:00:06. > :00:11.George Osborne's deficit-busting plan under more pressure after a
:00:11. > :00:21.big jump in borrowing. The government went into the red in
:00:21. > :00:24.July. The deficit was �600 million - much more than expected.
:00:24. > :00:28.These are really serious figures and suggest that the central goal
:00:28. > :00:32.of George Osborne to reduce the deficit has not just not happen,
:00:32. > :00:36.but it's going the wrong way. this government is committed to the
:00:36. > :00:38.plan to deal with the debt responsibly and return the country
:00:38. > :00:42.to sustainable growth. Also on tonight's programme: Manchester
:00:42. > :00:50.police on the hunt for these two men after a teenage boy was raped
:00:50. > :00:56.Selling the NHS as a global brand - the plan to encourage hospitals in
:00:56. > :00:59.England to open branches abroad. The four-year-old lost at sea. His
:00:59. > :01:06.mother talks about her desperate attempt to save him, and why she
:01:06. > :01:11.wants the search to carry on. He's definitely coming back. I just
:01:11. > :01:21.don't want him to not come back at all. Britain's Paralympians put in
:01:21. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:26.some last minute training as they Coming up, the international future
:01:26. > :01:36.of Kevin Pietersen hangs in the balance after he is left out of the
:01:36. > :01:47.
:01:48. > :01:50.Good evening, and welcome to the BBC News at Six. There's further
:01:50. > :01:52.pressure on the Chancellor George Osborne tonight after new figures
:01:52. > :01:56.show a surprise increase in government borrowing this July.
:01:56. > :02:00.There was a deficit of �600 million at a time of year when it usually
:02:00. > :02:02.records a surplus. Critics, including Labour, say its further
:02:02. > :02:07.evidence that the government's economic policy is not working but
:02:07. > :02:17.the ministers say their deficit cutting plan is credible. Here's
:02:17. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:21.our chief economics correspondent, And the government's purses usually
:02:21. > :02:25.bulging in July with tax receipts flooding in, but this time �600
:02:25. > :02:29.million had to be run up on the nation's credit card and ministers
:02:29. > :02:34.talked of special factors and said there would be no change in policy.
:02:34. > :02:38.There is a story behind the figures, but we have to deal with our debts
:02:38. > :02:41.from this point and stick to the plan that has got Britain its
:02:41. > :02:46.international credibility. government story is that disruption
:02:46. > :02:49.to or oil and gas output hit tax payments by North Sea producers
:02:49. > :02:53.which was a major reason for worse than expected borrowing. Labour
:02:53. > :02:57.argued it added up to a major blow for the Chancellor's Budget plans,
:02:57. > :03:02.hoping for a return to growth and lower borrowing, he had delivered
:03:02. > :03:05.neither. These are very serious figures and suggest that the
:03:05. > :03:09.central goal of George Osborne, to reduce the deficit, has not just
:03:09. > :03:13.not happened, but it's going the wrong way. He is adding to the
:03:13. > :03:18.deficit. The borrowing figures are going higher and it is because he
:03:18. > :03:22.has driven us back into recession. What is the underlying story on the
:03:22. > :03:24.government finances? If you strip out special factors like the Royal
:03:24. > :03:30.Mail Pension Scheme it does not make happy reading for civil
:03:30. > :03:36.servants and ministers in there, the Treasury. Total government
:03:36. > :03:39.borrowing between April and July came to �45 billion, higher than
:03:39. > :03:48.the �36 billion borrowed over the same period last year. It may be
:03:48. > :03:51.hard to hit the forecast of 120 billion from the OBR. Last year's
:03:51. > :03:55.total of 125 billion was better than expected. The recession has
:03:55. > :03:58.dented tax revenues and made life harder for the Treasury. So will
:03:58. > :04:02.things get better for the Chancellor as he prepares for his
:04:02. > :04:06.next big financial statement in the autumn? It is early days yet and
:04:06. > :04:09.where only four months into the year so there is time for things to
:04:09. > :04:13.improve especially if the economic recovery picks up pace, but as
:04:13. > :04:18.things stand now, it doesn't look too good and the trend could in
:04:18. > :04:23.fact get worse. For the economic debate at Westminster and the
:04:23. > :04:27.Treasury's Budget sums, so much depends on a rapid and sustained
:04:27. > :04:31.return to growth. If there is a bounce back, the tax receipts will
:04:31. > :04:33.come in, but if not, the Chancellor could see his plans blown further
:04:34. > :04:39.off course. Well, our political correspondent,
:04:39. > :04:43.Iain Watson, is at Westminster for us. Iain, how much more pressure
:04:43. > :04:48.does this put on the Chancellor to change his economic strategy? It
:04:48. > :04:52.doesn't take the pressure off. next election will be about how the
:04:52. > :04:56.economy performs, and one official said to me that these were a gift
:04:56. > :05:00.to Labour and they themselves say that the policy is in tatters. But
:05:00. > :05:04.they would say that. What is more worrying is the pressure on the
:05:04. > :05:08.Chancellor inside the coalition. Conservative MPs say there is no
:05:08. > :05:11.plan to oust him from Number 11 but there is pressure for a policy
:05:11. > :05:16.change, especially from the right of the party who would like to see
:05:16. > :05:20.the Chancellor cutting taxes far more robustly, which might upset
:05:20. > :05:23.the Liberal-Democrats. The Treasury are saying not to get excited about
:05:23. > :05:27.one month of borrowing figures. They are still on track to reduce
:05:27. > :05:29.the country's debt but I am picking up jitters at Westminster and the
:05:29. > :05:37.government might not be able to reduce the deficit quite as quickly
:05:37. > :05:40.Police have released CCTV images of two men wanted in connection with
:05:40. > :05:42.the rape of a 14-year-old boy in Manchester city centre. The assault
:05:42. > :05:52.happened at the Debenhams department store. Our correspondent
:05:52. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:56.Chris Buckler is in the city centre now. Detectives say two men preyed
:05:56. > :06:00.upon this 14-year-old boy, taking advantage of his age and sexually
:06:00. > :06:06.assaulting him in the toilets of this store behind me. Devon's said
:06:06. > :06:09.they were shocked, as many people were -- and Debenhams said. This
:06:09. > :06:13.was two and a half months ago, but the police say the area would have
:06:13. > :06:15.been packed full of people and they need the public's help to find who
:06:15. > :06:20.was responsible. These are the men wanted for questioning in
:06:20. > :06:25.connection with the rape of a teenage boy. The pictures were
:06:26. > :06:28.taken from CCTV camera footage on a Saturday afternoon that the
:06:28. > :06:32.Fourteen-year-old was attacked. He was in the toilets in the Arndale
:06:32. > :06:36.Centre when he was approached by two men, threatened, and grabbed by
:06:36. > :06:40.the arm. They forced him to walk out of the centre and across the
:06:40. > :06:45.road into the near by Debenhams store. Upstairs, in the toilet, the
:06:45. > :06:49.boy was raped by one of the men. Astonishing, a 14-year-old being
:06:49. > :06:54.preyed upon in that way in a busy city centre when he should be
:06:54. > :07:00.enjoying life. It is stomach- turning. That ups the ante in terms
:07:00. > :07:02.of finding who these men are and bringing them into custody. This is
:07:03. > :07:05.one of the busiest streets in Manchester city centre,
:07:05. > :07:10.particularly on Saturdays. Detectives are convinced somebody
:07:10. > :07:14.will have seen the boy being marched through the store. Although
:07:14. > :07:18.it is now two months since he was attacked. In that time, a team of
:07:18. > :07:21.officers have been examining CCTV pictures and working with the
:07:21. > :07:27.victim. The police say the teenager has been absolutely devastated by
:07:27. > :07:31.what has happened to him. In the last couple of months the boy has
:07:31. > :07:34.been receiving help and also working with specialist officers.
:07:34. > :07:38.But there will be some surprise that a serious crime like this
:07:38. > :07:42.happened back on 2nd June and the details are only being made public
:07:42. > :07:47.now. Detectives say they have been working all that time on the
:07:47. > :07:50.investigation and have been working for forensic results and say it is
:07:50. > :07:55.important that people think back to the 2nd June and remember if they
:07:55. > :07:59.saw anything unusual in these streets to try to ensure no one
:07:59. > :08:01.else has attacked in the future by the same men.
:08:01. > :08:04.The pathologist who carried out the first post mortem examination of
:08:04. > :08:10.Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller who died during the G20 protests
:08:10. > :08:13.three years ago, has been deemed not fit to practise. Doctor Freddy
:08:13. > :08:16.Patel concluded that Mr Tomlinson had died of a heart attack, but
:08:16. > :08:24.further medical reports found he had died of internal bleeding after
:08:24. > :08:27.he was hit with a baton by a police A British man, who was reported
:08:27. > :08:31.missing by his family, was among four people killed in a fire at a
:08:31. > :08:40.night club in Thailand. 24-year-old Michael Tzouvanni had been on
:08:40. > :08:44.holiday in Phuket for ten days. The The President of Ecuador has told
:08:44. > :08:46.Britain that it would be suicidal, as he put it, to try to arrest the
:08:46. > :08:49.WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. Rafael Correa said removing Mr
:08:49. > :08:51.Assange from Ecuador's embassy in London, where he's taken refuge,
:08:51. > :09:01.would set a dangerous precedent allowing other countries to enter
:09:01. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:07.British diplomatic premises. The building in the eye of the
:09:07. > :09:12.storm, the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where Julian Assange has
:09:12. > :09:19.been holed up for nearly nine weeks after jumping police bail to avoid
:09:19. > :09:24.extradition to Sweden. The latest pictures from Ecuadorian TV give a
:09:24. > :09:28.glimpse of the restricted life inside. Some visitors, his Spanish
:09:28. > :09:32.lawyer here, but little access to the world outside, except
:09:32. > :09:36.indirectly by embassy staff, telephone and internet. It looks
:09:36. > :09:39.like this could be turning in to a long waiting game. The British
:09:40. > :09:44.government is hoping that Ecuador or Julian Assange himself will
:09:44. > :09:48.eventually get sick of being cooped up in the small embassy, but it
:09:48. > :09:51.could be that the British government to get fed up first, for
:09:51. > :09:56.paying for all of the policing and round-the-clock security in case he
:09:56. > :10:00.tries to escape. So both sides are ramping up the pressure. After
:10:00. > :10:04.Britain hinted it might lift the embassy's diplomatic immunity to
:10:04. > :10:11.send in police to arrest him, Ecuador was furious. Now the
:10:11. > :10:15.President has gone on TV to warn of Britain. It would be suicide for
:10:15. > :10:18.the United Kingdom to enter the Ecuadorian embassy. It would set a
:10:18. > :10:28.precedent that would allow UK diplomatic premises in other
:10:28. > :10:32.Now Ecuador is seeking support across Latin America. Countries
:10:32. > :10:39.have voted to meet this Friday for a meeting likely to criticise
:10:39. > :10:43.Britain further. Meanwhile, Julian Assange insists his concern is
:10:43. > :10:48.possible extradition to America. From the embassy balcony on Sunday
:10:48. > :10:54.he claimed he was the victim of a political witch-hunt. The United
:10:55. > :10:57.States must renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks. But in Sweden,
:10:57. > :11:06.the prosecutor's office today told the BBC that he must be extradited
:11:06. > :11:10.to face questioning their about sexual sold. Two opposing views
:11:10. > :11:13.with no easy solution -- about sexual assault.
:11:13. > :11:16.The bodies of three soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan in
:11:16. > :11:19.the past two weeks have been brought back to Britain. This
:11:19. > :11:29.afternoon, friends and relatives gathered for a private ceremony at
:11:29. > :11:32.
:11:32. > :11:35.Lieutenant Andrew Robert Chesterman of third Battalion the rifles was
:11:35. > :11:39.killed by enemy forces on August 9th. His father said his family
:11:39. > :11:46.were immensely proud of him and will carry him very dearly in their
:11:46. > :11:56.Lance-corporal Matthew Smith of the Royal Engineers was shot while
:11:56. > :12:01.
:12:01. > :12:02.trying to build a checkpoint on Guardsman Jamie Shadrake of the
:12:02. > :12:12.Reconnaissance Platoon, first Battalion Grenadier Guards died
:12:12. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :12:17.from gunshot wounds on Friday. His The mother of a four-year-old boy
:12:17. > :12:22.who disappeared after slipping off a jetty in Somerset has been
:12:22. > :12:24.speaking of her desperate attempts to save him. Dylan Cecil fell into
:12:24. > :12:34.the water at Burnham- on-Sea on Sunday. Search and rescue teams
:12:34. > :12:38.have failed to find any trace of A portrait of a happy family, Dylan
:12:38. > :12:43.Cecil with his parents, celebrating his 4th birthday. Today, a very
:12:43. > :12:47.different picture. The little boy has gone and the pain is unbearable.
:12:47. > :12:51.Dylan disappeared after being swept into the sea on Sunday evening. Any
:12:52. > :12:55.lingering hopes he might be found alive have been extinguished. This
:12:55. > :13:01.afternoon, his mother really have to the agonising moment when her
:13:01. > :13:06.child fell off this jetty into the water. He was literally not even
:13:06. > :13:09.one metre away from me. He was jumping, and he just slipped,
:13:09. > :13:16.basically and I watched him fall in and I jumped in straight after him.
:13:17. > :13:22.What more can I do? I knew as soon as I jumped in I wasn't getting him
:13:22. > :13:25.back. The spike the efforts of dozens of -- despite the efforts of
:13:25. > :13:28.dozens of search and rescue workers Dylan has not been recovered and
:13:28. > :13:33.the official search was called off yesterday, but his family say they
:13:33. > :13:37.cannot rest until he has been found. There is hope that people in
:13:37. > :13:40.Burnham-on-Sea and those on holiday will continue to help. I don't want
:13:40. > :13:45.anybody to stop looking. I want everybody to keep their eyes open,
:13:45. > :13:51.even if they have an inkling, just seeing anything, please telephone
:13:52. > :13:55.people, phone the police. I don't know. Dylan's disappearance has
:13:55. > :13:58.deeply moved many people who have been lining the seafront with
:13:58. > :14:08.tributes. His family say their kindness is helping them through
:14:08. > :14:09.
:14:10. > :14:12.Our top story tonight: In a blow to the Chancellor, new figures show a
:14:12. > :14:18.surprise increase in government borrowing this July. There was a
:14:18. > :14:22.deficit of �600 million. Coming up: No such thing as free banking. The
:14:22. > :14:30.consumer group Which? Says thousands of customers are paying
:14:30. > :14:34.hidden fees. Later in the business news, consumer groups find wild
:14:34. > :14:38.variations in the real cost of free bank accounts, and the boss of the
:14:38. > :14:44.company that runs tea mobile and Orange says he walled launched a
:14:44. > :14:47.another mobile phone brand by the High-profile NHS hospitals in
:14:47. > :14:49.England are to be encouraged by the Government to sell their services
:14:49. > :14:53.abroad by setting up profit-making clinics to help fund services in
:14:53. > :14:56.the UK. Investment would have to be drawn from hospitals' private UK
:14:56. > :15:06.work, but with profits ploughed back into the NHS. Our health
:15:06. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:16.correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys, Shining out to an audience of many
:15:16. > :15:20.millions worldwide, the Olympic Opening Ceremony gave the NHS star
:15:20. > :15:28.billing. Stardust the government hoped to sprinkle over hospital
:15:28. > :15:30.business plans and encouraging some to market private care overseas. In
:15:30. > :15:34.Dubai, one a just - one NHS hospital has been running a clinic
:15:34. > :15:39.for five years. Moorfields Eye Hospital was the first to set up a
:15:39. > :15:44.broad. The costs were paid bout of money earned from private patients
:15:44. > :15:49.in the UK. The profits in Dubai come back to the main Moorfields
:15:50. > :15:57.Eye Hospital. They will go towards building a new NHS hospital in the
:15:57. > :16:02.UK. But not many NHS trusts have got a highly specialised skills and
:16:02. > :16:08.international recognition needed to make money abroad. It is
:16:08. > :16:16.competitive, you can't expect to walk into a foreign country, set up
:16:16. > :16:21.shop and start to make large profits instantly. More fields
:16:21. > :16:25.hopes to expand its business in Dubai. This clinic made under
:16:26. > :16:31.�300,000 profit last year. Not much compared to the trust's overall
:16:31. > :16:34.budget. To reduce risks, most NHS hospitals looking abroad will not
:16:34. > :16:42.set up business alone. More commonly you will see them joining
:16:42. > :16:47.with partners who have commercial expertise and money to contribute
:16:47. > :16:51.to the project. So how much can NHS hospitals earned from private work?
:16:52. > :16:56.The limit in England is being gradually increased, leaving some
:16:56. > :17:00.campaigners to warn against relying on it too much at a time when the
:17:00. > :17:04.Health Service is having to find big savings. What we are concerned
:17:04. > :17:08.about is that there are a lot of hospital in real problems that will
:17:08. > :17:13.see this as a solution and they will chase the profits abroad at
:17:13. > :17:17.the cost of the patients at home. But only a few English hospitals
:17:17. > :17:22.like Great Ormond Street a world famous. The last Labour government
:17:22. > :17:26.encouraged some to earn money abroad to reinvest in the UK. Now
:17:26. > :17:31.the coalition wants to do the same. But it is not likely to make much
:17:31. > :17:35.impact on the bigger financial pressures facing the NHS.
:17:35. > :17:38.Two more men have been arrested by police trying to trace a driver who
:17:38. > :17:40.failed to stop after hitting two young children in Leeds on Saturday.
:17:40. > :17:44.Two-year-old Rahan Saleem and his sister Sabah, who's ten, were
:17:44. > :17:53.seriously injured in the accident. A 36-year-old man detained last
:17:54. > :18:02.night on suspicion of dangerous driving remains in custody. Ed
:18:02. > :18:07.Thomas is in Leeds. The children were run over close to
:18:07. > :18:10.where I'm standing now. It is just yards from their home and these
:18:10. > :18:15.three speed bumps. Tonight, detectives are questioning three
:18:15. > :18:19.men, two on suspicion of dangerous driving, one on suspicion of
:18:19. > :18:24.assisting an offender, as they try to work out who was driving this
:18:24. > :18:28.car. The family say she tried to protect
:18:28. > :18:36.her two-year-old brother. Moments before they were hit by the car.
:18:36. > :18:41.Both are in hospital. The girl is improving, but the boy is critical
:18:41. > :18:48.but stable. We are in so much pain at the moment. Today the children's
:18:49. > :18:58.aunt asked for people to pray for her niece and nephew. He had drunk
:18:59. > :18:59.
:18:59. > :19:06.his milk, eaten some food, walking around. But we can't say as much
:19:06. > :19:12.for her. She is still in intensive care. I hope and I pray that
:19:12. > :19:16.everyone will pray for her. They had been shopping here just minutes
:19:16. > :19:22.before they were run over. As they walked home, they were hit by a car
:19:22. > :19:25.that briefly stopped and then drove away. Police had used CCTV to track
:19:25. > :19:31.down this silver Vauxhall Astra. They also want to speak to this
:19:31. > :19:39.woman, who was seen walking nearby at the time. She was trying to
:19:39. > :19:45.protect her brother. This lady son was crossing the road with the
:19:45. > :19:51.children at the time, but was not hurt. He is physically OK. He is
:19:51. > :19:55.still in fear over what has happened. Tonight the family
:19:55. > :20:02.released this video of her in a red dress singing at a party. They hope
:20:02. > :20:06.she and her brother will soon be back home.
:20:06. > :20:10.Both children will stay in hospital tonight. Their mother and father
:20:10. > :20:14.are also with them. We've also seen police going to the local mosque to
:20:14. > :20:17.speak to people and reassure them about that investigation and also
:20:17. > :20:21.to try to get more in first -- information about what happened
:20:22. > :20:25.here. The Taliban in Afghanistan say they
:20:25. > :20:27.carried out a rocket attack that damaged a plane which had been used
:20:27. > :20:32.by America's top military commander, General Martin Dempsey. Shrapnel
:20:32. > :20:36.struck the aircraft on the runway at Bagram airbase. General Dempsey,
:20:36. > :20:39.who was not there at the time, later left on another plane.
:20:39. > :20:42.The British owners of a platinum mine in South Africa where 34
:20:42. > :20:46.striking miners were shot dead by police last week have dropped a
:20:46. > :20:51.threat to sack workers who don't return to work today. The firm,
:20:51. > :20:53.Lonmin, now says it wants to respect a period of mourning.
:20:53. > :20:56.Many bank customers are paying hundreds of pounds in hidden
:20:56. > :20:59.charges for their current accounts and free banking is a myth,
:20:59. > :21:02.according to the consumer group Which? The British Bankers'
:21:02. > :21:04.Association says most customers get can get free banking if they avoid
:21:04. > :21:14.going overdrawn. Our personal finance correspondent, Simon
:21:14. > :21:22.
:21:22. > :21:26.Free banking is part of British life, but which ones that it is not
:21:26. > :21:32.only totally free, but the banks want to bring in regular charges
:21:32. > :21:35.for all current account add to their profits. Banks try to cloud
:21:35. > :21:40.us with this myth that the services they are offering are free. That is
:21:40. > :21:44.not true, everybody is paying one way or another. Which picks out
:21:44. > :21:47.some extreme examples of banks making money from current accounts.
:21:47. > :21:54.Up to �900 a year with one for regularly going into the red
:21:54. > :21:58.without permission. A possible �185 for unauthorised overdraft and as
:21:58. > :22:02.much as �63 because interest rates are so low and from charges for
:22:02. > :22:06.withdrawing cash abroad. I don't approve of bank charges normally.
:22:06. > :22:09.If you're in the red, it might be reasonable, but normal bank
:22:09. > :22:15.charging for everyday events I don't agree with. Her I know some
:22:15. > :22:19.people that have been overdrawn and they get charged �10 a day. They
:22:19. > :22:23.are not ordering an awful lot for you. Most of my banking is on the
:22:23. > :22:27.telephone and I do the rest online. Her but the scandal which has
:22:27. > :22:32.sullied the reputation of banks, the mis-selling of BPRI, is being
:22:32. > :22:38.blamed partly on free banking. Top regulator law Turner said last
:22:38. > :22:42.month it prompted banks to look for excess profits elsewhere. This is
:22:42. > :22:47.not a sound basis for a long-term trust-based relationship between a
:22:47. > :22:51.competitive banking system and its customers. So how could they charge
:22:51. > :22:55.you more? Banks could impose monthly charge of a few pounds on
:22:55. > :22:59.all their current account customers what they could charge a few pence
:22:59. > :23:03.every time you use your debit card to buy something. That would do
:23:03. > :23:07.away with free banking as we know it. But what is protecting
:23:07. > :23:12.customers is that none of the main banking names want to be the first
:23:12. > :23:17.to step out of line and make such an unpopular move. Face a free
:23:17. > :23:21.banking is alive and well. -- they say. Her the decision whether to
:23:21. > :23:25.charge is entirely down to the individual bank. You can certainly
:23:25. > :23:29.get free banking at the moment and most customers do just by keeping
:23:29. > :23:33.their account in from credit. Marks & Spencer could signal the
:23:33. > :23:41.future. It is launching a current account this autumn only for those
:23:41. > :23:44.willing to pay �15 a month. Kevin Peterson has been left her to
:23:44. > :23:49.the England squads for the World Twenty20 tournament and one-day
:23:49. > :23:54.series against South Africa. It comes as his future involvement in
:23:54. > :23:57.the national set-up remains unclear after sending what he accepted were
:23:57. > :24:01.provocative text messages that criticised captain Andrew Strauss
:24:01. > :24:06.and other England players. Are you ready for another bout of
:24:06. > :24:08.sporting fever? In just over a week, the Paralympic Games will begin and
:24:08. > :24:11.hopes are high that our Paralympians will surpass their
:24:11. > :24:14.medal haul from Beijing four years ago. Tickets are nearly all sold,
:24:14. > :24:24.and around the country the athletes are completing their final
:24:24. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:33.It is another gold for British cycling! It is a stage where
:24:33. > :24:39.sporting dreams are made. The birthplace for global stars and
:24:39. > :24:44.four British heroes. A wonderful moment for David Weir! So who will
:24:44. > :24:49.be the face of this year's Paralympics? Kanji bring it all the
:24:49. > :24:54.way? Yes! Four years ago, it was Ellie Simmonds, at just 13. A
:24:54. > :24:57.double gold medallist of up an hour the grand old age of 17, she is
:24:57. > :25:01.training in Manchester with the rest of the swimmers hoping to turn
:25:01. > :25:05.home advantage into yet more glory. How I'm just looking forward to
:25:05. > :25:09.going out by the ball and getting behind the start line and hearing
:25:09. > :25:13.the massive crowd supporting us. It is a bit scary as well knowing that
:25:13. > :25:19.all of these people are watching you. I think it will be a good
:25:19. > :25:23.thing. The pressure on Britain's Paralympians has never been greater.
:25:23. > :25:28.In Beijing for a won 102 medals, more than twice as many as their
:25:28. > :25:31.Olympic counterparts. But in London they are expecting even more. Their
:25:31. > :25:36.they are expecting even more. Their target is to go at least one better,
:25:36. > :25:39.103 medals, with the swimmers expected to deliver the most, a
:25:39. > :25:44.minimum of 40. The athletics team have a target of 17 medals, with
:25:44. > :25:49.have a target of 17 medals, with the cyclists are expecting at least
:25:49. > :25:52.15. It adds up to expect -- ambitious goal. We have been second
:25:52. > :25:57.on the middle target for the next three games. We are confident we
:25:57. > :26:02.can hold that position. But we are not complacent around the pack that
:26:02. > :26:06.are chasing us. Her 10 sports, including the visually impaired by
:26:06. > :26:11.footballers, are at a training camp in Bath. Nearly �50 million has
:26:11. > :26:15.been spent on the preparations. Karen Butler is at her fourth games
:26:15. > :26:20.but has never had a better shot at goal. Her my previous games, we
:26:20. > :26:25.were lucky if we had a physios with us once or twice a year. Now she is
:26:25. > :26:29.with us once a month. The funding and the support we have had will
:26:29. > :26:32.make a big difference. Her but this is the ultimate target. After all
:26:32. > :26:38.the Olympic success, it is now up to Britain's Paralympians to
:26:38. > :26:41.conjure more of those golden conjure more of those golden
:26:41. > :26:45.moments. Let's get the weather.
:26:45. > :26:50.Fingers crossed we will get better weather for the Paralympics and it
:26:50. > :26:54.is going downhill later this week. In the short term as we have seen
:26:54. > :26:57.heavy showers today from Scotland and down through Yorkshire into the
:26:57. > :27:01.Midlands and central and southern England. Those showers will ease,
:27:01. > :27:05.but not die out altogether this evening. They will keep going
:27:05. > :27:08.across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and some western fringes of
:27:08. > :27:12.England and Wales. Clearer spells developing further east.
:27:12. > :27:16.Temperatures down to 14 or 15 Celsius by the end of the night,
:27:16. > :27:20.and a bit of a breeze as well. The best of the dry weather and early
:27:20. > :27:24.sunshine across eastern parts of England, down through the Midlands
:27:24. > :27:29.as well. Hanging on to some reasonable sunshine here. A
:27:29. > :27:32.scattering of showers breaking out, not as heavy today across Wales,
:27:32. > :27:36.but maybe a sharp one in Northern Ireland in the afternoon. The
:27:36. > :27:41.breeze will be pushed the share was through quicker. Light winds across
:27:41. > :27:46.northern Scotland so any shower will linger for a while. Many parts
:27:46. > :27:49.of north-east Scotland will end up with a dry afternoon. Sharp showers
:27:49. > :27:53.might pop up across northern England and parts of the UK
:27:53. > :27:57.Midlands, but with that breeze, it will push for the show was through
:27:57. > :28:03.quickly. Many southern counties of England will probably miss most of
:28:03. > :28:07.the showers. Most southern counties will end up with a largely dry day.
:28:07. > :28:11.Temperatures about where they should be for this time of year. On
:28:11. > :28:15.Thursday, there will still be some dry and bright weather to be found,
:28:15. > :28:20.but not across Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland and north-west
:28:20. > :28:23.England. Cloudy skies with outbreaks of rain. The reason for
:28:23. > :28:29.the rain pushing in is this big area of low pressure and that set
:28:29. > :28:32.the scene for the end of the week. the scene for the end of the week.
:28:32. > :28:36.It means we will see outbreaks of rain, but winds and a bit cooler as
:28:36. > :28:40.well. A reminder of the main news.
:28:40. > :28:45.In a blow to the Chancellor, new figures showed a surprise increase
:28:45. > :28:49.in government borrowing this July. There was a deficit of �600 million.