:00:07. > :00:08.David Cameron prepares to join international airstrikes against
:00:09. > :00:17.Islamist extremists in Iraq - saying the UK is ready to play its part.
:00:18. > :00:20.As the US-led bombardment of Islamic State sites in Syria
:00:21. > :00:34.continued overnight, the numbers fleeing the extremists are growing.
:00:35. > :00:51.We'll be asking to what extent Britain is willing to get involved.
:00:52. > :00:54.last few days and now some are trying to return home.
:00:55. > :00:57.Police stage a reconstruction of the last-known movements of
:00:58. > :01:01.missing schoolgirl Alice Gross as her parents appeal for her return.
:01:02. > :01:04.Every day causes as heartbreak and language. She needs to be at home
:01:05. > :01:06.with her friends. Nine men are arrested
:01:07. > :01:08.as police search properties in London and the Midlands
:01:09. > :01:11.in a terror-related inquiry. Tackling potholes -
:01:12. > :01:13.why local councils should be going And why tensions are simmering
:01:14. > :01:17.already as the teams line up A Metropolitan police officer, being
:01:18. > :01:25.investigated over the death of Sean Rigg, loses his appeal to resign
:01:26. > :01:27.from the force. And the playground being used to
:01:28. > :01:50.train dogs to fight. Good afternoon
:01:51. > :01:53.and welcome to the BBC News at One. David Cameron says the UK is ready
:01:54. > :01:56.to "play its part" in fighting so-called Islamic State, which he
:01:57. > :01:59.described as an "evil against In a speech to the United Nations,
:02:00. > :02:04.he said the Iraqi government had made
:02:05. > :02:07.a "clear request" for international And he said
:02:08. > :02:11."mistakes" in the past must not be Later today,
:02:12. > :02:16.the UK cabinet will discuss plans And tomorrow MPs will debate the
:02:17. > :02:27.UK's role in any military action. Our first report this lunchtime
:02:28. > :02:38.is from our World Affairs Amateur video, apparently showing
:02:39. > :02:45.the latest air strikes in Syria. This time targeting oil refineries,
:02:46. > :02:48.targeted by the -- owned by the Hilton group Islamic State. Oh --
:02:49. > :02:52.oil has been a significant source of cash for the militants are helping
:02:53. > :02:58.them sees more territory in the north and East -- owned by the
:02:59. > :03:02.militant group. Here they filmed themselves allegedly taking over a
:03:03. > :03:09.military base last month. So, last night, the air campaign, led by the
:03:10. > :03:15.US, focused almost exclusively on trying to destroy the oil refineries
:03:16. > :03:19.trying -- controlled by the Islamic State in three areas. The purpose of
:03:20. > :03:22.the strikes was not to kill militants, so much as to destroy
:03:23. > :03:25.their ability to use these refineries and the capabilities that
:03:26. > :03:30.go with them and that they make money from. Now it seems that
:03:31. > :03:34.Britain is about to join the fight against Islamic State. With David
:03:35. > :03:40.Cameron telling the United Nations that the group had to be confronted.
:03:41. > :03:45.We must not be so frozen with fear that we do not do anything at all.
:03:46. > :03:48.Isolation and withdrawing from a problem like this will only make
:03:49. > :03:56.matters worse. We must not allow past mistakes to become an excuse
:03:57. > :03:59.for indifference or in action. The Prime Minister is now back in
:04:00. > :04:08.Britain ahead of Friday's vote in parliament on military action, which
:04:09. > :04:12.would only be in Iraq, not Syria. So Britain's military involvement would
:04:13. > :04:18.not help these refugees who have fled the Islamic State ongoing
:04:19. > :04:22.offensive in northern Syria. Tens of thousands of people have crossed the
:04:23. > :04:28.border into Turkey seeking sanctuary from the militants. Their hopes of
:04:29. > :04:29.returning home based on whether the US led air campaign does prove to
:04:30. > :04:32.effective. Well, as we just saw,
:04:33. > :04:35.the fighting by Islamic State forces has meant tens of thousands of
:04:36. > :04:38.people have fled from northern Syria into Turkey, swelling the number
:04:39. > :04:42.of refugees who are already there. Our correspondent, Mark Lowen, has
:04:43. > :04:57.the latest now on the humanitarian Another crowd of people are queueing
:04:58. > :05:06.up, waiting to cross this border crossing and to go back into Syria,
:05:07. > :05:10.hoping to return to their home town of Kobane, and these are some of the
:05:11. > :05:14.Syrian Kurds who have fled into Turkey in the last five or six days.
:05:15. > :05:18.Now some of them are trying to return home, some to fight with the
:05:19. > :05:22.Kurdish militia on the other side, hoping to repel the Islamic State
:05:23. > :05:26.militants, and others simply to see family and friends who have they
:05:27. > :05:30.have left behind in Kobane. They have taken anything they can carry
:05:31. > :05:34.with them. People of every age are trying to go back. It is a small
:05:35. > :05:39.number in terms of the 140,000 who have flooded over the border into
:05:40. > :05:43.Turkey, but the fact they are going back is maybe add -- an encouraging
:05:44. > :05:47.sign for the Turkish government who have felt overwhelmed by the numbers
:05:48. > :05:50.coming in the other direction. When you speak to them and ask if they
:05:51. > :05:54.feel safe enough to return, and they say they don't, but such is their
:05:55. > :05:58.desperation to return is that they are willing to take the risk. A
:05:59. > :06:02.pretty chaotic situation as the Turkish troops open a part of the
:06:03. > :06:10.border crossing, and people are crossing under the barbed wire
:06:11. > :06:13.fence, a surge now as they try to go back into Syrian territory.
:06:14. > :06:18.Remember, these are Kurds who do not want to be here. Kurds and Turks
:06:19. > :06:21.fought a civil war for 30 years that killed 70,000 people and they are
:06:22. > :06:26.here out of necessity rather than desire. But now, every day, you see
:06:27. > :06:31.more and more people trying to go back into Syria. Pretty chaotic.
:06:32. > :06:34.Turkish troops on stand-by and Turkish police also in case of any
:06:35. > :06:37.mounting tension. Let's cross to Westminster and
:06:38. > :06:46.our correspondent, Alex Forsyth. It seems like -- it is seems like
:06:47. > :06:52.those have -- that have prompted calls for action. I think the shadow
:06:53. > :06:55.of Britain's past involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan looms large
:06:56. > :06:59.over the debate. There is a real wariness about getting sucked back
:07:00. > :07:03.into a long-running, complex conflict in the Middle East. Last
:07:04. > :07:08.year parliament voted against intervention in Syria, which is why
:07:09. > :07:10.David Cameron has been careful to ensure he has widespread support
:07:11. > :07:14.before taking it to parliament and it seems he does. MPs that voted
:07:15. > :07:18.against intervention in Syria last year seemed to be prepared to
:07:19. > :07:21.support air strikes on Iraq. We know the Liberal Democrat leadership and
:07:22. > :07:26.Labour leadership have said they would back it. But it comes with
:07:27. > :07:30.important caveats. Ed Miliband said it must be confined to Iraq where
:07:31. > :07:33.there is a legal basis, because the Iraqi government have asked for
:07:34. > :07:37.assistance, and all three party leaders make it clear that at this
:07:38. > :07:41.stage we are talking about air strikes and not combat troops on the
:07:42. > :07:44.ground, because they know there is little public appetite for that. In
:07:45. > :07:48.the last 20 minutes we had Cabinet ministers arriving where we expect
:07:49. > :07:51.them to thrash out the detail of the motion to be put before Parliament
:07:52. > :07:58.tomorrow. The motion is looking increasingly likely to be supported,
:07:59. > :08:01.but one confined to a air strikes on Iraq, which will leave the bigger
:08:02. > :08:05.questions about how effective it can be, and whether there must be in
:08:06. > :08:08.future a wider role for Britain in the region. Those are questions that
:08:09. > :08:12.will have the comeback before Parliament to receive fair answers
:08:13. > :08:14.down the line -- that will have two comeback.
:08:15. > :08:16.And there'll be much on that story on the BBC News
:08:17. > :08:22.It's now four weeks since 14 year old Alice Gross
:08:23. > :08:26.And today, her family have made another emotional appeal for her to
:08:27. > :08:28.return home, saying every morning without her brings "new agony".
:08:29. > :08:31.This morning, police staged a reconstruction of her last known
:08:32. > :08:33.movements on a canal towpath in West London, and our correspondent,
:08:34. > :08:48.Yes, no one involved in staging this reconstruction this morning wanted
:08:49. > :08:52.to be here. One month after Alice's disappearance, of course, the hope
:08:53. > :08:56.is that she would have been found. Detectives are being frank. They
:08:57. > :08:59.need the public's help on this one and say that this sort of
:09:00. > :09:05.reconstruction can be surprisingly effective at jogging the memory. On
:09:06. > :09:09.the same day of the week, on the same west London tow path, in the
:09:10. > :09:14.same clothes, right down to the tartan rimmed glasses and the vans
:09:15. > :09:19.trainers. This is how Alice Gross looked when she went missing. The
:09:20. > :09:24.bag is slightly different. The one she was carrying is no longer made.
:09:25. > :09:28.The walk is distinctive, a power walk was how detectives described
:09:29. > :09:34.it. Perhaps Alice's way of keeping fit. For the cameras they hope might
:09:35. > :09:38.produce information for the public, they recreated the moment Alice
:09:39. > :09:42.strode across the canal bridge, being captured on CCTV cameras.
:09:43. > :09:47.There was no attempt to stage the moment 15 minutes later that Latvian
:09:48. > :09:51.builder Arnis Zalkalns crossed the bridge on his bike, one of the
:09:52. > :09:56.reasons he is now a suspect. Further down the canal, Alice, heading home,
:09:57. > :10:03.past an industrial park and more cameras. The last sighting of her on
:10:04. > :10:07.CCTV was this blurred image. For 20 six p.m., this bridge, walking in
:10:08. > :10:12.this direction was the last time Alice was seen -- for 20 six p.m.. I
:10:13. > :10:16.need the public's help to find out what happened after this point.
:10:17. > :10:19.There are full paths that lead of the toll path, and she could have
:10:20. > :10:24.gone down any of these -- foot paths. An astonishing feature has
:10:25. > :10:29.been the reaction of the community here, symbolised by the yellow
:10:30. > :10:36.ribbon. The scale with which people have been taking part and supporting
:10:37. > :10:41.us and sending this message is, as far as I can see, is totally
:10:42. > :10:48.unprecedented. And it makes a really massive difference to us, both in
:10:49. > :10:55.the sense of feeling supported, but also that the word is getting out
:10:56. > :10:59.there and making people more aware. Alice left her keys and money at
:11:00. > :11:03.home that day. It might be that she planned to run away, but her mother
:11:04. > :11:08.believes she simply picked up the wrong bag. Another clue, she text in
:11:09. > :11:11.her father to check he would be at home to let her in. On balance, it
:11:12. > :11:18.seems that Alice Gross intended to return. What we have not shown you
:11:19. > :11:22.this morning is the huge search operation is still going on in the
:11:23. > :11:26.area, on land and on water. One of the officers involved today told me
:11:27. > :11:30.they are using dogs, sniffer dogs, which they put in boats and take
:11:31. > :11:33.them down the canal and the dogs can sniff out the smell of what might be
:11:34. > :11:39.a body underwater. That is going on, all the way down as far as this
:11:40. > :11:42.canal meets the Thames. It's a huge operation, and they stress at this
:11:43. > :11:43.stage they do not have any indication that Alice has suffered
:11:44. > :11:46.any harm. Well, as we heard,
:11:47. > :11:48.the main suspect in her disappearance, Arnis Zalkalns, is
:11:49. > :11:54.thought to have returned to Latvia. Our correspondent, Jenny Hill,
:11:55. > :12:04.is in the capital, Riga. Jenny, officers from the
:12:05. > :12:11.Metropolitan Police have been in Riga. What have they been doing?
:12:12. > :12:15.Yes, this joint British and Latvian operation is focused on finding
:12:16. > :12:19.Arnis Zalkalns and also on gathering information about him. The British
:12:20. > :12:24.team have spent some time in the the west of Latvia where they spoke to a
:12:25. > :12:28.former girlfriend of Arnis Zalkalns. Latvia is the country where he still
:12:29. > :12:32.has family and acquaintances. It's also the country where, 16 years
:12:33. > :12:36.ago, he was jailed for the murder of his wife. Detectives say it is
:12:37. > :12:40.possible he has come here. Difficult, because he does not have
:12:41. > :12:46.his passport with him, but nevertheless, they are searching. If
:12:47. > :12:49.they find him, associate at the Latvian police, they say they would
:12:50. > :12:56.bring him to their headquarters in reader -- Riga. But there is still a
:12:57. > :13:00.question here. The police authorities say that they don't have
:13:01. > :13:04.the power to arrest Arnis Zalkalns. They say that in their eyes he has
:13:05. > :13:07.committed no crime and there is no European warrant for his arrest and
:13:08. > :13:14.let's not forget that the Metropolitan Police say that at this
:13:15. > :13:18.stage the investigation is still into two missing persons. So here in
:13:19. > :13:22.Latvia the search goes on. It is a difficult search, and in the words
:13:23. > :13:23.of one senior officer here in Latvia, frankly, he could be
:13:24. > :13:27.anywhere. Nine men have been arrested in
:13:28. > :13:30.London as part of an investigation Among them is the radical preacher,
:13:31. > :13:44.Anjem Choudary. Let's speak to our home affairs
:13:45. > :13:49.reporter. What can you tell us? Anjem Choudary is a well-known and
:13:50. > :13:52.controversial preacher and political activist, best known for some of his
:13:53. > :13:56.media appearances and public speeches where to all intents and
:13:57. > :14:00.purposes he argues that Western foreign policy amounts to a war
:14:01. > :14:04.against Islam. He has always denied involvement in terrorism, but the
:14:05. > :14:10.group that he used to head and which has been banned by the Home
:14:11. > :14:13.Secretary had. Nine men were arrested this morning, including
:14:14. > :14:18.Anjem Choudary, and they are being held on suspicion of being members
:14:19. > :14:20.of a proscribed organisation and supporting a proscribed
:14:21. > :14:24.organisation, and encouraging terrorism. They are being held at
:14:25. > :14:28.police stations across London. Lots of search is going on, in east
:14:29. > :14:34.London, one in Stoke-on-Trent -- search is going on. No immediate
:14:35. > :14:37.risk to the public is a message from Scotland Yard, but these men are
:14:38. > :14:45.being held and questioned as we speak. Dominic, thank you very much.
:14:46. > :14:50.David Cameron says the UK is ready to "play its part" in
:14:51. > :14:57.Hitting the right button. We have all the details of what is in the
:14:58. > :15:04.pipeline in Europe's biggest gaming exhibition. On BBC London, an
:15:05. > :15:09.American investment company declares itself out of the frame to buy
:15:10. > :15:13.Tottenham Hotspur. And from Seoul to the stage and back to Seoul, --
:15:14. > :15:21.Seoul. Potholes -
:15:22. > :15:23.they're the bane of drivers' lives, causing millions of pounds
:15:24. > :15:26.of damage to vehicles every year. But they're also a headache for
:15:27. > :15:29.the people who have to repair them. And according to a committee of MPs,
:15:30. > :15:31.English councils and national government are wasting
:15:32. > :15:34.money by patching up the potholes, rather than trying to prevent them
:15:35. > :15:37.getting damaged in the first place. A recent survey by the AA found that
:15:38. > :15:41.one in five drivers thought the Here's our transport correspondent,
:15:42. > :15:52.Richard Westcott. It is one of the biggest transport
:15:53. > :16:07.moans for the public - potholes. My leads are jumping out, I am
:16:08. > :16:13.forever getting the electrics sorted. And tyres, I am fed up with
:16:14. > :16:18.them. There is too many to cope with. They are there all the time
:16:19. > :16:23.and they need to repair them. I've damaged masses of tyres in potholes
:16:24. > :16:26.and over the past year there's been a lot more. This report suggests
:16:27. > :16:31.things will not get better without big changes.
:16:32. > :16:33.It blames decades of stop-start funding, a focus on
:16:34. > :16:36.patching up rather than prevention, which wastes millions of pounds.
:16:37. > :16:44.And it says some councils don't even know the state of their own roads.
:16:45. > :16:50.The report says not fixing them is a false economy because councils are
:16:51. > :16:55.shelling out tens of millions of pounds compensating driver to the
:16:56. > :16:59.damage to their cars. It is not sensible to fail to maintain your
:17:00. > :17:04.roads. It is like the roof on your house, if you get a leak you'll
:17:05. > :17:07.spend more money eventually if you don't repair it. The long-term
:17:08. > :17:11.failure to maintain our local and national roads has not been sensible
:17:12. > :17:16.and we need to do something about it. It can't go on like this. The
:17:17. > :17:19.government says it is providing a lot more money to tackle potholes
:17:20. > :17:22.and introducing more predictable, long-term budgets to help everyone
:17:23. > :17:25.plan ahead. But the group representing England's council says
:17:26. > :17:31.it will take far more cash to get our roads up to scratch. It will
:17:32. > :17:35.take about ?12 billion. That is the amount that has been underinvested
:17:36. > :17:41.in past years. It will take about ten years for that money to be spent
:17:42. > :17:44.in bringing the road network up to a decent standard. Drivers have been
:17:45. > :17:49.crying out for better roads for years. They've can cause accidents
:17:50. > :17:51.and damage your tires and wheels. The reality is another bad winter
:17:52. > :17:57.will only make things worse. Everyone knows that gaining weight
:17:58. > :18:00.increases a person's chances But new research has come up with a
:18:01. > :18:04.novel way of measuring the risk - by Researchers at University College
:18:05. > :18:09.London say women need to be aware that going up several skirt sizes
:18:10. > :18:12.by midlife could be a warning sign of an increased risk of breast
:18:13. > :18:15.cancer after the menopause. Here's our health correspondent,
:18:16. > :18:17.Dominic Hughes. Putting on a bit of weight
:18:18. > :18:20.as we get older seems inevitable. You put a bit of weight on,
:18:21. > :18:23.you spread out, you have had your family, you have retired,
:18:24. > :18:30.so it all adds to your weight. I was probably about seven
:18:31. > :18:32.and a half stone in my mid-20s I didn't know it can
:18:33. > :18:41.contribute to breast cancer. We already know there are a number
:18:42. > :18:44.of factors that contribute to the risk of breast cancer, for example
:18:45. > :18:48.family history, fertility treatment and lifestyle, but for women it
:18:49. > :18:51.seems putting on weight around Researchers studied nearly 93,000
:18:52. > :19:00.older women aged 50 and up and compared their skirt size
:19:01. > :19:03.in their 20s to now. Those who consistently went up
:19:04. > :19:06.a size every decade increased Abdominal fat measured by waist
:19:07. > :19:14.circumference is associated with increased risk of cancer, including
:19:15. > :19:20.postmenopausal breast cancer. It seems to work through boosting
:19:21. > :19:26.oestrogen levels and there is There are also some
:19:27. > :19:30.other mechanisms. But some experts have called into
:19:31. > :19:33.question the idea of using increased This research relied
:19:34. > :19:39.on women remembering what their dress size was 20 years ago
:19:40. > :19:43.and dress sizes change over the years, so it is hard to know exactly
:19:44. > :19:49.how reliable that measure is. But it does reinforce what we
:19:50. > :19:51.already know, which is that being overweight can
:19:52. > :19:55.increase the risk of breast cancer. The researchers acknowledge more
:19:56. > :19:58.work is needed to back up their findings and all agree that keeping
:19:59. > :20:02.a healthy weight, staying physically active and cutting down on alcohol
:20:03. > :20:06.are still the best ways to reduce The gaming industry is worth over ?2
:20:07. > :20:15.billion a year to the UK economy - and millions of people spend hours
:20:16. > :20:18.playing video games. Which is why tens of thousands
:20:19. > :20:22.of gaming enthusiasts are expected to pack Earls Court over
:20:23. > :20:25.the next four days, for Europe's biggest gaming show -
:20:26. > :20:42.and among them is our technology Yes, it is the big event for real
:20:43. > :20:46.gamers. Not a talking shop, but a place where 80,000 people come to
:20:47. > :20:52.see and play the latest games, the Xbox, the PlayStation, all the big
:20:53. > :20:55.console games. They are getting a glimpse of some exciting new
:20:56. > :20:59.technology, perhaps the future of gaming. On this stands there is a
:21:00. > :21:05.virtue out of -- virtual reality headset. We can see what this
:21:06. > :21:08.gentleman is seeing, immersive gaming experience. That is a company
:21:09. > :21:15.that has been bought by Facebook and will be on the scene quite soon. It
:21:16. > :21:18.is also a good place to look at the healthy state of the British gaming
:21:19. > :21:22.industry. We have seen figures showing the industry, which has had
:21:23. > :21:27.problems over the years, is growing but he rapidly and earning a lot of
:21:28. > :21:32.money. I found one of the legends of the gaming industry, David Braben,
:21:33. > :21:36.creator of the Elite landmark game in the 1980s. What is your
:21:37. > :21:41.assessment of the UK gaming industry? It is in Ruth -- rude
:21:42. > :21:46.health. We have 80,000 people playing games live here. Very
:21:47. > :21:51.exciting. The industry is going from strength to strength. It is changing
:21:52. > :21:56.fast. People who made old-fashioned huge budget console games, that is
:21:57. > :22:00.one section of it, a lot of people making cheap and give away games?
:22:01. > :22:06.Absolutely. Every year there has been big change. This year is no
:22:07. > :22:10.different. We see lots of new things coming along. We have seen the move
:22:11. > :22:15.to mobile, and now PC, which is really strong for the industry, with
:22:16. > :22:19.games like Elite of course. Most of the games industry is in foreign
:22:20. > :22:24.hands. We don't have giant players in Britain. With the move to online
:22:25. > :22:28.and selling directly to the public, there is the root for that move
:22:29. > :22:34.back, something we are doing here at Frontier. It is exciting, come us at
:22:35. > :22:36.Earls Court. A lot of excitement from those who play and take part in
:22:37. > :22:41.the gaming industry. Fidgeting, swinging on chairs,
:22:42. > :22:43.answering back, They're just some of the low-level
:22:44. > :22:46.but persistent problems disrupting classes in England's schools,
:22:47. > :22:48.according to inspectors. Students are losing up to an hour
:22:49. > :22:51.of learning every day because of it, and teachers' unions say
:22:52. > :22:54.headteachers aren't doing enough to Lunch time at North Shore Academy
:22:55. > :23:00.and the head here, Mr Rodgers, Two years ago this school was
:23:01. > :23:06.in special measures. It had some of the worst behaviour
:23:07. > :23:10.anywhere in the country. Typical behaviour would be smoking
:23:11. > :23:13.around the school, in corridors, swearing at members of staff,
:23:14. > :23:17.climbing out of windows, After lunch,
:23:18. > :23:23.the children line up in silence. Today, under a new regime,
:23:24. > :23:28.there is no tolerance We are extremely strict with
:23:29. > :23:35.our students. We have strict non-negotiable
:23:36. > :23:40.rules regarding behaviour. But they are
:23:41. > :23:42.in the best interests of creating This school is turning itself round,
:23:43. > :23:51.but today's report by Ofsted says poor behaviour
:23:52. > :23:55.in schools in England is damaging It says on average they are losing
:23:56. > :24:01.an hour of learning every day, the equivalent
:24:02. > :24:06.of 38 school days every year. The report talks about behaviour
:24:07. > :24:11.that might appear quite trivial, like using mobile phones, swinging
:24:12. > :24:18.on chairs, even quietly humming. The students here say low-level
:24:19. > :24:21.disruption in the past meant the culture in the school was one where
:24:22. > :24:25.learning wasn't taken seriously. It was just havoc
:24:26. > :24:29.and disrespect towards teachers, and I was thick when I first started,
:24:30. > :24:36.but I think I'm starting to learn a So if there is so much bad behaviour
:24:37. > :24:43.in schools, who is to blame? Ofsted are pointing the finger
:24:44. > :24:47.squarely at headteachers. In the report, two thirds
:24:48. > :24:50.of teachers say school leaders are failing to assert their authority
:24:51. > :24:55.when dealing with poor discipline. It is a claim that has
:24:56. > :24:58.angered some headteachers. It is terribly demoralising
:24:59. > :25:01.for headteachers, What surprises me about this report
:25:02. > :25:08.is that Ofsted has consistently said that behaviour is very good
:25:09. > :25:11.in the majority of schools. It raises big questions about the
:25:12. > :25:16.validity of the inspection findings. Ofsted changed
:25:17. > :25:18.the way they inspect school They are now urging headteachers to
:25:19. > :25:23.follow Mr Rodgers' example, to be a visible presence, to crack
:25:24. > :25:33.down hard on bad behaviour. The Ryder Cup is known
:25:34. > :25:36.for the intense rivalry between And this year's competition, which
:25:37. > :25:41.begins at Gleneagles tomorrow, looks like being no exception - after
:25:42. > :25:45.comments about the European team Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss
:25:46. > :26:01.is at Gleneagles. Yes, welcome to Gleneagles. We have
:26:02. > :26:06.had breezy but dry conditions this morning for the players, as they
:26:07. > :26:11.fine tune their preparations. Europe have dominated the Ryder Cup in
:26:12. > :26:19.recent years. They won it four out of the last five times and they are
:26:20. > :26:23.confident they can do it again. A standing ovation for the home team
:26:24. > :26:27.and this was only a practice round. With Rory McIlroy leading the way,
:26:28. > :26:31.Europe have come to Gleneagles as favourites with both crowds and
:26:32. > :26:37.bookies and as the players soaked up the atmosphere for the fans two
:26:38. > :26:42.years of waiting is almost over. The last rider -- Ryder Cup produced one
:26:43. > :26:47.of the great sporting comebacks. You little beauty. The man whose show
:26:48. > :26:52.stopping performance spurred Europe to victory is hungry for more. The
:26:53. > :26:58.pride of what it means to put the shirt on, to walk over the bridge or
:26:59. > :27:03.through the tunnel and soak up the electricity you get from the crowd
:27:04. > :27:07.is something which is the biggest adrenaline rush you could ever
:27:08. > :27:15.possibly have and you don't get that experience any other form of golf.
:27:16. > :27:19.For the next three days of the Perthshire hills will be replaced by
:27:20. > :27:23.the rules and groans of groans of thousands of fans. The Ryder Cup
:27:24. > :27:28.stirs the passions like nothing else in golf, a test of talent but also
:27:29. > :27:30.teamwork. The Europeans have been getting tips from Sir Alex
:27:31. > :27:35.Ferguson, while America's Rickie Fowler has been to the barbers. But
:27:36. > :27:39.there has been a few barbs as well. Michael Roy and his team-mate Graeme
:27:40. > :27:43.McDowell are involved in a legal dispute which one US star was more
:27:44. > :27:48.than happy to highlight -- Rory McIlroy. Not only are we able to
:27:49. > :27:52.play together, we also don't litigate against each other and that
:27:53. > :28:00.is a real plus, I feel, heading into this week. So behind the smiles and
:28:01. > :28:04.the selfies, the golf gloves are off. Gleneagles looks glorious and
:28:05. > :28:11.Europe full of confidence, but in the Ryder Cup tension and drama are
:28:12. > :28:15.the only guarantees. Later on this afternoon the players
:28:16. > :28:18.will appear at an opening ceremony. The two captains, Paul McGinley and
:28:19. > :28:24.Tom Watson, will make their speeches. Then it all gets under way
:28:25. > :28:26.at 7:35am tomorrow morning. An early start for the fans, but it should be
:28:27. > :28:30.some atmosphere. The singer Jason Orange says
:28:31. > :28:33.he's leaving Take That. In a statement, he stressed there'd
:28:34. > :28:36.been no falling out - he simply didn't want to commit to recording
:28:37. > :28:39.and promoting a new album. The rest of
:28:40. > :28:46.the band will continue as a trio. Time for a look at the weather.
:28:47. > :28:48.Here's Chris Fawkes. this week. So behind the smiles and
:28:49. > :28:57.the selfies, the golf gloves I am not expecting to have to
:28:58. > :29:01.relight my Fire at any time soon because temperatures will stay above
:29:02. > :29:05.normal for the next few days. But we have much cloudier skies as we had
:29:06. > :29:09.through this afternoon, compared with yesterday. Let's take a look at
:29:10. > :29:12.the cloud. It has been surging southwards. Particularly across
:29:13. > :29:16.England the cloud is pretty tenuous and then. It will allow some bright
:29:17. > :29:22.or sunny spells to get through. Further worst, it will be fit enough
:29:23. > :29:27.to bring outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, on and off. Staying down
:29:28. > :29:31.for Cumbria, Lancashire and Scotland, and western and southern
:29:32. > :29:36.coasts of Wales. A few spots of rain. If you are east of the high
:29:37. > :29:39.ground, this is where the warmest weather is, you could see
:29:40. > :29:42.temperatures around 20 Celsius across parts of the West Midlands,
:29:43. > :29:45.Southern counties of England, and another one spot is across
:29:46. > :29:50.Aberdeenshire, where we could see temperatures into the low 20s.
:29:51. > :29:55.Overnight it gets windy. Gales develop, with gusts up to 60 miles
:29:56. > :29:58.an hour, as a squally band of rain pushes southwards across Northern
:29:59. > :30:02.Ireland and Scotland. Some dampness in the air across western parts of
:30:03. > :30:08.England and Wales. A mild right across the south. It went down to 2
:30:09. > :30:12.degrees last night, more like 14-16 tonight. Windy, blustery start of
:30:13. > :30:18.the day in Scotland. Hopefully most of the rain will have cleared out of
:30:19. > :30:22.the way for the first round of the Ryder Cup, but it will stay through
:30:23. > :30:25.the day, which will cause interesting conditions for the
:30:26. > :30:29.golfers on the fairways. For the rest of the day, we will start to
:30:30. > :30:32.see the wind blow sunshine across Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern
:30:33. > :30:37.England and Wales as the weather front dives southwards, bringing a
:30:38. > :30:40.legacy of cloudy skies. Occasional bright spells in the south.
:30:41. > :30:45.Temperatures, fresher in the North, the high teens or low 20s further
:30:46. > :30:49.south. For the weekend, a lot of drier weather around but watch out
:30:50. > :30:53.for morning fog patches particularly across the South on Saturday. The
:30:54. > :30:59.best of the sunshine around on Saturday across swathes of North
:31:00. > :31:03.England, North Wales and eastern areas of Scotland. It will keep
:31:04. > :31:10.cloud across the South of England, with mist and fog slowly clearly
:31:11. > :31:14.during the day. For Sunday, a lot of dry weather. Temperatures continue
:31:15. > :31:21.to be on the high side for the time of year. 21 Celsius in London. We
:31:22. > :31:24.could see highs of 23 Celsius across parts of south-east England on
:31:25. > :31:27.Sunday, given hazy sunshine. That is the weather.
:31:28. > :31:32.an hour, as a squally band of rain pushes
:31:33. > :31:38.David Cameron says the UK is ready to play its part in fighting
:31:39. > :31:39.so-called Islamic state. That is all