:00:00. > :00:00.President Obama condemns as repulsive and barbaric
:00:07. > :00:12.the beheading of a second American journalist by Islamic State.
:00:13. > :00:13.Steven Sotloff, who was 31, was kidnapped
:00:14. > :00:20.President Obama promised that justice would be done.
:00:21. > :00:23.We will not be intimidated, their horrific acts only unite us
:00:24. > :00:31.as a country and stiffen our resolve against these terrorists.
:00:32. > :00:33.The Prime Minister chairs an emergency meeting to discuss
:00:34. > :00:37.Islamic militants' threat to kill a British hostage.
:00:38. > :00:40.Let me be very clear, this country will never give in to terrorism.
:00:41. > :00:46.Our opposition to Isil will continue at home and abroad.
:00:47. > :00:49.We'll be asking what this means for western strategy in the region.
:00:50. > :00:54.The parents of five year old Ashya King freed from prison
:00:55. > :00:59.and now heading to his hospital, desperate to see him.
:01:00. > :01:01.William Pooley, the British nurse who caught the
:01:02. > :01:07.deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, is discharged from hospital.
:01:08. > :01:13.Filthy and unsafe - a damning inspection of
:01:14. > :01:17.And warnings of a teacher crisis in the captain - we face
:01:18. > :01:40.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:41. > :01:42.President Obama has condemned as repulsive and barbaric the beheading
:01:43. > :01:47.of the American journalist Steven Sotloff by Islamic State militants.
:01:48. > :01:50.He said justice would be served and that America's aim was to
:01:51. > :01:54.Mr Sotloff is the second US journalist in two weeks to be
:01:55. > :01:58.murdered - a video of his death was again released online.
:01:59. > :02:02.With concern now growing over the fate of a British hostage seen
:02:03. > :02:05.in the video David Cameron says the only way to defeat Islamic State
:02:06. > :02:08.He said Britain would never give in to terrorism.
:02:09. > :02:19.Our first report is by our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner.
:02:20. > :02:25.A thoughtful US journalist with a passion for the Middle East and a
:02:26. > :02:32.taste for adventure, Steven Sotloff had lived in Yemen and spoke Arabic.
:02:33. > :02:41.But last night Jihadist posted a video of them beheading him. For
:02:42. > :02:49.President Obama, this is a direct channel by the -- challenge by the
:02:50. > :02:52.extremist group. Whatever these murderers think they will achieve by
:02:53. > :02:58.killing innocent Americans like Stephen, they have already failed.
:02:59. > :03:03.They have failed because like people around the world, Americans are
:03:04. > :03:10.repulsed by their barbarism and we will not be intimidated. The
:03:11. > :03:17.mililants have bought or captures numerous western hostages. Several
:03:18. > :03:28.Europeans have been released, reportedly for ran ransoms. We have
:03:29. > :03:33.been asked not to name a British hostage. Last night the Government
:03:34. > :03:36.held a meeting of emergency committee chaired by the Prime
:03:37. > :03:42.Minister. The whole country will condemn the sickening and brutal
:03:43. > :03:47.murder of another American hostage and share our shock and anger that
:03:48. > :03:54.it appears to have been carried out by a British citizen. Our thought
:03:55. > :03:57.are with the hostage and his family. Islamic state fighters have cut a
:03:58. > :04:02.swathe across the Middle East. Seizing control of much of Syria and
:04:03. > :04:09.Iraq, killing hundreds of captives in cold blood. But US air strikes
:04:10. > :04:16.have allowed Iraqi and Kurdish forces to halt their advance. Those
:04:17. > :04:20.air strikes are hurting them. Yet one expert believes Islamic state
:04:21. > :04:24.wants to drag in western ground troops. They're aching for a fight
:04:25. > :04:29.with the west. They want to turn this into the west against Islam.
:04:30. > :04:35.They're considering themselves to be the Islamic caliphate and want to
:04:36. > :04:40.fight a superpower. Caught up in this was Stephen Sotloff, described
:04:41. > :04:43.by friends as cautious. He kept his finger on the pulse of where he was
:04:44. > :04:48.going. He didn't just wander into a place. He lived in Libya for a while
:04:49. > :04:53.and he was aware of what he was doing. He was very professional. He
:04:54. > :04:55.came to report on a conflict that is tearing a region apart. It was a
:04:56. > :05:01.decision that cost him his life. With a British hostage now in
:05:02. > :05:04.immediate danger, David Cameron is coming under increasing pressure to
:05:05. > :05:06.come up with an effective strategy Here's our political
:05:07. > :05:19.correspondent Ben Wright. Another brutal murder by Islamic
:05:20. > :05:23.state and another emergency meeting. What is your response to the latest
:05:24. > :05:28.behead something the Defence Secretary joined the Cobra meeting,
:05:29. > :05:34.chaired by the Prime Minister, who said the beheading was despicable. A
:05:35. > :05:38.serve MP on the intelligence committee said there should be no
:05:39. > :05:41.quick military response. We have got to be patient. It won't be turned
:05:42. > :05:46.around in a matter of weeks or months. Just go for air strikes or
:05:47. > :05:52.arming people isn't going to be the answer to this. It needs patient
:05:53. > :05:57.work as well. In the commons, the two sides I yoo nighted in
:05:58. > :06:03.condemnation. A country like ours will not be cowed by these killers.
:06:04. > :06:09.If they think we will weaken they're wrong. This is a pattern of
:06:10. > :06:14.murderous behaviour by Isil of the innocent. Christians, Yazidis,
:06:15. > :06:22.Muslims, anyone who does not agree with their vile ideology. I agree
:06:23. > :06:27.with the Pic, this must strengthen our resolve and he can be assured of
:06:28. > :06:33.our support. Over this is the memory of protests against plans to bomb
:06:34. > :06:39.Assad's regime last year and its defeat in Parliament. Labour opposed
:06:40. > :06:45.action then, but now some MPs want air strikes in Syria. Isn't the
:06:46. > :06:51.truth that Isil won't be beaten without air strikes in Syria as
:06:52. > :06:57.well? And if that means engaging with the Assad regime and Iran and
:06:58. > :07:05.the Saudies. It is a crisis with no easy answers. Some MPs want the UK
:07:06. > :07:09.Government to toughen its response, Islamic state fighters claim
:07:10. > :07:16.American air strikes justify the beheading and now a British hostage
:07:17. > :07:24.is threatened. Revulsion is clear, but less certain is what can be done
:07:25. > :07:28.to stop them. Let's talk to Norman Smith in Westminster. There were
:07:29. > :07:36.strong words from David Cameron, but is it clear what he can do? Well,
:07:37. > :07:40.despite the deliberately defiant language from Mr Cameron, those in
:07:41. > :07:44.Government have been clear there won't be an immediate strike for the
:07:45. > :07:50.beheading and the seizure of a British hostage. To do so it is
:07:51. > :07:53.argued would creed the initiative to the terrorists and the Prime
:07:54. > :07:59.Minister's view is we are involved in a long struggle and can't respond
:08:00. > :08:05.to every atrocity. But there is a sense we are moving closer to the
:08:06. > :08:10.option of joining in air strikes. The Foreign Secretary was asked
:08:11. > :08:14.about this today and he said that he was considering them. Neither Nick
:08:15. > :08:18.Clegg nor Ed Milliband has ruled them out and in the Commons the
:08:19. > :08:24.Prime Minister seemed to indicate if other countries in the region were
:08:25. > :08:28.to sign up to air strikes and the Baghdad Government and the Kurdish
:08:29. > :08:33.authorities were to request them, we would look to do more. Although the
:08:34. > :08:37.atrocity that was carried out last night, the seizure of a British
:08:38. > :08:41.hostage has not of itself prompted British military action, my sense is
:08:42. > :08:48.we are moving closer in that direction. Thank you.
:08:49. > :08:50.The parents of five-year-old Ashya King, who's seriously ill with
:08:51. > :08:54.a brain tumour in a hospital in Spain, have spoken of their relief
:08:55. > :08:58.They were detained at the weekend on a European arrest warrant
:08:59. > :09:00.for taking their son from a hospital in Southampton.
:09:01. > :09:02.The Crown Prosecution Service has now said they will face
:09:03. > :09:05.In an exclusive BBC interview Ashya's father, Brett,
:09:06. > :09:09.said he was desperate to see his son and to help with his care.
:09:10. > :09:17.Well, our correspondent Tom Burridge is at the hospital in Malaga.
:09:18. > :09:24.Brett and Naghemeh King are expected to arrive at the hospital any moment
:09:25. > :09:32.now. For that moment they have been waiting for - to be renewted with
:09:33. > :09:36.their son, Ashya. They spent several days in custody in a case which has
:09:37. > :09:39.caused outrage at home and sympathy from the Prime Minister and the
:09:40. > :09:43.police force which launched the search which led to their arrest in
:09:44. > :09:48.Spain. After a dramatic turn around they were released from prison last
:09:49. > :09:54.night and today they sat down with my colleague for an exclusive
:09:55. > :09:58.interview:. How are you? I'm very tired. I was with about yashgs I
:09:59. > :10:04.have been in hospital in Southampton for six weeks. I was with him 234
:10:05. > :10:07.hours a day, changing his nappies, doing everything. Staying awake for
:10:08. > :10:12.treatment. That is my responsibility as a mother and I was happy to do
:10:13. > :10:17.it. But when we left the hospital and we were arrested, I couldn't do
:10:18. > :10:23.that. I have been missing him for over three days and I want to get
:10:24. > :10:28.back with him. Brett, how are you after the ordeal? I'm still shaking,
:10:29. > :10:33.because it is not just going to prison, that is just me suffering,
:10:34. > :10:37.but while I was away, it was the the thought my son, because they didn't
:10:38. > :10:43.allow anybody into the room, so no one was moving his legs or helping
:10:44. > :10:47.him in any way to improve. Soifs worrying about that all the time and
:10:48. > :10:52.my heart was aching. The doctors said my heart is beating too fast
:10:53. > :10:58.when they examined me. I said I can't relax, my son, it is hurting
:10:59. > :11:03.my heart to think he is by himself. But we are feeling better now. What
:11:04. > :11:08.do you make of the fact that this happened, you took him from the
:11:09. > :11:13.hospital, you were then pursued to Spain, arrested, put in prison,
:11:14. > :11:18.separated from him and then told actually you can go. You're free.
:11:19. > :11:22.What do you make of the situation? It is not real to be honest with
:11:23. > :11:28.you. Because we just thought, you see in the hospital, they knew that
:11:29. > :11:33.we were going to get Proton therapy. I told them the doctor himself that
:11:34. > :11:37.I'm going to go for Proton therapy and I'm paying for it myself. But I
:11:38. > :11:43.need to sell my house. I said to him, I'm going, that you're not
:11:44. > :11:47.going to pay, the NHS is not going to pay, I have got to sort this out.
:11:48. > :11:51.Did you tell them that you were going to take him away last
:11:52. > :11:56.Thursday. Did they know you were elevening - leaving then? I couldn't
:11:57. > :12:02.tell the day. They had threatened me. When I asked the cancer bgs is
:12:03. > :12:08.there any alternty, they said if I ask any more questions, the right
:12:09. > :12:11.for me to make a decision would be taken from me and they would get a
:12:12. > :12:15.court paper to say they have right over my child. From that moment I
:12:16. > :12:19.had so much fear to mention anything to them. Because they could have
:12:20. > :12:22.stopped my son getting any treatment and just forcing this strong
:12:23. > :12:26.treatment on him. From that moment on, I had to keep everything quiet.
:12:27. > :12:31.But I told them over and again I wrote to them and sent e-mails,
:12:32. > :12:36.which he never responded to, to say I'm taking my son to get better
:12:37. > :12:40.treatment. But I couldn't tell me when, otherwise they would have
:12:41. > :12:46.stopped me. I was in fear. When you realised you were being chased, that
:12:47. > :12:53.you were arrested, what did you think? We just wanted to go down to
:12:54. > :12:59.where our holiday home is and spend some time there, sell our apartment
:13:00. > :13:02.and then go on our way to the Czech Republic. When I saw the police
:13:03. > :13:08.outside, we panicked and didn't know what to do and we went to Malaga, my
:13:09. > :13:14.wife said there is a good hospital there, let's stop there and work out
:13:15. > :13:18.what to do. That is what we did. But I never thought they would been
:13:19. > :13:23.serious. My children were at the swimming pool and we were trying to
:13:24. > :13:28.enjoy ourselves. Somebody said to us that someone's called the police. I
:13:29. > :13:32.said OK, we are not going to run. How angry are you? I wouldn't say
:13:33. > :13:38.angry, I'm just missing my son so much. My heart is aching for my son.
:13:39. > :13:44.Anger can't come in, because I have feelings that I have got to see my
:13:45. > :13:51.son. I wash his mouth, because he can't drink through his mouth. I
:13:52. > :13:54.want to turn him every 15 to 20 minutes. I want to do the things I
:13:55. > :13:59.was doing in Southampton. As a mother, who spent so much time in
:14:00. > :14:05.hospital with him in Southampton, to be separated from him by hundreds of
:14:06. > :14:10.miles and put behind bars, can you explain what that has been like?
:14:11. > :14:16.Well all I was doing all the time, just crying and praying so I could
:14:17. > :14:20.be reunited. We have learned Ashya could have a matter of months to
:14:21. > :14:24.live. He is with a nurse here 24 hours a day and his parents seemed
:14:25. > :14:29.very calm last night. But there is the question how did a British
:14:30. > :14:31.couple end up in a Spanish prison separated from their very ill young
:14:32. > :14:35.son? Thank you. Well the hospital where Ashya was
:14:36. > :14:38.a patient has been defending Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy
:14:39. > :14:46.is at Southampton General. What do the hospital have to say?
:14:47. > :14:51.Well this is the first time we have heard from the hospital. And they
:14:52. > :14:54.have contradicted everything the King family have been saying. In
:14:55. > :14:59.particular, they deny that Ashya was blocked from going to Prague to
:15:00. > :15:04.receive that therapy. In fact they say discussions were still going on
:15:05. > :15:09.with the family when he was taken last Thursday. I think can I
:15:10. > :15:16.understand that they were upset, yes. I don't think it is ever in a
:15:17. > :15:27.child's best interest to be taken from a place of safety, when the
:15:28. > :15:31.risks of being taken out were known. And without any one knowing they
:15:32. > :15:38.were leave from within the medical profession. The hospital speak of
:15:39. > :15:44.the family being irresponsible. But what happens to Ashya? She needs two
:15:45. > :15:49.rounds of of chemotherapy before he can go to Prague. The question is
:15:50. > :15:53.where does he get it. Relations between the family and the doctor
:15:54. > :15:58.are so bad President Obama condemns
:15:59. > :16:02.as repulsive and barbaric the beheading of a
:16:03. > :16:05.second journalist by Islamic State. David Cameron chairs
:16:06. > :16:07.an emergency meeting discuss Why plans protect wildflower to
:16:08. > :16:31.meadows may had have Later, the capital could get to
:16:32. > :16:36.cycling routes would some names separated by traffic. And the movie
:16:37. > :16:38.based on the true story of a tragedy, seemed to appear at the BFI
:16:39. > :16:42.film Festival. William Pooley,
:16:43. > :16:44.the British nurse who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone,
:16:45. > :16:48.has left hospital this morning, saying he feels "wonderfully lucky"
:16:49. > :16:50.to have survived. Mr Pooley, who's 29, was flown back
:16:51. > :16:54.to the UK last month for treatment in a special isolation unit at
:16:55. > :16:57.the Royal Free Hospital in London. He thanked staff at the hospital for
:16:58. > :17:00.the "world-class care" he received. Here's our health correspondent
:17:01. > :17:11.Branwen Jeffreys. The basic in hospital in
:17:12. > :17:11.Sierra Leone where Will Pooley saw first-hand the horrors
:17:12. > :17:16.of Ebola. He may never know how he
:17:17. > :17:18.too became infected. Today, clear of the virus,
:17:19. > :17:21.he describes the moment It is a bit disturbing to get that
:17:22. > :17:27.diagnosis, but I suppose I was half expecting
:17:28. > :17:32.it, because I'd been feeling sick. I was worried I was going to die,
:17:33. > :17:35.I was worried about my family. To reach the plane home,
:17:36. > :17:43.Will travelled to 160 miles When I was brought onto
:17:44. > :17:49.the runway and saw the plane waiting for me and a big
:17:50. > :17:57.team of Brits, it was just amazing. In the isolation unit in London he
:17:58. > :18:07.was nursed day and night Will avoided the worst symptoms,
:18:08. > :18:20.unlike friends he's The contrast... On the one hand,
:18:21. > :18:27.I've only got praise for the level Just amazing, the level of skill,
:18:28. > :18:35.professionalism and compassion Of course,
:18:36. > :18:43.it's not the same in West Africa. Will Pooley has made a complete
:18:44. > :18:57.physical recovery thanks to the But to get over the trauma
:18:58. > :19:03.of what he saw in West Africa and then of being infected himself
:19:04. > :19:06.with the Ebola virus could take Ukraine's Prime Minister has branded
:19:07. > :19:18.Russia a terrorist state that is solely to blame for the conflict
:19:19. > :19:21.in the east of his country. Arseny Yatseniuk said Moscow
:19:22. > :19:23.would bear responsibility Speaking on the eve of a NATO
:19:24. > :19:31.summit, he re-affirmed his countrys Speaking on the eve of a NATO
:19:32. > :19:34.summit, he re-affirmed his country's Our correspondent Chris
:19:35. > :19:38.Morris sent this report. President Obama has come to a
:19:39. > :19:43.NATO member state that was once ruled from Moscow as part
:19:44. > :19:46.of the Soviet Union. The message
:19:47. > :19:48.and the symbolism is clear - you are Russian aggression
:19:49. > :19:53.in Ukraine has made the three Baltic As the President began
:19:54. > :20:01.his official business, conflicting reports of a cease-fire
:20:02. > :20:03.in eastern Ukraine came and went, but one demand is constant - Russia
:20:04. > :20:07.has to change course and assistance We have consistently supported
:20:08. > :20:15.the effort of the President to achieve a meaningful cease-fire that
:20:16. > :20:22.can lead to a political settlement. And there is a concern here
:20:23. > :20:31.about what President Putin may be Two hours to be East,
:20:32. > :20:38.this is Nova, and the river forms the border between Russia over
:20:39. > :20:40.there and Estonia over here. In fact, we are closer to St
:20:41. > :20:46.Petersburg than we are to Tallinn. 90% of this town's population
:20:47. > :21:03.are ethnic Russian. and in particular
:21:04. > :21:06.on what is happening in Ukraine. You do think about that, because you
:21:07. > :21:09.cannot not think about that when you But I don't think we worry much yet.
:21:10. > :21:14.There is nothing to worry about. But, you know, it's a good time
:21:15. > :21:17.for Obama to come here. I don't know how the rest
:21:18. > :21:21.of the world is seeing as, but we've In eastern Ukraine,
:21:22. > :21:26.pro-Russian separatists have made NATO is certain that would not have
:21:27. > :21:30.happened without direct Russian That's why President Obama said it
:21:31. > :21:34.was important to impose costs on Russia as long as Moscow continues
:21:35. > :21:38.to violate international law. The relationship, he said, between
:21:39. > :22:03.NATO and Russia has clearly changed. President Obama is using this
:22:04. > :22:09.occasion to send a strong message to Russia, isn't he? Yes, we have heard
:22:10. > :22:14.this message before. They want to have a good relationship with
:22:15. > :22:18.Russia. He said, our hope is for a strong, productive Russia, but what
:22:19. > :22:23.we've seen recently is aggression and appeals to nationalism, which is
:22:24. > :22:28.a cause for concern. I think at the NATO summit we will certainly see
:22:29. > :22:33.the ranks closing, support for Ukraine and so forth. But over here,
:22:34. > :22:41.the issue is this - they would like to see the permanent basing of NATO
:22:42. > :22:44.troops in the Baltic states. According to NATO, that would
:22:45. > :22:49.violate previous treaty commitments between NATO and Russia, but the
:22:50. > :22:53.argument here is that Russia has already by late of those commitments
:22:54. > :23:01.and that the circumstances have changed and NATO has to change to
:23:02. > :23:05.take account of that. Obama says, yes, the relationship is clearly
:23:06. > :23:10.changing, but I'm not sure within NATO there is a unanimous view that
:23:11. > :23:12.basing people here permanently and upping the anti-with Russia is in
:23:13. > :23:18.anyone's interest at the moment. There have been calls
:23:19. > :23:20.for the entire membership of Rotherham Council to resign
:23:21. > :23:23.after a heated public meeting. Local people expressed anger
:23:24. > :23:25.after a report published last week revealed that 1,400 children had
:23:26. > :23:28.been abused over a 16-year period. During the meeting it emerged that
:23:29. > :23:30.several members of the council are under investigation
:23:31. > :23:44.- as Danny Savage reports. Attention today turned to Rotherham
:23:45. > :23:49.town hall. It looked calm on the outside ahead of a local council
:23:50. > :23:53.meeting to focus on the disgraceful events in the town. But that can't
:23:54. > :23:59.did not last long, once the public were invited to ask questions.
:24:00. > :24:02.People should be allowed to express their opinion. We are very angry and
:24:03. > :24:10.we don't know why all of you have not resigned. Our children were
:24:11. > :24:20.being raped and abused and you are telling me as a counsellor you can
:24:21. > :24:26.sit there and barefaced tell me that you wouldn't say anything? But the
:24:27. > :24:30.councillors were going anywhere. In a formal statement, the authority
:24:31. > :24:38.partly blamed for this scandal gave its own apology. It is with a deep
:24:39. > :24:42.sense of regret we are here today to discuss the past as a council. We're
:24:43. > :24:47.badly let down people and families we were supposed to protect. But
:24:48. > :24:52.that was is not enough is in a public gallery who eventually walked
:24:53. > :25:00.out. They are too scared to say it is Pakistani men who were doing it.
:25:01. > :25:04.I don't think anything will happen. There wasn't a huge turnout from the
:25:05. > :25:08.public, about 40 people in all. But they asked plenty of relevant
:25:09. > :25:13.questions and showed how angry they were, repeatedly calling for the
:25:14. > :25:18.whole council to resign. Some have gone already, others are being
:25:19. > :25:23.suspended and investigated. The sexual abuse of 1400 children in one
:25:24. > :25:27.town will have many consequences for this council yet.
:25:28. > :25:29.Conservationists and local residents are furious that
:25:30. > :25:31.European plans to protect endangered wildflower meadows like these may
:25:32. > :25:35.According to a report for the nature watchdog
:25:36. > :25:38.Natural England, it's led the rate of meadow-loss to actually increase,
:25:39. > :25:40.as farmers rushed to plough meadows up before the additional
:25:41. > :25:53.Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin has more.
:25:54. > :25:56.Here is an increasingly rare sight - a meadow like the ones
:25:57. > :26:02.Still a delight for the next generation.
:26:03. > :26:09.Orchids are common, too, alongside a flower that makes
:26:10. > :26:14.Like you used to have when you were a baby
:26:15. > :26:18.Rattle. It's a yellow rattle.
:26:19. > :26:24.Around 90% of meadows like this have been dug up
:26:25. > :26:27.as farmers came under pressure to increase food production.
:26:28. > :26:32.And the speed of loss of meadows has recently intensified.
:26:33. > :26:37.We're seeing between 20 and 30% loss of the sites since 2005.
:26:38. > :26:40.It's a massive issue for us and we are very concerned.
:26:41. > :26:45.A battle is currently underway over this meadow near Coventry.
:26:46. > :26:47.Locals loved it, but the farmer said it wasn't good
:26:48. > :26:51.for wildlife, and the authorities gave him permission to spray it with
:26:52. > :26:58.Locals say the meadow was rich in wildlife, and are trying to prove
:26:59. > :27:03.Before the farmer sprayed weedkiller, it was green and lush.
:27:04. > :27:05.I feel a real sort of relationship to the field,
:27:06. > :27:12.We just can't really believe it has happened.
:27:13. > :27:16.Whatever the rights or wrongs of this issue, it is clear policy to
:27:17. > :27:21.Ministers warned farmers there may be new rules safeguarding meadows.
:27:22. > :27:25.Some farmers responded by ploughing up their meadows as quickly
:27:26. > :27:31.The number of Meadows destroyed has actually increased.
:27:32. > :27:34.The Coventry farmer was later filmed by locals as he ploughed the meadow.
:27:35. > :27:39.He didn't want to talk to us, but wildlife groups say
:27:40. > :27:44.the episode proves nature protection isn't tight enough.
:27:45. > :27:49.We've made promoting wildlife diversity a major priority
:27:50. > :27:52.in the way we implement the new farming rules.
:27:53. > :27:56.We are looking to increase habitats for rare species to help farm
:27:57. > :28:00.and bird populations recover, so this is very much at the top
:28:01. > :28:05.of our agenda when it comes to implementing these new rules.
:28:06. > :28:08.Our children's children will inherit places like this,
:28:09. > :28:13.But its nature watchdog Natural England warns that, unless
:28:14. > :28:29.its policies are changed, wildlife will continue to disappear.
:28:30. > :28:45.Hello. The weather remains and nine, this is the satellite picture. You
:28:46. > :28:51.can see a lot of cloud around at the start of the day, but that have been
:28:52. > :28:55.some good breaks, allowing sunshine. Through this afternoon, most places
:28:56. > :29:00.will at least be dry, with variable amounts of cloud and glimmers of
:29:01. > :29:03.sunshine from time to time. That's all thanks to this area of high
:29:04. > :29:12.pressure driving our weather pattern. There is an much motion to
:29:13. > :29:16.the atmosphere, which is why we're seeing so much cloud. For the
:29:17. > :29:20.afternoon, you conceive variable amounts appearing, with the odd
:29:21. > :29:24.sunny spell. I think the sunshine will be limited across Scotland and
:29:25. > :29:34.could be big enough for the odd spot of rain in the Western and Northern
:29:35. > :29:39.Isles. Temperatures in Northern Ireland are around 18 or 19
:29:40. > :29:44.Celsius. Any sunshine in England and Wales could nudge temperatures up to
:29:45. > :29:48.22 Celsius, so feeling quite warmer in the sunshine. This evening and
:29:49. > :29:54.overnight, we start to see that cloud rolling back in. Most places
:29:55. > :29:58.will be pretty cloudy, with the best of any breaks across the south-west
:29:59. > :30:03.corner, towards Wales and western Scotland. Here, it could be quite
:30:04. > :30:07.cool with mist and fog around and temperatures in the mid-single
:30:08. > :30:11.figures. Into those day, very little change. High pressure continues to
:30:12. > :30:16.dominate but we start to see this weather front across the North West
:30:17. > :30:21.slowly encroaching towards western Scotland and Northern Ireland
:30:22. > :30:27.through the day. Elsewhere, another dry day with variable amounts of
:30:28. > :30:32.cloud and glimmers of sunshine. Pleasantly warm in that sunshine, up
:30:33. > :30:37.to 22 or 23 Celsius. A bit cooler in the north and why we have the cloud.
:30:38. > :30:43.On Friday, that weather front continues its journey south, so
:30:44. > :30:47.outbreaks of rain in Scotland and Northern Ireland. England and Wales
:30:48. > :30:53.are dry, again feeling warm and the sunshine. Subtle changes for the
:30:54. > :30:56.weekend. Again, for many it is variable amounts of cloud and
:30:57. > :31:00.sunshine. A bit of rain will continue to move south but will
:31:01. > :31:06.fizzle out as it reaches southern areas. Behind it, turning cooler.
:31:07. > :31:08.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime.
:31:09. > :31:10.President Obama condemns as barbaric the beheading
:31:11. > :31:13.of a second American journalist by Islamic State - David Cameron chairs
:31:14. > :31:16.an emergency meeting to discuss the threat to a British hostage.
:31:17. > :31:20.That's all from us - now on BBC One, it's time