:00:00. > :00:07.Four men have been found guilty of plotting a terror
:00:08. > :00:13.attack on British police and military targets.
:00:14. > :00:17.A gang calling themselves The Three Musketeers,
:00:18. > :00:19.along with another man, wanted to commit an atrocity
:00:20. > :00:22.similar to that carried out on the soldier Lee Rigby.
:00:23. > :00:25.Part of the trial, at the Old Bailey, had
:00:26. > :00:34.Prince Philip will make his final solo appearance on Royal duty
:00:35. > :00:37.today, after 65 years of official engagements.
:00:38. > :00:39.The number of people dying due to drugs reached
:00:40. > :00:47.British tourists have faced hours of delays at airports across the EU,
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:00:59. > :01:00.And the three Australian women in their 70s and 80s
:01:01. > :01:03.channelling their inner Beyonce, to save their bowling club.
:01:04. > :01:05.And coming up in the sport on BBC News.
:01:06. > :01:15.The biggest transfer in football history looks like it's on -
:01:16. > :01:17.a ?198 million deal for Neymar to join Paris
:01:18. > :01:40.Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:41. > :01:43.Four men from the West Midlands have been found guilty of plotting
:01:44. > :01:46.an attack similar to that carried out on the soldier Lee Rigby.
:01:47. > :01:47.A gang calling themselves the Three Musketeers,
:01:48. > :01:50.along with one other man, were planning to attack
:01:51. > :01:52.police and military targets on British soil.
:01:53. > :01:55.Some of the trial had to be held in secret, at the Old Bailey.
:01:56. > :01:58.Our Midlands correspondent, Phil Mackie, reports.
:01:59. > :02:02.The raid at Hero Couriers in Birmingham last August.
:02:03. > :02:05.An area near the city centre was evacuated and the bomb
:02:06. > :02:08.It was the culmination of an elaborate undercover operation
:02:09. > :02:11.in which the four men were observed meeting each other in
:02:12. > :02:20.They were already well known to the authorities.
:02:21. > :02:23.Naweed Ali and Khobaib Hussain had been jailed after travelling
:02:24. > :02:28.to a terror training camp in Pakistan in 2011.
:02:29. > :02:31.In prison, they met Mohibur Rahman, who had been jailed for possessing
:02:32. > :02:37.They called themselves the Three Musketeers.
:02:38. > :02:40.Rahman's friend, Tahir Aziz, a former member of the banned
:02:41. > :02:45.extremist group Al-Muhajiroun, later joined the group.
:02:46. > :02:52.The more they watched them, the more the police became suspicious.
:02:53. > :02:54.These men, along with Aziz, were very aware
:02:55. > :02:59.They used unregistered phones, they used encrypted social media
:03:00. > :03:02.apps to exchange extremist and violent material.
:03:03. > :03:10.They often met in public open spaces such as parks
:03:11. > :03:15.We needed to be one step ahead of them and put together
:03:16. > :03:17.an operation that was bold and ambitious, but that would ensure
:03:18. > :03:20.we kept communities safe and provided enough evidence to put
:03:21. > :03:23.The courier company just up there was a front.
:03:24. > :03:25.The boss was an undercover police officer.
:03:26. > :03:30.Khobaib Hussain and Naweed Ali were given jobs there,
:03:31. > :03:33.and when Ali went out on a delivery, they searched his car
:03:34. > :03:36.There was a partially constructed pipe bomb,
:03:37. > :03:39.a meat cleaver with the word "Kafir", or "unbeliever",
:03:40. > :03:43.This plot was foiled, but the release of more terrorists
:03:44. > :03:46.from prison could lead to future problems.
:03:47. > :03:48.The fact that people are being released and you know
:03:49. > :03:50.that they're terrorists, they have been convicted
:03:51. > :03:53.of terrorist offences, they are being released back
:03:54. > :04:02.into society and there's no reason to think that they have
:04:03. > :04:06.I think society across the world needs to ask
:04:07. > :04:16.Ali and Hussain come from Spark Hill in Birmingham,
:04:17. > :04:18.where a local charity works with the Home Office
:04:19. > :04:21.So can someone's view become more extreme
:04:22. > :04:25.If they've bumped into somebody inside who is actually grooming them
:04:26. > :04:27.and radicalising them then, yes, of course.
:04:28. > :04:29.But if they are provided with the right support and then
:04:30. > :04:33.Is there any hope for somebody who's got that absolute commitment
:04:34. > :04:40.We believe with the right support and the right programmes,
:04:41. > :04:42.The four men will be sentenced later.
:04:43. > :04:50.After 65 years of official public engagements, the Duke of Edinburgh
:04:51. > :04:59.will make his final solo appearance on Royal duty today.
:05:00. > :05:02.Prince Philip will attend a parade by the Royal Marines,
:05:03. > :05:05.Now 96, he's the longest serving consort in British history.
:05:06. > :05:07.Our Royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell,
:05:08. > :05:19.Well, it was six years ago at the time of his 90th birthday that the
:05:20. > :05:24.Duke said he had done his bit and it was time to take things a little
:05:25. > :05:28.easier. Now, finally, he is going to do just that. This afternoon,
:05:29. > :05:32.hopefully not in the rain which is falling at the moment, a parade will
:05:33. > :05:36.take place on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace which will mark
:05:37. > :05:36.indeed the end of 70 years of his separate programme of Royal
:05:37. > :05:40.engagements. He's been a familiar and sometimes
:05:41. > :05:42.forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then
:05:43. > :05:45.Princess Elizabeth And although his robust approach
:05:46. > :06:01.to people and events are sometimes got into trouble,
:06:02. > :06:03.few can criticise his Most often in support of the Queen,
:06:04. > :06:07.but also in pursuit of his own separate programme,
:06:08. > :06:09.supporting issues like the environment and the development
:06:10. > :06:11.of the awards programme for young people which he created
:06:12. > :06:14.and which is named after him. But this afternoon, it
:06:15. > :06:16.will come to an end. The Duke, who was 96 in June, will
:06:17. > :06:19.attend his last solo engagement. A parade by the Royal
:06:20. > :06:21.Marines on the forecourt It is not a complete
:06:22. > :06:24.retirement from public life, the Duke will still accompany
:06:25. > :06:27.the Queen to certain events. But after more than 22,000 solo
:06:28. > :06:30.engagements and more than 600 solo overseas visits since the Queen came
:06:31. > :06:37.to the throne, it does mark a significant lightening of the load
:06:38. > :06:40.for the Royal Family's oldest Though those who know the Duke
:06:41. > :06:44.suspect that he will He won't retire at all
:06:45. > :06:56.until he really can't do it. As they say, this morning,
:06:57. > :06:58.marvellous photographs of him This afternoon, the Royal Marines,
:06:59. > :07:05.this is a chap who is still taking the salute in a Field Marshal's
:07:06. > :07:07.uniform which, quite frankly, And he is not standing
:07:08. > :07:11.on steps to do it. After 70 years of Royal duty
:07:12. > :07:16.together, the Queen will certainly miss having her husband at her side
:07:17. > :07:19.for most of her public appearances. From now on, younger members
:07:20. > :07:23.of the Royal Family will take the place of the Duke
:07:24. > :07:26.as the self-declared leading plaque unveiler in the world
:07:27. > :07:39.finally takes things So the question is, what is he going
:07:40. > :07:43.to do now? You will go to Balmoral to join The Queen on the annual
:07:44. > :07:47.summer holiday and I imagine he will base himself principally at Windsor,
:07:48. > :07:51.where he can go carriage driving, he is actively involved in that, and
:07:52. > :07:56.still take a keen interest in the many causes he has championed over
:07:57. > :07:58.the past 70 years. Thanks for that, and Buckingham
:07:59. > :07:59.Palace. The number of deaths due to drugs
:08:00. > :08:02.in England and Wales last year reached their highest
:08:03. > :08:04.level on record. The Office for National Statistics
:08:05. > :08:07.says there were 3,744 'poisoning deaths,' involving both legal
:08:08. > :08:12.and illegal substances in 2016. The figures also show that more
:08:13. > :08:15.people in their 40s died Our Home Affairs correspondent,
:08:16. > :08:25.Nick Beake, joins me. Give us a bit more detail on the
:08:26. > :08:28.numbers. These figures give an insight into how many people are
:08:29. > :08:34.dying from drugs, what they are taking, how old they were, where
:08:35. > :08:40.they were living. There were 3744 drugs poisoning deaths registered in
:08:41. > :08:45.2016. That is a rise of 2%, and crucially, the highest figure on
:08:46. > :08:50.record since the data was recorded about 14 years ago. Two thirds of
:08:51. > :08:54.the death were due to the misuse of drugs. The majority of people had
:08:55. > :09:00.taken things like heroin and morphine. Last year, we saw 371
:09:01. > :09:07.people died because of taking cocaine, a rise of 16%. The ONS
:09:08. > :09:13.thinks this is because taking on a new all pure form of the drug. -- a
:09:14. > :09:17.more pure form. We have seen people in their 40s dying more than people
:09:18. > :09:23.in their 30s because of taking drugs. Experts call this the
:09:24. > :09:26.Trainspotting generation, a reference to the film 20 years ago,
:09:27. > :09:30.meaning people who may have started to take hard strokes in the 1990s
:09:31. > :09:35.have died because they have lost a long-standing battle with substance
:09:36. > :09:39.abuse and substance addiction. We saw in Wales an increase in the
:09:40. > :09:43.number of people dying because of misuse. In England, it is the North
:09:44. > :09:47.East of the country for the fourth year running where they have a
:09:48. > :09:51.particular problem. Drugs charities say this government needs to do a
:09:52. > :09:55.lot more to support people would be sort of problems. The Government
:09:56. > :09:59.unveiled their strategy for tackling drugs two weeks ago and says they
:10:00. > :10:01.are investing more money and embarking on more education
:10:02. > :10:08.programmes to warn people about the dangers of drugs. Many thanks.
:10:09. > :10:11.The White House has confirmed that President Trump helped draft
:10:12. > :10:14.what turned out to be a misleading statement about a meeting his
:10:15. > :10:16.eldest son had last year with a Russian lawyer.
:10:17. > :10:20.Donald Trump Junior initially denied his talks with Natalia Veselnitskaya
:10:21. > :10:22.were about the Presidential election, but his
:10:23. > :10:25.The White House says the President "weighed in,
:10:26. > :10:27.as any father would," but denied there were inaccuracies
:10:28. > :10:36.President Trump still making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
:10:37. > :10:41.Among them, the curious tale of his son and the Russian lawyer.
:10:42. > :10:44.It has emerged that Natalia Veselnitskaya,
:10:45. > :10:47.who has ties with the Kremlin, met him in June last year with the
:10:48. > :10:53.promise of incriminating information about Hillary Clinton.
:10:54. > :11:01.Congratulations, diet! Donald Trump Junior played a key part in his
:11:02. > :11:05.father's election campaign and his e-mails showed he loved the idea of
:11:06. > :11:09.getting dirt on Hillary, but when asked by the New York Times issue if
:11:10. > :11:17.he had hit had any meetings in Russia, he said... In July, he put
:11:18. > :11:21.out a statement saying he had met Natalia Veselnitskaya, but he had
:11:22. > :11:23.only discussed a programme about the adoption of Russian children. After
:11:24. > :11:30.being challenged on that committee finally confirmed the meeting was to
:11:31. > :11:34.talk about individuals connected to Russia supporting Mrs Clinton. So
:11:35. > :11:38.did the President help with the initial misleading statements about
:11:39. > :11:42.that meeting? The Washington post alleged he dictated it for Don Jr on
:11:43. > :11:48.air force one on his way back from the G20 in Hambrook last month. His
:11:49. > :11:51.lawyers said he was not involved in drafting statement, another White
:11:52. > :11:57.House says that actually, he was. The statement that Don Jr issued is
:11:58. > :12:00.true, there is no inaccuracy in the statement. The President weighed in,
:12:01. > :12:05.as any father would based on the limited information he had. This is
:12:06. > :12:12.all discussion frankly of no consequence. But this man will
:12:13. > :12:15.decide that, Robert Muller is investigating claims of meddling in
:12:16. > :12:20.the Russian election and whether the Trump team tried to cover it up. The
:12:21. > :12:24.latest revelations do not look good. We are undermining the rule of law
:12:25. > :12:27.and transparency and openness and democracy and I think other
:12:28. > :12:33.countries are saying, this is really destructive. Our stock market has
:12:34. > :12:37.reached an all-time high today. Bush is an unwelcome distraction for the
:12:38. > :12:44.President. He says the investigation is a witchhunt, but it is not going
:12:45. > :12:45.away -- Russia is an unwelcome distraction.
:12:46. > :12:47.The President of the Prison Governors Association has attacked
:12:48. > :12:50.the Government's management of jails in England and Wales.
:12:51. > :12:55.Andrea Albutt says she's "devastated" at the "complete
:12:56. > :12:58.decline" in the service, that she says over-stretched staff
:12:59. > :13:01.She made the comments in an open letter, after recent
:13:02. > :13:03.violence at prisons in Hertfordshire and Wiltshire.
:13:04. > :13:05.The Ministry of Justice says it's recruiting more prison officers.
:13:06. > :13:07.Our home affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw, reports.
:13:08. > :13:10.Troubling times for jails in England and Wales.
:13:11. > :13:13.This was the scene outside The Mount Prison in
:13:14. > :13:16.Hertfordshire this week as a team of prison officers prepared to deal
:13:17. > :13:22.There are known as tornado units, specially trained
:13:23. > :13:30.and equipped to restore order when prisoners take control.
:13:31. > :13:33.The problems add up to a crisis, caused by a toxic
:13:34. > :13:34.mix of population pressures and staff shortages.
:13:35. > :13:37.That is the view of the leader of the organisation which
:13:38. > :13:45.And until we get sufficient staff in our prison, the
:13:46. > :13:55.So we will continue to try to control the
:13:56. > :13:59.but we will not be delivering in a significant number of our prisons,
:14:00. > :14:03.We will literally be holding and controlling people in our care
:14:04. > :14:21.In an open letter that's sharply critical of
:14:22. > :14:22.the government and the handling of prisons,
:14:23. > :14:24.members had seen nothing tangible from ministers
:14:25. > :14:25.to ease the burden on
:14:26. > :14:32.She claimed there was a gaping hole in operational knowledge on the
:14:33. > :14:36.Ministry of Justice which she said was being filled by moving governors
:14:37. > :14:41.from their posts in prisons. But some question why Western -- prison
:14:42. > :14:45.governors are only speaking out now. We would like to think they are
:14:46. > :14:49.analysed, but where have they been for the past five years? We have all
:14:50. > :14:54.been affected by it, it is not their members getting used as Punch bags,
:14:55. > :15:00.it is ours! The Ministry of Justice is increasing an extra 2,500 and has
:15:01. > :15:06.set up a new agency, the prison and Probation Service. The department
:15:07. > :15:08.said this will help to create a distinct, professionalised, front
:15:09. > :15:12.line service, to ensure policy and operations working closely together
:15:13. > :15:17.to deliver these much-needed reforms. New prisons like this one
:15:18. > :15:21.in North Wales are being built, but the overall prison population is
:15:22. > :15:23.increasing at such a rate, there is little spare capacity.
:15:24. > :15:25.The Government's been urged to do more to persuade European Union
:15:26. > :15:27.countries to increase staffing levels at airports,
:15:28. > :15:33.after British tourists faced long waits at border controls.
:15:34. > :15:35.Some holiday-makers say they were forced to queue for hours
:15:36. > :15:37.because of additional security checks on travellers from outside
:15:38. > :15:41.Airlines UK, which represents British-based carriers,
:15:42. > :15:46.says ministers should use whatever influence they can to
:15:47. > :15:51.Delays at passport control, nothing new.
:15:52. > :15:54.But some delays have been as long as four hours
:15:55. > :15:59.Passengers have even missed flights because of the wait.
:16:00. > :16:04.Kate was in a group of 22 who were stuck in Spain on Monday.
:16:05. > :16:07.Even though they were at the airport three hours early.
:16:08. > :16:11.By the time we got to the gate they told us the gate was closed.
:16:12. > :16:14.The plane was still there, the bridge was still attached
:16:15. > :16:19.to the plane, but they refused to let 22 of us on this plane
:16:20. > :16:22.and yet it took them half an hour to unload our luggage off the plane.
:16:23. > :16:32.This is all because of tighter security checks across the European
:16:33. > :16:33.countries that share passport and border control under
:16:34. > :16:40.More passengers are being checked against more databases to stop
:16:41. > :16:46.terrorists and criminals, that is all taking much longer.
:16:47. > :16:48.The reason for these delays is that some national governments had not
:16:49. > :16:50.foreseen the proper staffing resources and technology solutions
:16:51. > :16:53.at airports to make sure these checks can be done
:16:54. > :17:12.These new rules have been enforced since April.
:17:13. > :17:15.But they have really made an impact now that airports are busy
:17:16. > :17:19.August is always the busiest time of year for travel,
:17:20. > :17:21.so inevitably use the long queues at this time of year.
:17:22. > :17:24.If you add to that the fact that they're bringing in these
:17:25. > :17:25.new security requirements, understandable but those
:17:26. > :17:30.So the most important thing to bear in mind is that when you leave
:17:31. > :17:32.for your destination abroad, leave some extra time to get
:17:33. > :17:34.through passport control, otherwise you run the risk
:17:35. > :17:38.There is always a trade-off, between the level of security
:17:39. > :17:42.Many are calling for more staff, these new checks have not even been
:17:43. > :17:45.fully rolled out yet so the queues could get longer before
:17:46. > :17:57.Our top story this lunchtime. Four men have been convicted of planning
:17:58. > :18:04.to carry out a terrorist atrocity similar to that committed on Lee
:18:05. > :18:06.Rigby. And British athletes are back in the country after their French
:18:07. > :18:07.preparation for the World Championships.
:18:08. > :18:11.An F1 return for Robert Kubica - the Polish driver is testing
:18:12. > :18:13.in Hungary today just over 6 years since a rally crash
:18:14. > :18:28.Road safety campaigners say proposals to remove speed bumps
:18:29. > :18:31.in England to help cut pollution, are 'dangerous, daft
:18:32. > :18:35.and irresponsible.' The government has suggested it's willing to pay
:18:36. > :18:38.for councils to rip them up, because when drivers brake and then
:18:39. > :18:40.accelerate to get over them, they increase exhaust emissions.
:18:41. > :18:45.Children are vulnerable to polluted air.
:18:46. > :18:47.It can harm the development of their lungs and aggravate
:18:48. > :18:51.existing conditions like asthma and hay fever.
:18:52. > :18:54.But the government's plan to combat pollution includes offering to pay
:18:55. > :18:56.councils to rip up speed humps installed to protect
:18:57. > :19:05.Here is why cars will typically break as they reach a hump and then
:19:06. > :19:10.accelerate their way out of it, increasing pollution in the process.
:19:11. > :19:20.Some motoring groups can't wait for the humps to go.
:19:21. > :19:26.Speed bumps, we have been against them from the word go. For the past
:19:27. > :19:30.15 years we have argued against them including the fact that pollution
:19:31. > :19:35.and excessive fuel usage that their calls. -- they cause.
:19:36. > :19:38.But the humps won't be removed without a fight -
:19:39. > :19:40.in many areas, local people campaigned for them to protect
:19:41. > :19:43.Rachel Maycock is a safety campaigner based in Cardiff.
:19:44. > :19:47.Where she walks her two-year-old to nursery.
:19:48. > :19:49.Her organisation Living Streets, is writing to ministers
:19:50. > :19:52.criticising their decision to offer to pay for the removal
:19:53. > :19:55.It's a really weak plan based on really weak evidence.
:19:56. > :19:58.Getting rid of speed bumps and spending that money is not
:19:59. > :20:01.It is going to increase the likelihood of accidents
:20:02. > :20:08.And the money can be spent better elsewhere.
:20:09. > :20:10.I think it is probably in there because the government
:20:11. > :20:13.feels they need to be seen to be nice to the motorists.
:20:14. > :20:15.And not to demonise diesel car drivers and so forth.
:20:16. > :20:18.But we are concerned it is sending out the wrong message
:20:19. > :20:21.The challenge over humps created confusion in Whitehall
:20:22. > :20:23.with different departments saying they weren't responsible
:20:24. > :20:30.A government spokesman said later it would ensure any changes
:20:31. > :20:32.on the roads didn't reduce safety for children.
:20:33. > :20:41.New research suggests more than a million women
:20:42. > :20:42.in their early sixties, are financially worse off,
:20:43. > :20:45.because of the rise in the state pension age.
:20:46. > :20:47.The Institute for Fiscal Studies, says while the government is saving
:20:48. > :20:50.?5 billion a year, many women are losing on average,
:20:51. > :21:05.Waiting for the state pension and struggling to get by. No trips to
:21:06. > :21:13.the pictures of the pubs. My lifestyle has changed. I cannot do
:21:14. > :21:17.the things I used to do. Surely from Aberdeen is 61. She's not working
:21:18. > :21:29.because of ill-health and she will not qualify for the pension until is
:21:30. > :21:47.66. The effect it has had on me,... Ending it all. Having to... Ryan my
:21:48. > :21:54.family. My son said to me you brought me up, you always gave me
:21:55. > :21:59.when you had it and it is my turn. But it is still hard. Pension at age
:22:00. > :22:05.used to be 60 for women and 65 men. By the end of the decade it will be
:22:06. > :22:14.66 for both. More than a million women in their early 60s have on
:22:15. > :22:23.average 32 point alas the week. 18% are living in poverty,. Perhaps the
:22:24. > :22:27.group West of those who want to work but are unable to do so. They cannot
:22:28. > :22:32.perhaps find work or health prevents them being able to do so. Women have
:22:33. > :22:34.been campaigning for compensation with the complaint they were not
:22:35. > :22:40.given enough warning so they could not plan to work on or to save more.
:22:41. > :22:45.Paying pensions later is boosting the government finances by ?5
:22:46. > :22:48.billion a year. Ministers say that is fair because life expectancy is
:22:49. > :22:53.going up and that is increasing the underlying bill for pensions. They
:22:54. > :22:58.argue that with bigger life spans women will still get more pension
:22:59. > :23:01.than previous generations even though they pick the money up later.
:23:02. > :23:06.But that is not helping surely through the years until her 66th
:23:07. > :23:07.birthday. During which she is having to depend on friends and family to
:23:08. > :23:11.keep afloat. He's a sporting superstar, and the
:23:12. > :23:14.fastest breaststroker on the planet. Adam Peaty from Uttoxeter
:23:15. > :23:16.in Staffordshire, admits he thrives on pressure,
:23:17. > :23:19.and last week broke his own 50m breaststroke record,
:23:20. > :23:21.TWICE, at the world He's just 22, so the big question
:23:22. > :23:39.is, how much faster could he go? Two world titles, two world records.
:23:40. > :23:46.One remarkable swimmer. In the sport of the finest margins Adam Peaty
:23:47. > :23:54.proved he is in a class of his own. 25.95! Just a few days after
:23:55. > :23:58.breaking the world record twice in a day, he told me that initial shock
:23:59. > :24:03.still has not left him. Did you surprised yourself that you managed
:24:04. > :24:08.to achieve that? A little bit, I was not expecting to go that speed, I
:24:09. > :24:12.never thought that they would come. I believed it would come but when it
:24:13. > :24:15.actually happens it is a different story. The same with the Olympic
:24:16. > :24:21.gold medal, you never really think it is going to happen to you. So the
:24:22. > :24:26.world record, I cannot believe it has happened. But the family has a
:24:27. > :24:30.second star, last year his grandmother had to watch his Olympic
:24:31. > :24:36.success back home. But this year she flew out to Budapest to cheer on her
:24:37. > :24:40.grandson. It is amazing that she was out there, she had not flown in 20
:24:41. > :24:44.years and she had been packing her bags for weeks before. It means so
:24:45. > :24:48.much to me to walk out when you're a bit nervous and excited and have all
:24:49. > :24:54.these emotions, then you see your grandmother and mother in the crowd.
:24:55. > :24:58.It is an amazing thing. Obviously you what to make them proud and give
:24:59. > :25:02.them as much as they've given you. And the training that has got due to
:25:03. > :25:10.where UI now, many people have seen of you doing those insane push-ups.
:25:11. > :25:16.How important is that regime? I love it, people say it is hard, probably
:25:17. > :25:21.the worst thing you could imagine every single day, six hours. As much
:25:22. > :25:27.heart exercise as you can do. But for me that is my comfort zone. And
:25:28. > :25:33.the best still yet to come? I have not even started to reach my peak
:25:34. > :25:36.yet. I need that man strength to come through, and still on boy
:25:37. > :25:40.strength. His only rival now would seem to be the clock, the man taking
:25:41. > :25:42.British swimming into uncharted territory.
:25:43. > :25:44.In the last hour, the British athletics team have returned
:25:45. > :25:48.to the UK for the World Athletics Championships which start on Friday.
:25:49. > :25:52.They've been preparing themselves at a training camp in Paris,
:25:53. > :25:54.but have been doing so without stars including the retired
:25:55. > :25:56.Jessica Ennis-Hill, and Greg Rutherford -
:25:57. > :26:04.Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson is at St Pancras internationa.
:26:05. > :26:10.Amongst the Continental commuters arriving back in London today
:26:11. > :26:13.precious cargo of British athletes returning from a foreign preparation
:26:14. > :26:17.camps to the heat of the whole World Championships. Let's be clear about
:26:18. > :26:22.their expectations, UK Sport which controls the money once at least six
:26:23. > :26:25.medals. So who will win them, just Annette Hill has retired, Greg
:26:26. > :26:31.Rutherford injured. There was still of course Mo Farah but who else. And
:26:32. > :26:36.where else. Rio Olympics, the women's four by 100 relay team took
:26:37. > :26:44.bronze in a British record team. Could they do it again, 25% of that
:26:45. > :26:47.team is Ashley Phillips. There is now this expectation that the
:26:48. > :26:51.British team will win at least six medals. These targets are
:26:52. > :26:55.interesting. Interesting for the media and the public but how
:26:56. > :26:59.interesting are they for the athletes, is that a fair target? We
:27:00. > :27:04.are capable of doing it, we've worked so hard when it comes to the
:27:05. > :27:08.relays, I think we can definitely get medals from that and coming from
:27:09. > :27:11.the Rio Olympics with such high spirits and the medals we took
:27:12. > :27:18.there, I feel we could carry that over. So if we work hard enough, we
:27:19. > :27:24.have done a lot of work and had a lot of support. So hopefully we want
:27:25. > :27:29.to show how good we are. To get the bronze medal at had to be a British
:27:30. > :27:33.record. You think it will have to be a British record again to get a
:27:34. > :27:42.medal this time, how low can you go in terms of the time! The first time
:27:43. > :27:48.we broke it, that was in London. So if we still have that spirit behind
:27:49. > :27:53.us and that crowd, we can do it again, 1%. Ticket sales have been
:27:54. > :27:56.good for the championships, even unprecedented. Of course British
:27:57. > :28:01.competitors are a large part of that appeal. But there's also Usain Bolt.
:28:02. > :28:09.And it will be the last chance to catch the Jamaican express.
:28:10. > :28:11.As charity records go, this one's a classic.
:28:12. > :28:14.in their 70s and 80s, from Melbourne, Australia, have been
:28:15. > :28:18.They've recorded a version of the hit, All the Single Ladies,
:28:19. > :28:20.as part of a campaign to save their local bowling
:28:21. > :28:24.In just three days, the track All the Bowling Ladies, has had
:28:25. > :28:32.Our Sydney correspondent Hywel Griffith has more.
:28:33. > :28:44.# All the bowling ladies... With combined age of 236, Terri, Janine
:28:45. > :28:49.and Wyn may have thought the chances of pop stardom had passed them by.
:28:50. > :28:53.But just four days after posting this video online, the bowling
:28:54. > :29:00.ladies of Chadstone have caught the attention of the world. Their
:29:01. > :29:03.impassioned plea to save their bowls club from being replaced by an
:29:04. > :29:08.indoor sports stadium has clearly struck a chord. Even if they were
:29:09. > :29:14.not too familiar with the original version. Two of us have heard of
:29:15. > :29:19.Beyonce but two of us had not. No idea about that song. It is a
:29:20. > :29:23.wonderful environment, especially for the older people. We do not want
:29:24. > :29:31.to lose it because then where would we go. We have to travel and most of
:29:32. > :29:37.the ladies are older than I am, I'm 72, it is their second home.
:29:38. > :29:40.Everybody cares. The local council says that the club is just one
:29:41. > :29:47.potential side being considered for a new stadium which would help meet
:29:48. > :29:51.demand for several sports. But the Chadstone bowlers feel they are the
:29:52. > :29:58.victims of ageism as their sport may not be considered sexy enough.
:29:59. > :30:02.Although the demanding choreography left one member saying she may need
:30:03. > :30:08.a hip replacement, the bowling ladies have clearly got their voices
:30:09. > :30:20.heard. And it would now take a brave politician to try to test them out.
:30:21. > :30:27.Barcelona football club has given star player Neymar permission to
:30:28. > :30:31.discuss a world record transfer deal with Paris St Germain. The French
:30:32. > :30:37.club has been told it must pay, wait for this, the ?198 million fee in
:30:38. > :30:41.full before the Brazilian international and join them. It is
:30:42. > :30:47.understood the player was given permission by Barcelona not to
:30:48. > :30:52.train, but to sort out his future. Let's take a look at the weather
:30:53. > :30:56.forecast. People are wondering where the summer has gone but it is headed
:30:57. > :31:01.south-east in particular with sweltering heat in the Balkans
:31:02. > :31:08.today. Sweltering heat waves in what for most could see some temperature
:31:09. > :31:16.records broken. Know when you're so hot in northern Europe. Only 20
:31:17. > :31:19.degrees the top temperature across the UK. Cloud has been moving in
:31:20. > :31:26.across the Atlantic today bringing some rain that for the heaviest
:31:27. > :31:31.along the south coast. Further south it is wet and also quite windy.
:31:32. > :31:36.Great conditions and some really quite heavy rain. That will push its
:31:37. > :31:44.way through the Midlands toward East Anglia. Some drier interludes
:31:45. > :31:48.around, a few breaks in the cloud. Drying up in Northern Ireland as
:31:49. > :31:50.well, the brain moving north into central and southern Scotland. But
:31:51. > :31:57.northern Scotland and beyond to the bright weather into the afternoon.
:31:58. > :32:03.The rain is on the move, it will move north and east. Eventually some
:32:04. > :32:06.rain in the north of Scotland. Most of the persistent rain clearing away
:32:07. > :32:10.overnight but we will see many showers coming in on that breeze
:32:11. > :32:15.through the western side of the UK. So what for some first thing but not
:32:16. > :32:19.cold by any stretch was up around 12 degrees to the north of the UK and
:32:20. > :32:24.relatively mild in the South. The low pressure is firmly in charge of
:32:25. > :32:31.the weather so unsettled weather continues through tomorrow. Light
:32:32. > :32:33.wind in the centre of that level means slow-moving showers also
:32:34. > :32:37.containing some thunder and lightning. But the showers should
:32:38. > :32:42.move through in northern England with that breeze but replaced with
:32:43. > :32:49.further showers. Scattered showers further south as well but largely
:32:50. > :32:52.dry here. And it is quite windy. Top temperatures around 22 degrees. The
:32:53. > :32:58.upper teens elsewhere. Then things begin to settle down as the low
:32:59. > :33:01.moves the weight with Scandinavia. Still bringing some showers and a
:33:02. > :33:05.fairly brisk north-westerly breeze. Particularly windy across Scotland,
:33:06. > :33:10.Northern Ireland and some showers across the western side of the UK.
:33:11. > :33:14.Not so many on the eastern side with some spells of sunshine here.
:33:15. > :33:18.Looking towards the weekend, still some rain in the north and West.
:33:19. > :33:19.Drier conditions in the south and south-east.
:33:20. > :33:23.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:24. > :33:29.Four men have been found guilty of plotting terror attack on British
:33:30. > :33:30.police and military targets similar to the atrocity carried out on the
:33:31. > :33:33.soldier Rigby.