:00:05. > :00:09.The Prime Minister praises the courts for handing out stiff
:00:09. > :00:13.sentences to rioters despite concerns about the severity of some
:00:13. > :00:17.jail terms. After the worst violence in England
:00:17. > :00:21.for decades, David Cameron defends the courts as some are accused of
:00:21. > :00:24.knee-jerk reactions to satisfy the public's anger. What happened on
:00:24. > :00:27.our streets was absolutely appalling behaviour and to send a
:00:27. > :00:30.clear message is wrong that it won't be tolerated is what our
:00:30. > :00:33.criminal justice system should be doing. Some are tougher than others.
:00:33. > :00:37.A three-month curfew are to this teenager but these men get four
:00:37. > :00:46.years in jail for trying to incite riots on Facebook. Now the appeals
:00:46. > :00:51.begin. He was having a laugh on Facebook,
:00:51. > :00:55.and it's only a group on Facebook. A Royal visit for London, Prince
:00:55. > :00:59.Charles pace tribute to the communities affected. It's a small
:00:59. > :01:03.minority that created this mayhem which has shocked so many people.
:01:03. > :01:08.But there are wonderful characters out there who do such fantastic
:01:08. > :01:12.work. Also: An unexpected rise in the number of people out of work.
:01:12. > :01:16.Almost 2.5 million now unemployed. Killed by a shark on his honeymoon
:01:16. > :01:20.in the Seychelles, Ian Redmond's wife pays a moving tribute to her
:01:20. > :01:25.husband. And the experts trying to breathe
:01:25. > :01:30.fresh life into Britain's vanishing lowland meadows.
:01:30. > :01:33.Coming later in sport: A blow for the England rugby team because
:01:33. > :01:43.scrum-half Danny Kay is injured and will miss the rugby World Cup
:01:43. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:55.starting in three weeks in New Good evening, welcome to the BBC
:01:56. > :01:58.News at Six. The Prime Minister has praised the courts for handing out
:01:58. > :02:03.tough sentences to some of those involved in last week's riots.
:02:03. > :02:07.Yesterday two men were jailed for four years for using Facebook to
:02:07. > :02:12.try to incite rioting and another was given 18 months in prison for
:02:12. > :02:15.having a stolen TV in his car. But concerns have been raised about the
:02:15. > :02:19.severity of some some jail terms with some lawyers and campaigners
:02:19. > :02:23.calling it a knee-jerk reaction leading to bad sentences. Tonight
:02:23. > :02:28.one of those jailed has said he plans to appeal. Our correspondent
:02:28. > :02:32.Chris Buckler reports. This teenager tried to start a riot,
:02:32. > :02:36.but he walked free from court in Suffolk today having been given a
:02:36. > :02:39.night time curfew. However, yesterday these two Cheshire men
:02:39. > :02:44.were jailed for four years for the same crime, using the football
:02:44. > :02:47.website to try -- football website to try to incite violence. There
:02:47. > :02:51.There were different circumstances but the longer jail terms have
:02:51. > :02:55.proved controversial. Including here in Northwich. Online Jordan
:02:55. > :02:57.Blackshaw threatened to smash down this town. But his friends say the
:02:57. > :03:03.courts have ignored that the trouble didn't happen. He was
:03:03. > :03:08.having a laugh on Facebook, and the police, really for nothing, it's a
:03:08. > :03:12.little group on Facebook. People haven't got big sentences that have
:03:12. > :03:16.got caught for it, done the riots. And he is getting four years for
:03:16. > :03:20.nothing. According to sentencing guidelines inciting violent
:03:20. > :03:23.disorder carries a maximum sentence of five years. The minimum could be
:03:23. > :03:28.a non-custodial sentence. But if a guideline prevents the correct
:03:28. > :03:32.sentence from being given, in an exceptional case the judge can
:03:32. > :03:36.sentence outside of that guideline. Some solicitors claim the usual
:03:36. > :03:40.weight is not being given to mitigating factors such as having a
:03:40. > :03:44.clean record, showing remorse, or pleading guilty at an early stage
:03:44. > :03:48.in court proceedings. And judges here have made clear that there
:03:48. > :03:52.will be longer sentences because of the aggravating factor that the
:03:52. > :03:54.offences were committed during widespread disturbances. What
:03:54. > :03:59.happened on our streets was absolutely appalling behaviour and
:03:59. > :04:01.to send a clear message is wrong that it won't be tolerated is what
:04:01. > :04:04.our criminal justice system should be doing. But those who have
:04:04. > :04:08.already been sentenced could return to court, some are planning to
:04:08. > :04:12.appeal the jail terms they've been given. I would expect the Court of
:04:12. > :04:17.Appeal to be asked very soon to provide a guideline case or cases
:04:17. > :04:21.so that judges can provide consistent if severe sentences
:04:21. > :04:26.around the country. Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan went to prison
:04:26. > :04:32.after calling online for a riot. It did cause some of the town shops to
:04:32. > :04:35.close early. There's little simple fee for -- sympathy for his
:04:35. > :04:39.sentence. You can't start affecting people's lives and businesses and
:04:39. > :04:43.scaring innocent people. With many still to be sentenced, there are
:04:43. > :04:47.families worried, including this mother whose 14-year-old boy has
:04:47. > :04:50.been remanded in custody. He admitted stealing a baseball cap.
:04:50. > :04:54.Those people who instigated the thing, people who were making
:04:54. > :04:58.people go down there, people like that definitely treated more harsh
:04:58. > :05:03.but not people who got caught up in it all, maybe just, I don't know, a
:05:03. > :05:06.moment of madness. In the city's damaged by by riots there are many
:05:06. > :05:08.families shocked at the swift harsh justice that the Government
:05:08. > :05:14.promised and they've questioned whether there should be any
:05:14. > :05:18.pressure from the politicians. Joining us now from Westminster is
:05:18. > :05:21.our political correspondent Vicky Young. One man already tonight
:05:21. > :05:24.saying he is going to appeal his sentence. We have heard tough words
:05:24. > :05:27.from David Cameron, but does he have the political backing in this?
:05:27. > :05:30.Up to a point. All the politicians agree that the courts are
:05:30. > :05:34.independent, the riots were exceptional circumstances, so it's
:05:34. > :05:36.not surprising that the sentences were pretty tough but there's a
:05:36. > :05:39.definite difference on emphasis between the Conservatives and
:05:39. > :05:42.Liberal Democrats in particular. David Cameron there openly
:05:42. > :05:45.welcoming these tougher sentences. Today we have been starting to get
:05:45. > :05:48.gentle words of warning from Liberal Democrats, if you listen to
:05:48. > :05:53.what they've been saying, sentences should be proportionate and
:05:53. > :05:57.appropriate. There should be no knee-jerk reactions and Sir Menzies
:05:57. > :06:01.Campbell saying politicians shouldn't be booing or cheering
:06:01. > :06:04.sentences. Yes punishment is important, they also want to look
:06:04. > :06:08.at rehabilitation and Nick Clegg is concentrating on the communities
:06:08. > :06:11.saying that's where the damage has been done, those who have done the
:06:11. > :06:13.damage should go back, look at victims and apologise and clean up
:06:13. > :06:17.the mess. There are some Conservatives who would agree with
:06:17. > :06:20.that, but you won't hear many of them making that argument at the
:06:20. > :06:24.moment. Thank you. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess
:06:24. > :06:27.of Cornwall have been visiting areas of London hit by the riots.
:06:27. > :06:33.Prince Charles said his charity, The Prince's Trust, is to double
:06:33. > :06:39.its spending on youth projects in riot affected areas. The couple met
:06:39. > :06:42.some of the residents who have lost homes and businesses.
:06:42. > :06:45.They broken off from the Royal Family's holiday in Scotland for
:06:45. > :06:50.the day to see for themselves what the riots had done to London.
:06:50. > :06:57.In Croydon they saw the ruins of small businesses, mostly shops run
:06:57. > :07:01.by families destroyed by the rioters. His most striking
:07:01. > :07:05.impression? The sheer terror people experienced and still the unease is
:07:05. > :07:11.there wondering what might happen at any stage, but I think the other
:07:11. > :07:19.thing is important to remember is, many were saying, it's a small
:07:19. > :07:23.minority created this mayhem. Tottenham in north London, where
:07:23. > :07:28.the spark had first been ignited, they met some of the 45 families
:07:28. > :07:33.who lost their homes. Have you lost everything? Everything. All your
:07:33. > :07:36.clothes? Clothes, jewellery and artwork. They met members of the
:07:36. > :07:41.emergency services, the policemen and women who had done their best
:07:41. > :07:47.against what had often been impossible odds. And the ambulance
:07:47. > :07:51.and firecrews who also found themselves on the frontline. And
:07:51. > :07:57.then in Hackney the Prince sat down with youth leaders to discuss what
:07:57. > :08:01.had gone wrong. First, the problem of gangs. Half the problem is
:08:01. > :08:06.people join gangs because it's a cry for help. They're looking for a
:08:06. > :08:10.framework, a sense of belonging and meaning. Too many young people had
:08:10. > :08:14.too much undirected energy and aggression, he said. The challenge
:08:14. > :08:16.was to use it positively. I have been trying the last 30 years to
:08:16. > :08:21.suggest we should have a national community service, which would
:08:21. > :08:26.allow a series of options for young people to do all sorts of things
:08:26. > :08:31.depending on their own skills and abilities and talents. It was time
:08:31. > :08:34.the Prince said to get to the heart of the problem. All we have been
:08:34. > :08:40.doing is tinkering with the symptoms for a lot time and not
:08:40. > :08:45.getting to the root cause. Make no mistake, these are matters the
:08:45. > :08:49.Prince of Wales cares deeply about and on which he is not afraid to
:08:49. > :08:52.intervene. The problems of the inner cities, the problems of
:08:52. > :08:56.disadvantaged young people are precisely what the Prince's
:08:56. > :09:00.charities were set up to tackle in the first place. And The Prince's
:09:00. > :09:04.Trust in particular is responding to what happened last week. The
:09:04. > :09:11.response to the riots of The Prince's Trust is to double its
:09:11. > :09:15.spending on projects in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
:09:15. > :09:20.Britain's lacklustre recovery is taking its toll on the job market
:09:20. > :09:23.with the number of people out of work up by 38,000 between April and
:09:23. > :09:28.June. Just under 2.5 million people are now unemployed. The figures
:09:28. > :09:31.also show that the number of women out of work has risen by 21,000,
:09:31. > :09:36.taking the total to just over a million, that's the highest level
:09:36. > :09:39.for more than 23 years. Here's our chief economics correspondent Hugh
:09:39. > :09:43.Pym. Economic headlines haven't brought
:09:43. > :09:48.much cheer recently. Slugish growth was reported for April, May and
:09:48. > :09:54.June. The eurozone crisis saw shares plunge and today we have
:09:54. > :09:56.learned unemployment is up. The number of young people out of work
:09:56. > :10:00.has increased. This group is getting advice on how to prepare
:10:00. > :10:05.for job interviews. It's part of the Government's work programme for
:10:05. > :10:08.the long-term unemployed. Perry Godfrey has been signing on for two
:10:08. > :10:14.years, getting his break just hasn't happened yet. I have applied
:10:14. > :10:20.for loads of jobs, I have lost count to be honest. But I walk in
:10:20. > :10:24.personally, hand in CVs and apply online. What response do you get?
:10:25. > :10:28.go online and there's no work. do you feel about that? I feel
:10:28. > :10:32.frustrated but I keep plugging away, keep my head up and hopefully
:10:32. > :10:35.something will come out of it. Growth will help create jobs and
:10:35. > :10:41.today the Chancellor was at looking for it. He was launching new
:10:41. > :10:44.enterprise zones, designed to boost new employment. Today's
:10:44. > :10:48.unemployment figures are disappointing, I have to say with
:10:48. > :10:51.what's going on ined world and the world markets they're not entirely
:10:51. > :10:54.unexpected. There's some good news, that employment, in other words,
:10:54. > :10:58.people in work, that number is still going up. We are creating
:10:58. > :11:02.jobs in this economy. And that was borne out with Scottish Power today
:11:02. > :11:06.announcing a major investment programme which it says will
:11:06. > :11:09.generate 1500 jobs. It's great news for Scotland because we are
:11:09. > :11:12.creating new highly skilled jobs in Scotland and these are jobs that
:11:12. > :11:16.are going to be there for the long- term and in addition to that I
:11:16. > :11:20.think the whole energy sector is going through an investment boom.
:11:20. > :11:23.Over there at the Bank of England they've become more concerned in
:11:23. > :11:27.recent weeks about the subdued outlook for growth and we learned
:11:27. > :11:30.today that two members of the key policy-making committee at the
:11:30. > :11:35.recent meeting changed their minds and instead of voting to increase
:11:35. > :11:39.interest rates as before, opted to leave them on hold. On that, the
:11:39. > :11:42.committee was unanimous. Most leading economies are facing a
:11:42. > :11:47.growth and unemployment problem and there could be more gloomy
:11:47. > :11:54.headlines to come, if the economy doesn't gain some momentum.
:11:54. > :11:58.A man has died after being arrested by police using a taser stun gun.
:11:58. > :12:01.Dale Burns who was 27 was detained yesterday evening in Cumbria and
:12:01. > :12:03.died later in hospital. An investigation is now under way by
:12:04. > :12:07.the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
:12:07. > :12:10.The Crown Prosecution Service has asked Essex Police to carry out
:12:10. > :12:14.further inquiries into allegations that the Energy Secretary, Chris
:12:14. > :12:16.Huhne, escaped a driving ban by asking someone else to accept
:12:16. > :12:22.speeding points for him. The Liberal Democrat Minister faces
:12:22. > :12:26.claims that he persuaded his then wife, Vicky Pryce, to take a three-
:12:26. > :12:29.point penalty on his behalf in March 2003. He denies the
:12:29. > :12:35.allegation. The wife of a British man killed by
:12:35. > :12:38.a shark while on honeymoon in the Seychelles says she's devastated by
:12:38. > :12:42.his loss. 30-year-old Ian red manned from Lancashire was --
:12:42. > :12:45.Redmond was attacked yesterday while he was snorkelling. He is the
:12:45. > :12:50.second person to be killed in a shark attack in the waurs off
:12:50. > :12:55.Praslin -- waters off Praslin island this month.
:12:55. > :12:59.The smiles of Ian and Gemma Redmond said it all. Friends say their
:12:59. > :13:03.perfect wedding day was meant to be followed by the perfect honeymoon,
:13:03. > :13:06.here on the Seychelles island of Praslin. But as Ian swam just 20
:13:06. > :13:10.kwrordz from the shore -- yards from the shore he was attacked by a
:13:10. > :13:17.shark while his wife could hear his skraoeupls -- screams. He was
:13:17. > :13:21.viciously attacked to theams and leg. There were two people close by,
:13:21. > :13:25.they tried to - they did remove him from the sea but unfortunately he
:13:25. > :13:30.passed away. Tonight Ian Redmond's father said the whole family had
:13:30. > :13:34.been left traumatised by his death. Only 11 days ago they were
:13:34. > :13:38.celebrating his marriage. This is the Church where the couple were
:13:38. > :13:43.married. It's St Michael's near Wigan and tonight Gemma Redmond has
:13:43. > :13:49.paid this tribute to her husband, she said he was strong and brave, a
:13:49. > :13:53.remarkable man who will be deeply missed. And friends too have been
:13:53. > :13:57.left devastated. Barbara Keen still has the order of service from the
:13:57. > :14:02.wedding. The service was beautiful. We all wished them very best of
:14:02. > :14:06.luck in their lives together. is 11 days afterwards. 11 days
:14:07. > :14:12.after. How are you feeling now? Very empty, very shocked. It's
:14:12. > :14:16.horrific. It's believed this, a tiger shark, killed Ian Redmond,
:14:16. > :14:20.although attacks are rare, a French diver was killed in the same waters
:14:20. > :14:25.16 days ago but there were no warning signs on the beach and the
:14:25. > :14:28.Seychelles head of tourism is now calling this a rogue shark,
:14:28. > :14:32.something experts here find difficult to understand. In the
:14:32. > :14:36.case of a snorkeller on the surface, the right signals, splashing
:14:36. > :14:40.signals might have been given out but two attacks in broadly speaking
:14:40. > :14:45.the same piece of water in a short time I would be looking for some
:14:45. > :14:48.trigger or cause. While those questions remain, the Seychelles
:14:48. > :14:58.Government Government has finally issued a swimming ban but that's
:14:58. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:05.Our top story tonight, the Prime Minister praises the courts for
:15:06. > :15:10.handed out stiff sentences to riot is despite the concerns about the
:15:10. > :15:13.severity of the sentences. And coming up, seeds of Change, a
:15:13. > :15:17.new hopes for Britain's banishing wild flower meadows.
:15:17. > :15:22.And later on the news channel, is poor training to blame for the
:15:22. > :15:32.rising rate of youth unemployment? And TJ Hughes close another 12
:15:32. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:37.stores, with the loss of 585 jobs. A home for people with learning
:15:37. > :15:40.disabilities in the Midlands is to be closed. The authorities have
:15:40. > :15:45.announced that Arden Vale in Solihull is to be shut within a
:15:45. > :15:48.week. The home is run by Castlebeck, the same company that operated the
:15:48. > :15:53.care home near Bristol where the BBC's Panorama programme exposed
:15:53. > :15:56.the shocking abuse of patients. The BBC has also learned the Care
:15:56. > :15:59.Quality Commission had been told of the mistreatment at Winterbourne
:15:59. > :16:04.View up to two years before the alleged abuse of patients was
:16:05. > :16:09.exposed by the Panorama investigation. Here is Alison Holt.
:16:10. > :16:13.The shocking treatment of the most vulnerable of people. It took an
:16:13. > :16:17.undercover Panorama camera to expose the abuse at Winterbourne
:16:17. > :16:21.View near Bristol. A home for people with learning disabilities.
:16:21. > :16:25.The home is now empty, closed by the regulators, the Care Quality
:16:26. > :16:28.Commission, after the programme. But details released under Freedom
:16:29. > :16:34.of Information show how much it and local safeguarding authorities
:16:34. > :16:37.already knew about Winterbourne View. Last year alone, the CQC
:16:37. > :16:42.received nine report about incidents and complaints, compared
:16:42. > :16:45.to four in the two years before. Most of the incidents detailed in
:16:45. > :16:48.this document are official notification that something has
:16:48. > :16:52.happened at Winterbourne View. That means they were investigated
:16:52. > :16:58.locally. But what is striking is that Bath -- that time and again,
:16:58. > :17:06.concerns are raised about the way in which patients are restrained.
:17:06. > :17:10.Reports include this complaint made by a patient. It was alleged that
:17:10. > :17:15.the patient had had his neck squeezed during restraint and had
:17:15. > :17:18.difficulty swallowing after the incident. The patient also said
:17:18. > :17:21.that the support worker gets rough when angry.
:17:21. > :17:26.Another is reported for slapping a patient. But staff were disciplined.
:17:26. > :17:29.A man also rang the CQC directly saying he was concerned about the
:17:29. > :17:34.use of restraint and staffing levels. It took three months for
:17:34. > :17:38.someone to call him back. We showed the details to a former care homes
:17:38. > :17:41.inspector. She has asked to remain anonymous, as she is still involved
:17:41. > :17:46.in the field. She believes further investigation should have been
:17:46. > :17:50.triggered. It is the level of the violence, seeing the abuse within
:17:50. > :17:55.the incident, and the use of restraint and techniques which are
:17:55. > :18:00.not common practice for an organisation which is not high
:18:00. > :18:06.security. These are not the most dangerous or difficult patients to
:18:06. > :18:16.manage. The CQC says that incidents were reported and investigated
:18:16. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:27.appropriately. In a statement, it For campaigners like Eileen Chubb,
:18:27. > :18:33.who requested the information, it raises questions about what role
:18:33. > :18:37.the regulator place. She maintains the warnings were there. You don't
:18:37. > :18:41.have to be a regulator, you don't have to be, you know, a social
:18:42. > :18:46.worker, to see that something is really, really wrong here. And that
:18:46. > :18:50.all of these cries for help have gone unheard. The last time there
:18:50. > :18:54.was a scandal around a learning disability home, Rob Greig advised
:18:54. > :18:59.the Government. But a sense, there has been reorganisation across the
:18:59. > :19:03.system -- since. He thinks lessons need learning again. The key is
:19:03. > :19:05.having your bottom line that you are always asking the question,
:19:06. > :19:10.what is life like for people receiving these services? And my
:19:10. > :19:13.listening to the voice of those people? If you have that as a
:19:13. > :19:18.starting point instead of is a particular policy being followed,
:19:18. > :19:21.you're more likely to get to the root of the issues. The role played
:19:21. > :19:28.by all organisations involved with Winterbourne View is being examined
:19:28. > :19:30.as part of a serious case review. The Scotland Yard police chief who
:19:30. > :19:34.resigned over the phone hacking scandal have all been cleared of
:19:34. > :19:38.misconduct. The allegations against the former Metropolitan Police
:19:38. > :19:41.Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson and his assistant John Yates and
:19:42. > :19:47.two others have been dismissed by the police watchdog. So why did
:19:47. > :19:51.they resign? Just one month ago, four men who
:19:51. > :19:55.will want some of the most senior figures in the Metropolitan Police
:19:55. > :19:58.were fighting for their reputations. Sir Paul Stephenson had resigned as
:19:58. > :20:03.head of the Met. At a later, Assistant Commissioner John Yates
:20:03. > :20:07.followed. -- a day later. And retired officers Peter Clarke and
:20:07. > :20:11.Andy Hayman were facing tough questioning from MPs. Did you ever
:20:11. > :20:18.receive payment from any news organisations? Good God, absolutely
:20:18. > :20:24.not. I can't believe you suggested that. Now the IPCC has dropped its
:20:24. > :20:28.near Bath News Of The World hacking investigations into all but one.
:20:28. > :20:34.Officer Paul Stephenson, the IPCC says it does not believe he
:20:34. > :20:37.committed a misconduct events when he admitted -- receive �12,000 of
:20:37. > :20:41.hospitality when -- which employed this man, a former deputy editor of
:20:41. > :20:46.News Of The World. Then there is John Yates, whose decision two
:20:46. > :20:50.years ago not to reopen eight police investigation into News
:20:50. > :20:53.International did not result in disciplinary proceedings. The
:20:53. > :20:58.watchdog is looking at an allegation that he secured a job
:20:58. > :21:03.for the daughter of Neil Wallis, who had APR contract with the map.
:21:03. > :21:07.John Yates believes this has ruined his career and is considering legal
:21:07. > :21:11.action. The IPCC did say that while there is no evidence of any
:21:11. > :21:14.impropriety by any of the men involved, serious issues need to be
:21:14. > :21:18.scrutinised about the relationship between serious police officers and
:21:18. > :21:23.the press. And at least one member of the Metropolitan Police
:21:23. > :21:26.Authority said it had been right to refer the men to the IPCC. There
:21:26. > :21:31.are still question marks about some of the decision and their behaviour.
:21:31. > :21:33.While they may not about -- have been involved in anything criminal
:21:33. > :21:39.or underhand, there were misjudgments and some poor
:21:39. > :21:43.decisions. On the day this episode closed, so too did applications to
:21:43. > :21:49.replace Sir Paul Stephenson at the top of the Met. A tough task in the
:21:49. > :21:53.toughest of times. Libyan rebels have launched an
:21:53. > :21:58.assault on an oil refinery in the key town of Zawiya up to dry bed
:21:58. > :22:01.the last remaining troops learned not to Colonel Gaddafi -- the last
:22:01. > :22:06.of the remaining troops. The Libyan leader is looking isolated, with
:22:06. > :22:10.rebel forces making significant gains in Zawiya in the West and
:22:10. > :22:14.Gharyan in the south. Matthew Price is the only British broadcasting
:22:14. > :22:19.journalist in Tripoli, from where he sent this report.
:22:19. > :22:23.Each night in Tripoli's main square, loyalists gather, wrapped in
:22:23. > :22:27.Gaddafi green. The rebels have advanced to within 30 miles of here,
:22:27. > :22:31.but there is no sign of support crumbling.
:22:31. > :22:36.Are you worried about these reports that the rebel fighters are closing
:22:36. > :22:40.in on Tripoli? TRANSLATION: We are not worried, we know what is going
:22:40. > :22:44.on. We talk to our brothers on the frontline and if the battle comes
:22:44. > :22:49.here, we will fight. That is exactly what State television has
:22:49. > :22:59.been calling for. It wants Gaddafi supporters to take up weapons and
:22:59. > :23:05.defend the city. So in this cafe, and an espresso and a shrug.
:23:05. > :23:09.TRANSLATION: I am not concerned, it is all fine. Morale is high. It is
:23:09. > :23:12.now six months since the first protests against Colonel Gaddafi
:23:12. > :23:18.and he is looking more vulnerable than ever. The rebels insist that
:23:18. > :23:22.they can win this war by the end of August. And yet, here it, the
:23:22. > :23:25.Government remained stuck fast. It says Tripoli will not fall. At --
:23:25. > :23:33.the Government remains stuck fast. They could be weeks or months of
:23:33. > :23:37.Telford and Wrekin area a head. The key battle right now is for Zawiya.
:23:37. > :23:42.Capture the town and the rebels will cut off Tripoli. Gaddafi
:23:42. > :23:51.forces are hitting back hard. To the east as well, the rebels are
:23:51. > :23:55.taking casualties as they fight for Sirte's oil terminals. -- Brega's
:23:55. > :23:59.Britain and the rest of NATO is hoping that Gaddafi will fall soon,
:23:59. > :24:05.but already some are warning of the dangerous power vacuum if that does
:24:05. > :24:10.happen. They are some of Britain's most
:24:10. > :24:13.vulnerable habitats and today, a project has been lodged to help
:24:13. > :24:19.wild flower meadows. Experts from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank have
:24:19. > :24:22.been stockpiling seeds that could help restore threatened landscapes.
:24:23. > :24:27.This is where it starts, collecting seeds from a meadow that this still
:24:27. > :24:30.rich in species. These researchers are part of a new project that will
:24:31. > :24:35.produce large quantities of native seeds that can be used to restore
:24:35. > :24:40.this kind of landscape. While this nature reserve in Sussex is
:24:40. > :24:45.protected, lowland meadows need all the help they can get. This type of
:24:45. > :24:50.habitat has decreased dramatically over the last 70 years. There is
:24:50. > :24:57.about 2% left of what was recorded in the 1930s. So it is getting
:24:57. > :25:01.rarer. Restoring meadows is not new. In England alone, 45,000 head tears
:25:01. > :25:04.of semi-natural grassland have been created through a government funded
:25:04. > :25:08.conservation schemes -- her care. But it is difficult to recreate the
:25:08. > :25:12.full diversity and that is what they are working on. Some of the
:25:12. > :25:15.seeds come to production bed like this one. The focus is not
:25:15. > :25:21.necessarily on plants that are rare, but species that are difficult to
:25:21. > :25:25.grow. In laboratories close to the production bed, they are looking at
:25:25. > :25:29.the kind of conditions that help different plants germinate and
:25:29. > :25:33.thrive, and that science is part of a long-established programme.
:25:33. > :25:36.Because all of this is taking place at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank,
:25:36. > :25:41.where, over a decade, they have built up a huge collection from all
:25:41. > :25:45.over the world, and 96% of the UK's flowering plant species are kept in
:25:45. > :25:50.cold storage. That experience is now being used to create native
:25:50. > :25:54.seeds for conservation. At the moment, there is a limited range of
:25:54. > :25:58.species available commercially for restoration, so we want to find out
:25:59. > :26:04.which ones are desirable, currently not in a seed mixes, and work with
:26:04. > :26:08.the industry to try and solve both problems to increase that diversity.
:26:08. > :26:12.While the work here is about lowland meadows for now, the plan
:26:12. > :26:18.is for researchers to turn their attention to other habitats as well.
:26:18. > :26:21.40 in all, including would glance and chalk grasslands.
:26:21. > :26:24.-- woodlands. Time now for a look at the weather
:26:24. > :26:28.with Matt Taylor. This time tomorrow, we could be
:26:28. > :26:31.talking about significant rain in some parts of the country, as we
:26:31. > :26:34.see it turn increasingly wet. But see it turn increasingly wet. But
:26:34. > :26:38.for the time being, the rain is limited in the next few hours to
:26:38. > :26:44.south-east England and East Anglia. One or two showers in Scotland, but
:26:44. > :26:49.for most, a fairly dry night. Like last night, on the cool side, as we
:26:49. > :26:54.going to tomorrow morning. We start tomorrow with some sunny spells.
:26:54. > :26:57.Already, though, the side of some rain developing in the South West.
:26:57. > :27:01.Dorset is especially wet. That rain will push up through London into
:27:01. > :27:07.the Midlands and into parts of Lincolnshire and Norfolk. This
:27:07. > :27:12.could cause a lot of surface water. By some, it will still say fine.
:27:12. > :27:15.Northern Ireland, one of the better places. At sunny spells on and off.
:27:15. > :27:20.For Wales, after some sunshine, the cloud will build up into the
:27:20. > :27:25.afternoon, and it will be there for the evening rush hour, the library
:27:25. > :27:29.downpours. Towards the far South West, a little bit brighter. Across
:27:29. > :27:33.Dorset and Hampshire and the South meadows towards East Anglia, and
:27:33. > :27:38.north west of London, where we could see significant rain. They
:27:38. > :27:41.could be some problems on the roads with a lot of surface water. Scott
:27:41. > :27:44.Dann starts off with sunny spells but by the end of the afternoon and
:27:44. > :27:49.into the evening, some of slow- moving and potentially thundery
:27:49. > :27:52.downpours -- Scotland. These could cause some flooding problems into
:27:52. > :27:57.the first part of tomorrow night. It'll all he's in the early hours
:27:57. > :28:02.of Friday morning and we are back into the clearer conditions. Some
:28:02. > :28:05.hazy sunshine, but most places will be dry. The cloud and rain will
:28:05. > :28:09.march into the North West later which pushes us into a weekend of
:28:10. > :28:13.sunshine and showers. Some could be heavy and thundery.
:28:13. > :28:17.heavy and thundery. Thank you very much. The Prime