:00:06. > :00:12.Breaking the debt deadlock, America's politicians prepare to
:00:12. > :00:15.vote on a deal. After weeks of wrangling, the president announces
:00:15. > :00:19.a last minute plan to support the world's biggest economy. It will
:00:19. > :00:24.allow us to avoid default, and end the crisis that Washington imposed
:00:24. > :00:28.on the rest of America. Facing up to an impoverished old
:00:28. > :00:33.age, a warning that private pensions need an urgent overhaul.
:00:33. > :00:36.It is a wake-up call for the industry, saying you have to devise
:00:36. > :00:41.a trust where the system, which shares the risk, which is
:00:41. > :00:46.transparent, and low-cost -- a trustworthy system.
:00:46. > :00:50.After its deadliest day, more violence in Syria, as international
:00:50. > :00:54.condemnation grows. From good health to a hospital bed.
:00:54. > :01:04.The shocking impact of alcohol on young people. We have a special
:01:04. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.report. Bowled him, that is it. And India crushed, India are
:01:10. > :01:20.unstoppable as -- England are unstoppable as they win the second
:01:20. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:30.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. After weeks of
:01:30. > :01:34.wrangling, arguments and uncertainty, America's politicians
:01:34. > :01:39.are poised to night to vote on a deal to stop the country
:01:39. > :01:42.potentially defaulting on its debts. The last minute plan, thrashed out
:01:42. > :01:47.between President Obama and party leaders, would raise the country's
:01:47. > :01:50.debt ceiling by 2.4 trillion dollars. It also includes the same
:01:51. > :01:55.amount in spending cuts. The President described the last few
:01:55. > :01:58.weeks as messy, but urged everyone to back the deal. There are
:01:58. > :02:03.objections on both sides, with the plan still needing approval in the
:02:03. > :02:08.US Congress. Paul Adams has the latest and his piece contains flash
:02:08. > :02:12.photography. Another day of frenetic activity on
:02:12. > :02:16.Capitol Hill. Lawmakers, gathering to hear exactly what their leaders
:02:16. > :02:20.have agreed to, and give their verdict. Last night, after weeks of
:02:20. > :02:24.uncertainty and rancour, the President said the talking was over.
:02:24. > :02:28.I want to announce that the leaders of both parties, in both chambers,
:02:28. > :02:32.have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid
:02:32. > :02:37.default. A default that would have had a devastating effect on our
:02:37. > :02:42.economy. What do we know about the deal on the table? It sets a new
:02:42. > :02:47.debt ceiling of 16.7 trillion dollars. It says future government
:02:47. > :02:49.sending should be cut by around one trillion dollars. And it
:02:49. > :02:53.establishes a congressional committee to come up with even
:02:53. > :02:58.deeper cuts in the future. The vice-president, Joe Biden, was in
:02:58. > :03:02.Congress to help seal the deal. Unwilling to sound too confident.
:03:02. > :03:08.don't want to be rude... There is plenty for everyone to dislike
:03:08. > :03:14.about the plan. The top Democrat in the Senate is holding his nose.
:03:14. > :03:17.one got what they wanted, everyone had to give something up. People on
:03:17. > :03:21.the right are upset, people on the left are upset, people in the
:03:21. > :03:24.middle are upset, it was a compromise. On Wall Street, which
:03:25. > :03:29.never really doubted that a deal will be done, markets rose this
:03:29. > :03:34.morning. The latest dismal US manufacturing used then sent them
:03:34. > :03:38.down again. This has been a bruising, ugly fight --
:03:38. > :03:45.manufacturing use. It has eroded public faith in Congress. The deal,
:03:45. > :03:51.if it passes, helps to stop the rot but underlying it debates about the
:03:51. > :03:55.strength of government rage on. There is a deal, but plenty of hard
:03:55. > :03:59.talking ahead to. That's right. The big guns are on Capitol Hill,
:04:00. > :04:03.trying to make sure this deal is finally sealed. There is plenty in
:04:03. > :04:08.it for people to get their teeth into. We are likely to hear some
:04:08. > :04:15.heated rhetoric, even as the votes get under way. We think the House
:04:15. > :04:20.of Representatives will go first. The bottom line is, it is not until
:04:20. > :04:23.you see those votes actually cast and the bill go to the President's
:04:23. > :04:27.desk for signing, that you will know this is over. That is just
:04:27. > :04:31.getting through this temporary crisis. The underlying debates go
:04:32. > :04:35.on. This may have looked foolish and petty at times, but there is
:04:35. > :04:39.some really fundamental political and philosophical difference is at
:04:39. > :04:42.stake. To what extent should government involve itself in trying
:04:42. > :04:45.to lift the country out of recession? How much should
:04:45. > :04:50.taxpayers be expected to help? Frankly, what should be the proper
:04:50. > :04:55.size and function of government? I think those debates will rage on.
:04:55. > :04:59.What has happened is the Republicans, and specifically the
:04:59. > :05:03.Conservative Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, have used this
:05:03. > :05:08.debt ceiling a fair to try to reshape the nature of the political
:05:08. > :05:12.debate here in Washington. And to a larger degree, I think they have
:05:12. > :05:15.succeeded. The question is, in doing so, have they made this city
:05:15. > :05:20.even less popular than it already was?
:05:20. > :05:23.OK, thank you. Millions of people face a bleak old
:05:23. > :05:28.age, because their pensions have been nowhere near enough for them
:05:28. > :05:31.to live on when they stop working. A review of private sector pensions
:05:31. > :05:35.commissioned by part of the industry itself says workers must
:05:35. > :05:40.get a better deal from pension funds if they are to save enough
:05:40. > :05:44.for their retirement. The chair of the commission, Lord McFall, said
:05:44. > :05:48.schemes were too complex, costly and inefficient.
:05:48. > :05:52.14 million people who work in the private sector are not saving for
:05:52. > :05:56.their old age, because they find the pensions system too difficult
:05:56. > :06:01.understand, and they don't believe they will benefit from the scheme
:06:01. > :06:05.when they retire. This report warns of a bleak dawn in the years ahead,
:06:05. > :06:09.with a generation of retirees who will be unable to adequately exist
:06:09. > :06:14.when they stop working. It is a wake-up call for consumers, as
:06:14. > :06:17.saying to them, if you don't save, you are going to face that
:06:17. > :06:23.impoverished retirement. It is a wake-up call to the industry,
:06:23. > :06:30.saying you have to desires -- devise a trustworthy system which
:06:30. > :06:37.shares the rescanned is low cost. John Tate his retirement plans very
:06:37. > :06:40.seriously -- John takes his retirement plans very seriously. He
:06:40. > :06:44.has do manage his pension on a regular basis. It is not
:06:44. > :06:48.straightforward. You have to work out what you need and what you
:06:48. > :06:51.don't. I have spent quite a lot of time looking into it and trying to
:06:51. > :06:55.work it out for myself, but I think most people just leave it for
:06:55. > :07:00.another year. The pensions commission has called for a less
:07:00. > :07:04.complex system. Lower charges, and a government cap on costs as part
:07:04. > :07:09.of wide ranging proposals. The report says people need to feel
:07:09. > :07:13.they get value for money when investing in a pension scheme, or
:07:13. > :07:17.they won't bother saving for their retirement. Instead that they will
:07:17. > :07:22.spend today, ignore tomorrow and end up scraping by in old age.
:07:22. > :07:25.Major changes aimed at forcing people to save come in next year.
:07:25. > :07:29.Compulsory enrolment will mean millions of workers will
:07:29. > :07:32.automatically have a pension. People in their 30s and 40s, it
:07:32. > :07:36.will be decades before they retire. We need to get people saving much
:07:36. > :07:40.younger than in the past. Even a small amount of saving early in
:07:40. > :07:44.life builds up to a decent pension later in life. The report
:07:44. > :07:48.reinforces much of what we already know. People must save more for
:07:48. > :07:54.their retirement. The strongest criticism is aimed at the pensions
:07:54. > :07:58.industry, claiming charges are too high, and most tellingly, it says,
:07:58. > :08:03.trust in the pensions industry is low.
:08:03. > :08:07.Britain's largest bank, HSBC, has warned it will be shedding another
:08:07. > :08:11.25,000 jobs worldwide, as it pulls out of countries where it is
:08:11. > :08:16.struggling to compete. For now, the bank is not planning any more UK
:08:16. > :08:20.job cuts be on those it has already announced. Today, HSBC announced a
:08:20. > :08:24.surprise rise in its profits for the first half of the year. It is
:08:24. > :08:29.the first of a string of well-known high-street banks to announce their
:08:29. > :08:32.earnings. HSBC may be coping with the crisis
:08:32. > :08:38.better than some rivals, but it is still unpicking its old way of
:08:38. > :08:42.working, moving out of 20 countries to save billions and boost earnings.
:08:42. > :08:47.HSBC made �7 billion in the last six months, they figure which
:08:47. > :08:51.surprised the City and pushed up the bank's shares. Banking in
:08:51. > :08:55.Britain by made an �843 million contribution, with earnings up
:08:55. > :09:00.almost a third from new business, mortgage lending and continuing
:09:00. > :09:06.cost-cutting. HSBC wants to be more effective and more efficient. That
:09:06. > :09:09.is where they are going to wards. Do more with less. Less people,
:09:09. > :09:14.making sure there are less interactions. They need to make
:09:14. > :09:18.every transaction mean more than it did before. Jobs continue to go,
:09:18. > :09:23.even though the bank is back in the black. The next round of
:09:23. > :09:28.redundancies will see 25,000 forced to leave over three years, one in
:09:28. > :09:32.10 of the existing global workforce. Staff in the UK will be relieved
:09:32. > :09:37.that for now, there are no new job losses alongside 700 already
:09:37. > :09:42.announced. The bank is building its business in Asia and Latin America.
:09:42. > :09:47.That strategy is already producing higher profits, of the kind
:09:47. > :09:51.Barclays, Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland may not all match, when
:09:51. > :09:57.they announce earnings in the next few days. With banks still blamed
:09:57. > :10:01.by many for the risky lending that brought financial chaos, are
:10:01. > :10:05.banking job losses that bad for the economy? Traditionally, banks
:10:05. > :10:08.cutting jobs is a sign that business generally is at the top of
:10:08. > :10:13.what we call the business cycle, that is the what economists used
:10:13. > :10:16.for the cycle over which companies hire and fire people. It is a bad
:10:16. > :10:19.sign we are getting to the top of that, because it suggests company
:10:19. > :10:23.profits may be close to peaking. We have been counting on improving
:10:23. > :10:28.corporate profits to keep the economy motoring, at a time when
:10:28. > :10:32.public spending is being reduced. HSBC adds that it is on track to
:10:32. > :10:40.meet its promises to the government, which include extending lending to
:10:40. > :10:44.It is a sign that it may take years for confidence and the bank's
:10:44. > :10:48.earnings to fully recover. Nurse, Rebecca Leighton, has
:10:48. > :10:51.appeared in court in relation to the deaths of a number of patients
:10:51. > :10:56.at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. She appeared by video
:10:56. > :10:59.link at Manchester Crown Court, and spoke only to confirm her name.
:10:59. > :11:02.Rebecca Leighton is charged with three counts of criminal damage
:11:02. > :11:06.with intent to endanger life, and faces three other charges,
:11:06. > :11:10.including theft. The former Labour MP, Jim Devine,
:11:10. > :11:15.seen here on the right, has been released from prison after serving
:11:15. > :11:19.a quarter of his 16 months sentence for expenses fraud. He was jailed
:11:19. > :11:21.after submitting false invoices for more than �8,000.
:11:21. > :11:27.An 18-year-old man from the Shetland Islands has appeared in
:11:27. > :11:32.court, facing a string of computer hacking charges. Jake Davis was
:11:32. > :11:37.arrested by the Met's e-crime unit as part of an investigation into
:11:37. > :11:41.hacking groups Annonymous, and LulzSec. He was released on bail.
:11:41. > :11:45.The European Union has announced further sanctions against Syria,
:11:45. > :11:51.freezing assets and imposing travel bans on people it blames for the
:11:51. > :11:55.bloody crackdown on dissent. Russia has added its voice to the
:11:55. > :12:00.international condemnation, saying the use of force against residents
:12:00. > :12:04.must be stopped. Violence was reported in several cities in Syria,
:12:04. > :12:09.with human rights activists claiming dozens were killed in the
:12:09. > :12:13.opposition controlled Hama. Journalists are restricted from
:12:13. > :12:17.operating freely inside Syria, so Jim Muir sent this report from
:12:17. > :12:27.Beirut. It was Army Day in Syria, a chance
:12:27. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:40.for President Bashar al-Assad to thank his country -- his army. And
:12:40. > :12:41.
:12:41. > :12:49.Almost every day, there are military funerals. Today, at least
:12:49. > :12:54.half-a-dozen, killed in yesterday's clashes. Up in Hama, the army's
:12:54. > :13:00.role is not seen as so heroic. These are some of the tanks the
:13:00. > :13:06.government says never went into the city. Tank shells, machine guns and
:13:06. > :13:10.sniping claimed scores of civilian lives, according to activists. It
:13:10. > :13:15.was one of the bloodiest days since the uprising began more than four
:13:15. > :13:18.months ago. It stirred widespread international condemnation. We were
:13:18. > :13:21.extremely shocked and appalled by what happened in Hama yesterday.
:13:21. > :13:25.There has never been any justification for what has been
:13:25. > :13:28.going on, you cannot justify attacking civilians who are
:13:28. > :13:33.exercising their right to democratic process. We have
:13:33. > :13:38.condemned it in the strongest possible terms. Most of Hama seems
:13:38. > :13:42.to be against the regime. It has had the biggest protest rallies
:13:42. > :13:47.anywhere. For the past month, the city has been virtually taken over
:13:47. > :13:52.by its own people. That is why the regime felt it had to try to take
:13:52. > :14:00.it back. And will surely try again. Civilians are in danger, but they
:14:00. > :14:05.say they don't want outside intervention. No, not at all. We
:14:05. > :14:13.refuse all military interference. We need political support for our
:14:13. > :14:19.opinions. We will continue our peaceful uprising. Even if they
:14:19. > :14:21.shoot us and kill us, we will not use weapons. It is in the
:14:21. > :14:25.international arena that part of the battle is now being waged.
:14:25. > :14:29.Syrian nationals living abroad have been staging rallies for and
:14:29. > :14:33.against the government. The European Union is preparing to
:14:33. > :14:37.announce more punitive economic sanctions, and there is growing
:14:37. > :14:42.pressure for a UN Security Council meeting to condemn the Syrian
:14:42. > :14:47.regime. China, Russia and others are against, although Moscow has
:14:47. > :14:52.said the violence against civilians must stop. They were put off by the
:14:52. > :14:59.messy NATO operation in Libya. Syrian people are paying the price
:14:59. > :15:03.for what is perceived as an end less intervention in Libya. And so,
:15:03. > :15:09.China and Russia, and these countries say, we are not signing
:15:09. > :15:13.up again. But the problem is, by refusing to act, they are allowing
:15:13. > :15:19.the massacres to continue, so the Syrian people are paying for the
:15:19. > :15:23.mistakes being made in Libya. upshot is that President Bashar al-
:15:23. > :15:27.Assad does not have to worry about international intervention. The
:15:27. > :15:33.diplomatic and economic pressures might have a cumulative effect, but
:15:33. > :15:37.that is in the long run. Four-and- a-half months on, the uprising
:15:37. > :15:47.shows no signs of petering out. The demise of this entrenched and
:15:47. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:55.ruthless regime is far from sure, In Egypt, troops have clashed with
:15:55. > :16:02.protesters in Tahrir Square. Troops dismantled the demonstrators tents.
:16:02. > :16:08.The demonstrators have been pressing for faster change in Egypt.
:16:08. > :16:12.It is 16 minutes past 6. Our top story: America's politicians are
:16:12. > :16:19.preparing to vote on a last minute deal to stop the country defaulting
:16:19. > :16:27.on its debts. And coming up: Even Sachin Tendulkar can't stop England,
:16:27. > :16:30.as they sweep India aside at Trent Bridge. Alcoholic liver disease in
:16:30. > :16:33.the under 30s has risen by half in the last ten years according to
:16:33. > :16:35.official figures. Doctors are warning of the growing impact of
:16:35. > :16:39.alcohol on young people's health after the findings suggest a
:16:39. > :16:49.quarter of the population drinks too much. Richard Bilton has been
:16:49. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:56.given rare access to the patients and staff at one hospital. This is
:16:56. > :17:02.Vicker to ya, she is only 35 and she is yellow because her liver is
:17:02. > :17:07.failling. -- failing. You're just selfish through drink, as long as
:17:07. > :17:12.you're all right, you just don't care. It's just ruined by this
:17:12. > :17:18.substance that I pour into me body. She is in Liverpool's Royal
:17:18. > :17:24.Hospital and Paul Richardson is her doctor. He is worried about her
:17:24. > :17:30.condition. She is still tearful? takes Victoria's mum for chat. Off
:17:30. > :17:36.cam ra, she is told her daughter is getting worse. She might not make
:17:36. > :17:41.it. She is a lot worse. Some of the treatment might see some
:17:41. > :17:46.improvement in the kidneys, but I'm very concerned about her this time.
:17:46. > :17:52.There have been better days, Victoria has two children and her
:17:52. > :17:57.own home. But her mum says drink has thaefr never been -- has never
:17:57. > :18:03.been far away. When she was 16, she started lying, saying she hadn't 45
:18:03. > :18:09.a drink, but you could tell. doctor says they see more and more
:18:09. > :18:14.young people with alcohol-related disease and they are concerned.
:18:14. > :18:21.We're seeing people as young as in their 20s dying of alcoholic liver
:18:21. > :18:26.disease. That was just not seen 30 years ago. Alcohol consumption is
:18:26. > :18:30.falling, but in hospitals, alcohol- related admissions continue to soar.
:18:30. > :18:35.Last year for the first time there were more Nan a million. Alcohol
:18:35. > :18:42.admissions have double 234 a decade. Here they say it is no longer just
:18:42. > :18:45.accident and emergency, alcohol is an issue in every ward. Nationally,
:18:45. > :18:50.campaigners want controls on pricing and the availability of
:18:50. > :18:55.alcohol. They say the drinks industry has too much influence.
:18:55. > :19:00.The Government's alcohol strategy is expected later this year.
:19:00. > :19:05.costing the NHS about �2.8 billion a year and about nine million
:19:05. > :19:12.people are affected by the harms that alcohol causes. So it is a big
:19:12. > :19:18.problem. Back in the Liverpool and Victoria's made a recovery and she
:19:18. > :19:24.is out of danger. But liver disease is now country's fifth biggest
:19:24. > :19:32.killer whra. Use 20 kill -- what used to kill the old, now threatens
:19:32. > :19:35.the young. You can see Panorama tonight on BBC1 at 8.30. Britain's
:19:35. > :19:37.leading business group has cut its forecast for UK growth this year
:19:37. > :19:41.due to weak business investment and the squeeze on household income.
:19:41. > :19:48.The CBI estimates the UK economy will grow by just 1.3% over the
:19:48. > :19:56.whole of 2011. It said that despite firms having plenty of cash, they
:19:56. > :20:00.are reluctant to spend due to concerns over eurozone and US debt.
:20:00. > :20:06.A memorial has taken place in the Norwegian Parliament to commemorate
:20:06. > :20:11.those who died in the bombings and shootings ten days ago. The Prime
:20:11. > :20:20.Minister warned against a witch- hunt, saying all of us have
:20:20. > :20:24.something to learn. A shrine to the fallen. So many flowers and candles
:20:25. > :20:34.now surround the cathedral that other memorials have sprung up
:20:35. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:45.around Norway's capital. Today at the Parliament, the king and crown
:20:45. > :20:49.prince led a memorial for each of Anders Behring Breivik's 77 victims.
:20:49. > :20:56.As relatives of those kwho died watched, the Prime Minister said
:20:56. > :21:00.all of Norway has he sons -- has lessons to learn. TRANSLATION: I
:21:00. > :21:05.ask that we do not start a witch- hunt. The unity we have shown
:21:05. > :21:14.during these unreal days calls for continued generosity. We all have
:21:14. > :21:22.something to learn from the tragedy. It was perhaps the most unusual
:21:22. > :21:29.meeting in the Parliament's 197- year history. The music replacing
:21:29. > :21:34.political argument. Outside, the flag flies at half-mast, some of
:21:34. > :21:38.Anders Behring Breivik's victims still lie in hospital. At the scene
:21:38. > :21:44.of the bomb attack, 9,000 workers unable to return to their office
:21:44. > :21:51.and have been told to extend their summer holidays until the clear up
:21:51. > :21:56.is complete. The father of singer Amy Winehouse has meat a Home
:21:56. > :22:02.Office minister to discuss plans to set up a drug rehabilitation centre
:22:02. > :22:06.in his daughter's name. Mitch said he wanted to help addict s who
:22:06. > :22:11.couldn't afford private treatment. They're not just sitting on the way
:22:11. > :22:17.things were, things will change and we will have more meetings with the
:22:17. > :22:23.department and we're going to get it through to as many people as we
:22:23. > :22:29.can. Some BBC journalists are take part in a second 24 hour strike.
:22:29. > :22:35.Members of national union of journalists walked out in a dispute
:22:35. > :22:44.over compulsory redundancies. At the heart of the strike, job losses
:22:44. > :22:50.at the BBC. Out of 400 post closures, 100 people are being made
:22:51. > :22:56.forcibly redundant. 43 of them left the BBC today. Journalists at BBC
:22:56. > :23:03.centres walked out at midnight. The union says the BBC's big enough to
:23:03. > :23:08.find other jobs. The BBC's being particularly intransigent and
:23:08. > :23:13.treating individual members of staff here unfairly, forcing them
:23:13. > :23:22.out, sacrificing their livelihoods when there are plenty of jobs
:23:22. > :23:28.within the BBC. It is Monday 1 ust August. -- 1st August. As managers
:23:28. > :23:33.put out a reduced news service, the BBC said its position won't change.
:23:33. > :23:37.The reality is like many other organisations facing these cuts, it
:23:37. > :23:41.is not possible to absorb all the people into the organisation.
:23:41. > :23:46.journalists around the country have worries beyond the world service.
:23:46. > :23:55.The licence fee has been frozen and the BBC is looking for deep cuts to
:23:55. > :24:02.keep itself afloat. And that means hundreds more jobs will go. Cricket
:24:02. > :24:09.and England have won the second Test against India. In front of a
:24:09. > :24:17.packed house, England reached 54 4- 4 out before skitling India ought
:24:17. > :24:27.for 158. They now have a 2-0 lead in the series. It is the match that
:24:27. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:33.just keeps giving. Fans knew they weren't disappointed. With Bresnan
:24:33. > :24:40.hitting boundaries England never lost moment tum. Bresnan and Broad
:24:40. > :24:50.piled on the runs and set a target of 478. Then they terrorised them
:24:50. > :24:57.with the ball. Broad got the early kibgt of Dravid. -- wicked of
:24:57. > :25:07.Dravid. India were running out of ideas. Bats were being used in self
:25:07. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:19.defence and that didn't work. Bresnan enjoying his work. Then the
:25:19. > :25:24.best, from Bresnan, two wickets in two balls. First Singh. Then they
:25:24. > :25:30.waved the whiegt flag. Only Sachin Tendulkar showed any staying power
:25:30. > :25:36.at 50. But Anderson 1207 him. Then a moment a 21-year-old will never
:25:36. > :25:41.forget. Bresnan bouncing and the 12 man catching - just. Smiles of
:25:41. > :25:50.relief allowing a Yorkshireman to bask in the moment. The world's No
:25:50. > :25:56.1 side a shadow of their former selfs. Anderson and Broad finishing
:25:56. > :26:00.the victory. The weather has been a the victory. The weather has been a
:26:00. > :26:06.winner too. More now with Darren. It has been a scorcher for some of
:26:06. > :26:11.us. 28 degrees in London today. Temperature will climb to around 30
:26:11. > :26:17.on Wednesday and then the roller coasts goes down and temperatures
:26:17. > :26:22.plummet. 28 in London, because of the sunshine and this continental
:26:22. > :26:32.feed. Different air in Glasgow and even some rain. 17 here. In between
:26:32. > :26:37.the cloud is the main focus of the rain. It will remain warm and lieu
:26:37. > :26:42.mid. Sunshine in the east. But in the west rain developing, turning
:26:42. > :26:46.heavy in Scotland. Rain in Wales and the South West and edging into
:26:46. > :26:51.the Midlands. A lot of cloud around tonight. Temperatures like last
:26:51. > :26:55.night, 16 or 17 degrees. Quite uncomfortable. Tomorrow we start
:26:55. > :27:02.with rain in the east of Scotland. This could be heavy and thundery.
:27:03. > :27:08.The west should be crier -- drier. The rain spreads to the west of
:27:08. > :27:13.England. Sunshine in the south-east. But a few showers, very hit and
:27:13. > :27:19.miss, through the Midlands. For the South West, the rain should have
:27:19. > :27:25.gone, but it is still cloudy in the morning. Misty and some hills and
:27:25. > :27:30.coasts. A similar story in Wales. Across Northern Ireland, missing
:27:30. > :27:35.most of the rain and it should be dry first thing. Again cloudy skies
:27:35. > :27:39.and misty. But what we will find is this rain band in the north edges
:27:39. > :27:44.to the coast and out into the north Sea and then sunshine comes through
:27:44. > :27:51.and that triggers the odd shower. But very hit and miss. Some places
:27:51. > :27:56.will be dry. It should be warmer in the west. The real heat is across
:27:56. > :28:00.the south-east, East Anglia and the Midlands. 29 degrees in London. But
:28:00. > :28:06.warmer in Glasgow by four degrees. As we led into Wednesday, we start
:28:06. > :28:09.dry, but then as the heat builds, showers develop. Then rain edges
:28:09. > :28:13.into Northern Ireland and the south-west. But Wednesday will be
:28:13. > :28:18.the hottest day of the week. It will be warmer for all of us,
:28:18. > :28:23.temperatures hitting 30 degrees in the south-east. Thipbt changes.
:28:23. > :28:33.Thursday we see rain that will push away that heat. And then it will