04/07/2011

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:00:09. > :00:12.New revelations in the News of the World hacking controversy.

:00:12. > :00:17.Allegations that Milly Dowler's phone was targeted.

:00:18. > :00:23.In the days after Milly disappeared, friends and family left desperate

:00:23. > :00:27.messages. Accusation that's they were intercepted illegally.

:00:27. > :00:31.Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire was employed by the News of the

:00:31. > :00:36.World. Dowler dull's -- Milly Dowler's family have issued a

:00:36. > :00:40.statement. The fact they could act in a heinous way, they could have

:00:40. > :00:45.jeopardised a police investigation and gave them false hope is

:00:45. > :00:48.despicable. The cost of caring for the elderly, an official report

:00:48. > :00:52.wants a cap on how much families have to pay to look after their

:00:52. > :00:57.loved ones. It's left to people like me to struggle along as best

:00:57. > :01:00.you can. And there are lots of us doing it. It is incredibly

:01:00. > :01:03.frustrating. A British soldier has gone missing in Afghanistan. A

:01:03. > :01:07.massive air and ground search is under wai.

:01:07. > :01:11.-- under way. Aid workers launch an emergency

:01:11. > :01:16.appeal as east Africa's worst drought for 60 years leaves nine

:01:16. > :01:20.million hungry. The United Nations say this is not

:01:20. > :01:24.a famine yet, but it could be. At the moment, they're classifying it

:01:24. > :01:30.as a humanitarian emergency, a situation which they say is rapidly

:01:30. > :01:34.deteriorating. Another day, another location,

:01:34. > :01:41.thousands gather to welcome Kate and William on the fifth day of

:01:41. > :01:45.their Canadian tour. Later, I'll have all the sport, as

:01:45. > :01:55.we hear from the world number one, Novak Djokovic, on winning

:01:55. > :02:07.

:02:07. > :02:14.Wimbledon and his advice for Andy Good evening. Welcome to the BBC's

:02:14. > :02:17.news at six. Despicable, that's how Milly Dowler's parents have reacted

:02:17. > :02:20.after police told them they were investigating allegation that's the

:02:20. > :02:24.News of the World intercepted their daughter's phone in the days after

:02:24. > :02:29.she disappeared. Police are looking into claims that Glenn Mulcaire, a

:02:29. > :02:34.private investigator, working forts paper, listened to messages left by

:02:34. > :02:41.desperate friends and family. There's been no comment from news

:02:41. > :02:45.group newspapers, publishers of the News of the World.

:02:45. > :02:50.Milly Dowler, the teenager who disappeared in the blink of an eye.

:02:50. > :02:54.Her killer was only found guilty at the Old Bailey two weeks ago, but

:02:54. > :03:00.now it's possible a newspaper may have been guilty of intruding into

:03:00. > :03:04.her privacy, even as the police searched for her. In the days after

:03:04. > :03:08.she went missing, Surrey Police kept her pay-as-you-go phone,

:03:08. > :03:12.topped up with credit in case she switch today on. This evening the

:03:12. > :03:15.Guardian says it has a well placed source who alleged that Glenn

:03:15. > :03:20.Mulcaire, an investigator paid bit News of the World, accessed phone

:03:20. > :03:24.messages on Milly's mobile. It's claims that because the phone's

:03:24. > :03:29.account was active and able to receive voice messages, it became

:03:29. > :03:34.full and no more messages could be left. The Guardian says Mulcaire

:03:34. > :03:38.deleted some of them, leaving space so he could intercept further voice

:03:38. > :03:42.mail. For the Dowler family it appeared Milly herself might have

:03:42. > :03:48.erased the messages. It gave them hope she was alive. That was not to

:03:48. > :03:51.be. It's distress heaped upon tragedy to learn that the News of

:03:51. > :03:56.the World have no humanity at such a terrible time. The fact they were

:03:56. > :03:59.prepared to act in such a heinous way, that could have jeopardised

:03:59. > :04:02.the investigation and gave them false hope is despicable. You have

:04:03. > :04:06.to ask the question - who was at News of the World thinking it was

:04:06. > :04:09.appropriate to hack into the phone of a missing young girl and what

:04:09. > :04:15.was Glenn Mulcaire thinking of at the time to take those

:04:15. > :04:19.instructions? At the time this was alleged to have happened, Rebekah

:04:19. > :04:23.Brooks, now the News International chief executive, was editor of the

:04:23. > :04:27.News of the World. It was a paper that campaigned for the naming and

:04:27. > :04:32.shaming of convicted paedophiles. Neither News International or Glenn

:04:32. > :04:36.Mulcaire has responded to these allegations. Milly Dowler's case is

:04:36. > :04:43.just one part of the ongoing police investigation into phone hacking.

:04:43. > :04:47.The Metropolitan Police said inquiries were ongoing.

:04:47. > :04:52.Tom's with me now. Have the publishers of the News of the World

:04:52. > :04:57.reacted to this? This is an ongoing story. Literally in the last minute

:04:57. > :05:01.or two we've had these words from News International, "We have been

:05:01. > :05:04.cooperating fully with operation wheating since our voluntary

:05:04. > :05:07.disclose newer January restarted the investigation into illegal

:05:07. > :05:10.voice mail interception. This particular case is clearly a

:05:10. > :05:15.development of great concern and we will be conducting our own

:05:15. > :05:22.inquiries as a result. We will obviously cooperate fully with any

:05:22. > :05:24.police requests on this should we be asked." These are very serious

:05:25. > :05:28.allegations. There will be questions asked about whether the

:05:28. > :05:33.police investigation itself was hampered because police were

:05:33. > :05:36.watching this phone very closely to work out what was happening. Any

:05:36. > :05:41.tampering with it will have been difficult for them. Tom, thanks

:05:41. > :05:45.very much. Let's talk to our political editor,

:05:45. > :05:50.Nick Robinson, now. What political significance, if any, are these

:05:50. > :05:53.latest revelations going to have? think overall the significance is

:05:53. > :05:58.this: When the hacking allegations first came out, they didn't get a

:05:58. > :06:02.lot of attention. Some people regarded them as an obscure

:06:02. > :06:05.argument within the media. Then they got more profile because

:06:05. > :06:09.celebrities were involved. I suspect there are plenty of people

:06:09. > :06:14.at home who are not exactly gripped by this story. The shocking news

:06:14. > :06:19.now that it may be that a victim of a terrible crime had her phone

:06:19. > :06:23.hacked will shove it right up the news agenda and into the date-to-

:06:23. > :06:28.day concerns. Why does that matter for Government? Long-term, because

:06:28. > :06:31.David Cameron has connections with News International. Secondly,

:06:31. > :06:36.because the Government is now taking a very sensitive decision

:06:36. > :06:40.about whether to allow the takeover of BSkyB and some people are

:06:40. > :06:44.already arguing they should not. I should say that my information on

:06:44. > :06:48.that is that they regard it as illegal to take this sort of factor

:06:48. > :06:51.into account when considering the issue of BSkyB, because the only

:06:52. > :06:56.thing they are supposed to take into account is not whether you

:06:56. > :07:00.like or dislike Rupert Murdoch or what his firms have done, but

:07:00. > :07:04.whether it would destroy what is called pleurality, the number of

:07:04. > :07:07.different voices in the media. I think it means that it is more

:07:07. > :07:13.likely that the Prime Minister is asked for a statement on all this.

:07:13. > :07:16.One last thought is, I've been talking to someone senior at News

:07:16. > :07:20.International. They're insisting what lies behind that statement

:07:20. > :07:23.that you've just put out is real shock from them, that this was

:07:23. > :07:27.taking place. Apparently, what it currently happening is that the

:07:27. > :07:32.police are finding information from Glenn Mulcaire's notebook, they are

:07:32. > :07:35.informing people who may have been victims of phone hacking. Then it

:07:35. > :07:39.finds its way into the public domain. They didn't know about this

:07:39. > :07:42.either, or so they say. Thank you. An official report into

:07:42. > :07:46.care for the elderly in England has recommended that there should be a

:07:46. > :07:50.limit on how much families have to pay. At the moment many fear

:07:50. > :07:54.they'll have to use all their savings or sell their homes to fund

:07:54. > :08:02.care. The Government's welcomed the review and rejected suggestion it's

:08:02. > :08:07.will be shelfed on grounds of cost. One in four babies born today can

:08:07. > :08:13.expect to live to 100. That may bring many joys, but as we age, we

:08:13. > :08:17.need more help and the difficult question is who pays for that care?

:08:17. > :08:20.Hilary Breakwell is 86 and has Alzheimer's. It's her daughter who

:08:20. > :08:25.cares for her, looking after her every need 24 hours a day, from

:08:25. > :08:29.helping her wash, to cooking and cleaning. Hilary's struggling, but

:08:30. > :08:34.gets no help from the social care system. And in future, if her

:08:34. > :08:38.mother goes into a residential home, the house would be sold to meet the

:08:38. > :08:42.bills, leaving her homeless. people are not seen as interesting

:08:42. > :08:47.or a priority. So it's left to people like me to struggle along as

:08:47. > :08:50.best you can. There are lots of us doing it. It is incredibly

:08:50. > :08:55.frustrating. Today's review aims to give people certainty over what

:08:55. > :08:59.they might have to pay for care. It says no-one should have to pay more

:08:59. > :09:04.than a suggested �35,000 during their lifetime for residential and

:09:04. > :09:10.home care. After that, the state takes over. Currently anyone with

:09:10. > :09:15.savings and assets, including their house of just over �23,000 has to

:09:15. > :09:18.fund them self-in residential care. It raises that threshold to

:09:18. > :09:23.�100,000. There would be accommodation and food charges in

:09:23. > :09:27.care homes, capped at between �7,000-�10,000 a year. At the

:09:27. > :09:31.moment if they're unlucky and have significant care costs, they're not

:09:31. > :09:35.supported by the state, nor can they get private sector financial

:09:35. > :09:39.protection. So there's no protection against this major risk.

:09:39. > :09:42.It's the only big risk we face of which that's truth. We need the

:09:42. > :09:47.state to step in and provide reassurance so people know the

:09:47. > :09:49.worst case is something they can manage. In Scotland social care is

:09:49. > :09:53.generally free. Northern Ireland means tests for residential care.

:09:53. > :09:59.Wales has a similar system to England. Reform of the English

:09:59. > :10:02.system is now long overdue. Talk to almost anyone who is involved in

:10:02. > :10:07.social care in one way or another, they describe a system under

:10:07. > :10:12.pressure and in crisis. The Dilnot Commission has offered its solution

:10:12. > :10:16.- the question is what happens next? And that will be down to the

:10:16. > :10:19.Government. The commission says currently its changes would add

:10:19. > :10:24.�1.7 billion to the social care bill and that would rise. But it's

:10:24. > :10:26.clear it will be a fight to get extra money. The commission

:10:26. > :10:29.recognised that implementing their reforms would have significant

:10:29. > :10:34.costs, which the Government will need to consider against other

:10:34. > :10:37.funding priorities and calls on constrained resources.

:10:37. > :10:40.Government has promised legislation in the spring, but there are real

:10:40. > :10:47.concerns that the time table may drift, which would worry many like

:10:47. > :10:51.Hilary, who are coping with the pressures now.

:10:51. > :10:54.A British soldier has gone missing in southern Afghanistan. A massive

:10:54. > :10:58.search, involving aircraft and ground troops, has been launched,

:10:59. > :11:02.after he dais peered from his base in central Helmand. He left the

:11:02. > :11:10.base alone, in the early hours of this morning, something described

:11:10. > :11:15.as "highly unusual". This is how British soldiers

:11:15. > :11:23.usually travel in Helmand, in groups, never alone, with good

:11:23. > :11:28.reason. We joined a patrol there last week, not far from where the

:11:28. > :11:32.soldier went missing today. The British Army's had two summers of

:11:32. > :11:38.hard fighting in hell mapbld. They hope they have pushed the Taliban

:11:38. > :11:41.out of places like this. But the insurgents are still here, on the

:11:41. > :11:46.fringes of the patrols or hidden among the local people. That's why

:11:46. > :11:51.it's so inexplicable that anyone would go out alone, yet that seems

:11:51. > :11:55.to be what happened. The MoD says the soldier was reported missing in

:11:55. > :12:00.the early hours. A Taliban spokesman said he was killed in

:12:00. > :12:05.cross-fire, as troops attempted a rescue. NATO could not confirm any

:12:05. > :12:10.gun battle. There's now an extensive search operation. The

:12:10. > :12:16.Prime Minister was in Helmand today to discuss transition to control by

:12:16. > :12:19.the Afghan Security Forces. The schedule was severely curtailed

:12:19. > :12:23.because every single aircraft was needed for the search. Today's

:12:23. > :12:27.incident is hugely regrettable. All day my thoughts and prayers have

:12:27. > :12:30.been with that young man and his family. I just said when I got here,

:12:30. > :12:34.don't bother about flying me around, throw everything you've got at

:12:34. > :12:38.trying to find this person. We were called by a Taliban local commander

:12:38. > :12:44.in the area where this happened, before any official announcement

:12:44. > :12:49.was made. He told us insurgents had killed the soldier because they

:12:49. > :12:52.couldn't retreat with a captive once NATO started attacking.

:12:52. > :12:55.That's at odds with the Taliban spokesman's statement that the

:12:56. > :13:02.soldier was shot in cross-fire. Both accounts claim the soldier is

:13:02. > :13:05.dead. The search forts missing soldier was carried out here in the

:13:05. > :13:09.area known as the Green Zone, on a day when the Prime Minister arrived

:13:09. > :13:18.to trumpet the British Army's progress in central Helmand, what

:13:18. > :13:22.happened here was a reminder of how dangerous the Taliban still remain.

:13:22. > :13:24.We can speak to our deputy political editor James Landale,

:13:24. > :13:28.who's been travelling with the Prime Minister in Afghanistan. As

:13:28. > :13:32.Paul was saying there, a real reminder of the dangers our troops

:13:33. > :13:36.are facing on the very day the Prime Minister is there.

:13:36. > :13:40.Yeah, and therefore hugely unfortunate timing for the Prime

:13:40. > :13:43.Minister. He was here to assess what he think sz real progress on

:13:43. > :13:46.the ground and to have this happen. What was interesting, on the same

:13:46. > :13:50.day that all this happened, the Prime Minister, as well as talking

:13:50. > :13:53.about the progress he believes is being made in training the Afghan

:13:53. > :13:58.Security Forces here, he also told us that the number of British

:13:58. > :14:02.troops he wants to withdraw next year will be quite modest. He said

:14:02. > :14:07.there will be no radical change in numbers before the end of next

:14:07. > :14:11.summer's fighting season. He will give a precise number later this

:14:11. > :14:14.week. My understanding is it's around the 500 mark. The Prime

:14:14. > :14:19.Minister is still determined to get all British combat troops out of

:14:19. > :14:22.Afghanistan by the end of 2014. But he is now clearly heeding the

:14:22. > :14:25.warnings of commanders on the ground saying, you don't have to

:14:25. > :14:28.rush it. If you do, you will lift the pressure on the Taliban when

:14:28. > :14:31.the sheer weight of numbers in Helmand are really making a

:14:31. > :14:36.difference. Thank you. The cost to taxpayers of

:14:36. > :14:40.funding the Queen's spending fell by �1.8 million last year.

:14:40. > :14:45.According to Buckingham Palace, there was a drop of more than 5% to

:14:45. > :14:48.just over �32 million. Much of the savings came from reducing the bill

:14:48. > :14:56.for maintenance of the royal residences and a pay freeze for

:14:56. > :15:00.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are having a relaxing day on Prince

:15:00. > :15:04.Edward Island, the smallest province of Canada, on the 5th day

:15:04. > :15:07.of their tour of the country. They arrived in a horse-drawn coach to

:15:07. > :15:13.the delight of thousands of well- wishers, who waited patiently for

:15:13. > :15:18.hours to see the royal couple. Nicholas Witchell is there. A much

:15:18. > :15:22.more relaxed mood today. Not the greatest of weather. We are on the

:15:22. > :15:25.Atlantic coast. This afternoon, Williams spent more than an hour

:15:25. > :15:29.learning a new search-and-rescue helicopter flying technique. We

:15:29. > :15:38.will see a little bit of that any moment. The day began in the

:15:38. > :15:41.capital of Prince Edward Island, Unsurprisingly, on an island named

:15:41. > :15:47.after Queen Victoria's father, this is a place which is keen on all

:15:47. > :15:52.things royal. Yet, unfortunately for Prince Edward Island, not many

:15:52. > :15:55.royals ever get here. Today, the island hit the jackpot when the

:15:55. > :16:01.most sought after royals and the world didn't just come to town,

:16:01. > :16:05.they rode through it in a horse- drawn carriage. Excited? Well, you

:16:05. > :16:13.could say that they were. The townspeople, that is. And William

:16:13. > :16:17.and Kate looked pretty pleased to be here as well. They got out of

:16:17. > :16:23.the carriage for a walkabout, outstretched hands by the score. As

:16:23. > :16:30.many shaken as possible. And what is this? Well, it is Kate TAMBA

:16:30. > :16:34.baby. -- Kate and a baby. And moments later, William and a baby.

:16:35. > :16:40.And then William and Kate and the baby. You can just guess the sort

:16:40. > :16:44.of speculation that these pictures will give rise to. By now, the

:16:44. > :16:48.island was feeling the effects of being on the Atlantic coast. It was

:16:48. > :16:52.raining and blustery. A good moment for a flight lieutenant William

:16:52. > :16:55.Wales of the RAF search-and-rescue service to demonstrate his flying

:16:55. > :17:01.skills. The Canadians have a special technique for search-and-

:17:01. > :17:04.rescue. They land the helicopter on the water. So, cross your fingers,

:17:04. > :17:12.because the second in line to the throne is about to try it for the

:17:12. > :17:17.first time. The approach was steady and then splashdown. For a moment,

:17:17. > :17:21.it looked like Flight Lieutenant Wales was joining the submarine

:17:21. > :17:25.service. But all was well. Sighs of relief all round. There were more

:17:25. > :17:33.than a dozen landings in all. At this rate, one wonders what the

:17:33. > :17:40.Duke of Cambridge will be trying Guess what, that's precisely what

:17:40. > :17:44.he did go on to do. A Dragon Boat race, to be precise. Both he and

:17:44. > :17:50.Kate participated in the Dragon Boat race, along this lake, a few

:17:50. > :17:53.minutes ago. Kate was initially Steering. But then I think she

:17:53. > :17:59.found that steering was a little bit complicated and she took a

:17:59. > :18:04.paddle in the other boat. Quite a competitive spirit. I think

:18:04. > :18:08.William's boat may have won. At the moment they have declared a

:18:08. > :18:11.diplomatic ties. Kate did have some experience in a dragon boat. There

:18:11. > :18:15.was an all-woman crew that she joined some time ago, but she

:18:15. > :18:25.pulled out because of the publicity. What is striking people is the way

:18:25. > :18:27.

:18:27. > :18:32.that they are joining in in a very Our top story: New revelations in

:18:32. > :18:35.the News of the World hacking scandal. Allegations that Milly

:18:35. > :18:41.Dowler's to telephone was targeted. The paper says it is investigating

:18:41. > :18:47.the claims and will co-operate with the police. And remembering Ronald

:18:47. > :18:51.Reagan, a new statue of the former US President is unveiled in London.

:18:51. > :18:54.Later on the news channel, a new warning for Greece. Ratings agency

:18:54. > :18:59.Standard & Poor's says that the latest rescue plan from Europe will

:18:59. > :19:09.not avoid default. And more on the efforts to tackle the cost of data

:19:09. > :19:11.

:19:11. > :19:15.These scenes of hunger and despair are happening right now in the Horn

:19:15. > :19:19.of Africa, where several countries are experiencing the worst drought

:19:19. > :19:23.in 60 years. At least 9 million people are being affected by the

:19:23. > :19:27.crisis. The rains have failed for the last two years. Crops and

:19:27. > :19:33.livestock have died, leaving people with no food. The charity Save the

:19:33. > :19:36.Children has just launched an appeal for �40 million. Ben Brown

:19:36. > :19:46.reports from the largest camp of its kind in the world, Dadaab in

:19:46. > :19:47.

:19:47. > :19:56.Dadaab is a place where life hangs in the balance every single day.

:19:56. > :20:00.This child is just six months of age, malnourished and feverish. And

:20:00. > :20:04.this child is older, get weaker, as well as malnutrition he has diary

:20:04. > :20:11.and a chest infection. But if he dies it will be the drought that

:20:11. > :20:15.kills him. -- diarrhoea and a chest infection. July 2011, and once

:20:15. > :20:20.again his corner of Africa is cursed, teetering on the brink of

:20:20. > :20:25.disaster. Dr Christopher Karisa is fighting a constant battle to save

:20:25. > :20:29.life and he doesn't always win. Children come here in very bad

:20:29. > :20:34.shape. Sometimes the prognosis is poor, they just die in your hands.

:20:34. > :20:38.You see life just slipping away through your fingers. But you don't

:20:38. > :20:42.stop there. You have to look at the next one. You console the mother,

:20:42. > :20:46.tell the mother what has happened. You have done your best, so you go

:20:46. > :20:50.ahead with the next one. drought is killing people's

:20:50. > :20:55.livestock as well. The animals that for many of Aironi assets are

:20:55. > :21:00.simply dropping dead. -- are their only assets. To escape the drought,

:21:00. > :21:04.hungry, thirsty, desperate Somalis are pouring into the Dadaab refugee

:21:04. > :21:09.camp. It is already the biggest in the world and is getting bigger all

:21:09. > :21:14.the time, with 1000 new arrivals every day. United Nations says that

:21:14. > :21:18.this is not a famine yet, but it could be. At the moment they are

:21:18. > :21:21.classifying it as a humanitarian emergency, a situation which they

:21:21. > :21:25.say is rapidly deteriorating. It has not rained properly around the

:21:26. > :21:31.region for two years running. These people are facing their worst

:21:31. > :21:35.drought for decades. Aid workers say that they do now have an early

:21:35. > :21:45.warning system to alert the world to impending famine. The trouble is,

:21:45. > :21:49.

:21:49. > :21:52.they say, the world has not been Now, just what impact are council

:21:52. > :21:55.spending cuts are having across Britain? Well, fuller last few

:21:55. > :21:59.months we have been following what has been happening in the City of

:21:59. > :22:09.Coventry. Is the private sector stepping in to create the jobs

:22:09. > :22:10.

:22:10. > :22:16.We are back, with the workers of Coventry. This city is like a Mini

:22:16. > :22:19.UK economy. They are trying to find out if the job losses on this side,

:22:19. > :22:24.the public sector, can be soaked up by the other side, the private

:22:24. > :22:29.sector. So, what has been happening? We caught up with two of

:22:29. > :22:37.the group. Trevor Bailey has been creating jobs. Paul Odera has been

:22:37. > :22:43.on the receiving end of public sector cuts. Paul is a community

:22:43. > :22:49.worker. But funding is being cut back. Most days he is volunteering

:22:49. > :22:54.instead of earning a. I am the sole breadwinner in our family. It's

:22:54. > :22:59.pretty uncomfortable. I would imagine there are a lot of people

:22:59. > :23:05.in my position. It's not looking pretty out there. Here is why he is

:23:05. > :23:13.worried. We have learned that in the space of 12 months 724 public

:23:13. > :23:17.sector jobs have been lost across Coventry. Here at Coventry airfield,

:23:17. > :23:23.Trevor Bailey is doing what the Government needs, creating new

:23:23. > :23:30.private sector jobs. His got 15 new workers to help get more visitors

:23:30. > :23:33.for these vintage planes. It's an absolutely of faith, no getting

:23:33. > :23:37.away from it. Entrepreneurially, you've just got to have this vision,

:23:37. > :23:41.this is what it is about, there is a market, people will want to come

:23:41. > :23:45.and enjoy it and they will want to come back. This isn't the only

:23:45. > :23:48.company in Coventry that is creating new jobs. Over the last

:23:48. > :23:53.three months, from the dairy group of businesses that we have been

:23:53. > :23:57.following, -- the varied group of businesses we have been following,

:23:57. > :24:01.half of taking on new staff. But Coventry's economy is not taking

:24:01. > :24:06.off just yet. It is very finely balanced. We are a resilient

:24:06. > :24:09.economy, but, equally, things are still very fragile. Although the

:24:09. > :24:14.order books are looking good and it's great to hear the private

:24:14. > :24:17.sector talk about growth in jobs, we do need to remember that we only

:24:17. > :24:20.seem marginal growth so far and there was a lot more to do to see

:24:20. > :24:25.Coventry, and I'm sure elsewhere in the country, back up there in terms

:24:25. > :24:29.of a real growth economy. So, it's too early to say how things will

:24:29. > :24:38.play out. This side, the private sector, is creating some jobs. But,

:24:38. > :24:47.like everywhere else, Coventry has And you can get more details on

:24:47. > :24:51.what is happening with public- Now, it is a rare tribute paid only

:24:51. > :24:55.to the most revered of American presidents. Today, Ronald Reagan

:24:55. > :25:05.joined the likes of Eisenhower and Roosevelt in having a statue to his

:25:05. > :25:08.

:25:08. > :25:13.memory in London. The unveiling Its July 4th, it Independence Day

:25:13. > :25:17.in America. But this is London, not Washington. The flags out in

:25:17. > :25:24.Grosvenor Square to celebrate former President Ronald Reagan. A

:25:24. > :25:27.new statue is ready to be unveiled. Today revives memories of an

:25:27. > :25:34.extraordinary political partnership between President Reagan and the

:25:34. > :25:37.then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in the 1980s. Both were

:25:37. > :25:42.outspoken cold-war warriors, hugely controversial figures. Critics of

:25:42. > :25:48.President Reagan hated his rearming of America to challenge Moscow. But

:25:48. > :25:52.he also negotiated arms reductions with President Gorbachev. And he

:25:52. > :25:57.ignored the charges of dangerous naivety when he said this in front

:25:57. > :26:05.of the Berlin Wall more than two years before it finally fell.

:26:05. > :26:12.Gorbachev, tear down this wall. Berlin Wall did come down, of

:26:12. > :26:15.course. Today, Britain saluted Ronald Reagan. The Foreign

:26:15. > :26:20.Secretary brought a message from Lady Thatcher, who hope to attend

:26:20. > :26:26.but was not well enough to come. Ronald Reagan was a great President

:26:26. > :26:32.and a great man. A true leader for our times. He held clear principles

:26:33. > :26:36.and acted upon them with purpose. And Ronald Regan's legacy was

:26:36. > :26:42.hailed by Condoleezza Rice as an example for today, particularly in

:26:42. > :26:47.the Middle East. It gives us hope and optimism to continue to stand

:26:47. > :26:51.for those who are still trapped into money. The reputation of some

:26:51. > :26:56.political leaders fades with time. But for Ronald Reagan it seems to

:26:56. > :26:59.be the reverse. Critic's during his presidency often regarded him as a

:26:59. > :27:04.second division actor who had no business trying to play a part on

:27:04. > :27:12.the world stage. Those critics are much less vocal now. Ronald Reagan

:27:12. > :27:15.has certainly found a place in the Just time for the weather now.

:27:15. > :27:19.A nice day today. But this summer nothing seems to last more than a

:27:19. > :27:22.few days. The weather is on the slide and it will be turning wet

:27:23. > :27:27.and cooler. You can see where it is coming from, cloud careering in

:27:27. > :27:31.from the West. For the time being it is dry out there. It should be a

:27:31. > :27:33.fine enough evening, pleasantly warm. Later in the night, rain will

:27:33. > :27:38.arrive across Northern Ireland, Wales and the far south-west of

:27:38. > :27:43.England by about dawn. Temperature is not really an issue overnight.

:27:43. > :27:46.Not particularly cold, never more 13 degrees will be typically. A wet

:27:46. > :27:50.start to the day across south-west England. 8 o'clock in the morning,

:27:50. > :27:56.Devon and Cornwall see some outbreaks of rain, heavy bursts for

:27:56. > :27:58.a time. Rain pushing into good part of Wales. Heavy bursts for a time

:27:58. > :28:03.across Northern Ireland. That rain will not last forever. Things will

:28:03. > :28:06.improve from the West later on in the morning. The rain is pushing

:28:06. > :28:10.into western fringes of Scotland. A good part of Scotland will start on

:28:10. > :28:14.a dry note. Bright this in more eastern areas. Much of northern

:28:14. > :28:17.England is getting out to a fine enough start. Eastern parts of

:28:17. > :28:21.England, down towards the south- east, the lion's share of the

:28:21. > :28:24.sunshine. It's going to warm up quite nicely across this part of

:28:24. > :28:28.the world. One warm warm day. Elsewhere will be cloudy. There

:28:28. > :28:33.will be some rain. That will gradually move further eastwards as

:28:33. > :28:36.we go through the day. With the cloud and rain it will be notably

:28:36. > :28:41.cooler and today across a good part of the UK. It typically will be

:28:41. > :28:45.held in the mid- to high teens. For one more day across East Anglia and

:28:45. > :28:50.south-east it will be warm. 27, maybe 28 degrees in north London.

:28:50. > :28:53.If you're heading to Hampton Court Flower Show, it should be fine

:28:53. > :28:58.before the rain arrives later. That sets the scene for the next few

:28:58. > :29:03.days. Much cooler, and we will all see heavy bursts of rain at times.

:29:03. > :29:06.A reminder of the main story: New revelations in the News of the

:29:06. > :29:10.World hacking scandal. Allegations that Milly Dowler's phone was

:29:10. > :29:13.targeted. The paper says it is investigating the claims. I will be