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