:00:06. > :00:10.A suicide bomb attack on the British Council offices in
:00:11. > :00:15.Afghanistan. 12 people are killed. Gunmen stormed the building during
:00:15. > :00:19.an eight-hour assault, as some staff took refuge in a panic from.
:00:19. > :00:23.It believed that at least six suicide attackers made it inside
:00:23. > :00:28.the compound after detonating a car bomb which took out one of the
:00:28. > :00:31.walls. It will not stop the British Council and, indeed, our whole
:00:31. > :00:35.effort in Afghanistan to bring greater stability and peace to the
:00:35. > :00:42.country. Also tonight: The prison population
:00:42. > :00:46.in England and Wales hit a record high as more rioters are jailed.
:00:46. > :00:50.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the emergency services and
:00:50. > :00:53.local people affected by the violence in Birmingham. Two women
:00:53. > :00:57.from Northern Ireland are murdered at a holiday resort in Turkey.
:00:57. > :01:01.Their bodies are discovered in a forest, a 17-year-old is arrested.
:01:01. > :01:04.Police hunt for a gunman after a shooting in a hairdresser's in
:01:04. > :01:09.Newport. Three women were injured. You don't expect something like
:01:09. > :01:14.this to happen on a busy main road, on a Friday afternoon. It's quite
:01:14. > :01:20.scary, actually. And a vintage performance from
:01:20. > :01:23.Kevin Pietersen as England notch up the runs against India at The Oval.
:01:23. > :01:27.Coming up later in Sportsday, Arsene Wenger is in trouble with
:01:28. > :01:37.UEFA again. He faces further sanctions for apparently flouting a
:01:38. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:54.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six o'clock. Gunmen have
:01:54. > :01:58.stormed the British Council offices in the Afghan capital Kabul,
:01:58. > :02:02.killing 12 people. The back -- attack began with two suicide
:02:02. > :02:05.bombings outside the compound. Taliban gunmen forced their way
:02:05. > :02:09.inside. The dead include a number of Afghan policemen and dance and a
:02:09. > :02:13.soldier from New Zealand. No British nationals were injured.
:02:14. > :02:20.Four staff took shelter in a panic room while the assault was under
:02:20. > :02:24.way. David Cameron condemned the attack as a vicious and cowardly.
:02:24. > :02:29.Moments after morning prayers, the attack began with a huge explosion
:02:29. > :02:33.that rattled windows across Kabul. The Taliban blew a massive hole in
:02:33. > :02:38.the fortified wall around the British Council. At least half a
:02:38. > :02:44.dozen suicide attackers, armed to the teeth, piled inside.
:02:44. > :02:53.TRANSLATION: A huge bang woke me up. I walked outside the house and I
:02:53. > :02:59.saw the smashed windows. I saw the The fighting continued throughout
:02:59. > :03:03.the warning. As the injured were led away, three Afghan guards and a
:03:03. > :03:06.number of police were killed. heard a number of explosions,
:03:07. > :03:14.strongly believing that two of them were suicide bombers. They had
:03:14. > :03:20.blown themselves up. One of them is still hiding in the building.
:03:20. > :03:25.can hear gunfire and heavy explosions from the British Council
:03:25. > :03:29.compound. Behind me you can see the British Quick reaction Force. They
:03:29. > :03:33.were on the scene. It is believed there have least six suicide
:03:33. > :03:36.attackers made it inside the compound, after detonating a car
:03:36. > :03:40.bomb which took out one of the walls at the British Council behind
:03:40. > :03:44.me. The siege of the British Council lasted eight hours. As soon
:03:44. > :03:48.as the attack began in the west of Kabul, Staffin side, including two
:03:48. > :03:56.female teachers, headed to an underground stay from. There, they
:03:56. > :04:01.stayed, terrified as the gun battle raged around them. Afghan commandos
:04:01. > :04:06.came to their rescue. The British Council staff that we aim to
:04:06. > :04:09.compound, who were in the safe room for most of the day, we were in
:04:09. > :04:14.contact with them. There have been extracted safely, they are now in
:04:14. > :04:21.the embassy. They are all fiercely shaken, but they are well and then
:04:21. > :04:28.injured. As the clear-up began, it emerged that the attackers
:04:28. > :04:31.disguised themselves in burkas. It allowed them to avoid police
:04:31. > :04:38.checkpoints. All of them were killed. It's a vicious and cowardly
:04:38. > :04:41.attack, but it has not succeeded. Today, Afghanistan celebrated the
:04:41. > :04:44.anniversary of freedom from British rule. That is why the Taliban said
:04:45. > :04:50.they targeted the British. The council, which promotes education,
:04:50. > :04:54.was seen as an easy target. British and American troops, who have stood
:04:54. > :04:59.shoulder to shoulder with Afghan forces, are preparing to leave. As
:04:59. > :05:03.they go, these soldiers will largely be facing the Taliban alone.
:05:03. > :05:06.Let's talk to Quentin Sommerville. What does this attack tell us about
:05:06. > :05:11.the current state of security in the Afghan capital? They have never
:05:11. > :05:15.been more foreign troops in Afghanistan in this ten-year war.
:05:15. > :05:18.The Afghan security forces have never received more funding. And
:05:18. > :05:21.still the Taliban are able to strike in what should be one of the
:05:21. > :05:25.safest places in the country, right in the heart of Kabul. There is a
:05:25. > :05:29.further challenge. As I said in my report, the foreign troops that
:05:29. > :05:33.have been side-by-side with the Afghan security forces for all
:05:33. > :05:37.these years, they will soon start to go home. British and American
:05:37. > :05:40.troops will start to go home. When they go, or of the air support and
:05:40. > :05:49.assistance that we saw them give the Afghan security forces today,
:05:49. > :05:52.The prison population in England and Wales has reached record highs
:05:52. > :05:56.following last week's riots. Tonight there are fewer than 1200
:05:56. > :06:06.places left. The Prison Service says it is drawing up contingency
:06:06. > :06:06.
:06:06. > :06:10.plans to deal with what it calls an After the madness, the justice
:06:10. > :06:13.system continues to deal with the consequences. Today it considered
:06:13. > :06:17.one of the most disturbing incidents. A student allegedly
:06:17. > :06:22.robbed after being injured in the disturbances. The 21-year-old
:06:22. > :06:26.accused of doing it was brought to court this morning. Reece Donovan
:06:26. > :06:34.from east London is charged with stealing a games machine and a
:06:34. > :06:37.phone. He was remanded in custody. Another case added to the 100 a day
:06:37. > :06:40.which has been filling up the courts. Normally, Justice winds
:06:40. > :06:46.down for the summer. Instead, according to the latest figures
:06:46. > :06:50.released this afternoon, 1375 have appeared in court in connection
:06:51. > :06:55.with the riots. 62% have been kept in custody, pending further
:06:55. > :07:00.hearings. The bulk of those facing justice were in London, where more
:07:00. > :07:04.than 1000 have been charged. The result of all this? Well, the
:07:04. > :07:12.prison population in England and Wales has now reached a record high
:07:12. > :07:16.of over 86,000. There are fewer than 1200 free spaces left. We need
:07:17. > :07:21.a certain margin of spaces just to enable the prison service to work.
:07:21. > :07:25.You need that slack in the system to make things work. If we start
:07:25. > :07:30.eating into that, it becomes more and more difficult for governments
:07:30. > :07:34.to manage the situation. The Prison Service has options. It could
:07:34. > :07:39.reopen mothballed wings like this one, damaged in a riot in Doncaster.
:07:39. > :07:45.A new young offenders facility at Belmarsh prison in London has space.
:07:45. > :07:49.This isn't a crisis, but the pressure is on. Be and, though
:07:49. > :07:55.nobody is excusing behaviour like this, some continue to question the
:07:55. > :07:59.harshness of the sentencing. Today, one woman was freed from jail. A
:07:59. > :08:03.court decided that her sentence for receiving a pair of shorts stolen
:08:03. > :08:07.in the riots was not justified. She had been asleep during the trouble.
:08:07. > :08:11.The court system is already struggling under the weight of
:08:11. > :08:14.cases. In a rush to get out hasty and perhaps overly punitive
:08:14. > :08:19.sentences, we see the case is rebounding into the system on
:08:19. > :08:23.appeal. Then we are really going to see a major logjam. Police are
:08:23. > :08:28.still looking for those involved in this incident and others. According
:08:28. > :08:31.to one incident -- estimate, the Met has 2000 suspects it still
:08:31. > :08:34.needs to deal with. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
:08:34. > :08:39.have been visiting the area of Birmingham where three men were
:08:39. > :08:42.Renaud Van killed during the riots. Prince William and Kate met
:08:42. > :08:51.emergency workers and local residents at a community centre in
:08:51. > :08:57.Winston Green. Prince William said Meeting, gritting and thanking
:08:57. > :09:03.those that had been on the front line during Birmingham's nights of
:09:03. > :09:06.rioting. The Duke and Duchess had begun by meeting privately with the
:09:07. > :09:11.families of the three men who died when they were hit by a car near by.
:09:11. > :09:14.They were happy to pose for family snapshots with some of those
:09:14. > :09:17.affected and told many of the guests how strongly they had felt
:09:17. > :09:23.about coming here. Deep in conversation, the royal couple ran
:09:23. > :09:28.half an hour late. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came here to
:09:28. > :09:31.listen, to hear the stories of the bereaved families and to learn more
:09:31. > :09:37.about the wider impact of Birmingham's local communities.
:09:37. > :09:43.Some of those they left behind say there is much more to the dentist -
:09:43. > :09:47.- to stop further trouble. We, as people on the ground, we have to
:09:47. > :09:51.harass central government and the local authority to make sure they
:09:51. > :09:56.deliver on its. This footage is a reminder of how bad it got. The
:09:56. > :10:01.owner of this shop dubbed it a tsunami of looting. This afternoon,
:10:01. > :10:08.Ajay Bhatia got the chance to tell his tale directly to William and
:10:08. > :10:13.Kate. After having six sleepless nights, there is something to cheer
:10:13. > :10:16.about. It's a silver lining to you in a difficult time? It's a silver
:10:16. > :10:21.lining and I feel proud of it. crowd outside were feeling proud as
:10:21. > :10:25.well. The fact they take time out to come here and show that they do
:10:25. > :10:32.give a damn, it should be appreciated. It's putting
:10:32. > :10:36.Birmingham a little bit more on the map. Ajay Bhatia was among those
:10:36. > :10:42.waving an enthusiastic goodbye. The brief royal tour was seen by most
:10:42. > :10:47.here as a welcome mark of respect. Two women from County Down in
:10:47. > :10:51.Northern Ireland have been murdered in Turkey. The bodies of Marion
:10:51. > :10:54.Graham and Cathy Dinsmore were found in a forest just outside the
:10:54. > :10:59.port city of Ismir on the west coast. A 17-year-old Turkish man
:10:59. > :11:03.has been arrested. Turkish police are now searching
:11:03. > :11:07.the patch of woodland where the two friends, described as bubbly girls
:11:08. > :11:11.from County Down, were brutally murdered. Marion Elizabeth Graham
:11:11. > :11:19.and Cathy Dinsmore, both in their 50s, were much loved in their home
:11:19. > :11:22.town of Newry. Friends have begun paying tribute. Cathy was an
:11:23. > :11:27.employee of the town, so we have been asking the council if there is
:11:27. > :11:30.any weight they can help the families, at least bring them home
:11:30. > :11:36.and give them a decent Christian burial, if that is what the family
:11:36. > :11:39.wants. They were holidaying in the popular resort of Kusadasi, where
:11:39. > :11:44.Mrs Graham owned a property and had been spending long period of time
:11:44. > :11:48.with her family. Local sources say the 17-year-old boyfriend of her
:11:48. > :11:55.daughter, Shannon, has confessed to murder following a row over whether
:11:55. > :12:00.they could marry. One report said that it was Shannon who alerted
:12:00. > :12:08.police after her mother could not be contacted. Shannon's boyfriend
:12:08. > :12:13.will appear in court tonight. His Relatives of the victims shot dead
:12:13. > :12:18.by a lone gunman last month on the Norwegian island of Utoeya had been
:12:18. > :12:21.visiting the scene for the first time. 69 people died on the island.
:12:21. > :12:26.Family members were accompanied by psychologists, priests and
:12:26. > :12:28.investigators. A court in Oslo has ruled that the man who admitted
:12:28. > :12:33.carrying out the killings will remain in solitary confinement for
:12:33. > :12:37.another month. The oil company Shell says it has
:12:37. > :12:42.stopped the leak which had been spilling oil into the North Sea off
:12:42. > :12:46.Aberdeen. More than 200 tons have escaped since Wednesday. They say
:12:46. > :12:49.that there Vibert -- divers have now closed the leak in the pipeline
:12:49. > :12:52.beneath the Gannet Alpha or platform.
:12:52. > :12:56.Three women have been injured at a shooting at a hairdresser's in
:12:56. > :13:02.Newport. A man armed with a gun burst into the salon and opened
:13:02. > :13:05.fire. Colette Hume is at the scene. What more do we know? Well, tonight
:13:05. > :13:13.there is a huge police search ongoing, looking for the man behind
:13:13. > :13:19.this attack. He burst into the hairdresser's, Caroline's at just
:13:19. > :13:23.after 2:20pm. One woman was shot in her leg, two women received
:13:23. > :13:26.injuries to their arms and neck. The conditions are not life-
:13:26. > :13:30.threatening, but police out with them at the hospital. Detectives
:13:30. > :13:34.have told us that a gun was found at the shop and that is being
:13:34. > :13:38.examined by forensic officers tonight. The focus now is to find
:13:38. > :13:42.the man behind this attack. Local people have told me on many
:13:42. > :13:45.occasions that they believe the gunman has some kind of link to one
:13:45. > :13:50.of the women at the centre of the attack. That, again, has not been
:13:50. > :13:55.confirmed by police. As you can see, one of the main roads into Newport
:13:55. > :14:05.city centre is completely cordoned off. As I say, a massive hunt is
:14:05. > :14:09.
:14:09. > :14:12.going on across the area defined Our top story: At least 12 people
:14:12. > :14:17.have been killed in a suicide attack on the British Council
:14:17. > :14:22.offices in Afghanistan. Coming up: More turmoil on the financial
:14:22. > :14:26.markets. We ask, what does it mean for pensions?
:14:26. > :14:30.Later this hour in Sportsday, England are dominant at the Oval.
:14:30. > :14:40.Bell and Peterson both notched up centuries as India's some of
:14:40. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:47.Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the kidnapping of a
:14:47. > :14:51.woman and a teenage boy from Belfast. They were abducted by an
:14:51. > :14:56.armed gang on Wednesday night and released only after the boy's
:14:56. > :15:05.father paid a ransom, thought to be about �200,000. The police say that
:15:05. > :15:10.Deep in the Irish countryside, this location was the scene of a
:15:10. > :15:15.terrifying ordeal. For a 16 year- old boy and his father's partner.
:15:15. > :15:19.They were held by an aunt gang for almost 24 hours. The teenager's
:15:19. > :15:24.father was more than 50 miles away, across the Irish border in West
:15:24. > :15:30.Belfast. He is a security van driver who transports large amounts
:15:30. > :15:35.of cash around Northern Ireland. He was the main target. His family
:15:35. > :15:39.home is on the Lagmore estate in west Belfast, again broken just
:15:39. > :15:44.after 6pm on Wednesday night and kidnapped his parka and teenage son.
:15:44. > :15:47.They were bundled into a white van and brought across the border to an
:15:47. > :15:53.old farmhouse near Castleblaney in the Republic. In Belfast, the
:15:53. > :15:58.father was forced to go to work the next morning and later hand over
:15:58. > :16:03.�200,000 from the back of the van. It was not until Thursday night at
:16:03. > :16:08.8pm that his partner and son were found. The police said the family
:16:08. > :16:14.was left deeply traumatised. It is an attack not only on the victims,
:16:14. > :16:16.it is on the financial institutions and the community as a whole.
:16:16. > :16:22.have been three similar kidnappings in Northern Ireland so far this
:16:22. > :16:25.year and the criminal gangs involved are with us. The women and
:16:25. > :16:29.teenage boys were given food during the kidnap but for much of the time
:16:29. > :16:34.they were kept with pillowcases over their heads. When eventually
:16:34. > :16:38.released, they had no idea where they were. The van used in the
:16:38. > :16:42.attack has been found. But the police still have not caught the
:16:42. > :16:50.armed gang responsible. In spite of the search on both sides of the
:16:50. > :16:52.Irish border. A Scotland Yard detective working under
:16:52. > :16:58.investigation into phone-hacking that the News of the World has been
:16:58. > :16:59.arrested. Police say the 51 year old detective constable was
:16:59. > :17:02.arrested on suspicion of unauthorised disclosure of
:17:02. > :17:07.information. Our correspondent, Jon Brain, is at Scotland Yard. Another
:17:07. > :17:11.twist in this extraordinary tale. What more can you tell us? And more
:17:12. > :17:15.embarrassment for the police. It has not been disclosed exactly what
:17:15. > :17:18.this detective did but it follows the story in the Guardian about the
:17:18. > :17:22.rest of the News of the World reporter James Des Browne and the
:17:22. > :17:26.Guardian had that story several hours before it was officially
:17:26. > :17:31.confirmed, leading to questions about the source of the information.
:17:31. > :17:34.All the detectives had to sign a confidentiality agreement and the
:17:34. > :17:39.head of that operation has described this as hugely
:17:39. > :17:42.disappointing. What makes it embarrassing is that as well as the
:17:42. > :17:46.operation into the investigation into phone-hacking, there is a
:17:46. > :17:50.separate inquiry into inappropriate relationships between some officers
:17:50. > :17:58.and some sections of the media and here we have a detective accused of
:17:58. > :18:02.exactly that. There has also been a second arrest today, Dan Evans, a
:18:02. > :18:06.former feature writer on the News of the World, the 14th person to be
:18:06. > :18:16.arrested in connection with phone- hacking. The investigation itself
:18:16. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:24.is still making progress. Thank you. Opposition activists in Syria say
:18:24. > :18:26.the security forces have continued killing anti-government protesters,
:18:26. > :18:28.despite President Assad's assertion that he had stopped military
:18:28. > :18:31.operations against civilians. Latest reports suggest that 14
:18:31. > :18:34.people have been shot dead today, most of them in the southern
:18:34. > :18:37.province of Deraa. There was yet more turmoil on the markets today.
:18:37. > :18:40.The FTSE plunged this morning, only to bounce back again this afternoon.
:18:40. > :18:43.It comes at the end of a turbulent week which has left many pensioners
:18:43. > :18:47.and other investors asking, what impact will it all have on them?
:18:47. > :18:51.Hugh Pym has this assessment. It has been another nerve-racking day
:18:51. > :18:57.on the world markets with prices plunging first thing and its fears
:18:57. > :19:01.of another recession and recovering lost ground. But with the nerves
:19:01. > :19:05.frayed, the mood is downbeat. All the frantic activity in the
:19:05. > :19:09.financial markets in recent weeks, the ups and downs and prices, might
:19:09. > :19:12.seem remote from people's everyday lives but what goes on and dealing
:19:12. > :19:17.rooms like this has major implications for millions of savers
:19:17. > :19:22.and their money. The most you can put in a shares based individual
:19:22. > :19:26.savings account is nearly �10,700 each year. But that amount invested
:19:26. > :19:32.at the start of the tax year in April would now be worth under
:19:33. > :19:35.�9,800. Experts say that savers should take the long view.
:19:35. > :19:38.Investors in the stock market understand that they have to stay
:19:38. > :19:44.in for the longer term and we have seen huge volatility in the last
:19:44. > :19:47.week but there should in due course be some recovery. For many about to
:19:47. > :19:51.retire, there could be problems. The annual income they were
:19:51. > :19:56.promised by pension providers is closely linked to market interest
:19:56. > :20:00.rates. And they have been falling. Someone retiring in April with a
:20:01. > :20:07.�100,000 pension pot would have been offered around �6,400 each
:20:07. > :20:11.year but if retiring now, it would be �200 lower. It is difficult for
:20:11. > :20:14.retiring investors because annuity rates are historically low and we
:20:14. > :20:19.do not know which way their vocal, they could rise but they could fall
:20:19. > :20:23.further. One tangible thing investors can do to boost their
:20:23. > :20:26.retirement income is to shop around for the best rate and that is a
:20:27. > :20:31.golden rule of retiring. Speaking of Golden Rose, here is something
:20:31. > :20:35.going up. The price of gold has set a record high as people look for
:20:35. > :20:40.somewhere safe to put money. But it's not just wealthy investors.
:20:40. > :20:43.One shopping centre has installed a gold vending machine, but in �100
:20:43. > :20:53.and you will get this, one unexpected development in these
:20:53. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :20:56.troubled times of investors. It's exactly 20 years since Communist
:20:56. > :20:59.hardliners in Moscow held the fate of the mighty Soviet Union in their
:20:59. > :21:02.hands. Their coup against the government of Mikhail Gorbachev
:21:02. > :21:04.failed and soon after, the USSR collapsed. Many of those caught up
:21:04. > :21:07.in those momentous events hoped for freedom and democracy and, two
:21:07. > :21:15.decades on, some have been speaking to our Moscow correspondent, Daniel
:21:15. > :21:20.Sandford. On a warm August evening by the Moscow river, the Russian
:21:20. > :21:28.capital today seems wealthy, sophisticated, hedonistic and free
:21:28. > :21:32.of fear. Life has been transformed since the fall of the Soviet Union.
:21:32. > :21:36.Surrounded by luxury cars, it's easy to forget that just 20 years
:21:36. > :21:41.ago, the impoverished city was in turmoil with tanks rolling down the
:21:41. > :21:46.same streets. Soviet hardliners attempted a coup against the drift
:21:46. > :21:50.to democracy. Boris Yeltsin, who famously climbed onto one of the
:21:50. > :21:56.tanks to address the crowd, led the Democrats who successfully held out
:21:56. > :22:00.at the Russian Parliament. With him on the tank was Mikhail origin of,
:22:00. > :22:04.a scientist who had become a parliamentary and in the heady days
:22:04. > :22:08.of reform. Today, he is still proud to have been part of those
:22:08. > :22:14.momentous events. But he has let politics, disillusioned with the
:22:14. > :22:18.modern Russia of billionaires and corruption. Unfortunately, what it
:22:18. > :22:21.ended up with that is what you are fighting against at the time. A
:22:21. > :22:28.population that has separated into the extremely poor and the
:22:28. > :22:32.extremely rich. One critical moment during the failed coup was when
:22:32. > :22:38.this squadron of tanks was persuaded to switch sides and
:22:38. > :22:45.defend the Parliament instead of attacking. Their commander made a
:22:45. > :22:49.brave decision that morning as he drove into Moscow. I am from Moscow
:22:49. > :22:58.myself and I decided that whatever order was given that day, I would
:22:58. > :23:02.not shoot at or drive over anyone. What I was hoping for in 1991 did
:23:02. > :23:08.not quite materialise but life is much better now than in the Soviet
:23:08. > :23:11.Union. It's not quite what we expected but it is better. It was
:23:11. > :23:16.Vladimir Putin who ultimately undermined the high hopes of that
:23:16. > :23:20.day. Now the dominant figure on Russia's political stage, he
:23:20. > :23:26.brought much needed stability but it came at a price. An erosion of
:23:26. > :23:29.human rights and over-powerful security services. The stand up
:23:29. > :23:34.here at the Russian Parliament 20 years ago was a key moment in
:23:34. > :23:39.Russian history. It was the end for the Communist hardliners. Bolstered
:23:39. > :23:49.by Bunny from oil, gas and minerals, if Russia is a much freer and
:23:49. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :23:54.wealthier place. But it isn't a conventional democracy. Sport NI...
:23:54. > :23:57.It seems the only thing that can stop England's batsmen scoring runs
:23:57. > :24:01.at the moment is the weather. After yesterday's washout, it was back to
:24:01. > :24:04.business as usual against India on day two of the fourth test at the
:24:04. > :24:10.Oval, Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen both scoring centuries. A short
:24:10. > :24:14.while ago, England were 409 for two in their first innings. Sunshine
:24:14. > :24:22.over the Oval and the cafeteria reopened. A day for English batsmen
:24:22. > :24:28.to feast. But what's this? The 5th ball of the day snared Cook, gone
:24:28. > :24:34.for 34. But the series lost, where India coming to life? Strauss was
:24:34. > :24:39.out for 40, at last, read the body language of the border, and then
:24:39. > :24:43.lunch, India were in the game but IT, it was back to the ground.
:24:43. > :24:48.Kevin Pietersen makes batting look more like bullying. And he was
:24:48. > :24:53.enjoying himself. Ian Bell is more classical in technique, a
:24:54. > :24:57.conventional nudged towards the boundary. Straightforward? Nothing
:24:57. > :25:02.ever is any more for India. The great man with the humble full ball,
:25:02. > :25:06.no one wants to see this. But everyone wants to enjoy England's
:25:06. > :25:09.vintage summer, a reshuffle in the stands for the Prime Minister, who
:25:09. > :25:13.hoped no one would begrudge him an afternoon at the cricket. He
:25:13. > :25:18.arrived in time for the 5th century of the year from Ian Bell, the fans
:25:18. > :25:22.have really had it so good. Kevin Pietersen weighed in after teatime
:25:22. > :25:26.and if he makes cricket look easy, India are currently expert at
:25:26. > :25:32.making it look impossible. On the next ball, Peters and should have
:25:32. > :25:38.gone. This image neatly sums up in the a's series. Although not quite
:25:38. > :25:47.as well as this one... England will hope for good weather over the
:25:47. > :25:50.weekend. Let's see if they will get They should be plenty of play, not
:25:50. > :25:56.quite as spectacular as Today and the weekend forecast is more
:25:56. > :26:03.complicated. Some cloud and outbreaks of rain drifting in but
:26:03. > :26:08.with more cloud around it will be anything but as chilly. The light
:26:08. > :26:12.rain dribbling across northern England and Wales and into South
:26:12. > :26:15.West but nothing like as chilly as last night. It felt like autumn
:26:16. > :26:20.this morning and it will feel more like almost tomorrow but not as
:26:20. > :26:24.Sunday, a lot of cloud earlier on and southern counties. Some light
:26:24. > :26:29.rain here and there. A good part of Scotland and Northern Ireland will
:26:30. > :26:33.have sunshine. By the afternoon, these outbreaks of rain will
:26:33. > :26:37.threaten to push up across Lincolnshire, parts of Lancashire.
:26:37. > :26:40.The far north should stay dry and bright along the southern and
:26:40. > :26:44.eastern Scotland, it's a fine summer's day with showers affecting
:26:44. > :26:47.the Highlands and the Western Isles. Maybe some showers in Northern
:26:47. > :26:51.Ireland but it's looking dry and bright overall with the threat of
:26:51. > :26:55.rain into the far south east by evening town. Pretty cloudy
:26:55. > :27:00.throughout the evening in Wales but perhaps some bright is developing
:27:00. > :27:04.in the east. Further west, outbreaks of rain and after the
:27:04. > :27:08.dull, Dan start for the south-west, it might turn try but overall quite
:27:08. > :27:13.gloomy. It might brighten up across parts of the south-east and if we
:27:13. > :27:16.do get sunshine, temperatures easily exceeding 23 degrees. The
:27:16. > :27:20.wet weather continues north, affecting eastern Scotland for some
:27:20. > :27:26.time overnight. And then into Sunday, it's a mixture of sunshine
:27:26. > :27:30.and showers, much brighter for the Midlands and Wales and the south-
:27:30. > :27:34.west. The showers will be rather more scattered across Scotland and
:27:34. > :27:38.Northern Ireland. Temperatures into the low 20s. If it is complicated
:27:38. > :27:48.but most of us will see at least one day with some spells of
:27:48. > :27:54.sunshine. More details online... Thank you. And tonight's main news
:27:54. > :27:59.again... At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide attack on
:27:59. > :28:02.the British Council offices in Afghanistan. And the prison