:00:00. > :00:08.No boots on the ground - the Prime Minister says any British
:00:09. > :00:16.David Cameron says keeping people in the UK safe is his top priority,
:00:17. > :00:27.and the mission ahead is clear. Britain is not going to get involved
:00:28. > :00:29.in another war in Iraq. We are not going to be sending in the British
:00:30. > :00:39.Army. and the mission ahead is clear.
:00:40. > :00:41.We'll be getting the latest on the situation on the ground in Iraq.
:00:42. > :00:44.Also this lunchtime: ?I'll be out soon? - Julian Assange
:00:45. > :00:47.says he's considering leaving the London Embassy where he's been
:00:48. > :00:50.avoiding extradition for two years. The US National Guard is called
:00:51. > :00:52.in after protests escalate over the police shooting
:00:53. > :00:55.of an unarmed black teenager. A month to go - both sides
:00:56. > :00:57.in the Scottish independence debate hold events marking
:00:58. > :00:59.the closing weeks of campaigning. A time-stopping and heart-stopping
:01:00. > :01:10.moment, as cleaners get to work on the world's most famous clock face.
:01:11. > :01:16.On BBC London, escaping gang culture, how a job centre scheme is
:01:17. > :01:20.trying to take London youngsters away from trouble. And people who
:01:21. > :01:22.claim they are being tricked into paying parking fines on a private
:01:23. > :01:37.estate. Good afternoon
:01:38. > :01:41.and welcome to the BBC News at One. David Cameron says Britain will not
:01:42. > :01:44.get involved in another ground war in Iraq.
:01:45. > :01:46.However, it's been confirmed that the UK's military forces are now
:01:47. > :01:48.doing more than just delivering humanitarian aid to refugees.
:01:49. > :01:51.Meanwhile, Kurdish forces in Iraq have told
:01:52. > :01:56.the BBC that they've re-taken control of a strategically important
:01:57. > :01:59.dam near the city of Mosul. We'll be live there in a moment but
:02:00. > :02:02.first our political correspondent Sean Curran on the Prime Minister's
:02:03. > :02:09.insistence that there'll be no more British boots on the ground.
:02:10. > :02:17.On Tuesday night I gave the order for British forces... It was one of
:02:18. > :02:22.the most controversial political decisions of recent years. Hundreds
:02:23. > :02:29.of thousands of people took to the streets to oppose military action
:02:30. > :02:33.against Iraq, as MPs prepared to debate on an invasion to remove
:02:34. > :02:36.Saddam Hussein. The British experience in Iraq means any
:02:37. > :02:43.military intervention is a sensitive political issue. Last summer, the
:02:44. > :02:49.Prime Minister recalled parliament from its summer break only to lose a
:02:50. > :02:53.vote when MPs rejected possible UK military action against Syria,
:02:54. > :02:58.following a suspected chemical weapons attack. Now UK forces are
:02:59. > :03:03.back in Iraq. This time the role is limited with a focus on delivering
:03:04. > :03:10.aid in the face of a humanitarian crisis. Britain is not going to get
:03:11. > :03:16.involved in another war in Iraq. We are not going to be sending in the
:03:17. > :03:21.British Army. Yes, we should use all the assets we have, our diplomacy,
:03:22. > :03:26.our political relationships, our military prowess and expertise we
:03:27. > :03:31.have to help others. We should use these things as part of a strategy
:03:32. > :03:36.to put pressure on Islamic State and make sure this terrorist
:03:37. > :03:43.organisation is properly addressed. But it is not just a humanitarian
:03:44. > :03:46.mission. RAF planes are now carrying out surveillance and gathering
:03:47. > :03:54.intelligence on the extremists of Islamic State, or ISIS. Visiting an
:03:55. > :03:57.RAF base in Cyprus, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon made it
:03:58. > :04:02.clear that the British military could be involved in Iraq for some
:04:03. > :04:07.time. It is important to understand the nature of the mission, that
:04:08. > :04:13.British forces are now engaged in, does that remain primarily focused
:04:14. > :04:18.on the humanitarian effort? What is the nature of the work being
:04:19. > :04:22.undertaken directly with the Iraqi government and international allies?
:04:23. > :04:30.I think there is a case for clarity being bought -- brought. The Prime
:04:31. > :04:38.Minister says it is important to halt the progress of ISIS to prevent
:04:39. > :04:40.violence on British streets. The UK could an militia forces as the next
:04:41. > :04:50.step. British boots on the ground.
:04:51. > :04:53.More now on those reports that Kurdish troops have re-taken
:04:54. > :04:56.a dam near the city of Mosul with the help of American warplanes.
:04:57. > :04:58.Our Middle East correspondent, Jim Muir, is in the city of Irbil.
:04:59. > :05:06.This was the biggest operation the peshmerga forces have embarked
:05:07. > :05:09.upon. The Kurds see it as a sensitive and vital installation
:05:10. > :05:14.which cannot be allowed to stay in the hands of the militants. The
:05:15. > :05:18.Americans clearly feel the same, over the weekend they conducted 25
:05:19. > :05:24.air strikes in support of the Kurdish air forces. They send their
:05:25. > :05:32.jets and unmanned drones hit more than 30 Islamist vehicles. Mosul is
:05:33. > :05:37.Iraq's second city, the dam to the north of it holds back the lake, but
:05:38. > :05:41.in the wrong hands it could be used to trigger a massive disaster, one
:05:42. > :05:44.reason why the Americans intervened. In a letter to Congress yesterday,
:05:45. > :06:03.President Obama said: There have been worries about the
:06:04. > :06:08.dam for many years because its structure is thought to be on sound.
:06:09. > :06:10.Environmentalists warn that in radical hands it could be used
:06:11. > :06:16.deliberately to cause massive damage. This dam was entered --
:06:17. > :06:22.essentially a weapon of mass destruction and it is a ticking time
:06:23. > :06:27.bomb. It is the most dangerous dam in the world, it would be like a
:06:28. > :06:34.tsunami being released. The waves could reach Baghdad within three or
:06:35. > :06:38.four days. British military jets have joined the Americans in
:06:39. > :06:42.expanding their role over Iraq though they haven't become involved
:06:43. > :06:47.in combat, just reconnaissance so far, but pilots have been told they
:06:48. > :06:51.may be needed for weeks or even months to come as their mission goes
:06:52. > :06:56.beyond the humanitarian. It will take years for Iraq to cope with the
:06:57. > :07:01.existing calamity facing it, coping with the fallout from so many people
:07:02. > :07:05.displaced. The last thing it needs is the kind of massive human
:07:06. > :07:14.disaster that the breaching of the Mosul Dam would cause.
:07:15. > :07:25.Our correspondent is at the Mosul Dam in Iraq. Has it actually been
:07:26. > :07:31.retaken? Kurdish special forces say they are in the dam complex but
:07:32. > :07:36.moving slowly to deal with car bombs and booby-traps. I am on the lake
:07:37. > :07:42.now, and at the other end of the lake, that is where the dam complex
:07:43. > :07:46.is. We have seen explosions going over and almost certainly air
:07:47. > :07:51.strikes on what seemed to be the end of the dam where the complex is. It
:07:52. > :07:54.could be that they are hitting villages either side of it. We
:07:55. > :08:00.understand the Islamic state forces are trying to come up to stop them
:08:01. > :08:05.moving and stop them reaching the dam complex itself. We went to the
:08:06. > :08:10.front line about ten miles down the road and watched the Kurdish forces
:08:11. > :08:16.fire multiple launch rocket system. About two miles further on, there
:08:17. > :08:21.was a boom in the distance, perhaps another air strike... About two
:08:22. > :08:26.miles on there was a village in flames which the Kurds so it was the
:08:27. > :08:34.result of jihadist fighters retreating and setting it alight as
:08:35. > :08:42.they went. They also said the Islamic state fighters are
:08:43. > :08:46.retreating. Although the Kurds may say they have the dam complex, this
:08:47. > :08:51.is a very wide area, fighting is taking place across it and it is too
:08:52. > :08:56.early yet to save the Kurds have won the battle. Is there clear evidence
:08:57. > :09:01.the American air strikes are a difference? I think they have is to
:09:02. > :09:08.make a difference. There were 14 of them yesterday, very effective in
:09:09. > :09:13.destroying the jihadist advantage. They seized some 300 armoured
:09:14. > :09:17.vehicles with heavy machine guns, some tanks, that gave them a
:09:18. > :09:27.tremendous advantage even over the Iraqi government forces. This is the
:09:28. > :09:32.Americans even in things up. This is a relatively easy battle. There are
:09:33. > :09:42.few Islamic State forces here, it is open ground. Going to a city like
:09:43. > :09:47.Mosul will be a different story. For more analysis, visit our website.
:09:48. > :09:54.You can find an interactive guide that explains how the fighters from
:09:55. > :10:02.Islamic State have become such a powerful source.
:10:03. > :10:06.The State Governor of Missouri says he's sending in the National Guard
:10:07. > :10:09.to help restore order in the town of Ferguson, where there's been more
:10:10. > :10:12.than a week of violence after police shot dead an unarmed black teenager.
:10:13. > :10:14.Police have been criticised for a heavy handed response to
:10:15. > :10:17.the violence. But they say it's because officers
:10:18. > :10:18.have come under fire and properties have been looted and vandalised.
:10:19. > :10:22.Mike Wooldridge reports. These were the scenes that prompted
:10:23. > :10:28.the calling in of the National Guard to restore order. Another peaceful
:10:29. > :10:33.protest deteriorating into violence. The police using tear gas and smoke
:10:34. > :10:38.canisters in their efforts to disperse the crowds. There has now
:10:39. > :10:41.been one week of violent clashes on the street, this latest eruption
:10:42. > :10:47.according to the police was premeditated, criminal acts designed
:10:48. > :10:55.to provoke a response. Sunday started with prayers and message of
:10:56. > :11:01.peace and justice. It took a very different turn after dark. Molotov
:11:02. > :11:08.cocktails were thrown, there were shootings, looting, vandalism, and
:11:09. > :11:11.other acts of violence. The state governor justified the deployment of
:11:12. > :11:16.the National Guard on the grounds that there have been what he called
:11:17. > :11:20.deliberate, coordinated and intensifying violent attacks on
:11:21. > :11:25.lives and property. The trouble followed the shooting of an unarmed
:11:26. > :11:30.18-year-old, Michael Brown. Police released this video purporting to
:11:31. > :11:40.show he had taken part in a convenience store robbery. With the
:11:41. > :11:43.stand-off between police and protesters continuing, Michael
:11:44. > :11:48.Brown's mother has been speaking within the past hour on American
:11:49. > :11:58.television. How can peace be restored? With justice. What is
:11:59. > :12:04.justice to you? Arresting this man and making him accountable for his
:12:05. > :12:09.actions. And in Ferguson, one of America's leading civil rights
:12:10. > :12:12.campaigners pitched the tensions between the predominantly black
:12:13. > :12:17.local community and the mainly white police department as a challenge for
:12:18. > :12:24.the nation. Ferguson and Michael Brown Junior will be a defining
:12:25. > :12:33.moment on how this country deals with policing and the rights of its
:12:34. > :12:39.citizens to redress how police behave in this country. But the
:12:40. > :12:43.state's governor argued today that the violence was a disservice to the
:12:44. > :12:51.family of Michael Brown and his memory.
:12:52. > :12:54.Mike Wooldridge reports. The WikiLeaks founder, Julian
:12:55. > :12:57.Assange, says he plans to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London soon.
:12:58. > :12:59.He's been there for more than two years, after seeking asylum
:13:00. > :13:02.because he's wanted by police in Sweden over allegations of
:13:03. > :13:05.sexual assaults against two women. Caroline Hawley reports.
:13:06. > :13:15.It has been two years and counting, the police operation has cost the
:13:16. > :13:19.taxpayer here around ?7 million. No wonder there has been intense
:13:20. > :13:23.speculation about the next moves of Julian Assange. There were rumours
:13:24. > :13:27.he had health problems and was about to give himself up, and suggestions
:13:28. > :13:44.that he would be leaving the embassy at last. I am leaving the embassy
:13:45. > :13:49.soon. But perhaps not for the reasons that the Murdoch press and
:13:50. > :13:55.Sky News are saying at the moment. So how did he come to be in the
:13:56. > :13:59.Ecuadorian Embassy? In 2010 WikiLeaks published thousands of
:14:00. > :14:03.secret diplomatic documents, he says he fears being extradited to the US
:14:04. > :14:09.to stand trial. That year at allegations of sexual assault were
:14:10. > :14:12.made by two women in Sweden, which he denies. Sweden issued an
:14:13. > :14:17.international arrest warrant and he made a series of appeals against
:14:18. > :14:30.extradition, which he lost. In 2012 he took asylum in the Ecuadorian
:14:31. > :14:34.Embassy. The man who made his career out of exposing state secrets was
:14:35. > :14:39.less than forthcoming when asked direct questions about himself. No
:14:40. > :14:44.one is any of the wiser of how this extraordinary saga will end. He was
:14:45. > :14:51.evasive, even about his health. It is an environment in which any
:14:52. > :14:58.healthy person would find themselves soon enough with certain
:14:59. > :15:02.difficulties that they would have to manage. Both Ecuador and Britain say
:15:03. > :15:06.they want a diplomatic solution to the stand-off. It is difficult to
:15:07. > :15:11.see how they will manage to find one.
:15:12. > :15:17.Our legal correspondent Clive Coleman is with me.
:15:18. > :15:23.If he walks out, nothing has changed, he will be arrested by
:15:24. > :15:28.police. If he has a health issue, he will be taken to hospital under God.
:15:29. > :15:33.He will be extradited after a being arrested within ten days. It could
:15:34. > :15:37.be a little bit longer. But the reason nothing has changed is two
:15:38. > :15:43.years ago, his appeal went to the Supreme Court. A number of issues
:15:44. > :15:48.fell away and it came to one simple point, he argued the Swedish
:15:49. > :15:51.prosecuting authorities were not a judicial authority under the
:15:52. > :16:01.European arrest warrant legislation on which his legislation was being
:16:02. > :16:06.placed under. Nothing has been lost bashing a thing has changed since
:16:07. > :16:11.that time. This will not open up a new avenue of arguments or appeals,
:16:12. > :16:22.if he comes out of the embassy, he will be arrested.
:16:23. > :16:26.David Cameron rules out sending ground troops into Iraq,
:16:27. > :16:28.but said Britain would step up its military involvement.
:16:29. > :16:29.And still to come: How new players, a new culture,
:16:30. > :16:39.and a The Canon who has seen the fear of
:16:40. > :16:43.Iraqi Christians first-hand and he is urging the government to offer
:16:44. > :16:45.asylum. And breaking their silence, how London's set -- statues have
:16:46. > :16:58.been given a voice. One month from today, the
:16:59. > :17:00.United Kingdom could change forever, when four million people answer
:17:01. > :17:02.the simple, six-word question: "Should Scotland be an independent
:17:03. > :17:08.country?" And as the referendum approaches,
:17:09. > :17:13.the search for vote is stepping up a gear. Our Scotland correspondent
:17:14. > :17:18.James Cook has been on the road with the yes and no campaigns.
:17:19. > :17:25.Glasgow, cradle of the Labour movement and at the heart of a
:17:26. > :17:34.struggle. And's soul. 6,000 people call this place home, making it the
:17:35. > :17:37.key battle ground in the referendum. These Labour Party activists are
:17:38. > :17:41.trying to stop natural supporters drifting towards a Yes vote. A
:17:42. > :17:47.couple of questions about the referendum. I am committed to the
:17:48. > :17:53.Yes vote. This is the Scottish Labour Party. Campaigning for the
:17:54. > :17:58.Scottish independence referendum. I am just saying No. That is what we
:17:59. > :18:02.would like to hear! Labour is running a very traditional campaign,
:18:03. > :18:08.doorstep to doorstep, methodical rather than flashy. We split up into
:18:09. > :18:13.groups, we just I see if they have mind up -- if they have made their
:18:14. > :18:18.mind, how they are voting, they are voting. If they are not decided, we
:18:19. > :18:24.will give them our newsletter and leaflet. A month today, every vote
:18:25. > :18:29.everywhere will count. This is Murray, SNP territory, but the
:18:30. > :18:38.campaign here feels less parted political. People are flashing
:18:39. > :18:41.lights, thumbs up, sounding horns. Chris is touring Scotland in his
:18:42. > :18:47.fire engine carrying materials from 16 different groups fighting for a
:18:48. > :18:51.Yes vote. People in Scotland react to each other well and they want to
:18:52. > :18:55.talk to each other. I would like to answer their questions to the best
:18:56. > :19:01.of my ability. Campaigners for independence say this is to become
:19:02. > :19:04.of their campaign. A quirky idea and one which is engaging with
:19:05. > :19:13.grassroots across the country. Swinging towards Yes. What is making
:19:14. > :19:17.you feel like Yes? Just the future of these two. I am not voting Yes
:19:18. > :19:21.because we would never make it on our own, everything that is in
:19:22. > :19:28.Scotland has been taken away. I hope we can change your mind. No, you
:19:29. > :19:32.won't. So the campaigns are contrasting and soon we will know
:19:33. > :19:34.which worked. Here in the as country and across Scotland, a final act is
:19:35. > :19:45.approaching. Two people are still missing
:19:46. > :19:47.after a tourist boat sank off the Indonesian coast on saturday night.
:19:48. > :19:50.Twenty-three people have been rescued, including two Britons.
:19:51. > :19:53.The boat was on its way from Lombok island to Komodo island when it is
:19:54. > :19:56.thought it struck a reef. Many of the survivors had to swim
:19:57. > :19:58.for hours before being found. An Italian woman
:19:59. > :20:03.and a Dutch man are still missing. Karishma Vaswani is in Jakarta.
:20:04. > :20:11.A dream holiday turned into a torturous ordeal. Imagine heading
:20:12. > :20:16.off on a picturesque sailing trip through the Indonesian islands and
:20:17. > :20:23.swimming for seven hours to save your life. Tired, traumatised, but
:20:24. > :20:27.relieved, these shipwreck survivors are back on solid ground. Injured
:20:28. > :20:36.and roost, all they want now is to go home. Very tired. Looking forward
:20:37. > :20:40.to going home. -- roost. I will stay for a day to recuperate. I will try
:20:41. > :20:45.to rearrange my flight to get back to New Zealand. The foreign tourists
:20:46. > :20:50.were first picked up a local fisherman and handed over to your
:20:51. > :20:54.varieties. That vote ran into a Coral wreath and started leaking,
:20:55. > :21:01.forcing them to run into the ocean. -- reef. They were travelling from
:21:02. > :21:05.Lombok island to Komodo island, a journey that can take up to three
:21:06. > :21:08.days. Search and rescue teams are still looking for two other foreign
:21:09. > :21:21.tourists who have yet to be found. An inquest into the deaths
:21:22. > :21:24.of two medical students stabbed in Borneo starts here in the UK today.
:21:25. > :21:27.Neil Dalton, from Derbyshire, and Aidan Brunger, who was from Kent,
:21:28. > :21:29.were killed after a row in a bar. They were both 22 years old and
:21:30. > :21:41.working at a A mother, who only found out last
:21:42. > :21:43.year that the son she had given up for adoption was killed
:21:44. > :21:46.in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has made an emotional visit to
:21:47. > :21:49.the spot where he died. Carol King Eckersley travelled from
:21:50. > :21:53.the United States to pay tribute to her son Kenneth, one of the 270
:21:54. > :21:55.people killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the sky.
:21:56. > :22:01.Our correspondent, Glenn Campbell, has the story.
:22:02. > :22:04.It is a story of love and loss. As a young unmarried woman,
:22:05. > :22:07.Carol King Eckersley gave birth to a boy and gave him up for adoption.
:22:08. > :22:11.For decades, she longed to know how his life turned out.
:22:12. > :22:17.But when she searched for him online last year, she found
:22:18. > :22:22.his name on a memorial website. I just said, my God.
:22:23. > :22:25.My baby is dead. Her heartbreaking story prompted
:22:26. > :22:30.some who knew Ken to share their memories of him with Carol.
:22:31. > :22:33.That is a cracking picture. Isn't that wonderful?
:22:34. > :22:37.Mike Nicholas, who took this picture, was one of
:22:38. > :22:43.Ken's best friends at high school. We would stay up all night talking.
:22:44. > :22:45.Whether it was music or jazz, I don't know if any
:22:46. > :22:50.of us needed sleep. Meeting people who knew her son
:22:51. > :22:54.means a great deal to Carol. It makes him real.
:22:55. > :23:01.And when you have a real person, you can really grieve.
:23:02. > :23:04.And when you have a real person, you can really grieve.
:23:05. > :23:05.When Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over Southern Scotland, Ken Bissett
:23:06. > :23:13.was one of 270 people killed. Carol is the last person
:23:14. > :23:17.in the world to learn of a loved one lost here in Lockerbie.
:23:18. > :23:22.And now she has come to the town to see the spot where her son fell.
:23:23. > :23:26.A local police officer called out on the night
:23:27. > :23:28.of the disaster is her guide. This was an area where many
:23:29. > :23:44.of the passengers kind of fell. In Lockerbie's remembrance garden,
:23:45. > :23:47.Carol is able to pay a tribute for the very first time.
:23:48. > :24:04.Flowers for her long-lost son, found again.
:24:05. > :24:07.Glen Campbell, BBC News, Lockerbie. It is the most famous clock face
:24:08. > :24:10.in the world and, today, it is time for a clean.
:24:11. > :24:12.Big Ben will still be ringing out its world-famous chime,
:24:13. > :24:15.but the hands will be stuck at midday until the work is finished.
:24:16. > :24:16.Arif Ansari watched the operation get under way.
:24:17. > :24:22.Abseil is descended on time, just after ten o'clock this morning, they
:24:23. > :24:29.began cleaning Big Ben. -- abseil is. Washing 310 individual pieces of
:24:30. > :24:34.glass. No wonder this delicate operation will take at least four
:24:35. > :24:39.days. Very methodical and the Opal Glass has to be cleaned very
:24:40. > :24:42.carefully because it is very then so a lot of caution is taken and making
:24:43. > :24:46.sure it is in good condition when they have finished.
:24:47. > :24:53.The great clock tower at Westminster which houses the world's most famous
:24:54. > :24:56.now Big Ben is a sight to the coronation crowds can hardly mess so
:24:57. > :25:02.the four enormous bases are having a wash up...
:25:03. > :25:06.In 1953, so Winston Churchill was Prime Minister, the clock was being
:25:07. > :25:08.cleaned for the coronation and health and safety was less of a
:25:09. > :25:12.concern. Each face takes about three map --
:25:13. > :25:18.about three days to be washed and you can take it on the Queen as they
:25:19. > :25:20.are glad they do the job more than once.
:25:21. > :25:25.It is one of the world's most like chronic ill doings and tourists
:25:26. > :25:31.photograph the others but tower, Big Ben as the bell inside and it is the
:25:32. > :25:34.four faces getting a face-lift. The hands have been closed to 12
:25:35. > :25:40.o'clock to keep them out of the way. This will allow the internal
:25:41. > :25:43.workers to work on the inside of the clock.
:25:44. > :25:49.This is certainly extreme cleaning. Hinde me, they are at a height of at
:25:50. > :25:53.least 60 metres on the country's most precious clock ensuring it
:25:54. > :26:01.tells the time clearly for at least another four years.
:26:02. > :26:04.Cricket, and England are finally back to winning ways.
:26:05. > :26:07.After the humiliation of a five-nil whitewash in Australia
:26:08. > :26:10.and a narrow home defeat against Sri Lanka, England are celebrating
:26:11. > :26:13.a convincing 3-1 win against India. a convincing 3-1 win against India.
:26:14. > :26:14.So what's behind the turnaround? Here is our sports correspondent,
:26:15. > :26:19.Joe Wilson. The Oval, covered up and resting. He
:26:20. > :26:25.asked Ashley bashes here next year will be a test. Against India, turn
:26:26. > :26:29.your back and you missed a wicket. England are still driven by James
:26:30. > :26:34.Anderson and big Stuart Broad but with significant support. Gary
:26:35. > :26:40.Ballance scored over 400 runs in the series. Yesterday, England swept to
:26:41. > :26:44.their third consecutive test mass victory after almost a year without
:26:45. > :26:49.winning one anywhere. Last month, things seemed rock bottom so what
:26:50. > :26:57.made the Captain carry on? The support I had from my wife. You
:26:58. > :27:00.convey yourself quite often to Alice and she is good at getting me back
:27:01. > :27:05.on the straight and narrow and that is what I needed most. As India
:27:06. > :27:11.rediscovered themselves, India seems to lose interest. England laid
:27:12. > :27:17.ruthless cricket. The Indians have been pathetic. -- England played. To
:27:18. > :27:23.be bowled out in 29 overs, it is nothing short of pathetic. At the
:27:24. > :27:27.Oval, there is still a reminder of England's outsider. Kevin Pietersen
:27:28. > :27:32.has used heavily for publicity and he sometimes plays for Surrey and
:27:33. > :27:36.England can say that without him, they have moved on. After the misery
:27:37. > :27:40.of the winter, the challenge for England was to find new men to play
:27:41. > :27:44.and few -- to play on the field and to play the cult -- and to change
:27:45. > :27:48.the culture and the environment, which rested with the coaches. We
:27:49. > :27:53.have seen younger players coming in and doing well over the summer which
:27:54. > :27:58.is great. In the second half, we have seen the merging of 18. New
:27:59. > :28:02.players like Chris Jordan and Moeen Ali combining for the final wicket
:28:03. > :28:09.yesterday, led by a captain who would not quit.
:28:10. > :28:14.England's World Cup winning rugby team are arriving back in the UK,
:28:15. > :28:17.after three successive defeats, they beat Canada in Paris last night to
:28:18. > :28:22.lift the women's Rugby World Cup. They will hold a news conference in
:28:23. > :28:27.London later this afternoon. Time to have a look at the weather. It felt
:28:28. > :28:29.like water was here. You said it! It is my fault!
:28:30. > :28:40.Exactly! We will be stuck with this all week.
:28:41. > :28:45.There is a nagging breeze. There is an edge to that breeze. It will feel
:28:46. > :28:50.cool because of the positions of highs and lows. A big blow over
:28:51. > :28:56.Scandinavia and a big high with the dry weather in the Atlantic. And the
:28:57. > :29:00.winds will come from the North. Temperatures likely to be just a
:29:01. > :29:05.couple of degrees below average for the time of year. With showers, it
:29:06. > :29:10.has been pretty miserable around Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire. But
:29:11. > :29:15.we are now starting to see showers developing elsewhere and they are
:29:16. > :29:21.going to migrate East. So hopefully, it should become drier for a while
:29:22. > :29:26.in Northern Ireland. Showers across northern Scotland and Southern
:29:27. > :29:30.Scotland seeing less showers. Only 15 degrees here. An improvement
:29:31. > :29:32.across the North West of England, Manchester and Liverpool, and
:29:33. > :29:37.increasing sunshine in Wales and the south-west of England is the showers
:29:38. > :29:40.are moving into the Midlands and eventually eastern England, some of
:29:41. > :29:45.those could be heavy and possibly thundery. 19, 20 degrees at the
:29:46. > :29:51.best. No showers will continue over the evening. The next showers will
:29:52. > :29:53.arrive in the North West, the degree across Northern Ireland, and they
:29:54. > :30:01.will cross the Irish Sea overnight. Where the winds drop, it could turn
:30:02. > :30:07.quite chilly, three or four degrees in some places. Tomorrow starts work
:30:08. > :30:12.across North West England, showers in Wales and the south-west, and
:30:13. > :30:15.those will push into eastern areas allowing a scattering of showers and
:30:16. > :30:21.sunny spells across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures still
:30:22. > :30:28.disappointing tomorrow for the time of year. And they will drop further
:30:29. > :30:32.overnight, temperatures in towns and cities nine, ten. By Wednesday
:30:33. > :30:39.morning, it could be three, four degrees. Cos the winds will have
:30:40. > :30:42.dropped, lighter winds by Wednesday. Other than that, sunny spells and a
:30:43. > :30:46.scattering of showers and temperatures still slightly below
:30:47. > :30:51.average for the time of year. Toward the end of the week, another area of
:30:52. > :30:59.low pressure will bring in more cloud and more widespread showers on
:31:00. > :31:00.Thursday and Friday. A limited amount of sunshine, the top
:31:01. > :31:10.temperature only 20 degrees. Now a reminder
:31:11. > :31:13.of our top story this lunchtime: David Cameron rules out sending
:31:14. > :31:14.ground forces into Iraq, but said Britain would step up
:31:15. > :31:21.its military involvement. Britain is not going to get involved
:31:22. > :31:25.in another war in Iraq, we are not putting boots on the ground, we are
:31:26. > :31:26.not setting -- sending in the British Army.