:00:00. > :00:00.Irish Republican terror suspects are told they still face arrest
:00:07. > :00:16.An independent review found so-called "comfort letters" sent to
:00:17. > :00:18.nearly 200 republicans do not amount to immunity from prosecution.
:00:19. > :00:21.We'll have all the reaction from our correspondent in Northern Ireland.
:00:22. > :00:24.More rockets fired on Israel despite a five-hour ceasefire
:00:25. > :00:27.between Palestinian militants and Israel
:00:28. > :00:32.and reports that a more permanent ceasefire could begin tomorrow.
:00:33. > :00:34.The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of shooting down one of its
:00:35. > :00:44.Championship gets underway on the Wirral.
:00:45. > :00:52.UK as the thermometer continues to soar.
:00:53. > :01:26.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:27. > :01:29.Almost 200 Irish Republicans who were sent official letters informing
:01:30. > :01:32.them they were no longer wanted by police have been warned they
:01:33. > :01:36.could still be arrested - if the police have sufficient evidence.
:01:37. > :01:39.An independent review into the scheme has been branded
:01:40. > :01:41.'systematically flawed' but not illegal.
:01:42. > :01:48.The scheme was made public when the trial collapsed
:01:49. > :01:51.of a man suspected of carrying out the 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing.
:01:52. > :01:53.Let's cross to Stormont and our correspondent, Chris Buckler.
:01:54. > :02:02.The issue of the on-the-runs, people suspected of paramilitary crimes,
:02:03. > :02:05.have been given assurances they were no longer wanted threaten Stormont
:02:06. > :02:08.itself, it threatened to bring down power-sharing. That's why we ended
:02:09. > :02:12.up with this weighty report commissioned by the government. In
:02:13. > :02:17.it it says it was an unprecedented scale and undoubtedly flawed,
:02:18. > :02:21.mistakes by the police in the way it was run, however it makes clear it
:02:22. > :02:25.was not illegal. There is also one catastrophic error in this scheme,
:02:26. > :02:30.and that led John Downey not to be tried in connection with four
:02:31. > :02:35.murders. During decades of violence paramilitary suspects fled Northern
:02:36. > :02:39.Ireland. After peace and political progress any hope to return home,
:02:40. > :02:44.but only if they were no longer under suspicion. The deal was done
:02:45. > :02:47.by Sinn Fein with the government to give people assurances that they
:02:48. > :02:52.were no longer wanted by the police. Unionists have called that a dirty
:02:53. > :02:55.deal, done behind closed doors at Westminster. Today's judge led
:02:56. > :02:59.review ordered by the government itself says the scheme was not
:03:00. > :03:04.secret, but it was kept below the radar because it was politically
:03:05. > :03:09.sensitive. The government has always been clear that if sufficient
:03:10. > :03:13.evidence emerges then individual on-the-runs are liable for arrest
:03:14. > :03:17.and prosecution in the normal way. So, I repeat again today to the
:03:18. > :03:22.people holding these letters, they will not protect you from arrest or
:03:23. > :03:25.prosecution and should the police succeed in gathering sufficient
:03:26. > :03:34.evidence, you will be subject to due process of law. But the scheme has
:03:35. > :03:38.had consequences. 32 years ago this month for soldiers were killed in
:03:39. > :03:43.London in what became known as the Hyde Park bombing. It was one of the
:03:44. > :03:47.IRA's most notorious attacks. John Downey was a suspect but in error he
:03:48. > :03:50.was given a so-called letter of assurance. And a judge ruled that
:03:51. > :03:54.amounted to a promise by the government and prevented him from
:03:55. > :03:57.being prosecuted. It also made public the existence of the letters
:03:58. > :04:03.given to so-called on-the-runs, people suspected of paramilitary
:04:04. > :04:07.crimes. Today's review makes clear that there were at least two other
:04:08. > :04:12.mistakes. Lady Justice Hallett says the scheme had systemic flaws. There
:04:13. > :04:16.is also specific criticism of the police. Particularly, as the error
:04:17. > :04:20.involving John Downey was identified by detectives but not rectified.
:04:21. > :04:24.This whole affair caused a crisis at Stormont with the First Minister
:04:25. > :04:27.threatening to resign. Lady Justice Hallett concludes that there is no
:04:28. > :04:33.evidence that any party other than Sinn Fein was informed of letters
:04:34. > :04:38.however dozens of politicians must have known that some kind of scheme
:04:39. > :04:42.was in operation. Within the last half-hour we have had a statement
:04:43. > :04:45.from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, its chief comes to says it
:04:46. > :04:48.except the report and its recommendations in full. But there
:04:49. > :04:53.is now a question about what happens next in terms of these letters. The
:04:54. > :04:57.First Minister had pushed for them to be rescinded. As far as Lady
:04:58. > :05:01.Justice Hallett is concerned that is a matter for the secretary of state.
:05:02. > :05:05.The other thing of course is that she makes specific reference to
:05:06. > :05:13.those who died at Hyde Park in 1982. Lieutenant Colonel T Deila,
:05:14. > :05:18.for soldiers lost their lives. Lady Justice Hallett spoke to their
:05:19. > :05:22.families and they were naturally distressed. This trial did not go
:05:23. > :05:26.ahead. The real priority is to make sure no other mistakes and to
:05:27. > :05:28.prevent any other families getting their chance of justice in the
:05:29. > :05:31.future. A fragile ceasefire
:05:32. > :05:32.between Palestinian militants The five-hour pause
:05:33. > :05:40.in hostilities was for humanitarian reasons to allow people to get
:05:41. > :05:43.supplies and to leave their homes. Meanwhile there are reports that
:05:44. > :05:46.a more permanent ceasefire could The latest fighting has
:05:47. > :05:50.been going on for ten days. More than 200 Palestinians have
:05:51. > :05:53.been killed and one Israeli. Viewers may find images
:05:54. > :06:02.in this report from Kevin Connolly After nine days of war, five hours
:06:03. > :06:08.of relief. This humanitarian cease-fire is brief. The people of
:06:09. > :06:16.Gaza took their chance to live normally, at least for a while. Even
:06:17. > :06:20.in better times here life is hard. But this morning they could shop
:06:21. > :06:26.safely, without scanning the skies for Israeli planes. Times are still
:06:27. > :06:30.tens though. This is a pause in hostilities requested by the UN for
:06:31. > :06:37.urgent humanitarian work. It is not based on trust between the two
:06:38. > :06:41.sides. The break in the fighting came a day after one of the worst
:06:42. > :06:45.incidents of the conflict, when Israel killed four young boys as
:06:46. > :06:51.they played on a beach. Their family called it a cold-blooded massacre.
:06:52. > :06:56.Israel always says it tries to avoid civilian casualties and promised an
:06:57. > :07:11.investigation. Today it went a step further. We are really sorry for the
:07:12. > :07:17.four children being killed. I think the air force is really taking
:07:18. > :07:24.maximum care not to hit children, even single pilots. If they see a
:07:25. > :07:31.child they don't do it. The fighting though continued, right up to the
:07:32. > :07:34.very last minute. This is the aftermath of Israeli air raids on
:07:35. > :07:36.Gaza which damaged a house said to belong to a leading militant.
:07:37. > :07:42.Gaza which damaged a house said to belong to a A final tank round was
:07:43. > :07:46.fired just before the deadline. And these are Israeli surveillance
:07:47. > :07:49.images of 13 Palestinian gunmen who emerged from a tunnel on the Israeli
:07:50. > :07:56.side of the barrier which separates it from Gaza. Israel says they were
:07:57. > :08:01.heading for a nearby village. The Israeli air force had them in its
:08:02. > :08:05.sights. The pause in hostilities was the first chink of light in more
:08:06. > :08:11.than a week here. But as the five-hour window began to close came
:08:12. > :08:15.word of the second. Israeli reports say that peace talks in Cairo have
:08:16. > :08:18.reached agreement on what they are calling a company hints of
:08:19. > :08:24.cease-fire. There is no confirmation yet from the other players, but a
:08:25. > :08:26.deal, it seems, may be in reach. Kevin Connolly, BBC News, Jerusalem.
:08:27. > :08:30.A Russian jet has shot down a Ukrainian fighter plane over the
:08:31. > :08:34.east of the country where there has been fighting between government
:08:35. > :08:37.Our Moscow Correspondent Daniel Sandford joins us now.
:08:38. > :08:48.This is an allegation made by the Ukrainian spokesman for the national
:08:49. > :08:53.security and defence counsel, their most senior spokesman on security
:08:54. > :08:57.matters. What he says is that an SU 25, a fighter jet that belonged to
:08:58. > :09:00.the Ukrainian air force, was flying over Ukrainian territory and it was
:09:01. > :09:07.hit by a missile fired what he said was a Russian military aircraft. He
:09:08. > :09:11.says that the SU 25 were shot down, the pilot managed to eject and
:09:12. > :09:16.parachute to earth and was rescued by some of his fellow servicemen,
:09:17. > :09:21.Ukrainian servicemen, that obviously a very serious allegation if true,
:09:22. > :09:25.that a Russian jet has shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over Ukrainian
:09:26. > :09:29.soil. As you say it is an allegation at the moment but if it is confirmed
:09:30. > :09:33.how serious an escalation of the crisis could this prove to be? What
:09:34. > :09:38.we have seen this week is a creeping escalation. Certainly an escalation
:09:39. > :09:42.of allegations. Ukrainian government claimed that a transport plane,
:09:43. > :09:48.Antonov 26 will shop down by a missile from Russian soil -- was
:09:49. > :09:52.shot down. There were claims that the Russians were firing multiple
:09:53. > :09:55.rocket launchers, or somebody was firing multiple rocket launchers
:09:56. > :09:59.from the Russian side of the border on to Ukrainian forces in Ukraine.
:10:00. > :10:01.President Poroshenko, the new Ukrainian president, asked for the
:10:02. > :10:06.Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to react to that. This is all taking place in
:10:07. > :10:12.a very, very difficult environment between Russia and in particular
:10:13. > :10:16.America. America are playing fresh sanctions on some of Russia's
:10:17. > :10:20.biggest police yesterday, Russia's biggest oil company, second biggest
:10:21. > :10:24.gas company and third biggest bank, and also the manufacturers of
:10:25. > :10:26.Kalashnikov rifles, or hit by American sanctions yesterday and if
:10:27. > :10:30.these allegations turn out to be true much more serious sanctions and
:10:31. > :10:33.much more serious deterioration in the ratio between Russia and America
:10:34. > :10:35.and Russia and Europe will follow. Thank you for joining us.
:10:36. > :10:38.The Liberal Democrats have been accused of 'unbelievable hypocrisy'
:10:39. > :10:41.by Labour over their calls for an immediate overhaul
:10:42. > :10:43.of the coalition's housing benefit reform, known to critics
:10:44. > :10:49.Nick Clegg said it was "complete baloney" for the Conservatives to
:10:50. > :10:52.claim that they were surprised by today's Lib Dem announcement.
:10:53. > :11:00.Our political correspondent Vicki Young reports.
:11:01. > :11:06.plan to cut housing benefit for plan to cut housing benefit for
:11:07. > :11:12.those judged to have spare room is has caused uproar. To sweeten the
:11:13. > :11:15.pill ministers announced exactions and give councils millions to help
:11:16. > :11:19.those affected. Having voted for it in Parliament the Liberal Democrats
:11:20. > :11:23.now say it is time to overhaul the policy. I'm a practical politician
:11:24. > :11:24.and when something isn't working in practice we should fix it and that
:11:25. > :11:29.is why we want to make sure practice we should fix it and that
:11:30. > :11:33.the new rules apply to new tenants but to existing tenants if they want
:11:34. > :11:35.to move and cannot it is not fair or reasonable to ask them to pay this
:11:36. > :11:38.extra levy. He says he reasonable to ask them to pay this
:11:39. > :11:42.mind because of new research published by the government this
:11:43. > :11:46.week. It showed that social housing tenants of working age had their
:11:47. > :11:51.benefit cut by an average of ?14 a week since April last year. 19% of
:11:52. > :11:56.tenants had registered to downsize to a smaller property at just 4.5%
:11:57. > :12:00.had actually managed to do so within the first six months of the policy.
:12:01. > :12:05.In the Commons the Conservatives couldn't resist a dig at their
:12:06. > :12:11.coalition partners. She did ask about having an emergency debate on
:12:12. > :12:15.what Liberal Democrats have said today about the spare room subsidy.
:12:16. > :12:18.I don't think we'll be able to have an emergency debate on every
:12:19. > :12:21.occasion that they change their policy. LAUGHTER
:12:22. > :12:26.Labour have accused Mr Clegg of unbelievable hypocrisy over what
:12:27. > :12:29.they call the bedroom tax. Campaigners for affordable housing
:12:30. > :12:34.say tenants are struggling to make up the shortfall once their benefit
:12:35. > :12:37.has been cut. This measure is ill-conceived, badly thought out. I
:12:38. > :12:41.accept that we need changes to the welfare system and we have worked
:12:42. > :12:45.very closely with government on the major reforms. This isn't a reform,
:12:46. > :12:49.it is a nasty, vindictive cut that affects poor people and should be
:12:50. > :12:53.consigned to the dustbin of history as quickly as possible. The Tories
:12:54. > :12:57.insist this policy is helping to reduce the housing benefits bill
:12:58. > :13:01.that is spiralling out of control. They say it is a question of
:13:02. > :13:06.fairness too, because in the private rental sector people don't get spare
:13:07. > :13:09.rooms for free. But the Lib Dems say ministers have to look at the hard
:13:10. > :13:13.evidence and if a policy isn't working in practice than it needs to
:13:14. > :13:14.be changed. Vicky Young, BBC News, Westminster.
:13:15. > :13:18.Our Chief political Correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster now.
:13:19. > :13:23.How much of this is about the Liberal Democrats putting some
:13:24. > :13:27.distance between themselves and the Conservatives with less than a year
:13:28. > :13:30.to the election? It is exact to sew. If you want to be charitable you
:13:31. > :13:34.could call it the start of the conscious uncoupling of the
:13:35. > :13:40.coalition. I would describe it as a calculating act of political plate
:13:41. > :13:43.throwing by Nick Clegg David Cameron because in the last few months Nick
:13:44. > :13:47.Clegg has had to duck under the table bombarded by his party
:13:48. > :13:50.activists, at his party conference, local councillors and even senior
:13:51. > :13:55.Liberal Democrats unhappy with the bedroom tax. He has ditched it but
:13:56. > :14:01.not quietly, he is using it as an issue, sharp edged kitchenware to
:14:02. > :14:05.her letter Mr Cameron. Why? To precisely flag up the differences
:14:06. > :14:10.between the coalition, to flex the Lib Democrat muscles. -- hurl at Mr
:14:11. > :14:13.Cameron. That is a process we saw happening already. We saw the
:14:14. > :14:17.opposition to further cuts to welfare, over Europe, thresholds,
:14:18. > :14:21.strike ballots and we will see the Conservatives doing the same.
:14:22. > :14:24.Indeed, the Prime Minister's spokesman this lunch time said it is
:14:25. > :14:28.going to be a not unexpected feature of coalition government. If you
:14:29. > :14:32.think East Enders is to shout eek and argy-bargy you will not like the
:14:33. > :14:41.next nine months of politics either. Top story this lunch time:
:14:42. > :14:45.Irish and terror suspects are told they still face arrest as so-called
:14:46. > :14:49.comfort letters do not amount to immunity from prosecution. And still
:14:50. > :14:49.to come: England face India on the first day
:14:50. > :14:56.to come: England face India on the first of the second test at Lord's.
:14:57. > :14:58.India were first up to bat. Later on BBC London, a revamped Reading
:14:59. > :15:14.station, the Queen officially opens the ?900 million development.
:15:15. > :15:17.What happens to people at the end of their lives is an emotive
:15:18. > :15:20.At the moment helping someone to die is illegal
:15:21. > :15:23.but there has been an ongoing campaign to get the law changed.
:15:24. > :15:26.The Assisted Dying Bill will be debated in the House of Lords
:15:27. > :15:31.Even though it has a lot of support, there are also many people,
:15:32. > :15:34.including those with disabilities, who don't want the law to change.
:15:35. > :15:39.Our disability affairs correspondent Nikki Fox has more.
:15:40. > :15:44.She's 69 years old, and used to work as a freelance legal secretary.
:15:45. > :15:49.She has a big family, close friends, and two dogs.
:15:50. > :15:53.She also has motor neurone disease, a condition she's had
:15:54. > :15:59.It's left her only able to communicate by moving her eyes, with
:16:00. > :16:05.When I was first diagnosed in 1991, I became seriously depressed,
:16:06. > :16:08.and I'm ashamed to say that I spoke about dying
:16:09. > :16:19.But although her life isn't what it was, Pam does not want to die. I am
:16:20. > :16:28.There is always another book to read, or a film to watch.
:16:29. > :16:34.I'm too nosey to want to die. Do you want me to just type it in?!
:16:35. > :16:39.The Lords will be debating whether a form, like this, will be available
:16:40. > :16:46.Two doctors will have to agree that the patient has a condition
:16:47. > :16:49.which gives them six months or less to live,
:16:50. > :16:54.They could then take their own life by self-administering
:16:55. > :16:58.medication, with the lawful assistance of another person.
:16:59. > :17:01.Most people would get comfort from knowing it was an option that
:17:02. > :17:04.was available, but some people would like to take that option up,
:17:05. > :17:08.and that's what Dignity In Dying is campaigning for, a change in the law
:17:09. > :17:11.so that dying adults can have choice at the end of life.
:17:12. > :17:17.Pam's friend Sian is also against the bill.
:17:18. > :17:20.She's worried it will have much wider implications, particularly
:17:21. > :17:27.Suddenly, when that choice is for you, you're in a constant
:17:28. > :17:35.What we need is support for living, and not support for dying.
:17:36. > :17:40.If we have support for living, we won't want to die.
:17:41. > :17:47.The Assisted Dying Bill has received very high profile support
:17:48. > :17:51.in the last few days, and those against it are worried.
:17:52. > :17:55.People may assume that all disabled people don't have a good quality
:17:56. > :17:59.of life, and would want to die. I am concerned that if assisted dying
:18:00. > :18:03.became law then people would look at me and ask why I am alive
:18:04. > :18:10.A record number of lords are expected to speak
:18:11. > :18:20.BBC News is to lose 415 posts under a new restructuring plan
:18:21. > :18:23.which will see a greater emphasis on digital services.
:18:24. > :18:27.Staff have been told that ?48 million of savings will be made
:18:28. > :18:30.by the changes, but some 200 jobs will also be created.
:18:31. > :18:37.Our correspondent Nick Higham joins me.
:18:38. > :18:47.Explain what the cuts will entail. The car parts of wider cuts as the
:18:48. > :18:53.result of the licence fee being frozen until 2016. There are 8415
:18:54. > :18:58.working in BBC News, including local, regional, and international
:18:59. > :19:05.services, and 415 jobs are going. Mostly the cuts are trying to get
:19:06. > :19:10.bits of the BBC to collaborate more closely to integrate services, for
:19:11. > :19:16.instance the teams producing the news channel and BBC world channel
:19:17. > :19:22.will work more closely together and with the people producing the news
:19:23. > :19:28.online services, the teams writing news bulletins for Radio Four and
:19:29. > :19:32.the world services will be merged. Less money for individual outlets to
:19:33. > :19:36.spend on commissioning material, which will make them collaborate
:19:37. > :19:43.more and eliminate duplication. James Harding announced the cuts, he
:19:44. > :19:49.said they had looked at axing some things completely like Radio 1
:19:50. > :19:58.Newsbeat, or no news on radio five, and they have ruled that out.
:19:59. > :20:01.By doing such things you would rob people of programmes
:20:02. > :20:04.You would significantly damage public support for the BBC.
:20:05. > :20:07.And you would critically undermine the future of the BBC.
:20:08. > :20:10.The simple option, the why don't you protect my part of the BBC by
:20:11. > :20:29.closing down something else option, is not really an option at all.
:20:30. > :20:31.The world's most famous golfers have gathered at Hoylake in Liverpool
:20:32. > :20:34.Tiger Woods, three times Open Champion,
:20:35. > :20:37.Rory McIlroy and the on-form Justin Rose are all in contention.
:20:38. > :20:44.Katherine Downes is at Hoylake for us now.
:20:45. > :20:53.One of the challenges of links golf is you are taking on the conditions,
:20:54. > :20:59.not just the competitors. Most players have taken advantage of the
:21:00. > :21:07.good weather. It was a shaky start for Tiger Woods, of whom many were
:21:08. > :21:13.expecting so much on his return. Four months after surgery, tiger is
:21:14. > :21:21.back. Such is his status his return to major action was never going to
:21:22. > :21:28.be low-key. He was always going to receive a warm welcome Hoylake, the
:21:29. > :21:36.course where he won his last Open title eight years ago. But it wasn't
:21:37. > :21:42.the best of starts for the 14 time major winner. Shots dropped on the
:21:43. > :21:45.first two holes left him looking characteristically concerned. A
:21:46. > :21:52.different story for Rory McIlroy, showing signs he may be back to his
:21:53. > :21:58.sublime best. Chasing the big names, John Singleton. The forklift truck
:21:59. > :22:05.-- truck driver from the Wirral, the man living a fairy tale, savouring
:22:06. > :22:09.his big moment. This is what makes the Open so special, even more so
:22:10. > :22:19.when the sun shines. Robert Karlsson was first on the course, making the
:22:20. > :22:26.most of the conditions to take an early lead. But Rory is hot on the
:22:27. > :22:33.chase. Spaniard Sergio Garcia, in the hunt for his first major looks
:22:34. > :22:34.like he is feeling at home in Merseyside's Mediterranean
:22:35. > :22:39.conditions. The club house leader is an
:22:40. > :22:48.Italian, who is on five under par. Rory McArdle I is five under par. He
:22:49. > :23:05.has a couple of holes left to negotiate -- Rory McIlroy.
:23:06. > :23:11.It's the first day of the second test of England
:23:12. > :23:15.The last match between the two ended in a draw and England are
:23:16. > :23:20.Seconds out, round two, first from his corner, England's enforcer.
:23:21. > :23:22.James Anderson with a visual display of muscle.
:23:23. > :23:25.His pavilion altercation with Jadeja will be dealt with by lawyers
:23:26. > :23:29.Cricketers have their own way of settling scores.
:23:30. > :23:35.Lovely catch by Gary Ballance, pictured in some papers this morning
:23:36. > :23:44.He has taken more Test wickets for England than any other Englishman.
:23:45. > :23:46.The green grass on the wicket was a green light to
:23:47. > :23:51.Broad could have had Vijay out for zero, a stretch for Prior who
:23:52. > :23:54.Patience for the key for India and technique.
:23:55. > :23:56.Murali Vijay with a rare scoring opportunity will make
:23:57. > :24:00.Having decided to bowl first the pressure was on England to take
:24:01. > :24:03.There were plenty of near misses and not quites.
:24:04. > :24:06.For England a growing sense of waste, Lords style,
:24:07. > :24:09.where spectators are urged to take care of discarded champagne corks.
:24:10. > :24:11.Ballance doing the business catching and he earned
:24:12. > :24:33.Britain's tallest building and a swimming pool have been short listed
:24:34. > :24:38.for an architectural prize. The Shard and the Aquatics Centre has
:24:39. > :24:44.been nominated for the Stirling Prize. Rebecca Adlington, winner at
:24:45. > :24:49.the 2012 London Olympics. Now the London Aquatics Centre, where she
:24:50. > :24:56.competed, could itself be a winner. It is on the six strong short list
:24:57. > :25:01.for the reader Stirling Prize, given to the best new British building.
:25:02. > :25:07.The Aquatics Centre could have entered last year, but waited until
:25:08. > :25:13.the huge temporary wings, where the Olympic spectators sat, had been
:25:14. > :25:19.removed. It is up against the Shard, described by the judges as the most
:25:20. > :25:24.significant addition to London's skyline since St Paul's. And the
:25:25. > :25:33.London School of Economics student centre, where it is hard to find a
:25:34. > :25:37.right angle. All six are in city centres. Three outside the capital,
:25:38. > :25:43.including this, the Manchester School of Art, which has created new
:25:44. > :25:48.design studios, been renovated in 1960s tower. There is a library of
:25:49. > :25:56.Birmingham, hope to Shakespeare's first Folio, the building did not
:25:57. > :26:01.look like this in his day -- home. Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, closed
:26:02. > :26:06.for three years to undergo a complete redevelopment and now has
:26:07. > :26:12.portraits of 105 locals etched into the shutters on its front. Their
:26:13. > :26:19.reward, two three tickets to every theatre season there for the rest of
:26:20. > :26:26.their lives. They find out if they have won on October 16.
:26:27. > :26:36.A heatwave alert has been issued for parts of the UK
:26:37. > :26:44.The people we have been talking to in Stratford-upon-Avon say the
:26:45. > :26:48.Public Health England warnings are heavy-handed, a little patronising.
:26:49. > :26:57.They can look after themselves, they say, when the sun comes out and you
:26:58. > :27:05.can see them doing that, relaxing in the shade, boating on the river or
:27:06. > :27:10.having an ice cream. It is the same story across the country. The
:27:11. > :27:16.British summer at its prettiest, making sand castles or catching a
:27:17. > :27:22.wave at the seaside. Taking a punt along the river. Keeping cool in the
:27:23. > :27:30.park. Here in Stratford-upon-Avon it is time for ice cream. Temperatures
:27:31. > :27:35.in the mid to high 20s in July are hardly unusual. They would barely
:27:36. > :27:42.register concern elsewhere. I am from the South of France. It is not
:27:43. > :27:49.a heatwave. I am from Australia. What would be regarded as a heatwave
:27:50. > :27:56.there? About 38 degrees. It is about 20, lovely. People are being warned
:27:57. > :28:02.to take extra care. We are concerned because of the effect on vulnerable
:28:03. > :28:07.people, who may not perceive how hot they are, particularly those who
:28:08. > :28:15.cannot move, people with dementia, who are dependent on other people. I
:28:16. > :28:20.am not worried about the fit and healthy who are behaving sensibly in
:28:21. > :28:28.the sun. Normally people come here to the Butterfly farm to escape the
:28:29. > :28:37.cold and rain outside, but this is the place to come to get cool. It is
:28:38. > :28:43.a steady 23 degrees. Good weather is good for business. People are
:28:44. > :28:53.motivated to go out, so people can come and see as much as they can of
:28:54. > :28:59.this area. Keep safe in the sun and enjoy it while it lasts.
:29:00. > :29:03.Public Health England warnings are heavy-handed, a little
:29:04. > :29:11.say, when the sun comes out and you can In the sunshine, further south,
:29:12. > :29:16.it is that bit warmer, as it is for Northern Ireland. The mid-20s
:29:17. > :29:21.further south, the high 20s across southern counties of England. Fairly
:29:22. > :29:28.light winds, and a blissful afternoon if you like the heat. By
:29:29. > :29:34.the end of the afternoon there will be thundery showers on the horizon
:29:35. > :29:41.across the coast of Devon and Cornwall. The wind picking up, gusty
:29:42. > :29:45.winds, 50 miles an hour. Scattered storms and rumbles of thunder,
:29:46. > :29:51.flashes of lightning and sharp bursts of rain across the more
:29:52. > :29:59.western parts of England and Wales. It could be of concern for the open
:30:00. > :30:03.golf first thing, the showers will drift away and temperatures will
:30:04. > :30:08.recover. The band of thundery showers and gusty winds further
:30:09. > :30:14.north, into southwestern parts of Scotland. For the rest of us, dry
:30:15. > :30:18.and in the sunshine temperatures will soar tomorrow. Tomorrow is a
:30:19. > :30:25.particularly hot one, temperatures up to 33 Celsius across the more
:30:26. > :30:30.southern and eastern areas. A lot cooler across eastern areas of
:30:31. > :30:38.Scotland. If you are going to the cricket at Lord's, up into the 30s.
:30:39. > :30:42.Light winds. Do put on some sunscreen. Through tomorrow evening
:30:43. > :30:46.and night, an increasing chance of organised, thundery downpours
:30:47. > :30:52.pushing up from France. The detail is elusive but Met Office warnings
:30:53. > :30:59.are in force. The main showers on Saturday will be north-west woods.
:31:00. > :31:05.The sun will come out, a steamy day, it could provoke thundery downpours
:31:06. > :31:10.in the latter part of the afternoon. There could be intense thunderstorms
:31:11. > :31:17.on Saturday. The Met Office warning extends into Sunday across more
:31:18. > :31:20.eastern parts of the UK. More detail on the BBC weather website.