:00:11. > :00:15.World, Andy Coulson, is found guilty of phone hacking. Coulson, who later
:00:16. > :00:19.became David Cameron's director of communications, is convicted of
:00:20. > :00:23.conspireing to intercept voicemails between 2,000 and 2006. The former
:00:24. > :00:28.News of the World executive Rebekah Brooks is cleared of all charges by
:00:29. > :00:33.the jury at the Old Bailey. We will have the latest from the court and
:00:34. > :00:37.from Westminster. US Secretary of State, John Kerry,
:00:38. > :00:42.arrives in northern Iraq for talks with Kurdish leaders.
:00:43. > :00:46.One in five hospital Trusts may be covering up mistakes on patient
:00:47. > :00:50.safety. Journalists gather around the world
:00:51. > :00:54.to protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three Al-Jazerra
:00:55. > :00:58.journalists in Egypt. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
:00:59. > :01:02.visit a prison in Belfast alongside Northern Ireland's two most senior
:01:03. > :01:07.politicians, both of whom served time there during the Troubles.
:01:08. > :01:11.On BBC London: Growing up at risk, the Londoners failed by families and
:01:12. > :01:35.social services. And getting on your bike.
:01:36. > :01:46.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The former Downing
:01:47. > :01:50.Street director of communications, Andy Coulson, has been found guilty
:01:51. > :01:53.of conspireing to hack phones while he was editor of the News of the
:01:54. > :01:58.World. Rebekah Brooks has been cleared by the yir at the Old
:01:59. > :02:01.Bailey. Phone hacking trial heard 130 days of evidence about
:02:02. > :02:05.allegations relating to hacking dating back 15 years. Our home
:02:06. > :02:13.affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is outside the court for us.
:02:14. > :02:16.This has been an eight-month high stakes trial. At stake, the
:02:17. > :02:19.reputation and liberty of two of Britain's most prominent people, and
:02:20. > :02:24.some of those around them. This morning Rebekah Brooks stood in the
:02:25. > :02:27.dock and heard not guilty four times, not guilty to phone hacking,
:02:28. > :02:31.to agreeing illegal payments and being involved in an alleged
:02:32. > :02:34.cover-up. Andy Coulson was found guilty of phone hacking. A verdict
:02:35. > :02:38.which shows that at the News of the World in his time the hacking
:02:39. > :02:46.conspiracy went right to the top, to the editor's desk, to him.
:02:47. > :02:53.This used to be a powerhouse of tabloid journalism. But this place,
:02:54. > :02:58.once the News of the World's newsroom, was where the seeds of a
:02:59. > :03:02.scandal were sown. It ended the newspaper careers of the industry's
:03:03. > :03:10.golden couple, this trial revealed they were a couple. It led to dawn
:03:11. > :03:13.raids, the arrests of journalists, the editors questioned in
:03:14. > :03:17.parliament. If a rogue reporter decides to behave in that fashion, I
:03:18. > :03:24.am not sure there's a lot more I could have done. Even the boss was
:03:25. > :03:32.caught up in it. I would just like to say one sentence, this is the
:03:33. > :03:34.most humble day of my life. Now a jury's decided investigators,
:03:35. > :03:37.most humble day of my life. Now a jury's decided reporters, and
:03:38. > :03:43.ineditor who went on to advise a Prime Minister, all broke the law in
:03:44. > :03:48.the phone hacking conspiracy. The scandal ignited when it was
:03:49. > :03:52.revealed missing schoolgirl Millie Dowler's phone was hacked and those
:03:53. > :03:55.of her family. When a News of the World photographer captured her
:03:56. > :03:58.parents privately tracing their daughter's last steps along this
:03:59. > :04:03.road, they asked themselves a question familiar to many hacking
:04:04. > :04:08.victims - how did the paper know? How on earth did they know? We were
:04:09. > :04:16.doing that walk on that day, it just felt like such an intrusion into a
:04:17. > :04:20.really, really private grief moment. However, Milly Dowler wasn't the
:04:21. > :04:25.only murder victim targeted by the hackers. Phone hacking started in
:04:26. > :04:30.the 1990s and had nothing to do with hacking computers.
:04:31. > :04:37.Journalists realised very few people changed the pin codes for their
:04:38. > :04:41.voicemail. Please enter your pin followed by the hash key... They
:04:42. > :04:46.guessed codes and listened in. To personal secrets of the Royals, the
:04:47. > :04:53.famous, the powerful and many who were none of these. In 2006 police
:04:54. > :04:58.raided this office in south London and inside they found a massive haul
:04:59. > :05:02.of evidence, indicating phone hacking on an industrial scale
:05:03. > :05:07.because this is the former office of Glenn Mulcaire. He was very
:05:08. > :05:11.organised. He set out his strategy on white boards. At the height of
:05:12. > :05:15.the conspiracy hundreds of hacking calls a month were being made from
:05:16. > :05:18.this office or News of the World phones. Sometimes Mulcaire taught
:05:19. > :05:54.reporters how to do it. editor became a turning point in
:05:55. > :05:58.this trial. In 2004 David Blunkett was one of the targets. He was
:05:59. > :06:01.having an affair. A chief reporter was pushed for the News of the World
:06:02. > :06:07.to run the story after all he had proof, the politician's voicemails.
:06:08. > :06:30.Andy Coulson confronted MrBlunkett who recorded the meeting.
:06:31. > :06:37.But Andy Coulson couldn't reveal his illegal source of information, this
:06:38. > :06:44.dark art had to remain in the shadows. This is not about
:06:45. > :06:49.vindictiveness or vengeance, it's not about hype about the media. This
:06:50. > :06:54.is about criminality, it's about breach of privacy and it's about
:06:55. > :06:59.obtaining justice and I hope now that that's been obtained. So who at
:07:00. > :07:05.the News of the World knew about the hacking conspiracy? Well, some
:07:06. > :07:09.reporters have told us they didn't. Bethany Usher was on the road as the
:07:10. > :07:14.paper's north of England reporter before the pressure got to her and
:07:15. > :07:18.she became a journalism lecturer. She says senior staff would demand
:07:19. > :07:21.the personal phone numbers of those she had interviewed. I wasn't in a
:07:22. > :07:26.position to question what they were asking. I would never have said, why
:07:27. > :07:30.do you want this number? I would just give them the number they had
:07:31. > :07:34.asked me for. Do you suspect it might have been to use it for phone
:07:35. > :07:38.hacking? I wonder that and that makes me angry because there were
:07:39. > :07:43.people who I interviewed who didn't interview with me because they
:07:44. > :07:47.trusted in me and the idea that they would have hacked their phone
:07:48. > :07:51.disgusts me. The trial was always about who knew what and now we know
:07:52. > :07:55.how deep the roots of illegal journalism went at the News of the
:07:56. > :07:59.World. The hackers, including investigator Glenn Mulcaire here,
:08:00. > :08:02.weren't working in secret. They weren't rogue reporters. The paper's
:08:03. > :08:06.middle managers, the desk editors knew it was going on. As did Andy
:08:07. > :08:12.Coulson. Even while editor of the paper. But the jury's concluded the
:08:13. > :08:15.conspiracy was hidden from Rebekah Brooks, who was on holiday at the
:08:16. > :08:22.time when Milly Dowler's phone was hacked.
:08:23. > :08:27.Their former headquarters is currently being knocked down
:08:28. > :08:31.following a move in 2011. News International's changed its name but
:08:32. > :08:34.even after this trial News UK as it's now known still faces a
:08:35. > :08:41.corporate investigation into what went on behind these walls.
:08:42. > :08:44.News UK has released a brief statement saying that we have made
:08:45. > :08:47.changes in the way we do business, as for Rebekah Brooks, she left
:08:48. > :08:51.court a while ago. The judge had told her not to say anything to the
:08:52. > :08:57.large group of reporters here. He said, you will have enough to
:08:58. > :09:00.celebrate as it is. But, the jury is still here, still considering
:09:01. > :09:05.verdicts in two different sets of charges relating to alleged illegal
:09:06. > :09:08.payments to public officials for the supply of Royal phone books,
:09:09. > :09:12.confidential information from the Palace. Their considerations go on
:09:13. > :09:14.and we will wait here at court to bring you that when the verdicts
:09:15. > :09:21.come. Thank you very much.
:09:22. > :09:25.We can be joined now by Nick Robinson at Westminster. The Prime
:09:26. > :09:28.Minister's former director of communications found guilty by a
:09:29. > :09:31.jury at the Old Bailey, where does this leave David Cameron? It leaves
:09:32. > :09:36.him facing questions about his judgment. It leaves him facing
:09:37. > :09:40.demands for an apology. It leaves him having to ensure that he meets
:09:41. > :09:43.up to his own words, the words that he issued in the House of Commons
:09:44. > :09:48.three years ago, in which he promised an apology. This is what
:09:49. > :09:52.David Cameron said back in the summer of 2011, I have an
:09:53. > :09:56.old-fashioned view, he said, about innocent until proven guilty. But if
:09:57. > :10:01.it turns out I have been lied to, that would be the moment for a
:10:02. > :10:06.profound apology, in that event I can tell you I will not fall short.
:10:07. > :10:10.He was speaking then after Andy Coulson was forced out of Downing
:10:11. > :10:14.Street as director of communications, but when he was
:10:15. > :10:17.still insisting that he had not known about phone hacking at the
:10:18. > :10:21.News of the World. I expect that David Cameron will make that
:10:22. > :10:27.apology, he will make it soon. What will be interesting to see is
:10:28. > :10:32.exactly what form of words he uses to explain why, against advice, from
:10:33. > :10:35.colleagues, from his coalition partners, from newspapers that were
:10:36. > :10:40.investigating what happened at the News of the World, he went on and
:10:41. > :10:46.appointed Andy Coulson, not just as advisor in opposition, but also to a
:10:47. > :10:50.publicly funded job at the heart of Downing Street where he had access
:10:51. > :10:57.to secret and confidential information. Thank you very much.
:10:58. > :11:00.The Sunni militant group ISIS say they have finally taken control
:11:01. > :11:02.of Iraq's biggest oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad.
:11:03. > :11:05.It's been under siege for ten days, and the militants were repulsed
:11:06. > :11:09.However, the Iraqi government have denied their claims.
:11:10. > :11:13.This morning US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in northern Iraq
:11:14. > :11:20.His visit comes as the UN said 1,000 people have died in Iraq in the last
:11:21. > :11:42.The Iraqi Government still claims to have control of the oil refinery.
:11:43. > :11:48.Even these videos taken and released by the Government confirm that it's
:11:49. > :11:51.been the site of heavy fighting. They've been targeting ISIS
:11:52. > :11:56.fighters. Satellite imagery from the air taken over the past few days and
:11:57. > :12:08.pictures from the ground appear to confirm there are - the refiner's
:12:09. > :12:12.been under siege. Others report the refinery is now in
:12:13. > :12:16.the hands of ISIS. The US Secretary of State describes
:12:17. > :12:24.the crisis facing Iraq as a moment of great urgency. Today, John Kerry
:12:25. > :12:29.was in Irbil for talks with the President. A man already hinted the
:12:30. > :12:34.fighting might spur his region's independence. What America wants is
:12:35. > :12:38.for the country to unite to meet the threat posed by ISIS. We believe, I
:12:39. > :12:45.believe, President Obama believes very deeply, that a united Iraq is a
:12:46. > :12:51.stronger Iraq, and it is very, very important for that unity to be shown
:12:52. > :12:55.now to deal with the internal political crisis as well as the
:12:56. > :12:59.security crisis. But it's the security threat more
:13:00. > :13:06.than the politics that's a focus of Iraq's leaders. The Kurdish militia
:13:07. > :13:09.are taking the fight to ISIS. On his earlier visit here to Baghdad John
:13:10. > :13:15.Kerry did say the US would continue to supply weapons to the Iraqi army.
:13:16. > :13:19.But he did not promise American air strikes. And without that air
:13:20. > :13:21.support it's difficult to see how the Iraqi military will halt the
:13:22. > :13:28.ISIS advance. A million more working people should
:13:29. > :13:31.be paid the living wage by 2020, The Archbishop of York, John
:13:32. > :13:35.Sentamu, who chaired the Living Wage Commission, said it was a national
:13:36. > :13:38.scandal that people should be He said the Government should lead
:13:39. > :13:42.the way by increasing But his report stopped short
:13:43. > :13:48.of saying it should be made law. Our business editor Kamal Ahmed
:13:49. > :13:57.reports. A man of the cloth entered the
:13:58. > :14:00.debate on pay today, the Archbishop of York said millions of people in
:14:01. > :14:01.Britain are not paid enough to live on.
:14:02. > :14:04.of York said millions of people in Britain are not paid enough to He
:14:05. > :14:09.told me it was a fact that should cause the Government and businesses
:14:10. > :14:15.to wake up and act. The cost of living is rising, the minimum wage
:14:16. > :14:23.can't quite meet that cost of prices. Why should 5. 2 million of
:14:24. > :14:28.us fellow citizens work hard and still live in poverty? To the
:14:29. > :14:33.present it's 6. 31 an hour, it will rise to ?6. 50 in October. The
:14:34. > :14:41.living wage, based on the cost of living, is 7. ?7.65 an hour.
:14:42. > :14:44.In London, it is almost ?9. Many small businesses, like this
:14:45. > :14:49.brewery in east London, say they're happy to be a living wage employer.
:14:50. > :14:53.We have taken a calculated gamble that we feel it would be worth us in
:14:54. > :14:56.the end, there's no doubt about it that obviously it does increase your
:14:57. > :15:00.staff costs, but we hope that in the long-term some of those increased
:15:01. > :15:05.costs will be offset by savings elsewhere.
:15:06. > :15:15.Lower staff turnover and higher productivity could also help firms.
:15:16. > :15:18.The Archbishop has sparked a debate today, saying that low pay for
:15:19. > :15:22.millions of people was a national scandal. Some businesses may be
:15:23. > :15:26.concerned that with consumer confidence low, now is not the time
:15:27. > :15:33.to be increasing wages rapidly that could lead to an increase in prices.
:15:34. > :15:39.The living ways that McQuade was imposed, that would cause a severe
:15:40. > :15:43.problem for a lot of members. Retail hospitality and care home, because
:15:44. > :15:50.they are at the lower end having to pay national minimum wage. It could
:15:51. > :15:59.also lead to job losses, a point the Living Wage Commission says it
:16:00. > :16:06.understands. Kamal joins me now. There is pressure on the
:16:07. > :16:13.Government. The archbishop told me this morning he has written to the
:16:14. > :16:17.three big political leaders, asking them to respond to his report, which
:16:18. > :16:23.says that in the public sector at least, no one should be paid beneath
:16:24. > :16:26.the living wage and many more businesses should voluntarily sign
:16:27. > :16:30.up. The government is trying to use the minimum wage and saying that
:16:31. > :16:36.should increase above the rate of inflation. Ed Miliband has said that
:16:37. > :16:41.his party is looking at naming and shaming businesses, and the same
:16:42. > :16:46.those who do not pay the living wage should be put on a former register.
:16:47. > :16:50.We will await the response to these letters that will come back to
:16:51. > :16:55.Archbishop sentiment and see what the parties will do.
:16:56. > :16:59.One in five hospital trusts in England may be covering up mistakes
:17:00. > :17:02.which threaten patient safety, according to government figures.
:17:03. > :17:04.Ministers want to improve transparency about hospital care,
:17:05. > :17:06.and are today launching a website where patients can view
:17:07. > :17:09.the performance of individual hospitals on issues such as staffing
:17:10. > :17:16.levels and infection rates. Here's Sophie Hutchinson.
:17:17. > :17:23.Just how safe is hospital care? That is a difficult question to answer,
:17:24. > :17:28.according to the Government. Today it published figures as part of new
:17:29. > :17:34.measures to tackle safety, which suggests some NHS trusts may be
:17:35. > :17:40.covering up mistakes. 29 did not report the expected number of
:17:41. > :17:46.medical errors. The review said it may be a sign of a poor safety
:17:47. > :17:50.culture. Today, the Health Secretary was summoned to the Commons to
:17:51. > :17:53.explain the latest initiatives. These measures announced today will
:17:54. > :17:57.shine a light on pork aerosol lessons can be learned, action can
:17:58. > :18:02.be taken and harm to patients prevented. We will support front
:18:03. > :18:07.line staff to help the best health care system in the world lays a
:18:08. > :18:12.trail on issues of safety, transparency and compassionate care.
:18:13. > :18:17.He talks about his new target to save 6000 lives in three years. Can
:18:18. > :18:22.he explain how that will be achieved when people are now waiting longer
:18:23. > :18:26.to start treatment for cancer? When NHS waiting lists have hit a
:18:27. > :18:30.six-year high? And when ambulance response times are getting longer?
:18:31. > :18:37.The figures are published on a new website accessed through NHS
:18:38. > :18:45.Choices. Patients will also be able to see data on infection control and
:18:46. > :18:48.cleanliness. It is nowhere near as consistent as it should be. We
:18:49. > :18:55.warmly welcome this new initiative to be open and transparent. At least
:18:56. > :18:58.if we know trusts are not complying, something can be done. We need the
:18:59. > :19:04.money, the staff and encouragement to back-up the transparency.
:19:05. > :19:10.Successive governments are published data on hospital safety. Today's new
:19:11. > :19:18.safety website is the latest bid by ministers to prove they will not
:19:19. > :19:22.tolerate dangerous medical mistakes. Our health editor is in central
:19:23. > :19:28.London. You have just been to a briefing with ministers. What more
:19:29. > :19:33.did you learn? That website that Sophie was referring to in her
:19:34. > :19:38.piece, part of NHS Choices, is going live just about now. We did not get
:19:39. > :19:42.the chance to test it. We have been told what it has. Basically all
:19:43. > :19:46.patients in England will be able to take a look at their local hospital
:19:47. > :19:51.and see how they rate on issues like being open and honest, infection
:19:52. > :19:56.rates, cleanliness etc. On staffing levels, we will not get that for
:19:57. > :20:01.another six months. Another interesting point which came out was
:20:02. > :20:03.that Sir Robert Francis, who led two enquiries into the mid Staffordshire
:20:04. > :20:08.scandal, is going to carry yet another review into the issue of
:20:09. > :20:14.whistle-blowing. How open is the NHS in England? He says he has been
:20:15. > :20:16.hearing that there is a culture of fear in the NHS in England, so he
:20:17. > :20:21.still feels he has got work to do. Here's Sophie Hutchinson.
:20:22. > :20:30.Our top story this lunchtime: The former editor of the News of the
:20:31. > :20:35.World, Andy Coulson, is found guilty of phone hacking. Rebekah Brooks is
:20:36. > :20:40.cleared of all charges. I am like that Wimbledon where Heather Watson
:20:41. > :20:42.and another British Murray are in action later.
:20:43. > :20:44.Our top story this lunchtime: Later on BBC London,
:20:45. > :20:48.the faulty electrics endangering people?s lives in the capital.
:20:49. > :21:01.And the Serpentine?s latest temporary pavilion is revealed.
:21:02. > :21:07.The Queen has been visiting a notorious Belfast prison,
:21:08. > :21:10.accompanied by Northern Ireland's First Minister
:21:11. > :21:13.and Deputy Minister, who were both held there during the Troubles.
:21:14. > :21:17.The Crumlin Road Gaol - which was built in the mid-19th century -
:21:18. > :21:20.is now a tourist attraction. The Queen also visited the set
:21:21. > :21:21.of one of television's most popular fantasy shows, Game of Thrones.
:21:22. > :21:35.Nicholas Witchell is in Belfast. And much more relaxed this royal
:21:36. > :21:39.visit has been compared to many previous royal visits. The Queen is
:21:40. > :21:45.really getting a chance to see at pretty close quarters just how much
:21:46. > :21:50.has changed here. She has been shown a city breaking free from the dark
:21:51. > :21:54.moments of its past. Her convoy came up the Crumlin Road to a place which
:21:55. > :22:02.was once synonymous with Northern Ireland's troubles. This was once
:22:03. > :22:07.Her Majesty's prison Crumlin Road. Today we -- the atmosphere was one
:22:08. > :22:11.of welcome. Not so many years ago this was a forbidding place were
:22:12. > :22:13.rival prisoners would riot, and were leading figures from the
:22:14. > :22:19.paramilitary groups were incarcerated. The prison is now a
:22:20. > :22:24.museum. Showing the Queen around were two former inmates, on the
:22:25. > :22:28.left, Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, held at
:22:29. > :22:33.the prison for a month in 1976 on a charge of IRA membership, later
:22:34. > :22:37.dropped. On the right, unionist First Minister Peter Robinson,
:22:38. > :22:42.detained at the prison several times in the 1980s for protest against the
:22:43. > :22:45.Anglo-Irish peace agreement. Last night Martin McGuinness had an
:22:46. > :22:52.unprecedented 15 minute private audience with the Queen. I think for
:22:53. > :22:55.me, meeting Queen Elizabeth, it is an opportunity to show respect to
:22:56. > :23:01.the unionist community who live here. And to see these engagements
:23:02. > :23:06.as important acts of reconciliation. But Northern Ireland has not just
:23:07. > :23:13.seen political reconciliation. It has witnessed economic regeneration.
:23:14. > :23:17.Here is an example of it. The American drama, Game Of Thrones, is
:23:18. > :23:22.said to be the biggest TV production in Europe and it is made in Northern
:23:23. > :23:26.Ireland. The Queen was shown some of the sets in what was once part of
:23:27. > :23:29.the huge Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff. Then the something which
:23:30. > :23:33.could not have been done a few years ago. A stroll through one of the
:23:34. > :23:39.indoor markets in the city centre, close to what was once a strongly
:23:40. > :23:44.Republican area. Many sensitivities remain. But somehow those labels do
:23:45. > :23:48.not seem as important and in more. The Queen is now here at Belfast
:23:49. > :23:52.City Hall where she will make a short speech. I would imagine the
:23:53. > :24:00.theme of reconciliation will feature.
:24:01. > :24:04.Nicholas Witchell is in Belfast. The parents of Peter Greste, one of
:24:05. > :24:06.three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in Egypt, say
:24:07. > :24:09.they're devastated by the verdict. Yesterday, he and two colleagues -
:24:10. > :24:11.Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed - were found guilty of supporting
:24:12. > :24:13.the banned Muslim Brotherhood, a charge they all deny.
:24:14. > :24:16.Protests against their sentencing have been held, with staff from the
:24:17. > :24:19.BBC and other news organisations observing a one-minute silence.
:24:20. > :24:32.Emily Buchanan has more. Expressing outrage in silence.
:24:33. > :24:35.Outside New Broadcasting House, journalists from the BBC and other
:24:36. > :24:40.news organisations united in protest. There is a big issue of
:24:41. > :24:45.principle here and that is the reason why the BBC, which has a
:24:46. > :24:47.stake in the freedom of expression and the freedom of journalists to do
:24:48. > :24:51.their job, must stand up when something like this happens. People
:24:52. > :24:58.are being intimidated and preventing from reporting. That's my prevented.
:24:59. > :25:02.Many of the journalists identify closely with the jailed men. Some
:25:03. > :25:06.know them personally. Others feel they could be in the same
:25:07. > :25:10.predicament, imprisoned just for trying to cover both sides of
:25:11. > :25:18.Egypt's bitter political background. -- battle ground. The team comprised
:25:19. > :25:23.Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste. His family are still reeling from the
:25:24. > :25:39.verdict. I know Peter is being very, very strong. Sorry... I am... This
:25:40. > :25:45.will be a hard time for him but I know that he will get through it.
:25:46. > :25:54.This man, our son Peter, is an award-winning journalist. He is not
:25:55. > :25:57.a criminal. He is not a criminal. Even after the international
:25:58. > :26:04.outcry, the Egyptian president is refusing to intervene.
:26:05. > :26:07.TRANSLATION: I called the justice minister and told him in one
:26:08. > :26:13.sentence that I would not interfere in judicial matters because the
:26:14. > :26:17.judicial -- the judiciary is independent and solid. So hopes for
:26:18. > :26:20.a presidential pardon dashed. The journalists now face at least seven
:26:21. > :26:24.years in prison by their legal teams scramble to launch an appeal.
:26:25. > :26:30.-- while their legal teams. Emily Buchanan has more.
:26:31. > :26:32.British hopes turn to Heather Watson on day two at Wimbledon.
:26:33. > :26:35.Seven-time champion Roger Federer and world number one Rafael Nadal
:26:36. > :26:37.are also in action. But before play started on
:26:38. > :26:40.Centre Court, former British number One Elena Baltacha was remembered.
:26:41. > :26:46.Katherine Downes is at Wimbledon for us.
:26:47. > :26:52.If yesterday was all about Andy Murray and seeing him over that
:26:53. > :26:55.first hurdle at Wimbledon, today is about another Murray, Samantha
:26:56. > :27:02.Berman no relation. She is playing Maria Sharapova on Court number one.
:27:03. > :27:07.An ideal couple of days for British fans. First, a defending champion,
:27:08. > :27:12.now an underdog. One step closer, now with a day to relax. Andy Murray
:27:13. > :27:17.looking laid-back at practice today after yesterday's win. Other Brits
:27:18. > :27:26.fell at the first hurdle, apart from one, Naomi Brodie, who won. With no
:27:27. > :27:30.funding from the LTA, it is a welcome paycheque. Some weeks have
:27:31. > :27:37.been absolutely ridiculous. You are check, prize money each week,
:27:38. > :27:45.catching things here and there. It has all been completely worth it.
:27:46. > :27:48.Today Heather Watson will try and join her in the second round. Six
:27:49. > :27:53.days since the biggest win of her career at Eastbourne against Flavia
:27:54. > :28:00.Pennetta. Her heroics there will need to be matched, then doubled
:28:01. > :28:04.here by Sam Murray, as the game -- there is the game of a lifetime in
:28:05. > :28:08.store for her against Maria Sharapova, who looks back to her
:28:09. > :28:14.dangerous breast. For Miss Murray, there is only one thing for it. For
:28:15. > :28:19.this young girl, what would I tell her? Swing from your hips, baby, and
:28:20. > :28:26.pray they going. You will not get any easy balls. Maria Sharapova does
:28:27. > :28:31.not give you a minute. Before the action, a moment of reflection as
:28:32. > :28:35.Wimbledon remembered Elena Baltacha. The former British number one died
:28:36. > :28:39.of liver cancer earlier this year at the age of 30. A renowned fighter on
:28:40. > :28:46.the court, an inspiration to those who go out to do battle today. Elena
:28:47. > :28:49.Baltacha only retired last year. It is only fitting that the stars of
:28:50. > :28:56.Centre Court today are two of the biggest names in the women's game,
:28:57. > :29:07.including Serena Williams. Now the weather. There is some sunshine out
:29:08. > :29:13.there. Beautiful scenes like this for many. There are some showers.
:29:14. > :29:16.Some of them heavy and possibly thundery. The best of the weather
:29:17. > :29:21.today reserved for the south-west and for Wales. The weakening weather
:29:22. > :29:25.front introducing more cloud and, over the last couple of hours, sharp
:29:26. > :29:36.and thundery downpours. Particularly across eastern England. Some of
:29:37. > :29:40.these showers really quite hefty. They will continue to drift further
:29:41. > :29:52.south. Some improvement late in the afternoon. If you dodge the showers,
:29:53. > :29:55.it will feel quite one. Some decent spells of sunshine. Any showers on
:29:56. > :30:01.the Cornish coast will be light and isolated. We will pick up a little
:30:02. > :30:05.more sunshine across parts of Wales. A pleasant afternoon in store.
:30:06. > :30:08.Feeling quite warm. For Northern Ireland, a little bit fresher.
:30:09. > :30:13.Isolated showers, a little more cloud. The best of the sunshine in
:30:14. > :30:19.Scotland, to the north-east, head of that weather front. A legacy of
:30:20. > :30:22.cloud and some showers. I'm sure the organisers of Wimbledon would be
:30:23. > :30:27.happy with this forecast in the next few days. A good deal of dry
:30:28. > :30:32.weather. Plenty of play. There is the risk through the latter started
:30:33. > :30:36.-- stages of the day-to-day of a few showers cropping up at Wimbledon.
:30:37. > :30:41.They may interrupt play for a short period. That is the story through
:30:42. > :30:51.the night. A quiet night. Some clear skies into the far north-east. For
:30:52. > :30:54.the far north-east, we could see temperatures into low single
:30:55. > :31:04.figures. A chilly start to Wednesday. Some decent sunny spells.
:31:05. > :31:09.Showery outbreaks of rain gathering to Northern Ireland. It will feel
:31:10. > :31:15.just that little bit fresher than in recent days, certainly into the far
:31:16. > :31:19.North. The low pressure is making its presence felt towards the end of
:31:20. > :31:23.the week. It is taking its time but it is likely to bring some showery
:31:24. > :31:27.outbreaks of rain into England and Wales by the end of the week. Just
:31:28. > :31:28.in time for Glastonbury. Slightly drier but again still looking
:31:29. > :31:35.fresher. for us.
:31:36. > :31:39.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime:
:31:40. > :31:45.Andy Coulson has been found guilty of phone hacking. The Prime Minister
:31:46. > :31:51.has apologised for appointing him to be his communications director. I
:31:52. > :31:54.take full responsibility for employing Andy Coulson. I did so on
:31:55. > :32:01.the basis of undertakings I was given by him about phone hacking,
:32:02. > :32:05.and that turned out not to be the case. I always said if they turned
:32:06. > :32:09.out to be wrong I would make a full and frank apology, and I do that
:32:10. > :32:12.today. I am extremely sorry I employed him. It was the wrong
:32:13. > :32:16.decision and I am very clear on that. You can hear more on that
:32:17. > :32:18.statement on the BBC News Channel. of our top story this lunchtime:
:32:19. > :32:19.That's all from