:00:00. > :00:08.The BBC understands at least 60 high-rise buildings
:00:09. > :00:12.failed a fire safety test, where insulation and cladding
:00:13. > :00:14.were tested together for the first time.
:00:15. > :00:18.The buildings identified so far are nine council blocks in Salford.
:00:19. > :00:25.Work to remove the cladding is already under way.
:00:26. > :00:28.We will have the latest about the new safety tests.
:00:29. > :00:38.The Chancellor says any transitional deal after Britain leaves the EU
:00:39. > :00:46.must end before the next general election. Another blow for Donald
:00:47. > :00:49.Trump, as the US Senate fails, for a third time, to overturn President
:00:50. > :00:53.Obama's health care initiatives. Pakistan is thrown into
:00:54. > :00:54.political uncertainty, after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
:00:55. > :00:57.is forced to resign in the light Rubbish piles up in the streets
:00:58. > :01:00.of Birmingham, as council refuse workers step up
:01:01. > :01:06.their industrial action. Coming up in the sport on BBC News,
:01:07. > :01:11.Alistair Cook falls short of his first century,
:01:12. > :01:16.since stepping down as England Test captain, on day two of the third
:01:17. > :01:41.match against South Africa. Good afternoon, welcome to the BBC
:01:42. > :01:44.News at One. The BBC understands officials
:01:45. > :01:49.believes at least 60 buildings have failed an official fire safety test,
:01:50. > :01:51.in which ininsulation and cladding, of the type fitted at Grenfell
:01:52. > :01:58.Tower, were analysed together for the first time.
:01:59. > :02:01.So far, just nine of the buildings which failed have been identified.
:02:02. > :02:03.They're in Salford in Greater Manchester,
:02:04. > :02:05.where the local council is asking for help from central government
:02:06. > :02:16.As those affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower wait to find out how
:02:17. > :02:19.and why the fire spread, across the country, others are anxiously
:02:20. > :02:24.waiting to find out if their homes are at risk too. But for many, it's
:02:25. > :02:28.not good news. The BBC understands officials believe at least 60 tower
:02:29. > :02:33.blocks have failed a new fire safety test. Including nine in Salford,
:02:34. > :02:38.where the removal of cladding began weeks ago. The thought of it not
:02:39. > :02:43.being safe and you're sleeping in bed of a nighttime, do you know,
:02:44. > :02:47.that's it, it's bad, isn't it? Really bad. They should take the lot
:02:48. > :02:52.off. I don't care how much money it costs them. It's not money, it's
:02:53. > :02:55.people's lives. I think we're sitting on a tinderbox. Costs to
:02:56. > :02:58.remove and replace cladding are expected to run into tens of
:02:59. > :03:03.millions of pounds. The concern now is who will pick up the bill. Local
:03:04. > :03:08.authorities, Housing Associations, some of them have reserves. All of
:03:09. > :03:11.them have access to borrowing capacity and if there are any
:03:12. > :03:14.authorities that have difficulties, we will ensure that we make
:03:15. > :03:19.additional capacity available to them so that they can get the cash
:03:20. > :03:25.they need to do any urgent and necessary work. In the first round
:03:26. > :03:30.of tests, cladding from every building failed, but critics said
:03:31. > :03:35.this wasn't realistic. Experts are now carrying out new, more thorough
:03:36. > :03:38.tests, like these, combining cladding and insulation to find out
:03:39. > :03:46.which materials are dangerous when put together, like they were on
:03:47. > :03:51.Grenfell Tower. Polyetholene is an oil based material. When it reaches
:03:52. > :03:55.600 degrees it will perform like paraffin. We know what paraffin
:03:56. > :04:00.does, it burns. If you clad a building in it, you've got a fuel
:04:01. > :04:03.source for a flame to prop gait on. Yesterday the Metropolitan Police
:04:04. > :04:07.said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that the company that
:04:08. > :04:10.managed Grenfell Tower and Kensington Chelsea Council may
:04:11. > :04:14.have committed corporate manslaughter. It's very, very
:04:15. > :04:18.important that we now have a proper inquiry that finds out what
:04:19. > :04:22.happened, why that fire spread, whether the materials are the right
:04:23. > :04:26.materials and I and my colleagues will support that public inquiry.
:04:27. > :04:30.More than six weeks on, there's no escaping what happened here and with
:04:31. > :04:34.reverberations being felt across the country, there's clearly a lot of
:04:35. > :04:38.work to be done to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again.
:04:39. > :04:41.In a moment, we will be speaking to Judith Moritz in Salford,
:04:42. > :04:44.but first, we can speak to our correspondent, Tom Burridge,
:04:45. > :04:49.who is by Grenfell tower in West London.
:04:50. > :04:57.Tell us more about these tests, Tom. Previously the Government
:04:58. > :05:01.commissioned tests, smaller scale tests, on samples of cladding
:05:02. > :05:06.similar to that on Grenfell Tower. What's happening now are larger
:05:07. > :05:11.scale tests on a combination of both cladding and insulation. In the case
:05:12. > :05:14.of this first set of results, we're expecting today, it's significant
:05:15. > :05:19.because the type of cladding in the test and the type of insulation
:05:20. > :05:23.taken as a whole and tested is exactly the same type as on Grenfell
:05:24. > :05:28.Tower, we're talking about a combustible type of insulation and
:05:29. > :05:34.we're talking about a type of cladding with a combustible plastic
:05:35. > :05:39.or polyetholene core. Given that it's hardly surprising it's failed.
:05:40. > :05:43.It leads credence to the theory that the building materials used, as a
:05:44. > :05:47.whole, on Grenfell Tower were not appropriate. It then beggars the
:05:48. > :05:51.question: Was an appropriate test carried out on that system, that
:05:52. > :05:56.cladding system, the insulation with the cladding, or not? That will be a
:05:57. > :05:57.focus of both the public inquiry and the investigation by the
:05:58. > :06:08.Metropolitan Police. Tom, thank you. The upshot of this is that work is
:06:09. > :06:12.already going on where you are. Yes, Salford Council say they didn't want
:06:13. > :06:14.to wait, in fact, they conducted their own review pretty much
:06:15. > :06:18.straight after Grenfell and they began work to start taking away
:06:19. > :06:22.cladding last month. If I step out of the way now, the camera will move
:06:23. > :06:26.and try to show you what's happening here. If you look at the top of this
:06:27. > :06:31.building, can you see there is the grey and the red clad there. That
:06:32. > :06:34.cladding is thought to be unsafe, similar to Grenfell. That has been
:06:35. > :06:41.there, it took two years to put up and that is going to start coming
:06:42. > :06:45.down. Moving the camera down, you can see below it, when the cladding
:06:46. > :06:49.comes away it exposes the silver insulation. The council say they
:06:50. > :06:53.don't want to leave that exposed, if you move the camera across, you can
:06:54. > :06:58.see where the lettering is there on the side of the building, that is
:06:59. > :07:03.new cladding, temporary, it consists of concrete boarding. The council
:07:04. > :07:07.says that it is safe for now, but it's not a permanent solution. They
:07:08. > :07:12.want to carry out further tests next month to find the sort of cladding
:07:13. > :07:16.that long-term they can put on these buildings. They know it will take a
:07:17. > :07:18.long time and will cost millions. They are demanding help from the
:07:19. > :07:22.Government with that. Thank you.
:07:23. > :07:25.The Chancellor Phillip Hammond has said there is broad agreement
:07:26. > :07:29.in Cabinet that there should be a transition period of up to three
:07:30. > :07:32.years after Britain leaves the EU, but that it should be finished
:07:33. > :07:35.before the next general election, which is scheduled for 2022.
:07:36. > :07:39.The Chancellor said a failure to implement a transition deal
:07:40. > :07:46.Our political correspondent Iain Watson is in Westminster.
:07:47. > :07:55.What does all of that then mean for the Brexit time table? As you know,
:07:56. > :07:59.the Prime Minister's very fond of saying "Brexit means Brexit". But
:08:00. > :08:03.full Brexit might take longer than some people thought. Yes, we will
:08:04. > :08:08.leave the European Union in March 2019, but the Chancellor has got his
:08:09. > :08:11.Cabinet colleagues on board for a concept of a transitional period
:08:12. > :08:14.beyond that and during that time, things might not look all that
:08:15. > :08:19.different. We might have similar levels of EU migration, for example,
:08:20. > :08:22.until a new system is put in place. But in return, his Cabinet
:08:23. > :08:26.colleagues have voted leave during the referendum have a guarantee from
:08:27. > :08:27.the Chancellor that transitional period won't last longer than three
:08:28. > :08:29.years. There's a general view that any
:08:30. > :08:32.transitional period would have to be finished by the time we get
:08:33. > :08:37.to the date set for the next general It depends on the technical
:08:38. > :08:49.requirements to put in place customs and immigration arrangements
:08:50. > :08:51.and so on, and, of course, this is all subject to negotiation
:08:52. > :08:54.with the European Union. But the overriding concern,
:08:55. > :08:58.as we leave the EU - and the job will be done on the 29th
:08:59. > :09:03.March, 2019 - the overriding concern is to make sure that we go
:09:04. > :09:07.through this process in a way that avoids disruptive cliff edges
:09:08. > :09:19.for business and for The Cabinet agrees with all that,
:09:20. > :09:23.but as is often the case in politics, the devil is in the
:09:24. > :09:26.detail. Let me give a brief example. If the European Court of Justice
:09:27. > :09:30.would have a role during the transition period, if the EU insists
:09:31. > :09:34.on that, this apparent Cabinet unity could be shattered. Thank you.
:09:35. > :09:37.In a major blow to President Trump, the US Senate has failed,
:09:38. > :09:41.for a third time, to repeal President Obama's
:09:42. > :09:45.In a dramatic late-night sitting, three Republicans voted
:09:46. > :09:51.Among the three was veteran senator John McCain.
:09:52. > :09:55.He broke off brain cancer treatment to attend the session,
:09:56. > :10:02.and his "no" vote proved decisive, as Richard Lister reports.
:10:03. > :10:08.Breaking news a massive blow to the Republican plan to repeal at
:10:09. > :10:14.Fordable care act... Americans are waking up to the news that ObamaCare
:10:15. > :10:19.lives on and seems, for now, unassailable. President Obama's
:10:20. > :10:22.Affordable Care Act required nearly all Americans to buy health
:10:23. > :10:26.insurance and required insurance to cover everyone. Republicans
:10:27. > :10:29.condemned it. Momentum is building for the repeal of the health care
:10:30. > :10:34.bill... Too invasive, too expensive, they said. For seven years, they've
:10:35. > :10:38.demanded it be replaced. But they can't agree on how and with a single
:10:39. > :10:46.vote margin on last night's repeal bill, all eyes were on one man. Mr
:10:47. > :10:52.McCain. The self styled maverick Republican cast with a thumbs down
:10:53. > :10:56.to gasps in the chamber. And that killed the bill.
:10:57. > :11:00.CHEERING For ObamaCare supporters, this was a
:11:01. > :11:09.real victory, further repeal efforts seem unlikely for now. This is
:11:10. > :11:16.clearly a disappointing moment, from sky rocketing cost to plummeting
:11:17. > :11:21.choices and collapsing markets, our constituents have suffered through
:11:22. > :11:23.an awful lot under ObamaCare. This repeal bill was highly
:11:24. > :11:29.controversial. It would have abolished the legal mandate to buy
:11:30. > :11:33.insurance, but increased the number of uninsured people by 15 million
:11:34. > :11:37.and increased some premiums by 20%. Democrats said it was time for a new
:11:38. > :11:41.approach. Every place in every corner of the world, of the country,
:11:42. > :11:45.where we go, the number one thing we are asked, and I know this because
:11:46. > :11:49.I've talked to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, is can't
:11:50. > :11:56.you guys work together? Let's give it a shot. This is a test of Donald
:11:57. > :12:01.Trump's presidency too. Let ObamaCare implode, he tweeted.
:12:02. > :12:05.Senator McCain was cheered outside Congress but he's left his party in
:12:06. > :12:07.chaos and his president humiliated, unable to overturn Barack Obama's
:12:08. > :12:13.health care legacy. President Trump's new communications
:12:14. > :12:15.director has become involved in an extraordinary public feud
:12:16. > :12:18.with two senior colleagues, Anthony Scaramucci has launched
:12:19. > :12:23.a scathing attack on both the White House chief of staff,
:12:24. > :12:26.Reince Priebus, and Mr Trump's chief Laura Bicker reports
:12:27. > :12:31.on this, the latest episode President Trump's West Wing
:12:32. > :12:38.is at war with itself. The appointment of the flashy
:12:39. > :12:41.financier, Anthony Scaramucci, of communications has prompted
:12:42. > :12:46.a bitter battle to win Mr Scaramucci has indirectly
:12:47. > :12:51.accused his colleague, the White House chief of staff
:12:52. > :12:55.Reince Priebus, of leaking information about
:12:56. > :12:57.the administration. He called a US network
:12:58. > :13:00.show to say that only Mr Trump could judge
:13:01. > :13:03.whether the tense relationship When I said we were brothers
:13:04. > :13:11.from the podium, that is because... But some brothers are
:13:12. > :13:13.like Cain and Abel. Other brothers can
:13:14. > :13:15.fight with each other I don't know whether this
:13:16. > :13:19.is repairable or not, Tonight, in an extraordinary
:13:20. > :13:24.phone call with a reporter from the New Yorker,
:13:25. > :13:26.Anthony Scaramucci described Reince He also took personally
:13:27. > :13:33.about Mr Trump's chief strategist, On Twitter he said he would refrain
:13:34. > :13:37.from using "colourful language", but would not give up
:13:38. > :13:40.the passionate fight Mr Scaramucci has been
:13:41. > :13:45.in the West Wing just one week, and appears to have spent more time
:13:46. > :13:48.launching personal attacks than pushing the
:13:49. > :13:51.President's policies. He may also be forcing the chief
:13:52. > :14:07.of staff, and a key Republican Let's hear more about everything
:14:08. > :14:11.going on in Washington overnight. What now for health care, what
:14:12. > :14:14.happens with that? What a night of drama under the dome of Capitol
:14:15. > :14:16.Hill. When it comes to Republicans they're picking up the pieces but
:14:17. > :14:22.they are bruised and they are battered. How they go forward with
:14:23. > :14:25.health care is now uncertain. Because one, they're running out of
:14:26. > :14:29.time. This is part of a spending bill. And two, as you heard from the
:14:30. > :14:34.Senate majority leader there, perhaps it's time to move forward.
:14:35. > :14:39.And many of his party may feel the same. And the public feuding is
:14:40. > :14:45.quite extraordinary. Well, this is as close to a reality TV White House
:14:46. > :14:49.as we've ever seen. What we have here is the White House chiefs of
:14:50. > :14:53.staff versus the newcomer, the communications director. Now Anthony
:14:54. > :14:59.Scaramucci seems to have the ear of the president and he's a chip off
:15:00. > :15:04.the old block. They are very similar personalities and backgrounds. If it
:15:05. > :15:15.comes to a fight between Anthony Scaramucci
:15:16. > :15:22.and Reince Preibus, I fear he will be voted out. (
:15:23. > :15:24.Pakistan's prime minister, ( Nawaz Sharif, has resigned,
:15:25. > :15:26.after being disqualified from office by the supreme court,
:15:27. > :15:30.over corruption allegations against his family.
:15:31. > :15:32.The allegations stem from documents that came to light -
:15:33. > :15:35.the so called Panama Papers - regarding his children's
:15:36. > :15:36.offshore business holdings, which include four luxury apartments
:15:37. > :15:53.For opponents of the Pakistani Prime Minister, today's court decision is
:15:54. > :15:57.a huge and unprecedented victory for accountability in a country where
:15:58. > :16:02.politicians often have a reputation for corruption. Today, Nawar Sharif
:16:03. > :16:06.resigned after the highest court disqualified him from office. A
:16:07. > :16:10.panel of five judges unanimously decided he had not been honest when
:16:11. > :16:15.explaining his and his family's financial dealings to a corruption
:16:16. > :16:22.inquiry. The Supreme Court has led from the front. And democracy will
:16:23. > :16:28.strengthen. Democracy will evolve in Pakistan and we will be able to
:16:29. > :16:30.establish a new Pakistan. The allegations against Sharif revolve
:16:31. > :16:35.around four luxury central London flats. The documents from the Panama
:16:36. > :16:39.paper leaks revealed were linked to a number of his children. The
:16:40. > :16:45.Pakistani Supreme Court has been trying to establish where the money
:16:46. > :16:49.came from to buy them. The Prime Minister's daughter widely seen as
:16:50. > :16:54.his political successor, as well as her father, will now face further
:16:55. > :16:58.inquiries by the national anticorruption body. No Prime
:16:59. > :17:02.Minister in Pakistan has ever completed a full term in office.
:17:03. > :17:07.Sharif served twice in the 90s, but was overthrown in a military coup.
:17:08. > :17:11.Some of his supporters have claimed the allegations against him now are
:17:12. > :17:16.an attempt by the country's powerful army to oust him again.
:17:17. > :17:21.His family have always denied any wrongdoing and outside the court
:17:22. > :17:26.some of his ministers remained defiant.
:17:27. > :17:30.TRANSLATION: No matter who becomes the Prime Minister, the Prime
:17:31. > :17:35.Minister in the hearts of the Pakistani people will always be
:17:36. > :17:39.Nawaz Sharif. The ruling party will now have to nominate a new leader
:17:40. > :17:41.but with elections due to take place by the middle of next year, the
:17:42. > :17:56.country is facing real uncertainty. The BBC understands officials
:17:57. > :18:01.believe at least 60 high rise buildings failed a fire safety test
:18:02. > :18:04.where insulation and cladding were tested together for the first time.
:18:05. > :18:06.And, coming up, hidden below ground for 75 years,
:18:07. > :18:09.the Royal Mail railway you'll soon be able to hitch a ride
:18:10. > :18:13.Coming up in sport, Lewis Hamilton is just third quickest
:18:14. > :18:15.in the first practice ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
:18:16. > :18:18.He goes into the weekend trailing Sebastian Vettel by just a point
:18:19. > :18:32.Aid workers in Greece have told the BBC they're dealing
:18:33. > :18:34.with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees
:18:35. > :18:39.Many have suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands
:18:40. > :18:43.of so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
:18:44. > :18:46.The European Commission has said such refugees should be moved
:18:47. > :18:48.to Athens for specialist treatment but charities say
:18:49. > :18:58.Our Europe reporter, Gavin Lee, is on the island of Lesbos.
:18:59. > :19:05.Rare footage from a place journalists are banned.
:19:06. > :19:08.It shows tents have been replaced by containers,
:19:09. > :19:11.a reflection of Europe's waiting room being made a little more
:19:12. > :19:26.long-term for the 4,000 being held on the island.
:19:27. > :19:28.Violence, rioting and fires are becoming routine.
:19:29. > :19:30.The camps are full and migrants, though small in number,
:19:31. > :19:33.Since so-called Islamic State started to lose ground,
:19:34. > :19:36.many who arrived in Greece have escaped attention, men tortured
:19:37. > :19:38.by tortured by IS fighters, women used as sex slaves.
:19:39. > :19:42.There is little support for them and it is worsening the problem
:19:43. > :19:48.You need to improve the health care that is given to these people.
:19:49. > :19:50.If they are vulnerable, they need to be recognised as such,
:19:51. > :19:53.and they need to move to somewhere where they can receive care.
:19:54. > :19:56.The reality is, there isn't this care here on the island,
:19:57. > :19:58.and they need to move to the mainland to receive it.
:19:59. > :20:03.Osama was once a Syrian policeman, but was caught by rebel groups
:20:04. > :20:13.He says he was regularly beaten and sexually abused by his captors.
:20:14. > :20:15.I have been in captivity for three years.
:20:16. > :20:49.Sometimes I feel if I had been killed it would be better than this
:20:50. > :20:52.humiliation. The policy is clear that vulnerable
:20:53. > :20:55.migrants should be taken off the island quickly for specialist
:20:56. > :21:02.treatment. So why are they still here? I would like at this point to
:21:03. > :21:08.remind that 30,000 people have come through the island since March 2016
:21:09. > :21:11.so there can be individual cases, some individual cases, that may have
:21:12. > :21:16.- they may not have been processed as quickly. The Greek Government is
:21:17. > :21:19.promising to take extremely vulnerable migrants off the Islands.
:21:20. > :21:22.In the meantime, those needing the most help are still waiting.
:21:23. > :21:29.Gavin Lee, BBC News, Lesbos. Companies working on the Crossrail
:21:30. > :21:31.project have been fined more than ?1 million after three sets
:21:32. > :21:34.of failures, one of which led The companies pleaded guilty to
:21:35. > :21:44.offences following an investigation. Rene Tkacik died after being crushed
:21:45. > :21:47.by wet concrete in 2014. Two other men were injured
:21:48. > :21:49.in separate incidents within six Four men have been arrested
:21:50. > :21:55.on suspicion of making an explosive Police say no one was hurt
:21:56. > :22:01.when a device erupted. The incident only came to light
:22:02. > :22:04.when a prison worker contacted a Welsh Assembly member,
:22:05. > :22:06.with concerns about staffing. Following an incident here at HMP
:22:07. > :22:11.Cardiff on 15th June, a member of staff at the prison
:22:12. > :22:17.contacted the south-west Wales Assembly member
:22:18. > :22:19.Bethan Jenkins with concerns The worker told Ms Jenkins that
:22:20. > :22:27.prisoners had fashioned an explosive device out of tea whiteners
:22:28. > :22:30.which are very flammable. The Assembly member instantly
:22:31. > :22:32.contacted the Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah with her concerns
:22:33. > :22:34.that the situation could have He was implying to me
:22:35. > :22:40.that the prisoners could revolt, could take over the prison
:22:41. > :22:43.because of the situation potentially with the staffing,
:22:44. > :22:45.although there are other issues also and that's something I think that
:22:46. > :22:48.everybody needs to be aware of so that we ensure these type
:22:49. > :22:54.of situations don't happen again. The prison worker that contacted
:22:55. > :22:57.Ms Jenkins said that staffing levels at the Welsh capital's prison played
:22:58. > :23:00.a part in this incident occurring. He went on to say that staff morale
:23:01. > :23:04.was at an all-time low and that unless things were to change
:23:05. > :23:08.an event of this nature Because there's not enough staff
:23:09. > :23:14.to do routine stuff like cell searches every day and checks
:23:15. > :23:17.on cells they may be But that's always been the case
:23:18. > :23:21.for the past five years and that's why we are insisting that 2,500
:23:22. > :23:23.extra prison officers We have lost over 7,000 and we need
:23:24. > :23:32.those 7,000 replaced. In a statement, the Ministry
:23:33. > :23:34.of Justice said that nobody had been hurt in the incident
:23:35. > :23:41.and that the matter had been They added that it would be
:23:42. > :23:44.inappropriate to comment South Wales Police have released
:23:45. > :23:47.all four individuals One without further action,
:23:48. > :23:51.but investigations continue Council refuse workers in Birmingham
:23:52. > :23:59.are stepping up their industrial action in a dispute that has left
:24:00. > :24:02.rubbish piling up in the streets. Members of the Unite union have been
:24:03. > :24:04.refusing to do overtime, and have been carrying out daily
:24:05. > :24:07.two-hour stoppages - The dispute is about planned changes
:24:08. > :24:12.to working practices, as our correspondent
:24:13. > :24:18.Sima Kotecha reports. Piles and piles of rubbish strewn
:24:19. > :24:26.across some of Birmingham's streets. On this road it's been three weeks
:24:27. > :24:29.since the rubbish was collected. We have seen a rat over there
:24:30. > :24:35.yesterday, absolutely disgraceful. Four weeks now it's been here,
:24:36. > :24:40.absolutely terrible. So we pay all our money, council tax
:24:41. > :24:43.and they won't come and get it, It's not fair on the kids,
:24:44. > :24:50.the kids can't even play out any It's disgusting, we come out
:24:51. > :24:55.of our house and it stenches While the stench from this
:24:56. > :25:03.pile of rubbish here really is unbearable,
:25:04. > :25:06.not sure if you can see or not, And with this strike due
:25:07. > :25:18.to carry on until September, for people living on this street,
:25:19. > :25:22.the smell is going to get worse. Since earlier this month,
:25:23. > :25:24.bin workers have been striking for two hours every day over changes
:25:25. > :25:26.to their shift patterns and plans to cut the number
:25:27. > :25:28.of supervisor jobs. From today, they'll be striking
:25:29. > :25:31.for three hours a day. They say the proposed changes
:25:32. > :25:34.will lead to staff being paid I can talk about working patterns,
:25:35. > :25:42.I can discuss those with my members. What I can not discuss is members
:25:43. > :25:45.who are low paid, losing money They have mortgages to pay and food
:25:46. > :25:49.to put on the table, remove that, don't have those on the lowest wages
:25:50. > :25:52.pay for austerity and mismanagement The local council says budgetary
:25:53. > :25:56.constraints mean they need to adopt In a statement, it says: Positive
:25:57. > :26:00.discussions are continuing to take place with the unions and we hope
:26:01. > :26:03.to be able to resolve this With August around the corner,
:26:04. > :26:09.a mixture of hot temperatures and more rubbish is what many
:26:10. > :26:22.here are dreading. For 75 years, an underground network
:26:23. > :26:25.of railways was used by Royal Mail to move post around the capital
:26:26. > :26:28.but in 2003 the system Now it's reopening,
:26:29. > :26:33.as a tourist attraction - members of the public will be able
:26:34. > :26:36.to take a unique ride through tunnels previously travelled
:26:37. > :26:38.by only parcels and letters. Throughout its 500-year history,
:26:39. > :26:51.the Royal Mail's mission has NEWSREEL: Now down
:26:52. > :26:56.the chute into the vans... To harness technology
:26:57. > :26:58.of the day to deliver letters and parcels as quickly
:26:59. > :27:01.and accurately as possible. This new Postal Museum shows how
:27:02. > :27:06.deliveries have evolved. But by the early 20th century,
:27:07. > :27:09.the mail system in London faced two big problems -
:27:10. > :27:12.heavy fog caused by smoke billowing In 1927, this underground
:27:13. > :27:27.rail network opened. NEWSREEL: On the Post Office tube
:27:28. > :27:31.railway, 25,000 mails bags travel through 6.5 miles of tunnels below
:27:32. > :27:34.crowded city pavements... For 75 years, unmanned trains
:27:35. > :27:38.shuttled mail between six sorting offices and two railway stations,
:27:39. > :27:47.Liverpool Street and Paddington. I guess it was designed
:27:48. > :27:50.for letters, not people. Passengers will soon be able
:27:51. > :28:00.to ride specially-adapted trains It was a really important
:28:01. > :28:03.part of moving the mail It was essential to allowing that
:28:04. > :28:12.communication to happen quickly Its running costs
:28:13. > :28:22.were deemed too high. Transporting mail above ground
:28:23. > :28:24.was considered more cost-effective. This is one of the mail platforms,
:28:25. > :28:27.where the trains would have stopped and the mail would have been
:28:28. > :28:29.loaded into containers. It almost looks like
:28:30. > :28:31.it was abandoned. The equipment was all left down
:28:32. > :28:35.here, newspapers and things like that still laying around,
:28:36. > :28:37.all the trolleys, the trains Soon to become a quirky visitor
:28:38. > :28:41.attraction, for some the Mail Rail The postal service is really
:28:42. > :28:47.the first social network, keeping people in touch,
:28:48. > :28:50.allowing people to stay in touch over distance and quickly,
:28:51. > :28:53.and it was important, the speed was important,
:28:54. > :28:56.and that's what Mail Rail was about, Tim Muffet, BBC News,
:28:57. > :29:14.70 feet below London. The third cricket Test is finely
:29:15. > :29:25.balanced after both sides enjoyed success at the Oval. England are
:29:26. > :29:29.269-6 at lunch. What shall we do about Alistair? Try
:29:30. > :29:33.and get him out early. Toppling the former captain surely top of the
:29:34. > :29:39.agenda at the South African pre-play huddle. Cook closing in on a 31st
:29:40. > :29:45.Test century knows what it feels like to be the wicket to take. And
:29:46. > :29:49.they nearly got him. Just a few overs in, just a few inches too far
:29:50. > :29:54.away and Cook was saved by barely a brush on the grass. Not so lucky the
:29:55. > :30:00.second time around, though. Six added to his overnight total and
:30:01. > :30:05.Cook was gone, lbw. Hopes of another 100 dashed. After a long day's work
:30:06. > :30:10.yesterday, today it's a long day watching. But Ben Stokes was still
:30:11. > :30:16.there. Swinging his way to over 2,000 Test runs and whipping one
:30:17. > :30:23.away to the boundary, flying over flaying finger tips to bring up his
:30:24. > :30:29.10th Test 50. Bairstow was going well too. But with the new ball, his
:30:30. > :30:34.luck turned. Edged, caught. Out for 36.
:30:35. > :30:41.However, after yesterday's rain the clouds are blowing away for England,
:30:42. > :30:45.prospects perhaps brightening. Test tight, series tied. All those that
:30:46. > :30:49.have gone before can do is watch and wait.
:30:50. > :30:57.Is the weather brightening, here is Nick.
:30:58. > :30:59.Not much summer warmth today or for the
:31:00. > :31:04.Signs of summer in North Wales today. But as is typical with our
:31:05. > :31:08.weather at the moment it will be raining before the end of the day.
:31:09. > :31:10.Two zones in our weather looking at the satellite picture, northern
:31:11. > :31:13.England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, sunshine and showers. But the rest
:31:14. > :31:17.of England and Wales turning cloudier as the system moves in from
:31:18. > :31:20.the south-west with rain and stronger winds. That rain patchy in
:31:21. > :31:24.nature through southern England but more persistent for us and edging
:31:25. > :31:28.northwards in Wales. Cloud increasing in eastern England where
:31:29. > :31:31.we have seen sunshine today. Patchy rain working to parts of the
:31:32. > :31:34.Midlands and north-west England. Elsewhere in northern England we are
:31:35. > :31:41.back into sunny spells and a few showers and a few for Northern
:31:42. > :31:44.Ireland. More especially into Scotland and could be thundery.
:31:45. > :31:49.Sunny spells in between. It's cool and breezy across the UK and a windy
:31:50. > :31:53.end to the day to the south-west as this rain becomes more extensive
:31:54. > :31:56.across England and Wales for a time going into this evening. Before
:31:57. > :31:59.clearing all. Still a few showers overnight for Scotland and Northern
:32:00. > :32:03.Ireland. Elsewhere, turning dryer and clearer with overnight
:32:04. > :32:08.temperatures of around ten to 15. The big picture for the weekend, a
:32:09. > :32:12.weather front close to the south coast lingering like a bad smell
:32:13. > :32:15.before coming back Saturday and low pressure to the north-west a source
:32:16. > :32:19.of showers for Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday and widely by
:32:20. > :32:21.Sunday. This is Saturday. Sunshine scattered showers for Scotland and
:32:22. > :32:26.Northern Ireland, one or two elsewhere. But elsewhere quite a lot
:32:27. > :32:30.of dry and sunny weather for a time. Remember that weather front close to
:32:31. > :32:34.the south coast, it comes back to life. Cloud and rain gradually
:32:35. > :32:41.edging north through the afternoon. But if you are dry and sunny for any
:32:42. > :32:44.period of time, it will feel warmer but it's not looking promising
:32:45. > :32:48.tomorrow afternoon at the Oval for the cricket, there will be some
:32:49. > :32:53.outbreaks of rain edging northwards, not just through the Oval, but
:32:54. > :32:57.elsewhere to parts of England and Wales into the evening. Heavier
:32:58. > :33:00.bursts, south-east Wales, parts of the Midlands. Still showers in
:33:01. > :33:04.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Part two of the weekend, Sunday, could be
:33:05. > :33:08.a fine start. It won't last, showers and heavy will spread east across
:33:09. > :33:12.the UK but the further east you are they may not arrive until quite late
:33:13. > :33:15.on. This is the weather menu for this weekend. Refunds are not
:33:16. > :33:19.available. If you do get sunshine, it may feel pleasant for a time.
:33:20. > :33:21.It's hard to feel short-changed a little bit by our weather so far in
:33:22. > :33:33.the second half of summer. The BBC understands officials
:33:34. > :33:36.believe at least 60 high rise buildings failed a fire safety test
:33:37. > :33:39.where insulation and cladding were tested together for the first time.
:33:40. > :33:42.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me
:33:43. > :33:45.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.