:00:00. > :00:00.The woman appointed by the Prime minister to head
:00:07. > :00:11.the child abuse inquiry steps down after less than a week.
:00:12. > :00:14.Baroness Butler-Sloss had been asked to look into allegations of abuse
:00:15. > :00:19.But she's been under intense pressure to stand down -
:00:20. > :00:28.The UN says that almost 1000 homes have been destroyed in Gaza
:00:29. > :00:31.since the Israeli airstrikes began last week.
:00:32. > :00:34.A vote will decide today whether women can finally become
:00:35. > :00:41.Celebrations into the early hours as Germany wins the World Cup for
:00:42. > :00:48.Three months after the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls
:00:49. > :00:51.we hear from some who escaped and from Malala Yousefzai who's
:00:52. > :01:11.We're with you and we are standing up with you in your campaign. I am
:01:12. > :01:16.here, in Gigli, where two and a half years, the Costa Concordia capsized,
:01:17. > :01:18.killing 32 people. Today they are re-floating it and preparing to take
:01:19. > :01:20.it away to scrapped. Could there be a summer
:01:21. > :01:23.of motoring misery, as Putney Bridge shuts to traffic,
:01:24. > :01:26.as well as the Hammersmith Flyover? And, Scotland Yard bans
:01:27. > :01:31.non-Londoners from applying for Good afternoon
:01:32. > :01:50.and welcome to the BBC News at One. In the past hour it's been announced
:01:51. > :01:53.that Baroness Butler-Sloss is to stand down as chair of
:01:54. > :01:59.the historical child abuse inquiry. Her appointment by the government
:02:00. > :02:02.less than a week ago was widely criticised, because the former
:02:03. > :02:04.judge's family connections suggested Downing Street said it was
:02:05. > :02:16.'entirely her decision' to go. Our political correspondent
:02:17. > :02:26.Ben Wright reports. She's a highly regarded former
:02:27. > :02:30.judge. Picked by the Home Office to lead an enquiry into allegations of
:02:31. > :02:33.child abuse. At first it looked like an obvious choice, but last week
:02:34. > :02:38.many asked whether Lady Butler-Sloss was really the right person to
:02:39. > :02:42.investigate a possible establishment cover-up. Why, because her late
:02:43. > :02:45.brother, Sir Michael Havers, was the Attorney General in the 1980s when
:02:46. > :02:50.the abuse was alleged to have taken place, he was the government 's top
:02:51. > :02:55.lawyer, and some felt it compromised her outlook. After talking to the
:02:56. > :02:56.Home Secretary over the weekend Lady Butler-Sloss issued a statement in
:02:57. > :03:16.the last hour saying: Her appointment had put the
:03:17. > :03:19.government under pressure, and number ten said today it was
:03:20. > :03:24.entirely Lady Butler-Sloss's decision to stand down. It was
:03:25. > :03:29.announced, the terms of reference are still not decided. The fact she
:03:30. > :03:32.has resigned so quickly I think is probably a good thing and we can now
:03:33. > :03:37.really focus on the terms of reference, the people on the inquiry
:03:38. > :03:43.team and getting the survivors to have their voices heard for the
:03:44. > :03:48.first time. The inquiry was set up to investigate allegations of abuse
:03:49. > :03:51.in 1980s, made by this late Tory MP, Geoffrey Dickens, who said children
:03:52. > :03:55.were abused by prominent figures at the centre of the British
:03:56. > :04:00.establishment and he was prepared to name names. But it was never
:04:01. > :04:03.investigated, Lady Butler-Sloss's connection to a senior government
:04:04. > :04:07.minister at the time convince MPs and lawyers that she should stand
:04:08. > :04:08.aside. Their decision is a blow to the government which will now have
:04:09. > :04:12.to find a new chairman. Our Chief Political Correspondent
:04:13. > :04:26.Norman Smith joins me now Was this inevitable and what does it
:04:27. > :04:30.mean for the enquiry? It was inevitable. Although support for
:04:31. > :04:35.Lady Butler-Sloss was waning among MPs, because of the criticism also
:04:36. > :04:38.from the victims of the abuse. Lady Butler-Sloss took the view it was
:04:39. > :04:42.not tenable for her to lead an enquiry in the face of scepticism
:04:43. > :04:48.and doubt from those victims, who almost from her appointment have
:04:49. > :04:50.been unhappy. Unhappy she was a figure of the establishment
:04:51. > :04:56.investigating the establishment, she was a member of the House of Lords
:04:57. > :05:00.probably investigating those peers alleged over child abuse, questions
:05:01. > :05:05.over whether her age, whether she had the energy and the drive to
:05:06. > :05:09.pursue a difficult and potentially lengthy inquiry. Doubts over her
:05:10. > :05:13.link to the scandal of the 1980s, because her brother was the Attorney
:05:14. > :05:18.General. And then the steady dribble of damaging stories. Looking at her
:05:19. > :05:24.resignation statement she is quite clear herself, a victim orientated
:05:25. > :05:26.inquiry, you have to have the confidence of the victims and
:05:27. > :05:31.clearly she didn't have that. The United Nations says 17,000
:05:32. > :05:33.Palestinians in Gaza have taken shelter in schools after being
:05:34. > :05:36.ordered by Israel to leave their The UN says that almost 1000
:05:37. > :05:41.homes have been destroyed in Gaza since the Israeli airstrikes began
:05:42. > :05:43.last week. Palestinian officials now say 172
:05:44. > :05:45.people have been killed Overnight Palestinian militants
:05:46. > :05:49.continued firing more rockets Our correspondent Yolande Knell
:05:50. > :06:03.reports from Gaza. The start of the seventh day of
:06:04. > :06:08.Israel's military operation in Gaza. Some air strikes caused
:06:09. > :06:13.massive destruction. But the violence also targets Israeli towns
:06:14. > :06:17.and cities. EXPLOSIONS These pictures from Hamas militants
:06:18. > :06:25.are said to show home-made Palestinian rockets being fired at
:06:26. > :06:28.Tel Aviv. Israel says it is targeting rocket launching sites,
:06:29. > :06:36.and it is determined to stop the threat to the civilians. For
:06:37. > :06:39.ordinary Palestinians, the uncertainty continues. Thousands
:06:40. > :06:45.from northern Gaza are in temporary shelters after they were forced from
:06:46. > :06:48.their homes. Israel says it is planning to widen the operation
:06:49. > :06:57.against militants in the border area where they live. But with no sign it
:06:58. > :07:01.has started, some are heading back. It is risky here, and there, and
:07:02. > :07:06.nobody is taking care of us, this woman says. But others are staying
:07:07. > :07:11.at this school, they fear an Israeli ground invasion. These people have
:07:12. > :07:15.turned classrooms into their bedrooms. They came rushing to the
:07:16. > :07:19.school the shelter, after the Israeli military told them to leave
:07:20. > :07:24.their homes. And now there's a lot of frustration here because they do
:07:25. > :07:28.not know how long they will stay. The United Nations says that too
:07:29. > :07:32.many of the more than 170 Palestinians killed this week were
:07:33. > :07:39.civilians. And one quarter were children. Behind every loss of life,
:07:40. > :07:45.every child killed, and woman killed thereat individual histories. I
:07:46. > :07:55.cannot access it -- accent we reduced to this -- this to something
:07:56. > :07:58.anonymous, they are not statistics. Is the humanitarian situation
:07:59. > :08:00.worsens, the international calls for a cease-fire in creased -- is it
:08:01. > :08:03.worsens. Our Middle East Correspondent Kevin
:08:04. > :08:05.Connolly is in Jerusalem. So, Israel showing no let up
:08:06. > :08:15.in the military offensive? As things stand, the second week of
:08:16. > :08:20.the operation began very much as the first week did. We are told there
:08:21. > :08:23.was 50 Israeli air strike since midnight, dozens of rockets have
:08:24. > :08:29.gone the other way and alarms have sounded in Israeli cities. In a
:08:30. > :08:34.strange new test we are told a Hamas operated drone was shot down by a
:08:35. > :08:40.patria anti-aircraft missile. -- patriot missile. That over Ashdod,
:08:41. > :08:43.the Israelis are looking for the wreckage of the drone to see whether
:08:44. > :08:47.it was capable of carrying explosives. There are calls
:08:48. > :08:50.internationally for a cease-fire. Where you hear public calls, I think
:08:51. > :08:55.you can always assume in the background diplomats are working on
:08:56. > :09:00.a truce, trying to find out what Israel would want on the one hand
:09:01. > :09:05.and what Hamas would want on the other hand. To stop the exchanges of
:09:06. > :09:09.missiles and rockets. But it's also possible that Israel is planning to
:09:10. > :09:15.expand the operation by launching a ground invasion of Gaza, too. I
:09:16. > :09:19.think it sums up the situation at the start of the second week. That
:09:20. > :09:24.nobody can really tell you for sure which of those options is the more
:09:25. > :09:27.likely. Some sort of move towards a cease-fire on the one hand or an
:09:28. > :09:30.Israeli ground operation on the other.
:09:31. > :09:33.And you can find out more about the crisis in the Middle East
:09:34. > :09:38.by going to our website and going to special reports, Middle East Crisis.
:09:39. > :09:41.After years of debate and argument, women will find out today
:09:42. > :09:44.if they can become bishops in the Church of England.
:09:45. > :09:46.A vote is taking place at the General Synod.
:09:47. > :09:49.The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says he's hopeful the radical
:09:50. > :09:52.reform - which was previously rejected - will finally be agreed.
:09:53. > :10:00.Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Robert Piggott reports from York.
:10:01. > :10:06.Anglicans have come to the General Synod to witness a moment of
:10:07. > :10:11.history. Rarely has the future of the church turned so profoundly on a
:10:12. > :10:16.single vote. Women clergy have campaigned for decades for access to
:10:17. > :10:18.the church top jobs. A clear majority of the General Synod
:10:19. > :10:22.support the creation of women bishops but once again in the final
:10:23. > :10:29.debate today the issue has been partly about preserving a wide range
:10:30. > :10:31.of beliefs in the church. It will soon become normal and routine.
:10:32. > :10:38.Women in the ministry unremarkable normality.
:10:39. > :10:42.Traditionalist evangelicals say they will vote against the legislation
:10:43. > :10:47.insisting only men should lead the church. We believe the Bible teaches
:10:48. > :10:50.while men and women are equal in the eyes of God in every respect,
:10:51. > :10:54.nevertheless they have different roles within the church and they are
:10:55. > :11:02.supposed to keep to those roles to model things which are true about
:11:03. > :11:06.God. Women now make up one third of Anglican clergy and they have become
:11:07. > :11:12.indispensable to the church. They say that the church needs women as
:11:13. > :11:15.bishops, too. Women have gifts and talents to offer. I think the church
:11:16. > :11:20.that harness those gifts and talents. It is bad for the mission
:11:21. > :11:23.and the Ministry of the church if we are only able to use half of the
:11:24. > :11:30.people, half of the clergy who potentially could be bishops in the
:11:31. > :11:35.future. The congregation at Saint Mary 's, say that creating women
:11:36. > :11:41.bishops is long overdue. We pray and hope so, that the holy spirit will
:11:42. > :11:47.guide them to a positive answer. It is about time.
:11:48. > :11:50.guide them to a positive answer. It without Lady Vickers, some of the
:11:51. > :11:56.churches would be entered. This morning, the Prime Minister added
:11:57. > :11:59.his support for women bishops. I think the archbishop showed
:12:00. > :12:03.leadership and I hope he will be successful. The General Synod knows
:12:04. > :12:08.that voting yes would break a tradition of male only bishops
:12:09. > :12:14.stretching back to the time of Jesus himself will
:12:15. > :12:16.Germany is celebrating after their World cup win.
:12:17. > :12:20.A quarter of a million people packed into the centre of Berlin last night
:12:21. > :12:22.partying into the early hours after their team beat Argentina.
:12:23. > :12:25.It's the fourth time Germany has lifted the World Cup and
:12:26. > :12:28.Tomorrow even more people are expected on the streets
:12:29. > :12:31.of Berlin to greet the team when they return home.
:12:32. > :12:43.yes, German fans partying through the night in Rio. And well they
:12:44. > :12:46.might because it was a wonderful World Cup final that they won, with
:12:47. > :12:50.a wonderful goal. The consensus is that Germany were the best side in
:12:51. > :12:55.the tournament. They scored more goals than any other team. They are
:12:56. > :13:00.the first European side to win the World Cup on South American soil.
:13:01. > :13:08.The moment Germany had waited almost a quarter of a century for, lifting
:13:09. > :13:08.the World Cup, and the burden of expectation
:13:09. > :13:15.the World Cup, and the burden of of footballing talent finally came
:13:16. > :13:19.of age. Earlier, Argentina started strongly, Higuain with the costly
:13:20. > :13:24.miss. Chances continued to come and go, Germany hitting the post, evenly
:13:25. > :13:26.in all messy could not break the deadlock, the match destined for
:13:27. > :13:30.extra time. -- deadlock, the match destined for
:13:31. > :13:35.the game on a knife edge, Mario Gotze did this. The substitute with
:13:36. > :13:35.a wonderful finish, the kind of goal which
:13:36. > :13:42.Cup final. The shattered Argentinians had no time to recover
:13:43. > :13:45.and minutes later Germany had one. Having demolished Brazil in the
:13:46. > :13:47.semifinal, Germany had delivered again and when it mattered the most.
:13:48. > :13:58.Ella it was crazy, I wanted to feel this
:13:59. > :14:01.moment. To celebrate. In the dressing room after, even Angela
:14:02. > :14:07.Merkel joined the party. This is what it meant to the euphoric fans
:14:08. > :14:11.in Berlin. Unrestrained joy at a fourth World Cup triumph, but the
:14:12. > :14:19.first they have enjoyed since 1990. It is unbelievable, fourth World
:14:20. > :14:23.Championship. Unbelievable. Germany were worthy winners of the
:14:24. > :14:30.tournament, rewarded for a system designed to produce world champions
:14:31. > :14:35.and their rivals will look to learn from them. They confounded critics
:14:36. > :14:39.delivering one of the greatest World Cups they have ever seen. Much of
:14:40. > :14:48.the credit will go to a German team whose flair has lit up a tournament
:14:49. > :14:52.which will live long in the memory. Not all Argentinians took the defeat
:14:53. > :14:56.with good grace, in Buenos Ira is there was rioting, 50 people were
:14:57. > :15:02.arrested, 15 please officers were injured dashed when
:15:03. > :15:08.for Brazil, it ended with humiliation in the 7-1 thrashing in
:15:09. > :15:14.the semifinal, rumours today that there coach has been sacked.
:15:15. > :15:19.Brazil, as host of this tournament have won plenty of friends and
:15:20. > :15:20.admirers, it has been a magical and magnificent World Cup tournament.
:15:21. > :15:24.Thank you for joining us. Baroness Butler-Sloss steps down,
:15:25. > :15:29.after less than a week as Chair of the inquiry
:15:30. > :15:31.into historical child abuse. Not fit for purpose,
:15:32. > :15:46.the verdict on UK broadband services latest Japanese craze sweeping
:15:47. > :15:51.across Ron don. All you need is a costume, a wig and some imagination.
:15:52. > :15:54.If you want to play it safe instead, we'll have the weather for you at 1.
:15:55. > :16:06.30pm. Three months ago more than 200
:16:07. > :16:09.schoolgirls were abducted by Islamic militants in Nigeria and they are
:16:10. > :16:12.still missing. Today Malala Yousafzai has been meeting some of
:16:13. > :16:18.their parents and pledging support for the campaign to free the girls.
:16:19. > :16:24.17-year-old Malala was shot in the head by the table two years ago. The
:16:25. > :16:30.-- by the Taliban two years ago. Today has been made Malala Day.
:16:31. > :16:39.Into the conference room of a hotel room strides the small figure of a
:16:40. > :16:44.girl the Taliban couldn't kill and who by coming to Nigeria is defying
:16:45. > :16:45.another who by coming to Nigeria is defying
:16:46. > :16:49.extreme Islamic group, Boko Haram. The parents of several of the girls
:16:50. > :16:54.kidnapped by Boko Haram are here to see her. For Malala, fighting
:16:55. > :16:59.terrorism and encouraging education are part of the same battle.
:17:00. > :17:06.We express our solidarity with you. We are with you. We are standing up
:17:07. > :17:10.with you in your campaign of Bring Back Our Girls. I consider those
:17:11. > :17:19.girls as my sisters. They are my sisters. I am going to speak out for
:17:20. > :17:23.them until they are released. In the emotionally-charged atmosphere, her
:17:24. > :17:35.father, Ziauddin, starts to tell the parents her story. Sh ewas attacked
:17:36. > :17:43.-- she was attacked... Soon, they are crying too.
:17:44. > :17:49.The parents believe the Government simply doesn't care about them.
:17:50. > :17:56.Suppose our daughters were the children of someone important, this
:17:57. > :18:00.man asks, would they still be prisoners after 90 days? Boko Haram
:18:01. > :18:06.seems to have kidnapped the girls so they could be exchanged for its
:18:07. > :18:12.fighters, held in Nigerian jails. For Malala's visit, it put out a
:18:13. > :18:19.video which mockingly demanded not Bring Back Our Girls, but "bring
:18:20. > :18:23.back our army." I hope that our friends, your sisters... Malala was
:18:24. > :18:25.able to meet some girls who had been kidnapped with the others, but
:18:26. > :18:27.managed to escape. When I talked to able to meet some girls who had been
:18:28. > :18:33.kidnapped with the others, but these girls, I asked them if the Nigerian
:18:34. > :18:42.army had interviewed them to find out about their experiences.
:18:43. > :18:46.TRANSLATION: They have not had any debriefing by the military. Still,
:18:47. > :18:52.the Government insists it is doing what it can to get the girls back.
:18:53. > :18:58.Though there's no sign whatever of any progress.
:18:59. > :19:04.More than ?1 billion is to be invested in the capabilities of the
:19:05. > :19:07.Armed Forces, including ?800 million being earmarked for intelligence and
:19:08. > :19:11.surveillance T announcement was made this morning be I the Prime Minister
:19:12. > :19:14.at the Farnborough Air Show. Mr Cameron said it was his aim to
:19:15. > :19:18.sustain the thriving defence industry.
:19:19. > :19:28.Well, the big attraction here was to be the F 35-B, which was to make its
:19:29. > :19:32.first appearance in the UK in the skies here. Thanks to an engine fire
:19:33. > :19:37.back in June, the planes have not arrived here yet. The hope is they
:19:38. > :19:42.may be here by the weekend. The other announcement awaited by the
:19:43. > :19:46.160,000 people across the UK is what the brm will say today and what --
:19:47. > :19:49.what the Prime Minister will say today about what signals he will
:19:50. > :19:50.send about defence jobs and for the industry here.
:19:51. > :19:54.For the the brm will say today and what --
:19:55. > :20:00.Armed Forces having the right high tech kit is more vital than ever,
:20:01. > :20:05.over e over land and sea. Today was crucial as the right people to
:20:06. > :20:08.operate it. At the Farnborough international air
:20:09. > :20:14.show, the Prime Minister said that spending on intelligence and
:20:15. > :20:23.surveillance equipment, such as unmanned aerial systems was a
:20:24. > :20:26.national priority. Especially if you are a trading nation like the United
:20:27. > :20:30.Kingdom and if you are living in such a dangerous and uncertain
:20:31. > :20:35.world. To put it like this, you cannot have a long-term economic
:20:36. > :20:39.plan unless you also have a long-term defence plan. That is what
:20:40. > :20:45.was set in place. Amongst other things, the more than ?1 billion
:20:46. > :20:48.announced today will boost Special Forces' ability to deal with threats
:20:49. > :20:53.such as hostage taking and protect the UK from unconventional attack.
:20:54. > :20:58.?300 million of that cash will be used for existing programmes,
:20:59. > :21:03.including the next generation radars for typhoon jets. It should help
:21:04. > :21:11.extend the lives of the spy plane to at least 2018. That cash will help
:21:12. > :21:15.pay for HMS Protector, bought by the Royal Navy in September last year.
:21:16. > :21:18.There are concerns that the defence budget could suffer cuts after the
:21:19. > :21:23.election next year, when the next review will be held. Critics point
:21:24. > :21:30.out that the money announced today is not new, but part of the MoD's
:21:31. > :21:36.underspend from its 2012-2013 budget. For visitors here, the air
:21:37. > :21:39.show has opened without a star attraction, the fient strike
:21:40. > :21:47.fighter. It is the aircraft which is due to fly from the decks of HMS
:21:48. > :21:51.Queen Elizabeth. It suffered an engine fire last month in the USA
:21:52. > :21:56.and was grounded. Many hope it will arrive in the UK in time to fly here
:21:57. > :22:01.this weekend. So, a warm welcome for the Prime
:22:02. > :22:05.Minister's announcement from a sector that did something like ?10
:22:06. > :22:10.billion worth of defence exports to the rest of the world last year and
:22:11. > :22:13.is keen to continue those highly-skilled jobs. Still, some
:22:14. > :22:16.fears about what could happen after the next election under a new
:22:17. > :22:20.Government and whether another Defence Review could come back to
:22:21. > :22:24.make more cuts to the programme. Thank you.
:22:25. > :22:28.More exercise and less smoking and drinking could help prevent
:22:29. > :22:33.one-third of Alzheimer's cases. That is according to a study in the
:22:34. > :22:37.Lancet. The findings suggest 200,000 of the cases of the disease could be
:22:38. > :22:41.prevented by 2050 if people live healthier lives. With me is our
:22:42. > :22:45.health correspondent. So healthier living - that is what it is all
:22:46. > :22:49.about? What this research does is sets the scale of the problem we
:22:50. > :22:53.face with Alzheimer's. It is projected to rise above 100 million
:22:54. > :22:57.cases by the middle of the century. There are some risk factors we
:22:58. > :23:03.cannot do anything about. Our age, for example and our genes. What this
:23:04. > :23:08.paper focuses on is what we can address, things like smoking,
:23:09. > :23:13.inactivity and obesity. It really assesses what would happen if we
:23:14. > :23:17.address these effectively and if that were to happen then one in
:23:18. > :23:23.three cases of Alzheimer's could be prevented. That is obviously a
:23:24. > :23:26.massive premium in terms of human suffering and costs saved for the
:23:27. > :23:30.NHS. If there is one important message, one of those key risk
:23:31. > :23:35.factors - inactivity. The findings are based on high levels of
:23:36. > :23:41.activity. Five sessions of 30 minutes of moderate activity a week.
:23:42. > :23:46.That is quite a high bar for a lot of people. What researchers are keen
:23:47. > :23:50.to emphasis is with more modest levels, perhaps a brisk walk, ten
:23:51. > :23:56.minutes, regularly, that too could make a real difference. Broad bapd
:23:57. > :24:00.in the UK is not fit for purpose, according to a leading business
:24:01. > :24:04.group, the Federation of Small Businesses said the target is not
:24:05. > :24:07.ambitious enough and a major re-think is needed. Although the
:24:08. > :24:12.problem is worse in rural areas, businesses in towns and cities can
:24:13. > :24:18.struggle with low broadband speeds, according to their report.
:24:19. > :24:22.Fast, reliable broadband. It is now deemed essential. Today's report
:24:23. > :24:28.says too many businesses are still in the slow lane. For this small PR
:24:29. > :24:33.and marketing firm, a fast Internet connection is vital. They are based
:24:34. > :24:36.down the road from tech City, London's answer to Silicon Valley.
:24:37. > :24:42.Their broadband speed was still holding them back. I was trying to
:24:43. > :24:46.get some information to one of our technicians who was working at home
:24:47. > :24:52.and it said it would take nine hours to get the file to him. In the end I
:24:53. > :24:56.had to put it on a USB and send it by bike. That is the straw that
:24:57. > :24:59.broke the camel's back. Broadband is faster now thanks to a new fibre
:25:00. > :25:04.optic cable, which they organised themselves and it was not cheap.
:25:05. > :25:08.Today's report says too many businesses are being held back
:25:09. > :25:14.because they don't have super fast broadband and the Government should
:25:15. > :25:20.do more. This should be the fourth utility and the Government doesn't
:25:21. > :25:23.seem to treat it in that way. There isn't enough aspiration to make sure
:25:24. > :25:29.we're in line with other European countries and other countries across
:25:30. > :25:33.the globe or competitive market. Ministers insist Britain is getting
:25:34. > :25:38.up to speed. When we came into power, the last Government's targets
:25:39. > :25:46.was two megabits for everybody. We have upped that to 24, superfast,
:25:47. > :25:50.for 90% by 2017. Some of places are hard to reach, especially rural
:25:51. > :25:54.areas. The Government says they are connecting tens of thousands of
:25:55. > :26:00.homes and businesses every week. It seems in towns and cities, there is
:26:01. > :26:04.still some way to go. The biggest salvage operation in
:26:05. > :26:09.maritime history is into its final stage, two-and-a-half years after it
:26:10. > :26:13.sank, killing 32 people, the wreck of the Costa Concordia is being
:26:14. > :26:19.refloated off Giglio. The cruise line ler be then towed to Genoa,
:26:20. > :26:21.where it will be broken up and scrapped. Our correspondent is
:26:22. > :26:28.watching the operation for us. The news is the Costa Concordia,
:26:29. > :26:33.two-and-a-half years on, as you say, is now floating. You may not be able
:26:34. > :26:36.to make that out behind me but we are told it is about a
:26:37. > :26:39.metre-and-a-half now off the platform on which it has been
:26:40. > :26:46.resting for the last few months. Then, over the coming day, they will
:26:47. > :26:51.float it gently, inch by inch, stage by stage higher and higher until it
:26:52. > :26:57.is ready to be towed away from here. At first light, the Costa Concordia
:26:58. > :27:01.was ready for her final voyage. This twisted, rusting of ship, where 32
:27:02. > :27:06.people died, finally heading for the scrap yard.
:27:07. > :27:11.The salvage master n the cafe that is his local, had one last coffee.
:27:12. > :27:14.Today, we find out if the calculations are fine or how
:27:15. > :27:19.accurate they were, based on assumptions. The weather is good.
:27:20. > :27:24.Everybody is offshore. Now we have to take advantage of the good
:27:25. > :27:30.weather and lift her off the platforms and the mattress.
:27:31. > :27:37.For two-and-a-half years, this cruise ship has laid forlorn. Its
:27:38. > :27:42.bars saturated, lifeless. With much of the ship only accessible to
:27:43. > :27:48.divers. The operation to move it is a
:27:49. > :27:52.delicate one. Last September, engineers slowly pulled it upright.
:27:53. > :27:56.Massive tanks have been welded to the side of the wreck. This week,
:27:57. > :28:04.the water in them will be pumped out and the ship, inch by inch,
:28:05. > :28:11.refloated, before being towed away. It was January, 2012 when the ship
:28:12. > :28:15.went down. On board, passengers scrambled for
:28:16. > :28:19.safety as the whole vessel tilted to one side.
:28:20. > :28:23.The crew sailed too close to the island, hit a rock and ripped a hole
:28:24. > :28:29.in the hull. Most of the 4,000 on board made it
:28:30. > :28:34.to safety. The captain is still on trial for manslaughter and
:28:35. > :28:40.abandoning his ship. By midday, the Costa Concordia was
:28:41. > :28:45.floating. Raised one metre out of the water and crucially staying
:28:46. > :28:52.horizontal. They are confident here, but there is still a long way to go.
:28:53. > :28:56.And that long way to go could take several more days yet. By the
:28:57. > :29:01.weekend, they think they may be in a position to finally take the Costa
:29:02. > :29:03.Concordia away from Giglio. Time now for a look at the weather.
:29:04. > :29:04.position to finally take the Costa Concordia away
:29:05. > :29:09.We have some sunshine today, but more cloud and rain in the
:29:10. > :29:13.north-west. That front will move southwards. Around the middle part
:29:14. > :29:17.of the week, temperatures will climb, along with the humidity
:29:18. > :29:22.before it triggers some thunderstorms to finish off the end
:29:23. > :29:26.of the week. To today's weather, clearest skies over central and
:29:27. > :29:30.eastern areas. More cloud in the north-west: Much of the rain across
:29:31. > :29:35.north-west Scotland. That will move south. Ahead of it, some thicker
:29:36. > :29:40.cloud giving patchy rain across northern England. By 4pm in the
:29:41. > :29:43.afternoon we have cloud, outbreaks of rain across Scotland. Perhaps
:29:44. > :29:49.some brighter spells for Northern Ireland, with some scattered
:29:50. > :29:54.showers. Despite it being overcast over northern England, temperatures
:29:55. > :29:58.20-21 Celsius. The cloud increasing for Wales. Always keeping the best
:29:59. > :30:03.of that sunshine for central and eastern areas, where we are looking
:30:04. > :30:06.at a top temperature of 24 Celsius, maybe 25 Celsius by the end of the
:30:07. > :30:11.afternoon. Through the night, the winds will pick up for a time across
:30:12. > :30:16.northern Scotland, as our band of rain moves south. It is weakening.
:30:17. > :30:23.The rain will be patchy and light. Leaving a blanket of cloud over
:30:24. > :30:27.England and Wales. Leaving it at 15-16 Celsius. There might be a few
:30:28. > :30:34.showers tomorrow in the north-west and one or two for parts of Kent.
:30:35. > :30:39.They should clear away. For most tomorrow, a bright day. Not feeling
:30:40. > :30:51.too bad in the sunshine. 19-20 Celsius. We could see When we
:30:52. > :30:55.get to Wednesday we will have low pressure around the UK bringing
:30:56. > :31:04.cloud and rain, keeping the best of the sunshine further south and east.
:31:05. > :31:08.Tied into this system we draw up the warm area, temperatures will climb
:31:09. > :31:13.along with the humidity, we could see 27 degrees on Wednesday. Widely
:31:14. > :31:18.temperatures around the low 20s. Temperatures could climb further on
:31:19. > :31:23.Thursday, we could get 30 degrees somewhere. As the week goes on a
:31:24. > :31:27.greater risk of seeing heavy showers and thunderstorms, the chance it
:31:28. > :31:31.could last into the weekend. It is a fairly mixed picture, some rain to
:31:32. > :31:39.come in the North West today. We will notice the increased heat and
:31:40. > :31:44.humidity by the end of the week. The main story, Baroness Butler-Sloss,
:31:45. > :31:45.appointed by the Prime Minister to lead the inquiry into historical