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This is BBC News. Terror in Norway. A major explosion in the capital | :00:10. | :00:20. | |
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Oslo has left at least two people Also tonight, allegations that | :00:38. | :00:44. | |
James Murdoch misled MPs in the phone hacking scandal. I think this | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
is the most significant moment of two years of investigation into | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
phone hacking. If their statement is accurate, it shows James Murdoch | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
had knowledge others were involved in hacking as early as 2008. | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
A second bail-out for Greece sends stock markets on the rise, but will | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
British taxpayers lose out? The 5th person who is suspicious | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
death in Stepping Hill Hospital is now being investigated. | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
And that dress in a palace exhibition. The Queen and her new | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
daughter in law go to see it, but Her Majesty is not keen on how it | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
is displayed. Horrid, isn't it? Horrible! | :01:26. | :01:35. | |
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The treatment of hundreds after the Good evening. There has been a | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
massive explosion in the Norwegian capital Oslo. At least two people | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
have been killed by what appears to have been a car bomb, exploding | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
near the offices of the country's biggest tabloid newspaper and the | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
Office of the Prime Minister. He is unhurt but a number of people have | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
been injured. A risky operation is going on in the centre of Oslo, | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
where people are still trapped in the area. Nearby offices have been | :02:17. | :02:27. | |
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evacuated. No one has yet admitted Oslo this afternoon looked like a | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
war-zone. A huge explosion, thought to have been a car bomb, blew out | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
the windows of the Norwegian Prime Minister's office. It caused | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
casualties and debris over a large area. The Prime Minister was | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
unharmed and taken to a safe hiding-place. It appears to be a | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
terrorist attack on the Norwegian capital. We were sitting at a cafe, | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
one block away, and it felt like the building was going to fall down | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
over us, it was a loud explosion. We ran out into the street, and we | :03:01. | :03:10. | |
saw all the buildings surrounding the main building, totally ruined. | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
Glass was all over the street. There were people lying there, | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
bleeding. Chaos. Confusingly, reports are coming in other | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
separate incident, of a man dressed as a policeman opening fire at a | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
youth camps outside Oslo. So if the Oslo bombing was a terrorist attack, | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
why would no way be a target? It has over 400 troops in Afghanistan. | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
It is always -- also taking part in NATO action in Libya. There has | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
also been controversy over the reprinting of cartoons. Some have | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
been angered by the recent arrests of Muslim activists. On the surface, | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
Norway seems an unusual target. To people who follow this, it isn't. | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
We did see Sweden last year being targeted. Altai -- Al-Qaeda is | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
starting to hit a softer, more peripheral targets. So now the | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
investigation begins. Forensics, CCTV, eyewitness accounts, and | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
telephone analysis will all be fed in, but crucially, it will be who | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
claims responsibility and wife. -- wife. | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
What about the second incident you referred to, the shooting? Yes, the | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
reports have just coming in the last few minutes. It has taken | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
place on the nearby island of Utoeya, there is apparently a | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
political youth camp going on there belonging to the Labour Party, the | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
ruling party in Norway. There are reports a man dressed as a place | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
that has opened fire at this event. Unconfirmed reports are that people | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
have been killed and injured. We don't know if the two are connected, | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
if they were, that will certainly lead investigators towards a Al- | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
Qaeda or. But the investigation is still in the early stages. | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
The Prime Minister says that the News International chain James | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
Murdoch clearly has questions to answer in Parliament following new | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
allegations that he misled MPs earlier this week. Mr Murdoch says | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
he was unaware of an e-mail suggesting hacking was widespread | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
at the pepper macro. Two former senior executives of the company | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
are claiming they did inform him about it. | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Once they were loyal lieutenants. Now they are confronting their | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
former boss. Colin Myler, ex-editor of the News Of The World, and Tom | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
Crone, the paper's veteran lawyer. They say James Murdoch, son of | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
Rupert, is mistaken. Mistaken in the evidence he gave when the | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
Murdochs came before MPs. The story goes back to 2008, when Gordon | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
Taylor settled a legal claim against News International over | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
allegations his voicemail messages were listened to. The allegation -- | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
company paid him �700,000. The evidence was to remain confidential, | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
including this e-mail, sent by the private investigator who did the | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
phone hacking. In it, here blacked out, were transcripts of Gordon | :06:16. | :06:23. | |
Taylor's messages. These words, are highly significant. Neville is | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
alleged to be Neville Thurlbeck, former chief reporter of the News | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
Of The World. If he was involved, this suggests others were, as well. | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
And knowledge of the hacking was more widespread than originally | :06:35. | :06:43. | |
claimed. So MPs asked Mr Murdoch this question. Did you see the | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
transcript of the voice mail message? No, I was not aware of | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
that at the time. The paper's former editor and lawyer say he was | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
mistaken, he was told about the e- mail. If they are right, Labour's | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
Tom Watson says it raises big questions. Because there was a | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
confidentiality clause involved in the settlement, it means that he | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
bought the silence of Gordon Taylor. And that could mean that he is | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
facing investigation of perverting the course of justice. He has | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
reported the matter to the police. The Prime Minister, visiting a car | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
factory in the West Midlands, was concerned. Clearly, James Murdoch | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
has got questions to on saying parliament, and I'm sure he will do | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
that. -- questions to answer in Parliament. And clearly News | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
International have amassed a clear- up. James Murdoch say he stands by | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
his testimony. For the police, these allegations pose a challenge, | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
proving that any executive perverted the course of justice by | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
not passing on information can only widen in already huge and | :07:51. | :07:58. | |
complicated inquiry. Stock markets around the world have | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
risen after last night's agreement on a second bail-out for Greece. | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
But it has emerged that the deal between euro-zone countries will | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
affect Britain's loan to Ireland. British taxpayers will now get a | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
reduced pay back. In the end, Europe's leaders came up with a | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
much bigger deal than had been expected. Trying to get to grips | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
with its debt crisis. One consequence of that, it will result | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
in a major push towards a closer, more integrated Europe. -- euro. | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
That means, in the long term, there will be implications for Britain. | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
For Europe's leaders, it had been a massive challenge. Train to end the | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
crisis in the euro-zone. Yesterday, they had come up with a major deal | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
to help Greece. The market today seemed impressed, but with | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
reservations. In Greece, struggling with huge debt, the government said | :08:55. | :09:01. | |
the new bail-out has made their debt problem manageable. The Greek | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
cabinet gave Prime Minister Papandreou a round of applause when | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
he arrived back from Brussels or stop TRANSLATION: We were on the | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
edge of an abyss, but we did not give up. We fought, just as we have | :09:13. | :09:20. | |
done in the past, during every critical moment in our history. | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
size of the new bail-out, 109 billion euros. The interest rates | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
on Greece's loans will be cut. Private investors will take losses, | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
so reducing Greece's debt, and there will be new powers to help | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
countries in the future. The big question is whether these measures | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
will significantly reduce Greece's debts, and doubts remain. The | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
Germans, who will be the biggest contributors, were anxiously eyeing | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
the market today. The bail-out was defended by Chancellor Angela | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
Merkel. TRANSLATION: We made this decision because it is a historical | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
duty to protect the euro. The UK is not directly involved in this | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
latest euro-zone rescue, but the government praised it as decisive. | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
It is in Britain's interest for the euro-zone to sort out its issues. | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
It has some real problems, and we want a strong and effective. This | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
deal, however, it is Europe towards a closer economic union, and some | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
believe that will have implications for Britain. There is a real | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
destruction or European Union, it is a failed project. However | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
important it is to stabilise the markets, we must keep ourselves out | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
of the whole of the euro-zone. believe that this latest agreement | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
has bought -- bought the euro-zone some time, but what it hasn't done | :10:44. | :10:52. | |
is affixes underlying problems. If this second bail-out going to | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
have ramifications for Britain? there is one specific area where it | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
will have impact. The UK at the moment loans Ireland money as part | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
of its bail-out, but now Ireland, like Greece, is going to see the | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
interest rates on that bail-out reduced. That will mean that | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
Britain will get less revenue. But I think the implication is a longer | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
term. It was interesting in the lead-up to this big summit, that | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
George Osborne, the Chancellor, he was actually urging Europe to get a | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
grip of the crisis, but also to go for a monetary union, towards | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
fiscal union. That means tax and spending co-ordinated at a European | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
level. If that happens, and part of this deal suggests a stat has been | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
taken in that direction, Britain won't be part of it. People are | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
asking, will it lead to a two speedy Europe, with a closer call, | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
more decisions being taken at European level? And those like | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
Britain outside the euro. Will they be outsiders? A lot of people are | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
focusing on that as being one of the long-term consequences of this | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
euro-zone crisis. Just a reminder, there is more on | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
the euro-zone crisis on our website, where you will find a special | :12:18. | :12:28. | |
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A man who stabbed and killed an intruder at his home last month | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
will not be prosecuted. 59-year-old Peter Flanagan was arrested after | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
an attempted robbery at his home in which he stabbed one of the gang | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
who had been armed with a machete. The Crown Prosecution Service says | :12:39. | :12:45. | |
it is said despite he acted in self defence. People are entitled to use | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
reasonable force to protect themselves, their families and | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
their homes. All the evidence indicates to me that in the | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
frightening circumstances that Mr Flanagan faced, he did what he | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
honestly and instinctively believed to be necessary to protect himself | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
and his home. Essex police have questioned its | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
energy secretary Chris Huhne and his ex wife Vicky Pryce for a | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
second time about allegations he asked her to take his speeding 0.2. | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
He has denied her claims that he asked her to take his points so he | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
wouldn't be banned from driving. Police say they are preparing a | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
file prosecutors. Police have named a 5th person to | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
have died in suspicious circumstances at Stepping Hill | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
Hospital in Stockport. She was 84- year-old Vera Pearson, and she died | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
last Thursday. Meanwhile, detectives have just under three | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
hours left to question or release a nurse being held on suspicion of | :13:42. | :13:48. | |
murder. Let's get the latest on that. What more can you tell us | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
about this latest case that has been brought into the | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
investigation? You are right, there are more developments here tonight. | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
We can confirm the identity of a 5th suspicious death here. It is | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
84-year-old Vera Pearson. We know she died at Stepping Hill Hospital | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
on 14th July, and her death, along with four others, are being | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
investigated by police after saline drips were contaminated with it | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
insulin, which can cause blood sugar levels to fall. Security is | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
tight here, these men will be checking cars in and out of this | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
hospital. Inside, saline drips are being kept under lock and key. We | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
have also seen patients who arrive here having their appointment cards | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
checked. What about the police investigation itself, because there | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
is the limited time for them to hold or release this nurse? Yes, | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
time is moving on. Police have three more hours to Ivo charge, | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
time to question Rebecca Leighton on suspicion of murdering patients | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
here. Detectives are waiting for two things tonight. A 41-year-old | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
man who did receive contaminated Saline, they want to speak to him. | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
His condition is improving, they want to find out more about what | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
was going on on this ward. And they are still waiting for these post | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
mortem examination results. These have fully will show the cause of | :15:16. | :15:26. | |
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death by all five of these patients. Our main headline - a bomb in the | :15:32. | :15:35. | |
Norwegian capital. Two people are killed and many are injured. Coming | :15:35. | :15:45. | |
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up... A century for Kevin Pietersen at Lord's against India. Later on | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
BBC London - who will take on the top job in policing? Applications | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
open today to replace Sir Paul Stephenson. And for 100 years it | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
has been Pirlo's premier event. We look ahead to the centenary of the | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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Libya's Colonel Gaddafi has once again ruled out dialogue with the | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
international community, in a broadcast on television. Previously | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
we have reported on five brothers caught up in the fighting. We have | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
returned to their home city to catch up with the family. This | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
report from Christian Fraser. If the cost of this conflict is being | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
weighed, then it is the frontline towns like Ajdabiya which have paid | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
the heaviest price. Three months ago, when I was last year, it was | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
deserted. Today, as the front line pushes west, they're returning, | :16:47. | :16:54. | |
though for some, life has changed irrevocably. This 24-year-old was | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
blown up by a mortar round which exploded outside his home. We first | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
met the family in April in the main hospital in Benghazi. His brother | :17:05. | :17:15. | |
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lost his left leg in the blast. Two of the brothers had been killed. | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
The other, 19-year-old Abdel Basset we found in a coma, his chest | :17:23. | :17:31. | |
heaving. He had lost both his legs. He died a week later. Three months | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
on, Ali is finding it hard. After nine operations to his right hip | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
and leg he still cannot stand and is completely reliant on his | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
wheelchair. He takes lots of drugs to keep the pain at bay. They at | :17:45. | :17:55. | |
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least allow him to sleep. TRANSLATION: I will not lie, I was | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
affected, but it is God's will. has refused to leave the house | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
since he returned. TRANSLATION: I have never used the | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
word of regret, I hope I never will. Just to remove Gaddafi, that's all | :18:10. | :18:18. | |
we want. I have lost a leg for the revolution, that's OK. | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
TRANSLATION: It is worth it. A lot of guys died for the revolution. We | :18:24. | :18:33. | |
should keep going, and God will bring victory. For men like this, | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
there is no option but to press forward. To stop now, they say, | :18:39. | :18:49. | |
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would be suicide, not to mention a The new Scottish football season | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
gets and a way tomorrow, three weeks earlier than usual. It is | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
hoped the early start will be the solution to the fixture problems | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
caused by the winter but there. The BBC has learnt that there were more | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
than twice as many violent crimes when Rangers and Celtic play each | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
other, compared with other match days. It is putting a strain on | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
police budgets. It is one of the world's most famous football | :19:18. | :19:23. | |
fixtures, but fame comes at a price. Last season, the Old Firm rivalry | :19:23. | :19:32. | |
was marred by the worst trouble in years. This clash, between the | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
Celtic manager and his Rangers rival, was followed by chaos. | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
Letter bombs were sent to Neil Lennon. In this short summer break, | :19:41. | :19:50. | |
have tempers cooled? The I think everyone has a responsibility | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
towards calming things down, managers, players, media. Do you | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
accept that for example the much talked-about incident with Ally | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
McCoist would not be acceptable this season? We have not made any | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
promises that that will not happen again, but I'm sure it will not. | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
did not really see any violence in Old Firm fixtures. What about the | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
behaviour of fans, is that a concern for you? Is it something | :20:18. | :20:28. | |
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which worries you at all? No. may not worry Ally McCoist, but it | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
worries plenty of others. The cost of policing the six Old Firm games | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
at Ibrox and Celtic Park last season was nearly �2 million. The | :20:37. | :20:45. | |
clubs contributed �301,000, and on Saturdays, when the two clubs did | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
Saturdays, when the two clubs did not play each other, there were on | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
average 140 crimes of violence in the Strathclyde area. After the Old | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
the Strathclyde area. After the Old Firm matches, that number rocketed. | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
If it continues at the current level, no, it is not sustainable, | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
that is the bottom line. Something has to give. It means other members | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
of the community are doing without part of their police service. | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
feeling of money being wasted is echoed by drinkers in Glasgow's | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
West End. It is crazy, everyone knows it is crazy in Glasgow. | :21:21. | :21:29. | |
is a lot of nasty stuff goes on, but I think it is exaggerated. | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
think it is an obscenity. As last minute signings were unveiled, all | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
eyes are on the Old Firm. The clubs say they cannot afford any more for | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
policing, but someone, somewhere, is paying the price. | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
Kevin Pietersen that the charges England enjoyed a good day with the | :21:49. | :21:57. | |
bat against India at Lord's. He's closing in on a double century. | :21:57. | :22:05. | |
Earlier on, England had been pegged back by Praveen Kumar. James Pearce | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
reports. England have a chance in this series to replace the India at | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
the top of the world when kings. Could this be the wind of change in | :22:15. | :22:23. | |
international cricket? England's 12th man ran into a bucket of paint | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
during a warm-up. This was the during a warm-up. This was the | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
result. Fortunately, there was just enough time for him to return to | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
the start with fresh kit, and at least an attempt to see the funny | :22:35. | :22:39. | |
side of it. Kevin Pietersen didn't need to force any smiles. There | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
were plenty of reasons for his to come naturally as he set about | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
constructing another big innings. He did lose a part that early in | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
the day, Trott trapped lbw. Kevin Pietersen got his century in | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
stylish this is. It is the fifth time he has reached this landmark | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
at the home of cricket. And you could see how much it meant. Others | :23:01. | :23:09. | |
came and went. Prior had 71 to his name when he was caught behind. But | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
Kevin Pietersen remained defiant, moving ever closer to a double | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
hundred. The build-up to the match was dominated by talk of the | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
possibility of Derek Weaver Tendulkar scoring his 100th Test | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
match century. But instead, it is Kevin Pietersen, with his first in | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
England for three years, who has England for three years, who has | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
stolen the headlines today. As you were watching that report, I | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
can tell you that Kevin Pietersen has reached his double century with | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
the last ball of the day. For months it was fashion's best kept | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
secret. It has been finally unveiled, the wedding dress which | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
transfixed the nation. From tomorrow it is going on display as | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
part of Buckingham Palace's Summer Exhibition. This afternoon, the | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
Queen and Catherine were given a tour themselves. This report from | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
Nicholas Witchell. It is the first time we have seen them together, | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
just the two of them. The Queen and the newcomer who one day will be | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
crowned alongside her husband. Then, all of these priceless treasures | :24:14. | :24:24. | |
will become the responsibility. Nobody can afford these things | :24:24. | :24:30. | |
nowadays? Are these things still made? They are present and future | :24:30. | :24:33. | |
faces of the monarchy, but this afternoon, they were two ladies | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
looking at a dress. A very special dress, this one, standing in the | :24:38. | :24:48. | |
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It is the dress which brought Kate Middleton on the final stage of her | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
journey to the altar, and to her new life as a member of the British | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
royal family. On that day in Westminster Abbey, it had been | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
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much-anticipated and was widely admired. Now, standing inert and | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
empty at the Palace, it looks, well, a little ghostly. A bridal gown | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
mind as a bride, a diamond tiara minus a head. It was evidently not | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
quite what the Queen had been expecting. It's horrid, isn't it? | :25:29. | :25:37. | |
We doubt my face! Oh, dear! That's not quite what the organisers had | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
been hoping for. But it is the dress which launched Catherine | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
Middleton as a global fashion phenomenon. Since then she has been | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
seen in a range of outfits, some elaborate, others off the peg, from | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
the high street. According to those who monitor these things, Kate's | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
clothes are now a matter of worldwide interest. Catherine makes | :25:58. | :26:03. | |
fashion accessible, and she mixes high street with designer. Most | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
importantly, she always wears the clothes, she doesn't let the cloves | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
take over. And this was the dress that started it all. It is on | :26:13. | :26:21. | |
display at the Palace from tomorrow. A severe heatwave has intensified | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
over eastern parts of the US and Canada, with today expected to be | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
the hottest day yet. At least 22 deaths have been blamed on the heat. | :26:31. | :26:34. | |
Temperatures have gone up to 46 degrees in some places along the | :26:34. | :26:41. | |
coast. We can have a look at our weekend weather now. We wanted to | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
get a bit warmer, but not as hot as that. No, it has been like a | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
pressure cooker over there. But pressure cooker over there. But | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
things will be warming up for many of us this weekend. | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
Tonight there will be a few exceptions, with some showers | :27:00. | :27:07. | |
working through the Midlands, in to the south-east. Away from that, | :27:07. | :27:13. | |
mostly fine and dry. It will be quite a chilly night, however. | :27:13. | :27:20. | |
Tomorrow, mainly a dry and bright start for most of us. The exception | :27:20. | :27:27. | |
will be these eastern counties of Scotland and England. Contrast that | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
with western areas on Saturday. Many of you will hold on to the | :27:31. | :27:40. | |
sunshine for most of the day. There will be a bit of a breeze. A fine | :27:40. | :27:48. | |
day to come across north-west England. A similar story in | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
Northern Ireland. In the far north of Scotland, there will be that | :27:53. | :28:03. | |
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cooler breeze. Always a breeze across the eastern coast as well. | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
The winds getting close to gale force at times, particularly later | :28:09. | :28:19. | |
in the day. On Sunday, fewer showers. The breeze continuing on | :28:19. | :28:25. | |
Sunday, but most of us will be dry. Further west, long spells at | :28:25. | :28:35. | |
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Our main headline - there has been a bomb attack in the Norwegian | :28:35. | :28:39. |