:00:00. > :00:00.A rock star, jailed for depraved child abuse could have been caught
:00:00. > :00:11.years earlier if South Wales police hadnt missed a series
:00:12. > :00:14.Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was jailed for 29 years
:00:15. > :00:17.after a campaign of abuse - a damning report's says a
:00:18. > :00:33.The singer's former girlfriend reported him to the police many
:00:34. > :00:37.times, but she was never taken seriously. Time after time, she went
:00:38. > :00:41.to her local police station, offering them the chance to look at
:00:42. > :00:45.her computer, laptop, where she had an e-mail from him attaching
:00:46. > :00:47.photographs of an underage child and they did not want to look at it.
:00:48. > :00:50.South Wales police has accepted the criticism and assurances have
:00:51. > :00:53.been given to the public that if they come forward with credible
:00:54. > :00:55.concerns about abuse, they will be taken seriously.
:00:56. > :01:02.A warning of potential major disruption on the railways and the
:01:03. > :01:06.road this weekend as millions prepare for the bank holiday getaway
:01:07. > :01:08.amid engineering works on some of the country's busiest routes.
:01:09. > :01:10.The acting chairman of Samsung, the world's largest smartphone
:01:11. > :01:12.maker, is sentenced to five years in prison for bribery
:01:13. > :01:24.Driverless lorries will be trialled on our roads by the end of the year.
:01:25. > :01:28.Wi-Fi controlled convoys are part of a plan to cut emissions and
:01:29. > :01:33.congestion, but there is concern about the risk to drivers. Residents
:01:34. > :01:36.along the Texas coast prepare for what could be the deadliest storm to
:01:37. > :01:38.hit the US since hurricane Katrina. And coming up in the sport
:01:39. > :01:40.on BBC News: Double Mo Farah takes gold in his final
:01:41. > :01:44.track race over 5,000 metres, and CJ Ujah runs a personal
:01:45. > :02:03.best in the 100 metres. A rock star jailed for child abuse
:02:04. > :02:11.could have been stopped nearly four years earlier if numerous
:02:12. > :02:14.allegations against him had been investigated properly
:02:15. > :02:24.and if a witness had been believed. The Independent Police Complaints
:02:25. > :02:26.Commission says South Wales police missed a series of chances to stop
:02:27. > :02:28.the Lostprophets singer Watkins was jailed for 29 years
:02:29. > :02:32.in 2013 after admitting sexual offences, including the attempted
:02:33. > :02:34.rape of a baby. Our Wales correspondent,
:02:35. > :02:47.Sian Lloyd, is in Cardiff. A rock star, whose music earned him
:02:48. > :02:51.fans around the world, but in private, Ian Watkins was a
:02:52. > :02:55.paedophile. His behaviour was described as having plumbed the
:02:56. > :02:59.depths of depravity. He was convicted in 2013, but according to
:03:00. > :03:03.the police watchdog, the Independent pleats complaints commission, he
:03:04. > :03:09.could have been stopped sooner if reports about his sexual interest in
:03:10. > :03:13.children had been followed up. Bias, whether unconscious or conscious has
:03:14. > :03:17.no place in 21st-century policing. It doesn't matter who someone is,
:03:18. > :03:21.what someone is. What is really important is what that person is
:03:22. > :03:26.saying. That's what was missing in this case. That is what meant that
:03:27. > :03:30.Ian Watkins was free to offend for years longer than he needs have
:03:31. > :03:36.been, and that is what so important to put right. Joanne Mjadzelics had
:03:37. > :03:38.first reported Ian Watkins to the authorities. She had worked as an
:03:39. > :03:42.escort and had been in a relationship with the singer. She
:03:43. > :03:45.had messages on her phone in which he spoke of wanting to abuse
:03:46. > :03:48.children, but officers didn't think she was the right sort of
:03:49. > :03:54.complainant and she wasn't taken seriously. But she wasn't a lone
:03:55. > :03:59.voice. Between December 2008 and June 20 12, six people raised
:04:00. > :04:04.concerns. It led to eight reports, and three intelligence logs. But
:04:05. > :04:07.during that time, Ian Watkins wasn't arrested, questioned or even
:04:08. > :04:11.required to respond to the allegations. Today, Joanne
:04:12. > :04:15.Mjadzelics's barrister said she hoped lessons have been learned. She
:04:16. > :04:19.gave them every opportunity to do their job to investigate. They
:04:20. > :04:23.weren't interested. South Wales Police didn't begin investigating
:04:24. > :04:28.Ian Watkins until four years after they were tipped off that he was a
:04:29. > :04:32.danger to children. He was arrested during a drugs raid at his home here
:04:33. > :04:37.in Pontypridd. What they then found on his mobile phones and computers
:04:38. > :04:42.showed that those earlier warnings should have been acted on. South
:04:43. > :04:47.Wales Police accept the report's findings, and admit they failed to
:04:48. > :04:53.listen or investigate properly. They say they are truly sorry. Last week,
:04:54. > :04:57.the IPC see also accused the South Yorkshire force of inaction in
:04:58. > :05:01.investigating Watkins. He manipulated fans to get access to
:05:02. > :05:06.his victims. The extent of his abuse may never be known.
:05:07. > :05:14.Major disruption on the railways will peak this weekend as millions
:05:15. > :05:17.prepare for the bank holiday getaway amid engineering works on some of
:05:18. > :05:21.the country's busiest rail routes. Key stations in London and services
:05:22. > :05:24.to and from Wales and the North of England and Scotland will be heavily
:05:25. > :05:28.affected. Road users have also been advised to expect longer journeys as
:05:29. > :05:32.people then take to the road instead.
:05:33. > :05:37.With the queues building here at Euston station, it is set to get
:05:38. > :05:41.even busier as millions of us prepare to travel over the bank
:05:42. > :05:46.holiday weekend. This station will completely close from tomorrow,
:05:47. > :05:50.affecting passengers up and down the UK. With no trains to London from
:05:51. > :05:54.the West Coast mainline. There's never an ideal time to carry out
:05:55. > :05:58.these railway improvement works, but we carry out 15,000 projects every
:05:59. > :06:02.year, and most of those happen overnight. During bank holidays,
:06:03. > :06:07.fewer people are travelling and we can deliver much bigger projects for
:06:08. > :06:10.passengers. This will be the biggest ever August bank holiday engineering
:06:11. > :06:19.project by Network Rail. Costing more than ?130 million, involving
:06:20. > :06:25.17,000 engineers. The works expected to benefit millions of passengers.
:06:26. > :06:29.The work will see platforms extended to make way for longer tails as well
:06:30. > :06:36.as improvements to platforms and and preparation work for HS2. I think it
:06:37. > :06:40.is absolute madness because people will struggle. I think it is really
:06:41. > :06:45.metal to do that. It is going to cause some disruption, but they have
:06:46. > :06:50.planned for it. People know. Obviously, they will take
:06:51. > :06:53.alternative routes. I just think it is a failure of important public
:06:54. > :06:59.service for Londoners and for people around the country. Rail services in
:07:00. > :07:02.the Midlands, Wales, and across the North will also be disrupted.
:07:03. > :07:07.Transport campaigners say it is well overdue. There has been historic
:07:08. > :07:12.underinvestment in the railway going back decades, and some of what is
:07:13. > :07:16.going on this weekend, not just at Euston, but at Waterloo, London
:07:17. > :07:21.Bridge, and elsewhere on the rail network, is about putting that right
:07:22. > :07:24.and actually providing better and more reliable services. Euston isn't
:07:25. > :07:30.the only station affected in London. Work will also be happening at
:07:31. > :07:34.Waterloo, London Bridge, Liverpool Street, and Paddington. Roads are
:07:35. > :07:37.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on Monday.
:07:38. > :07:40.Traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend, it is
:07:41. > :07:45.actually going to pick on Monday with around 5 million leisure
:07:46. > :07:48.journeys on our roads. That is people headed back after the school
:07:49. > :07:52.holidays ahead of the new school term starting but also people
:07:53. > :07:55.looking to enjoy day trips. Passengers on roads, railways are in
:07:56. > :07:57.airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel
:07:58. > :08:02.to avoid disruption. Our correspondents Adina Campbell is
:08:03. > :08:05.at Euston Station and Dan Whitworth And our correspondent Adina Campbell
:08:06. > :08:15.is at Euston Station. Euston is going to be closed, but
:08:16. > :08:20.disruption will be felt across the whole country. That is right. In the
:08:21. > :08:23.last couple of hours, it has got so much busier here at Euston station.
:08:24. > :08:27.Doubled the number of people arrived since we got here this morning, and
:08:28. > :08:31.many other stations across London and another part of the country will
:08:32. > :08:34.be feeling this rush as we head into the bank holiday weekend. The advice
:08:35. > :08:36.is simple. Give yourself plenty of time and check before you travel.
:08:37. > :08:38.All right, thank you. Our Correspondent Dan Whitworth
:08:39. > :08:47.is on the M6 near Knutsford. It is looking busy there already.
:08:48. > :08:54.What advice for the impact on major road routes? Well, the RAC is
:08:55. > :08:58.forecasting that the biggest time will be between 3pm and 7pm this
:08:59. > :09:02.afternoon and also on Monday when it is forecasting around 5 million cars
:09:03. > :09:05.to be on the roads. The Highways Agency is aware of this and had been
:09:06. > :09:11.planning this for many weeks, for many months, and as such has removed
:09:12. > :09:14.around about 450 miles worth of roadworks, a couple of key stretch
:09:15. > :09:25.is still in place, though. 26 miles of road works on the A1. You can
:09:26. > :09:30.also see around 20 miles of roadworks on the M6. That is right
:09:31. > :09:34.the way through to Manchester. The M1, the M60 and the M62 all affected
:09:35. > :09:40.by roadworks to other key pinch bolts that you should be aware of is
:09:41. > :09:46.the M5 and all routes in and out of the Lake District and indeed the M1
:09:47. > :09:49.and Mthe motorways heading out of London. A key piece of advice, take
:09:50. > :09:53.your journey before you travel, check your route, and if you have
:09:54. > :09:57.one of these and you probably have, take BBC August bank holiday weekend
:09:58. > :10:01.travel, you will have all of the information at your fingertips.
:10:02. > :10:04.Before you drive, of course. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
:10:05. > :10:07.The billionaire boss of the Samsung empire and South Korea's third
:10:08. > :10:09.richest man has been jailed for five years after being found
:10:10. > :10:11.guilty of bribery, embezzlement and perjury.
:10:12. > :10:14.In a scandal that has already toppled a South Korean President,
:10:15. > :10:17.Jay Y Lee was found guilty of making inappropriate donations worth around
:10:18. > :10:19.six million dollars in exchange for government favours.
:10:20. > :10:21.Our correspondent in the South Korean capital Seoul,
:10:22. > :10:30.Jae-Yong Lee is one of the most powerful businessmen in the world.
:10:31. > :10:33.Now he's facing a jail sentence that is among the longest ever given
:10:34. > :10:41.Mr Lee has been found guilty of paying bribes
:10:42. > :10:47.His lawyers say they will go to a higher court.
:10:48. > :10:50.TRANSLATION: As a lawyer, I cannot accept any of the legal judgment,
:10:51. > :10:55.We will make an appeal immediately and we are confident
:10:56. > :11:02.The case is part of a major corruption scandal which erupted
:11:03. > :11:06.in South Korea late last year and evoked public anger.
:11:07. > :11:10.Tens of thousands came out on the streets.
:11:11. > :11:12.And that triggered the removal of the country's
:11:13. > :11:21.She was accused of allowing her close friend to accept donations
:11:22. > :11:23.from South Korea's large conglomerates in return
:11:24. > :11:27.Outside court on Friday, anti-corruption protesters gathered
:11:28. > :11:33.once again as the verdict was being delivered.
:11:34. > :11:37."Samsung is evil," one woman shouted.
:11:38. > :11:47.But there were others who were unhappy with the court's decision.
:11:48. > :11:49.She, and a group of Park Geun-hye supporters, think the whole verdict
:11:50. > :11:52.is part of a government plan to eventually prove that the former
:11:53. > :12:03.The verdict that's come from this court room is about so much more
:12:04. > :12:07.If Mr Lee's sentence is upheld, and one of the most powerful
:12:08. > :12:09.businessmen of this country actually has to spend a significant
:12:10. > :12:12.amount of time in jail, it could be a turning point
:12:13. > :12:14.for the relationship between South Korea's big firms
:12:15. > :12:21.Large conglomerates like Samsung dominate South Korea's economy
:12:22. > :12:25.and so, even when they've been found guilty of corruption in the past,
:12:26. > :12:33.The country's new government, though, has promised to take
:12:34. > :12:37.And Jae-Yong Lee's trial could be just the start.
:12:38. > :12:46.Here, the government has announced that convoys of partially driverless
:12:47. > :12:48.lorries will be tried out on major British roads by
:12:49. > :12:52.The lead lorry would have a driver at the wheel and those
:12:53. > :12:56.behind would be connected by wireless technology.
:12:57. > :13:00.The AA says it's concerned the trials present a risk to other
:13:01. > :13:07.motorists, as our correspondent Andy Gill reports.
:13:08. > :13:09.They call it Platooning, trucks travelling in Wi-Fi connected
:13:10. > :13:11.convoy, with much less space between them than normal.
:13:12. > :13:13.This Dutch project is with two vehicles.
:13:14. > :13:18.The trial just announced here will be with three.
:13:19. > :13:21.They'll be more efficient, take up less space on the network,
:13:22. > :13:24.improve fuel efficiency and hopefully pass on those cost
:13:25. > :13:33.Each lorry has a driver, but the lead cab has control.
:13:34. > :13:38.To think about how three trucks can travel down the road in a platoon,
:13:39. > :13:41.imagine that the lead truck is a giant Wi-Fi hub,
:13:42. > :13:44.sending out signals on the precise distances and speed the other two
:13:45. > :13:53.And the Wi-Fi on the trailing two trucks can react much more quickly
:13:54. > :14:01.The funding announcement was made at a Lancashire truck factory.
:14:02. > :14:04.Researchers say because vehicles in platoon are in each other's
:14:05. > :14:19.slipstream, fuel consumption and pollution fall.
:14:20. > :14:21.We predict, through trials and demonstrations on the road,
:14:22. > :14:26.That's 10% savings in fuel and that's going to translate
:14:27. > :14:27.directly to 10% reduction in CO2, for example.
:14:28. > :14:29.So some real benefits to operators and society.
:14:30. > :14:31.But one road user's body is sceptical.
:14:32. > :14:33.The UK motorways are the most congested in Europe,
:14:34. > :14:38.And if you have a platoon of driverless lorries,
:14:39. > :14:41.it's very difficult to see road signs, it will be difficult
:14:42. > :14:44.But Highways England, which is also funding the project,
:14:45. > :14:49.says it will examine how other drivers interact with the convoys.
:14:50. > :14:51.We will not ask anybody to be particularly
:14:52. > :14:58.The normal rules, the laws that apply today, will
:14:59. > :15:03.This is really looking at how people will behave when confronted
:15:04. > :15:06.by these situation so we can help to either eliminate the problem
:15:07. > :15:09.There'll be rigorous safety checks before any platoons
:15:10. > :15:19.Then they'll compare real delivery journeys made by platoon
:15:20. > :15:21.trucks with ones made in the traditional way.
:15:22. > :15:31.A rock star jailed for depraved child abuse could have been caught
:15:32. > :15:33.years earlier if a key witness had been believed.
:15:34. > :15:37.In less than 12 hours, Harvey will hit the Sourthern United States
:15:38. > :15:43.and is set to be the worst hurricane since Katrina.
:15:44. > :15:45.Coming up in sport, we'll bring you the latest
:15:46. > :15:48.Everton are in the pot after this brilliant goal
:15:49. > :16:05.It's a week since the terror attacks in Barcelona and on the Costa Brava
:16:06. > :16:10.The initial unity between the Spanish government in Madrid
:16:11. > :16:12.and the autonomous government in Catalonia, which wants
:16:13. > :16:15.to hold a referendum on independence in a month's time,
:16:16. > :16:16.has been replaced with finger-pointing
:16:17. > :16:18.over which police force missed information about
:16:19. > :16:34.Tourists and locals on Las Ramblas paying their respects.
:16:35. > :16:37.In the town where the attackers lived, a father, Brahim Aallaa,
:16:38. > :16:40.insisting he never saw any sign that two of his boys were
:16:41. > :16:44.One of his sons looking relaxed here, shopping.
:16:45. > :16:47.Hours later, Said Aallaa and those alongside him would attack tourists
:16:48. > :16:56.The football pitch they used to play on.
:16:57. > :16:58.Opposite, the family house of the Ramblas van
:16:59. > :17:03.Some of those who knew the men didn't want to go on camera.
:17:04. > :17:05.This man grew up with one of the group.
:17:06. > :17:15.He was a colleague until the attacks.
:17:16. > :17:17.All of those who ended up as terrorists spent
:17:18. > :17:19.their afternoons here, he told us.
:17:20. > :17:25.We have spoken to a group of women who have just come out of the family
:17:26. > :17:29.In fact, the women's own children went to the same mosque
:17:30. > :17:31.and were taught by the same preacher - Abdelbaki Es Satty.
:17:32. > :17:34.And they say they never heard or saw anything to suggest
:17:35. > :17:36.he was the ringleader of a terror plot.
:17:37. > :17:40.But Es Satty was known to the authorities in Belgium.
:17:41. > :17:43.In Spanish and Catalan newspapers this week, recriminations.
:17:44. > :17:45.Spanish sources blaming Catalonia's own police force for not
:17:46. > :17:52.Catalan sources suggesting the fault lies with the national security
:17:53. > :18:00.If I was the mother of one of the children there,
:18:01. > :18:03.for example, I would be so, so cross to sit down in front
:18:04. > :18:05.of the television and watch the police fighting between each
:18:06. > :18:14.other, and doing these playground conflicts.
:18:15. > :18:17.We have to be united and not show this image of a lack
:18:18. > :18:20.Because the terrorists want this exactly.
:18:21. > :18:23.Pro-independence Catalan flags hang in Barcelona.
:18:24. > :18:25.One month before the autonomous government here plans
:18:26. > :18:31.what Spain says will be an illegal independence referendum.
:18:32. > :18:37.A city and a country united in grief,
:18:38. > :18:39.but political divisions have revealed cracks in policing.
:18:40. > :18:44.Tom Burridge, BBC News, in Barcelona.
:18:45. > :18:47.Florida State Prison has executed the white
:18:48. > :18:51.supremacist Mark James Asay, the first white inmate put to death
:18:52. > :18:53.for killing a black man since Florida reinstated
:18:54. > :19:00.The lethal injection included a drug never used before in the US.
:19:01. > :19:03.Asay was sentenced to death in 1988 for killing two men in separate
:19:04. > :19:16.There are reports that at least four people are dead and scores injured
:19:17. > :19:18.in north India in riots after a hugely popular religious
:19:19. > :19:21.leader was found guilty of raping two female followers.
:19:22. > :19:23.More than 200,000 of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's
:19:24. > :19:25.supporters flocked to the city where he was convicted.
:19:26. > :19:27.Our Delhi Correspondent Sanjoy Majumder is in
:19:28. > :19:39.Give us an explanation and the background to this case first of
:19:40. > :19:43.all. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is a very popular spiritual leader, a
:19:44. > :19:48.self-styled Guru, if you like. His organisation claims he has a million
:19:49. > :19:51.followers, some say well beyond that, not just here in India but
:19:52. > :19:57.around the world. He is often called the Guru of bling because he is
:19:58. > :20:04.often seen wearing ornate jewellery and colourful clothes. He has acted
:20:05. > :20:08.in a number of movies, he has scripted and directed them himself.
:20:09. > :20:11.One was called messenger of God. He has a very passionate following.
:20:12. > :20:16.Earlier today when he was convicted of raping two of his followers, and
:20:17. > :20:21.this is a case that dates back to 2002 when the letter was sent to the
:20:22. > :20:25.then Prime Minister of India alleging he had raped one of his
:20:26. > :20:29.followers and several others in the sector that he runs, it took federal
:20:30. > :20:32.police five years to begin investigating the case and
:20:33. > :20:35.collecting evidence, and finally it has taken 15 years for him to be
:20:36. > :20:40.convicted. The violent reaction you have seen since that is spreading.
:20:41. > :20:42.It started in the town where the hearing took place and is actually
:20:43. > :20:49.spreading right across a number of states in North India. Now we have
:20:50. > :20:54.been hearing that it's spread to the capital, Delhi, where I am. Is it
:20:55. > :20:58.fed by the anger we have seen in recent weeks and months over so high
:20:59. > :21:02.profile sexual offences cases. There have been calls for many more
:21:03. > :21:08.convictions from the courts. That's right. Laws against sexual violence
:21:09. > :21:14.in India have been strengthened over the past few years. Therefore these
:21:15. > :21:18.cases tend to go through trial White swiftly. That hasn't been the case
:21:19. > :21:22.in this one. The particular problem here is that the person who was
:21:23. > :21:26.convicted has a tremendous following. That's been a problem for
:21:27. > :21:30.the authorities. They knew all along this was likely to be a very
:21:31. > :21:36.controversial verdict. Certainly for his followers who had gathered en
:21:37. > :21:39.masse ahead of the hearing, something like 200,000 of them had
:21:40. > :21:46.gathered at this town north of Delhi. 20,000 police were deployed,
:21:47. > :21:51.but despite that they were not able to bring the situation under control
:21:52. > :21:55.and wants the verdict was out his followers basically started
:21:56. > :21:58.attacking the police, started attacking media personnel, setting
:21:59. > :22:01.buses on fire. There have been reports attacks have spread to a
:22:02. > :22:05.number of states. The situation is very tense because of what happened
:22:06. > :22:10.earlier today. We will be following that on the news channel.
:22:11. > :22:17.Thank you. A viscount has abandoned his appeal against conviction after
:22:18. > :22:20.posting malicious Facebook messages against anti-Brexit campaigner Jean
:22:21. > :22:27.Miller. Rhodri Phillips was given a sentence last month but he was told
:22:28. > :22:29.this morning that his sentence could be increased if he went ahead with
:22:30. > :22:33.his appeal. After their emphatic win
:22:34. > :22:34.at Edgbaston last week, England's cricketers will seal
:22:35. > :22:36.a series victory against the West Indies if they can
:22:37. > :22:39.win the second test, which got underway
:22:40. > :22:42.this morning in Leeds. Batting first, England have
:22:43. > :22:45.reached 61-3 at lunch. From Headingley,
:22:46. > :22:49.here's Patrick Gearey. Etched into Headingley's
:22:50. > :22:53.memory, great West Indian cricketers of the past,
:22:54. > :22:57.men of shock and awe. Caribbean Test cricket
:22:58. > :23:02.burned so bright, The scale of England's
:23:03. > :23:06.victory in the first test has raised questions,
:23:07. > :23:07.not just about West Indies, Make no mistake, people
:23:08. > :23:11.here want England to win, One problem - this huddle
:23:12. > :23:15.is missing some of the They have stars playing in other
:23:16. > :23:18.shirts, on other shores. Alastair Cook, for one,
:23:19. > :23:22.and he normally get Shannon Gabriel into the Windies'
:23:23. > :23:28.team, into the wickets. Now, they had at the crease,
:23:29. > :23:30.two England batsmen Headingley was a little taken aback,
:23:31. > :23:37.but at least they got a Yorkshireman Joe Root, England captain,
:23:38. > :23:41.dependable when others Charging in with bygone
:23:42. > :23:48.energy, Mark Stoneman out, 37-3, a start to thrill
:23:49. > :23:51.West Indians and Australians. The Ashes are only
:23:52. > :23:52.three months away. It seemed he had
:23:53. > :23:59.turned up the route. Powell spilled it onto
:24:00. > :24:01.the grass, agonising. An escape to end an unnerving
:24:02. > :24:03.morning for England, but for some watching,
:24:04. > :24:06.it was strangely reassuring. Patrick Geary, BBC
:24:07. > :24:10.News, at Headingley. Tomorrow, defending champion's
:24:11. > :24:12.England will play New Zealand in the Women's Rugby World Cup Final
:24:13. > :24:17.in Belfast. They'll do so without full-back
:24:18. > :24:19.Danielle Waterman who has been ruled The final line-up has been named
:24:20. > :24:25.in the last few minutes and our Sport Correspondent Sara Orchard
:24:26. > :24:35.is outside the team What do we know? The standout
:24:36. > :24:39.selection that we just found out in the last half an hour is the
:24:40. > :24:43.20-year-old Megan Jones will be starting at outside centre for
:24:44. > :24:47.England, coming into the starting 15. There is also a change as the
:24:48. > :24:51.regular vice captain for England Emily Scarratt moves to full-back.
:24:52. > :24:56.Only one change to the team that beat France it is semifinal,
:24:57. > :25:00.Bristol's Amy Wilson-Hardy coming onto the bench. This final between
:25:01. > :25:04.two sides that have a rivalry that could be described as one of the
:25:05. > :25:09.greatest in women's sport. They have actually met three times previously
:25:10. > :25:12.in World Cup finals, with New Zealand's Black ferns coming away
:25:13. > :25:16.the victors on every occasion. That's a statistic England would
:25:17. > :25:20.like to start changing back in their direction. The tournament itself,
:25:21. > :25:24.the final will be played at Ulster's Kingspan Stadium, a capacity of
:25:25. > :25:32.18,000, although not quite all the tickets for the final have been sold
:25:33. > :25:34.yet. There have been record TV viewing figures across the whole
:25:35. > :25:38.world with 3 million tuning in in France for the semifinals. But for
:25:39. > :25:41.England, this is their chance with a match on Saturday night on
:25:42. > :25:43.terrestrial television, to show that fans what they can do. They need to
:25:44. > :25:47.defend the title bay won in 2014. It's one of the busiest motorway
:25:48. > :25:50.junctions in the country with more But plans to improve the M25
:25:51. > :25:54.at junction 10 could threaten a number of rare trees and plants
:25:55. > :25:58.at the historic Wisley garden. Highways England says
:25:59. > :26:00.the upgrade will make the road safer but campaigners,
:26:01. > :26:01.including Alan Titchmarsh, are calling for British gardeners
:26:02. > :26:05.to take a stand against the plans. At the Royal Horticultural Society
:26:06. > :26:16.garden at Wisley in Surrey, It seems a mad proposal to be taking
:26:17. > :26:23.down some of these trees as has been suggested,
:26:24. > :26:25.because we're never going to be And they are wonderful,
:26:26. > :26:33.we should be really nurturing these and looking after them
:26:34. > :26:35.for the future. The problem is this nearby junction
:26:36. > :26:42.where the M25 meets the A3. Highways England says it has
:26:43. > :26:46.the highest accident rate of any motorway junction in the country
:26:47. > :26:52.and that improvements are needed. But the RHS fears one proposal
:26:53. > :26:55.being considered will see the A3 expanded and two and a half acres
:26:56. > :26:57.of its woodland destroyed One of several down
:26:58. > :27:15.this great strip. This, along with rhododendrons,
:27:16. > :27:21.magnolias, camellias, would all go. Other options, which would have less
:27:22. > :27:24.impact on these gardens, are being considered,
:27:25. > :27:25.but the road improvements It's widely accepted
:27:26. > :27:32.by all sides that changes The road behind you, though,
:27:33. > :27:37.needs improvement, doesn't it? I'm also a commuter,
:27:38. > :27:44.coming from London, But there is a brownfield site
:27:45. > :27:50.on the other side of the road where this extension could take
:27:51. > :27:52.place that wouldn't involve taking And these trees, like the redwood
:27:53. > :27:58.next to me, will go on to live It's not just about
:27:59. > :28:01.the here and the now. Highways England said in a statement
:28:02. > :28:05.that it cares about the environment and protecting the special habitats
:28:06. > :28:08.around Wisley is a priority. Upgrading the junction will,
:28:09. > :28:12.it says, improve people's journeys A decision is expected
:28:13. > :28:17.in the next few weeks. Concerns over these trees
:28:18. > :28:35.have stepped up a gear. Evacuation is underway in Texas as
:28:36. > :28:40.communities there prepare for what could be the strongest storm to hit
:28:41. > :28:47.the US coast since hurricane Katrina 12 years ago. Hurricane Harvey has
:28:48. > :28:54.been upgraded to a category two and forecasters warned that the 130 mile
:28:55. > :28:57.per hour winds are expected to hit in about 12 hours' time.
:28:58. > :29:01.CBS correspondent Don Champion is in Corpus Christi in Texas.
:29:02. > :29:07.How are people preparing? The big concern is the strengthening storm
:29:08. > :29:12.off the coast here at Texas. Harvey is still a category two storm right
:29:13. > :29:16.now but is on the verge of becoming a major hurricane, a category three
:29:17. > :29:20.storm. It would be the first hurricane to make landfall here
:29:21. > :29:24.along the Texas Gulf Coast in nine years. Looking behind me, the waves
:29:25. > :29:29.at the Corpus Christi Bay are already whipping up. We have seen
:29:30. > :29:36.some wind and rain, but this is just a taste of what's ahead. Not only
:29:37. > :29:40.over the course of the next few hours, but the next few days. Harvey
:29:41. > :29:44.will be a long duration storm in this region. Flooding is a very big
:29:45. > :29:50.concern here. Many places he could see up to 30 inches of rain by the
:29:51. > :29:54.end of the storm. Storm surge is also a very big concern. In fact,
:29:55. > :29:58.the spot I'm standing in will likely be under several feet of water by
:29:59. > :30:04.the end of the weekend. They are expecting a storm surges of up to
:30:05. > :30:10.6-12 feet from this storm. You mentioned the wins, it will be
:30:11. > :30:13.destructive. A statement from the National Weather Service this
:30:14. > :30:16.morning did not mince any words saying there could be substantial
:30:17. > :30:19.property damage once the storm makes landfall. Thank you for joining us
:30:20. > :30:21.from Texas. Time for a look at the weather -
:30:22. > :30:30.here's Lucy Martin. You have the latest for the
:30:31. > :30:34.satellite figures for the hurricane. Harvey tracking its way towards
:30:35. > :30:38.Texas and is expected to make landfall at midnight hour time
:30:39. > :30:44.bringing heavy rain with it. Gusts of up to 150 mph and potentially
:30:45. > :30:48.life-threatening storm surge. Here in the UK, a much quieter picture.
:30:49. > :30:52.We have seen blue skies around this morning. This photo sent in by a
:30:53. > :30:56.weather watcher in Suffolk. It looks like the blue skies will last as we
:30:57. > :30:59.head into the weekend. It will not be wall to wall blue skies but there
:31:00. > :31:03.will be sunshine around. Just the risk of the odd isolated shower on
:31:04. > :31:08.Saturday particularly the further north you are. On Sunday some
:31:09. > :31:14.outbreaks of rain in the far north-west. Earlier, some outbreaks
:31:15. > :31:17.of showery rain pushing its way across Northern Ireland, Scotland
:31:18. > :31:20.and to the north-west of England. Further south and east, plenty of
:31:21. > :31:24.sunshine around, and that's how we will stay heading through the day.
:31:25. > :31:28.Good spells of sunshine further south and into the south-east. Where
:31:29. > :31:33.we see more in the way of sunshine, warmer temperatures and highs of
:31:34. > :31:38.around 24 Celsius. Perhaps a touch more cloud in the Midlands and
:31:39. > :31:41.Wales. Some bright intervals and outbreaks of rain in northern
:31:42. > :31:45.England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Could be some heavy bursts
:31:46. > :31:47.and we could see localised flooding in Northern Ireland and the odd
:31:48. > :31:53.rumble of thunder possible in Scotland. As we go through tonight,
:31:54. > :31:57.the rain continuing to head east, but it will fizzle out from the
:31:58. > :32:00.West, becoming drier in Northern Ireland that western Scotland. For
:32:01. > :32:06.much of England and Wales, drier weather with some isolated showers.
:32:07. > :32:11.Overnight lows of 11-16dC and feeling humid in the south-east.
:32:12. > :32:17.That Texas to the weekend, Saturday looking vastly improved for Northern
:32:18. > :32:21.Ireland and with good spells of sunshine. -- that takes us to the
:32:22. > :32:25.weekend. While we still have the chance of the odd isolated shower,
:32:26. > :32:27.it will be mostly dry with bright intervals and sunny spells
:32:28. > :32:32.developing. A touch warmer than today with highs of 25 in the
:32:33. > :32:39.south-east. A bit more in the way of cloud in the north on Sunday. North
:32:40. > :32:42.and west Scotland, Northern Ireland and north-west England. Largely dry
:32:43. > :32:45.and bright in the south with temperatures just a bit warmer as
:32:46. > :32:52.well and locally we could see highs of 26 Celsius. Taking as to the bank
:32:53. > :32:55.holiday for some of us on Monday. A dry start and then starting to see a
:32:56. > :33:00.band of rain pushing in from the north-west. A heavy burst, and then
:33:01. > :33:04.breezy in the north. It looks like the South East will stay holding
:33:05. > :33:04.onto a dry day and locally we could see temperatures reaching 27
:33:05. > :33:09.Celsius. A reminder of our main
:33:10. > :33:13.story this lunchtime... A rock star, jailed for depraved
:33:14. > :33:16.child abuse could have been caught years earlier if a key witness had
:33:17. > :33:18.been believed. That's all from the BBC News at One,
:33:19. > :33:21.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:33:22. > :33:25.news teams where you are.