
:30:54. > :30:58.actor William Roache hears from his first alleged victim 14 years old at
:30:59. > :31:01.the time. She says she was indecently assaulted at the star at
:31:02. > :31:03.That's all from us. The Now on