:00:00. > :00:08.Nick Clegg insists Vince Cable was not involved in any plot to oust him
:00:09. > :00:13.He dismisses talk of plots and says the Liberal Democrats are
:00:14. > :00:36.I fully expect that people will try to say that there were plot. I don't
:00:37. > :00:38.believe that for a second. We will look at how serious the situation is
:00:39. > :00:39.for the Liberal Democrats. New figures on the Government's Help
:00:40. > :00:50.to Buy scheme - the vast majority We found a house that ticked all the
:00:51. > :00:54.boxes, and I would definitely say that at this point, we wouldn't have
:00:55. > :00:57.been able to move into it unless we had helped by.
:00:58. > :01:00.Pro-Russian separatists shoot down a Ukrainian military helicopter.
:01:01. > :01:07.Stepping back in time - a nationwide roadshow aims to offer
:01:08. > :01:10.a hands-on experience of life during the First World War.
:01:11. > :01:12.And the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge make their first
:01:13. > :01:19.public appearance since their tour of Australia and New Zealand.
:01:20. > :01:30.The family of a man who died in police custody is furious after one
:01:31. > :01:31.officer resigns. And a new hospital helipad for the capital. It is hoped
:01:32. > :01:46.it will help save lives. Good afternoon
:01:47. > :01:51.and welcome to the BBC News at One. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
:01:52. > :01:54.says he doesn't believe for a second that the Business Secretary is
:01:55. > :01:58.involved in any plot against him. Vince Cable has faced questions over
:01:59. > :02:01.what has been described by some as an attempted coup by his
:02:02. > :02:04.long-standing friend Lord Oakeshott. The peer resigned
:02:05. > :02:07.from the party after it was revealed he carried out polls
:02:08. > :02:10.which suggested the party would be Mr Cable admits knowing
:02:11. > :02:15.about some of the polling, but denies knowing about the one
:02:16. > :02:19.in Mr Clegg's own constituency. Our political correspondent
:02:20. > :02:33.Carole Walker reports. Plots, conspiracies and the Liberal
:02:34. > :02:37.Democrats? Nick Clegg says he doesn't blame Vince Cable. The Lib
:02:38. > :02:41.Dem leader made it clear that he accepts the pledge of support from
:02:42. > :02:44.his business Secretary, even though questions remain over what Mr Cable
:02:45. > :02:49.knew about the attempt to oust him from the leadership will stop I
:02:50. > :02:54.fully expect that people will try and suggest that there are endless
:02:55. > :03:00.plots. I don't believe that for a second. Vince is an outstanding
:03:01. > :03:05.Secretary of State for business. He and I worked together for years and
:03:06. > :03:08.years and years, and we will continue to work together in harness
:03:09. > :03:13.as part of a very strong Liberal Democrat team in government. After
:03:14. > :03:18.days as a collation, Vince Cable pledged his loyalty and denied he
:03:19. > :03:23.has ambitions to lead the party. I am supporting the party leader.
:03:24. > :03:28.People are putting around the story that there is some division on
:03:29. > :03:32.that. There is not. I am clear from the beginning of this week that
:03:33. > :03:36.there is no leadership issue. We have a united team. Mr Cable
:03:37. > :03:40.admitted he was aware of some of the polling being carried out, but said
:03:41. > :03:43.he did not know about a poll leaked to the papers that suggested Nick
:03:44. > :03:47.Clegg would lose his seat at the next election. The polls were
:03:48. > :03:51.commissioned and paid for by this man, Lord Oakeshott, a long-standing
:03:52. > :03:54.friend and ally of Vince Cable, who resigned from the party yesterday,
:03:55. > :04:00.warning the Liberal Democrats were heading for disaster under their
:04:01. > :04:08.current leader. How much did Cable know about this? I have resigned
:04:09. > :04:11.from politics. Nick Clegg says he will lead his party into the next
:04:12. > :04:16.election, but he is still under real pressure to say what he is going to
:04:17. > :04:19.do about his party's diary tings, and his leadership is being openly
:04:20. > :04:31.discussed by several local parties # ratings.
:04:32. > :04:43.That is how to eat bacon sandwich! At least he passed leadership test!
:04:44. > :04:48.We can head live to Westminster and speaks and Norman Smith. How much
:04:49. > :04:55.trouble is Nick Clegg stilling? This plot should really be called
:04:56. > :05:00.the boomerang plot, because it has backfired spectacularly. It has had
:05:01. > :05:05.exactly the opposite effect and come scuttling back, decapitated and the
:05:06. > :05:13.chief conspirator, Lord Oakeshott, and wounding his would-be prince
:05:14. > :05:16.across the water, Vince Cable. Nick Clegg emerges immeasurably
:05:17. > :05:21.strengthened, and may now be politically bombproof ahead of the
:05:22. > :05:24.next election. And why? Because of Vince Cable has had to come out
:05:25. > :05:30.publicly and swear an act of loyalty to Nick Clegg, and other possible
:05:31. > :05:34.successors have also had to row in behind him, people like Danny
:05:35. > :05:38.Alexander and Tim Fallon. But for the party it is disastrous, because
:05:39. > :05:43.in the wake of catastrophic election results, they are plunged into
:05:44. > :05:47.division, disarray, bloodshed and serious questions still remaining
:05:48. > :05:52.about one of the most senior figures, Vince Cable. What did he
:05:53. > :05:56.know, and above all, why did he not tried to stop his long-time friend,
:05:57. > :05:59.Lord Oakeshott, from carrying out covert polls in his leader's
:06:00. > :06:05.constituency deliberately designed to discredit him? One senior Lib Dem
:06:06. > :06:11.MEP said this morning that Vince Cable's failure to stop his friend
:06:12. > :06:15.could be seen as treacherous. Norman Smith at Westminster there.
:06:16. > :06:16.Figures suggest that the Government's controversial mortgage
:06:17. > :06:19.guarantee scheme has had little impact on the housing market.
:06:20. > :06:22.Critics feared that the second phase of Help to Buy, which allows buyers
:06:23. > :06:26.to purchase homes up to a value of ?600,000 with just a 5% deposit, was
:06:27. > :06:31.But the figures show that almost half of all mortgage completions
:06:32. > :06:34.through the scheme were on properties worth less than ?125,000,
:06:35. > :06:44.Our business correspondent Ben Thompson reports.
:06:45. > :06:52.Where is that? The kitchen! Natasha Bond and her husband got the keys to
:06:53. > :06:57.their new home just weeks ago, thanks in part to the mortgage
:06:58. > :07:01.guarantee scheme. With a smaller deposit, she was able to buy a
:07:02. > :07:05.larger home for her growing family, something she would otherwise have
:07:06. > :07:09.struggled to do. We have two small children, and we
:07:10. > :07:12.were looking for somewhere we could grow into in a village location so
:07:13. > :07:19.that we could be part of a community, and we found a house that
:07:20. > :07:23.ticked all those boxes. I would definitely say that at this point we
:07:24. > :07:29.wouldn't have been able to move into it unless we had help to buy. On a
:07:30. > :07:34.visit to the East Midlands, the Prime Minister says there is clear
:07:35. > :07:38.evidence that the scheme is working. We are helping young people who can
:07:39. > :07:42.afford a mortgage payment get a home of their own even if they don't have
:07:43. > :07:48.a rich mum and dad who can give them the deposit. The house market wasn't
:07:49. > :07:55.working for them. Builders wouldn't build unless buyers could buy. There
:07:56. > :08:00.are 7313 purchases in the first six months of the scheme. That is just
:08:01. > :08:06.1.3% of all residential completions over the same period. 80% of those
:08:07. > :08:10.purchases were first-time buyers. And crucially, the majority were
:08:11. > :08:18.outside London. And the south-east saw the greatest demand. And whilst
:08:19. > :08:22.that suggested is having little impact on prices in London, critics
:08:23. > :08:26.say the scheme is still damaging. The new extended help to buy also
:08:27. > :08:32.applies to purchases of existing homes as well as new-build
:08:33. > :08:36.properties, and critics say that is inflating prices without addressing
:08:37. > :08:39.supply. Demand is outstripping supply, and we can see that in terms
:08:40. > :08:44.of the strong growth in house prices. So help to buy is not
:08:45. > :08:49.necessarily helping people to get on the housing ladder when it is
:08:50. > :08:53.pushing up house prices and causing housing to become less affordable.
:08:54. > :08:55.The Bank of England's governor has already warned that a booming
:08:56. > :09:00.housing market could threaten stability, and with a rise in
:09:01. > :09:01.interest rates creeping closer, maintaining that could be more
:09:02. > :09:07.important than ever. Our business Editor
:09:08. > :09:17.Kamal Ahmed is here. What is your reading of these
:09:18. > :09:24.figures? The notion that helped by was sustaining the housing bubble
:09:25. > :09:27.has been put to rest. But there are still some danger points. What
:09:28. > :09:31.happened when the Government announced this was, they were
:09:32. > :09:35.saying, go out and buy if you were able to. They also said to be born
:09:36. > :09:45.that you can have high loan to value mortgages. So if the housing market
:09:46. > :09:49.does Crewe, some people could be left with negative equity, and you
:09:50. > :09:51.get a hint of the 1990s, when a lot of people were left in houses where
:09:52. > :09:56.their mortgages were of greater value than the house. Those are some
:09:57. > :10:05.of the danger points still left here. And where do you think it
:10:06. > :10:12.leaves the need to call the housing market? The nationwide yesterday
:10:13. > :10:18.said that there will be a correction. Buyers are tired of
:10:19. > :10:25.going to houses and being rushed around and being told to bid over
:10:26. > :10:28.the asking price. It is too hot, and people are getting worried about
:10:29. > :10:32.approaching interest rate rises. So the biggest story is a cooling story
:10:33. > :10:35.rather than an overheating story. Thank you very much.
:10:36. > :10:38.A Ukrainian military helicopter has been shot down by pro-Russian rebels
:10:39. > :10:41.in the east of the country, killing 14 people including a general.
:10:42. > :10:43.Witnesses say they saw a the helicopter explode
:10:44. > :10:46.and crash over the town of Sloviansk, which has seen fierce
:10:47. > :10:48.fighting between separatists and government forces in recent weeks.
:10:49. > :10:52.Our correspondent Mark Lowen is in Donetsk.
:10:53. > :11:00.Mark, tell us what you know. A significant loss of life for the
:11:01. > :11:05.Ukrainian military. The President in Kiev has told Parliament that the
:11:06. > :11:14.helicopter was shot down near the town of Sloviansk. The president
:11:15. > :11:20.said 14 rocket, -- were killed, but the National Guard are saying 12.
:11:21. > :11:28.Sloviansk is the centre of heavy fighting. We understand the
:11:29. > :11:33.helicopter was transporting personnel to a military base for a
:11:34. > :11:39.change of shift. The international security organisation the OSCE is
:11:40. > :11:44.saying that four of its observer mission here who have been missing
:11:45. > :11:54.since Monday are being held in Sloviansk. It is said that they
:11:55. > :12:01.could still soon be freed, but it is an indication of the lawlessness in
:12:02. > :12:04.this part of Ukraine. It is a reminder for the President-elect, if
:12:05. > :12:09.one were needed, of the challenge faced when he says he must dismantle
:12:10. > :12:15.what he calls the terrorist groups and the Somali type pirates in
:12:16. > :12:19.eastern Ukraine. Mark, thank you.
:12:20. > :12:21.The Australian team leading the search for the missing Malaysian
:12:22. > :12:25.airliner say they have now ruled out the theory that it crashed in
:12:26. > :12:27.an area of the Indian Ocean where electronic pings were detected.
:12:28. > :12:29.It had been thought the signals could have come
:12:30. > :12:32.Flight MH370 disappeared on route to China
:12:33. > :12:42.The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has called the American
:12:43. > :12:45.whistleblower Edward Snowden a traitor and a coward, and says he
:12:46. > :12:48.should man up by returning home to face the justice system.
:12:49. > :12:50.He was responding to Edward Snowden's latest interview
:12:51. > :12:53.with an American network, in which he said he never set out to
:12:54. > :13:03.Our security correspondent Frank Gardner is here.
:13:04. > :13:05.More than 50 leading scientists from around the world have signed
:13:06. > :13:08.a letter arguing that electronic cigarettes should not be regulated
:13:09. > :13:13.They say that millions of lives will be lost if restrictions are placed
:13:14. > :13:15.on e-cigerettes because they're an important tool
:13:16. > :13:18.The World Health Organisation says it's still considering
:13:19. > :13:27.Our health correspondent Jane Dreaper reports.
:13:28. > :13:33.It is a booming business, but electronic cigarettes have divided
:13:34. > :13:39.opinion among health experts. Users inhale nicotine in a vapour.
:13:40. > :13:44.Researchers who support the devices say it is a low-risk alternative to
:13:45. > :13:50.smoking. They have now written to the world health organisation ahead
:13:51. > :13:54.of crucial negotiations on tobacco. We need regulation about safety,
:13:55. > :13:59.quality and content. These things are competing with cigarette. These
:14:00. > :14:03.things can help people stop smoking, but if we overregulate them, makes
:14:04. > :14:07.them harder to obtain, they won't take off and be used to the extent
:14:08. > :14:09.that they should be, and we will miss out on public health
:14:10. > :14:14.opportunities. The number of people who use
:14:15. > :14:20.e-cigarettes in the UK has tripled to just over 2 million. One third of
:14:21. > :14:25.those are thought to be ex smokers. More than a million people are using
:14:26. > :14:35.them alongside normal cigarettes. Despite their popularity, there is
:14:36. > :14:42.confusion. New lack --. If they have nicotine in them, how
:14:43. > :14:47.can they be safe? Nicotine is nicotine. It will harm you.
:14:48. > :14:50.The Department of Health says that devices like these are not
:14:51. > :14:54.risk-free, and the Welsh government wants to restrict their use in
:14:55. > :15:01.public places, because it says they make smoking seem much more normal.
:15:02. > :15:05.Doctors leaders say it is still too early to say whether e-cigarettes
:15:06. > :15:10.are more helpful than harmful. They are calling for clearer regulation.
:15:11. > :15:16.If they are classified as drugs, then we know what the content is,
:15:17. > :15:18.they will have doses on them so that people who want to limit their dose
:15:19. > :15:23.of nicotine will be able to judge which ones they should use to reduce
:15:24. > :15:28.that. It also means we will be able to track whether they have any
:15:29. > :15:30.long-term effects. The world health organisation says
:15:31. > :15:35.it is still considering what regulation to recommend to
:15:36. > :15:39.Governments around the world. There are calls for tough controls on
:15:40. > :15:40.advertising e-cigarette, and the arguments about them look set to
:15:41. > :15:49.continue. Nick Clegg insists Vince Cable was
:15:50. > :16:01.not involved in any plot to oust him And a secret stash of cash, the
:16:02. > :16:02.anonymous millionaire hiding envelopes stuffed full of money
:16:03. > :16:06.around San Francisco. Newly released film footage on how
:16:07. > :16:19.life in the capital used to be. And we hear from the Londoners
:16:20. > :16:21.benefitting from the end This year, national and
:16:22. > :16:27.international events are taking place to mark the
:16:28. > :16:35.centenary Today, it's a chance for generations
:16:36. > :16:42.to reflect on the sacrifice of those
:16:43. > :16:44.who took part in the conflict. The BBC, in conjunction with the
:16:45. > :16:46.Imperial War Museum, to give people
:16:47. > :17:07.hands-on experience of what life these events are all about drawing
:17:08. > :17:13.as many people as usual academic possible into this period, 1914 in
:17:14. > :17:19.particular. That means learning about history, as these kids are
:17:20. > :17:24.doing in a 1900s style classroom and it means all of the different facets
:17:25. > :17:27.of life at that time. They are expecting around 1,500 people
:17:28. > :17:30.through the gate every day but are getting double. That shows the level
:17:31. > :17:33.of interest in this year's commemorations.
:17:34. > :17:41.Echoing across Suffolk's Summer Extravaganza, the songs from another
:17:42. > :17:45.age that are calling families to look back across the generations.
:17:46. > :17:48.Over the next three months, this roadshow will visit 25 different
:17:49. > :17:52.places around the UK and each location will be unique, because
:17:53. > :17:58.the emphasis is on giving this huge story real, local connections.
:17:59. > :18:02.For the first time, experts from the Imperial War Museum
:18:03. > :18:06.have gone on the road as guides for those who have always wondered about
:18:07. > :18:12.Roy Morrison's father had returned shell-shocked from the war
:18:13. > :18:19.30, 40 years went by and a relation of mine said to us four
:18:20. > :18:24.boys, four brothers, "Could I get in touch with the War Department
:18:25. > :18:27."and get copies of your dad's medals?"
:18:28. > :18:32.He went to the War Department and the War Department said,
:18:33. > :18:37."Well, we can do better than that, we can give you the originals."
:18:38. > :18:40.They were picked up by a nice person
:18:41. > :18:44.and given into the local police station.
:18:45. > :18:48.I think what drives people is this curiosity about the past
:18:49. > :18:51.and I think it is intensified by the centenary, it is intensified by war,
:18:52. > :18:56.People want to know, what was the experience.
:18:57. > :18:59.A few minutes in this corner of the showground provided some with
:19:00. > :19:03.an appropriate souvenir, others with a deeper understanding
:19:04. > :19:08.of the events which shook the world and touched their families.
:19:09. > :19:13.We've been researching about her grandfather, Edmund Wedgnebury.
:19:14. > :19:16.We've been researching about her grandfather, Edmund Wedgebury.
:19:17. > :19:20.We found out he was a lieutenant in the Worcester Regiment
:19:21. > :19:24.What was it like seeing his name and all those things come up
:19:25. > :19:28.It was quite weird, because I hadn't known much about him before, because
:19:29. > :19:37.There was much to learn here but the thousands who have already
:19:38. > :19:40.visited this cluster of tents and caravans found a mix of
:19:41. > :19:49.discovery and hands-on experience which drew them back into history.
:19:50. > :19:55.I talked about at the numbers, this is the cube are those people trying
:19:56. > :19:59.to track down the run personal history. I want to grab Andy, you
:20:00. > :20:06.saw him in that report. What sort of things are people asking? Vast
:20:07. > :20:11.amounts of information, from the Second World War a few moments ago,
:20:12. > :20:16.the First World War, was their relative really 17... It is a
:20:17. > :20:19.starter? It gets them going so they can begin the process themselves.
:20:20. > :20:24.There is an time to do everything we would like to do for them. I know
:20:25. > :20:29.you and the guys from the Imperial War Museum are doing your best. It
:20:30. > :20:36.moves on today, look at red on the BBC website, you can find out where
:20:37. > :20:40.is going next. -- look out for it. The jury at the inquest into the new
:20:41. > :20:44.Hillsborough enquiry has been shown footage from the FA Cup semifinal of
:20:45. > :20:49.1981 between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers, during
:20:50. > :20:53.which there was a crush at the Leppings Lane end. Fans had to be
:20:54. > :20:57.removed and moved to the side of the pitch. Questions were made about the
:20:58. > :21:03.design and capacity of the state where 96 Liverpool fans died in
:21:04. > :21:07.1989. Dan Johnson is at the inquest. Tell us more.
:21:08. > :21:10.Well, this match happened almost exactly eight years before the
:21:11. > :21:14.Hillsborough disaster at the same stadium and there were a number of
:21:15. > :21:18.similarities that emerged this morning between what happened on
:21:19. > :21:21.that day and the day of the Hillsborough disaster. There was
:21:22. > :21:25.overcrowding outside the turnstiles prior to the match and an exit gate
:21:26. > :21:31.had to be opened to relieve the pressure, the same date that was
:21:32. > :21:39.opened in 1989. It is estimated at more than 300 Tottenham fans were
:21:40. > :21:40.allowed onto the Leppings Lane terrorists without having their
:21:41. > :21:45.tickets checked. Shortly after kick-off, it became apparent there
:21:46. > :21:49.was crushing on the terraces and a lot of fans had to be lifted over
:21:50. > :21:54.the fences onto the pitch to relieve the pressure. The jury was shown a
:21:55. > :21:57.match footage. Stretches could be seen being taken to the Leppings
:21:58. > :22:05.Lane end and it is clear that police officers tried to carry fans out of
:22:06. > :22:10.the terrace and lay them on the pitch. Nobody lost their life in
:22:11. > :22:15.1981 but 38 people were injured. 30 were treated at the game itself and
:22:16. > :22:19.eight had to go to hospital. Two needed stitches, two with broken
:22:20. > :22:23.arms and one with a broken leg. A number of questions were raised
:22:24. > :22:28.after the match about the capacity of Leppings Lane and the way it was
:22:29. > :22:32.designed. It was considered changing the capacity and introducing fences
:22:33. > :22:37.across the terrace to make it into a number of pens, something that was
:22:38. > :22:40.done and it was those pens where 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives
:22:41. > :22:43.eight years later at the Hillsborough disaster.
:22:44. > :22:46.A two-day vigil starts tonight to remember 19-year-old Stephen Sutton,
:22:47. > :22:48.the teenage fundraiser who died of cancer earlier this month.
:22:49. > :22:51.Stephen's body will lie in a place of honour at
:22:52. > :22:53.Lichfield Cathedral today, ahead of a private family funeral tomorrow.
:22:54. > :22:56.The teenager raised nearly ?4 million for charity,
:22:57. > :22:59.after his story spread on social media.
:23:00. > :23:08.Even during treatment, he would give a thumbs up.
:23:09. > :23:11.And today, as his friends prepared for his vigil, there was
:23:12. > :23:17.The 19-year-old showed everyone how to face adversity.
:23:18. > :23:20.He was never afraid to talk frankly about his illness
:23:21. > :23:25.and his campaign inspired the nation to part with ?4 million.
:23:26. > :23:30.The single largest amount ever raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
:23:31. > :23:33.The legacy that Stephen leaves behind is going to allow us to
:23:34. > :23:35.support more young people and to build more
:23:36. > :23:41.We currently have 28 units across the UK in NHS hospitals and
:23:42. > :23:45.those units are where young people like Stephen are treated with other
:23:46. > :23:50.young people, in an environment that is specifically tailored to them.
:23:51. > :23:52.Later this evening, Stephen's body will be brought here
:23:53. > :23:59.This is where his coffin will be placed, lying in a place of honour.
:24:00. > :24:03.Thousands of people are expected here over the next two days.
:24:04. > :24:07.This will be a very fitting and public farewell.
:24:08. > :24:11.Stephen died two weeks ago after a four-year battle with cancer.
:24:12. > :24:15.His bucket list included things like crowd surfing at a concert,
:24:16. > :24:20.But it was his wish to raise millions to help
:24:21. > :24:25.others just like him that brought worldwide admiration.
:24:26. > :24:28.He was an inspirational young man who knew life was short
:24:29. > :24:41.An anonymous benefactor has sparked a frenzy in San Francisco,
:24:42. > :24:44.by hiding envelopes stuffed with money around the city.
:24:45. > :24:46.The millionaire has also left cryptic clues
:24:47. > :24:49.to where the envelopes can be found, on social media.
:24:50. > :24:51.The story has gone viral, with hundreds of thousands
:24:52. > :25:06.In cities along America's West Coast, thousands have joined the
:25:07. > :25:10.treasure hunt, in trees, under bushes. They are looking for hidden
:25:11. > :25:16.cash given away by an anonymous millionaire. For several days, he
:25:17. > :25:20.has been posting clues on Twitter. Photos and cryptic messages, each
:25:21. > :25:26.one sparking a race to locate the cash. One man found a role of nodes
:25:27. > :25:31.attached to a fire hydrant. It is gas money and dinner money for the
:25:32. > :25:36.wife. I found it on this parking meter taped to it. Another bundle
:25:37. > :25:45.was left outside the local courthouse. $60 in 20s and $420
:25:46. > :25:50.bills. Cash has been turning up on signposts, gates, under leaves and
:25:51. > :25:55.at the seaside. It shows a Little Chef and a beach. But this is a game
:25:56. > :26:03.where there are no prizes for coming second. Did you find the cash? Yes.
:26:04. > :26:10.You just beat me at! It was right under there. This guy hopped out and
:26:11. > :26:14.there it was. The secret millionaire hasn't revealed his identity. He
:26:15. > :26:20.says he is a property developer that wants to give some of his fortune
:26:21. > :26:23.away. I am in that 1% but some people load, so rather than hating
:26:24. > :26:31.people who are successful, my point would be to let people who have been
:26:32. > :26:35.successful give back more. Is Californian Robin Hood promises more
:26:36. > :26:38.money drops and more winners in the next few days. Nearly a quarter of a
:26:39. > :26:42.million people are following him online, waiting for his clue.
:26:43. > :26:45.A month after their hugely successful tour of Australia and
:26:46. > :26:48.New Zealand, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have made their first
:26:49. > :26:52.This morning they were in Scotland, visiting a whisky distillery
:26:53. > :26:55.On this occasion, however, they were not accompanied
:26:56. > :27:02.Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
:27:03. > :27:08.Just one newcomer his report contains flash photography. -- to
:27:09. > :27:11.warn you. It is the first time they have
:27:12. > :27:15.attended an engagement together for more than a month, since their
:27:16. > :27:19.return at the end of April from New Zealand and Australia, and that
:27:20. > :27:21.underlines one thing. Although William and Catherine are
:27:22. > :27:25.undertaking more foreign visits on behalf of the Queen, they are, at
:27:26. > :27:29.the moment, relatively underemployed. William in particular
:27:30. > :27:33.needs a sharper focus, he needs something to keep him occupied.
:27:34. > :27:38.Occasional royal visits like this are all very well, they are the
:27:39. > :27:42.bedrock of what the Royals do, but it is thought William wants to break
:27:43. > :27:48.new ground if he can, and have a job. William enjoyed the three years
:27:49. > :27:52.he spent as an RAF search and rescue pilot. Since leaving the RAF, he is
:27:53. > :27:57.believed to have been keeping his flying skills up to have been
:27:58. > :28:02.keeping his flying that maybe a clue to what he thinking about next. At
:28:03. > :28:05.Crieff this morning, William met members of the Scottish air
:28:06. > :28:10.ambulance service. He spent some minutes talking to crew and
:28:11. > :28:14.examining the helicopter. It is a fact, of course, that Air Ambulance
:28:15. > :28:20.is across the UK rely heavily on former RAF helicopter pilots to fly
:28:21. > :28:24.them -- Air Ambulances. Both William and Catherine know they face a
:28:25. > :28:30.lifetime, literally, of Royal duty and fulfilling engagements like
:28:31. > :28:34.these. They both recognise the importance of it all and they know
:28:35. > :28:38.the pleasure many people get from meeting them. But William is in no
:28:39. > :28:42.hurry at this stage to do it full-time, hence the moves, which
:28:43. > :28:52.are still to be finalised, to find some way of combining Royal duty
:28:53. > :28:59.with a regular job. It is time to take a look at the weather, is it
:29:00. > :29:02.still raining? It is an improving situation, some
:29:03. > :29:06.dry weather on the way but it was a wet morning. The rain is easing off
:29:07. > :29:09.but there are some breaks in the north of Scotland, holes developing
:29:10. > :29:13.across southernmost counties, so sunshine is getting through, but as
:29:14. > :29:17.the strong sunshine gets to work, they will spark of some sharp
:29:18. > :29:20.showers in the southernmost counties of England in particular, probably
:29:21. > :29:26.the south-west seeing the most intense of the downpours. Wiltshire,
:29:27. > :29:29.Gloucestershire area, we could see some heavy downpours, some thunder
:29:30. > :29:33.and lightning, really nasty conditions on the roads with surface
:29:34. > :29:37.water and spray. Those conditions were last into the rush-hour with
:29:38. > :29:40.the risk of those thunderstorms extending into Devon. South Wales
:29:41. > :29:45.not completely immune. The further north you go in Wales, cloudy with
:29:46. > :29:49.light rain. Northern Ireland, it is that a bit cooler than it has been
:29:50. > :29:52.recently, with cloud and showers dotted around. The north of Scotland
:29:53. > :29:56.brightening up nicely but that breeze coming in from the North Sea
:29:57. > :30:01.limiting those temperatures to 12 or so degrees for the eastern coast.
:30:02. > :30:04.Not as cool as it has been in the north-east of England but still 11
:30:05. > :30:08.degrees and a lot of cloud. Not much rain but a little bit over the tops
:30:09. > :30:11.of the Pennines. Then showers for the southernmost counties, still
:30:12. > :30:18.there through this evening. Affecting parts of the Midlands as
:30:19. > :30:22.well. By the night, confined to the far south and the West and most of
:30:23. > :30:24.the places fine and dry with a bit of rain around. Overnight,
:30:25. > :30:28.temperatures dipping into single figures but it is really only the
:30:29. > :30:33.far north of Scotland. Things continue to improve into Friday,
:30:34. > :30:36.with high pressure building down from the north. Many places can
:30:37. > :30:41.enjoy a pretty decent end to the week. Yes, a lot of cloud and not
:30:42. > :30:44.completely dry story, the weak tail end of a weather front bringing
:30:45. > :30:50.showers to the far south-west, but most of us will be fine and dry. A
:30:51. > :30:54.bit of cloud but some decent spells of sunshine. The winds are light as
:30:55. > :30:59.well, so it should feel pleasant, in spite of the cloud. Temperatures up
:31:00. > :31:04.to 17 or 18 quite widely and a reasonable sort of day. Saturday,
:31:05. > :31:08.most places enjoy a decent day bar the odd shower and make the most of
:31:09. > :31:12.it, because it is a change for the north and west of the UK for the
:31:13. > :31:15.second part of the weekend as thick cloud and some rain is introduced.
:31:16. > :31:20.The further west you are through the weekend, the second half is likely
:31:21. > :31:24.to bring thicker cloud and rain while further south, rain spreading
:31:25. > :31:28.in from the West and maybe a few showers in the south-east. But a lot
:31:29. > :31:33.of dry and bright weather as well. A reminder of the top story this
:31:34. > :31:39.lunchtime, Nick Clegg insists Vince Cable was not involved in any plot
:31:40. > :31:40.to oust him as Liberal Democrat leader. That is it