:00:11. > :00:20.Libya's rebels give Gaddafi forces an ultimatum - surrender by
:00:20. > :00:23.Saturday, or we'll finish you off. Rebels prepare for what could be
:00:23. > :00:29.their final battle - we report on what happens if the loyalists
:00:29. > :00:32.refuse to back down. The question then is what will happen when the
:00:32. > :00:37.Gaddafi have no-where else to retreat to and perhaps have to make
:00:37. > :00:41.a last stand? In the capital, thousands try to
:00:41. > :00:43.get their money out of the banks as the rebels try to get basic
:00:44. > :00:49.services working again. We'll have the latest on the hunt
:00:49. > :00:51.for Colonel Gaddafi. Also tonight:
:00:51. > :00:54.A generation locked out of the housing market, with home ownership
:00:54. > :00:58.in England heading for its lowest level for nearly 30 years.
:00:58. > :01:03."He will live on in my heart" - a widow's message to the husband she
:01:03. > :01:08.lost in a honeymoon shark attack. Thousands of Brits left stranded in
:01:08. > :01:11.America as airlines struggle with the tropical storm backlog.
:01:11. > :01:21.And whatever happened to our summer? The latest from the Met
:01:21. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:52.Office on why we soaked up the rain Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:01:52. > :01:54.News at 6.00pm. Libya's rebel leaders have issued an ultimatum to
:01:54. > :01:58.die-hard supporters of Colonel Gaddafi - surrender by Saturday or
:01:58. > :02:01.face an all-out assault. Many of the pro-Gaddafi troops are in Sirte,
:02:01. > :02:04.the Libyan leader's birthplace, and rebels closing in on the town have
:02:04. > :02:07.been trying to negotiate a temporary ceasefire to mark the
:02:07. > :02:10.Muslim festival of Eid which begins in Libya tomorrow, but with no
:02:10. > :02:20.success so far. Our correspondent Paul Wood is with the rebels and
:02:20. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:31."Allah, Akbar!" By Saturday, these men expect to be at the gates of
:02:31. > :02:35.Sirte, then they'll be face to face with thousands of Gaddafi loyalists.
:02:35. > :02:40.As you can see, people are in pretty good spirits, and these
:02:40. > :02:43.fighters say they're not going to wait for the Muslim festival of Eid.
:02:43. > :02:47.They're going to push right on through to Sirte. The question then
:02:47. > :02:54.is what will happen when the Gaddafi forces have no-where else
:02:54. > :02:58.to retreat to and perhaps have to make a last stand?
:02:58. > :03:02."Allah, Akbar!" The rebels hope it won't come to that. They have had
:03:02. > :03:08.intensive talks with tribal leaders. Officials here say a deal is being
:03:08. > :03:14.vetoed by die-hard loyalists with blood on their hands. We don't
:03:14. > :03:18.expect that Gaddafi has soldiers anymore. It's some of the troops -
:03:18. > :03:24.they have no way unless they fight because they know they have killed
:03:24. > :03:32.a lot of civilian people. In one of the villages just liberated, as the
:03:32. > :03:36.rebels say, they're preparing for the Eid feast. Food prices here
:03:36. > :03:40.rose 30-fold while the village was cut off. They're glad that things
:03:40. > :03:44.are getting back to normal. The fighters have been told their
:03:44. > :03:47.leadership is trying to organise a two-day ceasefire for the holiday.
:03:47. > :03:52.For the time being, we're going to have a defence line here, and
:03:52. > :03:57.because we have to respect the lead lead holiday and so on, as you know,
:03:57. > :04:02.it's the end of Ramadan, so after the Eid holiday, we proceed on to
:04:02. > :04:06.Sirte hopefully. Few of the rebel fighters we spoke to believe an Eid
:04:06. > :04:15.truce will hold. Most didn't want it. They're winning, and they want
:04:15. > :04:18.While rebels are preparing for what could be the Gaddafi loyalists'
:04:18. > :04:22.last stand in Sirte, they're also struggling to get basic services
:04:22. > :04:24.working across Libya. In the capital, many areas have been
:04:24. > :04:27.without power, water and rubbish collections, and many banks remain
:04:27. > :04:37.shut. Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has been assessing the
:04:37. > :04:39.
:04:39. > :04:42.challenge in the Tajoura District of Tripoli. Suspicion and
:04:42. > :04:47.insecurity are never far away in Tripoli, so it's remarkable how
:04:47. > :04:57.calm the city seems now. This is a way into Tajoura, a suburb that was
:04:57. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:02.the centre of opposition to the old regime. "Sorry, mop head," say the
:05:02. > :05:05.children, a saying that was inspired by Colonel Gaddafi's hair,
:05:05. > :05:09.which might have put the family in jail two weeks ago. So the Libyans
:05:09. > :05:14.are now ready to be part of the world? We're all the time part of
:05:14. > :05:24.the world. We have never been out, but someone left us out. But not
:05:24. > :05:28.everyone is happy. This woman wants her salary. "There's 2 million in
:05:28. > :05:36.there," she says. "We need a good system. We're tired." Everyone else
:05:36. > :05:42.queuing at the bank, all the employees, want to get paid. But
:05:42. > :05:46.the crowd is angered. "Shut up," he says. "We'll get everything in the
:05:46. > :05:52.end." "I won't shut up. I am hungry. I
:05:52. > :05:59.want my money." She retreated to an alleyway. "It has been three months
:05:59. > :06:04.since we were paid." The women were sympathetic. "I am divorced. My
:06:04. > :06:11.salary is 400. I've got three children. They can't wait." But the
:06:11. > :06:16.men said they were happy with their diet, a revolutionary euphoria.
:06:16. > :06:20.don't need money or water, just freedom. Other regions like Tunisia
:06:20. > :06:24.were just as happy when they toppled their dictators. More than
:06:24. > :06:28.six months later, their excitement about the future had been lost in
:06:28. > :06:33.life's daily struggle. But freedom from fear makes you feel rich if
:06:33. > :06:37.you're just out of prison, like this man. He was arrested in early
:06:37. > :06:43.March after organising the first anti-Gaddafi demonstrations here in
:06:43. > :06:47.Tajoura. He doesn't want Colonel Gaddafi dead. He wants him to see
:06:47. > :06:52.their triumph. I want him to see how Libya will be without him,
:06:52. > :06:58.without his sons. We will be building this country, and I want
:06:58. > :07:03.him to see that. During the last six months, these streets were
:07:03. > :07:07.always tense - sometimes frightens - and sometimes very violent. Now
:07:07. > :07:12.you can feel the relief that the Colonel has gone. But they face
:07:12. > :07:14.really big challenges because for 40 years, Colonel Gaddafi has taken
:07:14. > :07:17.away all the conventional institutions of government, and
:07:17. > :07:25.that means that in many ways they have to start again from scratch,
:07:25. > :07:29.and that is going to be difficult. Here, the number of people owning
:07:29. > :07:32.their own homes is heading towards its lowest level in England since
:07:32. > :07:36.the 1980s. Combination of high property prices, tougher lending
:07:36. > :07:43.rules and large deposits could leave a hole generation locked out
:07:43. > :07:47.of the housing market. That's the warning from housing
:07:47. > :07:50.associations. Our chief economics correspondent has the details.
:07:50. > :07:54.Housing has long been a hot political issue, even more so now,
:07:54. > :07:58.with predictions the availability of new homes for sale will fall
:07:58. > :08:03.even further behind demand in the years ahead. Ten years ago, more
:08:03. > :08:06.than 70% of householders owned their own home. Now the figure has
:08:07. > :08:12.fallen to 67%. Today it was forecast that would slide below 64%
:08:12. > :08:16.in ten years' time. There are two key questions which have been
:08:17. > :08:21.raised again in the housing debate. The first one focuses on prices and
:08:21. > :08:25.access to mortgages - are homes affordable? House prices have
:08:25. > :08:31.fallen 18% since the end of the boom in 2007, but whereas the
:08:31. > :08:36.average first-time buyer deposit was 10% then, nowadays 20% is the
:08:36. > :08:43.average deposit required by lenders. And that's proved to be a nightmare
:08:44. > :08:48.for grant and Megan Bemrose. With a family, they're desperate to buy a
:08:49. > :08:54.home, but with bills to pay, they can't afford a deposit. Everything
:08:54. > :08:58.is too expensive for us to allow that extra bit of money to not be
:08:58. > :09:02.used on the money we've got. So it's all needed, every penny, and
:09:02. > :09:07.it's all gone before we think about putting something away. One of Mrs
:09:07. > :09:10.Thatcher's aims in the 1980s was to boost home ownership. This
:09:10. > :09:15.presentation marked the millionth council house sale. After Labour
:09:15. > :09:18.came to power, Tony Blair and John Prescott set up ambitious targets
:09:18. > :09:22.for house building which proved hard to meet. So the question is
:09:22. > :09:27.still being asked - are we building enough new housing? In the year
:09:27. > :09:30.before the banking crisis, nearly 170,000 homes were built in England,
:09:30. > :09:34.was in the latest financial year, that had slumped to not much more
:09:34. > :09:40.than 100,000. The house building industry was hit hard by the
:09:40. > :09:46.recession, but it's expanding again. Today, Bovis Homes reported an
:09:46. > :09:53.increase in its order books, but it feels planning restrictions didn't
:09:53. > :09:57.help. Planning has held back supply for many years. The sector as a
:09:57. > :10:02.whole has - if the Government wish us to step up activity to meet the
:10:02. > :10:06.demand that's out there, then the landing process will have to
:10:06. > :10:10.increase. Rural campaigners have launched peats opposing further
:10:10. > :10:13.house building. They fear acres of green belt land will be lost.
:10:13. > :10:16.believe there is a significant risk that'll begin to see much more
:10:16. > :10:19.urban sprawl, and that's not say that development shouldn't take
:10:19. > :10:23.play, but what we're concerned about is where that development
:10:23. > :10:27.should take place. So are we becoming obsessed with home
:10:27. > :10:37.ownership and building more just so people can own their own house or
:10:37. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:43.flat? Is it sensible to expand mortgage -- borrowing? Ministers
:10:43. > :10:46.say they're simplifying planning rules and making more land
:10:46. > :10:53.available for house building, but it's clear there are no easy
:10:53. > :10:58.answers. A Royal Marine from 42 commando has
:10:58. > :11:08.been killed in Afghanistan. The Marine was killed while on foot paj
:11:08. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:16.patrol in the noire sarage -- nar sarage district.
:11:16. > :11:22.A confidential document welcoming Hamid Karzai. The briefing paper,
:11:22. > :11:26.briefly in the hands of Andrew Mitchell, said the UK should
:11:26. > :11:30.publicly and privately approve his decision not to seek a third term
:11:30. > :11:36.as President in 2014. Hundreds of mourners have attended
:11:36. > :11:40.the funeral of Ian Redmond, who died in a shark attack while in the
:11:40. > :11:43.Seychelles. His wife gave an emotional eulogy in west Lancashire
:11:43. > :11:50.where the couple were married less than a month ago.
:11:50. > :11:55.Judith Moritz reports. His wedding here was just three
:11:55. > :12:01.weeks ago, but today, Ian Redmond was brought back to the same church
:12:01. > :12:05.to be buried. His then-bride, Gemma, now his widow, followed behind,
:12:05. > :12:10.supported by her parents. So many mourners came to pay their respects,
:12:10. > :12:15.some stood outside to hear the 27- year-old read out a letter to her
:12:15. > :12:21.husband. "To my darling husband Ian, I love you with all my heart. I
:12:21. > :12:27.always have done, and I always will do. You filled me with such pride.
:12:27. > :12:30.I've said it before, and I'll say it again - you were and are my best
:12:30. > :12:35.friend." Gemma Redmond described the couple's wedding earlier this
:12:35. > :12:39.month as the most wonderful day of her life, honeymooning in the
:12:39. > :12:42.Seychelles ten days later, they were spending the day at the beach
:12:42. > :12:46.when Ian Redmond went snorkelling. As his new wife watched, he was
:12:46. > :12:50.attacked by a shark. She heard his screams, but couldn't save him. He
:12:50. > :12:56.was the second bather to be killed by a shark there in a month.
:12:56. > :13:00.Today's funeral was conducted by the same vicar who had married the
:13:00. > :13:07.couple. She spoke in the church particularly bravely I thought, an
:13:07. > :13:12.amazing thing to do, really, and - but it spoke a lot to people.
:13:12. > :13:15.Gemma Redmond described her husband as "the gold standard of men,"
:13:15. > :13:25.adding that she has precious memories of their honeymoon when
:13:25. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:34.The time is coming up to 6.15pm. Our top story:
:13:34. > :13:42.Libya's rebels have given Gaddafi loyalists an ultmait um- surrender
:13:42. > :13:49.by Saturday or we'll finish you off. Coming: she's a bright hope nor
:13:49. > :13:53.London 2012, but Jessica Ennis is second best at the Athletics World
:13:53. > :13:58.Championships. Later on BBC London news: why the capital's rivers are
:13:58. > :14:03.cleaner now than at any time in the past 20 years. Learning from the
:14:03. > :14:12.best - find out how our reporter fared when he took on members of
:14:12. > :14:17.Thousands of British travellers are stuck in the US tonight. Airlines
:14:17. > :14:20.are struggling to clear a backlog of flight cancellations caused by
:14:20. > :14:24.the reform Irene, which blast its way up the east coast of America
:14:24. > :14:28.over the weekend. From New York, Laura the revolian reports.
:14:28. > :14:33.This is the scene in airports across America's east coast -
:14:33. > :14:37.thousands of flights were cancelled because of the reform Irene, and
:14:38. > :14:41.now stranded passengers are waiting to fly home - some forced to camp
:14:41. > :14:46.out. The storm's strength led to the closure of all of New York's
:14:46. > :14:50.airports. The high winds and flooding made it too dangerous to
:14:50. > :14:54.fly. Teachers Daniel Lawrence and Sean Allen have been stuck in New
:14:54. > :14:58.York since their flight was cancelled on Sundays, packing and
:14:58. > :15:03.repacking their bags. Now they have missed the first day of school.
:15:03. > :15:09.were very anxious and frustrated, and so we spent the last few days
:15:09. > :15:13.on the telephone to Virgin filling in appeal forms online, desperately
:15:13. > :15:16.trying to get an earlier flight. It's just a real pain not being
:15:16. > :15:22.there on the first day when everything gets up and running, but
:15:22. > :15:27.I mean, overall, the fact that we're going back, you know, soon
:15:27. > :15:30.means that relatively speaking it should be OK. New York is a
:15:30. > :15:35.favourite destination for British tourists, which is why Irene has
:15:35. > :15:38.left so many struggling to get home. It's estimated there could be
:15:38. > :15:43.10,000 British holiday-makers in New York right now. The airlines
:15:43. > :15:46.are saying that Irene has left them with two days of cancelled flights
:15:46. > :15:53.to reschedule at a time when flights to the UK are already full
:15:53. > :15:56.because it's the end of the summer holidays. Virgin and British
:15:56. > :16:00.Airways are now laying on extra flights to the UK in an effort to
:16:00. > :16:03.clear the backlog, but trains too have been cancelled along the east
:16:03. > :16:08.coast, ruining British tourists' plans. We're on holiday from
:16:08. > :16:12.Scotland. My girlfriend is actually waiting on getting refunds, and
:16:12. > :16:18.it's been a bit of a washout, spent 24 hours in the hotel. It's just a
:16:18. > :16:21.bit of a disaster. Along the Atlantic coast, Americans are still
:16:21. > :16:26.reeling from the devastation wrought by Irene. Cancelled flights
:16:26. > :16:29.is one of the many consequences of So what rights do travellers have
:16:29. > :16:32.if bad weather stops them getting home? Do the airlines have to pay
:16:32. > :16:35.for accommodation? And what if they end up needing extra time off work?
:16:35. > :16:37.Our Special Correspondent Razia Iqbal has been finding out.
:16:37. > :16:40.George, Hurricane Irene may have passed off with less damage than
:16:40. > :16:44.was expected, but the storm has caused upheaval for thousands of
:16:44. > :16:54.families. So as a consumer caught up in a similar situation, what
:16:54. > :16:57.exactly are you entitled to? For those who do not have confirmed
:16:57. > :17:02.flights, there is the possibility of being stranded in New York for
:17:02. > :17:07.days, with all the expense that involves. So what are your rights?
:17:07. > :17:10.If you flee to the US on a European union career, you have the legal
:17:10. > :17:13.right to claim back on accommodation, but that does not
:17:13. > :17:17.mean five-star luxury. Food and travel can also be claimed. You
:17:18. > :17:21.have to pay, and you will be reimbursed. But the claims must be
:17:21. > :17:24.reasonable. Last weekend's disruption cost the
:17:24. > :17:29.airlines millions, and they are doing all they can to limit their
:17:29. > :17:32.losses. So they will demand itemised expenses, and if there is
:17:32. > :17:36.anything they do not like the look of, like you have chosen a too
:17:36. > :17:40.expensive hotel or had the temerity to go out for three good meals a
:17:40. > :17:45.day, they might say, we are not paying. Her those who definitely
:17:45. > :17:49.will not pay up our non-EU airlines. They are not legally obliged to do
:17:49. > :17:55.anything. In that case, you are reliant on travel insurance, which
:17:55. > :17:59.varies from policy to policy. Airlines and passengers are all too
:17:59. > :18:04.familiar with such disruption. We have had the ash cloud, extreme
:18:04. > :18:08.wintry weather and the chaos of Terminal 5 opening. If you miss
:18:08. > :18:11.work because of travel delays, your employer is under no obligation to
:18:11. > :18:19.pay you. For the self employed, it is back to being reliant on
:18:19. > :18:28.insurance. We do not need compensation for the inconvenience
:18:28. > :18:30.of having to stay longer in America. Nor do they have to pay for car
:18:30. > :18:34.parking or cover for pets. While airlines are doing everything
:18:34. > :18:38.they can to get people home, this is costing them a lot of money, so
:18:38. > :18:45.they will be reviewing all claims with care. It may be the end of the
:18:45. > :18:48.week before everyone gets home. Police searching for a registered
:18:48. > :18:55.sex offender connected with the murder of a pensioner have issued
:18:55. > :18:59.new CCTV pictures of him. The 47- year-old, seen here at Sainsbury's
:18:59. > :19:03.in the Cleveland last Wednesday, went missing two days before 77-
:19:03. > :19:06.year-old Judith Richardson was found dead at her home in Hexham.
:19:06. > :19:09.She's one of Team GB's biggest Olympic medal hopes, but for now at
:19:09. > :19:11.least, Jessica Ennis is second best. Today she failed to retain her
:19:11. > :19:16.heptathlon title at the World Athletics championships in South
:19:16. > :19:26.Korea. And as our Sports Editor David Bond reports, it could turn
:19:26. > :19:27.
:19:27. > :19:32.out to be a blow to Britain's big ideas for London 2012.
:19:32. > :19:35.Even here in Daegu, Jessica Ennis's profile seems to be on the rise.
:19:35. > :19:39.For the poster girl of London 2012, these world championships were
:19:39. > :19:45.supposed to be a formality, another step on the road to Olympic gold
:19:45. > :19:49.next summer. This could decide the gold medal. But it did not work out
:19:49. > :19:54.that way. Having failed to build up a big enough lead on day one, Ennis
:19:54. > :20:01.produced a poor performance in the javelin, throwing way short of her
:20:01. > :20:06.best. That gave Tatyana Chernova a huge lead going into the 800 metres.
:20:06. > :20:11.Ennis needed to beat the Russian by nine seconds to win gold. Despite a
:20:11. > :20:21.brave run, she had to settle for silver. I will not beat myself up
:20:21. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:26.to much. It was just one event that had performed poorly in. With
:20:26. > :20:31.expectations higher for Britain coming into these championships,
:20:31. > :20:34.Jessica Ennis was one of the firm favourites to win gold. But her
:20:34. > :20:39.silver medal is the latest setback for a team who have so far proved a
:20:39. > :20:44.little disappointing. At the halfway mark of the world
:20:44. > :20:48.championships in Korea, Britain are 14th in the medal table, with two
:20:48. > :20:52.silvers and a bronze. But the target was to bring home seven
:20:52. > :20:57.medals. Although Britain could yet have a strong finish, it is not
:20:57. > :21:01.going according to plan. That has left coach Charles van Commenee
:21:01. > :21:07.feeling the heat. Mo Farah narrowly missed out on gold, while other
:21:07. > :21:12.strongly tipped athletes failed to live up to expectations. But it is
:21:12. > :21:17.not all bad news. Andy Turner won bronze despite finishing fourth,
:21:17. > :21:20.because the winner of the 110 metres hurdles was disqualified. He
:21:20. > :21:26.says it is too soon to make judgments. I would not write off
:21:26. > :21:30.our hopes at all. We will do well. It will be people you do not expect
:21:30. > :21:35.to get the medals he will get them. No one thought I would get a medal
:21:35. > :21:39.at here. So we should expect the unexpected. Jessica Ennis did not
:21:39. > :21:43.take long to put her disappointment behind her. With the pressure
:21:43. > :21:47.mounting on track-and-field ahead of London 2012, Britain's team will
:21:47. > :21:54.that they are left with something to smile about at the end of these
:21:54. > :21:58.championships. Now, remember the "barbecue
:21:58. > :22:02.Easter"? It feels like a long time ago now. For many of us, sunny
:22:02. > :22:06.Spring has turned to a summer soaking. Today the Met Office
:22:06. > :22:12.published its latest figures on the rain. Jon Kay is in Burnham-on-Sea
:22:12. > :22:16.in Somerset with the details. If only it could have been like
:22:16. > :22:20.this all summer, glorious evening here in Somerset. These guys have
:22:20. > :22:24.just turned up for a weekend of caravanning from the Midlands. They
:22:24. > :22:28.think they have timed it right. But these figures from the Met Office
:22:28. > :22:31.tonight confirm what many of us thought. It has been about half a
:22:31. > :22:35.degree Celsius cooler across the summer than the national average
:22:35. > :22:40.you would expect. It has also been wetter and there has been less
:22:40. > :22:45.sunshine. It all looked so promising. Easter
:22:45. > :22:50.was one of the sunniest ever, with record-breaking crowds on Weston-
:22:50. > :22:56.super-Mare beach. Beautiful, isn't it? Better than working. Enjoy it
:22:57. > :23:05.while you can. Too hot. She should have been careful what she wished
:23:05. > :23:09.for. Since then, things have nosedived. Four months on, end of
:23:09. > :23:15.August, just after the Bank Holiday weekend. School is still out for
:23:15. > :23:21.most, and look - the beach, pretty much deserted. What has the weather
:23:21. > :23:26.been like this summer? Absolutely awful. Diabolical. Overcast, and
:23:26. > :23:31.lots of rain. Hardly a sunny day since April. But has it been that
:23:32. > :23:36.bad? Is this really how we should remember the summer of 2011?
:23:36. > :23:43.Tonight provisional figures from the Met Office suggest that it has
:23:43. > :23:46.been the coolest summer since 1993. Today, it was certainly scars and
:23:46. > :23:50.sweaters on the seafront. Temperatures have been below where
:23:50. > :23:54.we might expect them to be in a more normal summer. It has been
:23:54. > :24:00.cool in August and it was the coolest July since 2000. That is in
:24:00. > :24:05.contrast to what we had in spring, which was very warm and dry. As for
:24:05. > :24:10.rainfall, across the UK, the summer has been 25% wetter than normal.
:24:10. > :24:14.But it has been a mixed picture. In Scotland, there was some
:24:14. > :24:20.significant flooding. But parts of Wales and Northern Ireland have
:24:20. > :24:24.been drier than usual, causing problems for many farmers. So,
:24:24. > :24:30.cooler and wetter than usual, and you will not be surprised to hear
:24:30. > :24:35.that august has been De La Rue as well. 25% fewer hours of sunshine
:24:35. > :24:42.then we would expect to have it. The few want summer, take a plane
:24:43. > :24:47.and go to Jamaica! All right? I will be there again next year.
:24:47. > :24:57.he is happy. They are happy for now, but what they want to know is, will
:24:57. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:02.I might just have a man who knows the answer, Darren.
:25:02. > :25:06.Fortunately, there is only one more day of summer to go, and it is not
:25:06. > :25:11.warming up a great deal tomorrow. Things may change in September,
:25:11. > :25:15.though. But tonight, it will be on the cool side. For most of us, it
:25:15. > :25:21.stays dry and cloudy. At the moment, we have patchy rain across northern
:25:21. > :25:27.England, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The showers in Scotland will fade
:25:27. > :25:35.away. And skies will clear. It will be a chilly night in areas where we
:25:35. > :25:39.have the clear skies. The rest of the sunshine will be in the morning.
:25:39. > :25:44.As temperatures rise, the cloud will bubble up, limiting the
:25:44. > :25:48.sunshine in the afternoon for most of us. Things should be quite
:25:48. > :25:53.bright in Scotland. Very few showers here, and for most of us it
:25:53. > :25:59.will be warmer than today. A bit of sunshine sneaking through across
:25:59. > :26:04.northern England in the afternoon. In the Midlands and the Xavi to
:26:04. > :26:08.England, it is more cloud than sunshine. There will be some
:26:08. > :26:12.sunshine in Cornwall and possibly into Devon. Maybe a bit more cloud
:26:12. > :26:17.in the afternoon. We should see some morning sunshine in South
:26:17. > :26:22.Wales, but then the car arrives through the afternoon. But it is at
:26:22. > :26:29.least a dry, but quite cool day tomorrow across Northern Ireland.
:26:29. > :26:33.This cool and cloudy weather is trapped underneath that area of low
:26:33. > :26:36.pressure. This weather has remnants of Hurricane Irene in it. That is
:26:36. > :26:41.not heading our way, but there is a weatherfront which will bring
:26:41. > :26:47.change later in the week. Friday sees some rain in Northern Ireland
:26:47. > :26:57.and Scotland. We would get drier air after that to lift the
:26:57. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:02.An update on tonight's main news now. Libya's rebels have given
:27:02. > :27:07.Colonel Gaddafi's loyalists an ultimatum - surrender by Saturday,
:27:07. > :27:11.or we will finish you off. Tonight the whereabouts of the former
:27:11. > :27:16.Libyan leader himself remain a mystery. There are reports that he
:27:16. > :27:21.may have fled south of Tripoli towards the town of Bin Walid. Our
:27:21. > :27:27.correspondent joins us from them now. What about these reports that
:27:27. > :27:31.he may have passed through all headed your way? That is what the
:27:31. > :27:36.rebels believe it. This is where the hunt for Colonel Gaddafi is now
:27:36. > :27:39.focused. For the rebels, we have talked a lot about Sirte, but it is
:27:40. > :27:47.over there in the distance across this expanse of desert where the
:27:47. > :27:50.town of Bin Walid sits. These are two areas where tribal groups have
:27:50. > :27:54.been loyal to Colonel Gaddafi. It is believed that he and members of
:27:54. > :27:58.his family have passed through this area. Those members of his family
:27:58. > :28:04.who fled to Algeria are believed to have gone through this area. I
:28:04. > :28:08.spoke to a tribal elder from Bin Walid who told me that two of
:28:08. > :28:13.Colonel Gaddafi's sons were spotted in the town two days ago. And he
:28:13. > :28:18.has spoken to people in the town by satellite phone. We cannot verify
:28:18. > :28:22.that, but that is what rebels believe it. The rebels want
:28:22. > :28:25.completion and an end to this ongoing conflict in the country.
:28:25. > :28:30.But they also want to find him because they fear that if he stays