:00:13. > :00:18.History in the making - the Queen shakes hands with Martin McGuinness.
:00:18. > :00:23.The monarch and the man who once fought the British - one simple
:00:23. > :00:27.gesture - a symbol of reconciliation. Good. It is a
:00:27. > :00:32.milestone in Northern Ireland's peace process.
:00:32. > :00:37.And it comes as thousands of well- wishers gather at Stormont to mark
:00:37. > :00:42.the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Also on tonight's programme:
:00:42. > :00:45.Barclays is caught rigging lending rates. It is fined nearly �300
:00:46. > :00:50.million. Two-year-old Jamie Heaton, the
:00:50. > :00:52.victim of the Oldham gas explosion. His death could become a murder
:00:53. > :00:56.enquiry. The most radical shake-up of
:00:56. > :00:59.Parliament in a generation. Controversy as the Lords Reform
:00:59. > :01:07.Bill is published. One month to go to the Games. High
:01:07. > :01:10.hopes for British medals as Tower Bridge gets the Olympic treatment.
:01:11. > :01:14.Coming up on the BBC News Channel: British success continues at
:01:14. > :01:24.Wimbledon. Heather Watson is the first British woman to reach the
:01:24. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:39.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six. The Queen has shaken
:01:39. > :01:44.hands with Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's Deputy First
:01:44. > :01:47.Minister, in what is being seen as a powerful symbol of reconciliation.
:01:47. > :01:51.Mr McGuinness was a former commander of the IRA. The Queen,
:01:51. > :01:55.who is in Belfast on a two-day trip to mark her Diamond Jubilee, was
:01:55. > :02:01.later greeted by thousands of well- wishers as she visited Stormont. In
:02:01. > :02:08.the first of tonight's reports, Nicholas Witchell looks at the
:02:08. > :02:11.handshake that's made history. Departing from Hillsborough Castle,
:02:11. > :02:16.a monarch who is the ultimate symbol of Britain's authority over
:02:16. > :02:22.the six counties which formed Northern Ireland when Ireland was
:02:22. > :02:26.partitioned way back in 1921. At the same time, arriving at a
:02:26. > :02:31.theatre in Belfast, a man who, for years, waged what the IRA called
:02:31. > :02:35.the armed struggle against the British Crown. But today, Martin
:02:35. > :02:38.McGuinness, formerly of the IRA and now Northern Ireland's Deputy First
:02:38. > :02:43.Minister, and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, came through
:02:43. > :02:46.the security cordons and all the injuries of the past for an
:02:46. > :02:50.unprecedented meeting. The first- hand shake had taken place in
:02:50. > :02:56.private. But then, from behind closed doors, the Queen emerged and
:02:56. > :03:00.there a few steps behind her was Martin McGuinness. She wore green,
:03:00. > :03:04.a colour appropriate to Ireland. He looked comfortable and made no
:03:04. > :03:08.attempt to avoid being seen in close proximity to the Queen. Quite
:03:08. > :03:14.the reverse, in fact. Microphones had been banned, so conversations
:03:14. > :03:18.couldn't be recorded. But the small-talk was all about art. The
:03:18. > :03:22.event was to view Irish portraits and pottery. At one point, Mr
:03:23. > :03:27.McGuinness seemed to want to talk to Prince Philip but Philip moved
:03:27. > :03:34.away. It shouldn't be forgotten that his uncle, Lord Mountbatten,
:03:34. > :03:39.was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979. Then, the departure and a farewell
:03:39. > :03:42.handshake in full view of the cameras. The Queen smiled warmly as
:03:42. > :03:47.she and Martin McGuinness held out their hands to each other. It was
:03:47. > :03:52.all over in moments and yet how much time has passed and how much
:03:52. > :03:56.pain has been endured to get to this point? Once the Queen had left,
:03:56. > :04:05.Martin McGuinness emerged. He had greeted the Queen initially in
:04:05. > :04:10.Irish. It had all apparently been cordial. Good. It went really well.
:04:10. > :04:14.I'm still a Republican. REPORTER: How was it to meet the
:04:14. > :04:20.Queen? Very nice. Just as the Republican Deputy First Minister
:04:20. > :04:24.was happy, so too was the Unionist First Minister. We have cast aside
:04:24. > :04:28.one of the taboos and it indicates the normality that's been created
:04:29. > :04:33.in Northern Ireland. Moments later, there was another reminder of how
:04:33. > :04:38.far Northern Ireland has come. The Queen met an elderly Ian Paisley,
:04:38. > :04:48.the hard-line Unionist who used to say "never" but then led the way to
:04:48. > :04:52.what the Province has become. nice to meet you. So finally to
:04:52. > :04:56.Stormont, once regarded as a symbol of Unionist supremacy, but a place
:04:56. > :05:01.where the Queen was greeted by crowds from both of Northern
:05:01. > :05:06.Ireland's communities. This visit will inevitably be remembered for
:05:06. > :05:09.the meeting with Martin McGuinness. But at every point over the past
:05:09. > :05:17.two days the Queen has seen a Northern Ireland in which it really
:05:17. > :05:23.can be said that the hatreds of the past have finally receded. What a
:05:23. > :05:28.journey it has been. For the Queen, whose Silver Jubilee visit in 1977,
:05:28. > :05:32.could only be done safely with the most massive security. A journey
:05:32. > :05:41.for Martin McGuinness, who fought against the British and who, today,
:05:41. > :05:44.shook hands with the Queen in a place where symbols matter. This is
:05:44. > :05:50.a substantial one. Today's historic encounter between the former IRA
:05:50. > :05:58.commander and the Queen would have been unthinkable a decade ago. But
:05:58. > :06:03.the Good Friday Agreement paved the way. Mark Simpson looks now at this
:06:03. > :06:09.latest milestone in the peace process.
:06:09. > :06:14.The changing face of Belfast. A paramilitary mural which has been
:06:14. > :06:18.here for decades is now going, a sign of the new era in the new
:06:18. > :06:24.Northern Ireland. There are still deep divisions in parts of the city.
:06:24. > :06:28.There are 40 walls which keep people apart like this one in East
:06:28. > :06:32.Belfast. On the largely Catholic side of the fence, people gave
:06:32. > :06:36.their views on Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness meeting the Queen.
:06:36. > :06:41.glad he met the Queen, really. There's a lot of people,
:06:41. > :06:45.Republicans, that really want to move forward, you know, and not
:06:45. > :06:52.carry going back in history. It is a good thing. I think he will be
:06:52. > :06:57.hated for doing it, like. Somebody has to do it. On the other side,
:06:57. > :07:01.most people are Unionist. Strong supporters of the Royal Family and
:07:01. > :07:05.big fans of the Queen. It is nice to see that he's interested in
:07:05. > :07:10.shaking her hand. You could get the better ones who wouldn't shake her
:07:10. > :07:15.hand at all. It's a good thing. It is good to see people moving
:07:15. > :07:25.forward. Everyone has to forget the past and move forward. Our country,
:07:25. > :07:25.
:07:25. > :07:34.our Queen, he shouldn't be here. The path to peace has been long and
:07:34. > :07:39.painful. More than 3,000 people were killed during 30 years of
:07:39. > :07:44.violence. An agreement has been reached... After the IRA and
:07:44. > :07:50.Loyalists called ceasefires, the politicians signed the Good Friday
:07:50. > :07:54.Agreement. Former enemies agreed to share power. They not only worked
:07:54. > :08:04.together, they even started to like each other. But not everyone signed
:08:04. > :08:07.
:08:07. > :08:12.up for peace. Dissident republicans have tried to reck the process. How
:08:12. > :08:17.big a threat do they really pose to peace? I don't think we are going
:08:17. > :08:21.back. I think we will probably have to deal with this type of activity
:08:21. > :08:24.for some time yet. What will be really important is how the
:08:24. > :08:30.community responds and reacts around all of this. Belfast used to
:08:30. > :08:35.be known as "bomb city". Not any more. It's full of new buildings
:08:35. > :08:40.and community relations are also being rebuilt. For most people, the
:08:40. > :08:45.future is much more important than the past. Evidence of that can be
:08:45. > :08:50.found by just looking around the city. Instead of a gunman on this
:08:50. > :08:58.wall, they are painting a sportsman. Step by step, Northern Ireland is
:08:58. > :09:02.edging towards a brighter future. Let's go live to Stormont and join
:09:03. > :09:08.Nicholas Witchell. What does all this say about the peace process
:09:08. > :09:16.now, today? I think, George, potentially this is significant as
:09:16. > :09:21.Peter Robinson said. It is another of the taboos cast aside. Ian
:09:21. > :09:25.Paisley sitting down working with Martin McGuinness, the Queen's
:09:25. > :09:27.transformative visit to the Republic of Ireland and now today,
:09:27. > :09:31.Martin McGuinness happily shaking hands with the Queen here in
:09:31. > :09:37.Northern Ireland. Of course, it will only be genuinely important
:09:37. > :09:41.for the peace process if Sinn Fein in particular can take its
:09:41. > :09:44.constituency with it. It's recognised that this meeting was
:09:44. > :09:49.inevitable. I was struck this morning, going up on to the Falls
:09:49. > :09:52.Road, speaking to a number of bystanders, I was struck by the
:09:52. > :09:57.level of support there was for this meeting to take place. Some people
:09:57. > :10:01.said, as you heard in that report, that Martin McGuinness will be
:10:01. > :10:05.hated for it. People recognise that it is the right thing to do. That
:10:05. > :10:10.is a sentiment that was echoed by a Catholic priest who has been
:10:10. > :10:15.involved in all of this. He said, "Emotionally, people may not like
:10:15. > :10:21.it but it is the right time to do it." So important and also
:10:21. > :10:25.significant in taking the reduction of distrust further. Thank you.
:10:25. > :10:29.Barclays has been fined nearly �300 million by British and American
:10:29. > :10:36.authorities after some of its traders were caught rigging the
:10:36. > :10:41.lending rate banks use to borrow money from each other.
:10:41. > :10:45.Robert Peston has the details. It's a scandal engulfing huge
:10:45. > :10:51.global banks. Many of them operating in the City of London.
:10:51. > :10:55.Today Barclays became the first to be punished paying �290 million in
:10:55. > :10:59.penalties, the largest-ever imposed by American and British Regulators.
:10:59. > :11:04.We view this conduct as extremely serious, as reflected in the level
:11:04. > :11:09.of the penalty which we have imposed on Barclays which is the
:11:09. > :11:13.highest penalty we have imposed on a firm for misconduct in the past.
:11:13. > :11:18.Barclays attempted to manipulate interest rates called lie bror.
:11:18. > :11:24.They are supposed to show the average -- LIBOR. They are supposed
:11:24. > :11:27.to show the average rates when banks are lending to each other.
:11:27. > :11:32.And the manipulation of these rates may also mean that the mortgage
:11:32. > :11:36.rates paid by millions of us weren't right. It is the basis that
:11:36. > :11:40.sets the rate on which we all borrow money. When we are borrowing
:11:41. > :11:46.money on anything we borrow, for our car, for our mortgage, the
:11:46. > :11:51.basis of that, the foundation rate on it is this LIBOR rate. One bit
:11:51. > :12:01.of the market influenced by these interest rates is worth �360
:12:01. > :12:05.trillion every year. So, a tiny change in these rates
:12:05. > :12:11.can be the difference between big profits or losses on huge deals for
:12:11. > :12:14.a bank like Barclays. That is why Barclays' traders had a powerful
:12:15. > :12:20.incentive to manipulate rates. Here is what Barclays' traders said in
:12:20. > :12:30.e-mails when their counter-parts at other banks asked them to rig the
:12:30. > :12:35.market. "Always happy to help" said one. "For you, anything." And "Done
:12:35. > :12:40.for you, big boy." Barclays is disciplining traders, but its top
:12:40. > :12:43.directors, led by Bob Diamond, weren't accused of wrongdoing
:12:43. > :12:53.although he and three others announced they won't be taking
:12:53. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:06.millions in bonuses this year. Mr A crumb of comfort for Barclays is
:13:06. > :13:09.that it won't be the last bank to face massive fines in this case.
:13:09. > :13:14.The regulator's statement makes clear that other banks were
:13:14. > :13:18.involved in this unprecedented attempt to rig a giant global
:13:18. > :13:22.market. Police have named the two-year-old
:13:22. > :13:24.boy who was killed in yesterday's gas explosion in Oldham. Jamie
:13:24. > :13:30.Heaton was watching television while his mother hung out the
:13:30. > :13:37.washing when the blast happened. Ed Thomas is at the scene now. Police
:13:37. > :13:40.say this could end up as a murder enquiry? Yes, George, this is
:13:40. > :13:44.because police believe Jamie Heaton's death is suspicious. They
:13:44. > :13:49.still want to speak to his next door neighbour about what happened
:13:49. > :13:51.before the explosion. Tonight, the family have spoken about the two-
:13:51. > :13:59.year-old. They said his life was full of laughter and that he
:13:59. > :14:04.touched the hearts of all who knew him. This whole area is now a crime
:14:04. > :14:08.scene. The explosion didn't just devastate the homes, it took the
:14:08. > :14:13.life of two-year-old Jamie Heaton. At the time of the blast, he was
:14:13. > :14:18.watching TV as his mother hung the washing up outside. Today, police
:14:18. > :14:23.told us the reason why his death is suspicious. We have had some
:14:23. > :14:26.reports, like yourselves, that there was a domestic disturbance.
:14:26. > :14:29.That domestic disturbance was not reported to the police so we didn't
:14:30. > :14:34.have officers who attended. That forms part of the investigation. We
:14:34. > :14:38.are treating it as a suspicious death and therefore homicide
:14:38. > :14:42.investigation has been undertaken. Police now want to speak to this
:14:42. > :14:46.man, Anthony Partington. He suffered serious burns and is
:14:46. > :14:50.unconscious in hospital. Before the blast, he lived here in the house
:14:50. > :14:54.on the right with his partner and five children. What I have heard
:14:54. > :15:01.is... This neighbour of the family didn't want to be identified but
:15:01. > :15:06.told us what happened the night before the explosion. They were
:15:06. > :15:10.shouting. Were police called? The police weren't called. The
:15:10. > :15:17.argument was round about 11.15pm. Then the explosion was the
:15:17. > :15:22.following morning 11.15am. When could people smell gas? Half an
:15:22. > :15:26.hour before. Jamie Heaton lived next door to Anthony Partington.
:15:27. > :15:35.The families weren't related. His death has devastated those who knew
:15:35. > :15:37.We can't imagine what they are going through. I spent sometime
:15:38. > :15:43.with them yesterday, being with them, praying with them and they
:15:43. > :15:45.have a lot of family support so our love and our prayers are with them.
:15:45. > :15:49.80 families are still wait to go return home here.
:15:49. > :15:54.REPORTER: Which is your house? This couple can see their house, but
:15:54. > :16:00.they are not allowed until police say it is safe.
:16:00. > :16:06.Nothing at all. I am standing in the clothes I wore yesterday
:16:06. > :16:11.morning to go to work m. Tonight flowers and toys have been
:16:11. > :16:15.left for Jamie Heaton, by people wanting to know what caused the
:16:15. > :16:19.explosion that killed him. And that investigation is moving on.
:16:19. > :16:23.Those in charge of the gas supply here, the National Grid says there
:16:23. > :16:26.was no leak from its main pipes while the people who have been left
:16:26. > :16:32.homeless in the explosion, the council says it will be weeks,
:16:32. > :16:37.rather than days, before they are Thank you very much.
:16:37. > :16:39.The time has gone 6.16pm. Our top story tonight:
:16:39. > :16:45.The Queen has shaken hands with Martin McGuiness, a former
:16:45. > :16:49.commander of the IRA. Coming up:
:16:49. > :16:52.She has done it. Victory for Heather Watson. She
:16:52. > :17:02.becomes the first British woman to make the third round of Wimbledon
:17:02. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:15.Barclays is fined �290 million. Google is set to launch its own
:17:15. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:18.computer to compete against Apple One of Britain's top sports
:17:18. > :17:24.officials has said for the first time that she believes Team GB will
:17:24. > :17:27.finish fourth at the London 2012 Olympics. It is one month until the
:17:27. > :17:32.start of the Games and the athletes are making their final preparations.
:17:32. > :17:39.So where will the medals come from? James Pearce is at the Olympic Park
:17:39. > :17:45.now. James. Gorge George, the Olympic Park is
:17:45. > :17:49.looking good. All we are lacking is a bill sunshine. Thousands are
:17:49. > :17:54.people are rehearsing for the opening ceremony. As for the bigger
:17:54. > :18:01.picture, these are upbeat predictions. If she is right, Team
:18:01. > :18:06.GB is on course to exceed what was an exceptional total of 47 medals
:18:06. > :18:10.won in Beijing. We don't have long to wait to find out, just one month
:18:10. > :18:14.to go and today, the Olympics came to the heart of London.
:18:14. > :18:19.The Olympic Rings hidden away underneath Tower Bridge ready to be
:18:20. > :18:29.unveiled to the world. So all aboard as we waited for the London
:18:30. > :18:31.
:18:31. > :18:34.mayor to signal them to be lowered. This is likely to be one of the
:18:34. > :18:39.iconic images of the Olympics, a must have photo for tourists in
:18:39. > :18:43.London. Elsewhere, most of the venues are finished, but what about
:18:43. > :18:48.Team GB's chances inside them? Tonight the most optimistic
:18:48. > :18:52.assessment from the woman in charge of funding our athletes.
:18:52. > :18:56.We have completed a review and having reflected on that and I am
:18:56. > :19:01.relieved to say that we are on track for that top four in the
:19:01. > :19:04.Olympic medal table and more medals across more sports than in Beijing.
:19:04. > :19:10.Mark Cavendish competes on the opening morning of the Games,
:19:10. > :19:15.hoping to win the first of many British cycling golds in London.
:19:15. > :19:21.I think road cycling and the Olympics, World Championships, for
:19:21. > :19:24.sure it is the, well, it is no longer a minor sport, it is a
:19:24. > :19:28.mainstream sport and we're dominating the world at it.
:19:28. > :19:33.Cycling is going to be key to Team GB's gold medal success, but the
:19:33. > :19:37.tally of eight in Beijing is unlikely to be matched. Rule
:19:37. > :19:42.changes limit British entrants make five a realistic target. Our
:19:42. > :19:46.sailors won four golds in Beijing, they would settle for a similar
:19:46. > :19:50.tally in London. Britain's rowers left China with two golds, they are
:19:50. > :19:57.aiming for more in 2012 and should win at least three.
:19:57. > :20:03.So other sports like triathlon, boxing and tae kwon do will be
:20:03. > :20:06.expected to step up to improve Team GB's tally and don't forget Rebecca
:20:06. > :20:11.Adlington. I want big British moments that
:20:11. > :20:15.inspire in the way that Daley Thompson and Steve Redgrave
:20:15. > :20:18.inspired the next generation, just give me big British moments that
:20:18. > :20:22.young people take into their formative years and I will be
:20:22. > :20:28.satisfied. One month to go and there is no
:20:28. > :20:31.mistaking that the Olympic Rings Behind me arriving now are the late
:20:31. > :20:34.arrivals, participants in the opening ceremony, going to
:20:35. > :20:38.tonight's rehearsal. You can be sure they won't be wearing the same
:20:38. > :20:42.clothes when you see them in a month's time, George.
:20:42. > :20:45.Thank you. Plans for the biggest shake up of
:20:45. > :20:48.the House of Lords in a generation have been unveiled by the coalition.
:20:48. > :20:52.It could mean that 80% of the Upper House is elected and a sharp
:20:52. > :21:00.reduction in the number of members. But as James Landale reports, the
:21:00. > :21:05.proposals face strong opposition Has the time come for the people
:21:05. > :21:08.who make law from these benches to be elected and not appointed? Will
:21:08. > :21:12.attempts to reform this House of Lords unleash a Parliamentary
:21:12. > :21:15.battedle that could divide and even break-up the coalition?
:21:15. > :21:19.David Cameron used to say "this was an issue for the future" today
:21:19. > :21:22.after a century of failed reform, the Prime Minister told MPs, it was
:21:22. > :21:27.time to make progress. There is a majority in this House
:21:27. > :21:31.for an elected House of Lords and I believe there is a majority for
:21:32. > :21:35.that in the country. But if those who support Lords reform don't get
:21:35. > :21:40.out there and back it, it won't happen.
:21:40. > :21:46.What are Mr Cameron and Nick Clegg proposing? A smaller House of Lords,
:21:46. > :21:54.cutting the 800 members down to just 450. 80% would be elected, 20%
:21:54. > :21:56.appointed and they would get a salary up to �45,000. And serve non
:21:57. > :22:01.renewable 15 year terms. Opinion polls suggest voters don't care,
:22:01. > :22:05.but as I discovered in Lordship Lane in South London, that's not
:22:05. > :22:09.true. It is about 100 years too late. I
:22:09. > :22:14.don't see why we can't be like any other democracy.
:22:14. > :22:18.I couldn't care a less. We don't need anymore elected
:22:18. > :22:21.politicians. We have a deficit and an EU and we
:22:21. > :22:24.are messing around with the House of Lords, it is ridiculous.
:22:24. > :22:28.There is cross party support for the principle of reform, the
:22:28. > :22:31.Cabinet is united, but there is huge opposition to this on all
:22:31. > :22:35.sides from those who think it is the wrong priority to those who
:22:35. > :22:39.fear an elected House of Lords here would threaten the power of the
:22:39. > :22:42.House of Commons down there. We brought together the
:22:42. > :22:44.Conservative minister who through up the reforms and a colleague who
:22:44. > :22:50.opposes them. The House of Lords has over 800
:22:50. > :22:54.members, 70% are party political appint yos -- appointees, if you
:22:54. > :22:57.are a party political person, it should be the public that decide if
:22:57. > :23:00.you get elected and make laws, not the leaders of your political
:23:00. > :23:04.partys. -- political parties.
:23:04. > :23:08.If you have 450 elected politician who have stood for election and
:23:08. > :23:12.have a mandate from the people they represent, they will want to flex
:23:12. > :23:16.their muscles in Parliament and that will completely change the
:23:16. > :23:21.balance between the two Houses. Labour supports reform, but it will
:23:21. > :23:24.join up with Tory rebels to delay the Bill's progress and push for a
:23:24. > :23:28.referendum. This is unfinished business. We
:23:28. > :23:32.want to seeted House of Lords properly reformed. The ball is in
:23:32. > :23:34.the Government's court. They have got to work with us to make sure we
:23:34. > :23:39.discuss the important things and ensure we have a better House of
:23:39. > :23:43.Lords than the one we have got. The Commons is in for a long haul,
:23:43. > :23:52.the only question is whether David Cameron is prepared to go as far as
:23:52. > :24:02.Nick Clegg wants him to. A man found guilty of posting a
:24:02. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:09.comment on Twitter in which he threatened to blow up Robin Hood.
:24:09. > :24:14.Daniel bircher joins us. Paul Chambers was convicted in 2010.
:24:14. > :24:20.An appeal failed. He appeared at court today flanked which celebrity
:24:21. > :24:26.supporters, Stephen Fry and Al Murray Who believe there are issues
:24:26. > :24:30.of freedom. His barrister said this joke was meant as a joke. It wasn't
:24:30. > :24:36.considered menacing and the law that was used was not intended when
:24:36. > :24:43.it was drafted to deal with platforms such as Twitter. The
:24:43. > :24:50.Crown Prosecution Service argued the charge should stand, a
:24:50. > :24:54.judgement has been reserved, but, the case can have ksh could have
:24:54. > :24:57.wider implications. Thank you.
:24:57. > :25:00.Tennis and Heather Watson will be the first British woman in the
:25:00. > :25:05.third round of Wimbledon for a decade following her straight sets
:25:05. > :25:12.win over American, Jamie Lee Hampton. Prince Charles paid a
:25:12. > :25:17.visit to the tournament and saw Roger Federer cruise past his
:25:17. > :25:20.americano American opponent. The home-grown treats can come
:25:20. > :25:23.rarely at Wimbledon so the crowds make the most of it, when the sun
:25:23. > :25:29.appears and even less common when a British woman makes it through to
:25:29. > :25:38.the third round. Heather Watson would be that woman. 20 years old,
:25:38. > :25:44.head phones in, but surely only hearing the warm roar of
:25:44. > :25:47.acclamation. Which she would repay on the opening point against her
:25:47. > :25:52.opponent. This was en route to winning the
:25:52. > :25:57.first set, 6-1. APPLAUSE
:25:57. > :26:01.Her second set was for of a match. But not that much more.
:26:01. > :26:05.Superb play. She is the first British woman
:26:05. > :26:10.through to the third round in ten years, that's a shocking gap, isn't
:26:10. > :26:16.it? Well, I didn't know it was that big. I can't speak right now, sorry.
:26:16. > :26:19.I'm just so pleased to get through that match. It wasn't easy.
:26:19. > :26:22.As Heather Watson was winning, so England's sporting establishment
:26:22. > :26:27.was hosting the country's ruling establishment, The Prince of Wales
:26:27. > :26:33.and the Duchess of Cornwall gliding into Wimbledon's heart.
:26:33. > :26:39.Switzerland, they say, doesn't have a monarchy, wrong. Roger Federer's
:26:39. > :26:46.reigned here six times so far. Today, he brushed aside Fabio
:26:46. > :26:51.Fognini like a non-existent fleck from his immaculate whites.
:26:51. > :26:58.APPLAUSE In the end, it got embarrassing.
:26:58. > :27:06.No one on the circuit has won more matches on grass than Roger Federer.
:27:06. > :27:10.What you can see behind me is grass and not covers. We had a three hour
:27:10. > :27:16.rain break this afternoon, everywhere, but the Centre Court.
:27:16. > :27:22.We are waiting to see whether the British number three Jamie Baker
:27:22. > :27:27.can claw his way back and when the Croatian is going to win through to
:27:27. > :27:33.face Andy Murray in round two Tim, thank you.
:27:33. > :27:37.It is time for the weather now with It is brightening up up nicy at
:27:37. > :27:42.Wimbledon. It will be another one of those warm and humid nights
:27:42. > :27:47.across the country. There will be some rain too as well. Some intense
:27:47. > :27:51.downpours later in the night. Let's look at the temperatures. These are
:27:51. > :27:57.the values we have been struggling to reach throughout June. It will
:27:57. > :28:00.be an uncomfortable night. We will continue to see outbreaks of rain.
:28:00. > :28:04.Elsewhere, there will be long, dry spells. In western areas in
:28:04. > :28:07.particular, we will see further pulses of rain. That could get
:28:07. > :28:11.heavy over Wales and Northern Ireland by morning. It doesn't stop
:28:11. > :28:14.there either. It will be a wet day for some tomorrow. Rain through
:28:14. > :28:18.much of the morning in Northern Ireland as this band spreads across
:28:19. > :28:22.Northern England and into Southern Scotland. Expect intense downpours
:28:22. > :28:26.during the afternoon. Further south, we should see things getting bright
:28:26. > :28:29.he were. Far from bright across Scotland. Dull and damp. Heavy rain
:28:29. > :28:32.across the central belt. It brightens up a touch in Northern
:28:32. > :28:38.Ireland. The rain across Northern England
:28:38. > :28:45.will be torrential in places. Again, the likelihood of flashes of
:28:45. > :28:49.lightening and rumbles of thunder. Brightening up iland. Some hazy
:28:49. > :28:54.sunshine, but one or two isolated downpours across central and
:28:54. > :28:58.Eastern England and it will be warm and humid here, 26 Celsius, but all
:28:58. > :29:01.change for Friday. The humid air has gone. A fresher feel. Strong
:29:01. > :29:05.winds blowing showers across all parts of the country. There will be
:29:05. > :29:09.some sunny spells and temperatures will reach 18 to 20 Celsius. That's
:29:09. > :29:13.how we go into the weekend. A cooler, fresher feel. Strong winds