:00:00. > :00:08.A major coup for UKIP as a prominent Conservative MP defects to
:00:09. > :00:14.Douglas Carswell says he'll now stand for UKIP.
:00:15. > :00:17.If he wins it'll give them their first seat in parliament.
:00:18. > :00:20.The problem is that many of those at the top of the Conservative
:00:21. > :00:28.They aren't serious about the change that Britain so desperately needs.
:00:29. > :00:30.We'll be getting reaction from Westminster.
:00:31. > :00:35.A significant rise in net migration to the UK, driven mainly
:00:36. > :00:41.A former head of children's services in Rotherham
:00:42. > :00:44.says senior local officials knew many children were at risk of sexual
:00:45. > :00:55.The Ukrainian President cancels a visit to Turkey, saying there's been
:00:56. > :00:58.an incursion by Russian troops in the east of the country.
:00:59. > :01:00.Wayne Rooney is named as England's new captain
:01:01. > :01:10.A 17-year-old is found guilty of the murder of a young man with the
:01:11. > :01:17.We reveal the major cuts to counter-terrorism
:01:18. > :01:35.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:36. > :01:38.The prominent Conservative MP Douglas Carswell has
:01:39. > :01:42.announced he is defecting to the UK Independence Party.
:01:43. > :01:44.He's resigned as an MP, triggering a by-election in
:01:45. > :01:51.If he wins, he will deliver UKIP their first seat in parliament.
:01:52. > :01:54.His defection took many by surprise but Mr Carswell said he
:01:55. > :01:56.was moving because the government was not being "serious
:01:57. > :02:06.Here's our political correspondent, Ben Wright.
:02:07. > :02:17.Is the prize had been promised but this was a bombshell. Nigel Farage
:02:18. > :02:21.stroll down with a prominent conservative MP. Douglas Carswell
:02:22. > :02:25.and announced that he was defecting to the new kid on the political
:02:26. > :02:32.blog. I am leaving the Conservative Party and joining UKIP. A Tory is
:02:33. > :02:43.2005, years currently the for Clacton. -- since 2005 he is
:02:44. > :02:47.currently the MP. As someone who has always answered directly to the
:02:48. > :02:55.independent people of Essex, there's only one honourable thing me to do.
:02:56. > :02:59.In Parliament he has always been outside the Conservative Party
:03:00. > :03:06.mainstream. A free thinker, never a minister, he led the campaign to
:03:07. > :03:15.remove the former speaker or -- Michael Martin. He has always been
:03:16. > :03:19.keen on leaving the European Union. They are not serious about changing
:03:20. > :03:23.our relationship with Europe. An adviser has said that people will
:03:24. > :03:27.not vote to leave because they will give people just enough to vote to
:03:28. > :03:31.stay in. This is about change so that everything can stay the same.
:03:32. > :03:37.They are not interested in real change. A Commons friend said that
:03:38. > :03:41.only the Tories would deliver a real referendum and he was disappointed.
:03:42. > :03:49.He has been flirting with UKIP for many years. It is an error of
:03:50. > :03:53.judgement. Given all the things you have said, you are the perfect fit.
:03:54. > :03:59.A conservative parties books and called his defection regrettable and
:04:00. > :04:04.counter-productive. -- party spokesman. The question is, how many
:04:05. > :04:06.others will be tempted to follow him?
:04:07. > :04:09.Let's go to Westminster and our correspondent.
:04:10. > :04:11.This is a bolt out of the blue.
:04:12. > :04:14.How damaging is it for David Cameron?
:04:15. > :04:23.This is a proper political shock and something that will unnerve Number
:04:24. > :04:26.10 and the Conservative Party. The grievance goes beyond Europe. He
:04:27. > :04:29.listed a number of reasons, including that he wanted to join
:04:30. > :04:39.UKIP because in his view on leave could break-up the cosy clique in
:04:40. > :04:45.Westminster -- only they code. It is Europe that has driven him. The
:04:46. > :04:50.problem for the Conservative Party is the David Cameron has promised if
:04:51. > :05:00.the Conservatives win aim at your take they will have three
:05:01. > :05:03.negotiations -- renegotiations. It has not stopped the momentum of
:05:04. > :05:14.UKIP. The Tories and Labour continue to lead voters to UKIP. -- leak. A
:05:15. > :05:17.prominent Conservative MP does not believe that what the Tories are
:05:18. > :05:24.offering is good enough. There will be a by-election. The constituency
:05:25. > :05:32.is 12,000, that is a lot and it will be Ariel Castro. -- E real test.
:05:33. > :05:35.There's been a significant rise in migration into the UK.
:05:36. > :05:37.The latest figures show that net migration, that's the difference
:05:38. > :05:40.between the number of people coming into the UK and those leaving,
:05:41. > :05:44.has increased by 68,000 in the past year and now stands at 243,000.
:05:45. > :05:46.Citizens coming from the EU accounted for two-thirds
:05:47. > :05:51.Our home affairs correspondent reports.
:05:52. > :05:59.Today's figures are bad news for a government that has promised to cut
:06:00. > :06:04.net migration to fewer than a few thousand a year. The latest figures
:06:05. > :06:09.show a significant increase. We have said previously because of the
:06:10. > :06:12.increases in the level of net EU migration that it is challenging and
:06:13. > :06:16.these figures make it further challenging again. It is right we
:06:17. > :06:23.focus on net migration because of the pressures on services,
:06:24. > :06:31.integration, issues of wage levels. Annual net migration to the UK has
:06:32. > :06:38.gone up from 175,000-243,000. The number of recent EU entrants has
:06:39. > :06:44.doubled. Most of the increases from longer-term members of the EU like
:06:45. > :06:50.Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal. A figure of net migration between
:06:51. > :06:55.150000 and 250,000, which it has been for more than a decade, is now
:06:56. > :07:01.the steady state. To suggest we might get below 100,000 is not going
:07:02. > :07:04.to happen. The number of babies shown in British hospitals to
:07:05. > :07:10.mothers originally from outside of the UK continues to rise. The
:07:11. > :07:21.proportion of the British population born outside the UK is also up on
:07:22. > :07:23.ten years ago. The former director of children's services at Rotherham
:07:24. > :07:34.council senior local politicians and council
:07:35. > :07:36.officials knew "many" children in Rotherham were at risk of sexual
:07:37. > :07:39.exploitation almost a decade ago, according to the council's former
:07:40. > :07:42.director of children's services. Sonia Sharp, who held the post from
:07:43. > :07:46.2005 to 2008, said staff feared it was "the tip of an iceberg" but the
:07:47. > :07:47.predominant view was that the abuse victims were "promiscuous teenagers
:07:48. > :07:50.in consensual relationships". 1,400 children were sexually
:07:51. > :07:51.exploited over a 16-year period. Our correspondent Mike Sergeant
:07:52. > :07:54.reports. says for so long the full scandal
:07:55. > :07:59.was hidden from public view, one tone with so many children damaged
:08:00. > :08:04.by abuse. The system, however that is defined, failed to protect them.
:08:05. > :08:08.The father of one of the victims thinks those in authority should
:08:09. > :08:13.face the consequences. Those are the people you turn to when something
:08:14. > :08:18.like this happens, and we did, and we felt let down. We were lied to,
:08:19. > :08:23.treated terribly, the people in the council are paid to safeguard
:08:24. > :08:26.children, which they have not done. The individual under the most
:08:27. > :08:41.scrutiny is shone right. He has resigned from Labour -- Shaun
:08:42. > :08:49.Wright. There is a complex chain of command. People reporting to
:08:50. > :08:52.directors of children's services, the chief executive and 63 elected
:08:53. > :09:02.councillors. Within this tangled web, where does true accountability
:09:03. > :09:05.lie? The former deputy leader stepped down last year and was
:09:06. > :09:15.interviewed as part of the investigation. Sonia Shah issued a
:09:16. > :09:29.statement, saying, I am sorry these young people suffered terrible abuse
:09:30. > :09:32.-- Sonia Sharp. Senior politicians are reluctant to make direct
:09:33. > :09:37.accusations about individuals but think others may have questions to
:09:38. > :09:45.answer. Your basic duty to look after vulnerable children is not
:09:46. > :09:52.being discharged, it is normal that people take responsibility for that
:09:53. > :09:56.where it is appropriate. There are painful issues for community leaders
:09:57. > :10:01.to address. About why the actual perpetrators were not challenged
:10:02. > :10:10.sooner. That must be something wrong with them, so we have to address
:10:11. > :10:16.that, we have to keep our eyes and ears open. The authorities say they
:10:17. > :10:21.are more vigilant but apologies are not enough for the many victims as
:10:22. > :10:24.this town confronts the failures of its recent past.
:10:25. > :10:26.One of the victims has been talking to Graham Satchell.
:10:27. > :10:28.We're calling her Jessica to protect her identity.
:10:29. > :10:34.She was groomed from the age of 14 and suffered years of violent abuse.
:10:35. > :10:41.A very silly teenager, I thought we was going to get married, have kids,
:10:42. > :10:46.It was only later on when it changed and things started
:10:47. > :10:52.Jessica was just one of hundreds of teenage girls in Rotherham abused
:10:53. > :11:03.With the violence you get so used to it and it becomes kind of just -
:11:04. > :11:08.it sounds very strange, but you do just get used to it.
:11:09. > :11:13.Were there moments where you feared for your life?
:11:14. > :11:18.Yeah, there were so many occasions, I remember - towards the end I
:11:19. > :11:25.It was just so painful. I just could not take any more.
:11:26. > :11:28.Did you go to the police? Yeah, I did.
:11:29. > :11:32.I went to the police when I was 16 and he basically said, he has got
:11:33. > :11:36.The policeman said that? Yeah.
:11:37. > :11:41.And I will never, ever forget those words, what he said.
:11:42. > :11:44.You know, if the police are saying no, where do you go from that?
:11:45. > :11:49.Like so many here in Rotherham, and across the country, Jessica says
:11:50. > :11:56.she feels betrayed by the police, the local authority, by the system.
:11:57. > :11:59.I mean, 1400 people, you know, there has to be more than one
:12:00. > :12:05.They are not sorry because I got abused, they are sorry
:12:06. > :12:09.because they got caught out in a scandal that has hit the media.
:12:10. > :12:11.What would you say to other girls who are still currently
:12:12. > :12:15.They have to be strong. You have to stay strong.
:12:16. > :12:16.You have to come forward, tell someone.
:12:17. > :12:20.I just hope that it is taken seriously
:12:21. > :12:36.The President of Ukraine has cancelled
:12:37. > :12:40.a trip to Turkey because of what he called an incursion
:12:41. > :12:45.Over the past 24 hours, a number of coastal towns in the
:12:46. > :12:48.south east of Ukraine have fallen to forces which the Ukrainian
:12:49. > :13:00.NATO says it believes that 1000 troops from Russia are operating in
:13:01. > :13:04.Ukraine. The Ukrainian soldier warned his
:13:05. > :13:13.colleagues to be careful. A sniper is at work. For months, these
:13:14. > :13:18.government troops have been gaining ground against the separatist rebels
:13:19. > :13:22.in the east, but suddenly they are being pinned down and forced to
:13:23. > :13:34.retreat from several areas which had been under their control. This rebel
:13:35. > :13:38.leader revealed what may be the reason for this turnaround. He said
:13:39. > :13:41.the rebels had serving Russian soldiers fighting alongside them in
:13:42. > :13:48.their battle against the Ukrainian army. He claimed the soldiers were
:13:49. > :13:54.on leave. Russian forces like these have been massed along the borders
:13:55. > :13:59.for months. There is increasing evidence that some troops have
:14:00. > :14:03.crossed into eastern Ukraine. Earlier this week these paratroopers
:14:04. > :14:10.were apparently caught 25 kilometres inside the country. Moscow says they
:14:11. > :14:15.crossed the border by mistake and got lost. Ukraine's leaders have no
:14:16. > :14:23.doubt that Russian troops have entered the country. TRANSLATION: In
:14:24. > :14:24.the last few hours the president announced he had cancelled a visit
:14:25. > :14:27.to the last few hours the president
:14:28. > :14:31.announced he had Turkey and instead is calling a meeting of his National
:14:32. > :14:37.Security Council to discuss the deteriorating situation in the
:14:38. > :14:43.country. The Ukrainians believe the rebels' assault on this town, which
:14:44. > :14:46.had been under government control, involved Russian troops. The town
:14:47. > :14:51.has fallen and their next target could be a major city on the
:14:52. > :14:58.southern coast. The allegations these separatist rebels have direct
:14:59. > :15:05.support from Russian troops is causing alarm. Somewhere in the
:15:06. > :15:06.leaders have described it as intolerable and demanded an
:15:07. > :15:11.explanation from Moscow. Not enough is being done to help
:15:12. > :15:14.cancer patients who suffer That's according to researchers who
:15:15. > :15:17.say that three-quarters of cancer patients who are
:15:18. > :15:19.clinically depressed don't get the The study published in the medical
:15:20. > :15:25.journal the Lancet suggests that a new nurse-led treatment could
:15:26. > :15:27.help thousands of people. Our health correspondent
:15:28. > :15:30.Jane Dreaper reports. A diagnosis of bowel cancer in her
:15:31. > :15:36.early 30s left Sonia Wilson reeling. Her marriage fell apart,
:15:37. > :15:38.she began drinking I felt like a burden to society
:15:39. > :15:52.and not knowing how to cope with things after going through so much
:15:53. > :15:57.treatments and things like that. It is like a new normal
:15:58. > :16:00.for cancer patients, because things Today's research says depression is
:16:01. > :16:05.often overlooked A study with 21,000 NHS patients
:16:06. > :16:14.at cancer clinics in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee found rates
:16:15. > :16:17.of depression several times higher Almost three quarters of them were
:16:18. > :16:25.not having their depression treated. A new approach having cancer nurses
:16:26. > :16:28.to offer support made a difference People often lose their jobs,
:16:29. > :16:35.they become quite passive by the treatment, they are
:16:36. > :16:40.a patient receiving treatment. So they come out the end of this
:16:41. > :16:44.treatment with the good news often that they are cured from the cancer
:16:45. > :16:46.but completely lost their sense Caring for her pets has been part
:16:47. > :16:54.of Sonia's recovery. She is now in remission
:16:55. > :16:59.and has also had help from Macmillan Cancer Support who say
:17:00. > :17:01.this is a heartbreaking The Conservative MP Douglas Carswell
:17:02. > :17:12.defects to UKIP, announcing he'll resign from the Commons and stand
:17:13. > :17:24.for his new party in a by-election. Coming up: Join me live in
:17:25. > :17:26.Portsmouth for the end of an era as the Navy finally says goodbye to old
:17:27. > :17:27.Lusty. we speak to the lady who received
:17:28. > :17:35.these injuries when she asked a man to stop groping her
:17:36. > :17:38.at Notting Hill Carnival. And how a London university is
:17:39. > :17:40.helping Para-athletes detect It's now five months since Malaysia
:17:41. > :17:52.Airlines flight MH370 disappeared - an hour after taking off on a flight
:17:53. > :17:56.from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite a massive search effort -
:17:57. > :17:59.no trace has ever been found Well, now a new deep sea search
:18:00. > :18:09.will begin in September - and is The disappearance of flight MH-370
:18:10. > :18:15.is the biggest mystery A new deep-sea search covering more
:18:16. > :18:25.than 1 million square kilometres of the Indian Ocean is expected to
:18:26. > :18:28.start next month. In Canberra, senior ministers from
:18:29. > :18:30.Australia, Malaysia, and China, have again expressed their determination
:18:31. > :18:38.to find the missing airliner. Australia's Deputy Prime Minister
:18:39. > :18:40.said he was cautiously optimistic that ships using sophisticated
:18:41. > :18:44.tracking technology would eventually Together, the vessels will search
:18:45. > :18:53.the floor using towed vehicles equipped with wide-scan sonar,
:18:54. > :18:56.synthetic aperture sonar, multi-beam The high-resolution search
:18:57. > :19:02.of the priority area on the seafloor is expected to take
:19:03. > :19:07.about 12 months to complete. Efforts to explain the disappearance
:19:08. > :19:12.of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is now focused on the southern part
:19:13. > :19:15.of the original search area that The new mission, led by a Dutch
:19:16. > :19:22.company, will enter a mysterious -- deep-sea world far off the coast
:19:23. > :19:34.of the Australian city of Perth. Analysis of recent work to
:19:35. > :19:37.survey the search zone has found that parts of the Indian Ocean
:19:38. > :19:39.are up to 1.5 kilometres deeper The airliner vanished in early March
:19:40. > :19:42.en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing,
:19:43. > :19:52.with 239 passengers and crew. 200 business leaders in Scotland
:19:53. > :19:56.have signed a letter calling for a yes vote in next month's
:19:57. > :20:00.referendum on independence. They claim Scottish industry has
:20:01. > :20:03.been used as a "cash-cow" for the rest of the UK and that staying in
:20:04. > :20:07.the union might mean leaving the EU. Our Scotland correspondent
:20:08. > :20:09.Lorna Gordon is in Glasgow. This just a day
:20:10. > :20:12.after more than 130 business leaders signed a letter saying the case for
:20:13. > :20:23.leaving the UK hasn't been made. Scotland is a country which is
:20:24. > :20:26.debating its future and that debate is getting increasingly heated. Over
:20:27. > :20:31.the last couple of days we have had these businesses coming out to state
:20:32. > :20:35.their opinions. More than 200 today saying that they believe Westminster
:20:36. > :20:40.government has never and will never do what is in the best interests of
:20:41. > :20:44.Scotland's economy, and that only the full financial control over
:20:45. > :20:48.Scotland's affairs, ie independence, will guarantee what is best for
:20:49. > :20:52.Scotland and its people. Some pretty big businesses signing that letter,
:20:53. > :20:58.the former boss of William Hill. They are speaking in a personal
:20:59. > :21:02.capacity. The boss of Stagecoach, the boss of Clyde Blowers and also
:21:03. > :21:06.some small and medium-sized enterprises. Before that 130 this
:21:07. > :21:10.people a letter saying the case for independence was not made. And the
:21:11. > :21:15.whole issue of business will be high on the agenda when the Prime
:21:16. > :21:20.Minister speaks tonight. He will be appealing in his speech to the head
:21:21. > :21:23.and the heart. He will say that this is the positive case for the union,
:21:24. > :21:29.that it is one of the oldest and most successful single markets in
:21:30. > :21:32.the world, supporting in its trade, more than 1 million jobs. He has
:21:33. > :21:36.only made rare forays into Scotland during this referendum campaign, but
:21:37. > :21:42.I'm told this will not be his last visit to Scotland before the vote on
:21:43. > :21:45.September 18 three weeks today. Lorna Gordon, thank you.
:21:46. > :21:48.And you can keep up to date with the latest news
:21:49. > :21:51.and analysis ahead of Scotland's vote on independence in our special
:21:52. > :21:58.That's Scotland Decides: Referendum Today
:21:59. > :22:02.Britain is being called "deeply elitist" - after new findings
:22:03. > :22:05.showing that people who went to private school and Oxbridge dominate
:22:06. > :22:08.The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission says 70%
:22:09. > :22:12.of senior judges, half of the House of Lords, and a third of
:22:13. > :22:20.A degree from Oxford or Cambridge isn't just about academic excellence
:22:21. > :22:24.and personal success - it also opens doors.
:22:25. > :22:27.Today's report shows graduates from the two universities still have
:22:28. > :22:33.a disproportionate hold on Britain's top jobs.
:22:34. > :22:36.Fewer than one in 100 people go to Oxford or
:22:37. > :22:39.Cambridge, but three quarters of our top judges, 59% of the Cabinet
:22:40. > :22:51.and almost half of all newspaper columnists have Oxbridge degrees.
:22:52. > :22:56.Speight in the media, politics, the law and business and in the armed
:22:57. > :23:04.services they look a bit like a cosy club. I think the data is so stark
:23:05. > :23:06.and the story is so conclusive it is hard to avoid the assertion that
:23:07. > :23:21.Britain remains fundamentally elitist.
:23:22. > :23:23.Only 7% of the population is privately educated but a third
:23:24. > :23:27.of MPs went to fee-paying schools, as did 62% of senior military
:23:28. > :23:29.officers, and more than half of the highest-ranking diplomats.
:23:30. > :23:33.Independent schools say they want to be more accessible. I want to
:23:34. > :23:37.celebrate the fact we have in this country schools rated amongst the
:23:38. > :23:42.best in the world, to see if we can placate that and share the expertise
:23:43. > :23:45.for the better of everyone. That's the way to look at it rather than
:23:46. > :23:53.saying it's about the old school tie. Good people can go far wherever
:23:54. > :23:55.they start, at the report warns Britain's institutions still don't
:23:56. > :24:01.truly represent the public they serve. Its authors want to end what
:24:02. > :24:04.they call the closed shop at the top.
:24:05. > :24:18.Roy Hodgson has chosen Wayne Rooney to be the new England captain.
:24:19. > :24:32.The England manager said the 28-year-old was an obvious choice
:24:33. > :24:35.and he deserved it for his commitment to the cause and his
:24:36. > :24:38.The Manchester United captain's first job will be to lead
:24:39. > :24:41.the team out for a friendly against Norway on Wednesday.
:24:42. > :24:43.Natalie Pirks is at Wembley where the news was announced.
:24:44. > :24:47.He is just 28 but has five tournaments under his belt and 48
:24:48. > :24:50.goals for his country. Hodgson said he met him face to face and Rooney
:24:51. > :24:53.said today it is a dream come true, beyond my wildest dreams and
:24:54. > :24:55.something I will take massive pride in doing. Hodgson says this does not
:24:56. > :25:01.mean he cannot be dropped but this shows he will shoulder the
:25:02. > :25:05.considerable burden of captaining England. With his 95 caps and the
:25:06. > :25:11.goals he has scored and all of the things he has already done from such
:25:12. > :25:15.a young age. You have seen he is willing to take his responsibility
:25:16. > :25:20.and push on in his career. I think all I can hope for really is that he
:25:21. > :25:25.continues to play well and that he shoulders the responsibility of
:25:26. > :25:31.captaincy as well as the other captains before him. Responsibility
:25:32. > :25:35.was a word Roy Hodgson used a hell of a lot today, particularly the
:25:36. > :25:38.responsibility of having to speak to the press before every game. Wayne
:25:39. > :25:42.Rooney has not enjoyed the best relationships with the rich press
:25:43. > :25:45.will stop Hodgson said today it was something he was going to have to
:25:46. > :25:49.suffer. There were calls for him to be dropped this summer and while he
:25:50. > :25:53.will not be the obvious choice, for many he was realistically the only
:25:54. > :25:57.choice and the fans are failing to be fused about this post World Cup
:25:58. > :26:00.England era. The game here this week against Norway looks like it will be
:26:01. > :26:02.the least attended England match at the new Wembley. Thank you for
:26:03. > :26:05.joining us. An aircraft carrier that served
:26:06. > :26:06.in Bosnia and the Gulf has been formally taken
:26:07. > :26:09.out of service this morning. HMS Illustrious was decommissioned
:26:10. > :26:12.in a ceremony at aircraft carrier was in service
:26:13. > :26:14.for thirty two years The ship will now be sold but
:26:15. > :26:23.the buyer must keep it in the UK. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy
:26:24. > :26:35.is at Portsmouth dockyard. This really is the end of an era for
:26:36. > :26:40.the Navy, with as you say, the formal decommissioning of HMS
:26:41. > :26:43.Illustrious at a formal ceremony this morning. It has travelled
:26:44. > :26:46.multiple times around the world and seen service from everywhere from
:26:47. > :26:55.the Falklands to the Philippines but from today the sailors on board and
:26:56. > :27:01.their families came to say goodbye. A musical sendoff for the ship known
:27:02. > :27:08.simply as Lusty. HMS Illustrious today saying goodbye after 32 years
:27:09. > :27:12.at sea. In a history that stretches from the Falklands to the
:27:13. > :27:16.Philippines the carrier has travelled nearly 1 million miles,
:27:17. > :27:22.active in everything from war zones to hurricanes. Cliff Hardcastle and
:27:23. > :27:28.his son Thomas both served on her. Thomas was even christened on her,
:27:29. > :27:35.so today is very special. It is the end of an era for obviously myself,
:27:36. > :27:37.my father and the ship. I'm very proud to say father and son have
:27:38. > :27:41.served on this ship from the beginning of its life to the final
:27:42. > :27:45.days of its life. The three decades illustrious form the backbone of the
:27:46. > :27:52.Navy rejecting power and influence. Its company of nearly 700 including
:27:53. > :27:57.women is sad it is coming to an end. It is sad and it has a soul and when
:27:58. > :28:02.we leave her it is going to be sad. Generations of sailors and their
:28:03. > :28:06.families came to say farewell to Illustrious as the Navy moves into a
:28:07. > :28:09.different era. When you look at what she has done around the world from
:28:10. > :28:14.the Gulf of the Adriatic, Sierra Leone, and most recently in the
:28:15. > :28:18.Philippines, I think she has been seen by the country as an exemplar
:28:19. > :28:27.of what they would like the UK to be. To those who did know her, Lusty
:28:28. > :28:30.was always more than metal and munitions, she was home from home,
:28:31. > :28:38.part of Britain's Maritime calling card that has now sailed its last
:28:39. > :28:43.voyage. So, all change for the Royal Navy today. HMS Illustrious itself
:28:44. > :28:46.is up for sale. They have had lots of interested parties. The Navy
:28:47. > :28:49.isn't putting a price on what it would cost you but the only
:28:50. > :28:52.condition they are putting in place is that it stays in the United
:28:53. > :28:59.Kingdom. Time to look at the weather now.
:29:00. > :29:02.Somewhat mixed fortunes across the British Isles this afternoon. For
:29:03. > :29:07.many it is dry with bright sunny spells but also some heavy showers
:29:08. > :29:10.in one or two areas to content with. Looking at the satellite picture you
:29:11. > :29:13.can see the cloud we started the day with across the eastern half of the
:29:14. > :29:16.British Isles running out into the North Sea and clear skies moving on
:29:17. > :29:19.and another line of cloud moving into the West which is the cloud
:29:20. > :29:23.that will yield the sharpest showers this afternoon and across Scotland.
:29:24. > :29:28.Quite a focus on central and eastern areas. Some heavy showers the
:29:29. > :29:30.northern England and Northern Ireland should enjoy some afternoon
:29:31. > :29:34.sunshine, some heavy showers through the afternoon pushing out of Wales
:29:35. > :29:40.into the Midlands and the south-west of England across towards the West
:29:41. > :29:43.Country. Highs in the low 20s, Wales and the south-west becoming drier
:29:44. > :29:47.and brighter as we head into late afternoon and into the evening.
:29:48. > :29:50.Short lived, the evening sunshine for Northern Ireland, the area of
:29:51. > :29:53.low pressure closing into the north-west of the British Isles will
:29:54. > :29:57.start to bring some heavy downpours of rain into one or two areas in the
:29:58. > :30:00.small hours of Friday, spreading to Scotland as well and the low
:30:01. > :30:04.pressure will dominate the weather across the British Isles on Friday,
:30:05. > :30:07.meaning a windy day across the board, but the focus for the showers
:30:08. > :30:12.will again be Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England, Wales and
:30:13. > :30:15.the south-west. Central and eastern areas faring well into is a dry
:30:16. > :30:17.conditions, perhaps one or two showers but in the sunshine
:30:18. > :30:23.temperatures should be in the low 20s. The low should move eastwards
:30:24. > :30:27.for Saturday and high-pressure looks like it will try and build from the
:30:28. > :30:31.south for the weekend, so Saturday is a promising day. Some showers
:30:32. > :30:34.still to the far North West of Scotland, and perhaps a few across
:30:35. > :30:38.western exposure areas of the British Isles but lighter winds on
:30:39. > :30:42.Saturday and a largely fine day with temperatures around average for the
:30:43. > :30:46.time of year, in the high teens and perhaps low 20s. Sunday is pretty
:30:47. > :30:48.promising thanks to the high-pressure and a lot of fine
:30:49. > :30:52.weather. You will notice towards the north-west this weather front will
:30:53. > :30:56.work its way across through Sunday into Monday. But outlook for the
:30:57. > :31:00.start of next week but not promising as the week goes on if you think we
:31:01. > :31:03.have seen the last of summer and any warmth, this is why next week is
:31:04. > :31:06.looking like that, the frontal system swings through on Monday and
:31:07. > :31:09.Tuesday and Wednesday and in the remainder of the week it is high
:31:10. > :31:13.pressure building up from the Azores all the way, stabilising things, and
:31:14. > :31:17.it also looks like it will start to introduce some warmer air as well.
:31:18. > :31:20.Many parts of the British Isles through the second half of next week
:31:21. > :31:24.could enjoy temperatures above average, we could be talking about
:31:25. > :31:28.the low and even maybe mid 20s for some areas in the south. So