:00:04. > :00:07.The pressure on News Corporation increases with fresh accusations
:00:07. > :00:12.from a former Prime Minister and the police.
:00:12. > :00:17.Gordon Brown tells the BBC he believes another of Rupert
:00:17. > :00:20.Murdoch's papers, the Sunday Times, illegally obtained his building
:00:20. > :00:23.society details. There is absolute proof that News International was
:00:23. > :00:28.involved in hiring people to get this information. I do know also
:00:28. > :00:32.that the people that they work with, because h is what really concerns
:00:32. > :00:36.me most, are criminals. Known criminals.
:00:37. > :00:40.Scotland Yard is criticised for failing to fully investigate the
:00:40. > :00:45.phone hacking scandal at the News of the World. They blame News
:00:45. > :00:50.International. This is a major, a global organisation, with access to
:00:50. > :00:54.the best legal advice, in my view trying to thwart a criminal
:00:54. > :00:58.investigation. As all three main Westminster parties prepare to vote
:00:58. > :01:06.for News Corporation to abandon its takeover of BskyB, Rupert Murdoch
:01:06. > :01:09.has been called to give evidence to MPs. Also: The BBC learns of fresh
:01:09. > :01:15.allegations of abuse at second care home for adults with learning
:01:15. > :01:20.difficulties. An unexpected drop in inflation, down to 2.4%. After last
:01:20. > :01:26.night's violence, tens of thousands of Protestant marchers march
:01:26. > :01:32.through Northern Ireland. Has Rory got what it takes to become the
:01:32. > :01:42.youngest Open champion? Coming up in Sportsday, there's no stage win
:01:42. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :01:59.for Mark Cavendish. He is piped at Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:01:59. > :02:03.News at 6pm. The pressure on News International has increased further,
:02:03. > :02:08.with allegations today from a former Prime Minister and the
:02:08. > :02:12.police. In an interview with the BBC, Gordon Brown has claimed the
:02:12. > :02:17.Sunday Times hired non criminals to access his building society details.
:02:17. > :02:26.He has revealed how he was moved to tears when the Sun obtained
:02:26. > :02:31.information about his young son, Fraser's cystic fibrosis.
:02:31. > :02:36.With the first of tonight's reports our deputy political editor looks
:02:36. > :02:44.at the Brown allegations. His report contains some flash
:02:45. > :02:48.photography. Here are Gordon and Rupert at a conference. Here he is
:02:48. > :02:54.with Rupert's daughter and Rebekah Brooks on his far left. For years
:02:55. > :02:59.team Brown stayed close to Team Murdoch, but no more. Today the
:02:59. > :03:05.smiles faded as he accused them of using criminals to investigate his
:03:05. > :03:11.private life. I had my bank account broken into. I had my lawyers'
:03:11. > :03:15.files, effectively blanked, as they called it, with someone getting
:03:15. > :03:20.information. My tax returns went missing, at one point. Medical
:03:20. > :03:27.records have been broken into. I don't know how all this happened. I
:03:27. > :03:30.do know one thing, that in two of these instances there is absolute
:03:30. > :03:33.proof that News International was involved in hiring people to get
:03:33. > :03:38.this information. I do know also that the people they work with,
:03:38. > :03:41.because this is what really concerns me most, are criminals.
:03:41. > :03:47.Gordon Brown claimed they were looking for information about a
:03:47. > :03:51.flat in this London street that he bought in the early 90s. He said he
:03:51. > :03:55.paid the market rate. The Sunday Times said he got a knock-down
:03:55. > :03:59.price. This is the editor of the Sunday Times. No, he's not
:03:59. > :04:06.resigning. Mr Brown alleged his newspaper had been out to bring him
:04:06. > :04:11.down as a Government minister. He attacks the way the Sun reported
:04:11. > :04:16.the way his youngest son, Fraser, was suffering from cystic fibrosis.
:04:16. > :04:20.He did not allege his son's medical records were stolen, but the
:04:21. > :04:28.revelation was not legitimate. He said it left him.... In tears. Your
:04:28. > :04:31.son is now going to be broadcast across the media. Sarah and I were
:04:31. > :04:35.incredibly upset about it. We are thinking about his future. We are
:04:35. > :04:43.thinking about our family. There's nothing that you can do about it.
:04:43. > :04:46.You are in public life. Other parents in public life were
:04:46. > :04:50.sympathetic. My heart goes out. To have your children's privacy
:04:50. > :04:54.invaded in that way. I know this myself, particularly when your
:04:54. > :04:58.child is not well, is completely unacceptable and heart-breaking for
:04:58. > :05:03.the family concerned. Tonight, the Sun said it had not accessed any
:05:03. > :05:07.medical records, but had been given the story by a member of the public
:05:07. > :05:11.with experience of cystic fibrosis. They said the article was written
:05:11. > :05:14.sensitively and appropriately. Mr Brown accused News International of
:05:14. > :05:19.having an agenda against him. He said Rupert Murdoch, still in
:05:19. > :05:23.London today, had wanted the BBC and the media regulator Ofcom
:05:23. > :05:26.reformed. He, Gordon Brown did not. When the record of my time as Prime
:05:26. > :05:31.Minister is looked at and all the papers will be there for people to
:05:31. > :05:35.see, they will show that we stood up to News International. That we
:05:35. > :05:38.refused to support the commercial ambitions when we thought they were
:05:39. > :05:42.against the public interest. days the Murdoch empire has faced
:05:42. > :05:45.allegations about phone hacking by one newspaper - the News of the
:05:45. > :05:49.World. Mr Brown's interview has now widened the attack to other
:05:49. > :05:53.newspapers within the group. An attack that is being pressed home
:05:53. > :05:58.by Labour's current leader, who met the family of Milly Dowler, whose
:05:58. > :06:02.phone was also allegedly hacked. Tomorrow, he is asking MPs to vote
:06:03. > :06:07.for a motion calling on Mr Murdoch to withdraw his bid on B Sky B.
:06:07. > :06:11.What the public want us to do, as the House of Commons is to stand up
:06:11. > :06:16.and say it is not conceivable that Rupert Murdoch could expand his
:06:16. > :06:19.reach in the British media while the issues that happened at News
:06:19. > :06:23.International, while the issues of criminality are being investigated
:06:23. > :06:28.and while there is so much that is coming out day by day. This
:06:28. > :06:31.afternoon, the Government said it would back Mr Miliband's motion.
:06:31. > :06:37.Tomorrow n an historic vote, Parliament has the chance to turn
:06:37. > :06:40.its back on Murdoch. Today, MPs questioned senior police
:06:40. > :06:44.officers who previously investigated the phone hacking
:06:44. > :06:47.scandal. They blamed the company for instructing their --
:06:47. > :06:52.obstructing their inquiry. The officer said now they are looking
:06:52. > :06:56.at whether the phones of 4,000 people were hacked. Tonight Rupert
:06:56. > :06:59.Murdoch, his son and Rebekah Brooks have been called to appear before
:06:59. > :07:08.MPs next week. Our home affairs correspondent looks now at the
:07:08. > :07:14.police investigation. A parade of past and serving police
:07:14. > :07:19.top brass. Arriving by car and on foot, to the Commons, for a
:07:19. > :07:24.grilling by MPs. Still reeling after a week of relentless
:07:24. > :07:26.revelations. Chief constable.... Lord Blair was the Metropolitan
:07:26. > :07:31.Police Commissioner when it first emerged royal aides were having
:07:32. > :07:36.their phones hacked. How serious was it then? This is one of the...
:07:36. > :07:43.It was a tiny fragment event in events taking place across London
:07:43. > :07:50.at that time. Events such as this. The Met ran a swift phone hacking
:07:50. > :07:53.inquiry and moved on. Thank you very much. My apologies.... Today,
:07:53. > :07:58.senior officers had to explain why it was not widened out. Peter
:07:58. > :08:03.Clarke, is a former deputy Assistant Commissioner who led that
:08:03. > :08:06.first investigation. His reasons.... First the investigation would be
:08:06. > :08:10.compromised and evidence lost. Second, that the much wider range
:08:10. > :08:14.of people who we were learning were becoming victims of this activity
:08:14. > :08:19.would continue to be victimised while the investigation took its
:08:19. > :08:23.course. But there was another factor - resistance from News
:08:23. > :08:30.International. This is a major, a global organisation, with access to
:08:30. > :08:34.the best legal advice. In my view deliberately trying to thwart a
:08:34. > :08:38.criminal investigation. A common theme. Also in the hot-seat John
:08:38. > :08:43.Yates, assistant commissioner. The man who decided not to re-open the
:08:43. > :08:47.hacking inquiry in 2009. It is a matter of great concern, that
:08:47. > :08:51.forever what reason, the News of the World appears to have failed to
:08:51. > :08:56.have co-operated in the way we know they should have, with relevant
:08:56. > :09:01.police inquiries up to January this year. A lack of evidence left Mr
:09:01. > :09:06.Yates making this announcement in 2009. Our inquiries show that in
:09:06. > :09:11.the vast majority of cases there was insufficient evidence to show
:09:11. > :09:16.that tapping had actually been achieved. But many believe the case
:09:16. > :09:18.was dropped because senior officers became too close to executives at
:09:18. > :09:24.News International. Enter Andy Hayman, former Assistant
:09:24. > :09:31.Commissioner. He oversaw the first phone hacking inquiry, but to the
:09:31. > :09:35.continued astonishment of MPs left the police to write a newspaper
:09:35. > :09:38.column owned by News International. Do you know how that looks to the
:09:38. > :09:42.public? I cannot think of anything in the background where the line
:09:42. > :09:47.has been crossed or I've done anything wrong as a resultd of
:09:47. > :09:52.being employed by the Times. It is -- result of being employed by The
:09:52. > :09:59.Times. The inquiry is now not just about
:09:59. > :10:04.Glenn Mulcaire - the phone hacker - but about corruption. Sue Akers is
:10:04. > :10:09.leading the commission. She revealed there were 3,800-plus
:10:09. > :10:15.potential targets for the hackers. Only 170 have been contacted so far.
:10:15. > :10:19.I'm confident that we've got an intelligent -- excellent team,
:10:19. > :10:24.working tirelessly to get this right. I hope that I don't have to
:10:25. > :10:29.come back here in five years' time to explain why we failed.
:10:29. > :10:32.Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks per, pursued by the media for days,
:10:32. > :10:40.have been asked to give evidence themselves to another Commons
:10:40. > :10:45.committee. No announcement yet. News International says it will co-
:10:45. > :10:50.operate. Let's go to our correspondent, who
:10:50. > :10:56.is there. First a all, MPs will unite tomorrow to call for Rupert
:10:56. > :11:03.Murdoch to abandon his proposed takeover at BskyB. Now we hear he
:11:03. > :11:06.has been called to appear before MPs. It is common lace to say that
:11:06. > :11:11.Parliament doesn't -- common place to say that Parliament doesn't
:11:11. > :11:14.matter. Tomorrow, as you say, there'll be an extraordinary vote,
:11:14. > :11:19.where Parliament will effectively turn its back on the Murdoch empire.
:11:19. > :11:24.An empire to which it has effectively sucked up to as a
:11:24. > :11:28.collective for the past few decades. Tomorrow will represent a victory
:11:28. > :11:31.for Ed Miliband in pushing this case. Not only that, as you say,
:11:31. > :11:36.next week the possibility of Rupert Murdoch actually appearing before a
:11:36. > :11:42.Commons committee himself. After all the expenses allegations
:11:42. > :11:47.there's some life in that old girl yet! Thank you. The BBC has learnt
:11:47. > :11:52.that staff have been suspended as a rehabilitation centre in Bristol
:11:52. > :12:01.for people with learning disabilities. The home to run by
:12:01. > :12:08.castle bebg, which ran Winterbourne View. Our correspondent is here
:12:08. > :12:12.with me. What more do you know about this? Rose Villa offers
:12:12. > :12:18.rehabilitation for adults with learning difficulties and complex
:12:18. > :12:23.needs. We understand that a member of staff was suspended in June. At
:12:23. > :12:27.the beginning of July, following a visit by inspectors from the Care
:12:27. > :12:31.Quality Commission, we were told two more staff were suspended. We
:12:31. > :12:35.understand a fourth member of staff was suspended, after claims they
:12:35. > :12:41.miss handled a patient. The company itself has confirmed that a total
:12:42. > :12:48.of four members of staff have been suspended for misconduct, or
:12:48. > :12:51.allegation of misconduct. They say they are working the relevant
:12:51. > :12:54.authorities whilst inquiries are made. It is worth stressing we
:12:54. > :13:00.don't have any great detail on what the allegation are. I have been
:13:00. > :13:03.told that we're talking about care that is not of the standard you
:13:03. > :13:10.would expect. I am being told all those involved have acted quickly.
:13:11. > :13:17.Thank you. There's been an unexpected drop in
:13:17. > :13:22.the rate of inflation. Down from 4.5% the previous month. It is as a
:13:23. > :13:27.result of fierce competition among electrical good suppliers. As our
:13:27. > :13:32.personal finance correspondent reports, many analysts still expect
:13:32. > :13:37.inflation to rise later this year. Businesses are having to put the
:13:37. > :13:41.brakes on when it comes to prices, especially if they are trying to
:13:41. > :13:46.sell something we can chose not to buy. At this go-karting track in
:13:46. > :13:50.Birmingham, the owners face rising costs for the carts, clothing and
:13:50. > :13:54.power. They cannot charge more because customers' incomes are
:13:54. > :14:00.being squeezed. The issue is there are components, there are parts of
:14:00. > :14:04.our business which are dependant on overseas input production, from
:14:04. > :14:09.Pakistan and China. If their costs increase they pass them on to
:14:09. > :14:13.United Kingdom operators. It is difficult not to pass them on to
:14:13. > :14:17.the consumer. The surprise slowdown in prize rises means interest rates
:14:17. > :14:22.are unlikely to go up this year. Inflation remains a problem.
:14:22. > :14:26.Shoppers are still feeling it. Essentials, including food, keep
:14:26. > :14:32.getting more expensive. Many have cut back on the luxuries they can
:14:32. > :14:38.do without. Stores have reponded by slashing prices for extras like
:14:38. > :14:45.electricals. DVDs, cameras, audio visual equipment, they are down
:14:45. > :14:50.11.5% on the year. Food has gone up. It is 6.5% higher, which means that
:14:50. > :14:55.the overall headline rate of inflation is still running at 4.2%,
:14:55. > :14:59.putting household budgets under continued pressure.
:14:59. > :15:04.You only have to ask this man and his family from North Wales how
:15:04. > :15:08.that feels. His income, as a self- employed burglar alarm fitter, has
:15:08. > :15:11.been falling. With darer petrol and higher bills for heat and power,
:15:11. > :15:17.the family finances are under strain.
:15:17. > :15:23.The worst thing is food. Food has gone up quite dramatically.
:15:23. > :15:26.The price of butter has gone up by 10p a time. A pint of milk and
:15:26. > :15:30.stuff. It is noticeable when you go on a weekly shop.
:15:30. > :15:36.On the high street, clothing sales were brought forward to June, which
:15:36. > :15:45.helped put the lid on price rises. Increases for electricity and gas
:15:46. > :15:49.on the way, inflation could head up Share prices in British banks have
:15:49. > :15:53.fallen amid fears that Italy could be the next eurozone country to
:15:53. > :15:58.need a financial bail out. The value of the euro has also suffered
:15:58. > :16:02.a 1 point trading at a four month low against the dollar. Let's get
:16:02. > :16:04.the latest from our chief Economics Editor Hugh Pym. How bad could this
:16:04. > :16:08.get? There is a sense of mounting
:16:08. > :16:12.concern around the eurozone this evening over whether Governments
:16:12. > :16:15.can afford to repay debts and whether more bailouts will be
:16:15. > :16:19.needed. Italy is the latest country to be seen to be dragged into the
:16:19. > :16:24.euro crisis, clouds gathering over Rome are affecting the climate in
:16:24. > :16:27.Europe, shares in London were down and the euro fell sharply against
:16:28. > :16:30.other currencies. The Chancellor, George Osborne,
:16:30. > :16:33.joined other European Finance Ministers in Brussels today with
:16:33. > :16:37.their list of problems growing by the hour.
:16:37. > :16:41.Sorting out Greece's debts remains a major headache, but investors now
:16:41. > :16:45.fear that larger economies will need assistance too. For many month,
:16:45. > :16:49.we have focused very much on Greece, Ireland, Portugal and what seems to
:16:49. > :16:53.have happened over the last couple of weeks, is that the contagion's
:16:53. > :16:57.started to spread to Spain, Belgium and primarily to Italy.
:16:57. > :17:01.Italians have been left in no doubt about their country's economic
:17:01. > :17:05.problems, slow growth and mounting debt. The newspapers spelling it
:17:05. > :17:10.out after a sharp fall on Italian markets yesterday.
:17:10. > :17:16.Here are the numbers which show why the markets are getting worried.
:17:16. > :17:22.Italy's Government debt has hit 120% of annual output GDP, second
:17:22. > :17:26.only to Greece where debt is more than 143% of GDP. Exposure to
:17:26. > :17:33.Italian debt affects investors well beyond the borders, for example,
:17:34. > :17:41.Total UK bank exposure to Italy's private and public runs to �41
:17:41. > :17:47.billion, a long way to exposure from Greece at �9 billion.
:17:47. > :17:51.A financial crisis, as we are facing, now involving Italy and
:17:51. > :17:55.Spain, is a game change if it's not handled efficiently and it will
:17:55. > :18:00.mean a recession in Europe, in the world and it will mean a financial
:18:00. > :18:03.crisis throughout the banking sector here and abroad.
:18:03. > :18:08.Greece though remains the immediate problem with Europe's politicians
:18:08. > :18:13.still debating how to resolve it and apparently facing up to the
:18:13. > :18:18.possibility that some Greek debt will have to be written off.
:18:18. > :18:21.The time has just gone 6.15. Our top story - the pressure on News
:18:21. > :18:25.International increases with fresh accusations from a former Prime
:18:25. > :18:35.Minister and the police. Coming up - can he do it? Rory
:18:35. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:54.McIlroy's hoping he can add to his US victory at the Open. Six months
:18:55. > :18:58.on from the toppling of the first Middle East regime in the Arab
:18:58. > :19:03.uprising, many people are trying to flee the region and it's led to a
:19:03. > :19:09.surge in migration to Europe. For thousands of north Africans and
:19:09. > :19:13.sub-Saharan migrant workers, one of the main routes is from Lampedusa.
:19:13. > :19:21.Our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, sent this report. In the darkness,
:19:21. > :19:26.the boat was hard to pick out. There were 300 people on board
:19:26. > :19:32.without any cover. Then another boat, all heading for
:19:32. > :19:36.the Italian port of Lampedusa. This is an African Exodus that's
:19:36. > :19:39.followed the Arab Spring. These boats that came in recent days are
:19:39. > :19:46.all from the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
:19:46. > :19:50.For the 30 hour crossing, the migrants had been packed in tight.
:19:50. > :19:53.Amongst them, very small children. A mark of the desperation that had
:19:53. > :19:57.driven the boat people to flee for Europe.
:19:57. > :20:01.Many of them said they were escaping the conflict.
:20:01. > :20:08.REPORTER: Why did you leave Libya? We leave Libya because of the
:20:08. > :20:18.fights, they're fighting each other. All the fights in Libya. They were
:20:18. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:23.all fighting. People are dying, no food, no water.
:20:23. > :20:28.I lost some of my friends. That's why I'm here. This man also hinted
:20:28. > :20:32.at being put on the boat by Libyan authorities. We heard it too from
:20:32. > :20:36.others, raising the question whether Gaddafi is making good his
:20:36. > :20:40.threat to unleash an unprecedented wave of immigration into Europe.
:20:40. > :20:44.But it's an exhausting and dangerous crossing, this woman was
:20:44. > :20:49.heavily pregnant. This is the fifth boat to arrive in
:20:49. > :20:53.Lampedusa in the past 24 hours. In the first few months after the Arab
:20:53. > :20:57.Spring began, most of the migrants arriving here came from Tunisia.
:20:57. > :21:03.Theirs is a very different but equally difficult story.
:21:03. > :21:09.Back in the early months of this year, over 50,000 Tunisians arrived.
:21:09. > :21:12.They were mainly economic migrants. Their numbers have unsettled some
:21:12. > :21:17.European Governments but they began questioning Europe's policy of open
:21:17. > :21:22.borders. These migrants had their hopes pinned on Paris.
:21:22. > :21:26.We caught up with some of them on a piece of waste land in the French
:21:26. > :21:31.capital. Many were living rough. All said they wanted to return to
:21:31. > :21:35.Tunisia. This man said, without papers, it
:21:35. > :21:40.was impossible to find work. Many had paid smugglers to come to
:21:40. > :21:43.Europe, but can't now find the money to leave. Most of them want
:21:43. > :21:47.to return home because there is no hope here. They had a dream and the
:21:47. > :21:53.dream is not coming true. Back on the boats from Libya, young men
:21:53. > :21:58.travel with hope. We'd like to work. We love work so much. Showing off
:21:58. > :22:05.hands eager for work. Europe with 24 million people out of work can
:22:05. > :22:07.be a hard place to invest your dreams.
:22:07. > :22:11.Tens of thousands of Protestants have taken to the streets of
:22:11. > :22:14.Northern Ireland for the annual Orange Order parades. So far
:22:14. > :22:19.today's marches have been peaceful, despite following a night of
:22:19. > :22:24.rioting by nationalists and loyalists youths. 24 police
:22:24. > :22:27.officers were injured as petrol bombs, and stones were thrown and a
:22:27. > :22:31.bus was hijacked. Mark Simpson reports.
:22:31. > :22:35.Summer time in Belfast isn't supposed to be like this.
:22:36. > :22:40.The hope was that the peace process would stop the annual outbreak of
:22:40. > :22:45.vieliness around the 12th July. The main day of the Protestant marching
:22:45. > :22:51.season. It's a colourful event and it
:22:51. > :22:57.brought more than 30,000 people to the centre of Belfast. But the day
:22:57. > :23:02.of Protestant celebration followed a night of sporadic violence.
:23:02. > :23:06.Three different riots in three different parts of Belfast.
:23:06. > :23:11.One right beside the city's main hospital. It's where a Protestant
:23:11. > :23:15.area meets a Catholic district. The police had to keep the two sides
:23:15. > :23:19.apart. More than 20 officers were injured.
:23:19. > :23:22.The peace process reduced tensions during the marching season, but in
:23:22. > :23:28.recent weeks, they've risen again and so has the trouble. We grue up
:23:28. > :23:31.with the violence, we don't want our grand kids to. -- grew up.
:23:31. > :23:36.There is a minority stirring up trouble, we have no time for that.
:23:36. > :23:40.This evening, so far, it's been peace NFL Belfast. But it's an
:23:40. > :23:46.uneasy calm. The police are on high alert in the east, west and the
:23:46. > :23:51.north of the city. Northern Ireland cannot afford
:23:51. > :23:54.another night like last night. David Cameron has addressed the
:23:54. > :23:57.Welsh Assembly where he announced a commission into funding for the
:23:57. > :24:00.Welsh Government. It could mean Welsh politicians would be allowed
:24:00. > :24:05.to borrow money for big capital projects and the formula for
:24:05. > :24:10.setting the assembly's budget could be changed. From Cardiff, Gary
:24:10. > :24:15.O'Donoghue reports. At the headquarters of the Royal
:24:15. > :24:18.Mint in Cardiff, David Cameron was being shown how to make money.
:24:18. > :24:25.Westminster sends �15 billion a year to the Welsh Assembly
:24:25. > :24:30.Government, but Cardiff wants more powers over taxes and borrowing.
:24:30. > :24:32.So, the Prime Minister came to the Welsh Assembly to announce a new
:24:32. > :24:37.Commission on Funding. There were criticisms.
:24:37. > :24:42.We must all recognise that the Welsh economy is too dependent, far
:24:42. > :24:45.too dependent on the state. When we are dealing, as we are, with the
:24:45. > :24:49.largest budget deficit in peacetime history, this is simply untenable.
:24:49. > :24:53.The opposition parties here in the Assembly support greater power for
:24:53. > :24:58.Wales to raise money. The Welsh nationalists, Plaid Cymru, want to
:24:58. > :25:01.go further, wanting Cardiff to go to varied income tax as well.
:25:01. > :25:05.Whatever the commission decides, one thing is clear, more and more
:25:05. > :25:11.power is moving out of Westminster and into the nations of the UK.
:25:11. > :25:15.What we are looking for is to get a fair funding package for Wales, to
:25:15. > :25:18.get limited barrowing powers for the Welsh Government and we are
:25:18. > :25:22.willing to take on responsibility for taxation.
:25:22. > :25:27.One of the big projects that could benefit from new borrowing powers
:25:27. > :25:31.is the M4 around Newport. It's the main road into Wales and a huge
:25:31. > :25:35.bottleneck. At the moment, the Welsh Government can't borrow the
:25:35. > :25:38.billion pounds to build a relief road.
:25:38. > :25:43.While David Cameron conceded there would be changes in funding, he
:25:43. > :25:50.said the parties in Wales had to come to a consensus on the future.
:25:50. > :25:53.Something that may not be easy. Now, he's the golf all fans want to
:25:53. > :25:56.see and Rory McIlroy didn't disappoint today. The 22-year-old
:25:56. > :26:00.has attempted to become the youngest Open champion for more
:26:00. > :26:04.than 100 years. He took to the practice range this afternoon. He's
:26:04. > :26:12.hoping to get another major win under his belt to add to his Open
:26:12. > :26:17.US triumph last month. Here is Joe Wilson.
:26:17. > :26:25.Everyone wants Rory McIlroy, even on the practise range. There was a
:26:25. > :26:29.world champion boxer, Barry manage Wigan to offer advice on physique.
:26:29. > :26:32.There's been precious little golf for McIlroy recently, enjoying the
:26:32. > :26:35.life of a sporting celebrity at Wimbledon, for example. Experts
:26:35. > :26:40.predict he could soon become the UK's highest paid sportsman ever,
:26:40. > :26:45.if he keeps winning. The way my life seems to be going at the
:26:45. > :26:48.minute, golf is the easy bit, you know, you go out, you get away, you
:26:48. > :26:52.are inside the ropes and have five hours to yourself out there, it's
:26:52. > :26:56.quite nice. I love getting out on the golf course, I feel refreshed
:26:56. > :26:59.and I'm really looking forward to getting out there and playing again.
:26:59. > :27:04.McIlroy's done most of his preparation at home. This is his
:27:04. > :27:09.back garden. Most of his rivals meanwhile have been braving the
:27:09. > :27:13.Sandwich course and winds touching 30mph. Despite the interest in
:27:13. > :27:16.McIlroy, he's not officially the world's best golfer, actually the
:27:16. > :27:19.man over there is. England's Luke Donald, world number
:27:19. > :27:25.one, but with a point to prove. I've had a great season so far.
:27:25. > :27:30.I've made my way to the top of the world rankings, so everything's
:27:30. > :27:34.going to plan. I guess what's leeft is to try and contend and win a
:27:34. > :27:38.major. In the absence of Tiger Woods, it's suddenly European and
:27:38. > :27:44.UK golfers who're dominating. Sandwich is never a picnic, but for
:27:44. > :27:49.Rory, the reluctant celebrity, golf is the release.
:27:49. > :27:53.is the release. Now a look at the weather. As ever,
:27:53. > :27:56.it will play a big part at the Open, could be quite blustery on Thursday
:27:56. > :28:00.with the chance of some rain at Royal St George's over the weekend.
:28:00. > :28:03.A little rain in Kent today. Heavy showers in south-west Wales and
:28:03. > :28:08.south-west England. The showers are now starting to fade away. We'll
:28:08. > :28:14.keep one or two going through the night. Light rain in the extreme
:28:14. > :28:20.south-east tends to edge out into the North Sea. Most of us having a
:28:20. > :28:24.comfortable night. Into Wednesday, a similar sort of
:28:24. > :28:28.day. The vast majority dry and bright with some sunshine. Again, a
:28:28. > :28:32.few spots will catch the showers, mostly across western parts of the
:28:32. > :28:36.UK. Here too, there will be some sunny spells, so it's a mixture of
:28:36. > :28:39.sunshine and scattered showers across the south-west of England.
:28:39. > :28:41.Temperatures reaching 19 or 20 in the sunshine. Shouldn't be the
:28:41. > :28:45.intensity to the showers that we've had through the afternoon across
:28:45. > :28:48.Wales, but there'll still be one or two showers through Wednesday
:28:48. > :28:53.afternoon. Again, some spells of sunshine. In the sunshine, Northern
:28:53. > :28:56.Ireland, we may reach 21, 70 Fahrenheit. Again, one or two
:28:56. > :29:00.showers here, as there will be in western parts of Scotland.
:29:00. > :29:05.Generally drier conditions across eastern Scotland. A bit of sunshine
:29:05. > :29:10.and cloud with temperatures in high teens. One or two scattered showers
:29:10. > :29:15.in northern England. Down the eastern side, fairly cloudy with a
:29:15. > :29:19.cool breeze blowing. For the Midlands and central parts of
:29:19. > :29:22.England, sunny spells lifting temperatureing to 20. On Thursday,
:29:22. > :29:25.a cool breeze across the south-east affecting East Anglia, with the
:29:25. > :29:29.threat of some rain. Showers in the far north-west, but for many, it's
:29:29. > :29:33.another dry and bright day with a bit of sunshine. We hang on to the
:29:33. > :29:38.fine conditions across parts of the south-east on Friday. Further north,
:29:38. > :29:42.we are expecting a weather system to bring some rain which may well
:29:42. > :29:46.get to Open Championship for the weekend. That's all for now.