:00:00. > :00:00.The Home Secretary says there will be no cliff edge
:00:07. > :00:20.Amber Rudd says there will be an implementation phase after Britain
:00:21. > :00:24.leaves the EU. We are leaving the EU, we will be having a new policy,
:00:25. > :00:28.but part of what I am announcing today is to show we will make sure
:00:29. > :00:33.it is evidence -based and we will make sure it works for the whole
:00:34. > :00:38.country. We will have the latest on that from Westminster.
:00:39. > :00:40.71 prisoners in England and Wales were released
:00:41. > :00:42.by mistake last year - the highest number for a decade.
:00:43. > :00:45.Wildfires continue to burn in southern France -
:00:46. > :00:52.6,000 firefighters and troops are now battling the flames.
:00:53. > :00:57.Experts cast doubt on the traditional advice that you should
:00:58. > :01:00.always finish your course of antibiotics.
:01:01. > :01:03.And Prince William is working his final shift as an air ambulance
:01:04. > :01:07.pilot before he takes up royal duties full-time.
:01:08. > :01:10.And coming up in sport later in the hour on BBC News...
:01:11. > :01:13.The third Test is under way at the Oval against South Africa.
:01:14. > :01:36.England make a shaky start after winning the toss.
:01:37. > :01:41.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:42. > :01:45.The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has moved to reassure businesses
:01:46. > :01:48.that there will be no cliff edge on immigration after March, 2019,
:01:49. > :01:58.when the free movement of people between the EU and the UK ends.
:01:59. > :02:01.Speaking on a visit to Scotland this morning, she said there will be
:02:02. > :02:04.for the new immigration policy after Brexit,
:02:05. > :02:07.when new EU workers who come here will need to register their details.
:02:08. > :02:10.It comes as experts are asked to report on the costs
:02:11. > :02:17.Our political correspondent, Iain Watson, reports.
:02:18. > :02:24.Getting tough on immigration, the Home Secretary joined a coastal
:02:25. > :02:28.patrol in Scotland today. But simultaneously, she signalled the
:02:29. > :02:32.Government wanted to take a flexible approach to legal migration after
:02:33. > :02:36.Brexit. She made it clear the new immigration policy would not be
:02:37. > :02:40.implemented immediately and the independent Migration Advisory
:02:41. > :02:46.Committee would examine how many EU migrants might be needed. We want a
:02:47. > :02:51.new informed evidence -based EU migration policy. We have
:02:52. > :02:54.commissioned the Mac to commission on that, they will be consulting
:02:55. > :02:59.business. In the meantime, there will be an implementation phase
:03:00. > :03:05.where new EU workers will need to register their details, but the full
:03:06. > :03:09.new EU immigration policy will be after the Mac has reported in the
:03:10. > :03:13.final phase of leaving the EU. The Government says it wants the economy
:03:14. > :03:17.to flourish after Brexit, so a new study from the Migration Advisory
:03:18. > :03:22.Committee will examine what businesses are most reliant on EU
:03:23. > :03:26.labour, the costs and benefits of EU migration, and the potential impact
:03:27. > :03:30.of a reduction in the number of EU citizens working here. Questions are
:03:31. > :03:32.being raised not just about the substance of the new EU migration
:03:33. > :03:49.study, but about the timing. MPs are not at Westminster in the
:03:50. > :03:51.summer, they cannot examine the terms of reference. But there is
:03:52. > :03:53.another issue because the Government's critics are saying, why
:03:54. > :03:56.on earth are they commissioning it now and not a year ago just after
:03:57. > :03:58.the referendum? We have been talking to different sectors across
:03:59. > :04:00.government since the referendum. This is just part of the process.
:04:01. > :04:04.The Foreign Secretary had not heard of the new immigration study. You
:04:05. > :04:11.bring me news of this report today. I am sorry, I do not... I cannot
:04:12. > :04:16.comment. It sounds like an interesting report. There is another
:04:17. > :04:19.issue of timing. The Government will set out its broad approach to
:04:20. > :04:26.immigration after Brexit later this year and ministers will introduce
:04:27. > :04:30.legislation for early next year. The new study on EU migration will not
:04:31. > :04:35.report until much later in 2018. Six months before Brexit, it will not be
:04:36. > :04:42.enough time for structure in new migration system, particularly if
:04:43. > :04:47.they want to completely alter the current system. If you voted leave
:04:48. > :04:51.in the referendum to get control of immigration, the Government says it
:04:52. > :04:54.will deliver. But if businesses are to be reassured, government
:04:55. > :04:56.ministers might have to be flexible over how long it will take to reduce
:04:57. > :04:59.the numbers. Our assistant political editor,
:05:00. > :05:10.Norman Smith, is in Westminster. Should we all be any clearer today
:05:11. > :05:14.about immigration policy, Norman? I suspect there has been a good deal
:05:15. > :05:18.of head scratching in the wake of this announcement. What is clear is
:05:19. > :05:23.Amber Rudd wants business to have a much bigger role in shaping our new
:05:24. > :05:27.immigration policy and we know business has serious concerns about
:05:28. > :05:31.restrictions on bringing in EU nationals. But the timing of all of
:05:32. > :05:35.this is frankly a little bit higgledy-piggledy. This commission
:05:36. > :05:40.will not report until just six months before we leave the EU. Right
:05:41. > :05:47.up against the buffers, after the Government has published its new
:05:48. > :05:49.Immigration Bill and many people will say, this should have been done
:05:50. > :05:53.yonks ago. The language among ministers also a little bit
:05:54. > :05:57.higgledy-piggledy. Amber Rudd seeming to suggest it will be softly
:05:58. > :06:03.softly, slowly, slowly when it comes to new policy. The Immigration
:06:04. > :06:08.Minister, Brandon Lewis, come March, 2019, free movement of labour will
:06:09. > :06:11.end. Boris Johnson was left open-mouthed not knowing about the
:06:12. > :06:17.policy when he was asked in Australia. The truth is, yes, Amber
:06:18. > :06:20.Rudd is clear she wants a bigger say for business, but in terms of what
:06:21. > :06:25.the new immigration rules might look like and when they will kick in, we
:06:26. > :06:28.do not know. The reason for that, I suspect, is ministers themselves do
:06:29. > :06:35.not know because that debate is still going on in government. Thank
:06:36. > :06:36.you. Let us talk about the business side of things as well.
:06:37. > :06:39.Our business editor, Simon Jack, is here.
:06:40. > :06:48.Business says it needs clarity, certainty, has it got that today?
:06:49. > :06:52.They accept, they are optimistic it is a good, first step. You want an
:06:53. > :06:56.evidence -based system, you need that evidence. Better late than
:06:57. > :07:02.never. Privately, they are saying it is very late. This will report back
:07:03. > :07:07.in September, 2018, six months before, and businesses, particularly
:07:08. > :07:10.sectors like construction, hospitality, agriculture, which rely
:07:11. > :07:15.heavily on migrant labour, they say they need more clarity before then.
:07:16. > :07:18.Amber Rudd seems to understand that, she is talking again about the
:07:19. > :07:24.transitional period, a couple of years, maybe longer. Businesses are
:07:25. > :07:29.saying that and there is momentum holding behind the transition period
:07:30. > :07:33.businesses -- and businesses are pleased. In short, they are pleased
:07:34. > :07:37.their views are being heard after being frozen out of the
:07:38. > :07:43.conversation. But rather exasperated at the pace of it because they need
:07:44. > :07:47.clarity, as you say, that is what they want, and they say it will come
:07:48. > :07:52.late in the day. But transitional agreement, that gives them comfort.
:07:53. > :07:55.Optimistic but exasperated. Thank you very much.
:07:56. > :07:57.Wildfires are continuing to burn in southern France
:07:58. > :08:01.At least 6,000 firefighters and troops are now battling the flames.
:08:02. > :08:03.Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes
:08:04. > :08:07.and campsites around the town of Bormes-les-Mimosas,
:08:08. > :08:10.with many spending the night on beaches, or in sports halls
:08:11. > :08:21.Battling for a third consecutive night, more than 6,000 firefighters
:08:22. > :08:24.appear to be slowly winning the fight against wildfires that
:08:25. > :08:29.have caused so much havoc and damage in the hills above the Cote d'Azur.
:08:30. > :08:34.Thousands of tourists and local residents,
:08:35. > :08:36.who had been evacuated from their hillside homes
:08:37. > :08:38.and campsites, also spent another night camped out
:08:39. > :08:48.Uncomfortable and inconvenient, but glad to have escaped
:08:49. > :08:52.It's been two days and it's a bit strange,
:08:53. > :08:57.All the same, we would like to get back to the campsite.
:08:58. > :08:59.The most important thing is not being in danger.
:09:00. > :09:02.I have heard, for the moment, there are no victims and that has
:09:03. > :09:06.After destroying some 10,000 hectares of Mediterranean scrub
:09:07. > :09:10.and forest, the fire's progress has been halted thanks to the use
:09:11. > :09:19.The aftermath is described as a disaster for the local economy
:09:20. > :09:22.and the environment by regional officials who believe the blaze
:09:23. > :09:26.Among the hundreds of British tourists forced to flee
:09:27. > :09:29.but unsure what happens now, Isabelle Heppenstall from Surrey.
:09:30. > :09:33.Woken up at about half past 12 by the emergency services shouting,
:09:34. > :09:42.Some people were running to the beach and putting life
:09:43. > :09:45.jackets on the children, but we decided to try and drive out.
:09:46. > :09:48.We were directed by the police, eventually reached a safe point
:09:49. > :09:57.Emergency officials are reluctant to stand firefighters down and allow
:09:58. > :10:00.people back to their homes and campsites because of the very
:10:01. > :10:03.real possibility that dry mistral winds will fan the flames once more
:10:04. > :10:09.Indeed, weather conditions across the southern Mediterranean
:10:10. > :10:15.Hundreds of homes have been evacuated on the island
:10:16. > :10:18.of Corsica, and from Portugal to the Italian Riviera,
:10:19. > :10:20.firefighting teams have been trying to contain several smaller fires
:10:21. > :10:30.Let's go live now to Bormes-les-Mimosas
:10:31. > :10:31.and our correspondent, Hugh Schofield.
:10:32. > :10:47.We are on the crest of the range above Bormes-les-Mimosas, the focus
:10:48. > :10:52.of this fire on the Cote d'Azur. We have a blackened landscape around
:10:53. > :10:58.us. The situation is stabilised but not under control. What has happened
:10:59. > :11:01.is the march of flames which we saw yesterday has stopped. Broadly they
:11:02. > :11:06.have extinguished most of the fires. But pockets keep springing up. In
:11:07. > :11:12.the last ten minutes, as the wind picks up, we can feel it, smoke has
:11:13. > :11:15.appeared over that crest and two helicopters are in some way tackling
:11:16. > :11:20.that fire, not sure what they are doing, I would not be surprised if
:11:21. > :11:24.we see the water bombers coming in. The issue is their plumes of smoke
:11:25. > :11:31.in the hills caused by the very, very dry and still hot soil. It is
:11:32. > :11:36.hot. There is no fire, but it is hot, the embers of the tree root
:11:37. > :11:42.could very quickly take fire again, sending sparks over the countryside,
:11:43. > :11:46.and then more fires around. Much better than yesterday. Most tourists
:11:47. > :11:51.are going back to the campsites, but to be watched with extreme
:11:52. > :11:58.vigilance. Many thanks. Hugh Schofield on the Cote d'Azur.
:11:59. > :12:01.The deadline for reaching an agreement over the end of life
:12:02. > :12:03.care for the terminally-ill baby, Charlie Gard,
:12:04. > :12:06.Charlie's parents had accepted that he would spend his final days
:12:07. > :12:09.in a hospice, but Chris Gard and Connie Yates wanted to spend
:12:10. > :12:12.more time with their son before his life support
:12:13. > :12:15.Scotland's most senior police officer has confirmed
:12:16. > :12:17.he is being investigated in connection with claims
:12:18. > :12:23.Details of the allegation against Phil Gormley
:12:24. > :12:30.Our correspondent, Catriona Renton, is in Glasgow.
:12:31. > :12:37.How much more do we know? Exactly what is being investigated and who
:12:38. > :12:41.made the allegations, it is unknown. We understand there has been a claim
:12:42. > :12:46.of bullying made against Phil Gormley by a senior officer. This is
:12:47. > :12:49.being investigated by the police investigation is under review
:12:50. > :12:55.commission and they cannot give us more detail but what they say is
:12:56. > :13:01.that if the allegations are proven, it would be gross misconduct. That
:13:02. > :13:05.could lead to Phil Gormley losing his job. Phil Gormley has been aptly
:13:06. > :13:10.Scotland since 2015, the second-largest force the UK, he is
:13:11. > :13:13.of course the most senior police officer in Scotland. He. He says he
:13:14. > :13:18.will carry on his duties while he is being investigated and he is
:13:19. > :13:24.cooperating fully with the investigation. Politicians are now
:13:25. > :13:27.stepping in saying it is an extremely serious situation. The
:13:28. > :13:31.Liberal Democrats want him to step aside. The Scottish Conservatives
:13:32. > :13:38.say Police Scotland is now rudderless and they say that with
:13:39. > :13:41.this latest in a line of crises to face the force in Scotland, they
:13:42. > :13:45.want the Scottish Government to step in. The Scottish Government say it
:13:46. > :13:50.would be inappropriate to comment at this time. How long will it take?
:13:51. > :13:52.The investigations commissioner says it will take as long as it needs to.
:13:53. > :13:54.Thank you. Police and child protection workers
:13:55. > :13:57.have been criticised for failing to protect two teenagers
:13:58. > :13:59.from Brighton who were 18-year-old Abdullah Deghayes
:14:00. > :14:05.secretly travelled to the country with his 17-year-old brother,
:14:06. > :14:07.Jaffar, to fight But a Serious Case Review
:14:08. > :14:11.found their radicalisation came as a total shock to the authorities,
:14:12. > :14:25.despite a number of warning signs. Latest figures show that a record 71
:14:26. > :14:28.prisoners were released from prisons in England and Wales last
:14:29. > :14:30.year by mistake. Other statistics from the Ministry
:14:31. > :14:32.of Justice suggest violence in prisons is increasing
:14:33. > :14:34.and their overall performance Let's speak to our home affairs
:14:35. > :14:46.correspondent, Danny Shaw. Let us talk about the releases. How
:14:47. > :14:51.many reasons are given? It is a small number of releases in error
:14:52. > :14:56.take place every year are normally because of administrative mistakes.
:14:57. > :14:59.71 at the end of March, up from 64 the year before, the highest total
:15:00. > :15:04.for at least a decade, just one example was the release of a
:15:05. > :15:09.prisoner who was given a nine-year sentence after stabbing a man with a
:15:10. > :15:13.knife. It was recorded on the system as nine months. He was released by
:15:14. > :15:18.mistake, it was only spotted apparently when the victim saw him
:15:19. > :15:21.travelling in a car. He was recaptured. That kind of mistake can
:15:22. > :15:27.happen, clearly very serious. There has also been an the number of
:15:28. > :15:32.missed Ally McCoist escapes and a number who failed to return after
:15:33. > :15:37.being let out on temporary licences -- the number of escapes. The
:15:38. > :15:41.figures confirm the warnings we were hearing last week from Peter Clarke,
:15:42. > :15:47.the Chief Inspector of Prisons, about dire conditions in many jails.
:15:48. > :15:51.There were record numbers of assaults, 26,600, up 20% on a year.
:15:52. > :16:00.Many of them were carried out on staff, over 7000, 20 staff being
:16:01. > :16:04.attacked every day. Self harm was at record levels, over 40,000 self harm
:16:05. > :16:06.incidents. There are signs that level may be beginning to fall back.
:16:07. > :16:14.Thank you. Traditional medical advice says
:16:15. > :16:16.that we should finish a course of antibiotics for them to be
:16:17. > :16:19.effective - even if we feel better - but now a group of scientists has
:16:20. > :16:25.cast doubt on that recommendation. An article published
:16:26. > :16:26.in the British Medical Journal argues that taking antibiotics
:16:27. > :16:28.for longer than necessary can increase the risk of developing
:16:29. > :16:31.a resistance to the drugs. But England's Chief Medical Officer
:16:32. > :16:33.says more research is needed Our health correspondent
:16:34. > :16:38.Dominic Hughes has the details. # Antibiotics, we're
:16:39. > :16:42.wonderful pills...#. All sorts of ways ways
:16:43. > :16:44.are being used to spread the word that antibiotics need
:16:45. > :16:49.to be used sparingly. That message is becoming ever more
:16:50. > :16:51.urgent, as fears grow over the dangers posed by microbes
:16:52. > :16:55.which are resistant to the drugs. Traditionally, we've
:16:56. > :16:58.always been told to finish a course of antibiotics,
:16:59. > :17:00.but some believe that might actually What we worry about now is that many
:17:01. > :17:09.patients are already colonised with resistant bacteria, and they might
:17:10. > :17:15.not be part of the infection, they might be sitting in
:17:16. > :17:18.your gut, your skin and up your nose, and if we use antibiotics for
:17:19. > :17:21.longer than required, what we're doing is enhancing the
:17:22. > :17:23.chances that those resistant bacteria will take
:17:24. > :17:26.over and colonise us all. The world-famous discovery
:17:27. > :17:31.of penicillin... Following Alexander Fleming's
:17:32. > :17:33.discovery of penicillin in the late 1920s, the belief was that not
:17:34. > :17:35.taking enough could lead The modern day official advice
:17:36. > :17:40.is still to complete the course But now questions are being raised
:17:41. > :17:47.about whether that advice is correct, some doctors
:17:48. > :17:48.are concerned patients I'm very fearful that people
:17:49. > :17:52.will hear the headlines today without hearing the truth
:17:53. > :17:55.of the story behind the headlines and will decide on their own accord
:17:56. > :17:58.to take antibiotics for a shorter amount of time than prescribed,
:17:59. > :18:01.and that is potentially unsafe. Just because you are starting
:18:02. > :18:04.to feel better does not mean Today's report acknowledges more
:18:05. > :18:09.research is needed before the "finish the course" advice
:18:10. > :18:12.is changed to something like Serious concerns about drug
:18:13. > :18:20.resistant bugs means established The government says
:18:21. > :18:30.a new immigration system will be in place when Britain leaves
:18:31. > :18:35.the EU in 2019. 50 years ago today homosexuality
:18:36. > :18:39.was partially decriminalised in England and Wales - we'll look at
:18:40. > :18:48.how attitudes have changed. Coming up in the sport in the next
:18:49. > :18:51.15 minutes on BBC News: Chris Froome is looking
:18:52. > :18:54.to complete a rare double, fresh from his Tour de
:18:55. > :18:56.France victory, he'll race The Duke of Cambridge
:18:57. > :19:08.will work his last shift as an air ambulance pilot today,
:19:09. > :19:10.before taking up For the past two years,
:19:11. > :19:16.Prince William has been working for the East Anglian Air Ambulance
:19:17. > :19:19.Service, based in Cambridge. Its Chief Executive described him
:19:20. > :19:21.as a much loved and valued Our royal correspondent
:19:22. > :19:29.Nicholas Witchell reports. It's a job which has clearly meant
:19:30. > :19:32.a great deal to him - to work as member of the emergency
:19:33. > :19:35.services, valued for what he does, rather than for who he is,
:19:36. > :19:38.flying an air ambulance and helping It was more than two years ago that
:19:39. > :19:44.William first reported for duty He had finished as an RAF Search
:19:45. > :19:50.and Rescue pilot but chose to retrain and qualify
:19:51. > :19:52.for this new role. On his first morning, he explained
:19:53. > :19:56.how much it mattered to him. I am just fantastically excited
:19:57. > :19:59.to be here today, the first day. It has been a long time coming,
:20:00. > :20:03.many exams and training to get here, and I'm hugely excited to be joining
:20:04. > :20:06.a very professional bunch of guys and girls doing a unique,
:20:07. > :20:09.complex job with the air ambulance. In the months since,
:20:10. > :20:14.William has piloted the air He has seen tragedy and extremes
:20:15. > :20:21.of emotion at close quarters. Writing in the Eastern Daily Press
:20:22. > :20:24.this morning, he says he is hugely grateful for having
:20:25. > :20:27.had the experience. He says it has instilled in him
:20:28. > :20:30."a profound respect for the men and women who serve in our emergency
:20:31. > :20:34.services which I hope to continue to champion,
:20:35. > :20:38.even as I leave the profession." William has always known his
:20:39. > :20:41.opportunity to do a regular His grandmother fully
:20:42. > :20:45.supported his wish to postpone full-time royal duty
:20:46. > :20:49.for as long as possible. But now, as the generational shift
:20:50. > :20:51.within the royal family becomes more apparent,
:20:52. > :20:53.William has had to And so, after tonight's shift,
:20:54. > :20:58.William will finally embark on the role which has always
:20:59. > :21:02.been his destiny and with which he now seems comfortable -
:21:03. > :21:05.as a full-time working member of the British royal family,
:21:06. > :21:09.taking on more responsibilities in support of the Queen,
:21:10. > :21:13.but with what are clearly deeply held memories of his time
:21:14. > :21:15.as Pilot William Wales of the Air Ambulance
:21:16. > :21:19.Emergency Service. Lloyds Banking Group has set aside
:21:20. > :21:27.a further ?1 billion, to pay compensation claims
:21:28. > :21:30.for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance, and
:21:31. > :21:34.the treatment of mortgage customers. It brings the bank's total bill for
:21:35. > :21:36.the PPI scandal Our personal finance correspondent
:21:37. > :21:52.Simon Gompertz is here. So, what will people get in terms of
:21:53. > :21:57.the mortgage issue? What happened was, over a period of several years
:21:58. > :22:01.up to last year, with mortgage customers who got into trouble, who
:22:02. > :22:05.got into arrears, they were taking the opportunity to charge them for
:22:06. > :22:10.putting a repayment plan into place. It was typically ?140 a year. In
:22:11. > :22:15.many cases, that plan was costing too much. They could not afford it.
:22:16. > :22:42.That is why they are having to pay this compensation.
:22:43. > :22:45.It is 590,000 customers who are affected here. The total
:22:46. > :22:48.compensation to be paid is nearly ?300 million, 283 million, and that
:22:49. > :22:50.is working at typically at ?350 per customer. They do not have to claim
:22:51. > :22:53.it, they will be written to by Lloyds and then they will have the
:22:54. > :22:55.opportunity to claim more if they filled a lost out to a greater
:22:56. > :22:58.degree. And PPI, what happened there? Lloyds have set aside ?18
:22:59. > :23:03.billion. What is happening here, a deadline has been imposed for
:23:04. > :23:08.claims, of August 20 19. There will be a final rush of people realising,
:23:09. > :23:12.often prompted by claims companies advertising, that they can put a
:23:13. > :23:14.claim in, said the banks are setting aside more to pay those claims when
:23:15. > :23:17.they come in. Thank you. The police watchdog says figures
:23:18. > :23:20.gathered by the BBC, suggest there are major inconsistencies
:23:21. > :23:22.in the way police forces across England and Wales
:23:23. > :23:26.are enforcing drug driving laws. Her Majesty's Inspectorate
:23:27. > :23:28.of Constabulary says data from a Radio 1 Newsbeat
:23:29. > :23:33.investigation - looking at the number of arrests under drug
:23:34. > :23:36.driving laws brought in two years ago - suggests that some forces
:23:37. > :23:39.are more proactive than others. They are on the lookout for anyone
:23:40. > :23:52.who might have taken drugs The driver is tested for drugs
:23:53. > :23:59.using a sample of his saliva, and it He is arrested, which means
:24:00. > :24:02.a trip back to the station If found guilty, he faces a minimum
:24:03. > :24:07.actual month driving ban, and could be sentenced to up to six
:24:08. > :24:22.months in prison. Since the law changed on drug
:24:23. > :24:24.driving two years ago, it is now illegal to have a certain
:24:25. > :24:28.level of up to 17 drugs in your Ones like cannabis,
:24:29. > :24:32.ecstasy and cocaine. Nine of them are prescription drugs,
:24:33. > :24:35.ones like morphine and codeine. We asked all 43 forces in England
:24:36. > :24:38.and Wales how many drug driving arrests they have made
:24:39. > :24:40.since the change, to try and get some sense of
:24:41. > :24:42.comparison between forces. We divided that between the number
:24:43. > :24:45.of officers each one had. Some forces made one arrest
:24:46. > :24:47.for every one or two officers, others made one arrest for every 19,
:24:48. > :24:52.24 or 28 officers. These figures must be
:24:53. > :24:55.treated with caution, because they don't take into account
:24:56. > :25:01.if drug driving is more less common in different parts
:25:02. > :25:03.of England and Wales, and the police watchdog says
:25:04. > :25:05.they can only offer a snapshot into how this law is policed,
:25:06. > :25:08.but do provide an interesting insight into the much wider
:25:09. > :25:11.issue of drug driving. Well, there is a real concern
:25:12. > :25:14.at we will see more tragic incidents And we as an inspectorate,
:25:15. > :25:31.would ask other police Chief Constables to check
:25:32. > :25:33.whether they are being The National Police Chiefs' Council
:25:34. > :25:38.says all forces have to make decisions about local priorities
:25:39. > :25:40.and sometimes share resources to meet the demands
:25:41. > :25:42.and keep the public safe. The Prime Minister says
:25:43. > :25:44.the Conservatives have come a long way on the issue of gay rights,
:25:45. > :25:47.but that there's still more to do Theresa May was marking today's 50th
:25:48. > :25:51.anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality
:25:52. > :25:54.in England and Wales. The introduction of the Sexual
:25:55. > :25:57.Offences Act of 1967 meant it was no longer a crime for gay men aged 21
:25:58. > :26:02.and over The law changed in Northern Ireland
:26:03. > :26:23.and Scotland later. Westminster lit up to mark 50 years
:26:24. > :26:27.since it enacted the law which partially decriminalised, sexuality.
:26:28. > :26:35.It may have been the beginning of legalisation but it did not stop the
:26:36. > :26:39.arrests. After 1967, pride celebrations became annual events,
:26:40. > :26:43.promoting equality and challenging prejudice. But over the decades,
:26:44. > :26:47.thousands of gay or bisexual men were convicted for behaviour which
:26:48. > :26:51.would not have been a crime if their partner had been a woman. Terence
:26:52. > :26:56.Stewart said he was wrongly found guilty of soliciting in 1981. 14
:26:57. > :27:03.years after the act came into effect. The offence remains on his
:27:04. > :27:08.record today and has affected every aspect of his life. I was stopped
:27:09. > :27:13.from choosing particular careers. It'll Fleming to fire applied for a
:27:14. > :27:17.mortgage, I could not get a mortgage because that would come into play in
:27:18. > :27:23.an application for a mortgage. So it affected where you lived as well. It
:27:24. > :27:29.had a huge affect on my health and well-being as well. I am very happy
:27:30. > :27:31.to announce that you are now legally husbands.
:27:32. > :27:36.CHEERING It was not until three years ago,
:27:37. > :27:40.that people in Britain were able to marry the person they loved,
:27:41. > :27:46.regardless of their sex. David and Peter were one of the first gay
:27:47. > :27:50.couples to tie the knot. David told me today marks an important
:27:51. > :27:55.anniversary, and an opportunity to look back at a long hard fight that
:27:56. > :28:00.people can be proud of. 50 years ago marked the beginning of a very long
:28:01. > :28:04.journey that a lot of people devoted their lives too, but themselves at
:28:05. > :28:09.personal risk and all the rest. Now when we look back over the 50 years,
:28:10. > :28:14.we can see all these small but very important steps that people and the
:28:15. > :28:18.government and society have made leading up to date. It is a very
:28:19. > :28:23.momentous time to look back and see the progress they have made. But
:28:24. > :28:27.campaigners say there is still more to do to make sure young people can
:28:28. > :28:38.grow up confident that they can be whoever they want to be.
:28:39. > :28:44.England's cricketers have been looking to put their heavy defeat
:28:45. > :28:46.against South Africa behind them. Three England cricketers have been
:28:47. > :28:49.making their debuts this morning in the Third Test against South
:28:50. > :28:51.Africa. Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson
:28:52. > :29:01.has been following These are nostalgic days that one of
:29:02. > :29:06.the world's great cricket grounds, the 100th Test match at the Oval.
:29:07. > :29:11.They have all played here. Here is the ground this morning. Here it is
:29:12. > :29:17.in 1914. It remains a place where anyone who is anyone, and anyone who
:29:18. > :29:20.wants to be someone has played and will play cricket. In this Test
:29:21. > :29:25.match, England threw themselves into the future picking three debutantes
:29:26. > :29:31.and hoping for the best. Keaton Jennings made his test debut last
:29:32. > :29:35.December. His innings here of zero will not have increased his chances
:29:36. > :29:40.of staying in the team until this December. Oval and out. This ground
:29:41. > :29:45.is traditionally where England end the summer. Sometimes they even lift
:29:46. > :29:49.the ashes urn here. Those are the glory days for a captain. But they
:29:50. > :29:56.are rare. As Joe Root has discovered, when you are in charge,
:29:57. > :30:01.you just think about everything. England's captain decided his team
:30:02. > :30:05.would bat first. First runs in Test cricket for Tom Westley, the first
:30:06. > :30:09.of the debutantes to take an active part in this match, and Essex player
:30:10. > :30:15.England hope may fit the mould of Alistair Cook. And there was cook.
:30:16. > :30:19.Internally angling and guide link -- died in, went to ninth place to the
:30:20. > :30:24.all-time test scorers in the morning. Some progress overhead,
:30:25. > :30:29.lights helped play today, but traditional values in the middle are
:30:30. > :30:33.what England seek. Past the pigeons, only one wicket lost in the session.
:30:34. > :30:39.The 50 partnership was greeted in the modern way.
:30:40. > :30:49.I think there was a little bit of rain at the Oval.
:30:50. > :30:54.Yes, it is late July, all we want to do is play cricket and the weather
:30:55. > :31:00.is getting in the way! There will be further showers in the vicinity.
:31:01. > :31:09.The showers are moving from west to east across the UK. Some intense
:31:10. > :31:12.downpours. If you have seen some sunshine today, in eastern Scotland,
:31:13. > :31:18.it may be replaced with scenes like this as we go through the afternoon.
:31:19. > :31:25.In eastern Scotland, the showers a bit more hit and miss compared with
:31:26. > :31:29.western Scotland. The showers are tracking eastwards. After the big
:31:30. > :31:35.clump of showers in northern England, some more scattered
:31:36. > :31:40.showers. Some southern coastal parts may avoid them. Look at the
:31:41. > :31:44.temperatures, nothing special. The gusty winds make it feel even
:31:45. > :31:48.cooler. As ever, when the sun appears, it is not too bad. Southern
:31:49. > :31:54.and eastern parts of the UK overnight become mainly dry. The
:31:55. > :31:56.showers are continuing to Northern Ireland and north-west Scotland.
:31:57. > :32:02.Temperatures overnight of around ten to 15 degrees. Most of the showers
:32:03. > :32:09.will be to the north-west of the UK. For the rest of England and Wales to
:32:10. > :32:14.begin with, some dry, sunny weather. Some outbreaks of rain developing,
:32:15. > :32:17.pushing into Wales as the afternoon goes on, some heavy bursts for the
:32:18. > :32:22.wet end of the day and temperatures for many of us know better. For the
:32:23. > :32:28.cricket tomorrow, the threat of rain is more likely later in the day. It
:32:29. > :32:35.depends how long play goes on for. Cloud increasing ahead of that. We
:32:36. > :32:39.are watching this weather system, extending some uncertainty about the
:32:40. > :32:45.timing of this. Some uncertainty about the Northern limit of that
:32:46. > :32:49.rain. For many of us in England and Wales, wet evening. This is how the
:32:50. > :32:54.weekend is shaping up, low-pressure very much close by. On Saturday,
:32:55. > :32:58.still some showers around a specialist in Northern Ireland and
:32:59. > :33:04.western Scotland. Some outbreaks of rain in the far and south-east. In
:33:05. > :33:09.between the two, some dry weather at times. On Sunday, showers again
:33:10. > :33:14.rattling from west to east across the UK. For most of us, temperatures
:33:15. > :33:19.in the teams. The weekend will be on the cool side. Breezy showers and
:33:20. > :33:23.some sunshine. That is the last weekend in July. Bring on August! It
:33:24. > :33:31.cannot be any worse! Thank you.
:33:32. > :33:37.Beck Terry has tried to reassure business then there will be no cliff
:33:38. > :33:40.edge on migration when the UK believes the EU.
:33:41. > :33:43.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.
:33:44. > :33:44.And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.