:00:08. > :00:09.David Cameron says he will not rule out military action against
:00:10. > :00:14.Islamic State as they hold a British man hostage.
:00:15. > :00:17.With the Middle East centre-stage as world leaders gather for the
:00:18. > :00:22.Nato summit in Wales, Mr Cameron said he wouldn't rule anything out.
:00:23. > :00:25.What is required, and we have this, a strategy to help
:00:26. > :00:27.those on the ground and have an Iraqi government there
:00:28. > :00:31.Kurdish forces that can make a difference,
:00:32. > :00:34.and then we ask what more we can do to help them.
:00:35. > :00:41.We'll be looking at western strategy and be asking
:00:42. > :00:44.just what the government can do to help the hostage.
:00:45. > :00:50.Victims of crime are encouraged by police to investigate offences
:00:51. > :00:57.As more than 100 migrants try to get on a ferry in Calais to Britain,
:00:58. > :01:02.the mayor says she might close down the port.
:01:03. > :01:05.Scrap some benefits for older people in England to help fund health and
:01:06. > :01:16.As we have more people with long-term conditions it has to be
:01:17. > :01:18.paid for either by those individuals and their families or spread across
:01:19. > :01:21.the taxpayer. After last year's horse meat
:01:22. > :01:25.scandal, a report calls for a food Detectives searching for
:01:26. > :01:30.a missing 14-year-old from Hanwell Brent Council said this home wasn't
:01:31. > :01:38.fit to live in, so why did they Good afternoon
:01:39. > :02:02.and welcome to the BBC News at One. The Prime Minister says he won't
:02:03. > :02:05.rule out military action against extremists from Islamic State, who
:02:06. > :02:08.are holding a British man hostage. But, speaking ahead
:02:09. > :02:12.of a Nato summit in Wales, David Cameron said any intervention
:02:13. > :02:14.had to be with the consent Mr Cameron is
:02:15. > :02:20."personally supervising" efforts to secure the release of the hostage,
:02:21. > :02:23.but he made clear that the UK would It comes after the murder
:02:24. > :02:44.of two American journalists Nato members arrive, fired by a new
:02:45. > :02:48.sense of purpose. The crisis in Ukraine and the rise of Islamic
:02:49. > :02:52.State have focused minds. For Britain there is the urgent issue of
:02:53. > :02:58.of the British hostage captured by militants. When a British person is
:02:59. > :03:00.taken hostage anywhere in the world I make sure that every part of
:03:01. > :03:05.government comes together and I supervise both personally to make
:03:06. > :03:13.sure we ask the intelligence services, the police, whoever else,
:03:14. > :03:18.to ask, what can we do? President Obama and David Cameron dropped into
:03:19. > :03:22.a nearby primary school. The two leaders are presenting a united
:03:23. > :03:30.front, promising they will not be led by extremists. There is no doubt
:03:31. > :03:33.the stakes are high. The Nato Secretary General said this was one
:03:34. > :03:40.of the most important summits in the history of the Alliance. A crucial
:03:41. > :03:44.summit at a crucial time. We are faced with a dramatically changed
:03:45. > :03:53.security environment. To the east, Russia is attacking Ukraine. To the
:03:54. > :03:59.south east, we see the rise of a terrorist organisation, the
:04:00. > :04:02.so-called Islamic State. EU leaders and President Obama were joined in
:04:03. > :04:08.their discussions by the Ukrainian president. The emerging crises pose
:04:09. > :04:09.a huge challenge to Nato after decades in which the Alliance has
:04:10. > :04:13.struggled to justify its role. Let's speak to Norman Smith, who's
:04:14. > :04:26.in Newport. Do you think we are to joining
:04:27. > :04:30.American attacks on Islamic State? Do not expect a decision today or
:04:31. > :04:36.tomorrow on Britain suddenly joining air strikes. David Cameron and
:04:37. > :04:41.President Obama spent a fair amount of time together this morning and I
:04:42. > :04:45.understand there was no request for Britain to join in straightaway, but
:04:46. > :04:52.you sense the conversation has moved from if to win. The discussion is
:04:53. > :04:59.about the timetable and that timetable will hinge on a series off
:05:00. > :05:03.key steps being met. The first is that neighbouring powers in the
:05:04. > :05:06.region, neighbouring countries, take the lead in confronting Islamic
:05:07. > :05:11.State, so that any involvement by Britain and others is not seen as a
:05:12. > :05:17.westerly intervention. The second thing is to ensure that the new
:05:18. > :05:21.Iraqi government is a genuinely open inclusive government, not a
:05:22. > :05:28.sectarian or tribal government. The third thing is to only intervene at
:05:29. > :05:32.the request of the Iraqi government. Significantly, David Cameron was
:05:33. > :05:39.asked repeatedly and repeatedly did not rule out air strikes, but one of
:05:40. > :05:43.the objections has been raised so far which is, how do you strike
:05:44. > :05:48.Islamic State in Syria without the approval of the President? His
:05:49. > :05:53.response is that the president is in effect a war criminal, he can be
:05:54. > :05:58.ignored. The clear indications are that the clock is ticking down on
:05:59. > :06:06.some form of British military involvement. Should the Prime
:06:07. > :06:11.Minister decided that air strikes are the way forward, does he have
:06:12. > :06:15.the legal basis to carry them out? He believed he does. He does not
:06:16. > :06:19.believe that would be a breach of international law to launch air
:06:20. > :06:26.strikes in Syria without the approval of President Assad because
:06:27. > :06:29.his regime is viewed as having carried out war crimes and therefore
:06:30. > :06:34.it is illegitimate and can be ignored.
:06:35. > :06:37.Let's pick up on those comments by the Prime Minister that he's
:06:38. > :06:39.personally supervising efforts to free the British hostage,
:06:40. > :06:43.We are not naming him, at the request of his family.
:06:44. > :06:45.Our security correspondent is with me.
:06:46. > :06:59.The Prime Minister said that he personally supervises this process
:07:00. > :07:04.where you have the intelligence services, the police, looking at how
:07:05. > :07:10.to support the family. The Foreign Secretary said they are looking at a
:07:11. > :07:15.range of options. The UK does not pay ransoms for hostages, the Prime
:07:16. > :07:20.Minister reiterated. The concern is that that money goes to feel more
:07:21. > :07:30.hostage taking to pay for weapons, to support terrorist attacks -- IS.
:07:31. > :07:35.The UK does not make the standard concessions, does not change policy.
:07:36. > :07:41.That was an attempt at a rescue mission a few months ago. US special
:07:42. > :07:52.forces went in to get this group of hostages but phoned they had been
:07:53. > :07:56.moved. That rain -- the terrain is very difficult. That makes it a
:07:57. > :08:00.challenge. These options have been looked at four months by this group
:08:01. > :08:04.of officials but it is only in the last few days this has become
:08:05. > :08:08.public. That is because of that chilling video. What bad video does
:08:09. > :08:11.is it puts more pressure on the people making the decisions -- that
:08:12. > :08:15.video. A report out today seems to confirm
:08:16. > :08:18.what many people have long suspected,
:08:19. > :08:20.that there are some crimes police Cuts to police budgets have led
:08:21. > :08:26.forces to set priorities, meaning some offences, like car crime, have
:08:27. > :08:29.been effectively decriminalised. Some victims
:08:30. > :08:31.of crime have even been "encouraged" Here's
:08:32. > :08:44.our home affairs correspondent. Police forces under pressure from
:08:45. > :08:49.shrinking budgets are having to find ways of saving money. One is the so
:08:50. > :08:54.desk -based investigation in which all of the work is done by
:08:55. > :08:58.telephone. Inspectors said that might sometimes be appropriate but
:08:59. > :09:04.warned it should not be taken too far. Police are at their desks in
:09:05. > :09:08.the station have asked victims to talk to neighbours, to see if anyone
:09:09. > :09:12.saw what happened, check for CCTV cameras to see if anything was
:09:13. > :09:17.recorded and even to check for fingerprints. It is, in effect,
:09:18. > :09:24.asking the victims to become DIY detectives. What victims of crime
:09:25. > :09:28.are telling us in relation to these issues is that they do not want to
:09:29. > :09:33.be asked to carry out the investigation for the police. Can
:09:34. > :09:38.you imagine after the trauma of the crime being asked to go and check
:09:39. > :09:43.CCTV, to knock on doors to see if someone is a witness? That is not
:09:44. > :09:46.the right way for things to happen. Inspectors said when it comes to
:09:47. > :09:51.things like the cold crime and criminal damage some police forces
:09:52. > :09:58.appeared to have given up -- vehicle. Some forces have adopted
:09:59. > :10:03.this almost do nothing approach to these types of crime, and the result
:10:04. > :10:10.will be decriminalisation, nothing is happening. Senior officers said
:10:11. > :10:14.in this climate of austerity, cuts of around a quarter in police
:10:15. > :10:19.budgets, the public had to accept some changes. What the police are
:10:20. > :10:24.doing is taking risk-based decisions and focusing on what is important
:10:25. > :10:28.across a wide range of policing activities we have to deliver on,
:10:29. > :10:32.and making judgements, and sadly some of the lesser crimes, important
:10:33. > :10:39.to the victims, are dealt with differently. Sometimes police
:10:40. > :10:42.community support officers, not constables or train to investigate
:10:43. > :10:48.crimes, were being asked to do exactly that. The police
:10:49. > :10:52.superintendents Association warned that some of the basic functions of
:10:53. > :10:58.policing appeared to be slipping through the cracks.
:10:59. > :11:01.Benefits for older people, such as free television licences and help
:11:02. > :11:03.with winter fuel payments, should be scrapped to help fund health
:11:04. > :11:09.That's according to an independent report which says
:11:10. > :11:13.the present system is "unfair, confusing, and inefficient".
:11:14. > :11:17.It says personal care should still be free for anyone in critical need,
:11:18. > :11:21.but the elderly should pay more for the services they make most use of.
:11:22. > :11:25.Here's our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes.
:11:26. > :11:27.An ageing population and expensive new treatments mean
:11:28. > :11:32.While using the NHS is free, in England social care is heavily
:11:33. > :11:36.means tested which means those suffering from an illness such as
:11:37. > :11:39.dementia can make a very different contribution to the cost of their
:11:40. > :11:46.For someone like Becky, whose dad has dementia,
:11:47. > :11:52.It has no interest in the actual person at the centre of it.
:11:53. > :11:56.It is purely in my experience a case of wrangling between local
:11:57. > :12:02.The authors of today's report say implementing their proposals would
:12:03. > :12:06.cost an additional ?5 billion a year by 2025.
:12:07. > :12:09.They suggest some of this could be raised by increasing the number
:12:10. > :12:13.of people who have to pay for their prescriptions, but lowering
:12:14. > :12:19.Other suggestions include limiting free TV licenses
:12:20. > :12:24.and winter fuel payments, and increasing national insurance
:12:25. > :12:25.payments for older and better paid people.
:12:26. > :12:28.Sometimes when people look at this issue they say it is
:12:29. > :12:31.unaffordable but the truth is as we have more people with long-term
:12:32. > :12:34.conditions it has to be paid for, either by those individuals
:12:35. > :12:38.and their families, or spread more fairly across the taxpayer.
:12:39. > :12:42.Under these proposals wealthier older people will pay more to create
:12:43. > :12:45.a system closer to that in Scotland where social care costs
:12:46. > :12:52.There are some concerns that the elderly will be asked to pay
:12:53. > :13:00.A lot of older people will look at the list of recommendations
:13:01. > :13:04.and think it is quite a big hit on their incomes and I am being asked
:13:05. > :13:07.as an older person to give up the certainty of money today for the
:13:08. > :13:11.The government says it is already moving towards
:13:12. > :13:19.There are no plans to change national insurance payments
:13:20. > :13:24.This report warns today's system cannot continue as it is
:13:25. > :13:37.and that all politicians must face up to the need for radical change.
:13:38. > :13:43.David Cameron says he will not rule out military action against Islamic
:13:44. > :13:48.State as they hold a British man hostage. The most far reaching
:13:49. > :13:56.changes in decades to special needs education in England.
:13:57. > :13:59.With two weeks to go until the referendum north of the border, what
:14:00. > :14:15.do Scots in London think of independence? That and the rest of
:14:16. > :14:20.the news, plus the weather. The discovery of horsemeat in a
:14:21. > :14:22.number of food products last year highlighted a worrying trend of
:14:23. > :14:24.criminals targeting the food industry.
:14:25. > :14:33.with huge profits and low risks and with huge profits and low risks and
:14:34. > :14:34.lack of knowledge about the extent of criminal operations,
:14:35. > :14:36.lack of knowledge about the extent a report which calls for a dedicated
:14:37. > :14:55.crime unit to be set up. Public confidence plunged, the
:14:56. > :15:00.apologies came. The companies say they have improved DNA testing. But
:15:01. > :15:05.today's report once we need more protection from the food criminals.
:15:06. > :15:09.We want to make sure that consumers have full confidence in the food
:15:10. > :15:15.they buy, they are able to understand what is on the label is
:15:16. > :15:20.what is on the packet, and that is what the food crime unit will make
:15:21. > :15:24.sure this happening. To keep our food safe, a much broader and more
:15:25. > :15:29.coherent approach is needed. The food crime unit is one strand of
:15:30. > :15:34.food crime provide -- prevention strategy. On its own, it will not
:15:35. > :15:37.function. It has to be supported by the work of industry and many
:15:38. > :15:42.different government agencies. Some of the main recommendations, there
:15:43. > :15:47.should be unannounced audits by inspectors, better standardised
:15:48. > :15:50.laboratory testing, and a 0 tolerance approach adopted towards
:15:51. > :15:53.the food fraudsters. Food inspectors like Rebecca are the front line.
:15:54. > :16:02.the food fraudsters. Food inspectors sausages. This farm shop got top
:16:03. > :16:05.marks. Teams like Rebecca 's have suffered 45% cuts, while the
:16:06. > :16:10.criminals grow more sophisticated. They are under pressure. Food is big
:16:11. > :16:15.business. Where you have big business you are probably going to
:16:16. > :16:20.have big crime. It is a worldwide issue, I would say. Could new
:16:21. > :16:25.technology help? The latest equipment can now very rapidly
:16:26. > :16:30.identify meat, but only before it is processed. That is our minced pork
:16:31. > :16:35.chop being examined by the machine and this is how quickly it gathers
:16:36. > :16:40.its data. A few seconds later, here we are, not beef. This is real
:16:41. > :16:42.progress, but it is not a catchall solution. But who should pay? That
:16:43. > :16:51.bit is not so clear. Eight men are due to appear
:16:52. > :16:54.in court in Milton Keynes this morning - charged with child sex
:16:55. > :16:57.abuse over a seven-year period. The men were arrested in raids
:16:58. > :16:59.in Aylesbury and other towns three other men have been released
:17:00. > :17:06.without charge. More than 1.5 million children
:17:07. > :17:08.in England have special educational needs - and this week some
:17:09. > :17:11.of the biggest changes to the way Parents will now be able to choose
:17:12. > :17:15.whether their child attends an academy, a free school or
:17:16. > :17:18.a further education college. The government says the reforms
:17:19. > :17:21."put children and parents at the But critics have warned the changes
:17:22. > :17:24.have been implemented too quickly. Here's our disability news
:17:25. > :17:39.correspondent, Nikki Fox. I am worried, because with any
:17:40. > :17:43.change there is unpredictable and anxiety. Justine's full-time job is
:17:44. > :17:48.making sure her son Robert receives the education he needs. You want the
:17:49. > :17:55.best for your child, it is the unknown, do I have to start again? I
:17:56. > :17:57.speak to lots of parents, is another battle we have got? Robert
:17:58. > :18:01.Huth-shinning autism and needs one-to-one assistance in the
:18:02. > :18:06.classroom. -- Robert has high functioning autism. What would your
:18:07. > :18:12.school life be like without extra support? I would not have coped. I
:18:13. > :18:15.would have snapped, like a small tree branch. Robert is on the
:18:16. > :18:20.statement. Under the new reforms, the statement will disappear and be
:18:21. > :18:24.replaced by an education, health and care plan, which means it's school,
:18:25. > :18:29.the NHS and the local council will work together to identify his
:18:30. > :18:35.specific needs. It is this 280 page document that spells out the
:18:36. > :18:40.changes. It was released just a few weeks before the end of term and is
:18:41. > :18:45.concerning those who have to deliver it. Teachers at the moment are very
:18:46. > :18:50.confused about what they are meant to be doing differently under the
:18:51. > :18:53.new reforms. They want to be part of a multi-agency team around the
:18:54. > :18:58.child, but you don't get different to agencies to work together just by
:18:59. > :19:02.saying it must happen. You need all the different agencies to be fully
:19:03. > :19:07.staffed and the professionals to have time to go to meetings, to
:19:08. > :19:10.liaise with each other and share information. We have been making
:19:11. > :19:13.sure through parent care forums on the teaching unions that everyone
:19:14. > :19:17.who needs to know have the information at their fingertips.
:19:18. > :19:19.This school is one of several pathfinders around England, which
:19:20. > :19:24.means they have had over 18 months to implement the changes. So far,
:19:25. > :19:31.the response has been positive. We have children with statements some
:19:32. > :19:36.on the new education and health care plans and we have got children with
:19:37. > :19:39.SEN, which is good because one child with autism is totally different to
:19:40. > :19:44.another child autism. It is tailoring to individual needs,
:19:45. > :19:49.whatever they are. After years of fighting for her son's education,
:19:50. > :19:51.Justine hopes the new system will continue to meet Robert's needs so
:19:52. > :19:58.he can reach his full potential. A murder inquiry has been launched
:19:59. > :20:01.after a woman was found stabbed to The body of 47 year old
:20:02. > :20:06.Penelope Davies was discovered Let's speak to our correspondent,
:20:07. > :20:21.Duncan Kennedy, who's there. The local community is stunned and
:20:22. > :20:27.shocked by the discovery of a murdered woman in a field in the
:20:28. > :20:32.middle of the New Forest. That woman was Penny Davies, a mother of five,
:20:33. > :20:38.47 years old. You can see the spot behind me where her body was found
:20:39. > :20:42.in the field. That is why she kept horses, and where on Tuesday
:20:43. > :20:46.afternoon at 4:40pm, home of -- her body was discovered with multiple
:20:47. > :20:49.stab wounds, by her husband, who police say is traumatised by this.
:20:50. > :20:53.They have appealed for witnesses. This is a popular area with
:20:54. > :20:58.tourists, in the middle of the New Forest. Thousands go through here.
:20:59. > :21:02.This is that run, the road I am standing next to. They want local
:21:03. > :21:08.people and tourists to come forward. They are saying this is a very rare
:21:09. > :21:12.crime. These kinds of crimes do not happen very often in a rural setting
:21:13. > :21:15.like this. They have increased police patrols. They have asked
:21:16. > :21:20.people to be vigilant, because they don't know whether the person was
:21:21. > :21:26.known to Mrs Davies, or whether it was a complete stranger. They are at
:21:27. > :21:30.a loss as to know where to go with this. They have been carrying out
:21:31. > :21:35.what has been called a fingertip search, a line of police officers
:21:36. > :21:39.looking by the tent over my shoulder for any extra evidence that can
:21:40. > :21:43.point to the killer of Penelope Keith is, the 47-year-old mother of
:21:44. > :21:50.five, who was discovered on Tuesday -- Penelope Davies. The Mayor of
:21:51. > :21:55.Calais has threatened to close down the port because of the large number
:21:56. > :22:00.of migrants trying to get to England. Last night, more than 100
:22:01. > :22:04.tried to get onto a ferry but were stopped by police. The Mayor says
:22:05. > :22:11.Britain is not doing enough to stop migrants coming to the town.
:22:12. > :22:14.There's been a big increase in incidents of anti-semitism,
:22:15. > :22:16.according to a charity set up to protect Britain's Jewish community.
:22:17. > :22:18.The Community Security Trust says over 300 cases
:22:19. > :22:22.of anti-semitism were recorded in July - more than five times as many
:22:23. > :22:26.It says this summer's conflict in Gaza between Israel
:22:27. > :22:32.Our religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.
:22:33. > :22:34.Worshippers at this synagogue in Kingston in July were horrified
:22:35. > :22:38.to find a note stuck to a door calling them child-murderers.
:22:39. > :22:42.It was one of over 300 anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain that
:22:43. > :22:47.month, and clearly related to the conflict in Gaza.
:22:48. > :22:49.This synagogue, as a religious building, did not commit
:22:50. > :23:00.As such, that mistaken equation is a particular distortion of thought,
:23:01. > :23:05.A protest earlier this week in London, organised by
:23:06. > :23:11.It is a new group, formed in response to the rise
:23:12. > :23:21.in attacks, not just in Britain but elsewhere in Europe this summer.
:23:22. > :23:29.We have seen banners held aloft proclaiming support for Hamas, a
:23:30. > :23:34.prize -- proscribed terrorist organisation. We have heard support
:23:35. > :23:38.for Hitler and saying that Jews should be sent to gas chambers.
:23:39. > :23:41.These things are illegal hate speech and should be prosecuted.
:23:42. > :23:44.The Community Security Trust, which logs incidents of anti-Semitism,
:23:45. > :23:47.says of 300 in July a quarter of the abuse took place online,
:23:48. > :23:50.We are standing up to anti-Semitism, because
:23:51. > :23:55.the rise has been unbelievable, and is unacceptable in the 21st century,
:23:56. > :24:10.Last month, the Muslim Council of Britain joined the Board of
:24:11. > :24:12.Ed Miliband says Scots should vote Labour
:24:13. > :24:14.at the next general election - rather than voting for independence
:24:15. > :24:20.But the SNP leader, Alex Salmond, claims "hundreds of thousands"
:24:21. > :24:23.of Labour supporters will back independence on September 18th.
:24:24. > :24:31.Here's our political correspondent, Tim Reid.
:24:32. > :24:39.There are few places more important in this campaign than Scotland's
:24:40. > :24:41.traditional Labour heartlands. It is why Ed Miliband headed to
:24:42. > :24:45.Lanarkshire this morning, well aware that streets like this will be
:24:46. > :24:49.crucial to winning Scotland's heart and his hope of keeping the UK
:24:50. > :24:55.together. So many people in Scotland feel the country is not working for
:24:56. > :25:01.them and they will be asking should we be voting No or voting Yes. My
:25:02. > :25:04.strong messages to vote No in the referendum, because the Labour
:25:05. > :25:10.government is on the way. Labour government with genuine proposals
:25:11. > :25:14.for social justice. -- just two weeks until polling day, the gap has
:25:15. > :25:20.tightened and promises over workers pay and taxes on the rich which
:25:21. > :25:24.could prove crucial. Marking a top -- marking a decade at the top of
:25:25. > :25:28.their party, Scotland's First Minister and his deputy today, keen
:25:29. > :25:33.to appeal to working class Labour voters, hence their promise to
:25:34. > :25:38.protect the NHS and create jobs. Today, they even stole a well worn
:25:39. > :25:42.Labour mantra to create opportunities for the many, not the
:25:43. > :25:46.few. Scotland was the ability to create a more prosperous economy but
:25:47. > :25:51.also a just and fair society. That is what people are voting for and in
:25:52. > :25:54.hundreds and thousands they are moving to the yes campaign,
:25:55. > :25:58.including 200,000 people plus, who normally vote Labour, who are saying
:25:59. > :26:02.yes. The SNP leadership will spend the remaining two weeks of the
:26:03. > :26:05.campaign seeking to persuade Scotland voting Yes vote is not
:26:06. > :26:09.necessarily a vote for nationalism. That wants independent voters can
:26:10. > :26:14.choose whatever party of government they wished, including Labour. It is
:26:15. > :26:19.a message the prounion parties have to counter if they UK is to remain
:26:20. > :26:25.as one. The BBC let -- the BBC has learned
:26:26. > :26:28.that Conservative MPs are being consulted on their views about
:26:29. > :26:32.possible military action in Iraq. Let's speak to James Landale. Does
:26:33. > :26:37.this suggest that action is being seriously considered? No, it is the
:26:38. > :26:42.most substantial evidence we have yet that the idea of military action
:26:43. > :26:47.in Iraq is now a possibility. What I was told by one Conservative MP if
:26:48. > :26:51.he was asked two questions, one, what did he think about military
:26:52. > :26:55.action in Iraq and secondly, what did he think about military action
:26:56. > :26:59.in Syria? The official sources say this is not a consultation about
:27:00. > :27:03.military action in Iraq, it is a broad consultation about a range of
:27:04. > :27:07.issues. Obviously including the Middle East, Ukraine, domestic
:27:08. > :27:12.issues. They say it is part of a consultation ahead of the foreigners
:27:13. > :27:17.-- foreign affairs debate that will take place next week. They say it is
:27:18. > :27:21.a regular thing that the whips office does and it is their job.
:27:22. > :27:24.Parliament breaks up next week, before the Scotland referendum and
:27:25. > :27:29.the entire party conference season. They say it is natural to get their
:27:30. > :27:34.views. However, the Conservative MPs I have spoken to say they are being
:27:35. > :27:40.consulted so the government can have a sense of if at any stage in the
:27:41. > :27:46.future they were to go down this route, they have a sense of what the
:27:47. > :27:50.Parliamentary party would do at the same time.
:27:51. > :27:53.Tennis, and Andy Murray's US Open campaign ended with a gruelling
:27:54. > :27:55.four-set defeat by Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals last night.
:27:56. > :28:00.in New York when the world number one finally took a closely fought
:28:01. > :28:06.7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory, after three hours and 32 minutes.
:28:07. > :28:14.The world welterweight boxing champion Kell Brook has been stabbed
:28:15. > :28:18.while on holiday in Tenerife. He is in hospital in a stable condition.
:28:19. > :28:23.He became the IBF world welterweight champion in August.
:28:24. > :28:32.in Syria? The official sources say this is not
:28:33. > :28:39.A decent looking day. The clouds have been breaking up. Lovely spells
:28:40. > :28:43.of sunshine around. Most places dry but the cloud across the North
:28:44. > :28:48.through the Central bank of Scotland is the Central bank of Scotland is
:28:49. > :28:52.of rain. Most places will remain dry this afternoon with light winds and
:28:53. > :28:55.sunny spells, feeling warm. The fine, settled weather is
:28:56. > :28:59.attributable to the high pressure across Europe. This weather front
:29:00. > :29:06.across the north-west. To make inroads on Friday. For the rest of
:29:07. > :29:10.this afternoon, most of the map is lit up golden, with sunshine. Patchy
:29:11. > :29:16.cloud here and there. The odd spot of rain towards the central belt.
:29:17. > :29:21.Inverness reached 22 Celsius. Back to 21 now. Cloud thickening up by
:29:22. > :29:27.the end of the afternoon to the west of the Highlands. The Hebrides have
:29:28. > :29:31.an top of rain. For much of Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, a lovely
:29:32. > :29:35.afternoon to come with plenty of sunshine. Feeling warm. Similar for
:29:36. > :29:39.England and Wales. A bit of low cloud and missed putting eastern
:29:40. > :29:45.coastal parts. With the sunshine it will feel pleasant. That is the
:29:46. > :29:49.afternoon. If I run the sequence until the evening and overnight, the
:29:50. > :29:51.weather front begins to make inroads across the north-west corner.
:29:52. > :29:55.Outbreaks of rain becoming more widespread for northern and western
:29:56. > :30:00.Scotland. Eventually in towards parts of Northern Ireland. For much
:30:01. > :30:05.of England and Wales, a dry night. Quite warm. Under clear spells we
:30:06. > :30:09.could see a bit of mist and fog developing. There is the weather
:30:10. > :30:13.front attributed to the area of low pressure towards the north of the
:30:14. > :30:17.UK, working southwards and eastwards as we head towards Friday morning. A
:30:18. > :30:21.cloudy start for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with outbreaks of
:30:22. > :30:25.rain. Behind it, it turns brighter, cool and fresher. A few heavy
:30:26. > :30:30.showers pushing in towards northern Scotland. For England and Wales is
:30:31. > :30:34.another day similar to the last few days, patchy cloud, some sunny
:30:35. > :30:39.spells. Where you get the sunshine, feeling warm. 22 in the south-east.
:30:40. > :30:43.Closer to 15 in the North of Scotland. The weekend, similar to
:30:44. > :30:47.the last few days. Some sunshine around. The band of rain in the
:30:48. > :30:52.north-west will continue to advance southwards across the country. This
:30:53. > :30:57.ruling out. It will lead to a legacy of cooler, fresh air. Some sunshine
:30:58. > :31:00.and a few showers. Not a write-off by any means.
:31:01. > :31:04.through the Central bank of Scotland is the Central bank of Scotland is
:31:05. > :31:11.David Cameron has said he will not rule out military action against
:31:12. > :31:14.Islamic State, as they hold a British man hostage.