:00:00. > :00:08.A police search is underway for a five-year-old boy with
:00:09. > :00:13.a brain tumour taken out of hospital by his parents.
:00:14. > :00:29.Ashya King needs constant medical care.
:00:30. > :00:31.Ashya is in a wheelchair and is fed through a tube.
:00:32. > :00:33.The feeding system is battery operated and that
:00:34. > :00:37.We'll have the latest on the police search.
:00:38. > :00:41.Tesco issues another profits warning and says its new Chief Executive
:00:42. > :00:43.will take up his job earlier than planned.
:00:44. > :00:46.Ukraine says it wants to join NATO, as fighting intensifies
:00:47. > :00:48.against pro-Russia forces in the east of the country.
:00:49. > :00:53.Hospitals in England are to be ranked according to how healthy
:00:54. > :00:57.UKIP says more MPs, Labour and Conservative, are preparing to
:00:58. > :01:02.Breaking all records, the giant waves battering the west
:01:03. > :01:13.Westminster Council call for tougher legislation to tackle the increasing
:01:14. > :01:18.Westminster Council call for tougher legislation to tackle the number of
:01:19. > :01:19.rough sleepers in the West End. Deep or areas have worse transport
:01:20. > :01:42.links? -- do poorer areas?. A major police search is continuing
:01:43. > :01:44.for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken
:01:45. > :01:50.from hospital by his parents, There are serious concerns
:01:51. > :01:54.for the life of Ashya King, His parents removed him
:01:55. > :01:57.from Southampton General Hospital Hampshire Police believe
:01:58. > :02:01.he's been taken to France. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy
:02:02. > :02:14.is outside the hospital. Police said they are extremely
:02:15. > :02:17.concerned for the health and safety of Ashya King. He was taken from
:02:18. > :02:23.this hospital by his parents yesterday afternoon. They are
:02:24. > :02:27.liaising with French police, looking at CCTV to track down him and his
:02:28. > :02:31.family who are believed to have travelled to France yesterday
:02:32. > :02:37.evening. The police say unless the five-year-old boy is found his life
:02:38. > :02:41.could be in danger. This is the moment Ashya King was led from the
:02:42. > :02:46.hospital by his father. He can be seen in the body he needs to move
:02:47. > :03:00.around. The police say he has a brain tumour -- buggy. This was
:03:01. > :03:03.Ashya with his mother. It is not clear why his parents removed them
:03:04. > :03:08.from the hospital. It is believed one member of the family may be a
:03:09. > :03:12.Jehovah's Witness, although it is not clear if this is connected to
:03:13. > :03:19.the removal. Police only found out he was missing last night.
:03:20. > :03:22.If he does not receive urgent medical care or the wrong
:03:23. > :03:27.treatment is given his condition will become life-threatening. It
:03:28. > :03:33.seems he was taken around 2pm yesterday. They travel to Portsmouth
:03:34. > :03:37.to catch the ferry. They arrived in France that HB and last night,
:03:38. > :03:43.believed to be driving their people carrier. His brother recently spoke
:03:44. > :03:47.on YouTube about the family's distress caused by his medical
:03:48. > :03:52.condition. I have not slept anything. I have been awake all
:03:53. > :03:59.night worrying. We love you so much. We are all here for you. The family
:04:00. > :04:04.also posted this video showing a beast and tripped his aim where it
:04:05. > :04:18.is believed they now people are smacked a recent trip to Spain.
:04:19. > :04:33.French police said this morning they are carrying out a widespread
:04:34. > :04:36.birch, looking at CC TV -- CCTV. We have had a statement from the
:04:37. > :04:43.Jehovah's Witnesses then that they have confirmed that his parents were
:04:44. > :04:49.Jehovah's Witnesses but there is no reason to suggest that it is for
:04:50. > :05:02.religious reasons he was removed. The search for the five-year-old boy
:05:03. > :05:06.goes on. Shares have fallen sharply in Tesco after announcing a further
:05:07. > :05:09.profit warning. In a statement to the stock
:05:10. > :05:11.exchange, the supermarket cut its The firm says
:05:12. > :05:15.its new chief executive, Dave Lewis, will now begin work next week,
:05:16. > :05:18.a month earlier than planned. Here's our Business Correspondent,
:05:19. > :05:19.Emma Simpson. These are tough times for Britain's
:05:20. > :05:24.biggest retailer. Household spending is still under
:05:25. > :05:26.pressure and it is being squeezed Three years ago Tesco's trading
:05:27. > :05:36.profit was nearly ?4 billion. Today it warned annual profits
:05:37. > :05:38.for this year would be less than The numbers are going
:05:39. > :05:45.in the wrong direction. This is the second profit warning
:05:46. > :05:50.from Tesco in just two months. Despite a ?1 billion plan to
:05:51. > :05:57.revitalise its business, A sign of just how urgent things
:05:58. > :06:02.are, the new boss Dave Lewis is starting on Monday,
:06:03. > :06:04.a month earlier than planned. What is on his shopping
:06:05. > :06:08.list to turn things round? The first thing is to focus
:06:09. > :06:12.on reinvigorating the brand. The last ten years
:06:13. > :06:17.the Tesco brand has been They need to focus
:06:18. > :06:21.on giving it a distinct identity. In terms
:06:22. > :06:25.of pricing we may see further price reductions but we do not
:06:26. > :06:28.expect any drastic price cuts. This is Lidl's new
:06:29. > :06:41.multi-million pound TV campaign. The discounters are upping
:06:42. > :06:47.their game to attract new shoppers. They are stealing all
:06:48. > :06:50.of the big supermarket's lunch. What we are seeing is the end
:06:51. > :06:53.of an era where supermarkets were virtually guaranteed growth
:06:54. > :06:54.year-on-year. We have seen structural changes
:06:55. > :06:57.in terms of growth, online, increased competition from
:06:58. > :07:00.the big four and the discounters It is becoming increasingly
:07:01. > :07:08.difficult shareholders. The board wants to
:07:09. > :07:28.give the new boss is much room for manoeuvre as possible to do what he
:07:29. > :07:31.thinks is needed to when shoppers Ukraine's prime minister has
:07:32. > :07:33.signalled his country's intention Arseniy Yatsenyuk has already asked
:07:34. > :07:37.the alliance for what he called "practical help"
:07:38. > :07:39.in its battle against pro-Russia Today, the United Nations says more
:07:40. > :07:45.than 2,500 people have died Here's our world affairs
:07:46. > :07:58.correspondent, Nick Childs. Pro-Russian rebels continue a
:07:59. > :08:02.fightback against Ukrainian government troops after weeks of
:08:03. > :08:08.being forced onto the defensive. This is unverified footage but Kiev
:08:09. > :08:11.and the west say this fightback has been fortified by escalating Russian
:08:12. > :08:22.military involvement, prompting an emergency meeting of NATO
:08:23. > :08:27.ambassadors. We expressed strong solidarity with the Ukraine. We will
:08:28. > :08:35.meet next week with the Ukrainian president to make clear NATO's
:08:36. > :08:44.unwavering support for Ukraine. I've fell -- how far will that support
:08:45. > :08:51.call? The Prime Minister has said they will seek membership. The word
:08:52. > :08:55.from Washington, the response is not military but diplomatic. Russia is
:08:56. > :09:01.already more isolated than at any time since the end of the Cold War.
:09:02. > :09:08.Investors are staying out, the economy is in decline. This ongoing
:09:09. > :09:12.Russian incursion into Ukraine will only bring more consequences for
:09:13. > :09:16.Russia. EU leaders meeting in Russia this weekend -- meeting in Brussels
:09:17. > :09:24.this weekend will look at further sanctions. How effective can they be
:09:25. > :09:28.given the stakes for the Kremlin? The new satellite imagery that NATO
:09:29. > :09:35.says Shaws Russian combat forces in and around eastern Ukraine, Moscow
:09:36. > :09:40.still denies any such involvement. A defiant rally by Ukrainian loyalists
:09:41. > :09:43.in a southeastern town under threat from the recent rebel successes.
:09:44. > :09:51.Their opinion of the Russian president clear. In his latest
:09:52. > :10:01.remarks, the Russian leader has responded with a Nazi analogy of his
:10:02. > :10:08.own, accusing Kiev of an assault in Ukraine. The consequences of this
:10:09. > :10:12.conflict are plain to see. A way out seems as elusive as ever.
:10:13. > :10:17.With me now is our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall.
:10:18. > :10:25.Is joining NATO a shift in the dynamic? It is clear that Kiev is
:10:26. > :10:31.frustrated. You can feel the anxiety. Yesterday they asked for a
:10:32. > :10:36.stepped-up partnership and today the Prime Minister signalling he wants
:10:37. > :10:39.to ask parliament to apply for membership. That is not the same as
:10:40. > :10:45.getting out. NATO would have to agree. Although Western leaders are
:10:46. > :10:50.expressing alarm at what looks like more blatant Russian intervention
:10:51. > :11:00.than before, it is not the same as suggesting that they are appeared to
:11:01. > :11:07.tackle Russia militarily. That is the ultimate nightmare. What can
:11:08. > :11:10.they do instead? Warning about more sanctions, more support for the
:11:11. > :11:27.Ukrainian government economically and politically and Mellitah Relay
:11:28. > :11:32.-- militarily, where are they getting their supplies? President
:11:33. > :11:38.Putin wants to have a solution on his terms. He will keep the conflict
:11:39. > :11:42.going, sending a message they cannot expect to take on Russia and win.
:11:43. > :11:46.A former employee of Rotherham Borough Council has told the BBC how
:11:47. > :11:50.girls as young as 11 living in care homes in the town were groomed and
:11:51. > :11:57.The former care worker, who doesn't want to be identified,
:11:58. > :11:59.said girls would tie bed sheets together to escape the homes,
:12:00. > :12:06.Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has more.
:12:07. > :12:09.Taxis were often key to the sexual abuse of children in Rotherham,
:12:10. > :12:15.Transporting girls around the town or further afield to be exploited.
:12:16. > :12:17.Gangs actively targeted children's homes in the town,
:12:18. > :12:22.ensnaring vulnerable girls into their web of misery.
:12:23. > :12:25.This former care worker, who we are not identifying, spent four years
:12:26. > :12:27.working in children's homes in Rotherham
:12:28. > :12:36.There were phone calls right through the night, from 12 o'clock.
:12:37. > :12:39.They would come sometimes returned by the police, sometimes came back
:12:40. > :12:44.Within half an hour or three quarters of an hour they would be
:12:45. > :12:51.Drivers were paid by the council to take the girls,
:12:52. > :12:54.some of whom were just 11-years-old, from the homes to schools.
:12:55. > :12:56.Quickly it started grooming them, giving them drugs and alcohol.
:12:57. > :12:59.If they could leave by the fire escape they would leave by the
:13:00. > :13:02.fire escape but sometimes to hide where they were going
:13:03. > :13:05.they would put bedsheets together and climb out by the window.
:13:06. > :13:07.From a second storey building that is dangerous as well.
:13:08. > :13:11.What is it that makes a 13-year-old gets dolled up
:13:12. > :13:16.at two or three o'clock in the morning, tie bed sheets together
:13:17. > :13:22.These young people have already been sexually abused in many cases.
:13:23. > :13:24.There are some horrific cases of abuse within the family,
:13:25. > :13:31.If they are providing that, plus drugs and alcohol and freedoms,
:13:32. > :13:33.or perceived freedoms, then we are never going to be able
:13:34. > :13:39.Attempts to stop the exploitation or punish the perpetrators failed
:13:40. > :13:42.and rarely was there a night, says the former care worker, when a girl
:13:43. > :13:55.Malaysia Airlines is to cut almost a third of its staff as part
:13:56. > :13:58.of a recovery plan after being hit by two disasters this year.
:13:59. > :14:01.The airline will become completely state owned, and a new chief
:14:02. > :14:09.Investigators continue to hunt for MH370, the Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
:14:10. > :14:12.flight which went missing in March, while the MH17 air crash in eastern
:14:13. > :14:21.The aviation industry was put on red alert by Iceland this morning,
:14:22. > :14:25.following an eruption near the site of the Bardarbunga volcano.
:14:26. > :14:28.The fissure eruption began in the early hours, though
:14:29. > :14:31.so far it's produced no explosions similar to the one that caused chaos
:14:32. > :14:40.Iceland's Meteorological Office said the activity has now subsided.
:14:41. > :14:42.For the first time, there are to be mandatory food
:14:43. > :14:50.Hospitals will have to serve fish twice a week, have tap water
:14:51. > :14:53.available at all times, and their menus must reflect seasonal produce.
:14:54. > :14:56.The plan brings England into line with arrangements in Scotland
:14:57. > :15:04.and Wales but campaigners say it is still "woefully inadequate".
:15:05. > :15:07.Serving up salad in a hospital kitchen for the
:15:08. > :15:10.cameras, but the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt keen to get the message
:15:11. > :15:14.Hospital meals do not always look this freshly prepared.
:15:15. > :15:17.Many rely on heating up food they buy in.
:15:18. > :15:21.Some spend much less than others, even though eating well is crucial
:15:22. > :15:28.Now they are being told to offer healthy food and plenty of choice.
:15:29. > :15:31.When a person is in hospital they are in a very vulnerable state
:15:32. > :15:35.at the best of times and one of the things they should not have to worry
:15:36. > :15:38.about, really, is whether they are going to get food and drink that
:15:39. > :15:41.they recognise, that is familiar, that they can swallow, that somebody
:15:42. > :15:48.It is not the first time ministers have tried to improve hospital food.
:15:49. > :15:52.Now they say it will be written into hospital contracts.
:15:53. > :15:56.I think all of this is about looking after patients in the way
:15:57. > :16:01.that you would want your own friend or family to be looked after.
:16:02. > :16:05.This is part of a real change in the NHS where trusts are making
:16:06. > :16:10.a big effort to put patients first, and for patients the quality
:16:11. > :16:14.of food they get is one of the most important things of all.
:16:15. > :16:19.He has got Crohn's disease and needs to eat carefully.
:16:20. > :16:24.He has campaigned about hospital food, posting pictures on his blog.
:16:25. > :16:28.Throughout my 30 year journey I have either been coping on bringing
:16:29. > :16:34.in my own food or, as has happened in to past, doing rotas with staff,
:16:35. > :16:42.The Campaign for Better Hospital Food says the plan isn't ambitious
:16:43. > :16:47.With ratings due to be published online,
:16:48. > :16:57.any dishing up less appealing meals could face greater pressure.
:16:58. > :17:04.A search is under way for a five-year-old boy with
:17:05. > :17:07.a brain tumour taken out of hospital by his parents.
:17:08. > :17:10.Police say it's vital he receives medical treatment today.
:17:11. > :17:13.And still to come, almost half of Syria's population have fled
:17:14. > :17:25.More than three million are now refugees.
:17:26. > :17:30.I will have the sport and BBC News. We will tell you which teams Celtic,
:17:31. > :17:35.Everton and Tottenham will face in the Europa League. The draw has
:17:36. > :17:41.taken place this lunch time. The United Nations Refugee Agency
:17:42. > :17:44.says Syria is the biggest humanitarian emergency
:17:45. > :17:47.of our era, and that the world's response so far has
:17:48. > :17:53.fallen far short of what's needed. In a new report, it says almost
:17:54. > :17:56.half of the 22 million population has been forced to abandon their
:17:57. > :18:00.homes and flee for their lives. More than half
:18:01. > :18:03.of those uprooted are children. The three-and-a-half year conflict
:18:04. > :18:06.has created more than three million refugees, and within Syria itself
:18:07. > :18:09.a further six and half million Our Middle East correspondent
:18:10. > :18:25.Jim Muir reports. Dawn breaks over one of the refugee
:18:26. > :18:30.settlements in Lebanon. But every new day he brings yet more desperate
:18:31. > :18:34.Syrians seeking refuge. Syria's neighbours have been swamped by a
:18:35. > :18:39.tide of refugees. Three years into the war, it keeps on coming. All
:18:40. > :18:43.over Syria's neighbours, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and here in northern
:18:44. > :18:48.Iraq, camps like this have sprung up to cope with some of the 3 million
:18:49. > :18:53.refugees who have poured out of Syria. For everyone who has left,
:18:54. > :18:59.two others have stayed behind, having lost their homes. Any seeking
:19:00. > :19:03.refuge now have already been seeking refuge a long time, some of them
:19:04. > :19:07.displaced several times along the way. They are being displaced more
:19:08. > :19:11.than once for sure inside Syria before reaching safety in
:19:12. > :19:15.neighbouring countries. Right now in Syria, there are over 6 million
:19:16. > :19:20.Syrian refugees in turn lead displaced. At least one in ten
:19:21. > :19:26.Syrian refugees have been forced out of their homes over three times.
:19:27. > :19:32.TRANSLATION: I really hope we can go back. This man says he is worried
:19:33. > :19:37.that if they do, something bad will happen. Violence between the rebels
:19:38. > :19:41.and the regime continues to tear the country apart. Now there is the
:19:42. > :19:45.fresh complication of the self-styled Islam at a militants
:19:46. > :19:50.taking over large parts of the north and east, murdering large prisoners
:19:51. > :19:56.as part of a deliberate reign of terror. -- Islamic. Given that, the
:19:57. > :20:02.prospects for the tide being reversed soon look very slim.
:20:03. > :20:05.And there's plenty more about this online, including an explainer about
:20:06. > :20:07.the forces fighting the conflict, maps showing the key battle areas,
:20:08. > :20:11.and an interactive guide to how the Syria war created one of the biggest
:20:12. > :20:16.The UKIP leader Nigel Farage says if his party wins the Clacton
:20:17. > :20:19.by-election, he expects more defections from both
:20:20. > :20:24.He was speaking as he joined the town's MP Douglas
:20:25. > :20:27.Carswell on a constituency walkabout a day after Mr Carswell's defection
:20:28. > :20:40.Our political correspondent Sean Curran reports.
:20:41. > :20:51.You support me, I will support you, all the way. Take on Europe! A day
:20:52. > :20:53.out with a difference. Barely 24 hours after Douglas Carswell's
:20:54. > :20:58.defection, he was out on the campaign trail with his new leader.
:20:59. > :21:01.There will be a by-election in Clacton in a few weeks, but what
:21:02. > :21:07.about other MPs? Will they be tempted to follow his example? Lets
:21:08. > :21:12.see what happens in this by-election. If Douglas wins, which
:21:13. > :21:15.I believe he will, there will be others. Not just from the
:21:16. > :21:19.Conservatives but the Labour backbenches too, they might think,
:21:20. > :21:25.do you know what, UKIP might be for me. For now, the attention was on
:21:26. > :21:32.this man. The former Conservative explain why he had switched sides.
:21:33. > :21:36.Advisers told me that his plan was to persuade voters to stay in. Once
:21:37. > :21:41.I realised that, my position became untenable. Before I knew that, I
:21:42. > :21:44.thought the in-out strategy was right, but when I realised it was
:21:45. > :21:51.all about winning the next election, not about real change, I
:21:52. > :21:56.thought enough is enough. Senior Conservatives think he has made a
:21:57. > :21:59.mistake. If he wants a referendum, it would be delivered by a
:22:00. > :22:03.Conservative government with Conservative MPs. That is the choice
:22:04. > :22:06.people will face, whether at a by-election in Clacton or the
:22:07. > :22:11.general election next year. A simple choice. Any other vote does not
:22:12. > :22:15.deliver the referendum that the people in this country want. So far
:22:16. > :22:20.Douglas Carswell's fellow Eurosceptics have insisted they will
:22:21. > :22:24.stay put. That has not ended the speculation about more defections,
:22:25. > :22:28.and that is only likely to increase when MPs return here next week. What
:22:29. > :22:32.happens next is down to voters in Clacton. They could return the first
:22:33. > :22:36.UKIP candidate to Parliament and put more pressure on David Cameron.
:22:37. > :22:39.The water industry regulator says household bills should fall
:22:40. > :22:44.Ofwat says average water and sewerage bills should drop
:22:45. > :22:47.by around 5% in real terms between 2015 and 2020.
:22:48. > :22:49.The figure, which excludes inflation,
:22:50. > :22:51.is based on Ofwat's initial consideration of price proposals put
:22:52. > :22:59.Its final ruling will be made in December.
:23:00. > :23:02.The World Health Organization has warned that as many as 20,000
:23:03. > :23:05.people could ultimately be infected with the ebola virus and it says it
:23:06. > :23:09.needs almost half a billion dollars to contain the current outbreak.
:23:10. > :23:12.It was reported in West Africa in March and has since become
:23:13. > :23:16.the deadliest spread of the disease since its discovery in 1976.
:23:17. > :23:20.The most recent figures suggest more than 3,000 cases have been reported,
:23:21. > :23:25.including more than 1,500 deaths in four countries.
:23:26. > :23:27.In Liberia alone, more than 600 people have lost
:23:28. > :23:33.Our correspondent Tamasin Ford has been to the Liberia-Ivory Coast
:23:34. > :23:36.border, where preparations are being made to prevent ebola
:23:37. > :23:49.And unnerving silence replaces the normally vibrant border. All
:23:50. > :23:54.official crossing points into Liberia and Guinea were closed at
:23:55. > :23:58.the weekend. The latest government efforts to avoid ebola. Trucks are
:23:59. > :24:02.already beginning to pile up on this side of the border. Authorities say
:24:03. > :24:07.health is more important than trade, but people here have no idea when
:24:08. > :24:10.the borders are going to reopen. People are suffering financially,
:24:11. > :24:18.but many are relieved the borders are closed. This lady's family are
:24:19. > :24:23.on the other side and she can't come back. She says it is difficult but
:24:24. > :24:27.the fear of ebola is worse. TRANSLATION: I am afraid of death
:24:28. > :24:30.because it is not a trip that you can return from. We have been told
:24:31. > :24:36.not to eat bush meat, not to shake hands and not to have sex. Beyond
:24:37. > :24:43.these mountains lies Liberia, where ebola is now out of control. To the
:24:44. > :24:47.east is Guinea, thick and porous rainforest is all that separates
:24:48. > :24:52.Ivory Coast from the two worst hit ebola nations. This is one of five
:24:53. > :24:56.treatment centres in the region. Doctors are practising what to do if
:24:57. > :25:02.a suspected case lives. Every detail is considered.
:25:03. > :25:06.TRANSLATION: We have done the maximum possible to be ready and
:25:07. > :25:10.vigilant to control the situation. As soon as any suspected case
:25:11. > :25:17.arrives. You can never be ready enough, but I think we are strong
:25:18. > :25:22.enough to fight this epidemic. The heat inside the suit is the biggest
:25:23. > :25:27.difficulty, he says. Two or three hours are the most anyone can last.
:25:28. > :25:30.Countries have been accused of abandoning the ebola hit nations.
:25:31. > :25:35.Closing borders and suspending flights. But the Ivory Coast says it
:25:36. > :25:42.will do anything it can to fight ebola.
:25:43. > :25:45.This is Hurricane Marie barrelling across the Pacific towards
:25:46. > :25:51.And being pushed ahead of it, some of the biggest waves southern
:25:52. > :25:55.Sightseers and surfers have been drawn to
:25:56. > :26:01.But dozens of people have had to be rescued along the shoreline because
:26:02. > :26:05.of the size of the waves, and in Malibu, one surfer was killed,
:26:06. > :26:13.Some came just to watch the spectacle
:26:14. > :26:23.The surfers rode the best waves Southern California
:26:24. > :26:45.If you can read the conditions and you respect the ocean and you know
:26:46. > :26:52.your limits, it's OK out there. Some surfing legends tested their limits.
:26:53. > :26:54.Riding under a pier is not for the faint-hearted.
:26:55. > :26:58.Laird Hamilton is one of the world's best surfers.
:26:59. > :27:01.These are the days that I wait for all my life,
:27:02. > :27:14.Today was like a little price of heaven. I try to serve the best and
:27:15. > :27:18.this was the best I have ever had. Lifeguards warned people not to risk
:27:19. > :27:20.the riptides and strong currents, let alone the battering that comes
:27:21. > :27:23.with being dumped into the surf. Only enter this water,
:27:24. > :27:33.this is dangerous, dangerous water, If you have a lot of experience
:27:34. > :27:36.behind you. Even the most experienced surfers are becoming so
:27:37. > :27:40.tired battling the energy of the waves and the current, they become
:27:41. > :27:53.tired and I have seen some of them having to actually be rescued as
:27:54. > :27:57.well. One man died after collapsing on Malibu beach. Many were exhausted
:27:58. > :28:00.and needed to be pulled out of the water. For thousands of servers
:28:01. > :28:04.waiting to catch that perfect wave, all the way down the coast of
:28:05. > :28:08.Southern California, they have a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean to
:28:09. > :28:10.thank. It is sending in the swell from hundreds of miles away, causing
:28:11. > :28:22.waves to crash into the coastline. Some homes on south-facing
:28:23. > :28:31.coves have been flooded. The water goes straight through, so
:28:32. > :28:37.I am sure that if you own one of the houses it is an Irving. Sand is
:28:38. > :28:44.being piled up against the swell. -- it is unnerving. The waves of 2014
:28:45. > :28:48.will be remembered by the surfers and their tales of catching the big
:28:49. > :28:51.one will no doubt be told for years to come. Let's take a look at our
:28:52. > :29:00.own weather prospects. Nothing that while for us today or
:29:01. > :29:09.for the weekend. This afternoon, some hefty and blustery showers. We
:29:10. > :29:12.have our own area of low pressure towards the North West which has
:29:13. > :29:16.already brought hefty showers overnight into Northern Ireland and
:29:17. > :29:20.Scotland. We have some heavier showers targeting Wales and the
:29:21. > :29:23.south-west of England in the next couple of hours, drifting across
:29:24. > :29:26.into the Midlands. A rough rule of thumb today, the further east you
:29:27. > :29:32.are, the better the chance of staying dry. And seeing sunshine.
:29:33. > :29:36.Some of the showers across Scotland becoming quite slow moving in the
:29:37. > :29:40.lighter winds. Some rumbles of thunder with those showers through
:29:41. > :29:43.the afternoon. Northern Ireland looking a bit clearer, perhaps a
:29:44. > :29:49.view showers to the north and south but not bad. Sunny spells and
:29:50. > :29:52.showers for England. Wales and the south-west, more cloud and
:29:53. > :29:59.persistent rain from time to time. Quite a bit of cloud in eastern
:30:00. > :30:02.areas, but highs of 20-21. Worth taking the umbrella this evening.
:30:03. > :30:05.Showers across the British Isles for a time, but as we go into Saturday
:30:06. > :30:10.morning, things start to become quieter. The wind becomes lighter
:30:11. > :30:14.and hopefully the worst of the showers will be to the east.
:30:15. > :30:17.Saturday not looking bad, a promising start to the weekend.
:30:18. > :30:22.Still some showers to the north and west, we can't promise unbroken blue
:30:23. > :30:25.skies but there should be a lot of dry weather, some decent bright
:30:26. > :30:31.intervals, hopefully some sunshine and temperatures into the high teens
:30:32. > :30:36.or low 20s. Over the two days, Sunday is the most promising because
:30:37. > :30:40.high pressure will build in a little ridge from the south. That should
:30:41. > :30:44.mean a lot of dry weather on Sunday, plenty of sunshine and a warm feel.
:30:45. > :30:48.But notice something trying to contest that on Sunday afternoon. A
:30:49. > :30:51.weather front that could bring wet and windy weather into Scotland and
:30:52. > :30:57.Northern Ireland before the date is out. Central and eastern areas
:30:58. > :31:00.should see a good deal of sunshine. The weather system will swing south
:31:01. > :31:05.on Monday and Tuesday, which could lumber us with murkier conditions
:31:06. > :31:08.towards the south, but it is this you need to focus on from
:31:09. > :31:13.Wednesday... The high pressure is building, which will do a good job
:31:14. > :31:17.of settling down the weather, allowing us to see largely dry
:31:18. > :31:20.conditions, quite a bit of sunshine, but most excitingly it looks like
:31:21. > :31:29.the second half of next week could be rather warm.
:31:30. > :31:32.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime:
:31:33. > :31:34.A search is under way for a five-year-old boy with
:31:35. > :31:37.a brain tumour taken out of hospital by his parents.
:31:38. > :31:39.Police say it's vital he receives medical treatment today.
:31:40. > :31:42.That's all from us, now on BBC One it's time