:00:06. > :00:13.Britain officially recognises the Libyan rebels - and expels
:00:13. > :00:16.Gaddafi's remaining diplomats: In Tripoli the Colonel still looms
:00:16. > :00:21.large - but William Hague joins the international push to force him out
:00:21. > :00:27.of the diplomatic picture. The Libyan people can be assured
:00:27. > :00:31.that we will remain on their side for as long as it takes.
:00:31. > :00:34.Also on tonight's programme: The 72-year-old shop keeper
:00:34. > :00:38.arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed during a
:00:38. > :00:47.robbery. Finished on time - the Aquatic
:00:47. > :00:51.Centre is ready with one year to go before the Olympic opening ceremony.
:00:51. > :00:54.Imagine what it is going to be like here in a year's time. The stands
:00:54. > :00:57.go up for miles. It will be incredible.
:00:57. > :01:02.We're live in Trafalgar Square - in the next hour, the design for the
:01:02. > :01:04.Olympic medals will be revealed. An independent report says one in
:01:04. > :01:09.ten experiments on monkeys serves no clear medical or scientific
:01:09. > :01:13.purpose. She's Hollywood's Pretty Woman - so
:01:13. > :01:23.why did they air-brush Julia Roberts' photo? The advertising
:01:23. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:54.And we have a report from glorious Hello and welcome to the BBC News
:01:54. > :01:58.at Six. Britain today officially recognised
:01:58. > :02:04.the Libyan rebels as the country's government and announced the
:02:04. > :02:08.expulsion of Colonel Gaddafi's diplomats in London. William Hague
:02:08. > :02:12.said the rebels represented a more open and direct Libya in contrast
:02:12. > :02:15.to the brutality of Colonel Gaddafi. But as our world affairs
:02:15. > :02:18.correspondent reports, questions are being asked about what
:02:18. > :02:24.difference the decision will make on the ground.
:02:24. > :02:28.The green flag of Colonel Gaddafi's Libya. Today's moved to treat the
:02:28. > :02:32.rebels as the government is now a significant boost for them. Britain
:02:32. > :02:37.is following the US and France in intensifying the pressure on the
:02:37. > :02:41.Libyan regime. We no longer represent -- recognise them as the
:02:42. > :02:44.representatives of the Libyan government and we are inviting the
:02:44. > :02:49.National Transitional Council to appoint a new envoy to takeover the
:02:49. > :02:55.Libyan embassy in London. Libya's embassy in London is in
:02:55. > :03:00.Knightsbridge. The ambassador was expelled in May. The other
:03:00. > :03:05.diplomats must now leave. Britain will unlock �91 million of frozen
:03:05. > :03:09.assets from a Libyan oil company, now controlled by opponents of the
:03:09. > :03:13.Gaddafi regime. This is an important symbolic moment,
:03:13. > :03:18.especially for a small group of Libyan rebels, hoping to replace
:03:18. > :03:23.the flag of Colonel Gaddafi's regime will Berrow. The question is,
:03:23. > :03:26.what difference it will really make on the ground. Joining the
:03:26. > :03:31.demonstrators today, a former financial adviser at the embassy,
:03:31. > :03:36.who was sacked when he showed his support for the rebels.
:03:36. > :03:39.TRANSLATION: This is very positive. It is a psychological boost and the
:03:39. > :03:44.transitional council will be able to use the UN frozen funds to help
:03:44. > :03:47.the Libyan people and hopefully this is the beginning. The Colonel
:03:47. > :03:52.Gaddafi does still commands support in Libya, particularly in the
:03:52. > :03:58.capital, Tripoli. In a regime like his, it is difficult to gauge
:03:58. > :04:03.exactly how much. But increasingly, the Benghazi based National
:04:03. > :04:06.Transitional Council is being recognised internationally as a
:04:06. > :04:12.government and the political battle is heating up amid a military
:04:12. > :04:17.stalemate. There are several different front lines. But there
:04:17. > :04:23.has been no decisive shift to give the rebels the momentum they need.
:04:23. > :04:28.There have now -- are they have now been four months of NATO bombing,
:04:28. > :04:32.much more than Britain had hoped. It is turning up the diplomatic
:04:32. > :04:37.pressure. The government under pressure itself over the Libyan
:04:37. > :04:43.campaign. With me now is our world affairs
:04:43. > :04:48.editor, John Simpson. Not so long ago Mr Hague was saying that the
:04:48. > :04:51.rebels could not be recognised. What has changed now? Britain has
:04:51. > :04:54.never liked recognising rebel groups as a government. They have
:04:54. > :04:59.an in-built dislike of the whole thing. They prefer things to be
:05:00. > :05:03.clear cut and they like to support governments, or at least they like
:05:03. > :05:09.to support States and the government usually of a company
:05:09. > :05:12.represents the state. Obviously now, that is impossible. The Americans
:05:12. > :05:17.have recently recognised the National Transitional Council. The
:05:17. > :05:23.French did it right at the very start. There is a long list of
:05:23. > :05:27.countries who have already recognised, why not the British
:05:27. > :05:32.take obviously a big part in the bombing? It started to look a bit
:05:32. > :05:38.weird. It is the next step. It is difficult to think of extra steps
:05:38. > :05:42.which could be taken but that was one of them. Why has it taken so
:05:42. > :05:47.long to topple Colonel Gaddafi? have to remember it is a pretty
:05:47. > :05:52.savage climate at this time of year. If you touch a piece of metal, it
:05:52. > :05:59.burns you. If you touch a rifle, it can really hurt your hands quite
:05:59. > :06:02.badly. The soldiers are not able to fight much above -- much beyond 10
:06:02. > :06:08.o'clock in the morning. They start at 7 o'clock so there is three
:06:08. > :06:13.hours' fighting a day. That is a practical reason. Ramadan is coming
:06:13. > :06:17.up. It begins on Monday for a month for four weeks. But, there is
:06:17. > :06:21.another reason. I do not think NATO, particularly the British, are
:06:21. > :06:25.enthusiastic about having rebel forces fighting their way into
:06:25. > :06:29.Tripoli. They do not want to see the civilian casualties that would
:06:29. > :06:33.cause. They want things to collapse in Tripoli itself and then they can
:06:33. > :06:38.move in. Thank you. A 72-year-old shopkeeper
:06:38. > :06:42.has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died from stab
:06:42. > :06:47.wounds during a failed robbery. Cecil Coley, who ran the shop, also
:06:47. > :06:51.suffered during the raid and is being treated in hospital. Our
:06:51. > :06:55.correspondent Danny Savage joins us now. Will this be one of those
:06:55. > :06:58.self-defence cases? We will not know the answer to that question
:06:59. > :07:03.until the police investigation here has concluded and it is in its
:07:03. > :07:07.early stages after the events here yesterday evening. The street
:07:07. > :07:12.behind me is criss-crossed with police tape and officers are
:07:12. > :07:15.looking for clues. Let me remind you of the words of the Justice
:07:15. > :07:18.Secretary Kenneth Clarke last month after what appeared to be a similar
:07:18. > :07:23.incident. He said people were entitled to use whatever force
:07:23. > :07:27.necessary to protect themselves and their homes. But ultimately,
:07:27. > :07:30.whether any charges are brought after this incident is down to the
:07:30. > :07:35.police and a decision by the Crown Prosecution Service.
:07:35. > :07:39.It was just after 9:30pm last night when police say a group of men
:07:39. > :07:44.burst into a florist's shop in the street. It is believed to have been
:07:44. > :07:48.a robbery. Some sort of fight followed and moments later, one of
:07:48. > :07:52.the raiders was lying on the street outside dying from a stab wound.
:07:52. > :07:56.came round the corner out of Whitechurch Drive, went to get some
:07:56. > :08:01.credit and I saw someone shouting on the phone and a guy on the floor
:08:01. > :08:05.with a few people crowded around. I look at him, I could see he was in
:08:05. > :08:09.a lot of trouble. I called an ambulance and a guided me through
:08:09. > :08:12.to do CPR until the ambulance got here. The injured man died in
:08:12. > :08:18.hospital. Afterwards, the shopkeeper was arrested on
:08:18. > :08:22.suspicion of murder. He is 72-year- old Cecil Coley who ran the
:08:22. > :08:27.florists with some of his relatives. Today, his nephew told me more
:08:27. > :08:33.about him. He is an elderly man who keeps himself to himself. If you
:08:33. > :08:37.have any problems, he tries to help you. Is he a well man? No, he is
:08:37. > :08:41.not. He has heart problems and is on medication at the moment so not
:08:41. > :08:45.for a healthy. The events are similar to a robbery a few miles
:08:45. > :08:49.away last month when a burglar was fatally stabbed by a householder.
:08:49. > :08:54.But homeowner was told last week he would not face any charges because
:08:54. > :09:00.he acted in self-defence. At the scene of last night's killing, such
:09:00. > :09:05.an attitude is understood. They have got every right to, definitely.
:09:05. > :09:09.You should protect yourself. until what happened here last night
:09:09. > :09:13.is established, police will continue to treat this as a murder
:09:13. > :09:18.inquiry has once again the issue of how much force to use in defence of
:09:18. > :09:22.your property is raised. This evening, the shopkeeper, Cecil
:09:22. > :09:28.Coley, is still being treated in hospital for minor injuries he
:09:28. > :09:32.sustained during this incident as the investigation continues. Also,
:09:32. > :09:35.the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke made clear last month that legal
:09:35. > :09:38.protection would not be extended to anybody shooting a burglar in the
:09:38. > :09:42.back or getting a group of friends together to beat them up. Every one
:09:42. > :09:45.of these cases is examined individually in great detail before
:09:45. > :09:48.any decision is made. Thank you.
:09:49. > :09:53.Officials in Norway say they have found no evidence linking Anders
:09:53. > :09:58.Behring Breivik, who has confessed to killing 76 people last week, to
:09:58. > :10:04.British extremist groups. The country's Prime Minister has set up
:10:04. > :10:10.an independent commission to set up -- to investigate the twin attacks.
:10:10. > :10:13.He has also announced plans for a national memorial for the victims.
:10:13. > :10:17.Norway's bomb squad this morning at Oslo's Central Station. The city
:10:17. > :10:22.and country is on edge. An abandoned suitcase has been spotted,
:10:22. > :10:26.a bus and did. It was harmless but Norwegians are haunted by what
:10:26. > :10:31.happened five days ago. This was the moment last Friday when a huge
:10:31. > :10:35.car bomb launched a massacre. Anders Behring Breivik went on to
:10:35. > :10:40.shoot scores of young people on the island of Utoeya. They were
:10:40. > :10:42.supporters of the governing Labour party at a summer camp. Today, more
:10:42. > :10:46.survivors started telling their stories.
:10:46. > :10:52.Was there a time when you thought you would not survive? Yes. He came
:10:52. > :10:57.close to you? Yes. You through the worst or is the worst still to
:10:57. > :11:01.come? I think the worst of it will be to know all the names of the
:11:01. > :11:05.people who were dead and I think it will be hard to go to the funerals,
:11:05. > :11:10.meet the families and I think it will be hard to one day wake up and
:11:10. > :11:16.realise we have to get back to life and back to work. Trying to
:11:16. > :11:21.function as normal. This woman was lucky. She left the
:11:21. > :11:25.island two hours before the shootings. As a young Muslim MP,
:11:25. > :11:30.she wants to stress her pride in Norway's multiculturalism and the
:11:30. > :11:34.tolerance Anders Behring Breivik wanted to destroy. My story says a
:11:34. > :11:38.lot about the opportunities that Norway gives to all youngsters.
:11:38. > :11:41.Including Muslim youngsters? Including Muslims. In how many
:11:41. > :11:46.countries can you be the daughter of immigrants and become a
:11:46. > :11:50.parliamentarian at the age of 28. Norway is the land of opportunities
:11:50. > :11:54.for people of all sorts of backgrounds. In Oslo, the buildings
:11:54. > :11:59.scarred by the bombing is starting to be packed up but Norway's
:11:59. > :12:01.collective sense of shock is still profound. The physical damage will
:12:01. > :12:05.take months to repair. The government has warned some
:12:05. > :12:09.buildings will have to be demolished but it is the
:12:09. > :12:13.psychological damage which has a far greater concern.
:12:13. > :12:19.But most Norwegians seem certain it is precisely their strong shared
:12:19. > :12:23.values which will get them through the next difficult days and weeks.
:12:23. > :12:27.Two German men in their twenties accused of terrorism offences have
:12:27. > :12:31.been remanded in custody by magistrates in London. Christian
:12:31. > :12:34.Emde and Robert Baum, who are both Muslim converts refused to stand up
:12:34. > :12:40.in the dock because they said it would be an act of worship which
:12:40. > :12:44.went against Islam. They charge of possessing information which might
:12:44. > :12:48.be useful in an attack. British Gas has been fined �2.5
:12:48. > :12:53.million for failing to handle customer complaints properly. The
:12:53. > :12:56.regulator, of gem, said the company had not given people enough help.
:12:56. > :13:00.British Gas said the find was totally disproportionate.
:13:00. > :13:04.Detectives investigating the murder of the Roman Catholic policemen
:13:04. > :13:09.Ronan Kerr in County Tyrone nearly four months ago have made a 6th
:13:09. > :13:12.arrest. A 23-year-old woman was detained in Omagh earlier today.
:13:12. > :13:17.Five men arrested yesterday remaining custody.
:13:17. > :13:20.It is now exactly one year until the opening ceremony of the London
:13:20. > :13:25.Olympics. The day is being marked by the unveiling of the aquatic
:13:25. > :13:29.centre and a party in Trafalgar Square, at which the design of the
:13:29. > :13:34.Olympic medals will be revealed. Our sports correspondent James
:13:34. > :13:38.Pearce is there. It is already noisy. In less than
:13:38. > :13:43.an hour's time, Jack Rock, the President of the International
:13:43. > :13:47.Olympic Committee will be here. Suddenly, the game's feel very
:13:47. > :13:53.close indeed. Thousands have already gathered here in Trafalgar
:13:53. > :13:57.Square to mark the moment. For the next 366 days, the Olympic
:13:57. > :14:02.rings are the responsibility of London. At least we know there will
:14:02. > :14:06.be no last-minute rush to get everything ready. This afternoon,
:14:06. > :14:13.Britain's synchronised swimmers were able to use the pool, the last
:14:13. > :14:18.of the major venues to be completed, with yes, one year still to go.
:14:18. > :14:23.This evening, Tom Daley will become the first person to dive here. This
:14:23. > :14:27.is it, it is all completed, you finally get to have a look at the
:14:27. > :14:32.finished version, what do you think? I think this pool looks
:14:32. > :14:36.absolutely incredible. I cannot wait to get up and try it out. The
:14:36. > :14:42.stands go up for miles. It is going to be absolutely incredible. I
:14:42. > :14:46.can't wait to get up there. Other parts of London are also being
:14:46. > :14:51.transformed. This is Horse Guards Parade, currently a large sand pit.
:14:51. > :14:55.Eventually, it will be the beach volleyball venue although the Prime
:14:55. > :14:58.Minister was overdressed for a particular sport. All the major
:14:58. > :15:02.stadia have been built and completed and I think that is a
:15:02. > :15:06.fantastic advert for British construction and Britain. We have a
:15:06. > :15:09.year to go before the Greatest Show on Earth comes to the greatest city
:15:09. > :15:12.on earth in the greatest country on earth and it could not be more
:15:12. > :15:17.exciting. But do other people in the country, those not living in
:15:17. > :15:22.London agree? We had applied for tickets and we got them so we feel
:15:22. > :15:26.involved. It is great that the Olympics are coming to Britain, but
:15:26. > :15:33.after all, Northern Ireland is part of Britain and it is a shame that
:15:33. > :15:36.we are not getting any part of it. Today has been the first time, the
:15:36. > :15:40.countdown started so maybe now we will start getting more involved.
:15:40. > :15:44.The man guiding dignitaries around the venue today was the same man
:15:44. > :15:48.who promised a limpet voters six years ago that London would deliver
:15:48. > :15:53.on its promises. Very proud about the professionalism of all the
:15:53. > :15:58.teams that have got us this far. Very proud for a personal reason
:15:58. > :16:07.because so much of what you see and hear, everything you see here and
:16:08. > :16:16.so much else in the Olympic Park Clear Olympics have got one year to
:16:16. > :16:18.go today! -- the Olympics. God Save the Queen. Her just 366 days until
:16:18. > :16:22.the Greatest Show on Earth comes to London.
:16:22. > :16:28.The building programme is almost complete, but the job is far from
:16:28. > :16:31.done. Security is bound to be a big issue over the next deer and
:16:31. > :16:39.London's transport infrastructure will never have been but under
:16:39. > :16:43.greater pressure. -- next year. The Olympic Park is almost finished.
:16:43. > :16:48.Record numbers of tickets have been sold and it might even cost less
:16:48. > :16:55.than we thought. Few would have been brave enough to fit -- predict
:16:55. > :17:01.London's preparations would be this well-advanced one year out. So as
:17:01. > :17:04.he took a closer look at the newly finished aquatic Centre today, how
:17:04. > :17:09.did the head of the International Olympic Committee assess London's
:17:09. > :17:13.performance so far? London is extremely well prepared. Still one
:17:13. > :17:19.year to go, one year in which we will have the test events from
:17:19. > :17:24.which we will learn a lot and also the operational readiness will be
:17:24. > :17:28.polished and reversed. I am optimistic and happy. That serious
:17:28. > :17:33.business of testing London's shiny new venues starts now, but no
:17:33. > :17:40.amount of testing can ensure the capital's creaking transport system
:17:40. > :17:44.runs on time. And that 7th July bombings are a constant reminder of
:17:44. > :17:49.the threat terrorists pose. We will be up at a high level an-hour job
:17:49. > :17:54.is to make sure it is safe and secured so the focus will be on the
:17:54. > :17:58.athletes and spectators. Ultimately it will be the number of medals won
:17:58. > :18:01.which will determine whether London's gains are considered a
:18:01. > :18:07.success and that is far harder to guarantee. Britain has plumbed
:18:07. > :18:13.record levels of public money into its quest for success. -- pumped.
:18:13. > :18:19.In Athens in 2004, �70 million was invested in Team GB to deliver 30
:18:19. > :18:24.medals. By Beijing, the team's budget grew dramatically to 200
:18:24. > :18:29.Eddie 5 million, but that was repaid with 47 medals. In London,
:18:29. > :18:34.British sport will spend �264 million. The question now is
:18:34. > :18:39.whether that cash will be turned into gold. So how are the athletes
:18:39. > :18:43.are coping with the expectation? I travel to Sheffield to see one of
:18:43. > :18:49.the country's brightest hopes. of the British athletes will feel
:18:49. > :18:54.pressure next deer because it is at home. -- next year. I do feel
:18:54. > :18:59.pressure but it is a night sky and of pressure and I am hoping it will
:18:59. > :19:03.bring out be a good response had the message was so far so good for
:19:03. > :19:12.London, but organisers promise these games would deliver a genuine
:19:12. > :19:17.legacy. Judging that it could take And the size of the ground -- crowd
:19:17. > :19:22.that has gathered already at Trafalgar Square illustrates the
:19:22. > :19:25.enthusiasm in London for this project. But we knew that anyway
:19:25. > :19:30.after the extraordinary demand for tickets. As for the medals that
:19:31. > :19:35.will be unveiled later, I can give you one clue. They are larger than
:19:35. > :19:38.normal. The what an amazing scene. You can
:19:38. > :19:46.see all of the celebrations in Trafalgar Square in a special
:19:46. > :19:48.programme this evening. It is on BBC One at 7pm. Our top story
:19:48. > :19:53.tonight: Britain expels Libya's diplomats
:19:53. > :19:55.from London and officially recognises the rebels.
:19:55. > :20:05.Coming up: Why have these make-up ads with
:20:05. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:12.Pretty Woman Julia Roberts and In business, a record fine for
:20:12. > :20:22.British Gas of �2.5 million for poor customer service.
:20:22. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:26.And the rise in underlying profits An independent inquiry has found
:20:26. > :20:31.that one in ten experiments on monkeys serves no useful scientific
:20:31. > :20:34.purpose. The inquiry, led by the president of the London Zoological
:20:34. > :20:38.Society, says experiments on monkeys should continue but with
:20:38. > :20:40.greater checks. Animal welfare groups say the inquiry's findings
:20:40. > :20:45.are chilling. Our science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, has
:20:45. > :20:49.more. Monkeys are used in research
:20:49. > :20:52.because their brains and bodies are more like ours than, say, mice and
:20:52. > :20:55.rats. And medical researchers say that the studies have led to many
:20:55. > :21:01.important medical benefits such as the development of a polio vaccine
:21:01. > :21:04.and treatments for stroke and Parkinson's disease. Those that
:21:04. > :21:14.fund medical research say that monkeys are only used if there's
:21:14. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:17.likely to be a real benefit. It is done in cases where we
:21:17. > :21:21.believe it will yield scientific results that may either now or
:21:22. > :21:26.sometime in the future be important for human health. But is all the
:21:26. > :21:30.research carried out really necessary? And does it always lead
:21:30. > :21:34.to scientific and medical benefits? According to a review of research
:21:34. > :21:39.on monkeys, on the whole the work is of high quality and worth
:21:39. > :21:42.continuing, if but there were some concerns. We found that some
:21:42. > :21:49.research didn't seem to be justified in terms of its medical
:21:49. > :21:54.benefit or its practical benefit. Some of it seemed a bit pedestrian.
:21:54. > :21:58.In particular, the review found that one in 10 medical research
:21:58. > :22:01.projects involving monkeys had no clear benefits. The report also
:22:02. > :22:06.recommends there should be better screening of research projects so
:22:06. > :22:10.there is more likely had they will lead to medical breakthroughs.
:22:11. > :22:14.Scientists should also publish or of their results even if they are
:22:14. > :22:18.negative so that the experiments are not repeated, have resulted --
:22:18. > :22:20.resulting in monkeys being unnecessarily used, and that
:22:21. > :22:25.overseas research project should only be funded if they meet the
:22:25. > :22:30.same strict welfare standards of UK labs. But critics say that is not
:22:30. > :22:34.enough. They are not finding medical benefit, they are not
:22:34. > :22:40.finding societal benefit from a lot of this research. I think what this
:22:40. > :22:46.research does is provide a chilling insight into this rare -- research.
:22:46. > :22:49.The fund -- funders say procedures have improved over the years to
:22:49. > :22:53.ensure only the very best science is improved, but they have
:22:53. > :22:56.acknowledged they haven't always got it right in the past.
:22:56. > :23:00.A teenager has been found guilty today of luring his ex-girlfriend
:23:00. > :23:03.to a secluded wood in south Wales, where he beat her to death with a
:23:03. > :23:05.rock. The body of Rebecca Aylward, who was 15, was found in woodland
:23:05. > :23:15.last October. Our correspondent Colette Hume is at Swansea
:23:15. > :23:16.
:23:16. > :23:20.Guildhall Crown Court. What more can you tell us? Joshua
:23:20. > :23:24.Davies, the 16-year-old at the centre of this trial, wept as he
:23:24. > :23:27.was led down to the cells. The court was told he lured his former
:23:27. > :23:31.girlfriend to her death in those woods near Aberkenfig in South
:23:31. > :23:36.Wales last October. He hit her over the head repeatedly with a rock.
:23:36. > :23:40.Her body was found face down in the woods later. In the days before her
:23:40. > :23:43.death, he repeatedly told friends of his plans to kill her. They
:23:43. > :23:47.thought he was joking. They also thought he was joking when they
:23:47. > :23:50.made a bet of a free cooked breakfast if he carried out the
:23:50. > :23:54.threat to kill her and in a chilling text message sent after
:23:54. > :23:58.her death he wrote, don't say anything yet but I think you might
:23:58. > :24:01.only that breakfast. Police described him as cold and
:24:01. > :24:06.emotionless in interviews. He took one friend to see Rebecca's body
:24:06. > :24:09.lying face down in the woods and he tried to brain -- playing his best
:24:09. > :24:13.friend for the killings. In court as the guilty verdict was read out
:24:13. > :24:17.there was clapping and cheering from Rebecca's family. They say
:24:17. > :24:21.Rebecca was killed in a senseless and barbaric act. She died at the
:24:21. > :24:26.hands of someone she loved and trusted. We will never forget what
:24:26. > :24:30.he did to her or forgive him for destroying our family. The judge
:24:30. > :24:34.said the 16-year-old will spend a long time in detention. He will be
:24:34. > :24:37.sentenced in September. Thank you. An Afghan suicide bomber who
:24:37. > :24:39.concealed explosives in his turban has killed the mayor of the
:24:39. > :24:43.southern city of Kandahar. Ghulam Haidar Hameedi was meeting tribal
:24:43. > :24:46.elders at his offices. A spokesman for the Taliban said they carried
:24:46. > :24:51.out the attack. Mr Hameedi had a reputation for tackling corruption
:24:51. > :24:55.and was close to President Karzai. A former police officer who weighs
:24:55. > :25:00.22 stone has lost the latest stage of his legal battle to get a
:25:00. > :25:04.gastric bypass on the NHS. Thomas Condliff, who is 62 and from
:25:04. > :25:07.Staffordshire, says he will die if he does not get the operation. But
:25:07. > :25:12.the Court of Appeal backed his local Primary Care Trust's decision
:25:12. > :25:15.to refuse to fund the treatment. The UK's longest trunk road tunnel,
:25:15. > :25:19.designed to relieve congestion at one of the country's worst traffic
:25:19. > :25:22.bottlenecks, has been officially opened today. The 1.2 mile long
:25:22. > :25:29.tunnel on the A3 at Hindhead in Surrey is part of a �370 million
:25:29. > :25:31.road improvement scheme that has taken four years to build.
:25:31. > :25:34.Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington are famous for their
:25:34. > :25:39.looks, yet their photos in make-up adverts were so air-brushed that
:25:39. > :25:42.the advertising watchdog said they broke its code of conduct. The
:25:42. > :25:44.cosmetics company L'Oreal admitted retouching the pictures, but denied
:25:44. > :25:54.that the adverts were misleading. Our business correspondent Emma
:25:54. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:01.She is beautiful already, but here is how Julia Roberts looks as she
:26:01. > :26:06.stars in an at campaign to promote a foundation. Airbrushed to
:26:06. > :26:10.perfection. So was Christy Turlington. The cosmetic giant
:26:10. > :26:15.L'Oreal insists these images reflect what can be achieved, but
:26:15. > :26:19.the advertising watchdog did not agree. The MP who complain says it
:26:19. > :26:22.is OK for magazines to use pictures of beautiful women as long as the
:26:22. > :26:26.adverts are honest. One in four people say they are depressed about
:26:26. > :26:30.their bodies and eating disorders have more than doubled in the last
:26:30. > :26:34.15 years. In that context the amount of pressure placed on people
:26:34. > :26:39.to live up to some kind of perfect body ideal by these images are just
:26:39. > :26:42.adding to those problems. Changing the way we look, these days you
:26:42. > :26:47.would be hard-pushed to find a magazine picture that hasn't been
:26:47. > :26:52.touched up in some way. When it comes to the beauty business, there
:26:52. > :26:57.has a lot of money at stake. Cosmetics alone are worth more than
:26:57. > :27:04.�1 billion a year in the UK. And glossy adverts are key to those
:27:04. > :27:09.sales. The advertising industry says they don't aim to mislead.
:27:09. > :27:12.huge amount of in -- research would have gone into the product and the
:27:12. > :27:15.consumer, we will have shot the advert and then we will test it
:27:15. > :27:20.with the consumers to see what they think and that is before we have
:27:20. > :27:24.even looked at the legal restraints. When those products are finally on
:27:24. > :27:29.the shelves, it is all about getting people to part with their
:27:29. > :27:33.cash. The woman we spoke to in Bristol were not easily fooled.
:27:33. > :27:37.know that is not necessarily going to do that. That is airbrushed and
:27:37. > :27:45.she has probably had about an hour spent on her face. People buy it
:27:45. > :27:49.anyway. Everybody has spots and wrinkles. I certainly have! It is
:27:49. > :27:53.easy to take the make-up off, but advertisers may now have to be more
:27:53. > :27:58.careful about the claims they make when persuading us to put it on in
:27:58. > :28:02.when persuading us to put it on in the first place.
:28:02. > :28:08.Time for the weather forecast. I spent hours in make-up just
:28:08. > :28:11.before this show! If you need cosmetics over the next few days it
:28:11. > :28:14.is probably suncream because some sunshine is on its way to many. It
:28:14. > :28:21.will feel warmth this week regardless of how much sunshine you
:28:21. > :28:25.see. The Loch Ness monster would have been sweaty this afternoon! It
:28:25. > :28:29.has been present in many places, although eastern parts of England
:28:29. > :28:33.were cloudy. In the West now we have thickening cloud and some rain
:28:33. > :28:37.pushing into Belfast. Heavy bursts the western Scotland later. Dribs
:28:37. > :28:44.and drabs down the Irish Sea and western fringes of England and
:28:44. > :28:47.Wales. But not a cold night, temperatures in double figures.
:28:47. > :28:52.Thursday it will be a three-way split with a band of rain in the
:28:52. > :28:55.middle, but a stringy band. Very little reaching Wales and the
:28:55. > :29:01.south-west of England. The rain will push up to Scotland in the
:29:01. > :29:05.afternoon. Things will brighten up nicely for Northern Ireland. Some
:29:05. > :29:09.sunshine for Northern Ireland, but not as warm as it was today. Still
:29:09. > :29:12.pleasant in sunny spells. What is left of the weather front crossing
:29:12. > :29:16.the border into North western fringes of England and Wales. But
:29:17. > :29:22.very little reaching Wales and the south-west. Maybe more cloud for a
:29:22. > :29:24.time. The mist should gradually clear. Temperatures getting up into
:29:24. > :29:28.the low to mid- twenties and in the pride of parts of eastern England
:29:28. > :29:35.in particular we will have more sunshine than we saw today and
:29:35. > :29:38.consequently it will be warmer. 25 degrees in London. Pleasant at
:29:38. > :29:41.Glorious Goodwood. Any rain will clear away from the south-east of
:29:41. > :29:45.England as we go through Friday and then it is set fair for the weekend.
:29:45. > :29:47.Plenty of sunshine around and feeling warm. After the Olympics
:29:47. > :29:55.feeling warm. After the Olympics show we have the great British
:29:55. > :29:58.weather Show at 7:30pm. A reminder of the top story.
:29:58. > :30:01.Britain officially recognises the Libyan rebels and expels Colonel