:00:00. > :00:00.Hundreds of thousands of students get their A-level results.
:00:00. > :00:10.Overall, there's a slight rise in the top grades
:00:11. > :00:30.Loser fall in those grades in England alone for the first time
:00:31. > :00:32.since those exams underwent major form. We will be live from clearing
:00:33. > :00:34.centre. The government is to withdraw
:00:35. > :00:37.funding from one of the largest private training companies in the UK
:00:38. > :00:40.after a damning report by Oftsed. A surge in the number of migrants
:00:41. > :00:46.crossing from Morocco to Spain. Nearly three times as many people
:00:47. > :00:50.are now attempting the journey. A large fire broke out
:00:51. > :00:53.in the early hours at a Glasgow fruit and veg market -
:00:54. > :00:55.firefighters say they expect to be The first ever Day/Night Test match
:00:56. > :01:13.in England is about to get And coming up in the sport on BBC
:01:14. > :01:16.News, the FA facing questions after England head coach Mark Sampson is
:01:17. > :01:33.cleared of making racist remarks about one of his players.
:01:34. > :01:39.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:40. > :01:41.The wait for A-level results is over for hundreds of thousands
:01:42. > :01:46.of young people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
:01:47. > :01:49.This year's results show a slight rise in A and A-star grades,
:01:50. > :01:56.The results in England are the first since major changes were made
:01:57. > :02:00.to the qualifications, which mean students now
:02:01. > :02:03.sit their exams at the end of two years of study,
:02:04. > :02:11.instead of taking modules halfway through.
:02:12. > :02:14.In top grades, boys have moved ahead of girls.
:02:15. > :02:17.Our reporter Chi Chi Izundu has been with students opening their results
:02:18. > :02:29.Results day. Years of studying and nervous expectation even to find out
:02:30. > :02:32.what you have got. For the first time in six years those getting top
:02:33. > :02:41.marks at a level has increased and that is despite reforming the
:02:42. > :02:47.system. Really, really good. Hopefully going on to studying
:02:48. > :02:55.accounting. Are you happy? Very happy. Have you broken the news to
:02:56. > :03:06.your mum and dad? My mum, yes. She started screaming! She was screaming
:03:07. > :03:09.a lot, yes. As part of the reform, AS modules coursework will not be
:03:10. > :03:14.part of the final grade. Students must study for two years and sit an
:03:15. > :03:18.exam at the end. This year, 13 subjects are affected, including
:03:19. > :03:22.chemistry, biology and English literature, and universities have a
:03:23. > :03:26.input to the changes. It is challenging to be the first year to
:03:27. > :03:29.do a new exam, but the new exams reflect the needs of universities
:03:30. > :03:33.and employers. Universities were very clear that they wanted to see
:03:34. > :03:38.students arrive for their first year better prepared to cope with the
:03:39. > :03:41.challenges of that difficult first year. The new changes to the system
:03:42. > :03:48.do not apply to schools in Wales, which are still coupling macka one
:03:49. > :03:51.and A-level grades. We were concerned that the old AS
:03:52. > :03:55.qualification disappeared and there was a narrowing of the curriculum.
:03:56. > :04:00.It was looking like subjects in the creative arts, like music and drama,
:04:01. > :04:03.those are starting to disappear, and the same but modern foreign
:04:04. > :04:06.languages. And this is a time when the what young people to be
:04:07. > :04:12.celebrating creativity but looking to be global citizens, so those are
:04:13. > :04:16.areas of real concern. In a A* grades and A grades, boys have moved
:04:17. > :04:21.ahead of girls compared to last year's results. For those who did
:04:22. > :04:25.better than expected or even those that didn't, they will be checking
:04:26. > :04:34.whether they are onto their course at their university of choice. One
:04:35. > :04:35.very happy student is 20-year-old Malala, who tweeted news of her
:04:36. > :04:40.place at Oxford. The number of university places
:04:41. > :04:42.allocated has fallen with tens of thousands
:04:43. > :04:44.of places still available. UCAS, the Universities
:04:45. > :04:47.and Colleges Admissions Service, says that 416,000 places have so far
:04:48. > :04:52.been confirmed, down 2% on last year, reflecting a dip in the number
:04:53. > :04:59.of 18-year-olds in the UK. This is expected to mean a "buyers'
:05:00. > :05:02.market", with more options available to students looking for university
:05:03. > :05:06.places through the clearing process. Phil Mackie is at the
:05:07. > :05:18.Admissions Service's You mentioned the fact that there is
:05:19. > :05:23.a dip in a number of 18-year-olds are applying, who were available to
:05:24. > :05:30.apply this year, but also fewer mature students and 3% fewer EU
:05:31. > :05:34.students, we don't know quite yet, maybe it's because Brexit, maybe it
:05:35. > :05:39.is because of rising costs and debt that you face if you choose to go to
:05:40. > :05:42.university. For the many people who got results this morning, whether
:05:43. > :05:45.they got better or worse results, they are not interested in the
:05:46. > :05:52.statistics but in what is happening to them. For tens of thousands of
:05:53. > :05:55.teenagers, their parents and teachers, this is the place they
:05:56. > :06:00.dread calling on results day. This year if you have not quite got the
:06:01. > :06:04.grades, the advice is, don't panic. There are more places are available
:06:05. > :06:10.through clearing land usual and you never know who will pick up the
:06:11. > :06:14.phone. It is Lenny Henry. I'm the Chancellor of Birmingham city
:06:15. > :06:17.University. What is your name? Although it is expensive, University
:06:18. > :06:22.remains the main choice for 18-year-olds. My mum used to say you
:06:23. > :06:27.must get them education so that you have something to fall back on. And
:06:28. > :06:32.she was right. And for young people out there, that is what you have got
:06:33. > :06:36.to do. Take advantage of this. It is a life transforming thing. 40% of
:06:37. > :06:41.the student body are mature students. It is never too late. Not
:06:42. > :06:44.everyone agrees. Writing The Daily Telegraph, Nick Timothy, the former
:06:45. > :06:58.chief of staff of the Prime Minister said...
:06:59. > :07:03.Today there are more options available to those put off by the
:07:04. > :07:07.cost of higher education. More people are choosing to do
:07:08. > :07:12.apprenticeships because you can make money while learning. A lot of
:07:13. > :07:16.people think it is quite costly now, because the costs of University have
:07:17. > :07:21.obviously gone up. You must put the cost of university in context.
:07:22. > :07:24.Students pay a portion of it, so does the general taxpayer. It is
:07:25. > :07:28.right that there was some shelling out of that cost. It would be unfair
:07:29. > :07:32.on the general taxpayer, many of whom have not had a chance to
:07:33. > :07:36.benefit from the higher lifetime earnings that come with higher
:07:37. > :07:39.education to bear the entire post. Here, clearing will remain part of
:07:40. > :07:44.the annual results day ritual for those who have not done as well as
:07:45. > :07:50.expected, as will trading up for those with better grades. Clearing
:07:51. > :07:53.itself doesn't start until 3pm. They have been in a process called
:07:54. > :07:59.adjustment since nine o'clock this morning. The figures will go up from
:08:00. > :08:02.3 million who have been in touch. It will be a busy 48 hours for those
:08:03. > :08:05.students who are still waiting to hear where they are going to go to
:08:06. > :08:09.university next year. The government is to stop funding
:08:10. > :08:12.one of the largest private training companies in the UK,
:08:13. > :08:18.after a damning report Learndirect Ltd, which provides
:08:19. > :08:20.apprenticeships and adult training to more than 70 thousand people,
:08:21. > :08:22.has been rated inadequate Learndirect Ltd, which provides
:08:23. > :08:28.apprenticeships and adult training to more than 70,000 people,
:08:29. > :08:30.has been rated inadequate The Department for Education will
:08:31. > :08:34.withdraw all funding by next July, and has stopped the firm taking
:08:35. > :08:43.on new apprentices. Insufficient training, lack of
:08:44. > :08:48.planning and poor quality teaching. Just some of the findings in the
:08:49. > :08:54.Ofsted report today which inspected Learndirect Ltd earlier this year.
:08:55. > :08:58.The company, one of the largest learning providers in the UK, was
:08:59. > :09:05.given the lowest possible rating for its training and performance. And
:09:06. > :09:09.those in the industry have described it as a scandal. It is very clear
:09:10. > :09:12.the senior leaders and directors haven't really played the attention
:09:13. > :09:17.they need to quality. Quality doesn't just happen by chance. You
:09:18. > :09:21.have to work at it all the time. Unfortunately it is learners and
:09:22. > :09:24.apprentices who will be losing out. On the Learndirect Ltd Facebook page
:09:25. > :09:28.reviews have been mixed. One said it was a huge waste of time. Another
:09:29. > :09:34.claimed that staff were on the train. Someone else complained of no
:09:35. > :09:39.support or communication -- staff were under train. Another said staff
:09:40. > :09:45.had been very helpful, inspirational, even. Learndirect Ltd
:09:46. > :09:50.didn't want to appear on camera. But they did send as a statement. It
:09:51. > :09:55.says the Ofsted report is not an accurate reflection of their
:09:56. > :09:57.performance. They also say that they are financially stable and will
:09:58. > :10:05.continue to meet the needs of their learners. Learndirect Ltd was
:10:06. > :10:09.privatised in 2011. Since then, it is estimated it has received ?600
:10:10. > :10:14.million of public funding. That money has come from the government.
:10:15. > :10:18.Due to the nature of this latest report, the contract is now going to
:10:19. > :10:23.be wound up. But that will not happen until next July. It is a
:10:24. > :10:25.particularly big scandal. The response from the government has
:10:26. > :10:33.been to give them special treatment. Absolutely no doubt about that. In
:10:34. > :10:36.fact, Learndirect said they expected to get three months termination on
:10:37. > :10:40.the contract which would put them into Administration. Instead,
:10:41. > :10:44.special treatment, those termination notices are not being served and
:10:45. > :10:47.they will continue to offer apprenticeships under a company that
:10:48. > :10:50.they have set up last year. The company tried to block publication
:10:51. > :10:56.of this critical report in court, but failed. It is now hoped changes
:10:57. > :10:59.will strewn be made to ensure that more trainees get the guidance and
:11:00. > :11:02.support they need to improve their futures.
:11:03. > :11:05.An NHS chief executive has been sacked for gross misconduct,
:11:06. > :11:07.following an investigation into allegations of
:11:08. > :11:12.Sir Leonard Fenwick, has been at
:11:13. > :11:16.Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 40 years.
:11:17. > :11:19.The Trust said allegations relating to inappropriate behaviour,
:11:20. > :11:21.use of resources and a range of governance issues
:11:22. > :11:31.Firefighters have been dealing with a large blaze
:11:32. > :11:35.The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.
:11:36. > :11:37.Flames and smoke could be seen rising
:11:38. > :11:39.from the building in the north-east of the city.
:11:40. > :11:41.Hundreds of traders work at the market, supplying produce
:11:42. > :11:43.to shops and restaurants in the west of Scotland.
:11:44. > :11:57.In the early hours of the morning, a fire at the largest wholesale fresh
:11:58. > :12:01.fruit market in Scotland. The flames spread quickly and sent smoke
:12:02. > :12:07.billowing across Glasgow. At its height, more than 70 firefighters
:12:08. > :12:11.tackled the blaze. Conditions were difficult for officers working to
:12:12. > :12:16.bring the fire under control. The first-floor unit in the building you
:12:17. > :12:23.can see behind us, it has panels which make the building pretty
:12:24. > :12:29.dangerous for firefighters, and also assist with pretty quick, rapid
:12:30. > :12:34.spread of fire along its length. Blochairn fruit market supplies
:12:35. > :12:37.fruit and vegetables and other goods throughout Scotland, the North of
:12:38. > :12:40.England and Northern Ireland. Hundreds of millions of pounds of
:12:41. > :12:46.produce passes through this market every year. It operates 24 hours a
:12:47. > :12:48.day. In the morning, when this fire took hold, these buildings would
:12:49. > :12:53.normally be full of hundreds of workers processing orders and
:12:54. > :12:58.filling bands. Fortunately, no one was injured in this fire, but it is
:12:59. > :13:03.not yet clear what will happen to the companies which operate here, or
:13:04. > :13:08.the people that they employ. My father has been working for 36 years
:13:09. > :13:15.at the market. I was brought up at the market. It is heartbreaking for
:13:16. > :13:18.me to see it that way. We still need to wait and find out what is
:13:19. > :13:22.happening. Woke up this morning and the kids could see from the window.
:13:23. > :13:27.It is devastating. I don't know if I have got the job. Work has started
:13:28. > :13:31.to try to get the market up and running as soon as possible.
:13:32. > :13:32.Specialist fire investigators will try to establish what caused this
:13:33. > :13:36.huge blaze. The number of front-line prison
:13:37. > :13:39.officers in England and Wales has risen to its highest level
:13:40. > :13:41.in since 2013. Government figures show more
:13:42. > :13:50.than 650 extra staff were working in the service compared to last
:13:51. > :13:52.year, but the overall number of officers
:13:53. > :14:02.is well below the peak The Justice Secretary has said he
:14:03. > :14:03.wants to see a fall in the prison population.
:14:04. > :14:10.Our Home Affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.
:14:11. > :14:12.Violence is at record levels, there are staff
:14:13. > :14:16.Drug abuse is rife and some jails have been written by unrest.
:14:17. > :14:18.Reformers would like to see fewer people sent to prison
:14:19. > :14:21.and two months into the job, so would the Justice Secretary.
:14:22. > :14:30.We do need to make sure that our judges and magistrates have
:14:31. > :14:32.confidence in the community centred alternatives to prison
:14:33. > :14:34.because I think everybody wants to make sure that people who go
:14:35. > :14:37.to prison really deserve to go there because of the seriousness
:14:38. > :14:39.of their crime or the threat they would pose
:14:40. > :14:42.Would you like to see the population come down?
:14:43. > :14:46.I want to see the population come-down but we have to make sure
:14:47. > :14:51.that we do that in a way that protects public safety.
:14:52. > :14:58.Obviously this is somebody's house...
:14:59. > :15:02.Meanwhile, ministers are on a mission to recruit
:15:03. > :15:05.These new officers are learning the ropes at Coldingley Prison
:15:06. > :15:07.in Surrey as part of a graduate recruitment programme.
:15:08. > :15:11.I saw it as a stepping stone into me going into forensic psychology
:15:12. > :15:13.with my psychology background and that is how I saw it.
:15:14. > :15:16.But at the minute I am enjoying what I'm doing.
:15:17. > :15:19.Today, it has been announced that there has been a rise
:15:20. > :15:24.of 665 prison officers over the past 12 months.
:15:25. > :15:33.So now there are 18,755 officers in England and Wales.
:15:34. > :15:40.25% down on the number of officers there were in 2010.
:15:41. > :15:42.The format MP Jonathan Aitken became a prison reformer after
:15:43. > :15:48.There is a qualified welcome from him to the uplift in officers.
:15:49. > :15:49.Through too excessive cuts, and lots of experienced
:15:50. > :15:55.And they are not going to be replaced by new rookie
:15:56. > :15:58.prison officers who haven't been on the wings for ten years.
:15:59. > :16:01.So there is going to be a loss of quality whatever happens.
:16:02. > :16:04.But at least we are now addressing the basic need
:16:05. > :16:19.Staff cuts contributed to the volatile environment in some jails.
:16:20. > :16:21.So too have the large numbers locked up.
:16:22. > :16:27.While ministers say they want fewer people in prison,
:16:28. > :16:31.they say they believe there has to be more evidence that
:16:32. > :16:35.community sentences work and will prevent reoffending.
:16:36. > :16:49.have been getting their A level results in England, Wales
:16:50. > :17:02.There's a slight rise in the top grades for
:17:03. > :17:06.And coming up: the diamond ring that gained an extra carrot,
:17:07. > :17:09.how a woman was reunited with her wedding ring 13 years
:17:10. > :17:13.Coming up in sport, England and Ireland eyeing the victories that
:17:14. > :17:18.they need to stop violence take on France, England take on the United
:17:19. > :17:23.States. -- victories they need to progress. Ireland take on France.
:17:24. > :17:26.We've been talking about A level results, and among those
:17:27. > :17:28.receiving theirs this morning were young people caught up
:17:29. > :17:31.Many of those who lived in the block attended
:17:32. > :17:35.which sits beneath from the site of the disaster.
:17:36. > :17:40.Gillian Hargreaves has been to meet the school's head teacher.
:17:41. > :17:42.VOICEOVER: Following months of hardship, a good day for students
:17:43. > :17:50.Fifty lost their homes, five others lost their lives,
:17:51. > :17:52.in his first broadcast interview, their principal, David Benson,
:17:53. > :17:55.described the chaos to the BBC, not least having to rearrange
:17:56. > :17:58.an AS-Level maths exam that morning.
:17:59. > :18:03.There was the emotion of the situation, of deep concern
:18:04. > :18:07.that we had for the members of the school community,
:18:08. > :18:09.but there was also a whole lot of practical challenges,
:18:10. > :18:14.children have one chance in life at an education,
:18:15. > :18:18.these were important examinations, we have to keep going.
:18:19. > :18:20.Our instincts were, my team and I said,
:18:21. > :18:23.we've got to bring the children together into one place,
:18:24. > :18:26.we are not sure exactly how that will feel when we come together
:18:27. > :18:30.as a community but at least it will allow us to address what has
:18:31. > :18:50.happened and begin to move forward and resume the education.
:18:51. > :18:52.Pupils do die from time-to-time, children are involved in road
:18:53. > :18:54.accidents, serious illness, but to lose five pupils,
:18:55. > :18:58.four all at once, two in one year group, that is immense
:18:59. > :19:04.Yes. And it is very difficult.
:19:05. > :19:11.I'm incredibly proud of my staff and what they have done.
:19:12. > :19:21.What I saw after Grenfell was incredible, because they had
:19:22. > :19:24.the bravery and the courage to come back in, feeling very confused
:19:25. > :19:27.and uneasy about what had happened, and they had the maturity to listen
:19:28. > :19:32.And then they supported each other through it.
:19:33. > :19:34.So, you know, you should assume the best about children,
:19:35. > :19:38.and in a challenge like this, we saw the children rise to that.
:19:39. > :19:40.After all of that, today is a good day for you.
:19:41. > :19:54.That report from education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves.
:19:55. > :19:56.There's been a surge in illegal migrant crossings
:19:57. > :19:59.Nearly 600 people were rescued yesterday on what coastguards
:20:00. > :20:03.Some people have attempted the short journey in children's paddle boats.
:20:04. > :20:05.So far this year there've been almost 9,000 arrivals,
:20:06. > :20:09.that's three times as many as in the same period in 2016.
:20:10. > :20:20.Gavin Lee sent this report from Spain.
:20:21. > :20:22.VOICOEVER: In the mist of the Mediterranean,
:20:23. > :20:27.number of migrant boats which sail for Morocco in the early hours.
:20:28. > :20:29.One by one, the rescuers arrive, first with some Moroccans,
:20:30. > :20:35.exhausted and likely to be deported in days.
:20:36. > :20:44.sub-Saharan Africans making journeys in larger numbers now.
:20:45. > :20:46.One-year-old Lena from Cameroon is the youngest rescued.
:20:47. > :20:48.Her mother, Helen, says they were at sea
:20:49. > :20:50.for six hours waiting in the dark for help.
:20:51. > :20:52."We were so scared and cold," she says.
:20:53. > :21:07.Here is another rescue boat with another 120 migrants on board.
:21:08. > :21:10.We are told this is the fourth boat today.
:21:11. > :21:14.This is Spain, back in the front line of the migration crisis
:21:15. > :21:20.One hour later, six more migrant boats have called for help.
:21:21. > :21:23.It's now the busiest day of the year for rescuers in what has been
:21:24. > :21:25.the busiest year since the start of the migration crisis.
:21:26. > :21:28.The aim for most here is to make it halfway,
:21:29. > :21:55.then float in Spanish waters and alert the coastguard.
:21:56. > :21:57.TRANSLATION: Sometimes they call us and send
:21:58. > :22:00.We are constantly dealing with overcrowded boats,
:22:01. > :22:02.which makes it all the more dangerous.
:22:03. > :22:03.Boats like this one, a children's toy craft,
:22:04. > :22:08.Ben from Ivory Coast paid 20 euros to board a similar tiny boat.
:22:09. > :22:10.TRANSLATION: This man paid 20 euros to board a tiny boat.
:22:11. > :22:13.This was a suicidal journey, 11 of us on a boat
:22:14. > :22:17.We travelled for 14 hours, and I was so exhausted I couldn't
:22:18. > :22:21.At the moment, authorities here say they are coping but Spain is now
:22:22. > :22:23.receiving more migrants than Greece, with no sign
:22:24. > :22:37.STUDIO: The South Korean president Moon Jae-in has said he can
:22:38. > :22:39.guarantee there will be no war on the Korean peninsula.
:22:40. > :22:43.He was speaking at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office
:22:44. > :22:48.Yogita Limaye reports from close to the border with North Korea.
:22:49. > :22:55.VOICEOVER: This is the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea,
:22:56. > :23:01.a four kilometre Wright that wide strip of land which is a buffer
:23:02. > :23:05.between the two countries. -- white. A North Korean soldier there, facing
:23:06. > :23:09.soldiers from South Korea, strange that they are so close to each other
:23:10. > :23:14.but no of communication actually open between these two sides. --
:23:15. > :23:17.wide. In light of recent hostilities, sharp words coming in
:23:18. > :23:21.from Pyongyang, you would have imagined things here would be more
:23:22. > :23:27.tense but actually, things here are quiet and as normal. And around 50
:23:28. > :23:34.kilometres away, in Seoul, the president, Moon Jae-in, is doing his
:23:35. > :23:39.best to calm down the rhetoric between the US and North Korea. At a
:23:40. > :23:42.press conference to mark 100 days in office he said strong remarks from
:23:43. > :23:47.the US president were intended to put pressure on North Korea. He did
:23:48. > :23:50.not believe Donald Trump meant to indicate that military action
:23:51. > :23:53.against Pyongyang was imminent. People in South Korea who are used
:23:54. > :23:57.to aggression from their northern neighbour have been getting worried,
:23:58. > :24:05.as they watch the US making similar statements. And their president
:24:06. > :24:07.sought to reassure them. TRANSLATION: The United States and
:24:08. > :24:13.President Trump have promised that they will consult and get our
:24:14. > :24:17.agreement before taking any kind of military actions towards North
:24:18. > :24:22.Korea. From here in South Korea, the offer of dialogue with the North is
:24:23. > :24:25.open. If these talks ever happen, they will take place in this room in
:24:26. > :24:30.the demilitarised zone around this table. But so far there has been no
:24:31. > :24:35.response from Pyongyang. Jon Beason Mountains near the border, North
:24:36. > :24:46.Korea presses on with the nuclear programme. -- and beyond these
:24:47. > :24:53.mountain sneer the border. -- beyond these mountains near the
:24:54. > :25:00.A leading geologist has suggested that the UK's rock formations
:25:01. > :25:02.are unlikely to hold large supplies of shale gas.
:25:03. > :25:03.Professor John Underhill, from Heriot-Watt University,
:25:04. > :25:05.says the shale rock deposits were formed 55 million
:25:06. > :25:08.years too late to trap substantial amounts of gas
:25:09. > :25:10.and that the future role of fracking in this country has
:25:11. > :25:13.Our Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin explains:
:25:14. > :25:15.VOICEOVER: The shale gas revolution in the USA.
:25:16. > :25:18.Energy prices there tumbled after engineers discovered how to crack
:25:19. > :25:19.shale rocks to release gas trapped inside.
:25:20. > :25:22.The central part of the USA has vast amounts of shale gas.
:25:23. > :25:24.In the UK, firms have started seeking
:25:25. > :25:39.hoping for an American-style energy miracle.
:25:40. > :25:42.But a leading geologist says they might be disappointed.
:25:43. > :25:44.What are the reserves? Can it be got out?
:25:45. > :25:46.Does the geology work or not? That is the key question.
:25:47. > :25:50.So it may work on local scales but it isn't likely to give
:25:51. > :25:52.us the amount of gas production that we need
:25:53. > :25:54.to make a difference in terms of UK wide gas needs.
:25:55. > :25:57.The problem, he says, is an event 55,000,000 years ago.
:25:58. > :26:00.These great underground layers of rock that
:26:01. > :26:02.shift and float under the surface directly affected the UK.
:26:03. > :26:07.Disrupting and disrupting the shale rocks where gas could form.
:26:08. > :26:09.The UK is very different from the USA, the professor warns.
:26:10. > :26:11.Shale gas firms are still optimistic, though.
:26:12. > :26:19.I would argue that it is better to take the scientific steps to
:26:20. > :26:23.understand the potential resource for the benefit of the UK
:26:24. > :26:35.jobs and a resource that we are declining in in the UK.
:26:36. > :26:41.This may seem like a purely technical issue but it is not.
:26:42. > :26:51.Almost all of us heat our homes with gas, so is the
:26:52. > :26:54.-- if the UK can't get as much shale gas as it thought,
:26:55. > :26:57.it is going to have to import more and that would be
:26:58. > :27:00.is already struggling with energy policy.
:27:01. > :27:08.STUDIO: A judgment is due later today in two landmark legal
:27:09. > :27:14.challenges against Northern Ireland's ban on same sex marriage.
:27:15. > :27:17.It's currently the only part of the UK which does not permit
:27:18. > :27:20.a marriages between two men or two women, and does not
:27:21. > :27:22.recognise same-sex marriages from other parts of the UK.
:27:23. > :27:25.The ruling due to be made at Belfast High Court is on two
:27:26. > :27:28.separate cases that were heard together due to the similarities
:27:29. > :27:32.Now, in just over half an hour, the first ever Day/Night Test
:27:33. > :27:33.match in England gets underway, in Birmingham.
:27:34. > :27:36.England's cricketers take on the West Indies in the first
:27:37. > :27:49.What can cricket fans expect? Well, interesting, there is a degree of
:27:50. > :27:52.the unexpected, the novelty, the attraction, Warwickshire, the
:27:53. > :27:57.organisers, have been pleased with the way ticket sales have gone, they
:27:58. > :28:02.reckon there is a sense of new people attracted to the mat, 2pm to
:28:03. > :28:06.9pm, there is a pink cricket ball used, we have talked about that,
:28:07. > :28:10.that will be durable and visible under the floodlights. Actually,
:28:11. > :28:14.those lights will not come into their own until 8pm, northern
:28:15. > :28:19.hemisphere conditions very different from southern hemisphere, we have
:28:20. > :28:22.long evenings. One of the reasons England is so keen to play this
:28:23. > :28:28.match is because they will be playing Australia in the winter's
:28:29. > :28:31.Ashes in Adelaide in day night conditions, so a bit of practice.
:28:32. > :28:38.There is no guarantee this will ever happen again, could be the first and
:28:39. > :28:42.last day night match in England, and the main concern is how they will
:28:43. > :28:49.keep warm come 9pm, for the spectators coming in this evening.
:28:50. > :28:50.We will get a weather forecast in a moment but one more story before
:28:51. > :28:51.that. A Canadian woman has been reunited
:28:52. > :28:54.with her diamond ring, 13 years after she lost it
:28:55. > :28:56.while weeding in her garden. Mary Grams' daughter-in-law
:28:57. > :28:58.picked a carrot out and found its growth had been
:28:59. > :29:01.restricted by the ring. had been too embarrassed
:29:02. > :29:05.to tell her husband she'd lost it, I thought I'd have to go
:29:06. > :29:24.to the jeweller today, 13 years ago, Mary's diamond ring
:29:25. > :29:27.fell off in her garden, lost, she thought for ever.
:29:28. > :29:29.I went to the garden for something and, I don't know,
:29:30. > :29:33.I saw this big weed and I don't know why I had to pull it,
:29:34. > :29:36.I should have left it alone or at least pulled it
:29:37. > :29:40.It must've got caught in here somewhere and it pulled the ring out
:29:41. > :29:43.I've got a big knuckle that it got over somehow.
:29:44. > :29:48.I cried so many times and I thought, "Oh, surely I'll find it,"
:29:49. > :29:52.Then I finally went to the jeweller and bought a cheap ring,
:29:53. > :30:00.She never told her husband, who died five years ago, but Mary Sun --
:30:01. > :30:01.Mary's son, knew the story and when he found it, knew exactly whose it
:30:02. > :30:08.was. My granddaughter first
:30:09. > :30:10.brought it this morning. They found it yesterday,
:30:11. > :30:12.when my daughter-in-law was digging carrots for supper and she said,
:30:13. > :30:14."What's this?" She asked Brian, my son,
:30:15. > :30:16.and he says, "Oh, yeah." He knew, but he knew
:30:17. > :30:18.that I lost something. I don't know if he said
:30:19. > :30:26.something or if he did say From Canada to Sweden, this ring was
:30:27. > :30:28.lost 16 years, in Germany, a wedding ring was pulled up three years after
:30:29. > :30:30.going missing, it may take some time, but clearly, the crop of
:30:31. > :30:34.choice for gardeners looking for heirlooms, is the humble carrot(!)
:30:35. > :30:41.as promised, let's catch up with the weather forecast. I can dangle the
:30:42. > :30:45.carrot of better weather this afternoon(!)
:30:46. > :30:51.the rain that has been affecting east England has been moving out of
:30:52. > :30:54.the way, following behind that, if they're bit of sunshine, further
:30:55. > :30:59.north in Northumberland, the skies, just a few hours ago, looking like
:31:00. > :31:06.this, similar scenes at some point in the day, across wide parts of the
:31:07. > :31:08.British Isles. A closer look at the afternoons whether, if you
:31:09. > :31:12.thunderstorms working across Lincolnshire, and a fair few
:31:13. > :31:15.downpours expected today across Northern Ireland, western Scotland,
:31:16. > :31:20.away from these areas, showers relatively few and far between,
:31:21. > :31:23.sunshine compared with yesterday, 25 degrees in London, if we get that,
:31:24. > :31:26.we have equalled the highest temperature we have got since
:31:27. > :31:31.August, not that that is particularly high for August.
:31:32. > :31:40.Overnight, heavy downpours, scale and under is a possibility, and it
:31:41. > :31:46.will be a cool night. -- hailstones and thunder is a possibility. With a
:31:47. > :31:50.difference tomorrow, cold blustery wind blowing showers through, more
:31:51. > :31:54.prolonged rain across north-east Scotland, localised surface water
:31:55. > :31:59.flooding possible, wind becoming very gusty, across a swathe of
:32:00. > :32:03.Northern Ireland, gusts could reach about 50 mph around the coastal
:32:04. > :32:06.districts, that could be enough to bring down one or two tree branches,
:32:07. > :32:10.some localised disruption, temperature wise, knock 4 degrees of
:32:11. > :32:15.what we have today, it will feel cooler. For the start of the
:32:16. > :32:20.weekend, cooler conditions still with us, showers around, not quite
:32:21. > :32:23.as many. In the sunshine, not feeling too bad towards the
:32:24. > :32:26.south-east, temperatures into the low 20s, little bit cool in the
:32:27. > :32:30.wind, further north and west. Talking of wind, across the western
:32:31. > :32:36.side of the Atlantic at the moment, talking about this yesterday, a
:32:37. > :32:39.hurricane, winds of 120 mph in gusts, this storm is going to
:32:40. > :32:47.combine with this area of low pressure across eastern Canada. This
:32:48. > :32:51.normal area is going to gobble up Gert and what we will be left with
:32:52. > :32:53.is an area of rain right Racing across the Atlantic, tropical
:32:54. > :32:58.moisture, the rain will be heavy by the time it lands on our shores. We
:32:59. > :33:02.still have a bit of uncertainty as to where the heaviest rain will be,
:33:03. > :33:21.it could bring localised flooding. A reminder of our main story this
:33:22. > :33:23.lunchtime. Hundreds of thousands of students get their A level results
:33:24. > :33:27.in England, Wales and northern Ireland - there's a slight rise in
:33:28. > :33:28.the top grades for the first time in six years. -- six years.