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:00:13. > :00:19.The business tycoon found guilty of stealing millions from his own

:00:19. > :00:25.company. Asil Nadir finally faces justice, the jury delivers verdicts

:00:25. > :00:28.on three charges of theft, nine more to go. A fall from grace. His

:00:28. > :00:32.London-based business empire collapsed and he fled the country

:00:32. > :00:37.19 years ago. Prince Philip believes hospital with a joke and a

:00:37. > :00:41.smile. Doctors tell him to rest -- leaves hospital.

:00:41. > :00:45.The search for the 4-year-old boy who fell into the water at Burnham-

:00:45. > :00:51.on-Sea yesterday is called off. is the worst possible thing. You

:00:51. > :01:01.just think about it. It is a terrible tragedy. Tributes to the

:01:01. > :01:04.

:01:04. > :01:08.top gun director, Tony Scott, after South Africa have won. No longer

:01:08. > :01:16.top of the world, England's cricketers lose the first Test to

:01:16. > :01:20.South Africa, and then number-one Coming up at 6:30pm, Manchester

:01:20. > :01:30.City are waiting to find out how long they will be without Sergio

:01:30. > :01:45.

:01:45. > :01:48.Aguero after injury against Asil Nadir, the businessman who ran

:01:48. > :01:53.the high profile Polly Peck empire in the 80s and early 90s, has been

:01:53. > :01:55.found guilty of theft. A jury at the Old Bailey has reached verdicts

:01:55. > :02:00.on three counts of stealing millions from his own companies,

:02:00. > :02:05.and has yet to make up its mind on a further nine counts. Asil Nadir

:02:05. > :02:10.was accused of fraud after the company collapsed 20 years ago. He

:02:10. > :02:18.fled the country but returned two years ago to face justice. Our

:02:18. > :02:26.Legal Correspondent is at the Old Bailey for us now. After a seven-

:02:26. > :02:32.month trial, as in the D-lock -- Asil Nadir stood motionless in the

:02:32. > :02:39.dock. A man who had extraordinary business success during the 1980s,

:02:39. > :02:43.has become a convicted criminal. Arriving at court this morning, at

:02:43. > :02:48.the end of an investigation and prosecution that has taken over 20

:02:48. > :02:53.years. Asil Nadir has been found guilty of stealing millions from

:02:53. > :02:58.the company he built. Polly Peck became Polly Peck International plc.

:02:58. > :03:05.In 1980 he paid nearly �300,000 for a stake in a small textiles company

:03:05. > :03:15.called Polly Peck. 10 years later, it had 200 subsidiaries worldwide,

:03:15. > :03:16.

:03:16. > :03:21.By 1990, Polly Peck was worth �2 billion. Things started to go wrong

:03:21. > :03:26.for Asil Nadir that year. The Serious Fraud Office raided both

:03:26. > :03:29.his and Polly Peck's offices in Mayfair. It was investigating

:03:30. > :03:34.allegations of insider trading. After the first raid, the share

:03:34. > :03:40.price collapsed. The company went into administration and in December

:03:40. > :03:45.1990, Asil Nadir was arrested. He was eventually charged with 13

:03:45. > :03:49.counts of theft, amounting to �34 million, from Polly Peck

:03:49. > :03:54.International. Today, the jury found him not guilty on one count,

:03:54. > :03:59.of stealing �2.5 million. But so far, it has found him guilty of the

:03:59. > :04:05.theft of �1.3 million used to support the Polly Peck's share

:04:05. > :04:09.price. �1 million used to buy antiques. And 3.2 5 million which

:04:09. > :04:13.went to multiple destinations and companies. The man who had

:04:13. > :04:20.everything, and epitomise the growth and success of a decade, has

:04:20. > :04:27.lost it all. Nine account still to go, what has

:04:27. > :04:31.been his defence? -- nine accounts. He never denied that he took after

:04:31. > :04:35.amount of cash from Polly Peck business accounts in London, but

:04:35. > :04:40.his defence was a simple one, but before any money went from London,

:04:40. > :04:43.he had put a similar amount of money into Polly Peck's bank

:04:43. > :04:48.accounts in northern Cyprus. So they could never have been any

:04:48. > :04:52.theft. He was saying, don't accuse me of taking �10 from the cash till

:04:52. > :04:57.when I have just put �10 in. In relation to those three counts on

:04:57. > :04:59.which she was found guilty, the jury simply didn't believe that.

:04:59. > :05:04.Tomorrow they continue their deliberations into the remaining

:05:04. > :05:07.nine counts. Thank you. The Duke of Edinburgh has left

:05:07. > :05:12.Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after spending five nights there. Prince

:05:12. > :05:16.Philip, who is 91, has been treated for the recurrence of a bladder

:05:16. > :05:21.infection. Doctors have said he should rest.

:05:21. > :05:26.This report contains some flash photography.

:05:26. > :05:31.Wondering, perhaps, why they had been quite such a fuss over a non-

:05:31. > :05:35.life-threatening condition, and with a spot of advice of his own.

:05:35. > :05:38.Behave yourselves, if you missed it. The Duke of Edinburgh thank some of

:05:38. > :05:43.the staff at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary who have looked after him

:05:43. > :05:48.since his admission last week, before heading off with a wave for

:05:48. > :05:53.the 50 mile drive to the Royal family's estate at Balmoral. It was

:05:53. > :05:56.during a short visit to Cowes on the Isle of Wight that doctors

:05:56. > :06:00.diagnosed a recurrence of the bladder infection that had

:06:00. > :06:05.hospitalised him in June. The Duke had appeared in good health at a

:06:05. > :06:07.garden party in Balmoral. He was told to rest while doctors at

:06:07. > :06:12.Aberdeen Royal Infirmary treated the affection with antibiotics.

:06:12. > :06:15.This was not a critical health scare. The rest of the Royal Family

:06:15. > :06:20.carried on with their holiday routine as normal, attending church

:06:20. > :06:24.yesterday. But it is the third time in eight months that the Duke has

:06:24. > :06:27.had to receive hospital treatment. The incident that was life

:06:27. > :06:32.threatening was two days before Christmas last year, when he was

:06:32. > :06:36.taken by helicopter to a hospital near Cambridge to be treated for a

:06:36. > :06:40.blocked coronary artery. On that occasion, the Queen and the

:06:40. > :06:45.couple's children were at his bedside within 24 hours. Today, the

:06:45. > :06:48.Duke has emerged after a short stay in hospital, returning this time to

:06:48. > :06:52.the one place where the Royal Family really can rest and

:06:52. > :06:55.recuperate, their estate at Balmoral. It will be there, amid

:06:55. > :06:59.the tranquillity of Royal Deeside, that the Duke will have a chance to

:06:59. > :07:02.rest. The last time he was hospitalised, engine, it was in the

:07:03. > :07:12.middle of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. -- in June. This time

:07:13. > :07:14.

:07:14. > :07:17.there will be a better opportunity A boy who slipped off the end of --

:07:17. > :07:22.the search for a boy who set off the end of a jetty in Somerset has

:07:22. > :07:25.been called off. His parents try to rescue him when he fell into the

:07:25. > :07:34.water yesterday but they could not reach him and they had to be pulled

:07:34. > :07:38.from the see themselves. Even as the dozens of rescue

:07:38. > :07:43.workers set off from here at 4 o'clock am this morning, they did

:07:43. > :07:50.so with heavy hearts, knowing the chances of finding the 4-year-old

:07:50. > :07:57.alive were already wrote. -- remote. Sure enough, the change was turned

:07:57. > :08:01.into a search for his body -- the search was turned into. The day at

:08:01. > :08:08.the seaside ended in tragedy, the little boys were put out to sea,

:08:08. > :08:13.now missing presumed drowned. Today, his family could only watch

:08:13. > :08:20.helplessly. Hovercrafts scoured the mud flaps. More than 50 personnel

:08:20. > :08:24.have been involved in this increasingly desperate operation.

:08:24. > :08:28.Because God, the police, and everybody involved in this,

:08:28. > :08:31.including the public, absolutely fantastic. My heart goes out to

:08:31. > :08:35.them, they have done a thoroughly recommended job and the couldn't

:08:35. > :08:40.wish for any more. The search began yesterday evening after Dylan's

:08:40. > :08:46.slip of the end of this jetty, he was immediately subject -- Dylan

:08:46. > :08:49.slipped off this jetty and was immediately submerged. They were

:08:50. > :08:56.frantically trying to swim but the current was really bad and they

:08:56. > :09:02.were drifting either way. The life ring was thrown into both of them

:09:02. > :09:07.and used to pull them out. The father was pulled onto the beach.

:09:07. > :09:12.The mother was pulled back on to the jetty. The waters in this area

:09:12. > :09:16.are notoriously treacherous. There are warning signs. Dylan's family

:09:16. > :09:20.were visiting from the Midlands and wouldn't have local knowledge.

:09:20. > :09:26.current that runs across this jetty is quite strong, up to four or five

:09:26. > :09:31.knots. The water is turbulent, it is impossible to see through it --

:09:31. > :09:37.the water is turgid. One of those involved probably rescue workers

:09:37. > :09:41.had been deeply affected. It is the worst possible thing. It is a

:09:41. > :09:45.terrible tragedy and it is in everyone's minds. Emotion shared by

:09:45. > :09:53.many who had been watching the search from the seafront. A search

:09:53. > :09:59.that appears to have ended in failure. The final search team

:10:00. > :10:07.returned about an hour and a half ago. Dylan's family are still here,

:10:07. > :10:12.A police in Leeds investigating a hit and run which left two children

:10:12. > :10:16.fighting for their lives have relieved -- released an image of

:10:17. > :10:22.the car they believed to have been involved. Sabah Saleem and her

:10:23. > :10:26.brother, Raham, were knocked down as they returned from a local shop.

:10:26. > :10:31.Police have appealed for anyone who recognises the Vauxhall Astra to

:10:31. > :10:34.come forward. A shop worker has been jailed for

:10:34. > :10:40.falsely trying to claim a million pound lottery prize which belonged

:10:40. > :10:50.to an elderly customer. Farrakh Nizzar told macs she had won

:10:50. > :10:50.

:10:50. > :11:00.nothing when she tried to claim the prize -- told macs -- told Maureen

:11:00. > :11:00.

:11:00. > :11:04.It is the stuff dreams are made of and the numbers came good for a

:11:04. > :11:07.great-grandmother in Oldham. But Maureen Holt and her husband Fred

:11:07. > :11:13.had no idea, and asked a shop worker to check their tickets. He

:11:13. > :11:23.lied and said it was worthless. am hurt because I thought he was

:11:23. > :11:28.our friend. He was so pleasant. To do that, it is unbelievable.

:11:28. > :11:32.were very disappointed. Farrakh Nizzar worked here. Inside he

:11:32. > :11:36.scanned the winning ticket and offered to put it in the bin. The

:11:36. > :11:44.truth is that the ticket was worth �1 million. Farrakh Nizzar wanted

:11:44. > :11:48.the jackpot all to himself. But Camelot became suspicious and

:11:48. > :11:55.discovered the ticket was actually bought here, using Maureen hold's

:11:55. > :12:00.loyalty card. But can't get it through my head, I can't believe it.

:12:00. > :12:05.But you have won? That is right. I wake up in the morning and think I

:12:05. > :12:11.am dreaming. It is a dream, isn't it? Today, Farrakh Nizzar, whose

:12:11. > :12:14.nickname was lucky, was jailed for 2 1/2 years. Maureen and Fred have

:12:14. > :12:20.finally got their cheques and say they will spend money on their

:12:20. > :12:22.children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

:12:22. > :12:26.Tributes to Tony Scott have been pouring in after the British

:12:26. > :12:30.Orritor was found dead last night. He had jumped off a bridge in Los

:12:30. > :12:34.Angeles -- the British director. Police are treating his death as

:12:34. > :12:42.suicide. Gradually from North Shields, he shot to fame with a

:12:42. > :12:46.string of blockbusters including Top Gun, Days Of Thunder and True

:12:46. > :12:49.Romance. Tony Scott was born in North

:12:49. > :12:59.Shields but made his name in Hollywood as one of the most

:12:59. > :13:01.

:13:01. > :13:05.You two characters are going to Top Gun. Directing and producing some

:13:05. > :13:12.of the household names, he had big blockbusting commercial hits. The

:13:12. > :13:16.biggest was Top Gun, in 1986, starring Tom Cruise. A classic film,

:13:16. > :13:24.which launched Tony Scott's career as a big money action movie

:13:24. > :13:27.director. He there was talk of a Top Gun II, bringing actor and

:13:27. > :13:33.director together again many years later. It was 1230 in the afternoon

:13:33. > :13:39.when Tony Scott came here, to the port of Los Angeles. A long way

:13:39. > :13:43.from his home in Beverly Hills. He drove on to the highest point of

:13:43. > :13:46.the bridge, stopped his car and climbed over the fence. Witnesses

:13:46. > :13:50.say he did not hesitate before throwing himself into the harbour

:13:50. > :13:54.below. It took police divers more than two-and-a-half hours to find

:13:54. > :14:01.his body. A note had been left in his car, another at his office. The

:14:01. > :14:05.coroner said there was nothing to suggest this wasn't a suicide. This

:14:05. > :14:09.was a teenage Tony Scott in his native north-east, starring in boy

:14:09. > :14:18.on a bicycle, one of the first movies filmed by his older brother,

:14:18. > :14:25.Ridley Scott, and even more well known Oscar-nominated director.

:14:25. > :14:29.Newcastle's historic Tyneside Cinema was built by the Scots'' s

:14:29. > :14:36.great uncle. They have a great association and a trained here

:14:36. > :14:39.before they went to London and Hollywood. Big connections with the

:14:39. > :14:45.north-east and the legacy for Tony is he is one of the great action

:14:45. > :14:51.directors of the last 30 years. well as directing blockbusters,

:14:51. > :14:54.reproduced prime-time American TV dramas and movies, -- he produced.

:14:54. > :14:58.Often in collaboration with his brother. Keira Knightley, who

:14:58. > :15:07.worked with him on Domino, said he was one of the most extraordinarily

:15:07. > :15:11.There were many tributes. He was at the top of his game, the master of

:15:11. > :15:18.his craft and it is very sad that the Academy Awards and the BAFTA

:15:18. > :15:23.awards don't really give awards to somebody who's a bit of a genius in

:15:23. > :15:33.his own lifetime. Tony Scott had twin sons with his third wife. The

:15:33. > :15:38.

:15:38. > :15:41.The time has just gone 6.15pm. Our top story tonight:

:15:41. > :15:46.Asil Nadir, the businessman who ran the high-profile Polly Peck empire

:15:46. > :15:50.in the '80s and early '90s, has been found guilty of theft.

:15:50. > :15:53.Coming up: It's back. Dallas, the show that

:15:53. > :16:03.gripped audiences around the world, returns to TV, but what brought JR

:16:03. > :16:05.

:16:05. > :16:11.out of retirement? Uh, money - always good to change your mind.

:16:11. > :16:15.Later on BBC London News, new rules to control street fundraisers, but

:16:15. > :16:21.will regulation make so-called chugers less persistent.

:16:21. > :16:25.And a look back on the birth of the Paralympics and how the Games have

:16:25. > :16:28.grown, all to come in 15 minutes. The wife of a high-ranking Chinese

:16:28. > :16:30.politician has been given a suspended death sentence for the

:16:30. > :16:33.murder of the British businessman Neil Heywood.

:16:33. > :16:40.Gu Kailai admitted poisoning him in a hotel room in Chongqing last

:16:40. > :16:43.November. Revelations of her role in the murder led to the downfall

:16:43. > :16:45.of her husband, who was once seen as a leading figure in the

:16:45. > :16:55.Communist Party. Our China correspondent Damian Grammaticus

:16:55. > :16:56.

:16:56. > :17:00.reports. The lawyers ran the gauntlet today. This has been

:17:00. > :17:04.China's most sensational case in decades - the murder of a British

:17:05. > :17:09.man by one of China's most powerful women. Gu Kailai's crime has

:17:09. > :17:13.already cost her husband, one of the Communist Party's most senior

:17:13. > :17:19.figures, his job and plunged the party into crisis. She's confessed

:17:19. > :17:22.to poisoning Neil Heywood. Today the judges confirmed her guilt.

:17:22. > :17:27.Usually that would mean execution, but she's powerful and well

:17:27. > :17:34.connected. The death penalty was suspended. The judges said she'd

:17:34. > :17:38.suffered a breakdown and wasn't in control of her actions.

:17:38. > :17:43.TRANSLATION: This verdict is just. It shows special respect for the

:17:43. > :17:46.law, reality and life. British Embassy officials looked on as an

:17:46. > :17:50.element of theatre tulle of this. The Communist Party controls the

:17:50. > :17:55.courts, decides the outcomes. The embassy gave the result a guarded

:17:55. > :17:59.welcome. Then, the lawyer representing Neil

:17:59. > :18:03.Heywood's family emerged. Excuse me. Is this a result that'll

:18:03. > :18:10.please the Neil Heywood family? "I don't know," he said. Neil Heywood

:18:10. > :18:15.was lives in China doing business trading on his connection to the

:18:15. > :18:23.powerful politician Bo Xilai making deals for Gu Kailai. The two fell

:18:23. > :18:27.out over a property venture. Neil Heywood demanded millions he'd been

:18:27. > :18:30.promised. She lured him here, got him drunk and poured cyanide

:18:30. > :18:34.hydrochloride into his mouth. What the trial didn't address were the

:18:34. > :18:37.most sensitive questions of the death. It triggered China's biggest

:18:37. > :18:41.political scandal in years because of the light it's thrown on

:18:41. > :18:45.corruption and abuse of power at the top of the Communist Party.

:18:45. > :18:52.Did her husband, Bo Xilai, have any link to the crime or the attempted

:18:52. > :18:58.cover-up? He's vanished, detained by the Party, held in secret while

:18:59. > :19:04.it decides what to do with him. He was hoping to join the ranks of

:19:04. > :19:09.these men, the top of the polit bureau who run China when new

:19:09. > :19:12.leaders are selected in the autumn, but they've cast him aside. Some

:19:13. > :19:17.here are outraged that Gu Kailai has escaped the death penalty. What

:19:17. > :19:22.the Communist Party wants is a tidy, quick end to this crisis to ensure

:19:22. > :19:25.nothing disrupts the coming leadership change.

:19:25. > :19:29.Striking workers at a mine in South Africa where 34 employees were shot

:19:29. > :19:31.dead last week have been given a further day to return to their jobs.

:19:32. > :19:35.Their employer, the British company LonMin, had said it would dismiss

:19:35. > :19:40.all those who failed to show up today, but has now extended the

:19:40. > :19:43.deadline after talks with unions. The owners of dangerous dogs which

:19:43. > :19:46.attack people will face tougher penalties from today. The new

:19:46. > :19:50.guidelines will mean the maximum prison sentence will be raised from

:19:50. > :19:54.12 to 18 months in England and Wales, and there could also be a

:19:54. > :20:03.lifetime ban on keeping dogs. Our UK affairs correspondent Chris

:20:03. > :20:07.Buckler reports. Dogs can be dangerous, and the

:20:07. > :20:11.responsibility is an owner's to ensure that people are kept safe.

:20:11. > :20:15.That's a message that judges are being told to reinforce from today

:20:15. > :20:20.through tougher sentences for people who keep banned breeds or

:20:20. > :20:25.let their pets injure or maim. John Paul Massey was just four years old

:20:25. > :20:29.when he was mauled to death by his uncle's pit bull terrier. Your life

:20:29. > :20:34.is one way. Within seconds you have lost everything. John Paul's mother

:20:34. > :20:38.believes more needs to be done to change the attitude of those who

:20:38. > :20:42.see these dogs as some sort of status symbol. A lot of people who

:20:42. > :20:47.have pets like we did don't want to recognise the danger because you

:20:47. > :20:50.don't think it's going to happen to you when it does. $people who have

:20:50. > :20:54.dangerous dogs, so therefore I don't think the tougher jail

:20:54. > :20:59.sentence is going to matter that much. According to the Government

:20:59. > :21:03.in England, there are over 200,000 attacks by dogs every year. The new

:21:03. > :21:07.sentencing guidance recommends up to 18 months in prison for anyone

:21:07. > :21:10.who allows their dog to injure someone in public. That's about a

:21:10. > :21:15.six-month increase on practising. The guidelines in England and Wales

:21:15. > :21:18.says owners who have banned dogs should be given up to six months in

:21:18. > :21:22.jail. With the vast increase in the numbers of offences coming before

:21:22. > :21:26.the court and more serious ones, there was an appetite for more

:21:26. > :21:30.serious sentence to be imposed. Dogs can be brutal. This police

:21:30. > :21:34.officer was one of five injured earlier this year as they tried to

:21:34. > :21:39.search a house in East London, and many owners say the way an animal

:21:39. > :21:46.is trained and treated will decide how it behaves. It depends on the

:21:46. > :21:51.dog, and mostly because of the - depends on the owner.

:21:51. > :21:55.He's amazing with the kids. There are people who would say, listen,

:21:55. > :22:02.you shouldn't have a dog unsupervised with kids. I don't

:22:02. > :22:07.have it unsupervised. I am there. Most pets will remain on their best

:22:07. > :22:09.behaviour, but their owners face a greater threat of jail if they

:22:09. > :22:12.don't. Cricket, and England have lost

:22:12. > :22:15.their ranking as the world's number one Test side after losing by 51

:22:15. > :22:18.runs in the third Test to South Africa. Andrew Strauss' side missed

:22:18. > :22:20.their target of 346 to win despite a valiant effort by Matt Prior,

:22:20. > :22:28.Jonathan Trott and Jonny Bairstow. Our sports correspondent James

:22:28. > :22:32.Pearce is at Lords for us. In the end, was it close, James?

:22:32. > :22:37.It was much closer than South Africa would have liked. It was a

:22:37. > :22:42.thrilling finish to what has been a truly outstanding series with the

:22:42. > :22:46.world's best two teams. No-one paid more than �20 to come in here today.

:22:46. > :22:50.They all had a bargain. For cricket fans, the Lord's bell provides one

:22:50. > :22:54.of the sounds of summer, but just as the season is drawing to a close,

:22:54. > :22:59.so, it seemed, was England's reigns a the world's best team. Two

:22:59. > :23:05.wickets down before the start of play, the hosts were always up

:23:05. > :23:10.against it. Edged - oh, he's got it on the second grab. Bell's early

:23:10. > :23:13.departure made the job even more difficult. Defeat, then, looked

:23:13. > :23:19.inevitable when some chaotic running cost England another wicket

:23:19. > :23:24.before they'd even reached 50. Taylor and Trott had already taken

:23:24. > :23:27.three. Taylor wanted a fourth. The result: a long walk back to the

:23:27. > :23:29.pavilion. That wasn't in the batting coaching's manual, but this

:23:29. > :23:34.was. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:23:34. > :23:39.That's gone a long way. England by this stage six Wecht wickets down

:23:39. > :23:44.took the only option available - they hit out. Even then, it looked

:23:44. > :23:48.to be a forlorn run chase when Stuart Broad was caught on a

:23:48. > :23:52.boundary and England still needed another 138 to win. Graeme Swann,

:23:52. > :24:00.though, had other ideas. The ball was being dispatched all over the

:24:00. > :24:06.ground, but England couldn't quite reach their target. Prior's was the

:24:06. > :24:12.ninth wicket to fall. Agony and ecstasy captured together in the

:24:12. > :24:18.stands. Moments later the South African celebrations could begin in

:24:19. > :24:22.earnest. They'd beaten England by 51 runs and won the series 2-0. A

:24:22. > :24:25.disappointing end for England. Couple of hours this afternoon, it

:24:25. > :24:30.really looked as though they could make history with the highest ever

:24:31. > :24:34.run chase here at Lord's, but now having lost that number one Test

:24:34. > :24:39.ranking they head to Sri Lanka next month hoping to hold on to

:24:39. > :24:42.something else - that's the Twenty/20 World Cup.

:24:42. > :24:44.Thank you very much. It was the hit of the '80s, the

:24:44. > :24:47.must-watch TV series with unforgettable characters like JR

:24:47. > :24:50.and his wife Sue Ellen. Now after 21 years, the all American soap

:24:50. > :24:53.Dallas is making a comeback. Many of the orginal cast - including

:24:54. > :24:57.Larry Hagman and Linda Gray - are returning for the new show. But can

:24:57. > :25:07.it win over a new generation of fans? Lizo Mzimba has been finding

:25:07. > :25:07.

:25:07. > :25:16.It was probably the biggest show of the 1980s. Now Dallas, together

:25:16. > :25:19.with its most famous star, is back. Larry Hagman's reasons - not unlike

:25:19. > :25:23.those that motivated J using himself... Money - always good to

:25:23. > :25:26.change your mind. Also, what made you think their

:25:26. > :25:31.approach with this was right for you so you wanted to be involved?

:25:31. > :25:35.Well, the thing was to integrate the children and make them

:25:35. > :25:44.acceptable and interesting, and that will be the main focus of it,

:25:44. > :25:47.I'm sure, eventually. It's part of TV history. The "Who shot JR" story

:25:48. > :25:52.line attracted an worldwide audience in excess of a hundred

:25:52. > :25:56.million. So for its new main star, the expectation to deliver is

:25:56. > :26:01.considerable. How much pressure do you feel? When I got the show, it

:26:01. > :26:05.was a - it was - I was excited, but I was also very intimidated knowing

:26:05. > :26:08.we're bringing back a show that was such a big deal and so well

:26:08. > :26:16.perceived, so I knew there was probably also a lot of expectation

:26:17. > :26:19.as to who was JR and Sue Ellen's son now? John Ross, I know I had

:26:19. > :26:28.made mistakes. Some are sceptical about the wisdom of bringing back

:26:28. > :26:30.such a well-loved show. The new version will inevitably be

:26:31. > :26:33.forensically compared with its former self and I am afraid will

:26:33. > :26:40.almost certainly be found wanting. That's the problem. It won't be as

:26:40. > :26:46.good as it used to be. Of course, ultimately, it will be the viewers

:26:46. > :26:50.who decide whether it really can attract a new audience of 21st

:26:50. > :26:59.century fans. I am sick to death of this family devouring itself over

:26:59. > :27:05.Time for the weather now. Not a bad day for most parts of the

:27:05. > :27:09.UK, but there have been one or two exceptions. Sunshine breaking over

:27:09. > :27:11.nicely across England and Wales, but clear spells mean it will turn

:27:11. > :27:16.misty overnight. We have had showers developing recently

:27:16. > :27:21.particularly across Scotland, where they're going to be thundery for a

:27:21. > :27:26.time. They should ease overnight, so most places ending up dry for

:27:26. > :27:29.the early hour of the morning. It's not autumn yet. Don't worry.

:27:30. > :27:33.Temperatures ending up in the mid teens most places. Muggy in the

:27:33. > :27:36.south-east. Tomorrow, showers get going across Scotland and Northern

:27:36. > :27:41.Ireland, western England and Wales as well. Further east, a better

:27:41. > :27:45.chance of staying dry, but disappointingly cloudy for a good

:27:45. > :27:48.part of the day. A good sharp shower across many parts of Wales,

:27:48. > :27:52.but you could manage to stay dry. You could catch a downpour across

:27:52. > :27:58.Northern Ireland and Scotland for the afternoon - enough to cause one

:27:58. > :28:01.or two problems. As we come further south we lose the heaviest of the

:28:01. > :28:05.showers. The odd sharp shower across north-west England. Come

:28:05. > :28:11.further south-east, you're back into the dry conditions again -

:28:11. > :28:19.almost dry. I can't rule out a spot or two of rain from the cloud in

:28:19. > :28:24.East Anglia - annoying rather than anything else. Temperatures

:28:24. > :28:29.struggling a bit under the cloud. One or two heavy showers in the

:28:29. > :28:33.north-west. Wednesday, the further north and west you are, a shower,

:28:33. > :28:38.the further north and east, more sunshine. Into Thursday, again,

:28:38. > :28:41.it's southern and eastern glears get the best of the deal in terms

:28:41. > :28:47.of sunshine, but notice rain beginning to gather in the west.