:00:00. > :00:11.Half a million people flee Iraq's second city after it's effectively
:00:12. > :00:15.taken over by Islamist Militants. Iraqi troops shed their uniforms
:00:16. > :00:16.and throw away their weapons in Mosul as fears mount that
:00:17. > :00:28.the violence will spread. There are tens of thousands of them
:00:29. > :00:29.and they controlled territory and border crossings and oil resources,
:00:30. > :00:38.mineral resources. the violence will spread.
:00:39. > :00:40.We'll be talking to our security correspondent about
:00:41. > :00:43.the latest developments in Iraq. Also this lunchtime:
:00:44. > :00:46.UK unemployment falls to its lowest level in five years,
:00:47. > :00:48.but wages are still failing to keep pace with inflation.
:00:49. > :00:51.Angry passport applicants say delays are putting holidays at risk.
:00:52. > :00:53.The Government calls in more staff and denies being unable to cope.
:00:54. > :00:56.Senior doctors say plans to expand the use of statins should
:00:57. > :00:59.be scrapped as the side-effects are being under-estimated.
:01:00. > :01:01.Bringing London to a standstill - angry black cabbies plan to disrupt
:01:02. > :01:07.the capital over a new smartphone app.
:01:08. > :01:20.At the heart of the dispute is this, the Uber app. Black cabbies say it
:01:21. > :01:22.is effectively a meter and the law says only they can have one of those
:01:23. > :01:23.installed. a new smartphone app.
:01:24. > :01:25.Later on BBC London: Two teenagers have fallen to
:01:26. > :01:29.their deaths from the sixth-floor balcony of a flat in Deptford.
:01:30. > :01:31.And the Home Secretary says she'll consider the difficult safety issues
:01:32. > :01:48.before water cannon can be used in the capital.
:01:49. > :01:51.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:52. > :01:55.As many as half a million people have been
:01:56. > :01:59.forced to flee the Iraqi city of Mosul after Islamist militants
:02:00. > :02:02.effectively took control of it. Troops were among those abandoning
:02:03. > :02:09.Iraq's second-largest city as hundreds of jihadists
:02:10. > :02:12.from the ISIS group overran government and police buildings.
:02:13. > :02:16.The Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has asked parliament to declare
:02:17. > :02:19.a state of emergency, as the United States warned of the growing threat
:02:20. > :02:20.to the entire Middle East region. This report from our world
:02:21. > :02:30.affairs corresponent Paul Adams. The exodus from Mosul goes on.
:02:31. > :02:34.Dramatic pictures from the River Tigris shows civilians fleeing
:02:35. > :02:39.fighting on the other side. Perhaps as many as half a million people
:02:40. > :02:47.have now left the rock's second-largest city -- left Iraq's
:02:48. > :02:53.second-largest city. In Mosul itself, the aftermath of a battle
:02:54. > :02:57.that did not take long. The militants attacked just five days
:02:58. > :03:02.ago. On Monday, the provincial governor urged residents to hold
:03:03. > :03:09.firm. Hours later, the was gone. The security forces were not far behind.
:03:10. > :03:16.Militants now control government offices and banks. In January,
:03:17. > :03:19.another major city Falluja fell to the same hardline group. The
:03:20. > :03:25.government has tried and failed to take it back. Tens of thousands of
:03:26. > :03:30.people have fled. ISIS now controls lots of territory across the Middle
:03:31. > :03:36.East. In Anbar province, ten one is still in rebel hands. In Syria, the
:03:37. > :03:46.group is involved in fighting in Aleppo -- Falluja. They now have
:03:47. > :03:49.Mosul too. There are tens of thousands of them and they now have
:03:50. > :03:55.a territory, they controlled territory and border crossings and
:03:56. > :04:05.oil and mineral resources, trade, Inc. They have a base in the middle
:04:06. > :04:09.of the Middle East. -- trade. A wider effort to create an Islamic
:04:10. > :04:14.state. Extensive use has been made of foreign fighters including some
:04:15. > :04:18.of the hundreds of young British Muslims who have gone out to fight.
:04:19. > :04:24.In Iraq, the government is struggling to respond. There were
:04:25. > :04:29.clashes overnight were the major all the supplies much of the country.
:04:30. > :04:32.These unverified pictures appear to show fighting before the militants
:04:33. > :04:36.reportedly withdrew. With hundreds of thousands of Iraqis once more on
:04:37. > :04:41.the move, the country is now in the grip of a crisis as bad as anything
:04:42. > :04:45.since American forces left three years ago. Our security
:04:46. > :04:51.correspondent Frank Gardner is here. The Americans say it is extremely
:04:52. > :04:54.serious. Is it? It is very serious for Iraq. The question is, how
:04:55. > :05:02.serious is it for the rest of the world? That depends what ISIS do
:05:03. > :05:09.with it. This can go two ways. They could make this a haven for jihadist
:05:10. > :05:14.extremists from all over the world. They could provide a platform for
:05:15. > :05:20.the way Al-Qaeda did in Afghanistan. Then it would be very dangerous. You
:05:21. > :05:24.would see people trying to do 9/11 style plots and the international
:05:25. > :05:28.community led by the US would be forced to do something. Or they
:05:29. > :05:32.could play it light. They could tone down extremism and clean-up the
:05:33. > :05:38.streets and established with justice and say, we are not going to take
:05:39. > :05:41.over any more land, let us be. They know the West has no appetite for
:05:42. > :05:48.military action in that part of the world. What can be done to stop it?
:05:49. > :05:52.Ultimately, this is the problem of the Iraqi government. They failed to
:05:53. > :05:56.protect the place. They had to be warnings according to local
:05:57. > :06:00.politicians and they allegedly ignored them. They will have to come
:06:01. > :06:04.to some sort of arrangement with local tribes. Ultimately, this comes
:06:05. > :06:10.down to how much support the Iraqis will get from the local tribes. Then
:06:11. > :06:16.there is the Kurdish factor. If ISIS is smart, they will not clash with
:06:17. > :06:21.the Kurds. They will not win. If they are also smart, they will
:06:22. > :06:25.consolidate the area they have got and the Iraqi army will find it very
:06:26. > :06:28.difficult to dislodge them. They have the weapons from the Americans.
:06:29. > :06:35.The Americans will probably accelerate the Apaches and
:06:36. > :06:41.intelligence but not boots on the ground. If the Iraqis could not
:06:42. > :06:42.retake towns in the south, I am not sure they can take Mosul that
:06:43. > :06:48.easily. affairs corresponent Paul Adams.
:06:49. > :06:50.Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level
:06:51. > :06:53.for more than five years. The number of people out of work
:06:54. > :06:56.fell by 161,000 to 2.16 million in the three months to April.
:06:57. > :06:59.The number of people in work rose to just over 30 million.
:07:00. > :07:03.But the rate of wage increases slowed sharply and is still failing
:07:04. > :07:03.to keep pace with inflation. Our business correspondent
:07:04. > :07:16.Emma Simpson reports. It is a fresh start for this man.
:07:17. > :07:20.When he could not find a job, he decided to set up his own commercial
:07:21. > :07:25.laundry business in Leicester. He was forced into self-employment as
:07:26. > :07:29.the recession took hold. But business is now thriving. Quite a
:07:30. > :07:33.turnaround. Had I been employed, I would not have looked at this
:07:34. > :07:38.option. It is a blessing in disguise. Would you go back to being
:07:39. > :07:44.an employee? I cannot see myself working for anybody else. The rise
:07:45. > :07:50.of self-employment is one of the big stories of the recovery. Look at the
:07:51. > :07:53.latest figures. There are 780,000 more people in employment than a
:07:54. > :08:01.year ago. The number of people self employed has risen by 337,000. More
:08:02. > :08:05.than 40% of the increase in work these last 12 months has been people
:08:06. > :08:10.working for themselves. Self-employment is at a record high
:08:11. > :08:17.boosting the overall jobs numbers which are continuing to improve. It
:08:18. > :08:22.is a record rise. 345,000 in the last three months. You are seeing a
:08:23. > :08:28.rise in employment across all parts of the country, across all ages and
:08:29. > :08:31.across all sectors. But the cost of living is still going up more
:08:32. > :08:35.quickly than pay packets with news today that wage growth has slowed.
:08:36. > :08:40.There has been a sharp fall in average annual earnings. Many people
:08:41. > :08:43.are working hard, doing the right thing and yet they are finding their
:08:44. > :08:48.money is not going as far as it used to. The cost of living crisis is
:08:49. > :08:54.still a very real concern for many families and people up and down the
:08:55. > :08:57.country. The picture on jobs is more sunny. Unemployment fell everywhere
:08:58. > :09:02.in the UK apart from the north-east. The labour market may be gathering
:09:03. > :09:03.speed, but with wages still lagging behind inflation, it is clear there
:09:04. > :09:10.is no feel-good factor just yet. Emma Simpson reports.
:09:11. > :09:13.The Home Secretary Theresa May says more staff have been put
:09:14. > :09:15.in place to deal with passport applications after claims that
:09:16. > :09:17.the Passport Office was struggling to cope with its workload.
:09:18. > :09:20.There have been complaints of delays, but officials say 99%
:09:21. > :09:24.of passport renewals are being dealt with in four weeks and new
:09:25. > :09:34.applications are taking six weeks. Duncan Kennedy reports.
:09:35. > :09:40.Hundreds of files, thousands of applications. This was the scene at
:09:41. > :09:46.one Passport Office in Liverpool yesterday. In photos leaked to the
:09:47. > :09:51.media, they are a sign of how massive the strain has been. Hannah
:09:52. > :09:57.needs a poor spot for her baby so they can go on holiday to France. --
:09:58. > :10:02.a passport. After three months of applying, it has not arrived. I have
:10:03. > :10:08.asked for the service to be upgraded. So that we receive the
:10:09. > :10:12.passport quicker. All I am doing is being told every time that I will be
:10:13. > :10:18.called back by Durham within 48 hours and I have not been.
:10:19. > :10:21.Businesses are also suffering. If Peter from Welch does not get his
:10:22. > :10:29.passport back by Friday, he will lose a major contract in Kazakhstan
:10:30. > :10:32.-- from Welcher. The government has a responsible kid to help small
:10:33. > :10:39.businesses. I am not getting the support. How frustrating is it? It
:10:40. > :10:45.is extremely frustrating and not good enough. The Home Office says
:10:46. > :10:49.nearly half a million passports are currently being processed. The size
:10:50. > :10:52.of the pre-summer surge has not been seen in 12 years. A million have
:10:53. > :10:58.been issued since the start of April alone, but it is still not enough.
:10:59. > :11:02.Why the sudden rush? In large part, it is because the economy is picking
:11:03. > :11:06.up and people are booking foreign holidays again. The Home Secretary
:11:07. > :11:10.agreed today there is a problem and that the Passport Office is trying
:11:11. > :11:19.to get on top of it. I recognise it is about people and their holiday
:11:20. > :11:21.plans. We will be looking to ensure the Passport Office is putting
:11:22. > :11:23.resources in to deal with this very, very high level of applications.
:11:24. > :11:27.Unions blame Passport Office closures for what they call this
:11:28. > :11:31.major backlog. But staff are now said to be working seven days a week
:11:32. > :11:39.to clear it with the holiday and business plans of millions of people
:11:40. > :11:43.depending on them. Our chief political correspondent Norman Smith
:11:44. > :11:47.is in Westminster. They can ban TV figures around, but one missing
:11:48. > :11:51.passport brings misery for one person. This may not look like a
:11:52. > :11:54.political headache for the Prime Minister but it is. Let me remind
:11:55. > :12:01.you of the tale of the former Labour prime and is the Jim Callaghan who
:12:02. > :12:08.are returning to Britain in the winter of discontent said, crisis
:12:09. > :12:14.but not what crisis? That is precisely the trap David Cameron is
:12:15. > :12:18.trying to avoid. Labour are trying to make it larger bike saying it has
:12:19. > :12:24.come about because Theresa May has been focused on spats with Michael
:12:25. > :12:29.Gove and David Cameron has failed to get a grip on the situation. The
:12:30. > :12:35.Prime Minister's task today is to try to reassure voters he was not
:12:36. > :12:40.oblivious to the nightmare some families are facing. His message
:12:41. > :12:46.that more staff are being taken on, 250 more staff, 650 staff at the
:12:47. > :12:49.telephone helpline, a new office in Liverpool. Only around 30,000
:12:50. > :12:54.people, he suggested, whereat richly facing a delay of more than four
:12:55. > :13:00.weeks. -- were actually facing a delay. The difficulty is if you are
:13:01. > :13:05.one of the 30,000 who does not have one of these, you will be a very
:13:06. > :13:09.angry voter. Hell probably have no fury like a family who cannot go on
:13:10. > :13:14.holiday because they have not got one of these. Thank you very much.
:13:15. > :13:16.Duncan Kennedy reports. Leading doctors are calling
:13:17. > :13:19.for plans to extend the use of statins by millions more people
:13:20. > :13:23.to be scrapped because they believe they could do more harm than good.
:13:24. > :13:26.They're concerned about the side effects of the cholesterol-reducing
:13:27. > :13:28.drugs and are urging the advisory body NICE to re-think its proposals.
:13:29. > :13:35.Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, has more details.
:13:36. > :13:42.7 million people in the UK take statins and they save thousands of
:13:43. > :13:46.lives a year by preventing heart attacks and strokes. But some
:13:47. > :13:52.doctors are frankly appalled that millions more may be prescribed the
:13:53. > :13:58.drug. Confused about statins, you have every right to be as one of the
:13:59. > :14:02.most heated rows in medicine in recent years has gone on. Both sides
:14:03. > :14:08.agree that if you already have heart disease, the benefits of the tablets
:14:09. > :14:11.are overwhelming. The new NICE guidance that pretty much everyone
:14:12. > :14:16.from mid 50s onwards would be on these tablets for life. For many
:14:17. > :14:21.doctors, it is a step too far. At present, those with a 20% risk of
:14:22. > :14:26.cardiovascular disease, having a heart attack or stroke in the next
:14:27. > :14:32.decade are offered statins. Draft guidance from NICE would lower the
:14:33. > :14:37.threshold to those with a 10% risk, but could add another 5 million
:14:38. > :14:41.statin users in England and Wales. We are asking millions of people at
:14:42. > :14:46.the cost of billions of pounds to be taking these medicines. These are
:14:47. > :14:49.people who are low risk for heart disease. We are asking them to take
:14:50. > :14:55.the medicine possibly for the next 30 years with not very good evidence
:14:56. > :15:01.that they are actually going to save lives. In an open letter, critics
:15:02. > :15:06.say the NICE guidance is overreliant on industry sponsored trials which
:15:07. > :15:10.they claim grossly underestimate side-effects such as muscle pain and
:15:11. > :15:18.diabetes. But NICE says the drugs will save lives. Statins are so
:15:19. > :15:22.amazingly effective that they reduced the risk of heart attacks
:15:23. > :15:26.and strokes by greater than the consequences of their small increase
:15:27. > :15:31.in diabetes caused by taking statins. NICE points out its
:15:32. > :15:36.guidance on statins will not be compulsory. It will simply give GPs
:15:37. > :15:38.and patients and other option along with lifestyle changes such as diet
:15:39. > :15:43.and exercise. Half a million people flee Iraq's
:15:44. > :15:47.second city after it's effectively And still to come, is Brazil
:15:48. > :15:52.ready for kick-off, with one day The number of people unemployed
:15:53. > :16:00.in the capital falls by 27,000, but critics say wages aren't keeping
:16:01. > :16:03.up with the cost of living. Six months on, just how successful
:16:04. > :16:07.has the new giant container port The World Cup begins tomorrow,
:16:08. > :16:20.and Brazil's president says her country is ready, on and
:16:21. > :16:24.off the pitch, for the tournament. Against a backdrop of protests,
:16:25. > :16:27.she rejected criticism of overspending, saying that
:16:28. > :16:29.the tournament would leave England play their first match
:16:30. > :16:49.on Saturday and already, there are Yes, I am in a glorious day here in
:16:50. > :16:54.Rio. England fans have been on the beach,
:16:55. > :16:57.playing football in the sand. England's players have a final
:16:58. > :17:02.training session here in a couple of hours' time before they had up to
:17:03. > :17:06.Manaus in the Amazonian rainforest for that first game against Italy on
:17:07. > :17:10.Saturday. Real concerns about the oppressive heat and unity there.
:17:11. > :17:14.Let's talk to our sports correspondent, Natalie Pirks. Also
:17:15. > :17:20.concerns about the pitch? Yes, pictures have emerged this morning
:17:21. > :17:24.of the arena where they will play, the 46,000 seater stadium. It cost
:17:25. > :17:29.173 million to build and the pitch does not look good. There, yellow,
:17:30. > :17:34.in some cases patches all over the place. It is not good news for Roy
:17:35. > :17:38.Hodgson. A more pressing concern will be the fitness of striker Danny
:17:39. > :17:41.Welbeck. He was limping out of training earlier yesterday. We were
:17:42. > :17:46.told that those training sessions would be the most intense, and so it
:17:47. > :17:49.has proved. He was treated by England's head physio. There was
:17:50. > :17:53.already strapping on his right thigh. Too early to say what the
:17:54. > :17:56.injury might be, that it will concern Hodgson because he was
:17:57. > :18:00.expected to pick him to start against Italy on Saturday. But Alex
:18:01. > :18:04.Oxlade-Chamberlain is winning his battle against the knee injury he
:18:05. > :18:07.picked up against Ecuador. He has been training and he might be fit
:18:08. > :18:13.for England's second game against Uruguay. We are hearing that the
:18:14. > :18:18.England players will be taking malaria tablets ahead of that trip
:18:19. > :18:22.to man house. The tournament kicks off in Sao Paulo tomorrow, Brazil
:18:23. > :18:27.against Croatia. Also in Sao Paulo, the FIFA Congress is underway, with
:18:28. > :18:32.pressure on President Sepp Blatter to step down after all those
:18:33. > :18:35.corruption allegations concerning Qatar's 2022 World Cup. Let's go to
:18:36. > :18:41.my colleague in Sao Paulo with the latest.
:18:42. > :18:45.Yes, the Congress is about to get underway. You would imagine that
:18:46. > :18:48.this would be a source of celebration, that the World Cup is
:18:49. > :18:53.about to start. Instead, it is likely to be marked by acrimony and
:18:54. > :18:57.a certain amount of blood when letting -- blood-letting overstep
:18:58. > :19:02.butter should be allowed to continue as FIFA president. He is pitted
:19:03. > :19:06.against the second most powerful Federation in football, UEFA, who
:19:07. > :19:10.clearly believe that Sepp Blatter's time is up over those allegations
:19:11. > :19:16.about the bid for the 2022 World Cup and the role played by Mohamed bin
:19:17. > :19:20.hammam over the Qatari bid. But it should also be added that Sepp
:19:21. > :19:24.Blatter, when he spoke to the Asian Federation, the American
:19:25. > :19:29.Federation, the African federations, he was given a standing ovation. So
:19:30. > :19:33.yes, there is pressure, but those who would like to see Sepp Blatter
:19:34. > :19:39.stand-down, do they have the vote? One other moving part in this is
:19:40. > :19:43.those sponsors. Money may speak louder than the individual
:19:44. > :19:46.federations. The sponsors of the World Cup are unhappy about the
:19:47. > :19:52.allegations over the Qatari bid. They want to see a horror
:19:53. > :19:55.investigation of that. So far from it being joy, Brazil is ready, the
:19:56. > :20:03.football kicks off tomorrow, there is politics.
:20:04. > :20:05.In fact, there has been a year of unrest in Brazil in the run-up to
:20:06. > :20:10.this World Cup. There have been strikes and violent protests about
:20:11. > :20:14.the sheer cost of it. The president of Brazil has been on television
:20:15. > :20:16.saying that she believes the pessimist will be proved wrong.
:20:17. > :20:20.Ben Brown, thank you. An official inquiry has found that
:20:21. > :20:23.payday loan customers could be paying too much to borrow money
:20:24. > :20:26.because of a lack of competition The regulator,
:20:27. > :20:28.the Competition and Markets Authority, is now looking at ways
:20:29. > :20:31.of helping consumers shop around. Our personal finance correspondent
:20:32. > :20:41.Simon Gompertz is here. How much more are they paying than
:20:42. > :20:46.they need? Well, if you look at our high streets, it looks like
:20:47. > :20:51.competition, because a lot of these are high cost lenders there, but
:20:52. > :20:55.more than 80% of the blundering it online and not shopping around. To
:20:56. > :21:03.add to your question, the result is that each loan is costing ?10 more
:21:04. > :21:09.than it should. That is on a typical loan of around ?260, which would
:21:10. > :21:13.cost you 75 pounds on average. They say you are paying ?10 too much. If
:21:14. > :21:18.you take that across the whole of the UK for a year, that is ?45
:21:19. > :21:23.million, the total cost of that. That is because there are 1.8
:21:24. > :21:27.million people a year using payday lenders. So that is the problem.
:21:28. > :21:31.What do they say is the solution? More transparency, to be more
:21:32. > :21:35.upfront at open, particularly about the charges people pay if they are
:21:36. > :21:40.like in giving the money back, so that the customer knows. And
:21:41. > :21:45.particularly as well, independent price comparison sites so that you
:21:46. > :21:48.can go online and do your shopping around on that. Separately, there
:21:49. > :21:51.will also be a price cap on payday loans, which is something that the
:21:52. > :21:54.financial regulator has been told why the government to come up with
:21:55. > :22:02.for the beginning of next year. Thank you. The minister for disabled
:22:03. > :22:06.people has admitted that several thousand people are waiting for
:22:07. > :22:10.assessments for employment and support allowance. 100,000 of them
:22:11. > :22:14.should have been moved onto the new benefit by April. He said the delays
:22:15. > :22:17.were the fault of the private contractor Atos, whose contract to
:22:18. > :22:19.carry out the test is being ended early.
:22:20. > :22:22.Plans to cut jobs in the Army and increase the number of reservists
:22:23. > :22:25.That's according to the National Audit Office, who,
:22:26. > :22:28.in a new report, says the decision was taken without "appropriate
:22:29. > :22:30.The Ministry of Defence hopes to raise
:22:31. > :22:35.the numbers of trained reservists from 19,000 to 30,000 by 2018.
:22:36. > :22:42.Our defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.
:22:43. > :22:49.Army reservists in training in Cyprus, as they stormed the beaches.
:22:50. > :22:54.They are key part of the army's future plans, but in a report
:22:55. > :22:58.today, the National Audit Office has been less impressed by the MoD's
:22:59. > :23:03.performance. They are recruiting more reserves, which it needs to do
:23:04. > :23:06.if its figures are to add up. The numbering of Army reserves has not
:23:07. > :23:12.increased in the last two years. To get to 30000 x 2019, a significant
:23:13. > :23:16.improvement will be required. The army's aim is to shake its numbers
:23:17. > :23:21.from 102,000 regular soldiers in 2010, down to 82,000 by the end of
:23:22. > :23:28.the decade. With the reserves due to go from 19,000 up to 30,000 by
:23:29. > :23:33.2018-19. Today, the defence secretary Philip Hammond said the
:23:34. > :23:39.MoD's plans were feasible. The report quotes a source as they knit
:23:40. > :23:43.will take until 2025 to reach the target for reserves that we set for
:23:44. > :23:48.2018-19. That is not the case. The head of the Army has led that it
:23:49. > :23:52.created a novel and imaginative structure which best met the
:23:53. > :23:56.challenges the army were likely to face within the resources available.
:23:57. > :24:00.But internally, there has been some disquiet over the plans, not least
:24:01. > :24:04.because it is proving far easier to get rid of regulars than it is to
:24:05. > :24:08.recruit the right reserves. There has been fighting behind the scenes
:24:09. > :24:12.as well as the MoD has blamed its outsourcing partner capital and
:24:13. > :24:16.software problems for some of the delay in recruitment. The watchdog
:24:17. > :24:22.says the army and the MoD must get a better understanding of the
:24:23. > :24:25.significant risks to the plans for Army 2020 and ultimately, what
:24:26. > :24:26.impact that could have on the nation's troops. Caroline Wyatt, BBC
:24:27. > :24:30.News. London cabbies are aiming to bring
:24:31. > :24:32.traffic chaos to the capital this afternoon in
:24:33. > :24:35.a protest against the introduction of a new smartphone app which helps
:24:36. > :24:38.passengers find a rival minicab. The action is part of a worldwide
:24:39. > :24:40.coordinated demonstration Black Cabbies claim the service is
:24:41. > :24:44.illegal because it calculates a fare similar to a meter, which they
:24:45. > :24:47.say only licensed taxis can carry. Our Technology Correspondent Rory
:24:48. > :24:54.Cellan Jones has this report. Tap to request a driver and within
:24:55. > :25:07.minutes, a car draws up. But Uber,
:25:08. > :25:12.which started in San Francisco, has caused anger amongst established
:25:13. > :25:26.tax drivers around the world, and In Paris, taxi drivers are staging a
:25:27. > :25:32.protest over the app, which they say is defined regulations and taking
:25:33. > :25:36.over their business. In London, cabbies are preparing a go slow
:25:37. > :25:41.which they say could bring the capital to a halt. They said
:25:42. > :25:42.passport for London are letting people get away with breaking the
:25:43. > :25:43.law. As the heart of the dispute is this,
:25:44. > :25:45.the Uber app. The taxi drivers say that
:25:46. > :25:48.because it tracks the distance covered and then calculates the
:25:49. > :25:51.fare, it is essentially a meter, and the law says only they are allowed
:25:52. > :25:54.to have one of those installed. Richard, who has been driving
:25:55. > :25:57.a cab for eight years, insists that he is not against new
:25:58. > :26:00.technology, but says the rules are You have the trust in us that you
:26:01. > :26:05.can stick your hand up and the first person, hopefully, that stops for
:26:06. > :26:07.you will know where they're going. You will know they have been
:26:08. > :26:10.background checked properly, and Uber says it isn't breaking
:26:11. > :26:24.the law and is making life better The company is now valued at ?10
:26:25. > :26:30.billion. The company, which is registered in Holland, work or
:26:31. > :26:31.abrasion tax is low, says it is making life better.
:26:32. > :26:34.We are fully compliant with all the private hire legislation.
:26:35. > :26:36.Uber also offers another choice to customers and drivers.
:26:37. > :26:38.It increases competition, which is good for all of us.
:26:39. > :26:41.Taxi drivers claim their protest will bring the capital
:26:42. > :26:44.to a halt today, but Uber is confident that its technology will
:26:45. > :26:58.And Rory is in Trafalgar Square for us now.
:26:59. > :27:02.Yes, the demonstration is due to get under way in about half an hour. The
:27:03. > :27:06.idea is that thousands of London taxi drivers will converge on the
:27:07. > :27:10.square. There are already quite a few queueing up, and they will
:27:11. > :27:14.gradually bring traffic to a halt. They are stressing that their
:27:15. > :27:19.demonstration is not against Gruber, but against Transport for London.
:27:20. > :27:32.They have a long list of grievances against the regulator. They say that
:27:33. > :27:37.allowing private hire companies to compete unfairly with them, and they
:27:38. > :27:40.are angry about this. Police are trying to divert traffic into
:27:41. > :27:44.Whitehall. So it will be interesting to see how things develop over the
:27:45. > :27:48.next hour. In the longer run, the feeling is that this kind of
:27:49. > :27:51.technology is going to change the way we travel, and it will be
:27:52. > :27:57.difficult for taxi drivers to stop that happening. Rory, thank you very
:27:58. > :28:02.much. Let's look at the weather. It is to be sneezed at?
:28:03. > :28:10.Yes, lots of sunshine at the moment. It has been good growing weather
:28:11. > :28:14.over the last few weeks. The cloud is broken in most places, which
:28:15. > :28:19.means high or very high Holland levels across much of the UK --
:28:20. > :28:23.pollen levels. We are at the peak of the grass pollen season. But really
:28:24. > :28:27.nice weather out there if you are heading out and about. You may catch
:28:28. > :28:32.the odd stray shower, but they will be very few and far between. Those
:28:33. > :28:36.places will stay dry and continue to get further spells of sunshine. When
:28:37. > :28:42.you have got an onshore breeze, it is a bit cooler. But inland, you are
:28:43. > :28:47.looking at up to 22 degrees. A similar story across Northern
:28:48. > :28:51.Ireland. The chance of the old light shower here and there. Maybe the odd
:28:52. > :28:55.shop shower across eastern parts of Scotland. But the majority of races
:28:56. > :29:02.will miss those and end up dry through the afternoon. Any showers
:29:03. > :29:08.will die away fairly steadily. So I mostly dry night come with clear
:29:09. > :29:16.spells developing. Temperatures will hold up. Tomorrow, it is perfect
:29:17. > :29:21.tennis weather, both at Queen's Club and in Birmingham. Bright blue
:29:22. > :29:25.skies, comfortable temperatures and just a light breeze. That is because
:29:26. > :29:29.high pressure is in charge of our weather at the moment almost
:29:30. > :29:33.everywhere. Across the northern part, you can see a weather front
:29:34. > :29:36.just bashing by, which will introduce more cloud across northern
:29:37. > :29:40.parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Perhaps some light and
:29:41. > :29:44.patchy rain here, but that is the exception to the dry rule. If
:29:45. > :29:54.anything, probably more sunshine across England and Wales tomorrow.
:29:55. > :29:57.And temperatures are up a notch. That North-South contrast is
:29:58. > :30:02.accentuated by Friday. Patchy rain at times in Scotland and Northern
:30:03. > :30:06.Ireland, so cooler here. Still warm sunshine across the bulk of England
:30:07. > :30:10.and Wales. Will it last into the weekend? Sort of. High pressure is
:30:11. > :30:14.out to the west of the UK by then. The clockwise flow around that means
:30:15. > :30:16.we start to pull in some cooler north to north-easterly winds, so
:30:17. > :30:21.there is a different feel to things. There will be dry weather and
:30:22. > :30:23.sunshine from time to time, but across eastern areas, it will feel
:30:24. > :30:37.cooler, even in the sunshine. There is always a but. Peter, thank
:30:38. > :30:42.you. Now a reminder of our top story: Half a million people flee
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