:00:12. > :00:19.Six soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the biggest British
:00:19. > :00:23.loss of life there in six years. At the scene, Afghan troops fired
:00:23. > :00:27.at Taliban insurgents as the soldiers' bodies were recovered.
:00:28. > :00:32.This is a desperately sad day for our country and desperately sad, of
:00:32. > :00:36.course, for the families concerned. It's a reminder of the huge price
:00:36. > :00:40.that we are paying for the work we are doing in Afghanistan.
:00:40. > :00:46.It brings the death toll of British soldiers in Afghanistan since the
:00:46. > :00:51.war began to more than 400. Also on the programme:
:00:51. > :00:56.1,700 jobs are to go, most held by people with disabilities as Remploy
:00:56. > :01:01.closes over 30 factories. It's very hurtful because I've made
:01:01. > :01:05.a lot more friends, got so many friends here now and it just hurts.
:01:05. > :01:11.How diabetics are ten times more likely to have a limb amputated in
:01:11. > :01:15.some parts of England than others. And a study of gorillas brings
:01:15. > :01:25.scientists a step closer to understanding what makes us
:01:25. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:51.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. Six British soldiers
:01:51. > :01:53.have been killed when their armoured vehicle was caught in an
:01:53. > :01:59.explosion in the single biggest British loss of life in the Afghan
:01:59. > :02:03.war for six years. Five of the soldiers were serving
:02:03. > :02:05.with third battalion, the Yorkshire regiment, the thors from the Duke
:02:05. > :02:09.of Lancaster's regiment. Their families have been told. The
:02:09. > :02:15.people's called it a desperately sad day.
:02:15. > :02:20.The soldiers were travelling north to Lashkar Gah when the explosion
:02:20. > :02:24.happened just over the Helmand border. Quentin Somerville joins us
:02:24. > :02:27.now from Lashkar Gah. Even for the hardened fighters here
:02:27. > :02:30.at the British base, this came as a shock. They are asking the
:02:30. > :02:35.questions how could so many of their colleagues be killed in a
:02:35. > :02:40.single explosion in such a heavily armoured vehicle?
:02:40. > :02:45.At the base in Lashkar Gah, the flags fly at half-mast.
:02:45. > :02:50.It marks a landmark British loss. Six of their comrades gone, killed
:02:50. > :02:55.in a single explosion. The size of the loss left most in this camp in
:02:55. > :03:00.shock. You feel it in your gut. I mean, it's a sickening blow. But
:03:00. > :03:03.one thing I've learned over the years is that these young soldiers
:03:03. > :03:07.are incredibly tough and resilient, so they grieve and it's right that
:03:07. > :03:10.they grieve and we all do, but in many ways, it makes their resolve
:03:10. > :03:15.even stronger. We've travelled along this road
:03:15. > :03:19.before, highway one is the country's main road. It and the
:03:19. > :03:23.surrounding areas are notoriously dangerous. The six British soldiers
:03:23. > :03:31.were travelling along the route. They were on what was described as
:03:31. > :03:38.a routine patrol from a nearby base. It was dark as they approached lash
:03:38. > :03:42.ka Durai, here they left the road. They were travelling in a Warrior
:03:42. > :03:46.armoured troop convoy, which is heavily armoured, but the explosion
:03:46. > :03:49.was still able to cut through its underbelly, one of the largest
:03:49. > :03:52.blasts they've seen here. The explosion tore through the vehicle,
:03:52. > :03:56.killing everyone inside. The wreckage of the vehicle and the
:03:56. > :04:01.remains of the men have now been returned to base. Initial
:04:01. > :04:05.assessments appear to und Kate this was a very large Taliban bomb which
:04:05. > :04:09.was extremely well placed -- indicate. One officer said this
:04:09. > :04:12.isn't a change in insurgent tactics, it was just rotten luck.
:04:12. > :04:17.David Cameron paid tribute to the sacrifice the men had made.
:04:17. > :04:21.This is a desperately sad day for our country and desperately sad, of
:04:21. > :04:25.course, for the families concerned. It's a reminder of the huge price
:04:25. > :04:30.that we are paying for the work we are doing in Afghanistan, the
:04:30. > :04:33.sacrifice that our troops have made and continue to make. I do believe
:04:33. > :04:37.it's important work for our national security right here at
:04:37. > :04:41.home, but of course this work will increasingly be carried out by
:04:41. > :04:46.Afghan soldiers and we all want to see that transition take place.
:04:46. > :04:50.Increasingly, British soldiers are focused on handing control to
:04:50. > :04:54.Afghan forces, most will leave by the end of 2014. But today, that
:04:54. > :04:57.seems a long way off. Especially in the town of
:04:57. > :05:04.Warminster, the home of the Yorkshire regiment where five of
:05:04. > :05:11.the six soldiers served. I was quite upset because first we didn't
:05:11. > :05:17.know who it was so I was panicking, but it's just sad. It just brings
:05:17. > :05:20.it home that my husband is going in April and that I just hope he stays
:05:20. > :05:25.safe. The men who died had only been in
:05:25. > :05:28.Afghanistan for little over a week. Even as Britain's part in this war
:05:28. > :05:34.grows smaller, they won't be the last to leave their homes for
:05:34. > :05:39.Helmand and to sacrifice their lives for a far off country.
:05:39. > :05:42.So we expect that soon the names of those men will be released. The
:05:42. > :05:46.investigation into the circumstances around their deaths
:05:46. > :05:50.will continue. In one week's time in the small chapel behind me here
:05:50. > :05:55.in Lashkar Gah base, a vigil will be held to commemorate the
:05:55. > :05:58.sacrifice and the loss of those six soldiers.
:05:58. > :06:03.Quentin, thank you. The loss of life today has pushed
:06:03. > :06:07.the death toll among British troops in Afghanistan since operations
:06:07. > :06:11.began beyond 400. It's prompted new questions about Britain's role in
:06:11. > :06:14.Afghanistan and the plan to end combat missions there.
:06:14. > :06:17.Our Defence Correspondent, Caroline Wyatt is here.
:06:17. > :06:24.The number of British military fatalities in Afghanistan had
:06:24. > :06:28.slowed, but these latest deaths bring the total killed to 404 since
:06:28. > :06:33.2001. The attrition rate is not as bad as it was at its peak when 108
:06:33. > :06:40.were killed in just one year in 2009. Last year, the death toll was
:06:40. > :06:45.lower, at 46. 11 of the dead were just 18, the
:06:45. > :06:49.oldest was 51. Each death leaves behind a family whose life is
:06:49. > :06:54.changed forever by that loss. The toll of the dead mounted slowly at
:06:54. > :06:58.first after British forces went into Afghanistan after the 9/11
:06:58. > :07:03.attacks on New York. But in 2006, when British troops went to Helmand,
:07:03. > :07:08.the numbers of dead and injured soared in a conflict that's lasted
:07:08. > :07:13.longer than the two World Wars combined.
:07:13. > :07:18.For those for whom such a loss is all too familiar, these latest
:07:18. > :07:24.deaths will bring back the anguish. Conrad Lewis was just 22 when he
:07:24. > :07:30.was shot dead by a Taliban sniper a little over a year ago. He was a
:07:30. > :07:36.353rd British fatality. The tragedy for me would be if we left them
:07:36. > :07:40.before the state was having its own level of security. So if the police
:07:40. > :07:45.and the Afghan National Army were not in a position to make sure that
:07:45. > :07:49.they'd got an element of control on that country, then I think I'd
:07:49. > :07:51.start to think that maybe we had been a tragic waste of life.
:07:52. > :07:56.process of handing over responsibility to Afghan forces is
:07:56. > :08:00.well under way. The UK currently has 9,500 troops in Afghanistan,
:08:00. > :08:05.but that will start to fall. British forces are due to finish
:08:05. > :08:08.their combat role there by the end of 2014, although some will stay on
:08:08. > :08:12.to train their Afghan counterparts. Clearly, the task for British
:08:12. > :08:17.forces in Helmand remains perilous. Perhaps even more so when their
:08:17. > :08:23.numbers start to come down. But the Government insists the UK must see
:08:23. > :08:26.this mission through. They are fighting in the deserts of
:08:26. > :08:30.Afghanistan, a battle to ensure that we are not fighting the
:08:30. > :08:33.terrorists on the streets of Britain's cities.
:08:33. > :08:37.But many will ask what it is that Britain and the rest of the
:08:37. > :08:40.alliance really hoped to achieve in Afghanistan by the time those
:08:40. > :08:45.combat troops withdraw, perhaps with yet more lives lost.
:08:45. > :08:49.I think the objective for Britain and the other allies in Afghanistan
:08:49. > :08:52.is to leave behind some sort of sustainable Afghan administration
:08:52. > :08:55.so that whatever happens next, good bad or indifferent, is the
:08:55. > :08:59.responsibility of the Afghans themselves. If there is a decent
:08:59. > :09:02.interval before anything goes wrong, we can say that we left after again
:09:02. > :09:07.Stan in reasonably good shape. The rising toll of the dead is not
:09:07. > :09:10.the only price that Britain's paid. More than 5,000 had been injured in
:09:10. > :09:15.Afghanistan and will have to live with that legacy.
:09:15. > :09:19.Despite the unpopularity of the war itself, the past years have seen a
:09:19. > :09:23.surge in public support for the Armed Forces and for their families
:09:23. > :09:26.back at home. The Government knows that the
:09:26. > :09:29.latest losses will renew the questions over whether these
:09:29. > :09:34.sacrifices are worth it, but Britain's strategy in Afghanistan
:09:34. > :09:38.is tied to those of its allies and the need to ensure a dignified end
:09:38. > :09:42.to the campaign. Thanks Caroline. Remploy which
:09:42. > :09:45.provides and finds work for people with disabilities is planning to
:09:45. > :09:49.close two thirds of its factories, putting more than 1,700 jobs at
:09:49. > :09:53.risk. The Government's cut its financial support and ministers say
:09:53. > :09:56.they are better ways of helping disabled workers. The move is
:09:56. > :10:00.supported by Disability Rights UK, one of the largest disability
:10:00. > :10:06.organisations, but union leaders say it's an attack on vulnerable
:10:06. > :10:11.people. Our Deputy Political Editor, James Landale, reports.
:10:11. > :10:15.NEWSREEL: This is part of a non- profit making organisation...
:10:15. > :10:19.up after the Second World War, state subsidised factories for
:10:19. > :10:21.disabled workers. More than half a century on, most of the segregated
:10:21. > :10:26.factories are not making money and ministers believe it would be
:10:26. > :10:29.better to use the �3 20 million subsidy to help disabled people get
:10:29. > :10:33.jobs in mainstream employment. never going to be easy to make
:10:33. > :10:38.these decisions, but what we are trying to do is make sure the money
:10:39. > :10:43.we've got, protected money, is used more effect fly and absolutely
:10:43. > :10:46.every penny that is saved in the process will be reinvested back
:10:46. > :10:51.into supporting disabled people. That means that 36 of the 54
:10:51. > :10:55.factories will close, many in Wales, potentially making more than 1,700
:10:55. > :10:59.people redundant. They'll get about �2,500 and help to find jobs, but
:10:59. > :11:02.workers leaving this factory were not happy. It's very hurtful
:11:02. > :11:09.because I've made a lot more friends, got so many friends here
:11:09. > :11:11.now and it just hurts. They want us to work, they don't want mainstream
:11:11. > :11:14.employment because they'll get bullied out there. I know, I've
:11:14. > :11:20.been there. Some disability groups say the Government is doing the
:11:20. > :11:24.right thing. For every one person that's funded by subsidising a
:11:24. > :11:29.loss-making factory, we can get at least eight people into employment,
:11:29. > :11:34.so what this is about is more jobs for more disabled people.
:11:34. > :11:38.Labour in Government began the process of shutting Remploy
:11:38. > :11:42.factories but today these changes were the wrong plan at the wrong
:11:42. > :11:45.time. These are in communities where there are twice as many
:11:45. > :11:49.people chasing every job as the national average. It will be hard
:11:49. > :11:51.to get people sacked by Remploy back into work. The Government is
:11:51. > :11:55.convinced that supporting disabled people in mainstream ement
:11:55. > :11:57.employment is the way forward and they've got the backing of some
:11:57. > :12:02.disabled groups. But making hundreds of disabled people
:12:02. > :12:08.redundant at a time of high unemployment will come at some
:12:08. > :12:14.political and personal price. United Nations humanitarian chief,
:12:14. > :12:18.Valerie Amos, has held talks with the Syrian Foreign Minister in
:12:18. > :12:24.Damascus, trying to secure access for aid workers in the worst-hit
:12:24. > :12:28.areas. She went to Homs and paid a brief visit to the devastated
:12:28. > :12:31.district of Baba Amr. Lord Blair who was Head of The Metropolitan
:12:31. > :12:34.Police until 2008 has told the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics
:12:34. > :12:37.that he didn't ask the questions that now look so obvious,
:12:37. > :12:41.concerning the forces' investigation into phone hacking.
:12:41. > :12:47.He also confirmed that while he was commissioner, his son did work
:12:48. > :12:52.experience at the Sun newspaper. Police searching for the former
:12:52. > :12:57.EastEnders actress Jemma MCluskey who went missing six days ago say
:12:57. > :13:00.divers have found a body. The 29- year-old played Kerry Skinner in
:13:00. > :13:04.2001, a 35-year-old man has been arrested.
:13:04. > :13:06.Three men will be sentenced tomorrow for their involvement in
:13:06. > :13:11.the biggest so-called Ponzi fraud scheme ever to have been
:13:11. > :13:15.investigated by the police. One of the men has already pleaded
:13:15. > :13:18.guilty to defrauding investors of �115 million. A jury cleard two
:13:18. > :13:23.other men of deceiving investors but found them guilty on lesser
:13:23. > :13:29.charges. Matt Prodger has the story. They appeared to be financial
:13:29. > :13:32.wizards, but the only trick was making people's money disappear-
:13:32. > :13:37.Londoner, Kautilya Pruthi, admitted being the mastermind, a career
:13:38. > :13:42.fraudster once jailed in America. Kenneth peacock and John Anderson
:13:42. > :13:45.were today found guilty of lesser offences. They spent the money
:13:45. > :13:49.renting these luxury homes, they travelled to meetings by helicopter
:13:49. > :13:53.and one of them even brought a private jet. These super cars
:13:53. > :13:58.seized by police are some of the few remaining assets to be
:13:58. > :14:01.recovered from a massive scam. John Anderson told investors they
:14:01. > :14:05.were putting money into a loan business but police found no
:14:05. > :14:10.evidence of it. He and his co- defendant, Kenneth Peacock, were
:14:10. > :14:14.cleared by a jury of misleading investors but found guilty of
:14:14. > :14:17.unlawfully accepting deposits. People's lives have been devastated.
:14:17. > :14:21.They've lost homes, pension funds and there are people in the latest
:14:21. > :14:26.stages of their lives that are haven't to start again and face
:14:26. > :14:29.decisions that they wouldn't have to normally. From this office in
:14:29. > :14:33.wealthy Knightsbridge, nearly 800 people were persuaded to part with
:14:33. > :14:37.their money, promised returns of up to 20% a month. Among the victims
:14:37. > :14:42.were former cricketer Darren Gough, seen here on Strictly Come Dancing
:14:42. > :14:46.a few years ago, the actor Jerome Flynn of Soldier Soldier fame was
:14:46. > :14:50.another who lost money. What the investors didn't know is
:14:50. > :14:55.that it was a massive Ponzi fraud scheme, the mastermind, Kautilya
:14:55. > :14:59.Pruthi would take money from new investors and use to it pay out to
:14:59. > :15:02.existing investors, he then squandered the rest on a lavish
:15:03. > :15:09.lifestyle. When the supply of new investors dried up, the scheme
:15:09. > :15:14.collapsed, owing �115 million. Bevis Nathan and his partner from
:15:14. > :15:19.Bath lost nearly �500,000, all the money they had. I was naive and
:15:19. > :15:22.ignorant because I had good friends who said it was a good idea and I
:15:22. > :15:25.trued them and because it was perfect timing -- trusted them. I
:15:25. > :15:28.didn't really trust the high street banks and didn't know what to do
:15:28. > :15:33.with the money because I never invested money before in my life so
:15:33. > :15:35.I was perfectly set up for the job, as its were, really. 2t men behind
:15:35. > :15:43.the scheme will be sentenced tomorrow mornings, less than �3
:15:43. > :15:46.million of the money is expected to Our top story tonight. Six British
:15:46. > :15:53.troops have been killed in Afghanistan bringing to 404 the
:15:53. > :16:02.number who have died there since 2001. Coming up, Prince Harry with
:16:02. > :16:06.the Jamaican Defence Force on the latest leg of his Caribbean visit.
:16:06. > :16:11.In the Business News we will talk to Michael Woodford, the ex-boss of
:16:11. > :16:20.a Limpar's pooh-pooh the whistle on a multi-billion-pound fraud and I
:16:20. > :16:25.will reveal the world's richest What makes us uniquely human and
:16:25. > :16:29.sets us apart from the great apes? It's a question that's puzzled
:16:29. > :16:32.scientists for generations. But now they have come a step closer to
:16:32. > :16:35.understanding what makes us different. For example, how we have
:16:35. > :16:38.managed to develop language and the ability to think abstractly.
:16:38. > :16:41.Researchers in Cambridge have deciphered the genetic code of the
:16:41. > :16:44.gorilla, the last group of great apes to be sequenced. So scientists
:16:44. > :16:54.can now look for the missing DNA link between them, Chimps,
:16:54. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:01.Orangutans and us. Our Science They are one of our closest
:17:01. > :17:07.relatives. They are sociable and live in communities. In the distant
:17:07. > :17:12.past, humans were little different from guerrillas. Hundreds of
:17:12. > :17:20.thousands of years ago, we think we were very similar and we lived in
:17:20. > :17:26.small social groups in Africa, and at some point, humans developed
:17:26. > :17:31.language but we don't know what that spark was. Studies in the
:17:31. > :17:36.Sixties showed apes were intelligent, chimps, in particular.
:17:36. > :17:41.They can solve problems and use simple tools and even put on a show.
:17:41. > :17:45.But of course, humans can do much more. So what happened in the
:17:45. > :17:52.distant past that enabled our species to rise above our fellow
:17:52. > :17:57.apes. It could be down to genetics. The DNA of humans and apes is 98%
:17:57. > :18:01.identical but somewhere in our genes, are tiny differences, which
:18:01. > :18:07.enabled our species to stand upright, develop bigger brains and
:18:07. > :18:12.crucially learn how to think. Researchers in Cambridge have
:18:12. > :18:16.decoded the DNA of guerrillas and now, for the first time, they can
:18:16. > :18:21.compare our DNA with that of all the other apes and discover the
:18:21. > :18:25.changes that made our species unique. Amongst those are the
:18:25. > :18:30.changes which allow Einstein to come up with the theory of the
:18:30. > :18:36.relativity and Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet. I couldn't put my
:18:36. > :18:39.finger on exactly the key elements now, but I think through the study
:18:39. > :18:43.and others being carried out we are making progress in understanding
:18:43. > :18:47.the genetic forces behind human evolution and it's going to be an
:18:47. > :18:51.exciting time. So far researchers have discovered humans separated
:18:51. > :18:54.from guerrillas 10 million years ago, much earlier than some
:18:54. > :18:58.scientists thought and something in their genes prevents them from
:18:58. > :19:02.suffering from dementia. A finding which could help of medical
:19:02. > :19:10.researchers find a cure for sanity, but the ultimate sign to the prize
:19:10. > :19:13.would be to discover what makes us so different from them.
:19:13. > :19:16.If you're a diabetic your chance of losing a foot or leg to an
:19:16. > :19:19.amputation is ten times higher in some parts of England than others
:19:19. > :19:22.according to a major new study. It's been described as a national
:19:22. > :19:25.disgrace by the leading diabetes charity. And the researchers say
:19:25. > :19:32.specialist care needs to be better organised to reduce the amputation
:19:32. > :19:38.rate. Our health correspondent Branwen Jeffreys has the details.
:19:38. > :19:44.It's a serious disease affecting a growing number of people. Already
:19:44. > :19:50.2.9 million people in the UK have diabetes. By 2025, that is expected
:19:50. > :19:55.to rise to 5 million. In England, care varies from one place to
:19:55. > :19:59.another with distressing consequences for some patients.
:19:59. > :20:05.physiotherapist it teaches you to go good leg, bad leg. Barry Smith
:20:05. > :20:09.had his left leg amputated below the knee. Diabetes leads to nerve
:20:09. > :20:13.damage and loss of sensation in feet, so when he stood on a rose on,
:20:13. > :20:19.I didn't feel it. It was treated months later. Eventually, a doctor
:20:19. > :20:25.had to tell him there was a stark choice. I will never forget what he
:20:25. > :20:32.said. He said, Barry, you can die with it on or you can live with it
:20:32. > :20:38.off. And that might sound harsh, but I've always seen the funny side
:20:38. > :20:42.of that. You've got a lot of choice, haven't you? If you want to live.
:20:42. > :20:46.Losing a limb is a life-changing experience. It leaves people
:20:46. > :20:51.relying on prosthetics. What is shocking about today's report is
:20:51. > :20:57.that most amputations in that diabetics could be avoided. On this
:20:57. > :21:04.map, the highest rate of diabetes amputations are in dark red. Up to
:21:04. > :21:09.10 times higher than those parts of England which are palest. In the
:21:10. > :21:13.best areas, teams of nurses and doctors provide specialist care.
:21:13. > :21:19.Injured feet are protected and monitored and campaigners say this
:21:19. > :21:24.is what every diabetes patient deserves. This situation is
:21:24. > :21:27.appalling. These are Third World statistics, not first world
:21:27. > :21:34.statistics. We believe we can halve the number of occupations it
:21:34. > :21:37.everybody gets the right sort of care. -- amputations. The NHS says
:21:38. > :21:41.amputations in some areas are so high, and they hope a review will
:21:41. > :21:44.help to reduce them. The administrators of Rangers
:21:44. > :21:47.football club are seeking a swift sale of the club after failing to
:21:47. > :21:50.agree cuts to players' wages. Unless a buyer is found quickly,
:21:50. > :21:53.the administrators say the club will be in danger of failing to
:21:53. > :21:56.fulfil their fixtures for the rest of the season. Our Scotland
:21:56. > :22:05.Correspondent James Cook is at Ibrox now. Where does this leave
:22:05. > :22:08.the future of the club? Well, in a great deal of doubt, that the short
:22:08. > :22:12.answer to that because in the three weeks since Rangers were forced
:22:12. > :22:17.into administration over an unpaid tax bill, the administrators had
:22:17. > :22:20.been pretty positive about the future of the club. This later
:22:20. > :22:23.statement marks a very dramatic change. Basically they have been
:22:24. > :22:29.unable to reach a deal with the most highly paid players which
:22:29. > :22:32.would have seen them taking wage cuts of up to 75%. Now, that deal
:22:32. > :22:36.would have basically meant they could have staved off redundancies.
:22:36. > :22:40.Because they have been unable to do that, they are looking at making
:22:40. > :22:45.some of the most highly paid stars at Ibrox redundant and that, in
:22:45. > :22:53.itself, would undermine the club and the value of the business which
:22:53. > :22:56.would make a sale more difficult. They are in a parlous financial
:22:56. > :23:01.situation and the administrators say they are looking to accelerate
:23:01. > :23:05.the sale of this club but they have held at the prospect that Rangers,
:23:05. > :23:10.founded in 1873, might not make it to the end of the season and
:23:10. > :23:14.certainly will not be able to play European football next season.
:23:14. > :23:18.Rangers football club is tonight staring into the abyss. James, at
:23:18. > :23:21.Ibrox, thank you. Prince Harry has scaled down his activities in
:23:21. > :23:24.Jamaica as a mark of respect to the six British troops killed in
:23:24. > :23:27.Afghanistan. He spent part of the day with the Jamaican Defence Force
:23:27. > :23:33.watching them abseil and taking part in target practice. Our Royal
:23:33. > :23:37.Correspondent Peter Hunt sent this report.
:23:37. > :23:41.This was captain Wales rather than Prince Harry. At a Jamaican army
:23:41. > :23:49.base. The serving officer had been told about the latest British
:23:49. > :23:56.losses in Afghanistan. At the camp, a chance for a reunion with a
:23:56. > :24:00.fellow Sandhurst trainee. The Jamaican army was keen to show the
:24:00. > :24:04.Prince their new tower for training soldiers in abseiling. Prince Harry
:24:04. > :24:10.was meant to have been joining in here and, in the words of one of
:24:10. > :24:14.his officials, hurling of this tower, but understandably, British
:24:14. > :24:18.deaths enough gusto and have changed the tone of this visit. But
:24:18. > :24:23.Harry went to the firing range and had his off before the media.
:24:23. > :24:27.Anyone with a camera want to stand up the other end? He is the soldier
:24:27. > :24:32.prince who has recently qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot and
:24:32. > :24:38.wants to serve again in Afghanistan. Last night, at a state dinner, he
:24:38. > :24:42.paid tribute to the woman who still his queen of Jamaica. She combines
:24:42. > :24:47.all her virtues as a leader and head of state with those of being a
:24:47. > :24:53.wonderful, caring grandmother. To whom we, her grandchildren, are
:24:53. > :25:00.utterly devoted. It was Harry, the Royal, representing his wonderful
:25:00. > :25:07.grandmother, who visited this youth project. Into the groove, he was
:25:07. > :25:15.soon on to the dance floor. Let's take a look at the weather
:25:15. > :25:21.Hello, not a date for blue suede shoes today. They would have been
:25:21. > :25:25.ruined by the rain. Downpours and strong gusty wind. This cloud
:25:25. > :25:30.brought heavy rain earlier. It has been sweeping away this afternoon
:25:30. > :25:35.followed by a sunny spells and showers. This is a typical image of
:25:35. > :25:40.a heavy shower cloud. Overnight tonight, a brisk breeze and it will
:25:40. > :25:45.be cold than last night. The showers in western Scotland, 10
:25:45. > :25:51.centimetres of snow on the top of the hills. A centimetre or two on
:25:51. > :25:58.low ground, and it may turn icy. Temperatures drop in towns and
:25:58. > :26:02.cities to 1-2 degrees. Yes, a cold start to Thursday for most of us. A
:26:02. > :26:07.sparkling start with plenty of sunshine. Steadily through the day,
:26:07. > :26:12.cloud pushing across England and Wales. Its days cloudy in western
:26:12. > :26:16.Scotland with further outbreaks of rain. -- it stays cloudy. A dry and
:26:16. > :26:22.bright day across southern England and Wales and after that cold start,
:26:22. > :26:27.by the afternoon, temperatures in to 10-11 Celsius. It will feel
:26:27. > :26:32.reasonably pleasant. We will see more cloud across north-west
:26:32. > :26:37.England and one or two showers. Try and cloudy for Northern Ireland.
:26:37. > :26:45.The same goes for eastern Scotland but in the West, a fairly strong
:26:45. > :26:50.wind with outbreaks of rain. More on Friday, too. England and Wales,
:26:50. > :26:54.generally cloudy on Friday. A hint of brightness in the east but
:26:54. > :27:02.temperatures, 12-13 degrees, which leads us into the weekend where it
:27:02. > :27:05.looks reasonably mild. A dry A reminder of tonight's main news.