:00:00. > :00:07.The Foreign Office minister, Baroness Warsi resigns - describing
:00:08. > :00:14.the government's policy on Gaza - as 'morally indefensible'.
:00:15. > :00:18.Lady Warsi says the government's 'approach and language' over
:00:19. > :00:21.the Gaza crisis - is not in Britain's national interest.
:00:22. > :00:24.A three day ceasefire comes into force in Gaza - as Israel
:00:25. > :00:36.An Afghan soldier opens fire at a military academy near Kabul, run
:00:37. > :00:40.by the British army. There are said to be international casualties.
:00:41. > :00:44.The former Radio One DJ - Chris Denning - pleads guilty to a string
:00:45. > :00:51.The parents of a murdered man hear a judge say
:00:52. > :00:54.that impact statements from bereaved families make no difference.
:00:55. > :00:59.Alex Salmond and Alastair Darling prepare for tonight's TV debate
:01:00. > :01:08.Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry - plant ceramic
:01:09. > :01:18.A warning to Brits planning to live in the Untied Arab Emirates after a
:01:19. > :01:23.And the London doctor who's on the front line
:01:24. > :01:44.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC news at One.
:01:45. > :01:45.The Foreign Office minister, Baroness Warsi,
:01:46. > :01:49.has announced her resignation - blaming what she called the
:01:50. > :01:52.government's 'morally indefensible' approach to the conflict in Gaza.
:01:53. > :01:55.Lady Warsi said the policy was not in Britain's
:01:56. > :02:01.national interest and would harm the country's international reputation.
:02:02. > :02:03.David Cameron has faced growing calls in recent days to take
:02:04. > :02:06.a tougher stance against Israel's offensive, which has claimed more
:02:07. > :02:14.Our political correspondent, Robin Brant reports.
:02:15. > :02:25.And, in presenting the government that she has now resigned from. She
:02:26. > :02:33.stepped forward in a moment of the single is to extinguish a candle, as
:02:34. > :02:37.part of a national event to mark the centenary of the First World War.
:02:38. > :02:40.Hours later, she was unable to contain anger over a modern-day
:02:41. > :02:44.conflict. She attacked the government. The approach and
:02:45. > :02:49.language on Gaza is morally indefensible, she said. It is not in
:02:50. > :02:54.Britain's national interest. It will have a long term detrimental impact
:02:55. > :02:58.on our reputation, she writes. Sheehan said deeper problems, saying
:02:59. > :03:01.there is great on these across the Foreign Office about how decisions
:03:02. > :03:06.are made. I think this is frankly an unnecessary decision. The British
:03:07. > :03:10.government is working with others in the world to bring peace to Gaza and
:03:11. > :03:16.we have now a tentative cease-fire which we all hope will hold. Lady
:03:17. > :03:21.Warsi is one of the most prominent British Asian politicians in the
:03:22. > :03:24.country. David Cameron made much of her rise. I'm proud that I can stand
:03:25. > :03:31.here with the first Muslim woman in a shadow cabinet or cabinet in
:03:32. > :03:35.Baroness Warsi who will be a great talent for our country. A mother of
:03:36. > :03:41.five and a lawyer by training, she went on to take part in UK Pakistan
:03:42. > :03:44.relations, often seen alongside the Prime Minister when he visited the
:03:45. > :03:49.country. In recent weeks, she has made no secret of her undies at the
:03:50. > :03:53.government stance on Israel's wore with Hamas. People around Britain
:03:54. > :03:58.have been shocked by the casualties and suffering we have seen in Gaza.
:03:59. > :04:03.I hope that David Cameron will reflect on what she says in her
:04:04. > :04:07.reservation letter and change his approach. The resignation reveals
:04:08. > :04:11.cracks within the government. David Cameron has faced criticism from
:04:12. > :04:13.some in his own party or not condemning Israel for what they
:04:14. > :04:16.believe is disproportionate force. It is a word he has refused to use.
:04:17. > :04:28.How damaging is this for the Prime Minister? He did not know this was
:04:29. > :04:31.coming and the splits are genuine within the coalition and the
:04:32. > :04:35.Conservative Party. The word, disproportionate, is one that Nick
:04:36. > :04:39.Clegg has reiterated this morning but it is one that has a legal
:04:40. > :04:43.significance for the Prime Minister and senior members of the
:04:44. > :04:46.government. They have refused to use the word. The Prime Minister
:04:47. > :04:51.described an attack on Palestinians as a slaughter yesterday. Philip
:04:52. > :04:54.Hammond said the conditions faced by some in Gaza were intolerable and
:04:55. > :04:59.other senior ministers have described what is going on as a
:05:00. > :05:02.catastrophe but the fact that Baroness Warsi could no longer stand
:05:03. > :05:06.by this publicly will lead to the question, are there are others that
:05:07. > :05:08.feel as uncomfortable on the conservative side and will this
:05:09. > :05:12.increased the pressure for them to come forward and forced the Prime
:05:13. > :05:15.Minister to review his stance? One other thing to note, the Prime
:05:16. > :05:19.Minister did not know this was coming and he will be angry. I'm
:05:20. > :05:24.told that he was tipped off just before she sent that he was tipped
:05:25. > :05:27.off just before she sent. He is on holiday in Portugal at the moment.
:05:28. > :05:33.She had time to do an exit instant view that was -- exit interview with
:05:34. > :05:37.a blocker that was online within an hour. But the government were
:05:38. > :05:41.scurrying around before they could make a response. It is clear she
:05:42. > :05:42.chose to inflict the maximum damage on the government she has left this
:05:43. > :05:44.morning. Israel has withdrawn
:05:45. > :05:46.its ground troops from Gaza, as part of a three-day ceasefire,
:05:47. > :05:48.brokered by Egypt. The army says it's now completed
:05:49. > :05:50.the destruction Israel is due to send a delegation
:05:51. > :05:56.to Cairo for talks - Palestinian Our correspondent Jon
:05:57. > :06:13.Donnison sent this report. This is his region. After a month of
:06:14. > :06:19.war in Gaza. She lives here with four young boys and her husband.
:06:20. > :06:27.They have gathered up what little they have left. She tells me that
:06:28. > :06:33.only God can help them. And that she will move her family into a tent
:06:34. > :06:38.outside her house. She hopes the cease-fire might finally be the one
:06:39. > :06:47.that sticks. Israeli tanks just a few miles from here have made a
:06:48. > :06:55.dusty withdrawal. People have been returning to their homes. What's
:06:56. > :07:00.left of them. Israel says it has destroyed many of Hamas's weapons
:07:01. > :07:05.stores and more than 30 tunnels used to carry out attacks across the
:07:06. > :07:14.border. But not every house in Gaza as a tunnel under it. This man says
:07:15. > :07:17.he does not know why they destroyed his house. He says there was no
:07:18. > :07:23.resistance year and that they were all civilians. People in Gaza have
:07:24. > :07:30.had to rebuild so many times. They have seen half a dozen wars and
:07:31. > :07:32.decades of Israel's occupation. Much of the money for reconstruction will
:07:33. > :07:38.be foreign aid, some of that American. Who also provided Israel
:07:39. > :07:44.with the weapons to do much of this. But this will not be a lasting
:07:45. > :07:49.peace. In a few years time, there is no guarantee that it will not just
:07:50. > :08:04.happen again. Gaza has been crippled. The healing will take
:08:05. > :08:08.years. Many will never recover. Bethany Bell is in Jerusalem. After
:08:09. > :08:15.so many failed attempts, a robust is this cease-fire? -- how robust.
:08:16. > :08:20.There are hopes that this may last longer than previous ones have done.
:08:21. > :08:26.So far, it seems to be holding and that maybe because troops have drawn
:08:27. > :08:29.back out of Gaza onto the Israeli side along the border. They are in
:08:30. > :08:35.what they called offensive positions they are. -- what they call
:08:36. > :08:40.defensive positions they are. That is because they have completed their
:08:41. > :08:45.main target, destroying the tunnels through which Palestinian militants
:08:46. > :08:48.have been trying to enter Israel. They say they are prepared to
:08:49. > :08:53.respond if there is any rocket fire from Hamas so far, that does not
:08:54. > :08:58.seem to have happened. A while, there is intense international
:08:59. > :09:01.pressure on Israel to try to come up with a negotiated settlement to
:09:02. > :09:06.this. -- meanwhile. There is suggestion that an Israeli
:09:07. > :09:11.delegation may head to Cairo to hold talks the Palestinians there, but it
:09:12. > :09:17.is not clear when or if that will happen. Even if it does, even if
:09:18. > :09:24.Israel does manage to come to some negotiated truce in this, there is
:09:25. > :09:27.little sign that either side is prepared to tackle the underlying
:09:28. > :09:29.causes of this conflict and that means that many people are afraid
:09:30. > :09:37.that another outbreak of fighting could happen in the next few years.
:09:38. > :09:43.Let's pick up with that final thought. The truce is holding. If it
:09:44. > :09:48.continues, what happens next? Nick Charlton is here. They have to make
:09:49. > :09:53.this stick? Yes. In terms of this high-stakes jewel between Israel and
:09:54. > :09:57.Hamas, a temporary truce has been an big diplomatic task. Turning it into
:09:58. > :10:03.something more lasting is going to be even more of a challenge. After
:10:04. > :10:07.bitter failures, this looks like an important development, but in terms
:10:08. > :10:12.of the demands of both sides, they are still very far apart. Israel
:10:13. > :10:18.says it wants Hamas to be disarmed and a commitment to demilitarise
:10:19. > :10:22.Gaza. That means a lasting end to rocket attacks and not allowing
:10:23. > :10:26.Hamas to rebuild tunnels. But the Palestinians have a long list of
:10:27. > :10:34.demands on Israel over the top of which is, they say, that it must end
:10:35. > :10:40.the siege. That means opening the borders for free flow of goods, and
:10:41. > :10:48.opening the border crossings fully to Israel and Egypt. There are talks
:10:49. > :10:51.in Cairo, and they are clearly a key player. But getting the talks of the
:10:52. > :10:54.ground will not be easy. Turning to other news.
:10:55. > :10:57.There's been a shooting at a military academy near Kabul,
:10:58. > :10:59.run by the British army and modelled on Sandhurst.
:11:00. > :11:01.Afghan sources say an Afghan soldier opened fire.
:11:02. > :11:03.There are said to be international casualties.
:11:04. > :11:06.Our correspondent David Loyn is in Kabul.
:11:07. > :11:14.What more can you tell us, David? Very sketchy details at the moment.
:11:15. > :11:19.What we understand happened is that after an argument, and Afghan
:11:20. > :11:23.soldier turned his weapon on Afghan troops and international troops who
:11:24. > :11:27.were near him, and injured or possibly killed some of them. We
:11:28. > :11:33.understand that the Afghan commander of the military Academy, modelled on
:11:34. > :11:38.Sandhurst, was injured. And several international troops were also
:11:39. > :11:45.wounded. Including, understand, one British soldier. We will not get
:11:46. > :11:48.full information on this until families have been informed. There
:11:49. > :11:51.are also reports that American soldiers are involved in this
:11:52. > :11:56.incident. It is a serious incident. The worst attack of this sort, this
:11:57. > :12:01.Academy, and it may not have actually been in the building where
:12:02. > :12:05.the Sandhurst Academy is, because it is part of a huge site. The Afghan
:12:06. > :12:10.National defence University has several other different facilities
:12:11. > :12:15.on the site. But there is enormous political sensitivity around this.
:12:16. > :12:19.The University is planned to be the only British military contribution
:12:20. > :12:23.to Afghanistan when combat operations and at the end of this
:12:24. > :12:29.year. The first of the cadets are due to pass out next month, and, of
:12:30. > :12:31.course, many people who want Britain to pull out altogether will be
:12:32. > :12:36.looking at the threats of this kind, if they continue to happen
:12:37. > :12:45.here. This is the first serious one it opened. That could then be --
:12:46. > :12:48.there could then the pressure on that continued process. We are
:12:49. > :12:52.trying to get information on what happened. We know it is the most
:12:53. > :12:56.serious shooting incidents so far against international troops at the
:12:57. > :13:04.military training academy here. Thank you.
:13:05. > :13:07.The former Radio 1 DJ, Chris Denning, has pleaded guilty at
:13:08. > :13:09.Southwark Crown Court, to 29 charges of sexually abusing
:13:10. > :13:14.He denies 12 further charges, and will go on trial in November.
:13:15. > :13:16.Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is at the court.
:13:17. > :13:25.Tell us more. Chris Denning is started out on radio Luxembourg and
:13:26. > :13:32.he was one of the DJs who founded Radio 1 in the mid-19 60s. He is now
:13:33. > :13:34.73. He has significant health problems including Parkinson's
:13:35. > :13:42.disease. But he managed to stand in the dark and plead guilty to 29p of
:13:43. > :13:52.indecent assault of young boys, aged between nine and 16. This is another
:13:53. > :13:55.historical sexual abuse cases dating back to the 1960s, 70s and early
:13:56. > :14:00.80s, triggered by the Jimmy Savile fear that so many of these cases.
:14:01. > :14:05.Will he has pleaded guilty of those offences, there are still 12 that he
:14:06. > :14:08.has pleaded not guilty to. Again, involving the sexual abuse of boys
:14:09. > :14:17.of a similar age and again dating back to the early 80s. So there will
:14:18. > :14:20.be a trial here. And it will start on the 24th of November. Some
:14:21. > :14:23.victims are expected to give evidence. And Chris Denning remains
:14:24. > :14:26.in custody. Ed Balls, Labour's shadow
:14:27. > :14:30.chancellor, has been fined ?900 and given five penalty points
:14:31. > :14:34.for failing to stop after his car The incident took place
:14:35. > :14:38.in a car park in his West Yorkshire At the time,
:14:39. > :14:42.Mr Balls said he hadn't been aware A judge is under investigation,
:14:43. > :14:50.after the parents of a murdered man heard him question the significance
:14:51. > :14:53.of personal statements from victims. Graham White made the remarks
:14:54. > :14:56.during a parole board hearing Geraldine and Peter McGinty had just
:14:57. > :15:10.given a statement, via a video link. Here's our Home Affairs
:15:11. > :15:15.correspondent, June Kelly. It's 13 years since Colin was stabbed to
:15:16. > :15:20.death. His killers recently applied to the Parole Board to be moved to
:15:21. > :15:24.an open prison. Peter and Geraldine spoke at those hearings about the
:15:25. > :15:28.impact of their son's murder. At one of the hearings, they say the panel
:15:29. > :15:39.chairman, Judge Graham White, commented:
:15:40. > :15:44.The couple heard this because the judge believed mistakenly that the
:15:45. > :15:52.videolink to them had been switched off. The heartache that we go
:15:53. > :15:56.through to do these statements, to be told - they don't make any
:15:57. > :16:02.difference! They felt they had gone over all the events of Colin's death
:16:03. > :16:08.for nothing. What is the point? Why are we being put through pain and
:16:09. > :16:13.heartache? The judge has recommended that the killers be moved to an open
:16:14. > :16:17.prison. What went on at the hearing is being investigated. There are
:16:18. > :16:21.real communication difficulties in this field, both with victims and
:16:22. > :16:24.with prisoners, some of whom find it hard to understand the process
:16:25. > :16:29.themselves. We are constantly on the look out for ways of getting our
:16:30. > :16:33.message out. No interview from any Government minister on this case,
:16:34. > :16:41.but from Labour there was this. We have already been very clear that a
:16:42. > :16:43.future Labour Government would introduce a Victims Bill. I think
:16:44. > :16:50.that is what the public want and that is the way we need to proceed.
:16:51. > :16:52.Peter and Geraldine are not critical of the judge who made the remarks,
:16:53. > :16:59.they say they applaud his honesty. The Foreign Office minister,
:17:00. > :17:02.Baroness Warsi, has resigned. She said the Government's policy
:17:03. > :17:07.on Gaza was 'morally indefensible'. Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone
:17:08. > :17:12.offers a German court ?60 million to Marking the centenary of the Great
:17:13. > :17:24.War, we look back at one of London's And we'll get a full weather
:17:25. > :17:37.forecast - all in 15 minutes. After yesterday's events to
:17:38. > :17:41.commemorate 100 years since Britain joined World War One, today the
:17:42. > :17:45.Tower of London's moat has been turned red with 888,246 ceramic
:17:46. > :17:51.poppies - one for every British and Commonwealth soldier killed during
:17:52. > :17:55.the conflict. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:17:56. > :17:58.and Prince Harry visited this morning to view
:17:59. > :18:01.the dramatic art installation. Well, our Royal correspondent,
:18:02. > :18:14.Nicholas Witchell, is there. This is artwork inspired by a
:18:15. > :18:19.wartime poem which sets out to establish the scale of the losses
:18:20. > :18:24.during the Great War and scale is certainly what strikes you when you
:18:25. > :18:30.see it. Each poppy represents a life and
:18:31. > :18:32.with approximately one million British and Commonwealth fatalities
:18:33. > :18:38.in the Great War, this is a piece of art on a scale which is spectacular
:18:39. > :18:42.and sobering. Spreading from the walls of the Tower and into the dry
:18:43. > :18:46.moat which surrounds it, a reminder both of the magnitude of the losses
:18:47. > :18:51.and of the part played by the Tower in the recruiting process. Here, men
:18:52. > :18:56.assembled to join up and to swear their allegiance to King and country
:18:57. > :19:01.before heading off to war. The idea for the installation was a wartime
:19:02. > :19:06.poem by an anonymous soldier, the blood swept lands and seas of red,
:19:07. > :19:21.it inspired the installation's creator, the artist Paul Cummings.
:19:22. > :19:24.You can visualise it all. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince
:19:25. > :19:27.Harry, who last night were representing the United Kingdom at
:19:28. > :19:32.the official commemoration of the start of the conflict at a War
:19:33. > :19:38.Cemetery in Belgium, walked slowly through the field of poppies and
:19:39. > :19:49.then each in turn placed a poppy in the installation. William first,
:19:50. > :19:54.followed by Catherine. This is an artwork which is still only
:19:55. > :19:59.partially complete. So far, they have planted around 120,000 poppies
:20:00. > :20:05.and that's just a fraction of the total number. By the time this
:20:06. > :20:09.installation is complete in November, the poppies will stretch
:20:10. > :20:14.around the Tower. Bridging the years, a piece of artwork in modern
:20:15. > :20:20.London which reminds us of the events and the price that was paid
:20:21. > :20:26.in human life a century ago. The plan is to have all the ceramic
:20:27. > :20:31.poppies in place across the moat here and around the Tower in time
:20:32. > :20:35.for Armistice Day this year, that is the 11th November.
:20:36. > :20:38.Five cities in the North of England have come together with one aim -
:20:39. > :20:40.to improve their economic prosperity by working together.
:20:41. > :20:43.Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and Leeds have responded
:20:44. > :20:45.to a challenge set them by the Chancellor to begin competing
:20:46. > :20:50.Leaders in the cities leaders say around ?15 billion of transport
:20:51. > :20:52.improvements are needed to make it quicker and easier to move around
:20:53. > :20:56.Our correspondent, Danny Savage, is in West Yorkshire near Wakefield.
:20:57. > :21:08.The wider picture is that journeys between Leeds and Manchester, about
:21:09. > :21:12.40 miles, commuters say they never know when they are going to get to
:21:13. > :21:17.the other end because the congestion is so bad. Civic leaders are saying
:21:18. > :21:22.it is the transport system that needs the investment if the economy
:21:23. > :21:28.is to fulfil its potential. The cities of Northern England,
:21:29. > :21:33.Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield. Powerful
:21:34. > :21:36.individually, but better as one economic force. Today, the
:21:37. > :21:40.Chancellor was told by the leaders of those cities what they want to
:21:41. > :21:45.see so the North can rival the South. Our infrastructure is not
:21:46. > :21:49.good enough and we need to invest in every mode of transport to make sure
:21:50. > :21:53.that we are in a competitive position that we can compete with
:21:54. > :21:57.the best. This allows our cities to prosper and grow individually and
:21:58. > :22:02.still retain their own identity. That is what the report sets out and
:22:03. > :22:06.let's hope that is what we will be able to deliver. So they are asking
:22:07. > :22:10.the Government to invest ?1 billion a year for the next 15 years to
:22:11. > :22:15.achieve their goal. So what does the man with the purse strings say? I'm
:22:16. > :22:19.committed to building this northern powerhouse. It means bringing these
:22:20. > :22:22.cities together with better transport links, more skills, more
:22:23. > :22:26.science, so we increase prosperity in the North and we don't have an
:22:27. > :22:31.unbalanced economy where all the bets are on London and the South.
:22:32. > :22:38.That is what went wrong in the past. If the cash is forthcoming, the plan
:22:39. > :22:46.is to improve links between all the Northern cities. That would boost
:22:47. > :22:50.road capacity by 150%. Achieve 5% quicker journey times and make it
:22:51. > :22:58.happen through a 15-year investment plan. In Wakefield, one businessman,
:22:59. > :23:02.who over the decades has seen it all, says he's fed up with long-term
:23:03. > :23:06.plans, the North needs help now. When it is something that is going
:23:07. > :23:09.to bring work to the North and better jobs to the North right now,
:23:10. > :23:13.we need something that is going to make a difference right now and then
:23:14. > :23:20.coupled with that, further development. So the transport thing
:23:21. > :23:25.is a bit of a mess. Let's get HS2 right before we mess with other
:23:26. > :23:28.things. The key priority is to reverse the gap between North and
:23:29. > :23:34.South. After years of it being an issue, can it really be closed?
:23:35. > :23:38.As the Chancellor mentioned, there are infrastructure projects under
:23:39. > :23:46.way, like on the M1 here at Wakefield, they are upgrading the
:23:47. > :23:50.A1, they have done the M62. The civic leaders say more needs to be
:23:51. > :23:52.done if the economy up here really is going to get going better than it
:23:53. > :23:57.is at the moment. Scotland's First Minister,
:23:58. > :23:59.Alex Salmond, is preparing for his first live TV debate tonight with
:24:00. > :24:02.the head of the Better Together Let's speak to our Scotland
:24:03. > :24:14.political editor, Brian Taylor. What can we expect? The thing to
:24:15. > :24:23.stress about this debate is this is not s is -- this is not a
:24:24. > :24:28.presidential contest. It will be about the concept of independence
:24:29. > :24:32.versus the concept of the Union. The two are not setting out their
:24:33. > :24:36.particular pitch for leadership. That means that both of them will
:24:37. > :24:41.play it down to some extent. They will seek to expose weaknesses and
:24:42. > :24:43.to offer their own strengths. I expect from Alex Salmond that he
:24:44. > :24:47.will say there is an opportunity for the people of Scotland to enhance
:24:48. > :24:52.the economy and he will say that the other side only offer obstacles,
:24:53. > :24:57.opportunities versus obstacles. I expect Alistair Darling to pursue Mr
:24:58. > :25:01.Salmond doggedly on the issues that Mr Darling believes are still weak
:25:02. > :25:05.in the offer of independence, issues such as the currency, such as
:25:06. > :25:09.membership of the European Union. He will seek answers rather than
:25:10. > :25:13.assertions. Both of them, they are not pitching to be elected to
:25:14. > :25:16.anything, they are not pitching to win for themselves, they are
:25:17. > :25:21.pitching to the people of Scotland the idea of independence, or the
:25:22. > :25:28.idea of a reformed Union with more powers. Ideas not individuals.
:25:29. > :25:31.140,000 students across Scotland have received
:25:32. > :25:34.their exams results today for the first time since new "national"
:25:35. > :25:40.The Scottish Government is phasing out the old Standard Grades, which
:25:41. > :25:44.were similar to GCSEs, but it's meant more young people have failed.
:25:45. > :25:48.Pupils who sat Highers also received their results - passes reached
:25:49. > :25:59.a record level although the pass rate itself fell slightly.
:26:00. > :26:06.Military jets were scrambled to escort a passenger plane into
:26:07. > :26:10.Manchester Airport. The planes have now landed.
:26:11. > :26:13.The boss of Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone, has had his offer of
:26:14. > :26:15.?60 million to end his bribery trial accepted by German prosecutors.
:26:16. > :26:18.The 83-year-old billionaire went on trial in April charged with bribery
:26:19. > :26:28.Our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss, reports.
:26:29. > :26:34.He is no stranger to big money deals but perhaps none as important as
:26:35. > :26:39.this. Bernie Ecclestone arriving in court this morning to agree a ?60
:26:40. > :26:44.million payment which would spell the end of the case which had
:26:45. > :26:48.threatened his Formula One future. Accompanied by his lawyers and his
:26:49. > :26:52.wife, the relief was already plain to see. For more than three months
:26:53. > :26:59.now, Ecclestone has been on trial in Munich. The accusation - that he
:27:00. > :27:02.bribed a German banker ?26 million to steer the sale of Formula One to
:27:03. > :27:03.a company which would keep Ecclestone in charge. Ecclestone
:27:04. > :27:08.said this wasn't Ecclestone in charge. Ecclestone
:27:09. > :27:12.he had only paid the money because the banker was blackmailing him. The
:27:13. > :27:17.judge said the suspicion of bribery was by and large not backed up and
:27:18. > :27:21.asked him if he could pay the ?60 million quickly. Ecclestone said he
:27:22. > :27:25.could. Such deals can be struck under Bavarian law and it leaves the
:27:26. > :27:31.Formula One boss a free man. TRANSLATION: This is not about a
:27:32. > :27:35.conviction, but the cessation of the trial while maintaining the
:27:36. > :27:40.presumption of innocence. There will be no guilty verdict whatsoever. For
:27:41. > :27:44.30 years now, Ecclestone has been Formula One's driving force,
:27:45. > :27:48.transforming the sport into a global success story. These allegations had
:27:49. > :27:52.threatened that control. He won a civil case in London this year, but
:27:53. > :27:56.was warned he would be sacked if convicted of any criminal act. With
:27:57. > :27:59.the case now dropped, though, the reign of one of sport's most
:28:00. > :28:03.powerful men seems set to continue. Time for a look at the weather.
:28:04. > :28:16.Here's Nick Miller. Today isn't too bad. There is a bit
:28:17. > :28:21.of sunshine out there. But also some showers. Most of them have been in
:28:22. > :28:25.the west. It is tonight into tomorrow that we will see some heavy
:28:26. > :28:29.rain sweeping north. We will get to that in a moment. First, to the
:28:30. > :28:35.weather we have seen so far today. Many eastern areas have enjoyed hazy
:28:36. > :28:39.sunshine. This area of cloud has produced some showers. Where you
:28:40. > :28:43.have been dry so far today, you may find the odd shower appearing later
:28:44. > :28:47.this afternoon. Most of the showers - and the heavier ones are in
:28:48. > :28:54.Northern Ireland - but even here some drier and brighter spells. The
:28:55. > :28:59.best of the sunshine temperatures have reached 24 so far today. Later
:29:00. > :29:07.on tonight, here comes that heavy rain. That will advance across the
:29:08. > :29:10.rest of England and Wales. Some hill and coastal fog around, too. A much
:29:11. > :29:15.warmer night than we have had recently, so things will feel very
:29:16. > :29:19.different heading out and about tomorrow morning. 8.00am - the
:29:20. > :29:22.overnight rain will clear away from South West England and Wales. It
:29:23. > :29:28.will still be wet on the ground. The rain will still be falling, you will
:29:29. > :29:36.still be driving through it in South East England. So a wet and messy
:29:37. > :29:40.rush hour. The rain will clear from Northern Ireland, but it will
:29:41. > :29:46.advance across northern Scotland. If you start tomorrow wet, don't write
:29:47. > :29:50.off the day. Across eastern England, that rain will clear. It will take
:29:51. > :29:54.longer to head north across Scotland. Still some poor
:29:55. > :29:58.visibility. But in the brighter skies that follow, for Northern
:29:59. > :30:02.Ireland and England and Wales, the odd heavy shower, but also some
:30:03. > :30:08.warmth in the sunshine, as there will be on Thursday. Most of us
:30:09. > :30:14.having a fine day on Thursday. Then we get to Friday, we get to the big
:30:15. > :30:21.picture and to this. Lots of weather fronts. If it looks messy, it is.
:30:22. > :30:25.That translates into uncertainty. Somewhere may see some heavy rain on
:30:26. > :30:28.Friday. The uncertainty continues into the weekend forecast,
:30:29. > :30:34.especially later in the weekend, when a former hurricane is swept
:30:35. > :30:38.across the Atlantic. If you have weekend plans, keep checking the
:30:39. > :30:45.forecast on bbc.co.uk/weather. This will help. If you want more weather,
:30:46. > :30:50.this is for you. Now a reminder
:30:51. > :30:52.of our top story this lunchtime: The Foreign Office minister,
:30:53. > :30:54.Baroness Warsi, has resigned. She said the Government's policy on
:30:55. > :31:08.Gaza - was 'morally indefensible'. A a three-day ceasefire has come
:31:09. > :31:09.into force in Gaza. That is all from us. Now it is time for the