:00:12. > :00:16.David Cameron says he won't stay silent as the eurozone heads for
:00:16. > :00:19.uncharted territory. Fears that a Eurozone crisis could suffocate
:00:19. > :00:28.Britain's economy - the Prime Minister says he'll do what it
:00:28. > :00:31.takes to defend Britain. I will do what every is necessary to protect
:00:32. > :00:36.this country, Secure our economy and financial system. It is very
:00:36. > :00:39.serious and dangerous for our economy and all economies. That is
:00:39. > :00:41.why our Prime Minister and Chancellor should be at the table
:00:42. > :00:51.reading debate about the solution rather than carping on the
:00:52. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:57.sidelines. We will ask how Europe's leaders reacted to the Commons.
:00:57. > :00:59.Also on tonight's programme... A vote of confidence in British car
:00:59. > :01:06.making - new investment by Vauxhall's owners creates thousands
:01:06. > :01:15.of new jobs. Freed after eight years in jail for a crime he didn't
:01:15. > :01:18.commit - the court hears the police didn't check his alibi. Pop a pill
:01:18. > :01:26.a day - experts say millions more people should be given cholesterol
:01:26. > :01:30.lowering statins. And Donna Summer dies at 63. Dozens of memorial
:01:30. > :01:40.plaques are recovered by police in raids on scrap-metal yards. And the
:01:40. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :02:00.extra �1 charge for posting parcels Welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:02:00. > :02:05.David Cameron has said he will do whatever it takes to to defend
:02:05. > :02:08.Britain from the eurozone crisis. With growing anxiety that the
:02:08. > :02:10.uncertainty surrounding Greece is already spreading to other highly
:02:10. > :02:13.indebted countries, Mr Cameron challenged eurozone leaders to do
:02:13. > :02:23.more to contain the risks. And he defended the coalition's deficit
:02:23. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:34.reduction plans, saying anything else was a cop out. The economy,
:02:34. > :02:38.already back a recession, is now threatened from a squeeze whose
:02:38. > :02:43.eurozone is steadily deepening. Today the Prime Minister adopted
:02:43. > :02:47.the tones of an economic wartime leader. We are living in perilous
:02:47. > :02:53.economic times. Turn on the TV news and you see the return of a crisis
:02:53. > :02:58.that never really went away. Grease on the brink, the survival of the
:02:58. > :03:04.euro in question and faced with this I have a clear task, to keep
:03:04. > :03:07.Britain safe. In Athens the latest in a series of temporary Greek
:03:07. > :03:11.governments was sworn in today. Ordinary Greeks have been reacting
:03:11. > :03:16.by withdrawing their cash from the banks. There are not used at the
:03:16. > :03:20.door yet but that is the fear. Meantime, in Spain, one of the
:03:20. > :03:23.weaker economies in Europe on markets are charging the government
:03:23. > :03:27.and ever higher price for the money they need to borrow in ever growing
:03:27. > :03:32.quantities. Today the Prime Minister held a conference called
:03:32. > :03:36.the leaders of Germany, France, Italy and the two President of
:03:37. > :03:41.Europe in advance of a for a summit next week and a summit of the G8,
:03:41. > :03:45.the club of the world's richest nations, this weekend. This was his
:03:45. > :03:50.public advice to them from a leader not in the euro but he fears it is
:03:50. > :03:54.casting a shadow over the British economy... The eurozone is at a
:03:54. > :04:00.crossroads, it either has to make- up, or it is looking at a potential
:04:00. > :04:04.break-up. Either Europe has a committed, stable, successful
:04:04. > :04:11.eurozone, or we are in uncharted territory which carries huge risks
:04:11. > :04:15.for everybody. Today the new French President pose with his new cabinet.
:04:15. > :04:20.Francois Hollande was elected on a promise to recast Europe's's
:04:20. > :04:24.austerity pact. It does not just pose an economic problem but a
:04:24. > :04:27.political problem, for the coalition. That is because the new
:04:27. > :04:32.French government say Europe should put policies to promote growth
:04:32. > :04:38.ahead of those to promote austerity, echoing Labour's calls care at home.
:04:38. > :04:42.No wonder then that David Cameron today wanted to claim that that
:04:42. > :04:47.choice does not really exist at all. Deficit reduction and growth are
:04:47. > :04:52.not alternatives. Delivering the first is absolutely vital in
:04:52. > :04:56.securing the second. We cannot blow the Budget on more spending and
:04:56. > :05:00.debt. In the Commons the Shadow Chancellor attacked the government
:05:00. > :05:03.for believing cutting could ever have created economic growth.
:05:03. > :05:07.Trying to cut the deficit faster has not boosted growth in recession,
:05:07. > :05:11.it has choked off confidence, unemployment is up and we are
:05:11. > :05:15.borrowing more than he planned, not less. The fact is this Prime
:05:15. > :05:19.Minister, if he is ready claiming he is on the right course, he is
:05:19. > :05:23.even more complacent and out of touch than even I thought. A Labour
:05:23. > :05:27.blame the government for the plight, ministers blame the eurozone,
:05:27. > :05:37.whoever is right, things do not look set to get better any time
:05:37. > :05:38.
:05:38. > :05:47.Our Europe editor is in Brussels. Gavin, what is the reaction likely
:05:47. > :05:51.to be to those comments today? There will be some irritation at
:05:51. > :05:55.David Cameron's insistence that the eurozone and make-up, or face
:05:55. > :05:59.break-up. In the past he was told to shut up by a former French
:05:59. > :06:02.President when he spoke out, they were tired of being lectured by the
:06:02. > :06:06.British. But this time round I think it will be different because
:06:06. > :06:10.there is widespread acceptance that something Major needs to be done.
:06:10. > :06:16.It is no longer taboo to talk about the possibility that Greece will
:06:16. > :06:22.have to exit the euro. In fact, today Angela Merkel went out to say
:06:22. > :06:25.I have the will, the determination to keep Greece in the eurozone. It
:06:26. > :06:31.is not just politicians who are feeling anxious about where things
:06:31. > :06:35.are heading. In both Greece and Spain are ordinary savers are
:06:35. > :06:41.withdrawing money insignificant amounts. It is far from being a
:06:41. > :06:44.panic yet but there is a real sense of unease as to where this eurozone
:06:44. > :06:51.crisis is heading, which is something the politicians in Europe
:06:51. > :06:53.had to address. Thousands of jobs have been saved
:06:53. > :06:56.and hundreds of new ones created after Vauxhaul's American owners
:06:56. > :06:59.announced new investment at the company's plant in Ellesmere Port.
:06:59. > :07:01.Staff at the factory have accepted a four year pay and conditions deal
:07:01. > :07:11.which will allow more flexible working. Our correspondent John
:07:11. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:16.Moylan is at the plant now. A few weeks ago there were real concerns
:07:16. > :07:21.this plant could close as Vauxhall's owner sought to cut
:07:21. > :07:26.costs across Europe. Instead, as the plants celebrate its 50th
:07:26. > :07:31.birthday here, staff receive the best possible present today. It was
:07:31. > :07:34.business as usual today but Falstaff there was one big
:07:34. > :07:40.difference... After months of concern they were finally told
:07:40. > :07:44.their jobs were safe. And that the next generation of this car, the
:07:44. > :07:48.Astra, would see the plant through into the next decade. Everyone is
:07:48. > :07:52.happy, it will be a good weekend, everybody will probably go out and
:07:52. > :07:59.have a few more jars than usual. have children and a mortgage so it
:07:59. > :08:02.is fantastic news. GM says its plans with the new car will involve
:08:02. > :08:07.a �125 million investment, which will safeguard employment for 2,100
:08:07. > :08:12.existing staff, adding a third shift to the plant will also result
:08:12. > :08:18.in 700 new jobs. And there will be 3,000 jobs created across its
:08:18. > :08:22.supply chain. We worked hard to make the best case for Ellesmere
:08:22. > :08:26.Port, Vauxhall Motors in the UK. We came up with a labour agreement
:08:26. > :08:31.which does that, it is great news for Vauxhall Motors, General Motors,
:08:31. > :08:36.the workers and the UK economy. That agreement was only signed off
:08:36. > :08:39.this morning. It includes a four year pay deal starting with a two
:08:39. > :08:43.year pay freeze and there will be more flexible working. Union
:08:43. > :08:46.members voted overwhelmingly to back it to lift the threat over the
:08:46. > :08:51.plant. I believe there was a real threat, I believe General Motors
:08:51. > :08:54.have acted appallingly and irresponsibly the way they let that
:08:55. > :09:00.threat dangle. As a loyal workforce that always delivers, they were
:09:00. > :09:04.prepared to put people through that torment. Britain's car workers
:09:04. > :09:07.helped firms including the Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and many three
:09:07. > :09:11.downturn by working flexibly and accepting tough pay deals. Now the
:09:11. > :09:16.industry is reaping the rewards and trying to meet demand Worldwide.
:09:16. > :09:20.The auto sector now exports more than it imports for the first time
:09:20. > :09:24.since the mid- 1970s. We have seen the industry bounce back well. It
:09:24. > :09:28.has exported its way out of trouble, which shows the fundamental
:09:28. > :09:31.strength of the industry that has benefited by having a relatively
:09:31. > :09:35.weak sterling which means our exports are competitive. Ellesmere
:09:35. > :09:41.Port has been a cornerstone of the UK's water industry for half-a-
:09:41. > :09:44.century and has kept generations of people here in work. Tonight staff
:09:44. > :09:48.went home knowing that manufacturing tradition will
:09:48. > :09:51.continue for years to come. Very few details of this labour deal
:09:52. > :09:55.have emerged but what has happened here will be watched closely in
:09:55. > :10:01.other parts of the industry. Management believe they have set
:10:01. > :10:09.some sort of new benchmark which should signal how the UK's car
:10:09. > :10:12.Sam Hallam, who spent eight years in jail for a crime he says he
:10:12. > :10:15.didn't commit, walked free today after his conviction was quashed at
:10:15. > :10:18.the High Court. Now 24, he criticised the original police
:10:18. > :10:28.investigation into the murder of a trainee chef by a group of youths
:10:28. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:32.in London in 2004. Tom Symonds reports. It took just one hour for
:10:32. > :10:37.the appeal court to give Sam Hallam his freedom after eight years in
:10:37. > :10:42.prison. He said he was shocked and happy but anger might come later.
:10:42. > :10:46.always knew I was innocent, didn't just believe, I knew. The whole
:10:46. > :10:50.system, Dirk police process, the court process, it was not fair.
:10:50. > :10:53.This was yesterday after the surprising decision to free him
:10:53. > :10:58.pending today's announcement. His family and friends have fought hard
:10:58. > :11:04.to prove his innocence. Across London the spot where 21-year-old
:11:04. > :11:07.Essayas Kassahun was beaten to death in a gang fight in 2004. Sam
:11:07. > :11:11.was one of two convicted of the murder, there was no forensic
:11:11. > :11:17.evidence, CCTV pictures, he was jailed because others said he was
:11:17. > :11:20.here. Lady Justice Hallett said the case was undermined by two eye
:11:20. > :11:24.witnesses, neither of he was particularly satisfactory. She said
:11:24. > :11:29.there was scope for mistaken identity. As for some Hallam's
:11:29. > :11:35.inability to say where he was that night, she said that was due to his
:11:35. > :11:39.dysfunctional lifestyle rather than an intention to deceive. Sam was a
:11:39. > :11:43.teenager on an inner London estate, he could not provide a strong alibi.
:11:43. > :11:47.But police never checked his two mobile phones, one contained
:11:47. > :11:52.pictures of his late father at this pub taken close to the time of the
:11:52. > :11:56.murder. New evidence suggesting Sam was not at the murder scene. A
:11:56. > :11:59.statement was read on his behalf outside the court. The Metropolitan
:12:00. > :12:05.police should have followed up leads which would have proved my
:12:05. > :12:07.innocence but the terror -- over the terrible murder of Essayas
:12:08. > :12:14.Kassahun. They should have disclosed all the relevant evidence
:12:14. > :12:17.in their possession to my lawyers and they did not. Tonight the
:12:17. > :12:20.Pampas of the ish -- the CPS accepted there was no evidence and
:12:20. > :12:29.had not opposed the quashing of the conviction. The Metropolitan Police
:12:29. > :12:31.have yet to comment. The bodies of two British
:12:31. > :12:34.servicemen killed in Afghanistan have been repatriated. Lance
:12:34. > :12:36.Corporal Lee Davies of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and Corporal
:12:36. > :12:46.Brent McCarthy, of the Royal Air Force Police, were killed in
:12:46. > :12:49.
:12:49. > :12:56.Afghanistan on Saturday. They were shot whilst providing security for
:12:56. > :12:59.a meeting with local officials in Helmand. Experts say thousands of
:12:59. > :13:01.heart attacks and strokes could be prevented every year if the
:13:01. > :13:05.cholesterol-lowering drugs statins were more widely prescribed. They
:13:05. > :13:08.say even people with a low risk of heart disease should be given the
:13:08. > :13:11.drug. That could be an extra five million people. Here's our health
:13:11. > :13:15.correspondent Branwen Jeffreys. Statins Arie global best seller for
:13:15. > :13:18.the pharmaceutical industry. The most widely prescribed kind of
:13:18. > :13:22.medicine, they reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by busting
:13:22. > :13:28.be harmful fats that clog up blood vessels. So who should be taking
:13:28. > :13:32.them? Gill has always thought of herself as healthy, her GP
:13:32. > :13:37.suggested statins because she had high cholesterol. She was sceptical
:13:37. > :13:42.but eventually decided to take his advice. I was reluctant to take
:13:42. > :13:45.them at first but I am glad I did because I had a heart attack a
:13:45. > :13:49.couple of years ago and without them it would have either happened
:13:49. > :13:53.much earlier, or been much worse. These polls are one of the most
:13:54. > :13:58.commonly used drugs in the UK, they usually are given to people at high
:13:58. > :14:04.risk. This research suggests giving in to 5 million people at lower
:14:04. > :14:09.risk of disease. Is says 10,000 heart attacks or strokes might be
:14:09. > :14:12.prevented and it could stop 2000 early deaths. If we want to prevent
:14:12. > :14:17.people from having their first heart attack, or stroke, we have to
:14:17. > :14:22.treat help the people. If we did that more widely we could save many
:14:22. > :14:28.people from having at first disastrous event. But some argue
:14:28. > :14:31.the problem is lifestyle. Statins have side effects for some patients.
:14:31. > :14:38.So there are doctors who think a different kind of prevention would
:14:38. > :14:42.work better. A much healthier approach, I think, would be for
:14:42. > :14:47.people to change their lifestyle, eat healthily, cut down on fat,
:14:47. > :14:52.salt, eat more fruit and vegetables, go easy on alcohol and take more
:14:52. > :14:56.exercise and of course give up smoking. That is much healthier.
:14:57. > :15:01.Gill is doing both, taking exercise as well as statins. This research
:15:01. > :15:06.adds to the picture of how well they work. The advice to the NHS in
:15:06. > :15:13.England and Wales is already under review. Statins have become a
:15:13. > :15:18.relatively cheap medicine, allowing them to be considered on their
:15:18. > :15:21.merits and not just the cost. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will
:15:21. > :15:23.join the Queen on the Royal Barge during the Thames Pageant to
:15:24. > :15:27.celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. More than a million people are expected
:15:27. > :15:30.to line the banks, bridges and parks along the river to see a
:15:30. > :15:40.flotilla of a 1000 ships, boats and other vessels. Philippa Thomas has
:15:40. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:45.This is how the organisers hope the Jubilee pageant will look. 1000
:15:45. > :15:48.boats and 20,000 people on the Thames, viewed by 1 million more on
:15:48. > :15:54.the riverbanks. It will be the biggest such gathering since the
:15:54. > :15:59.pageant for King Charles II in 1662, immortalised in this famous
:15:59. > :16:04.painting. But the River Thames today presents much more of a
:16:04. > :16:09.challenge. It is half as wide and twice as fast. To slow down the
:16:09. > :16:16.flow, they will be closing the Thames barrier. Instead of passing
:16:16. > :16:23.under a single span, the pageant will sail under 13 bridges. At
:16:23. > :16:27.2:30pm, the Queen and Prince embark on the barge. The church bells will
:16:27. > :16:34.start ringing on the floating Belfry leading the procession and
:16:34. > :16:40.then they will ring nationwide as the Queen, with Charles and Camilla,
:16:41. > :16:45.William and Harry and Kate at 3 o'clock. There will be live music
:16:45. > :16:49.to match London landmarks like the James Bond theme for MI6, before
:16:49. > :16:54.the vessels head past the Palace of Westminster, the London Eye, and
:16:54. > :16:58.with Dam Busters playing, the Royal Air Force Memorial. At 4:15pm, the
:16:58. > :17:01.royal barge will hold just downriver of Tower Bridge, where an
:17:01. > :17:06.hour or so later the National Anthem concludes a day filled with
:17:06. > :17:15.music. The sounds are just phenomenal, from Quaye is too big
:17:15. > :17:20.bands, orchestra's to traditional instruments. Performers like the
:17:20. > :17:24.jubilant Commonwealth choir have been rehearsing for months. Prince
:17:24. > :17:28.Charles has now tested one of the eight new bells cast for the
:17:28. > :17:32.occasion, each named for a senior member of the royal family. Behind
:17:32. > :17:38.the scenes, the security forces have tested dozens of scenarios for
:17:38. > :17:42.trouble on the day. There will be 5500 police officers on duty. All
:17:42. > :17:44.but three of the bridges will be closed to the general public and
:17:44. > :17:53.there will be strict security checks for those permitted to view
:17:53. > :17:57.the pageant from above. Our top story tonight: The Prime
:17:57. > :18:03.Minister says he will do what it takes to defend Britain from a
:18:03. > :18:10.eurozone crisis. He admits the UK economy is not beyond risk.
:18:10. > :18:15.And still to come, a royal handover for the Olympic torch in Athens.
:18:15. > :18:20.On BBC London: After investing �1 billion in Chelsea, will Raeburn
:18:20. > :18:24.Adamovic finally see them winning the Champions League? -- Roman
:18:24. > :18:31.Abramovich. And Adele his main songwriter of
:18:31. > :18:33.the year at the Ivor Novello awards. -- Adele is named.
:18:33. > :18:39.It is a challenging marine environment and it could hold the
:18:39. > :18:42.key to a new way of generating power. In the stormy waters off the
:18:42. > :18:46.Orkney Islands, scientists are testing a system for harnessing
:18:46. > :18:49.tidal power. The currents of the North coast of Scotland are some of
:18:49. > :18:57.the strongest in the world and in theory it should be possible to
:18:57. > :19:03.make use of them. From the air, the Orkney Islands
:19:03. > :19:13.looks serene. The waters below are placid. But these seize hold
:19:13. > :19:15.
:19:15. > :19:20.incredible power. We venture out in gale-force winds. Rough conditions.
:19:20. > :19:23.Some of them must be three metres. This well is heavy. The tides are
:19:23. > :19:29.among the fastest in the world. Ahead of us, a new invention to
:19:29. > :19:36.make use of all this energy. This animation shows what looks like a
:19:36. > :19:40.wind turbine on the seabed. Giant blades turning in the tide,
:19:40. > :19:45.generating electricity. The great attraction of tidal power is that
:19:45. > :19:48.it is completely predictable. Here, a massive current flows from the
:19:48. > :19:58.Atlantic through these islands to the North Sea and back again, add
:19:58. > :20:02.up to 10 mph every day. The trick is to harness that power from
:20:02. > :20:09.beneath the waves. The only way to see the turbine is by remote-
:20:09. > :20:13.controlled submarine. Carrying a camera into the murky waters. Down
:20:13. > :20:18.there, the vast machine spins gently, to slow to harm the fish,
:20:18. > :20:23.apparently, but fast enough to make electricity. It is sent to shore by
:20:23. > :20:27.cable. The plan is to install 10 devices next year, but you would
:20:27. > :20:35.need 1000 of them to produce enough power to serve the city of half a
:20:35. > :20:39.million homes. The machines have got to survive in half -- harsh
:20:40. > :20:43.conditions. It can perform on the seabed up to its maximum power and
:20:43. > :20:47.we believe it will be incredibly reliable. We have huge confidence
:20:47. > :20:55.that we will build these machines in the future. A dozen different
:20:55. > :20:59.technologies are being tried out. Tide and wave machines. But will
:20:59. > :21:03.any work on an industrial scale? This is a test site, but we have
:21:03. > :21:09.seen a big shift in recent times. Big industrial companies are taking
:21:09. > :21:13.an interest and investing hard cash into these projects. The energy
:21:13. > :21:20.flow and around our shores could be a major source of power. But it
:21:20. > :21:24.will take years of research to make it happen.
:21:24. > :21:28.New literacy tests are to be introduced for six to 14 year-olds
:21:28. > :21:32.in Wales in a bid to raise standards. The Welsh Government has
:21:32. > :21:36.set out a five-year plan including more teacher-training and more
:21:36. > :21:41.resources after inspectors raised concerns. Official assessments show
:21:41. > :21:45.that Wales lies behind Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
:21:45. > :21:50.-- lags behind. The Olympic flame has been passed
:21:50. > :21:56.over to Princess Anne at a ceremony in Athens. David Beckham and Boris
:21:56. > :22:00.Johnson, the Mayor of London, were also there. David?
:22:00. > :22:05.Greece has now given us the Olympic flame but for much of the afternoon
:22:05. > :22:09.here, I am afraid we gave them a real taste of British weather. It
:22:09. > :22:14.was tipping it down. After the flame was blown out last week, you
:22:14. > :22:19.started to wonder if it was a bad omen. Just as the torch was brought
:22:19. > :22:25.in, the sun came out and it dried up. The ceremony went off smoothly
:22:25. > :22:28.and the flame is now on its way. The Olympic flame had better get
:22:28. > :22:34.used to this. After a week in the Greek sunshine, the tort was given
:22:34. > :22:38.a rather damp send-off in Athens this afternoon. -- the torched.
:22:38. > :22:44.Despite that, the London 2012 delegation insists it will not
:22:45. > :22:49.dampen the impact of the flame's arrival in the UK. Handing over the
:22:49. > :22:53.Olympic flame, her Royal Highness Princess Anne. This is an amazing
:22:53. > :22:58.moment for us. Lighting the touchpaper of the 70 day fuse that
:22:58. > :23:02.is going to detonate with the great pyrotechnics of the opening
:23:02. > :23:05.ceremony. As the President of the British Olympic Association, the
:23:05. > :23:12.Princess Royal has been a central figure in the preparations for the
:23:12. > :23:17.London Games. What of caused by the Queen and other members of the
:23:17. > :23:20.royal family. -- watched of course. Princess Anne became the first
:23:20. > :23:25.member of the royal family to compete in the Olympics, as part of
:23:25. > :23:29.the three-day eventing team in Montreal. She is known as a fierce
:23:29. > :23:32.competitor, proud of a sporting heritage. I presume you would have
:23:33. > :23:37.loved to have competed in a home Olympics? I would have found it
:23:37. > :23:43.really difficult, I suspect, to do it at home. Much easier to have
:23:43. > :23:49.done it elsewhere. I would hate to be doing it now, I can tell you. It
:23:49. > :23:55.has got worse. Because of the pressure? I think so, for everybody.
:23:56. > :24:00.It would have been a couple of the athletes that had higher profiles
:24:00. > :24:05.before. Tomorrow the flames starts its journey back to the UK in
:24:05. > :24:10.British hands. After such a long wait, could this be the moment when
:24:10. > :24:13.the Olympics really take off? From here the flame has been taken to
:24:13. > :24:17.the British Embassy in Athens, where it will spend the night
:24:17. > :24:22.before tomorrow being loaded on to a special gold plane chartered by
:24:22. > :24:27.British Airways, which will fly into Cornwall. Then on to Land's
:24:27. > :24:33.End on Saturday for the start of its 70 date journey around the
:24:33. > :24:43.country. Although the relay has now started, we do not know who will
:24:43. > :24:44.
:24:44. > :24:49.like it in the Olympic Stadium on July 27th. -- set it alight.
:24:49. > :24:54.Donna Summer has died at the age of 63 after a battle of cancer. A
:24:54. > :24:59.multiple hits became the soundtrack for the 70s, defining an age of
:24:59. > :25:06.glitter, flashy clothes, and dance. We look back at her unique
:25:06. > :25:11.contribution to music. # It is so good.
:25:11. > :25:21.It was in 1977 the sound of the future. The synthesisers, Donna
:25:21. > :25:25.Summer's voice, it was the birth of electronic dance music.
:25:25. > :25:29.Donna Summer had grown up in Boston and then moved to Germany. It was
:25:29. > :25:33.there that she met Georgio Moroder, a music producer experimenting with
:25:33. > :25:43.synthesisers. Love To Love You Baby was for its time a more than
:25:43. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:49.receive. -- more than racy. Sexy, glamorous and good to dance to.
:25:49. > :25:54.became known as the Queen of disco. I think that it is one of the key
:25:54. > :25:59.records in electronic music and will always be recognised as such.
:25:59. > :26:06.She had 29 hit singles and today her family said she was a woman of
:26:06. > :26:09.many gifts, the greatest being her faith. Finding Christianity helped
:26:09. > :26:13.to recover from the pressures of fame during the disco era but it
:26:13. > :26:20.made her uncomfortable with some of her older songs. She denied
:26:20. > :26:24.allegations that she had made anti- gay comments, but the controversy
:26:24. > :26:33.affected her career. As the years went by, all was forgotten and the
:26:33. > :26:43.old songs were performed again. She was the Queen of disco.
:26:43. > :26:44.
:26:44. > :26:49.Donna Summer, who has died aged 63. This weekend we could be huddling
:26:49. > :26:55.around the Olympic torch. The cool field continues. There will be
:26:55. > :26:58.cloud across the UK overnight with some outbreaks of rain, especially
:26:58. > :27:03.dismal in central Scotland. Rain in northern England and Northern
:27:03. > :27:08.Ireland at times. Showers further South. Some clear spells in the far
:27:08. > :27:13.South. Temperatures in towns and cities stay in double figures here.
:27:13. > :27:20.Down to two in the far North of Scotland. Winds blowing. The some
:27:20. > :27:27.sunny spells but sunshine in short supply it with the breeze coming
:27:27. > :27:32.off the North Sea. In the far South, the cloud thickens and it becomes
:27:32. > :27:35.damp, misty along the South coast. Rain coming and going, and a
:27:35. > :27:41.greater risk of seeing interruptions to play in the
:27:41. > :27:45.cricket. Greater brightness developing in North Wales, but for
:27:45. > :27:51.South Eastern England and Scotland it is damp. Bright interludes in
:27:51. > :27:57.Northern Ireland, but generally it is cold with figures in single
:27:57. > :28:00.figures again. It is a cloudy day with rain in northern England and
:28:01. > :28:05.North Wales on Saturday. Some bright as in the South and with
:28:05. > :28:11.sunshine the temperatures could reach something like May. But
:28:11. > :28:14.further North, single figures again. That cold wind continues to blow on
:28:14. > :28:19.Sunday. Further rain across central, eastern and southern parts of
:28:19. > :28:24.England. Brighter skies further North with a bit of sunshine. It is
:28:24. > :28:27.hoped that the Olympic torch is windproof. You can keep up to date
:28:27. > :28:32.with its progress and the forecast online.
:28:32. > :28:36.Thank you. A reminder of the main news: The