:00:00. > :00:08.the boss of Pfizer defends the US firm's proposed takeover of the
:00:09. > :00:14.Ian Read fended off tough criticism but couldn't guarantee that
:00:15. > :00:28.the ?63 billion takeover would not result in British job losses.
:00:29. > :00:30.We will be efficient by some reduction in jobs that I cannot tell
:00:31. > :00:35.you how much and how many and where. A 59-year-old man has been arrested
:00:36. > :00:39.on suspicion of murdering Claudia Lawrence who disappeared from her
:00:40. > :00:42.home in York five years ago. The Nigerian Government says
:00:43. > :00:44.its considering all the options after militants release a video of
:00:45. > :00:47.schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorists. At the Rolf Harris trial an alleged
:00:48. > :00:50.victim is cross-examined over claims Scientists warn that we've become
:00:51. > :00:55.supremely arrogant by ignoring the importance
:00:56. > :00:58.of sleep and the body clock. The London hospital whose A
:00:59. > :01:03.department is declared not fit Residents in Surrey accuse Thames
:01:04. > :01:10.Water of misleading information over Good afternoon
:01:11. > :01:32.and welcome to the BBC News At One. Executives from the American drugs
:01:33. > :01:35.firm Pfizer have faced a grilling by MPs over their planned takeover of
:01:36. > :01:38.the British-based firm AstraZeneca. The chief executive Ian Read said
:01:39. > :01:41.the ?63 billion takeover would strengthen the UK's scientific base,
:01:42. > :01:43.but couldn't guarantee it would not Our industry correspondent
:01:44. > :02:02.John Moylan reports. It would be the biggest ever
:02:03. > :02:08.take-over of a British company by a foreign business, but Pfizer's ?63
:02:09. > :02:13.billion plan to buy AstraZeneca has worried unions, politicians, and
:02:14. > :02:16.scientific community. So Pfizer's chief executive Ian Read arrived at
:02:17. > :02:22.Westminster knowing he would face a grilling of the likely impact of
:02:23. > :02:25.this huge deal on the strategically important pharmaceuticals sector.
:02:26. > :02:30.Drug companies spend billions on research and development but MPs
:02:31. > :02:36.wanted to know how much of the ?12 billion currently spent by the firms
:02:37. > :02:39.would remain. It is not the percentage of sales spent on
:02:40. > :02:43.research it is how productive it is. I do not expect that the combined
:02:44. > :02:48.total will remain the same. I expect it will be lower. How much lower? At
:02:49. > :02:55.this stage, I cannot give a figure on that. There was no clarity either
:02:56. > :03:00.on jobs. Pfizer has cut 60,000 in takeovers over recent years but how
:03:01. > :03:04.many would go in Britain? Two previous sizeable increases in
:03:05. > :03:08.company size have meant a sizeable reduction each time in the number of
:03:09. > :03:13.jobs. That is the major area of cutting, is it? I am not sitting
:03:14. > :03:17.here saying we can be more efficient without reduction in jobs. We will
:03:18. > :03:21.be efficient by some reduction in jobs. What I cannot tell you is how
:03:22. > :03:35.much and how many and where. The boss says the company has made a
:03:36. > :03:38.series of commitments linked to this there is a five-year commitment to
:03:39. > :03:40.UK research. Pfizer will also guarantee some jobs in laboratories
:03:41. > :03:44.at the quayside of Macclesfield. And he says his promises are legally
:03:45. > :03:48.binding. But one of the country's leading scientists said the promises
:03:49. > :03:52.of Aix and with too many caveats. I don't think that is strong enough.
:03:53. > :03:56.Research is a long-term business. I have researched for 40 years of my
:03:57. > :03:59.life and I know five years is not a long enough often to be committed
:04:00. > :04:04.to. They need to look at a 10-year horizon at least if they are going
:04:05. > :04:10.to make an important impact on this area. AstraZeneca employs 2000 staff
:04:11. > :04:14.at this site in Macclesfield in the North West of England. Pfizer's boss
:04:15. > :04:20.told the committee that the firm would keep a presence here but they
:04:21. > :04:25.are not convinced. I don't feel reassured. What does substantial
:04:26. > :04:30.mean? We asked Ian Read and he said we would know it when we see it but
:04:31. > :04:35.that is not good enough. AstraZeneca has so far rejected Pfizer's
:04:36. > :04:40.advances. They told MPs that the take-over was a distraction and the
:04:41. > :04:43.firm could go it alone. We actually think we are successful. We think we
:04:44. > :04:49.can continue implementing our strategy and go it alone. And
:04:50. > :04:53.there's potential merger would create a certain worry for me. The
:04:54. > :04:57.Government insists Pfizer's commitments would have to be
:04:58. > :05:01.meaningful and binding but that might not satisfy critics. This
:05:02. > :05:05.highly controversial plan still has a long way to run. Our chief
:05:06. > :05:10.political correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster. It got quite
:05:11. > :05:14.heated at times. Did MPs get the guarantees they wanted? I think the
:05:15. > :05:17.blunt answer is no. There was one telling moment at the end of the
:05:18. > :05:21.hearing when a Conservative MP turned to the boss of Pfizer and
:05:22. > :05:25.said to him, we have not had the level of straight talking that we
:05:26. > :05:28.need. This was despite the warm words from the American executive
:05:29. > :05:39.about what a good company Pfizer was, how it was devoted to science,
:05:40. > :05:41.how it was bringing forward life changing treatments for patients.
:05:42. > :05:43.Howard had made unprecedented commitments on these commitments
:05:44. > :05:46.were legally binding and would last for five years. The problem was a
:05:47. > :05:49.lack of detail. There were no specifics on what sort of jobs might
:05:50. > :05:55.be lost and which sites could be closed down and the level of RND and
:05:56. > :06:00.investment, and tax advantages for Pfizer. Nothing. I think that left
:06:01. > :06:04.MPs profoundly frustrated and sceptical. Why this matters in the
:06:05. > :06:08.bigger picture is it is very hard to see the Prime Minister giving the
:06:09. > :06:12.go-ahead for the deal if we have a cross-party select committee coming
:06:13. > :06:16.out and saying actually we don't trust these guys. Secondly the Prime
:06:17. > :06:20.Minister has said very clearly that he wants more reassurances from
:06:21. > :06:26.Pfizer. Today he got nothing. And wide that matters? It is
:06:27. > :06:31.questionable whether Pfizer will want to go ahead with a deal without
:06:32. > :06:34.Government backing. Ian Read was asked if it would still go ahead
:06:35. > :06:38.without Government backing and he did not give a categorical answer,
:06:39. > :06:41.but you sense they would be reluctant to proceed in the teeth of
:06:42. > :06:44.Government opposition. Thank you. Detectives investigating
:06:45. > :06:46.the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence have arrested a 59-year-old
:06:47. > :06:49.man on suspicion of murder. The 35-year-old chef disappeared
:06:50. > :06:51.from her home in York in 2009. Our correspondent Danny
:06:52. > :07:04.Savage is there for us now. In five years since Claudia Lawrence
:07:05. > :07:08.disappeared, this is by far and away the most significant development in
:07:09. > :07:11.this investigation. She used to live in the house behind me with the
:07:12. > :07:15.Green door and it has always been the working assumption of this
:07:16. > :07:22.police inquiry that she set off from here early in the morning in March
:07:23. > :07:25.to her job as a chef at York University, and at some point along
:07:26. > :07:29.that route, she disappeared. No trace of her has ever been found.
:07:30. > :07:33.Until recently it felt like the police investigation had stalled,
:07:34. > :07:38.and was not going anywhere. Then a month ago we had a high profile
:07:39. > :07:42.appeal on the fifth anniversary of her disappearance on the BBC
:07:43. > :07:46.Crimewatch programme. The police then found new evidence using new
:07:47. > :07:51.forensic techniques. Things like DNA on a cigarette found in her car.
:07:52. > :07:55.Fingerprints in the house. Calls from the public. The CCTV that
:07:56. > :08:00.showed a mystery vehicle in the area at the time. Police seemed to
:08:01. > :08:04.advance that inquiry from that point to this significant development
:08:05. > :08:09.today, the arrest of a 59-year-old man from the York area. Police say
:08:10. > :08:13.that forensic examinations and searches are being conducted which
:08:14. > :08:18.are respected to be on-going over a number of days. A car has also been
:08:19. > :08:22.seized as part of inquiries. Significantly police say they cannot
:08:23. > :08:27.rule out the possibility of further arrests in the future as this
:08:28. > :08:31.continues. Her father has campaigned in a high profile way over the years
:08:32. > :08:35.and he has welcomed the developments today. He also acknowledges this is
:08:36. > :08:40.the most significant development in the inquiry into the disappearance
:08:41. > :08:44.of his 35-year-old daughter in five years. Police are questioning the
:08:45. > :08:46.man and arrest on suspicion of murder and their inquiries continue.
:08:47. > :08:50.Danny Savage, thank you very much. The United States is flying manned
:08:51. > :08:52.surveillance missions over Nigeria to help search for hundreds
:08:53. > :08:54.of schoolgirls kidnapped Yesterday, a video was released
:08:55. > :08:58.apparently showing more than security experts are now examining
:08:59. > :09:01.the footage to look Our world affairs correspondent
:09:02. > :09:17.Nick Childs reports. These first tantalising images of
:09:18. > :09:21.the abducted schoolgirls have stirred a mixture of emotions.
:09:22. > :09:27.Desperate relatives and friends have been scanning them, hoping to
:09:28. > :09:31.identify loved ones. But could they also reveal important clues from the
:09:32. > :09:33.vegetation, the surroundings, the shadows, for the international
:09:34. > :09:41.effort to find and free these children? From Washington, more
:09:42. > :09:47.details of its team of experts on the ground in Nigeria, now numbering
:09:48. > :09:50.nearly 30. I can report to you that our interdisciplinary team with
:09:51. > :09:54.representatives from the State Department, the department of
:09:55. > :09:58.defence, the FBI and others, it up and running now from the embassy in
:09:59. > :10:00.Nigeria, helping to support the Nigerian Government by providing
:10:01. > :10:06.military and law enforcement assistance as well as a surveillance
:10:07. > :10:10.and reconnaissance support. And the latest from the Foreign Secretary is
:10:11. > :10:15.that the British team deployed on Friday has had meetings with the
:10:16. > :10:19.President and the families and is working with the United States and
:10:20. > :10:22.how else to help. The Americans say they are also conducting mantis
:10:23. > :10:33.surveillance flights, possibly with aircraft like these. -- man. But the
:10:34. > :10:39.challenge is still huge. North East Nigeria from where the girls were
:10:40. > :10:43.taken is a troubled region. Sambisa Forest Reserve is three quarters the
:10:44. > :10:55.size of Scotland, which is where they are thought to be now. The
:10:56. > :11:00.vegetation means you cannot see if you are a drone, which negates the
:11:01. > :11:05.advantage of Western forces. The authorities say all options are open
:11:06. > :11:09.to secure the release of the girls but should that mean negotiating
:11:10. > :11:15.with the lead of Boko Haram for the release of his imprisoned fighters
:11:16. > :11:18.in exchange? That could complicate the broader struggle against Boko
:11:19. > :11:22.Haram and international support for Nigeria from countries are uneasy
:11:23. > :11:28.about such bargaining with a terrorist group. Nick Childs, BBC
:11:29. > :11:32.News. Mark dial is in Abuja for us. The fact that they are not ruling
:11:33. > :11:39.anything else means that negotiation is still possible. Yes, that is
:11:40. > :11:43.certainly the case. The Government put out a statement late last night
:11:44. > :11:47.saying they were studying the video, and specifically in the video
:11:48. > :11:52.the leader of Boko Haram says that he is prepared to perhaps release
:11:53. > :11:58.these girls in a prisoner swap with the Government handing over Boko
:11:59. > :12:03.Haram prisoners that they have got. The Government statement says that
:12:04. > :12:06.all options are open. That clearly indicates that negotiations are one
:12:07. > :12:13.option which the Nigerian Government is considering. Thank you.
:12:14. > :12:16.A teacher who was stabbed to death in her classroom died from shock and
:12:17. > :12:19.haemorrhage following an injury to her neck, an inquest has been told.
:12:20. > :12:21.Ann Maguire was attacked during a Spanish lesson at
:12:22. > :12:27.Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds on April 28th.
:12:28. > :12:30.A woman who claims she was sexually abused by Rolf Harris
:12:31. > :12:33.when she was a child has been cross-examined today in court.
:12:34. > :12:35.The alleged victim was questioned about a trip to Hawaii in 1978,
:12:36. > :12:38.in which she claims she was assaulted by the television star.
:12:39. > :12:50.Our correspondent Sangita Myska is at Southwark Crown Court .
:12:51. > :12:57.That is right. The woman who has accused Rolf Harris of repeatedly
:12:58. > :13:00.abusing her from the age of 13 today faced gruelling question from his
:13:01. > :13:04.defence about the truthfulness of that story. His defence team put it
:13:05. > :13:11.to her that she had been a wilful teenager who had had plenty of time
:13:12. > :13:16.to get her story straight. Once again, tightly holding the hand of
:13:17. > :13:19.his daughter, and supported by his wife, veteran entertainer Rolf
:13:20. > :13:25.Harris arrived at court under the gaze of both the British and
:13:26. > :13:28.Australian media. He was here to launch his defence against
:13:29. > :13:36.accusations that he had indecently assaulted a family friend when she
:13:37. > :13:41.was just a girl. Representing him, his defence counsel. She told the
:13:42. > :13:47.alleged victim that as a teenager she had had a temper and could be
:13:48. > :13:50.strong minded, wilful and argumentative. She questioned the
:13:51. > :13:56.witness's claimed that the abuse had begun on a holiday with the Harris
:13:57. > :14:02.family in the 1970s. She said: You were going across the world with
:14:03. > :14:05.Emmanuel scared and who was creepy. Why on earth did you go? -- with a
:14:06. > :14:15.man you were scared of. The victim replied because I wanted to go with
:14:16. > :14:21.Bindi and I knew Rolf Harris would not be around much. At the time, he
:14:22. > :14:29.was a mainstay of children's television. The QC repeatedly asked
:14:30. > :14:34.about the notes from the holiday. She said there was no mention in
:14:35. > :14:35.your diary or any hint of unhappiness
:14:36. > :14:39.about the notes from the holiday. She said there was no at all in the
:14:40. > :14:40.diary. Alleged victim replied, no, because if someone saw my diary I
:14:41. > :14:44.would not want anyone to know about it. Rolf Harris is charged with 12
:14:45. > :14:52.counts of indecent assault against four women. He denies the charges.
:14:53. > :14:57.Seven of those charges related to this one victim. In the last hour,
:14:58. > :15:03.the defence counsel has been repeatedly questioning her about her
:15:04. > :15:08.claim that she was driven to alcoholism as a result of the abuse
:15:09. > :15:11.meted out by Rolf Harris. The defence has put it to her that she
:15:12. > :15:15.willingly experimented with alcohol as a teenager. The prosecution QC
:15:16. > :15:18.has gone on to put as a teenager. The prosecution QC
:15:19. > :15:19.has gone on to it to her that at your house
:15:20. > :15:22.has gone on to it to her that at your drink was freely available.
:15:23. > :15:26.There had been a problem with alcohol isn't in your family. The
:15:27. > :15:31.case continues. Thank you. Our top story this
:15:32. > :15:35.lunchtime: Quizzed by MPs. The boss of Pfizer defends the firm's
:15:36. > :15:40.proposed take-over of AstraZeneca but could not guarantee there would
:15:41. > :15:45.be no job losses. Coming up: We are at Headley Court
:15:46. > :15:47.rehabilitation centre where we will meet soldiers sowing the seeds of
:15:48. > :15:52.recovery with a new gardening therapy.
:15:53. > :15:56.Later on BBC London: The benefits of being late for class. How one school
:15:57. > :16:01.in Surrey is changing its timetable to suit its students.
:16:02. > :16:03.And QPR are just one game away from a return to the premiership after
:16:04. > :16:09.booking their place in the play-off final.
:16:10. > :16:13.Now, what makes you tick? Time dominates our lives.
:16:14. > :16:16.Do you relish that alarm in the mornings, or do you just grapple for
:16:17. > :16:18.the snooze button? Leading scientists are warning that
:16:19. > :16:22.we are increasingly ignoring our body clock, and that could have
:16:23. > :16:24.serious consequences for our well-being. Our health and science
:16:25. > :16:28.reporter, James Gallagher, has been looking at the issue as part of the
:16:29. > :16:35.Time dominates our lives. Whether it is the mechanical ticking of these
:16:36. > :16:39.cogs and pendulums inside the bell tower at Manchester Town Hall or
:16:40. > :16:42.simply the phone in your pocket, a clock is never far away. Are we
:16:43. > :16:46.paying attention to the right one? We have all got one of these deep
:16:47. > :16:49.inside our brains. It might not look this spectacular but it rules our
:16:50. > :16:53.lives - how strong we are, our brain function - even the odds of having a
:16:54. > :16:56.heart attack are ruled by our own body clock. In hectic rush of modern
:16:57. > :16:59.life and 24-hour society, have we forgotten its importance? An
:17:00. > :17:26.ordinary tea time in the Griffiths household. This is a family working
:17:27. > :17:34.This is a family working on a military schedule. A smartphone is
:17:35. > :17:41.keeping Phoebe up late into the night. The parents share the exact
:17:42. > :17:45.same job. That is why he is in bed in the middle of the afternoon while
:17:46. > :17:53.his wife is working. He has a night shift still to come. The daughter is
:17:54. > :18:02.at karate class. Steve has to get her there, disrupting his sleep.
:18:03. > :18:06.Life does not let you have the sleep any more. Kids want extra curricular
:18:07. > :18:12.activities. You need to cram it all in. I could do with more sleep. I
:18:13. > :18:18.would like there to be a 26 hour day, rather than a 24-hour day. This
:18:19. > :18:29.lifestyle comes at a cost. Pioneering studies have said that
:18:30. > :18:34.activity of our DNA is changed and how our bodies run. These pathways
:18:35. > :18:41.can be underlying links to the negative health outcomes, such as
:18:42. > :18:45.cardiovascular disease, obesity and potentially cancer. There have been
:18:46. > :18:49.calls for doctors to stop prescribing sleep to tackle these
:18:50. > :18:51.problems. When life is so busy, that might just be the hardest pill to
:18:52. > :18:57.swallow. Well, with me is Russell Foster is
:18:58. > :19:05.a professor of circadian neuroscience at Oxford University.
:19:06. > :19:13.In terms of the body clock, what price ignoring it? Element with 60%
:19:14. > :19:19.of our lives will be spent asleep. It is the single most important
:19:20. > :19:23.behaviour we experience. Quality of life joined the day is dependent on
:19:24. > :19:27.the quality of sleep we get at night but did forget the fact that so many
:19:28. > :19:30.important things are going on. The ability to come up with new
:19:31. > :19:35.solutions to complex problems are all going on in the brain at night.
:19:36. > :19:39.The body is rebuilding metabolic pathways. You cannot have a
:19:40. > :19:46.functional day without a good night's sleep. How much is our
:19:47. > :19:51.function is dominated by sunlight? It is critically important. What it
:19:52. > :19:56.does is set the internal day, the body clock, to the external world.
:19:57. > :20:00.Morning light exposure is critical in allowing us to align our biology
:20:01. > :20:04.appropriately to the demands of working and resting.
:20:05. > :20:07.And you can find out more about how your body clock changes through
:20:08. > :20:28.Pregnant women are being encouraged to give birth in units run by
:20:29. > :20:31.midwives rather Proposed guidelines for England
:20:32. > :20:35.and Wales from the advisory body, NICE, say new evidence suggests
:20:36. > :20:38.that midwife units are as safe as labour wards led by doctors if
:20:39. > :20:41.the woman is considered a low risk. Our health correspondent,
:20:42. > :20:50.Branwen Jeffreys, reports. than working out where to have your
:20:51. > :20:56.baby is a big decision. Report Today's says low risk women should
:20:57. > :20:59.be encouraged to choose a unit led by midwives. Research shows it is
:21:00. > :21:03.just as safe for them as a hospital ward run by doctors. The advice is
:21:04. > :21:09.being updated for women. Some hope this will also send a clear message
:21:10. > :21:13.to the NHS. Make absolutely sure that all the different facilities
:21:14. > :21:19.are there, so that women really can make a choice. Nobody is trying to
:21:20. > :21:25.push women into having a baby where they do not want to. Deciding where
:21:26. > :21:30.to have your baby is an intensely personal choice. Some women will
:21:31. > :21:33.want the experience of a midwife led unit, others will prefer the
:21:34. > :21:41.reassurance of a traditional hospital ward, just in case anything
:21:42. > :21:46.goes wrong during labour. This midwife unit is just down the
:21:47. > :21:49.corridor from the labour ward. The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
:21:50. > :21:54.added it to give women more choice. Midwives say, in some areas, the
:21:55. > :21:59.rise in birth rate means that are not enough options. The provision of
:22:00. > :22:03.maternity services are very patchy. In some parts of the country, they
:22:04. > :22:06.are under pressure and there is a need to expand availability of
:22:07. > :22:12.services in those areas to meet the needs of the local population. For
:22:13. > :22:15.most parents, a safe arrival is what they want most. These guidelines
:22:16. > :22:17.will increase pressure to offer real choice, giving them in greater
:22:18. > :22:22.control over a precious experience. Britain's two busiest airports,
:22:23. > :22:24.Heathrow and Gatwick, both submit their bids today to be
:22:25. > :22:27.allowed to build a new runway. The Airports Commission will choose
:22:28. > :22:30.between a second runway for Gatwick, a third
:22:31. > :22:32.for Heathrow or an extension to one But it won't make a decision until
:22:33. > :22:36.after the next general election. Our transport correspondent,
:22:37. > :22:39.Richard Westcott, is at Heathrow. Richard, what's the likelihood
:22:40. > :22:51.of these actually getting built? It is a good question. There is a
:22:52. > :22:54.good chance we will never get a new runway built, no matter what
:22:55. > :22:58.happens. If you think of this process like the journey, it is like
:22:59. > :23:01.long haul to New Zealand but stopping across at lots of point
:23:02. > :23:04.along the way and having a bit of bad weather thrown in as well. We
:23:05. > :23:08.have to wait till September before we even know if a project for a
:23:09. > :23:16.huge, new airport in the Thames estuary, is going to be included on
:23:17. > :23:18.the short list. That error of London once. Then we have to wait until
:23:19. > :23:21.after the general election before we get the final recommendation and
:23:22. > :23:25.then it is down to the new government to make a decision.
:23:26. > :23:29.Interestingly, the boss of British Airways has often said he does not
:23:30. > :23:33.think that will ever be a new runway.
:23:34. > :23:36.The internet search engine, Google, has been told that it must remove
:23:37. > :23:38.some sensitive information about individuals if it is out
:23:39. > :23:42.The ruling was made by the European Court of Justice.
:23:43. > :23:44.Our technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, is here.
:23:45. > :23:48.Football, in the last hour it's been announced
:23:49. > :23:58.This has been a long-running saga and a sting in the tail for Google.
:23:59. > :24:03.What it concerns is a Spanish man. He is the original complainer. He
:24:04. > :24:07.banned when he put his name into Google, very old story from the
:24:08. > :24:11.1990s came up about his house being repossessed. He did not like that.
:24:12. > :24:16.He complained and wanted it taken down. Google says it just links to
:24:17. > :24:19.stuff on the internet and does not actually control the data will up
:24:20. > :24:27.the final ruling from the Court of Justice said, it is up to you. That
:24:28. > :24:29.has extraordinary consequences, according to lawyers. They now say
:24:30. > :24:33.it will be open to anyone who does not like anything about them on the
:24:34. > :24:38.internet to go to Google and say, I want to take that down and Google
:24:39. > :24:42.will have to do it. Google is saying that could have severe consequences
:24:43. > :24:49.for freedom of speech. What can people do? This has put
:24:50. > :24:53.extraordinary power into people 's hands and giving Google a huge,
:24:54. > :24:57.bureaucratic challenge. They could have thousands of millions of
:24:58. > :25:00.requests from people asking for the information to be removed. The
:25:01. > :25:03.information might still be there on a newspaper website that you would
:25:04. > :25:05.find it a lot more difficult to get to Google removed it from its search
:25:06. > :25:09.listings. Football,
:25:10. > :25:11.in the last hour it's been announced that the Tottenham manager,
:25:12. > :25:14.Tim Sherwood, has left the club. He'd been in charge for six months
:25:15. > :25:17.and led Spurs to sixth-place in the Premier League and qualification
:25:18. > :25:20.for the Europa League. The 45-year-old took over from
:25:21. > :25:38.Andre Villas-Boas and had signed And innovative gardening unit has
:25:39. > :25:48.been opened at Headley Court. Some of the plants are going to be on
:25:49. > :25:52.display at the Chelsea flower show. Heads Court has treated over 500
:25:53. > :25:57.seriously wounded soldiers and others from the conflict in
:25:58. > :26:01.Afghanistan. At least 200 of them are amputees and before that the
:26:02. > :26:06.wounded from the war in Iraq. For most of them, the treatment can go
:26:07. > :26:11.on for several years. It can be very tough physical and rehabilitation.
:26:12. > :26:16.For those being treated here, the chance to learn gardening therapy is
:26:17. > :26:23.also the chance to learn some news -- skills. A row is planted to mark
:26:24. > :26:30.a new beginning and the opening of a gardening centre with a difference.
:26:31. > :26:33.-- a rose. These soldiers are both at the rehabilitation centre and now
:26:34. > :26:39.learning horticulture as part of their therapy. Hayden was injured in
:26:40. > :26:45.a car accident. This is a nice change from clinical physio that we
:26:46. > :26:49.do. It is nice and relaxing. Not only is it mentally relaxing but it
:26:50. > :26:54.also gets you up and about without realising it, which is actually good
:26:55. > :27:01.physio. Horticultural therapist Carol is working with Guardsman John
:27:02. > :27:06.Dawson. He was shot in the head while serving in Helmand. He has
:27:07. > :27:10.been a patient here since September 2012. I love doing it. You come down
:27:11. > :27:16.here and it is peaceful and relaxing. You do what is asked and
:27:17. > :27:21.once you are done you go back to the ward and just relax. There is no
:27:22. > :27:26.stress, it is just relaxing. There is no one having a go at you. No
:27:27. > :27:31.Sergeant Major standing behind you telling you what to do. Carol and
:27:32. > :27:39.soldiers have been growing the plants for the Chelsea flower show.
:27:40. > :27:43.She firmly believes in the healing powers of gardening. It is also
:27:44. > :27:50.being engaged in purposeful activity, that there is a reason
:27:51. > :27:57.behind it, it is not just the gym equipment and they have to focus on
:27:58. > :28:01.what you are doing. The number of all winded from Afghanistan is going
:28:02. > :28:07.down although some soldiers are still being treated here many years
:28:08. > :28:19.on. This gardening therapy can help to sow the seeds of recovery and the
:28:20. > :28:24.start of a return to normal life. HighGround is keen to help
:28:25. > :28:33.soldiers, winded or otherwise, in their transition back to normal
:28:34. > :28:37.life. -- wounded or otherwise. The charities say the experiences may be
:28:38. > :28:40.mirrored in the experience of soldiers leaving the Army today as
:28:41. > :28:43.they transition back into civilian life.
:28:44. > :29:02.Things are warming up. Today, we aren't dodging the downpours. The
:29:03. > :29:08.showers have got going again. Yet again, some of them are heavy. Hale
:29:09. > :29:18.is mixed in again. It is not raining all the time. You get to see a bit
:29:19. > :29:23.of sunshine. It may not be too long until the next one comes along. A
:29:24. > :29:25.lovely end the afternoon across western Scotland. To the east, some
:29:26. > :29:30.heavy showers. Maybe a rumble western Scotland. To the east, some
:29:31. > :29:33.thunder. A few showers continue in old an island. They are still with
:29:34. > :29:37.us across northern England, the Midlands, the East of England and
:29:38. > :29:49.into the sap is. Some heavy downpours. -- into the South East.
:29:50. > :29:54.Not quite as breezy in south-west England. The showers tonight are
:29:55. > :29:58.still with us into the first part of tonight, across eastern areas before
:29:59. > :30:03.finally easing. We will keep some patchy cloud and breeze. Light
:30:04. > :30:08.winds, clear skies and temperatures dip away. It'll be colder than this
:30:09. > :30:14.in countryside. Maybe a touch of ground frost. Some spots in Scotland
:30:15. > :30:19.will be down to freezing. A chilly start in the morning. As we go on
:30:20. > :30:25.through the morning, you will think, where are the showers? There
:30:26. > :30:29.are not any developing. For England, Wales and the use of Scotland, it is
:30:30. > :30:33.mainly dry. We do get cloud and outbreaks of rain in Northern
:30:34. > :30:36.Ireland and the West of Scotland. It will hold the temperature down.
:30:37. > :30:41.Elsewhere it will be warmer and a sign of things to come. High
:30:42. > :30:45.pressure is building in. Coming into Thursday, shunting away the rain
:30:46. > :30:49.bearing weather fronts in Scotland and Northern Ireland. More of us
:30:50. > :30:56.will be dry and warm on Thursday. There will be cloud around. Sunny
:30:57. > :31:00.spells, maybe hazy at times. Many parts of the UK will be into the
:31:01. > :31:04.high teens and low 20s going Thursday into Friday. The best of
:31:05. > :31:06.the sunshine will be across southern areas. Into the weekend, the chance
:31:07. > :31:11.of showers and becoming areas. Into the weekend, the chance
:31:12. > :31:17.of showers unsettled. Until then, dryer, warmer weather, some
:31:18. > :31:22.occasional sunshine. Still fairly chilly. Plenty of time for me to
:31:23. > :31:28.keep this tie on for a little time yet. Thank you very much. Now a
:31:29. > :31:35.reminder of our top story: The boss of Pfizer defends the proposed
:31:36. > :31:36.takeover of AstraZeneca but could not guarantee there would be no