:00:07. > :00:13.A husband and wife are found guilty of the murder of her parents, 15
:00:14. > :00:17.years ago. Susan and Christopher Edwards buried
:00:18. > :00:21.the couple in their garden and kept their deaths a secret. We are live
:00:22. > :00:25.outside court shortly. Also this lunch time: The United States says
:00:26. > :00:30.it will take targeted and precise action in Iraq if necessary, but
:00:31. > :00:34.without boots on the ground. The Government could breach its own cap
:00:35. > :00:38.on welfare spending according to leaked documents.
:00:39. > :00:43.It is Suarez! And Suarez has got it in!
:00:44. > :00:48.The morning after the night before - England fans hope for a miracle to
:00:49. > :00:53.qualify after defeat by Uruguay and Suarez.
:00:54. > :00:57.Ment Yes, England fans will be cheering Italy as never before
:00:58. > :00:59.because it is the Italians who hold the key as to whether England move
:01:00. > :01:09.on or move out of this World Cup. Later on BBC London - ahead of the
:01:10. > :01:16.ban of khat, the Met raises awareness of the penalties. How this
:01:17. > :01:18.van has saved hundreds of jobs and stopped Luton's Vauxhall plant from
:01:19. > :01:40.closing. Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC
:01:41. > :01:44.News at One. A married couple, accused of murdering the woman's
:01:45. > :01:49.parents and burying them in their back garden have been found guilty.
:01:50. > :01:54.They admitted burying the couple but denied their murder. The elderly
:01:55. > :01:59.couple disappeared in 1998. They had been shot dead. Jo Black is outside
:02:00. > :02:06.Nottingham Crown Court for us. Yes, this is the case of the husband
:02:07. > :02:12.and wife whoal lossly murdered two elderly pensioners on the May bank
:02:13. > :02:16.holiday of 1998. In Susan Edwards' case this was her mother and father.
:02:17. > :02:20.The Edwards said in court they always knew this would catch up with
:02:21. > :02:25.them one day and today, 15 years on, that time has come.
:02:26. > :02:31.To the outside world Susan and Christopher Edwards were a normal
:02:32. > :02:36.couple. She was a former librarian and he was an accounts clerk. For 15
:02:37. > :02:40.years, they kept a dark secret. In the back garden of this semi
:02:41. > :02:45.detached in Mansfield, they had buried the bodies of her parents.
:02:46. > :02:49.William Wycherley and his wife had been shot. Although neighbours never
:02:50. > :02:54.saw them again, the Edwards tried to make out that they were still alive.
:02:55. > :02:58.The Edwards started to make up stories. They said that the elderly
:02:59. > :03:02.couple had left this house and had left Mansfield and gone travelling.
:03:03. > :03:07.They also told some people that they had moved to the coast for health
:03:08. > :03:12.reasons T real truth was they were laying right here, in a make-shift
:03:13. > :03:16.grave. It is very cold and when Christopher and Susan gave their
:03:17. > :03:21.evidence, they talked about the moving of bodies as if they were
:03:22. > :03:26.talking about other household items, furniture. They were so matter of
:03:27. > :03:32.fact about it. I don't want to keep using the word but it was incredibly
:03:33. > :03:38.cold. To keep up the pretence, the Edwards fitted timers so the house
:03:39. > :03:43.looked occupied. They sent Christmas cards sent in the Wycherleys' name.
:03:44. > :03:47.This man lived next door. He said they were reclusive, so neighbours
:03:48. > :03:52.would have known little about them. If I was in the back garden he would
:03:53. > :04:00.nod or wave. After that, nothing whatsoever. If theyed bours went out
:04:01. > :04:05.the Wycherleys went -- if neighbours went out, the Wycherleys went in.
:04:06. > :04:10.They liked to keep themselves to themselves. Over the years the
:04:11. > :04:15.Edwards emptied the bank accounts and claimed their pensions and
:04:16. > :04:19.benefits and this is what they bought - celebrity memorabilia.
:04:20. > :04:23.Collections of letters from Hollywood stars.
:04:24. > :04:27.They didn't come cheap. Everything changed when the authorities tried
:04:28. > :04:29.to arrange a meeting with Mr Wycherley, before his 100th
:04:30. > :04:32.birthday. to arrange a meeting with Mr
:04:33. > :04:36.Wycherley, before his The Edwards contacted police via e-mail to say
:04:37. > :04:40.they would surrender. They confessed they did hide the bodies and Susan
:04:41. > :04:44.Edwards admitted the manslaughter of her mother, saying she had been
:04:45. > :04:48.provoked by her and that moments earlier her mother had shot her
:04:49. > :04:56.father. It was a story they had rehearsed for 15 years, but one the
:04:57. > :05:01.jury did not believe. Well the Edwards gave no reaction in
:05:02. > :05:07.court as the verdicts were read out. As they were led away, Christopher
:05:08. > :05:11.Edwards put his arm around his wife's shoulder - perhaps a small
:05:12. > :05:14.sign of the affection they still feel for each other, alongside this
:05:15. > :05:19.horrific crime. They will be sentenced on Monday. Thank you. In
:05:20. > :05:23.Iraq, the fate of the country's main oil refinery remains unclear after
:05:24. > :05:28.days of fierce fighting between Government troops and p Sunni
:05:29. > :05:33.insurgents. New video, posed by the ISIS militants, has emerged showing
:05:34. > :05:35.British and Australian nationals urging Muslims to join them in holy
:05:36. > :05:38.war. The urging Muslims to join them in
:05:39. > :05:42.United States said it will take targeted and precise military action
:05:43. > :05:47.in Iraq. President Obama said US troops will not be sent.
:05:48. > :05:54.Whilstist fights its way across -- while ISIS fights its way across
:05:55. > :05:59.Iraq, there is a video driving home core messages. The BBC cannot verify
:06:00. > :06:03.this message. It comes from social media accounts with known links to
:06:04. > :06:10.ISIS. It was probably filmed in Syria. It shows British jihadis
:06:11. > :06:16.intent on joining the fight in Iraq. We will come back, fight and we will
:06:17. > :06:22.go to Jordan and Lebanon. 150 miles north of Baghdad, more fighting for
:06:23. > :06:28.the oil refinery. A local army commander quoted as saying a new
:06:29. > :06:36.attack was launched last night. More than a week of fighting here
:06:37. > :06:40.has led to a shortages. Kurdish troops are patrolling their own
:06:41. > :06:44.front-lines looking for fighters. The Kurds have used this crisis to
:06:45. > :06:49.expand the territory under their control. Part of a complex three-way
:06:50. > :06:53.battle across northern Iraq. Out at sea, American fire power at
:06:54. > :06:57.the ready. President Obama has made it clear he does not intend to
:06:58. > :07:02.strike just yet. He is sending military advisers to help deal with
:07:03. > :07:08.the threat poseded by ISIS. For now, he is concentrated on diplomatic
:07:09. > :07:11.fire power, not brute force. It is clear Washington sees Nouri
:07:12. > :07:15.al-Maliki as part of the problem. When the US Secretary of State, John
:07:16. > :07:20.Kerry, arrives in Baghdad in the coming days, he will be asking Mr
:07:21. > :07:25.Al-Maliki to share or relinquish power. I think the US would like to
:07:26. > :07:32.see a Prime Minister other than al-Maliki. A form of agreement with
:07:33. > :07:37.some forms of compromises with the Kurdish group. A Government like
:07:38. > :07:41.that, which is able to create dialogue between all the ethnic
:07:42. > :07:46.groups. Mr Al-Maliki did well in the elections two months ago. He will be
:07:47. > :07:54.in no mood to step aside. The diplomatic war is just beginning.
:07:55. > :07:58.Our world affairs correspondent is in Baghdad for us. What can we
:07:59. > :08:04.expect from America after the comments from President Obama? I
:08:05. > :08:08.think we'll have to wait until the Secretary of State, John Kerry, gets
:08:09. > :08:14.here because that is when the real pressure will be placed on the Iraqi
:08:15. > :08:19.Prime Minister. And I am sure the Americans don't
:08:20. > :08:26.want it presented this way, but it does look very much as if the basic
:08:27. > :08:32.bargain is, either move aside or maybe introduce a new Government, a
:08:33. > :08:36.new, much more inclusive Government or we can't start the bombing.
:08:37. > :08:41.That's a gamble, of course. It's a gamble the Americans think that they
:08:42. > :08:46.can win because they don't think that ISIS is in the asen dant at the
:08:47. > :08:51.moment. The other thing is that there are big pressures growing here
:08:52. > :08:55.on Mr Al-Maliki to either step aside. Some of his colleagues
:08:56. > :09:02.probably would like him to do that or else to form a new Government and
:09:03. > :09:07.today, the most important cleric in the country said that there had to
:09:08. > :09:19.be a new Government. He did not specifically say whether he thought
:09:20. > :09:19.that Mr Maliki should step aside. Mr Maliki will know
:09:20. > :09:22.that Mr Maliki should step aside. Mr Maliki all these things and will
:09:23. > :09:29.know what the benefits will be. Thank you very much.
:09:30. > :09:33.The Government has denied it risks breaching its cap on welfare
:09:34. > :09:37.spending. Documents seen by BBC News reveal that the Department for Work
:09:38. > :09:40.and Pensions is struggling to deliver employment and support
:09:41. > :09:46.allowance and that few other options are likely to save much money in the
:09:47. > :09:49.coming years. Labour says ministers have overseen a catalogue of failure
:09:50. > :10:00.on welfare. Tests like these, assessing a
:10:01. > :10:05.person's ability to work are a key part of whether claimants are
:10:06. > :10:09.eligible for support allowance. Costs are rocketing and Government
:10:10. > :10:12.documents seen by BBC News show concerns. Most options for reducing
:10:13. > :10:16.costs are described as controversial. One document is says
:10:17. > :10:21.there is not much low-hanging fruit left. This leaves us vulnerable to a
:10:22. > :10:25.breach, it concludes. The welfare cap puts a roof on the amount the
:10:26. > :10:30.Government can spend on most benefits. Ministers insist it will
:10:31. > :10:34.not be breached. All Governments they do assumptions as to what might
:10:35. > :10:40.happen. I don't recognise that will be inside the cap, which we brought
:10:41. > :10:44.in, as our fiscal rule. Whilst the Government defends one
:10:45. > :10:50.benefit, MPs are attacking it over another welfare reform. They say
:10:51. > :10:54.last year's introduction of Personal Independence Payments was a fiasco.
:10:55. > :10:58.Too many people have had to wait too long to get an assessment and
:10:59. > :11:01.remember we are talking about the most vulnerable group of people here
:11:02. > :11:06.- these are people with disabilities who are looking for extra support to
:11:07. > :11:13.manage their lives. Ministers have defended this and are
:11:14. > :11:20.focussing on Universal Credit. They have announced it will be extended
:11:21. > :11:24.to dozs more Job Centres next week. For the first time in 56 years
:11:25. > :11:29.England are on the verge of being knocked out of a World Cup. They
:11:30. > :11:33.lost to Uruguay was the second defeat of the tournament. England
:11:34. > :11:37.are bottom of their group with one game left. They have a theatrical
:11:38. > :11:41.chance of qualification to the last 16, but the chances are slim.
:11:42. > :11:51.John Simpson is in Rio for us now. Thank you very much. England are no
:11:52. > :11:59.longer masters of their own destiny. It comes down to the Italians. If
:12:00. > :12:06.they win this afternoon, and then beat Uruguay next week, then it is
:12:07. > :12:10.possible. Is it likely? Not very, after Suarez of dashed English hopes
:12:11. > :12:14.and dreams. Let's get this report from our sports correspondent.
:12:15. > :12:18.The flight back to Rio was short, but the depression must feel like it
:12:19. > :12:25.will never end. The dejection told the tale of a team whose World Cup
:12:26. > :12:31.now must surely be over. Familiar faces but foes for the night. Surds
:12:32. > :12:37.surz faced his team-mates as the -- Suarez faced his team-mates as the
:12:38. > :12:47.foe they feared most. Rooney was getting close... I think
:12:48. > :12:50.he'll be upset he didn't score though...
:12:51. > :12:59.Just 28 days after knee surgery, oh, how Suarez enjoyed that.
:13:00. > :13:06.Rooney was England's biggest threat and when Glenn Johnson went on a
:13:07. > :13:11.blistering run, he couldn't miss. At home, they believed the fight
:13:12. > :13:15.back was on. In Rio too they rose for Rooney's first World Cup goal,
:13:16. > :13:21.but it was a moment he couldn't savour for long because with minutes
:13:22. > :13:27.remaining Gerard's header fell to the one he calls "a genius."
:13:28. > :13:33.England knew it would be about the team who defended best and so it
:13:34. > :13:37.proved. Suarez, allowed to inflict the ultimate punishment on the
:13:38. > :13:40.country where he plies his trade. Now these England fans know that
:13:41. > :13:44.England need a miracle if they are to progress.
:13:45. > :13:48.We are in a very difficult position in the group. We are relying on
:13:49. > :13:52.other people. It is exactly the position we didn't want to find
:13:53. > :13:56.ourselves in. It is here and we have to take responsibility for where we
:13:57. > :14:01.are. Of course we'll be professional and see what happens over the next
:14:02. > :14:06.four, five days. I am bitterly disappointed. Disappointed for
:14:07. > :14:11.everybody. I feel we came with such high hopes and did not deliver.
:14:12. > :14:19.Never before have England lost their two first games in a World Cup. They
:14:20. > :14:23.can only pray that Italy win so they can progress.
:14:24. > :14:33.Well, England can now back at their team hotel here in Rio. Our sports
:14:34. > :14:38.news correspondent, Andy Swiss, is outside the hotel. Firstly, it was a
:14:39. > :14:44.bitterly disappointing night. It was indeed, yes. To give you that maths,
:14:45. > :14:50.if Italy fail to beat cost ta ribbing ka this afternoon then
:14:51. > :14:58.England are out. There -- Costa Rica, then England are out.
:14:59. > :15:02.Really, it is a long shot and England fans know their realistic
:15:03. > :15:06.hopes of progress are over. So that familiar question, where has it all
:15:07. > :15:11.gone wrong? First of all a lack of experience. This was England's
:15:12. > :15:15.youngest World Cup squad for more than 507 years, which sounded
:15:16. > :15:20.exciting, but the flip side was perhaps they lacked experience on
:15:21. > :15:25.the big stage. Was it right to leave somebody like Ashley Cole behind?
:15:26. > :15:29.England looked fragile defensively. They had problems in attack,
:15:30. > :15:32.creating chances but unable to take them. It will raise questions about
:15:33. > :15:36.the future of Roy Hodgson. Hodgson said last night he was bitterly
:15:37. > :15:45.disapointed, but he had no intention of resigning and the FA will know
:15:46. > :15:49.that the problem has run deeper - issues like home grown talent,
:15:50. > :15:52.problems with coaching, problems with facilities, all things they
:15:53. > :15:56.have investigated through their FA commission. After two defeats,
:15:57. > :16:14.inevitably the feature of Hodgson Police investigating the murder
:16:15. > :16:17.of a Saudi Arabian student say it's not known whether her religion was
:16:18. > :16:20.a factor in the attack. Nahid Almanea, who was Muslim and
:16:21. > :16:23.was wearing a robe and headscarf, The 31-year-old was
:16:24. > :16:42.stabbed 16 times. Police are telling people not to
:16:43. > :16:47.jump to motives for the attack. Exactly right. As you can probably
:16:48. > :16:53.see, a fresh search team has started picking their way through the
:16:54. > :16:56.undergrowth, near the footpath where Nahid Almanea was found. Dozens of
:16:57. > :17:04.officers have been involved in the operation here here this week, CCTV
:17:05. > :17:09.pictures captured here before she die, in a robe and headscarf,
:17:10. > :17:13.someone described her as a hard-working student, she was on her
:17:14. > :17:16.way to the university when she was stabbed. Now, there is no evidence
:17:17. > :17:21.at this stage she was attacked because she was a Muslim, but the
:17:22. > :17:26.police haven't totally ruled that line of inquiry out, what does seem
:17:27. > :17:31.to be concerning them more, are the similarities, with another attack,
:17:32. > :17:36.less than two miles away from here, three months ago, when a man was
:17:37. > :17:41.stabbed more than 100 times. His killer has never been found. Now,
:17:42. > :17:45.there are increased security precautions at the university,
:17:46. > :17:49.students I have been speaking to say they are traumatised by what
:17:50. > :17:59.happened, and the investigation continues.
:18:00. > :18:03.A husband and wife are found guilty of murdering her parents and burying
:18:04. > :18:08.them in their own back garden. And still to come, the widow of a
:18:09. > :18:11.man killed by a speed boat accident speaks to the BBC about her new
:18:12. > :18:18.safety campaign. Why one sports medicine specialist
:18:19. > :18:21.claims that Government guidelines are actually discouraging people
:18:22. > :18:23.from being active. And a tailored performance
:18:24. > :18:25.of the Royal ShakespAnd a tailored performance of the Royal Shakespeare
:18:26. > :18:28.' Matilda' for children with disabilities.eare Company's
:18:29. > :18:30.Company's Matilda for children with The Chief Inspector of Schools
:18:31. > :18:37.in England says top level sport is dominated by people educated
:18:38. > :18:40.in private schools. Sir Michael Wilshaw says not enough
:18:41. > :18:43.state schools offer good quality competitive sport,
:18:44. > :18:45.and he's criticised "unacceptable discrepancies" between
:18:46. > :18:50.the number of pupils at state schools and their representation
:18:51. > :18:52.in sports like rugby and cricket. Our education correspondent
:18:53. > :19:05.Gillian Hargreaves reports. The girls at St Mary's school in
:19:06. > :19:10.Hull are a dab hand with bat and ball.
:19:11. > :19:14.This isn't just a diversion from exams though.
:19:15. > :19:18.The chief inspect to of England's schools says investment in sport is
:19:19. > :19:22.critical, if state schools are to compete with independent ones.
:19:23. > :19:27.I am competitive so I like that side of it. It is good to work as a team
:19:28. > :19:33.and get your energy out, I love exercise. Sport keeps you driven so
:19:34. > :19:38.you have to strive towards a goal. It is the same with maths so sport
:19:39. > :19:44.teaches you good principles. They may have their eye on the ball
:19:45. > :19:48.at St Mary's, but too few state schools are playing competitive
:19:49. > :19:53.games at a high level. A third of top sportsmen and women are
:19:54. > :19:59.privately educated. The statistics are stark. 93% of
:20:00. > :20:02.children go to state schools. 7% go to the independent sector, a third
:20:03. > :20:06.of our children who excel in the top sport come from the independent
:20:07. > :20:11.sector. That is ridiculous, if you strip away football, it goes up to
:20:12. > :20:17.half. So really need to equalise things. Some people might argue that
:20:18. > :20:23.state schools aren't playing on a level field. This is Tonbridge
:20:24. > :20:28.school in Kent. They have produced 25% of our best cricketers and ten
:20:29. > :20:36.rugby internationals, the facilities are outstanding. The Australian
:20:37. > :20:40.Olympic team practised here in 2012. At Tonbridge it is acknowledged
:20:41. > :20:44.talent alone isn't enough. We do have the most wonderful facility,
:20:45. > :20:49.even in comparison with other independent schools and we are for
:20:50. > :20:52.Nat. So it is is not in many ways a level playing field. It is more
:20:53. > :20:58.complicated than about attitudes, it is about resources as well.
:20:59. > :21:03.But Ofsted believes with strong Will and determination, the next Ashes
:21:04. > :21:06.winners could come from state schools.
:21:07. > :21:10.In early May last year, Victoria Milligan was spending the Bank
:21:11. > :21:14.But the trip turned to tragedy when they were thrown from their speed
:21:15. > :21:17.boat, and Victoria's husband and eight-year-old daughter were killed.
:21:18. > :21:20.She lost her leg, and her other three children were badly injured.
:21:21. > :21:23.In her first television interview, she's spoken to Jon Kay about how
:21:24. > :21:35.My whole life was completely planned, and sorted, with my lovely
:21:36. > :21:40.husband and my four children. And the rug has been pulled from
:21:41. > :21:45.underneath me. Last May, Victoria Milligan's world fell apart. Her
:21:46. > :21:51.whole family were catapulted out of their speed boat and hit by the
:21:52. > :21:55.vessel. Husband Nick, who was a Sky TV executive and eight-year-old
:21:56. > :22:01.Emily on his knee here, were both killed. I only had my little girl
:22:02. > :22:08.for eight year, you know, just appreciate them. After the family
:22:09. > :22:13.had been thrown out of the boat, the vessel kept circling in the water,
:22:14. > :22:16.hitting them repeatedly. Accident investigators found that if a kill
:22:17. > :22:21.cord had been worn at the time the engine should have cut out and come
:22:22. > :22:27.to a stop. Please always wear your kill cord, just even if you are
:22:28. > :22:32.coming up into shore, into the pier, put it on, be aware you are driving
:22:33. > :22:36.a powerful machine, always have the right training. Just know what you
:22:37. > :22:40.are doing. Do you feel now, looking back, you knew what you were doing
:22:41. > :22:47.with the boat, as a family? Yeah. Oh we did. My husband was hugely safety
:22:48. > :22:53.conscious, hugely safety conscious, what happened to us was a horrific
:22:54. > :22:59.accident. This is fitted with a kill cord. So let us see how it works. If
:23:00. > :23:06.the driver leaves the helm position for whatever reason, the cord comes
:23:07. > :23:11.out. And the engine stops. It is a lovely way to remember them.
:23:12. > :23:16.Victoria Milligan is determined that some public good must come from her
:23:17. > :23:21.private tragedy. She is quietly raised a quarter of a million pounds
:23:22. > :23:25.for the Cornwall air ambulance. Their new rescue helicopter will be
:23:26. > :23:30.named after Nick and Emily. Today, Victoria, who lost a leg in
:23:31. > :23:34.the accident, started the Milligan Bike Ride. Friends cycling from the
:23:35. > :23:38.scene of the accident near Padstow to the family's home in London,
:23:39. > :23:43.raising money for Cornwall's lifeboat, and child bereavement UK.
:23:44. > :23:49.I would urge everyone to appreciate what you have, because you have no
:23:50. > :23:57.Shares in TSB, which were floated this morning, have risen sharply
:23:58. > :24:00.Lloyds Banking Group, which is partly-owned by the tax-payer,
:24:01. > :24:03.decided to sell off 35% of TSB, a greater-than-expected chunk.
:24:04. > :24:06.European rules on state bail-outs mean Lloyds must dispose of TSB
:24:07. > :24:22.TSB's been back on the high street since last year, promising something
:24:23. > :24:27.different. Today, it became the UK's newest
:24:28. > :24:32.listed bank, and demand for shares has been strong, as restricted
:24:33. > :24:35.trading got under way. The Government and Lloyds were so
:24:36. > :24:39.careful when they did this pricing, as it has transpired in the middle
:24:40. > :24:43.of that range at 2.60 was what people wanted to see, so that is
:24:44. > :24:47.where it is listed. It has moved about 10% this morning upwards which
:24:48. > :24:53.is good for Lloyds and the government, so bang on, 2.40 the
:24:54. > :24:57.right price. It is costing Lloyds nearly ?2 billion to off load TSB.
:24:58. > :25:01.That is more than they will get back from the share sale based op today's
:25:02. > :25:06.valuation but it is still a lot more than they would have got had the
:25:07. > :25:11.controversial sale to the Co-op bank gone ahead. Today marks another step
:25:12. > :25:19.in Lloyds's recovery. My office, a glass bubble where everyone can see
:25:20. > :25:23.me. How will TSB fayre? The boss told me the bank would be more high
:25:24. > :25:27.street than Wall Street, including the way staff are rewarded I think
:25:28. > :25:32.we have broken the mould. We have implemented a model that rewards
:25:33. > :25:37.customer service, we have implemented a model that pays a flat
:25:38. > :25:43.reward and a model which makes staff partners in the business. It is not
:25:44. > :25:47.the only new bank trying to challenge the major high street
:25:48. > :25:48.names. TSB has been given a big head start but the pressure is on to
:25:49. > :25:55.perform and attract new customers. 148 councils
:25:56. > :25:58.in England will get extra funding to Ministers say the money should allow
:25:59. > :26:11.up to three million pot-holes to be They can damage your car's
:26:12. > :26:15.suspension, trip you up or ruin your bikebut as part of the biggest roads
:26:16. > :26:23.investment programme since the 1970, the Government is setting aside ?168
:26:24. > :26:27.million to fill in more than three million potholes by March next year
:26:28. > :26:31.an councils like Lancashire that do more with dedicated repair teams and
:26:32. > :26:36.equipment will get more. The better we maintain our roads, that is
:26:37. > :26:40.better for the local community, but also it reduces the amount of
:26:41. > :26:47.possible compensation claims against us and prevention is better than
:26:48. > :26:54.cure. The gft's providing ?53 per pothole. London gets the most, ?10
:26:55. > :27:00.million, enough to fix 188,000. Somerset gets 3.8 million. That will
:27:01. > :27:04.fill 72,000 potholes. I have lost count of the number of conversations
:27:05. > :27:08.I have had with people who have had to repair their bike, motorcycle or
:27:09. > :27:14.car trying to get to work but it is co-ing them money. What we need is
:27:15. > :27:18.the potholes mended. Decades of underfunding have trapped local
:27:19. > :27:23.councils in an endless cycle of patching up roads. It is not clear
:27:24. > :27:27.whether this will enough to smooth the way.
:27:28. > :27:30.Cricket, and it's the first day of the second Test match
:27:31. > :27:35.It's a big day for Ian Bell - he's become only the 12th Englishman
:27:36. > :27:41.Alistair Cook won the toss and chose to bowl.
:27:42. > :27:51.The visitors were 74-2 at lunch. Forget football for a moment. Now is
:27:52. > :27:57.the time to focus on another England team. And their century maker, 100
:27:58. > :28:01.caps today for Ian Bell. Having won the toss, things had begun well, but
:28:02. > :28:05.that was then followed by a frustrating first hour, as Sri Lanka
:28:06. > :28:10.got into their stride and then had several strokes of luck. For example
:28:11. > :28:15.the umpire said not out there, the replay showed very much out. And it
:28:16. > :28:20.wasn't just Stuart Broad having little luck, the same went for Chris
:28:21. > :28:25.Jordan, the edge clearing the slip cordon just. Like most things if you
:28:26. > :28:29.persist enough you get your reward. And England got theirs, through Mr
:28:30. > :28:35.Reliable James Anderson. But the celebrations didn't last long, as
:28:36. > :28:38.another chance came, and went, a run out this time, but how to make up
:28:39. > :28:44.for a missed chance like that? A wicket of course. They do not come
:28:45. > :28:50.any better than that. Not a bad first over from Liam
:28:51. > :28:52.Plunkett. Not a bad start to the day by England either.
:28:53. > :28:55.Time for a look at the weather. by England either.
:28:56. > :28:59.Time for a look at the weather. It is positive over the next few days,
:29:00. > :29:03.right the way through the weekend, there is a lot of dry weather in the
:29:04. > :29:06.forecast, there will be sunshine round, and temperatures will
:29:07. > :29:10.respond. It is going to be warm generally speaking but I suspect the
:29:11. > :29:14.highest temperatures will be in more southern counties of England. One
:29:15. > :29:18.thing to watch out is the levels of pollen, particularly so in England
:29:19. > :29:22.and Wales, they will be high or very high, that is grass pollen, so a lot
:29:23. > :29:27.of sniffling and sneezing going on at the moment. Here is the satellite
:29:28. > :29:32.sequence from earlier. You can see that cloud melting away. Enjoying
:29:33. > :29:36.lengthy spells of sunshine. Is what we have in the afternoon with light
:29:37. > :29:40.winds, you will notice they will be stronger in the far north of
:29:41. > :29:43.Scotland, here we have the stronger wind and a bit more cloud and one or
:29:44. > :29:47.two light showers coming in on that breeze, get down the central
:29:48. > :29:50.Lowlands, it is warmer, 20 degrees if Glasgow and a lot of sunshine
:29:51. > :29:53.here. A accident afternoon in Northern Ireland, patchy cloud,
:29:54. > :29:57.sunny spell, that is what you will find in northern England. You might
:29:58. > :30:04.catch a shower through the Midland but that is the exception rather
:30:05. > :30:08.than the rule. Into the low 20s. You will notice a sea breeze and that
:30:09. > :30:11.will keep things fresher. There will be sunshine on the south coast. Then
:30:12. > :30:15.through the evening, no problems with the weather if you are heading
:30:16. > :30:18.out. No problems, it is just dry across the board, except in the far
:30:19. > :30:22.north of Scotland where it stays breezy and cloudy and maybe one or
:30:23. > :30:26.two spots of rain. With the clear spells in Wales in particular, maybe
:30:27. > :30:30.the West Midlands dipping into single figures but for most it is 12
:30:31. > :30:33.or 13 degrees. To start the weekend we have high pressure as the
:30:34. > :30:37.dominant force, it is anchored to the west of us, it is still breezy
:30:38. > :30:40.on the top of the high with the weather front pushing to the
:30:41. > :30:44.north-west of Scotland, so we will thicken up the cloud in the north of
:30:45. > :30:48.Scotland, there will be rain to go with that but not much. A bita
:30:49. > :30:52.breeze in the north of Scotland. It looks like a lovely day. On balance
:30:53. > :30:55.more sunshine than today. Light wind and it will probably be that bit
:30:56. > :30:59.warmer, probably up to 24, 25 degrees in the London area. So
:31:00. > :31:02.warmth to be found. A lovely start to the weekend. We will probably do
:31:03. > :31:07.it all again on Sunday, a bit of cloud and rain as the north and west
:31:08. > :31:11.of Scotland with a breeze. Most other areas enjoying a pleasant day.
:31:12. > :31:16.Light wind, sunny spells and we will get to 24, 25 degrees in London
:31:17. > :31:19.again. Next week you may be losing interest in the football. It is time
:31:20. > :31:24.for Wimbledon start. It looks like it is going to be started on a good
:31:25. > :31:29.note. How long will it last? We will have to wait and see.
:31:30. > :31:33.Raise now or top story. A husband and wife have found guilty of
:31:34. > :31:38.murdering her parents and burying them in their own back garden.
:31:39. > :31:39.That is all from us. Now on BBC One time for