:00:00. > :00:09.Television entertainer and artist Rolf Harris
:00:10. > :00:12.starts giving evidence in his trial for alleged indecent assaults.
:00:13. > :00:16.He told the jury how he got his break in television in 1953
:00:17. > :00:18.before becoming a household name when he joined the BBC.
:00:19. > :00:21.We'll get the latest from Southwark Crown Court,
:00:22. > :00:24.where Mr Harris sang a section of his song Jake The Peg
:00:25. > :00:27.and demonstrated the sounds made by a didgeridoo.
:00:28. > :00:31.Also this lunchtime: David Cameron heads to Brussels
:00:32. > :00:34.for an informal dinner with other EU leaders.
:00:35. > :00:38.On the menu - what to do now about Europe?
:00:39. > :00:42.Lloyds has announced plans to float a 25% stake in its TSB business
:00:43. > :00:49.the Nigerian military say they've located the missing schoolgirls
:00:50. > :00:55.Just over two weeks before the start of the World Cup,
:00:56. > :00:57.and the Brazil team bus came under attack
:00:58. > :01:02.from protesters angry with the cost of hosting the event.
:01:03. > :01:04.Later on BBC London, Tower Hamlets is accused
:01:05. > :01:07.of failing to protect voters from intimidation
:01:08. > :01:09.after reports of crowds outside some polling stations.
:01:10. > :01:30.And more fines for dangerous drivers and cyclists,
:01:31. > :01:33.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC's News At One.
:01:34. > :01:39.has admitted in court that he is a touchy-feely person,
:01:40. > :01:41.but he's denied indecently assaulting
:01:42. > :01:46.Mr Harris has been giving evidence for the first time
:01:47. > :01:53.He faces 12 counts of indecent assault
:01:54. > :01:56.on four alleged victims between 1968 and 1986, all of which he denies.
:01:57. > :02:07.Our correspondent Sangita Myska is at Southwark Crown Court.
:02:08. > :02:14.Rolf Harris has been giving evidence for over two and a half hours. That
:02:15. > :02:17.evidence began with a great detailed account of his illustrious career
:02:18. > :02:24.during which he invented the didgeridoo, that he had been
:02:25. > :02:30.employed by the BBC in 1954, when he became a household name. He went on
:02:31. > :02:37.to win honours and was eventually asked to paint the Queen. Within 45
:02:38. > :02:54.minutes, it was put to him by his own defence that a woman who had
:02:55. > :03:02.stood in court put it to him that he had groomed her from the age of 13
:03:03. > :03:09.and indecently assaulted her several times. He categorically denied that
:03:10. > :03:14.claim. My report contains some flash photography.
:03:15. > :03:21.Did a Rolf Harris arrived at court to speak for the first time in his
:03:22. > :03:24.own defence. -- today. Gripping the hand of his daughter and his wife,
:03:25. > :03:54.he made his way past a wall of place, Rolf Harris was a TV
:03:55. > :04:01.celebrity. His alleged victim was a TV celebrity. His alleged Victor a
:04:02. > :04:12.second incident, his barrister said...
:04:13. > :04:21.The entertainer is expected to give evidence for a total of three days.
:04:22. > :04:26.He denies the charges against him. In the last hour, Rolf Harris has
:04:27. > :04:28.told the jury that it was that alleged victim who in fact
:04:29. > :04:34.instigated a consensual sexual relationship with him at the age of
:04:35. > :04:40.16. He is expected to continue giving evidence this afternoon.
:04:41. > :04:42.The leaders of the main Westminster parties
:04:43. > :04:44.are responding to UKIP's success in the European elections.
:04:45. > :04:50.other EU heads of government in Brussels today.
:04:51. > :04:53.He says he wants them to heed the message of the voters.
:04:54. > :04:56.Ed Miliband, in a speech in Essex, is to set out his approach
:04:57. > :04:59.And after the Liberal Democrats' poor showing,
:05:00. > :05:01.Nick Clegg is facing more calls from party activists
:05:02. > :05:16.Mr Clegg, are you under pressure? Chris Mason has more.
:05:17. > :05:20.Mr Clegg, are you under pressure? That is the kind of welcome you get
:05:21. > :05:25.when you are a party leader and you get dumped in two sets of elections
:05:26. > :05:29.on the same day. While some wonder whether he is up to the job of
:05:30. > :05:33.Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg went to talk to young people looking
:05:34. > :05:41.for a job themselves. Is he any good at the pool table? Possibly white,
:05:42. > :05:46.no-one is watching! He acknowledged the European Union has to change but
:05:47. > :05:49.he is still unapologetically keen on Brussels. We are in favour of
:05:50. > :05:56.reform, we are in favour of a referendum, but we should be an
:05:57. > :06:00.internationalist country, committed to a reformed European Union. I
:06:01. > :06:05.accept it has been a massive setback for us, but we were right to stick
:06:06. > :06:11.to our values and seek to make the case. This is one of UKIP's new
:06:12. > :06:16.MEPs. He says the party has its eyes on another election. The first
:06:17. > :06:19.priority is to head up to Newark and start hitting the doors and carry on
:06:20. > :06:24.the earthquake into the by-election. It gives us a great opportunity,
:06:25. > :06:28.with winning in the European elections, getting council groups
:06:29. > :06:33.formed, that we can really progress and keep a sharp focus on getting
:06:34. > :06:36.MPs in Westminster. That is why it is not just Nick Clegg with a
:06:37. > :06:42.headache. The Conservatives and Labour have to face up to the UKIP
:06:43. > :06:46.challenge. Ed Miliband is heading to Essex to do just that with advice
:06:47. > :06:49.ringing in his ears from one of his predecessors about what the UK
:06:50. > :06:57.outlook on the European Union should be. It is important that Europe
:06:58. > :07:01.concentrates on a strong reform agenda and the issues where it is
:07:02. > :07:04.necessary for each country to do well, but also takes on the UKIP
:07:05. > :07:08.argument that the future of Britain would be advanced by being out of
:07:09. > :07:12.Europe, or that the problems of Britain are to do with immigration,
:07:13. > :07:17.because it is just not correct. David Cameron was on a building site
:07:18. > :07:21.in London this morning. He is going to Brussels to meet other European
:07:22. > :07:25.leaders. Expect a high visibility strategy from him about how he wants
:07:26. > :07:26.to shake up the EU and offer a referendum on membership if he wins
:07:27. > :07:30.the general election. In a moment,
:07:31. > :07:32.we'll get the latest from Brussels and Europe correspondent
:07:33. > :07:34.Matthew Price. First, we can talk to
:07:35. > :07:36.our chief political correspondent, Norman Smith,
:07:37. > :07:38.who's in Thurrock in Essex, where Mr Miliband will be speaking
:07:39. > :07:47.this afternoon. The leaders are reeling from these
:07:48. > :07:54.results, how much pressure are they under? Well, they face exactly the
:07:55. > :07:58.same problem, namely what on earth to do about the UKIP surge. In a
:07:59. > :08:03.speech that Ed Miliband will give, it might usefully be titled, how on
:08:04. > :08:07.earth do I get back the lost voters? Answers on a postcard,
:08:08. > :08:14.please. There are no obvious answers, and both Mr Cameron and Mr
:08:15. > :08:18.Miliband are being pulled in different directions. Some say that
:08:19. > :08:22.Mr Miliband must be more robust on immigration, others say, don't get
:08:23. > :08:27.involved in an arms race with Nigel Farage over immigration. Some tell
:08:28. > :08:29.David Cameron to break up the coalition, bring forward the
:08:30. > :08:35.referendum, have a pact with Nigel Farage. Then some like Michael
:08:36. > :08:39.Heseltine and Ken Clarke are saying, no, stand firm. They say no plan
:08:40. > :08:45.survives first contact with the enemy, but old Mr Cameron and Mr
:08:46. > :08:49.Miliband have had contact with the enemy and are now having to revise
:08:50. > :08:53.their plans. And what about Nick Clegg after that dreadful day
:08:54. > :08:56.yesterday? Well, what about Nick Clegg? He was looking a
:08:57. > :08:59.yesterday? Well, what about Nick Clegg? He was looking little less
:09:00. > :09:04.sick leave this morning, but the pressure is still on him. There are
:09:05. > :09:07.still party activists demanding he go, a thread of emergency
:09:08. > :09:11.still party activists demanding he by local constituencies, polls
:09:12. > :09:15.suggesting he could lose his own constituency. What we don't know is
:09:16. > :09:22.how numerous are his critics, how much momentum they have, and do they
:09:23. > :09:26.have an alternative. But what we do know is that Mystic Lake's problems
:09:27. > :09:34.have not gone away. Four. -- Mr Clegg.
:09:35. > :09:38.And interesting dinner in Brussels tonight. Absolutely, and it will be
:09:39. > :09:44.interesting if we get any readout from that dinner whether the
:09:45. > :09:47.Eurosceptic vote, which has happened across Europe, it is worth through
:09:48. > :09:50.membrane that the bulk of the voters chose pro-European parties, but a
:09:51. > :09:57.big increase in support chose pro-European parties, but a
:09:58. > :09:58.remembering. How chose pro-European parties, but a
:09:59. > :10:02.to have an impact on the leaders who chose pro-European parties, but a
:10:03. > :10:05.meet here? There are those who chose pro-European parties, but a
:10:06. > :10:06.it is putting wind in the sales of people like David
:10:07. > :10:12.it is putting wind in the sales of argue that in
:10:13. > :10:14.it is putting wind in the sales of Union, the European Commission, the
:10:15. > :10:19.council here and the European Parliament all need to start
:10:20. > :10:24.thinking about how to reform the EU. And you would have thought he is
:10:25. > :10:28.going to make a big push for that. Francois Hollande, the President
:10:29. > :10:30.going to make a big push for that. massive challenge from the National
:10:31. > :10:31.Front, the anti-EU and anti-immigration
:10:32. > :10:40.Front, the anti-EU and been saying that Europe needs to
:10:41. > :10:41.Front, the anti-EU and reconnect and reform with voters. So
:10:42. > :10:44.some reconnect and reform with voters. So
:10:45. > :10:48.in the minds of some of the leaders here, and we will see in the coming
:10:49. > :10:52.days, but also years, of course, where exactly they want to go with
:10:53. > :10:55.this. Matthew Price, Norman Smith, thank you very much.
:10:56. > :10:58.Shares are to be sold in the high-street bank TSB.
:10:59. > :11:00.Lloyds Banking Group, which currently owns the business,
:11:01. > :11:03.will float a quarter of the shares on the stock market next month.
:11:04. > :11:05.The bank was created out of Lloyds last year
:11:06. > :11:07.as a condition for the government bailout
:11:08. > :11:14.Our business correspondent Simon Jack reports.
:11:15. > :11:19.Over the last few months, you may have noticed the return of
:11:20. > :11:21.Over the last few months, you may brands to the high street. TSP is
:11:22. > :11:25.back, and its owner has decided brands to the high street. TSP is
:11:26. > :11:31.sell it to the public, with the first 25% of shares up
:11:32. > :11:35.next month. -- TSB. The sales pitch is that this is a back to basics
:11:36. > :11:36.next month. -- TSB. The sales pitch approach to banking. We
:11:37. > :11:42.next month. -- TSB. The sales pitch bring local banking back to Britain,
:11:43. > :11:44.a banking model where it is there to serve local customers,
:11:45. > :13:09.a banking model where it is there to businesses, helped fuel
:13:10. > :13:14.recovered by closing tax avoidance schemes and carrying out
:13:15. > :13:20.investigations. HM Revenue and Customs said ?1 billion came from
:13:21. > :13:25.criminals and ?2.7 billion from tackling avoidance schemes in court.
:13:26. > :13:29.Military leaders in Nigeria say they know the whereabouts of more than
:13:30. > :13:36.200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group six
:13:37. > :13:51.weeks ago. They said they have ruled out force to free them, saying it
:13:52. > :13:57.would be too dangerous. There has been no sign of the girl since two
:13:58. > :14:00.weeks ago but in front of a crowd showing its support for the
:14:01. > :14:05.military, it was announced the girls have been located. The good news for
:14:06. > :14:13.the girls is that we know where they are but we cannot tell you. Just
:14:14. > :14:18.leave us alone, we are working and we will get them back. He said using
:14:19. > :14:24.force would risky to try. This is this is what is left of the school
:14:25. > :14:29.from where the girls were seized. They were taken in the middle of the
:14:30. > :14:33.night and loaded onto trucks. A father whose daughters are still
:14:34. > :14:38.missing told the BBC what he made of the latest news from the military. I
:14:39. > :14:41.used to be completely downhearted but now that we have some
:14:42. > :14:46.information about their whereabouts, we are beginning to feel comforted.
:14:47. > :14:50.He called on the Government to do everything they can to secure their
:14:51. > :14:56.release alive, but they must not use force, which may harm them, he said.
:14:57. > :15:00.The news may be seen as a breakthrough but there are plenty of
:15:01. > :15:06.people who are reluctant to take official statements at face value.
:15:07. > :15:12.The Nigerians will be worried about this because in the past the
:15:13. > :15:20.military has put out an announcement that has turned out to be not so
:15:21. > :15:24.true so when we look at what has been said, we also look back and
:15:25. > :15:31.take it with a pinch of salt. In churches and mosques, Nigerians keep
:15:32. > :15:36.praying for a return of the girls and an end to the violence. Almost
:15:37. > :15:40.500 people have been killed by Boko Haram since the girls were abducted.
:15:41. > :15:44.More marches and demonstrations are planned. Across Nigeria, the calls
:15:45. > :15:46.to bring back our girls alive will still ring out.
:15:47. > :15:49.Our top story this lunchtime: The television entertainer and artist
:15:50. > :15:54.Rolf Harris has started giving evidence at his trial. He denies 12
:15:55. > :16:00.counts of indecent assault. Still to come: No end to the flooding misery
:16:01. > :16:04.as farmers in Somerset say it will be years before they can recover
:16:05. > :16:08.from the deluge. Later on BBC London, the family who
:16:09. > :16:13.lost their son to cancer now fundraising. Could this man be the
:16:14. > :16:16.new manager at Tottenham? Spurs confirm they are in talks with the
:16:17. > :16:32.Southampton boss. Just a few short months ago,
:16:33. > :16:35.this is what much of the country looked like with heavy persistent
:16:36. > :16:37.rain bringing devastating floods. Particularly badly hit were farmers
:16:38. > :16:47.in Somerset, and today they say they're still recovering from the
:16:48. > :16:53.damage done, and that its impact It was a vast inland sea for weeks,
:16:54. > :16:57.floodwater that covered farmland, killing everything it submerged.
:16:58. > :17:02.When you drove along these roads just a few months ago, the roads
:17:03. > :17:08.that were possible anyway, you were surrounded by floodwater. It was an
:17:09. > :17:09.extraordinary sight and today it is completely different. Everything is
:17:10. > :17:15.green, so full of life, but completely different. Everything is
:17:16. > :17:20.fields things are not quite what they seem. James Winslade is a beef
:17:21. > :17:26.farmer and for him this land provides grass for grazing and to be
:17:27. > :17:33.cut for winter food. It is a crop, but one that is in a very poor
:17:34. > :17:37.state. Buttercup is a smothering plant. It gets like Matt, it will
:17:38. > :17:42.smother the seeds and daylight so else grows. Buttercup makes the
:17:43. > :17:49.cattle have diarrhoea. Only about one third of this land is healthy.
:17:50. > :17:55.At this time of year, his cattle should not be insurance but out on
:17:56. > :18:03.the pasture. It is yet another cost. It will be 200,000 plus, I expect,
:18:04. > :18:09.insurance costs, God only knows what they will be. It is hundreds and
:18:10. > :18:14.hundreds of thousands. This is just for us. Many people have been under
:18:15. > :18:18.water. There is no closing the door after work and leaving the worries
:18:19. > :18:25.behind. Like so many people on the Somerset Levels, James' home was
:18:26. > :18:29.devastated and is still drying out. This is where there were no bricks
:18:30. > :18:36.left, and there is a huge hole there, and here, and in the other
:18:37. > :18:41.room. So it just disintegrated basically? Literally washed out. The
:18:42. > :18:46.wall on the other side was washed down. Because we had waves and they
:18:47. > :18:51.were coming to this height, the depth of water was so great. One
:18:52. > :18:55.silver lining in the clouds that caused so much chaos came from the
:18:56. > :19:02.kindness of strangers. Farmers across the UK, donating huge amounts
:19:03. > :19:10.of feed. No one could have predicted how much of a response we have
:19:11. > :19:16.hard. Everyone jumped on board and helped, which shows how tight
:19:17. > :19:21.British farming is across the UK. In these situations it is is a total
:19:22. > :19:27.life-saver. James is battling on but says full recovery remains a long
:19:28. > :19:33.way off. If we are lucky it will be by the end of next year, not this
:19:34. > :19:38.year, to get everything back into sync again. Get them out to forage
:19:39. > :19:43.and the grass to recover, it will take a long time. That of course
:19:44. > :19:49.depends on mother nature playing her part. No one wants a repeat of last
:19:50. > :19:51.winter or the one before. Surely this land and the people who live
:19:52. > :19:58.and work here deserve some respite. The Ukrainian Government says
:19:59. > :20:03.its forces have recaptured the international airport
:20:04. > :20:05.in the eastern city of Donetsk, killing many of the pro-Russian
:20:06. > :20:16.separatists who'd taken control. In the past few minutes the
:20:17. > :20:20.Organisation for Security and co-operation in Europe said it had
:20:21. > :20:29.lost contact with the observer team in Donetsk. The scars of battle,
:20:30. > :20:34.yesterday's fighting at Donetsk airport left its mark here. Much of
:20:35. > :20:37.what is on the ground is too graphic to show, body parts scattered
:20:38. > :20:42.what is on the ground is too graphic the daybreak, in this city thought
:20:43. > :20:46.it would never witness. In the last few minutes gunfire has broken out
:20:47. > :20:52.in the direction of the terminal building. It is not of the intensity
:20:53. > :20:56.it was yesterday but this could be the clean-up operation to flush out
:20:57. > :21:00.the last elements of rebel controlled from Donetsk airport.
:21:01. > :21:18.Quiet moments were pierced by the crack of machine guns. Ukraine's
:21:19. > :21:21.government says its forces have now retaken the airport, but at a heavy
:21:22. > :21:23.cost. The assault yesterday was intense, Ukrainian jets pounding
:21:24. > :21:27.rebels who tried to seize the building. They struck back but
:21:28. > :21:31.claimed at least 30 dead, a huge strength by Kiev but those who saw
:21:32. > :21:36.it spoke of their horror. In my town, I am surprised. For me, it is
:21:37. > :21:43.no good, no good to say how I feel. I feel, myself, awful. It is
:21:44. > :21:48.terrible. Russia is the third force here, the separatists looking east
:21:49. > :21:52.for help. Moscow says it will work with the new Ukrainian president but
:21:53. > :22:00.its Foreign Minister called for restraint. TRANSLATION: The number
:22:01. > :22:05.one task for the authorities is to bring an immediate end to the use of
:22:06. > :22:11.the army against the public and an end to any violence by all sides. At
:22:12. > :22:15.the battle scene, a futile attempt to restore normality. An
:22:16. > :22:22.independence rebellion here has become something deadlier. Kiev says
:22:23. > :22:28.its anti-terrorist operation must quicken and an end is drawing near.
:22:29. > :22:31.Relatives of passengers on the Malaysia Airlines plane that
:22:32. > :22:33.disappeared two months ago have been given access to information
:22:34. > :22:36.British satellite firm Inmarsat has released 14 pieces
:22:37. > :22:38.of data to families after mounting calls for greater transparency
:22:39. > :22:50.The Boeing 777 had 239 people on board when it vanished in March.
:22:51. > :22:53.An international investigation team concluded the jet flew south ending
:22:54. > :22:58.up in the southern Indian Ocean. The newly-elected
:22:59. > :23:00.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met his Pakistani counterpart
:23:01. > :23:03.on his first full day in office. Mr Modi met Nawaz Sharif for a
:23:04. > :23:06.discussion lasting about 40 minutes. Reports say the discussions centred
:23:07. > :23:08.on concerns about militancy and It's seen as the start
:23:09. > :23:12.of possible improved ties between the two neighbours whose relations
:23:13. > :23:15.have been poor since a terror attack Pope Francis says he will show zero
:23:16. > :23:27.tolerance to anyone in the Roman Catholic Church guilty
:23:28. > :23:29.of abusing children. Speaking to reporters
:23:30. > :23:31.on the flight back from his Middle East tour, the Pope also said
:23:32. > :23:34.he would hold a special Mass in the Vatican next month,
:23:35. > :23:40.with a group of abuse victims. Let's talk to our
:23:41. > :23:53.Rome Correspondent, Alan Johnston. He is not the first Pope to do this
:23:54. > :23:58.so what is different this time? Pope Francis is really trying to show
:23:59. > :24:02.that he sees the whole sex abuse scandal as extremely serious, that
:24:03. > :24:08.he understands the full gravity of it. On the plane, talking to
:24:09. > :24:12.reporters, he reached for some powerful religious imagery. He
:24:13. > :24:18.described the abuse by priests as an ugly crime that betrayed God,
:24:19. > :24:22.comparing it even to devil worship. He said on this issue we have to go
:24:23. > :24:27.forwards with zero tolerance. Announcing this planned meeting with
:24:28. > :24:32.victims of abuse, he is showing that as head of the Catholic church, he
:24:33. > :24:37.is ready to acknowledge personally the pain of those who suffered at
:24:38. > :24:43.the hands of priests. The big message here is that he is trying to
:24:44. > :24:49.listen, but already some of those who represent victims of abuse
:24:50. > :24:55.around the world have said that they are far from impressed. They say at
:24:56. > :24:57.the end of the day this meeting will be another gesture, just one more
:24:58. > :25:01.piece of Vatican publicity, propaganda if you like. They are
:25:02. > :25:05.only interested in concrete action. They want the Pope to punish the
:25:06. > :25:37.senior figures in the Church who worked for years to cover up the sex
:25:38. > :25:40.crimes of the clergy. Thank you. Increasing numbers of British
:25:41. > :25:46.children are being registers are blind or partially sighted. The
:25:47. > :25:50.charity Blind Children UK says much of the rise is because more
:25:51. > :25:55.premature babies are surviving with one in 20 now likely to be born
:25:56. > :26:04.blind. It is warning that delays in diagnosis and leaving children
:26:05. > :26:10.unnecessarily visually impaired. One in 20 babies who were severely
:26:11. > :26:14.premature are now likely to be born blind. Despite the increasing
:26:15. > :26:18.numbers, the charity said that its own survey of parents with children
:26:19. > :26:25.who had sight loss reported feeling depressed by the struggles they
:26:26. > :26:29.faced. Many claim to have waited more than a year to get a
:26:30. > :26:34.diagnosis. The charity says it's important they get the support they
:26:35. > :26:38.need as soon as possible, otherwise it could affect their development
:26:39. > :26:52.and their ability to make sense of the world around them.
:26:53. > :26:55.As the World Cup gets nearer, you would have thought that the
:26:56. > :26:59.appearance of the Brazilian football team in front of their home
:27:00. > :27:04.supporters would have been an excuse for a rapturous welcome. Not this
:27:05. > :27:08.time. As the team are leaving to their training ground, a group of
:27:09. > :27:14.teachers staged a demonstration protesting against the money being
:27:15. > :27:18.spent on the World Cup. These highly paid players, mostly based in
:27:19. > :27:23.Europe, will have only seen the recent anti-World Cup protests from
:27:24. > :27:28.afar, but the welcome from striking teachers at this airport will have
:27:29. > :27:33.left them in no doubt. This World Cup is not being celebrated by
:27:34. > :27:39.everyone. The team bus was mobbed as it left the airport but not by fans.
:27:40. > :27:44.Excessive spending on new stadiums, as protesters see it, in what is
:27:45. > :27:49.still in developing countries with low wages, has led to a wave of
:27:50. > :27:53.protests across Brazil. The criticisms have been echoed by some
:27:54. > :27:59.former players. Looking relaxed despite the protests, there is
:28:00. > :28:04.tremendous pressure on this Brazilian squad to perform. The vast
:28:05. > :28:08.majority of the public and thousands of journalists who cover football
:28:09. > :28:13.here expects nothing less than a World Cup win. The finger of God
:28:14. > :28:20.looking down here on the Brazilian training ground in the cool hills
:28:21. > :28:25.above Rio de Janeiro, and this team will need all the help they can get
:28:26. > :28:28.because the weight of expectation cannot be overestimated.
:28:29. > :28:31.More protests are expected during the tournament, and so security will
:28:32. > :28:36.be tight at stadiums like this one, where several games including the
:28:37. > :28:43.final will take place. Team coaches have urged the country to get behind
:28:44. > :28:52.the players and not to dwell on this division is of the tournament. Can
:28:53. > :28:55.the World Cup once again unite this football mad nation?
:28:56. > :28:56.Let's get an update on the weather forecast now.
:28:57. > :29:01.Let's get an update on the weather forecast now. Nothing unusual for
:29:02. > :29:06.the time of year but not great news if you are on the half term break at
:29:07. > :29:10.the moment. Some wet conditions tending to be towards eastern
:29:11. > :29:17.areas, always brighter in the west but even here and not immune from
:29:18. > :29:22.the showers. This area of blue is an old weather front, and could be the
:29:23. > :29:28.focus for some thunderstorms later. A lot of this is not showing up on
:29:29. > :29:32.the radar because it is patchy rain and drizzle. The heavy bursts tend
:29:33. > :29:39.to be across Lincolnshire and East Anglia. Further west, the rain will
:29:40. > :29:43.come and go, and a cooler day under that cloud with breezy conditions
:29:44. > :29:48.and the rain. Further west, some isolated showers through the
:29:49. > :29:51.afternoon, but a lot of dry and bright weather. Staying dry and
:29:52. > :30:03.right across parts of north-west England, but the showers will be not
:30:04. > :30:08.as frequent for many because of the wind from the North Sea. That will
:30:09. > :30:13.bring in further areas of thick cloud, outbreaks of rain, and by the
:30:14. > :30:18.end of the night the wettest weather will be in the north-east of
:30:19. > :30:27.England. Temperatures will even out between nine and 13 Celsius. Wet
:30:28. > :30:33.spots tomorrow tending to be to the east of the Pennines, with many
:30:34. > :30:38.parts of England and Northern Ireland occasionally seeing rain and
:30:39. > :30:42.drizzle. The brightest weather out there will be top and tail of the
:30:43. > :30:48.country, you will need some sunshine to lift those temperatures up to 18
:30:49. > :30:53.degrees once again. Many will be at 12 or 13, but if you are looking for
:30:54. > :30:58.something drier and brighter, why not head to the far north of
:30:59. > :31:02.Scotland. Opposite end of the country, the south-west of England
:31:03. > :31:10.has a good chance of seeing that sunshine. Elsewhere on Thursday, we
:31:11. > :31:14.have the cloud, outbreaks of showery rain developing. The breeze keeping
:31:15. > :31:20.temperatures down, but we could see temperatures into the high teens in
:31:21. > :31:25.the south. Temperatures will rise towards the end of the week and we
:31:26. > :31:29.will see drier and brighter weather developing. That is good news for
:31:30. > :31:34.those on half term. Now a reminder of the top story this
:31:35. > :31:39.lunchtime. Rolf Harris has started giving evidence in his trial. He
:31:40. > :31:40.denies 12 counts of indecent