:00:07. > :00:12.Two unarmed police officers are shot dead after attending a routine
:00:12. > :00:19.999 call. 32-year-old Fiona Bone and 23-year-
:00:19. > :00:24.old Nicola Hughes were responding to reports of a burglary. Clearly
:00:24. > :00:26.This is one of the darkest days in the history of Greater Manchester
:00:26. > :00:29.Police, if not the Police Service overall.
:00:29. > :00:35.The officers were killed in Mottram in Greater Manchester when a man
:00:35. > :00:39.attacked them with a gun and a grenade. I heard about ten gunshots
:00:39. > :00:42.and really, really loud gunshots, bang, bang, bang.
:00:42. > :00:45.Shortly after Dale Cregan handed himself into police, he's accused
:00:45. > :00:50.of luring the women to their deaths and has been arrested on suspicion
:00:50. > :00:52.of murder. This is the scene live. We'll bring
:00:52. > :00:57.you the latest on this developing story.
:00:57. > :00:59.Also on tonight's programme: Dancing for joy - William and Kate
:00:59. > :01:05.win their legal action preventing a French magazine from re-printing
:01:06. > :01:09.photos of her topless. The suspected arson attack that
:01:09. > :01:13.left three generations of one family dead.
:01:13. > :01:23.And inflation is down to 2.5%, but the bad news is it is expected to
:01:23. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:35.Kevin Pietersen makes his apology to Andrew Strauss, but he is left
:01:35. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:49.out of the squad to tour India this Good evening.
:01:49. > :01:52.Welcome to the BBC News at Six. Two police officers have been
:01:52. > :01:57.killed in greater Manchester after responding to what turned out to be
:01:57. > :02:01.a bogus 999 call. 32-year-old Fiona Bone and 23-year-old Nicola Hughes
:02:01. > :02:05.were attacked with a gun and a grenade outside a house in Mottram.
:02:05. > :02:10.Shortly after, a man handed himself into police. Dale Cregan, already a
:02:10. > :02:13.wanted man, is accused of luring the officers to their deaths. The
:02:13. > :02:16.Prime Minister paid tribute to the two women saying today was a
:02:16. > :02:21.shocking reminder of the debt owed to those who put themselves in
:02:21. > :02:24.danger. In a moment, we'll be looking at the daily risks faced by
:02:24. > :02:32.the police but first let's go live to the scene and join Danny Savage
:02:32. > :02:36.People in Mottram are milling around in disbelief. It is around
:02:36. > :02:40.the corner from the two officers were gunned down as they went to
:02:40. > :02:43.that bogus call earlier today. What happened today was described by the
:02:43. > :02:48.Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police as a dark day for
:02:48. > :02:53.policing. As everyone involved is trying to come to terms with
:02:53. > :02:58.today's shocking events. It was just before 11am when these
:02:58. > :03:03.two, unarmed police officers, Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes were called
:03:03. > :03:08.to an apparent burglary. It should have been a routine call. In fact,
:03:08. > :03:14.police say it was a bogus report. And believed they were lured here
:03:14. > :03:18.to the Mottram estate under deadly false pretences. I heard about ten
:03:19. > :03:24.gunshots and really, really loud gunshots, you know, bang, bang,
:03:24. > :03:28.bang, like that. About ten, maybe 11, quite close together and then
:03:28. > :03:33.after about 10 seconds after that there was a big bang like a real
:03:33. > :03:37.big explosion as if a bomb had gone off or something like that.
:03:37. > :03:42.We saw the police officers running up the road, there were four or
:03:42. > :03:47.five crying and shaking their heads. They were in shock obviously by
:03:47. > :03:50.that time. It was soon clear that both officers were dead. And
:03:50. > :03:54.Greater Manchester Police were dealing with the fact that two of
:03:54. > :03:58.their own had been murdered. belief either he made the call or
:03:58. > :04:03.he has got somebody else to make the call and it would appear, yes,
:04:03. > :04:09.for purposes of drawing these two officers to that particular scene
:04:09. > :04:15.and then he has come out and shot and killed them both. So certainly,
:04:16. > :04:19.it would appear to be he has deliberately done this in an act of
:04:19. > :04:24.cold-blooded murder. A short time after the shootings,
:04:24. > :04:28.this man, Dale Cregan, surrended himself at a local police station.
:04:29. > :04:33.He was a man they wanted to question for months for incidents
:04:33. > :04:40.like this where a hand grenade was thrown at a house in Greater
:04:40. > :04:47.Manchester. There was A �50,000 reward for information leading to
:04:47. > :04:52.his arrest. Police interest in Dale Cregan goes back to May this year
:04:52. > :04:57.when Mark Short was shot in a pub. His father, David Short condemned
:04:57. > :05:01.his son's killers as as cowards, but he was murdered in a gun and
:05:01. > :05:05.grenade attack in August. Detectives then said Dale Cregan
:05:05. > :05:10.was wanted in connection with both killings and Greater Manchester
:05:10. > :05:16.Police's biggest ever manhunt continued. Until today, when
:05:16. > :05:20.gunshots and an explosion were reported in Abbey Gardens in
:05:20. > :05:26.Mottram after which Dale Cregan was taken into custody. At the scene of
:05:26. > :05:30.today's police murders, the floral tributes are already being left. PC
:05:30. > :05:35.Fiona Bone was 32 years old. She was described today as a calm,
:05:35. > :05:40.gentle woman who was planning her wedding. 23-year-old PC Nicola
:05:40. > :05:44.Hughes was said to be a great bobby who was always smiling. And this
:05:44. > :05:51.evening a police force is in mourning, for two officers killed
:05:51. > :05:54.Now, remember the hunt for Dale Cregan, who police have been
:05:55. > :05:58.talking about at length today had been going on for sometime.
:05:58. > :06:03.Hundreds of officers and specialist units had been involved in that
:06:03. > :06:06.hunt. They are said to be shattered about what has happened today. As
:06:06. > :06:11.Greater Manchester Police try and take this inquiry on to establish
:06:11. > :06:16.what did happen here today and that sequence of events. Fiona.
:06:16. > :06:19.Danni, thank you. Today's deaths are believed to be
:06:19. > :06:23.the first time that two policewomen have been killed in the same
:06:23. > :06:26.incident anywhere in the UK. Our UK affairs correspondent Chris Buckler
:06:26. > :06:30.looks now at the daily dangers facing Britain's police officers.
:06:30. > :06:33.This is a force in mourning. But after the deaths of two of its
:06:33. > :06:38.officers, their colleagues are left with the difficult job of gathering
:06:38. > :06:42.the evidence of their murders. The women killed were unarmed, but they
:06:42. > :06:46.must have known the dangers. Not just of their profession, but also
:06:46. > :06:51.of the man who gave himself up after they were shot. Wanted
:06:51. > :06:55.posters for Dale Cregan and Anthony Wilkinson had been on billboards
:06:55. > :07:01.and police vans alongside the appeals was a huge reward for
:07:01. > :07:06.information leading to arrests. The �50,000 was put on display, an
:07:06. > :07:10.attempt to breakdown a wall of silence.
:07:10. > :07:14.In certain areas, there were armed police put on patrol in the days
:07:14. > :07:17.after the initial gun and grenade attacks. Tonight on this estate,
:07:17. > :07:22.again there are officers with guns, but police constables Nicola Hughes
:07:22. > :07:26.and Fiona Bone arrived here unarmed. It is a shocking reminder of what
:07:26. > :07:31.the police do on our behalf. There are more armed police officers.
:07:31. > :07:36.There are more armed response units, but this was supposed to be the
:07:36. > :07:38.response to a domestic domestic burglary and that wouldn't normally
:07:38. > :07:43.require armed officers. There is no sign that anything wrong was done.
:07:43. > :07:47.The only thing there was, was an act of shocking evil.
:07:47. > :07:54.Murder of police officers in England is rare and the deaths of
:07:54. > :08:04.officers unarmed on their duty duty always causes shock. The names of
:08:04. > :08:08.those who have died are remembered. Among them Yvonne Fletcher And Gary
:08:08. > :08:15.Tomms. The dozen of police victims are now
:08:15. > :08:22.joined by two more. We have been kept appraised by the force of all
:08:22. > :08:29.the events and of course, the campaign to bring these people to
:08:29. > :08:32.justice. We have continued to support GMP and we will continue to
:08:32. > :08:35.give that support. In Northern Ireland, the police carry guns. A
:08:35. > :08:41.recognition of the threat posed by paramilitaries and many more
:08:41. > :08:44.officers have been killed there than in the rest of the UK. But on
:08:44. > :08:48.certain estates in Manchester, the work -- there were concerns about
:08:48. > :08:51.guns and grenades. The police made that clear when they appealed for
:08:51. > :08:55.information about Dale Cregan and that raised questions about the
:08:55. > :09:05.circumstances of these deaths. The police are having to ask -- could
:09:05. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:12.more have been done to protect Our Home Editor Mark Easton is
:09:12. > :09:14.outside Greater Manchester Police Headquarters. The events today
:09:14. > :09:17.highlight the difficulty for the police of being sufficiently
:09:17. > :09:20.protected yet remaining close to the community they serve. That's
:09:20. > :09:23.right. We must remember this was a routine call on a sunny morning
:09:23. > :09:28.that became one of the blackest days ever in the history of Greater
:09:28. > :09:32.Manchester Police, but I think also of all the police services across
:09:32. > :09:36.the UK. But in responding to that, I know that the officers certainly
:09:37. > :09:41.here are determined that we don't lose sight of the principles that
:09:41. > :09:46.drive policing in this country. Principles indeed which are
:09:47. > :09:50.endescribed on the -- inscribed on the glass walls in Manchester. The
:09:50. > :09:54.principles of Robert Peel, the police are the public and the
:09:54. > :09:58.public are the police. I happen to know that the Chief Constable here
:09:58. > :10:03.in Manchester already has concerns that the regular wearing of stab
:10:03. > :10:08.vests and the carrying of Tasers can make his officers,
:10:08. > :10:11.neighbourhood officers appear militaristic and it feels that
:10:12. > :10:17.policing is imposed on communities rather than policing by consent. So
:10:17. > :10:21.I think that this evening while there is an understandable urge to
:10:21. > :10:27.ensure that this, the risk of this kind of incident of the officers
:10:27. > :10:31.safety is protected to the best of our possible degree. I think there
:10:31. > :10:34.is also concern that we don't lose sight of the greater principle of
:10:34. > :10:43.the relationship between the police officers themselves and the the
:10:43. > :10:45.communities they serve. A court in Paris has ruled that a
:10:45. > :10:51.French magazine cannot publish or sell pictures of the Duchess of
:10:51. > :10:58.Cambridge, sunbathing topless. The magazine has also been told to hand
:10:58. > :11:01.over all copies of the photos within 24 hours. The ruling is
:11:01. > :11:04.confined to publication in France, it does not affect use of the
:11:04. > :11:08.images elsewhere but the Duke and Duchess said they welcomed the
:11:08. > :11:12.judgement. Nicholas Witchell reports. They didn't look like a
:11:12. > :11:16.couple awaiting an important court judgement as magistrates in Paris
:11:16. > :11:22.finalised their ruling, William and Kate were relaxing on the final
:11:22. > :11:26.night of their tour on the South Pacific islands. After a difficult
:11:26. > :11:30.few days during which they felt affronted at the invasion of their
:11:30. > :11:34.privacy, they were about to have something important to celebrate.
:11:34. > :11:40.In Paris, lawyers acting on behalf of William and Kate had received
:11:40. > :11:45.the judgement. It is a good result said one of
:11:45. > :11:52.them. Under the terms of the injunction, future publication and
:11:52. > :11:56.resale of the photographs is banned. There will be a a 10,000 euro, an
:11:56. > :12:02.�8,000 fine for each breach of the injunction. All photos are to be
:12:02. > :12:07.handed over within 24 hours. There will be a 10,000 euro fine for each
:12:07. > :12:13.day of delay. William and Kate left the dinner to study the French
:12:13. > :12:16.judgement with their advisers. In a short statement, St James' Palace
:12:16. > :12:20.said they welcomed the court's decision. Although the judgement
:12:20. > :12:24.was against the French magazine which published the pictures,
:12:24. > :12:29.French media lawyers say that commercially the magazine has done
:12:30. > :12:36.well. Any magazine is going to make an economic analysis. They will say,
:12:36. > :12:41."OK, we will be sued. We will have to pay 10,000 or 20,000 or 30,000,
:12:41. > :12:46.but we will sell sell so many issues, we are better off getting
:12:46. > :12:54.sued and paying the damages.". Criminal prosecutors are expected
:12:54. > :12:58.to investigate what happened at the the villa where William and Kate
:12:59. > :13:04.were staying. There is a public road, but the road is approximately
:13:04. > :13:09.500 meters from the villa. As the court court said, the the couple
:13:09. > :13:12.could only have been observed by someone with a powerful lens.
:13:13. > :13:16.William and Kate are hoping that the French will bring a criminal
:13:16. > :13:20.prosecution, but for that to happen, the photographer has to be
:13:20. > :13:22.identified and of course, this legal action only applies to France.
:13:22. > :13:27.There is no suggestion that the couple are planning court action
:13:27. > :13:32.elsewhere. The whole incident has been a
:13:32. > :13:38.distraction from what otherwise has been a successful tour. Have
:13:38. > :13:42.lessons been learned? It is safe to say the couple realise only too
:13:42. > :13:47.painfully how unwise it was to lower their guard.
:13:47. > :13:51.There are certainly regrets over that felt by both of them and
:13:51. > :13:56.particularly by William who has a keen sense of wanting to protect
:13:56. > :13:59.his wife, but there is a determination that blatant
:13:59. > :14:09.invasions of privacy, will wherever possible, be challenged in the
:14:09. > :14:12.More than 2,000 students in Wales have had their GCSE English results
:14:12. > :14:15.upgraded. Of those, 1,200 pupils had their grades changed from a D
:14:15. > :14:20.to a C. The Welsh Government intervened after students were
:14:20. > :14:23.awarded lower grades than expected in August this year. The decision
:14:23. > :14:27.in Wales differs to that in England where ministers have refused to
:14:27. > :14:31.intervene. Three generations of the same
:14:31. > :14:34.family have died in a suspected arson attack in South Wales. Six-
:14:34. > :14:37.month-old Kimberley Buckley, her mother Kayleigh Buckley, who was 17,
:14:37. > :14:40.and grandmother Kim Buckley died after the fire broke out in the
:14:41. > :14:47.early hours of this morning. A 27- year-old man has been arrested on
:14:47. > :14:54.suspicion of arson and murder. From Cwmbran, Sian Lloyd reports. When
:14:54. > :14:58.fire crews arrived at this flat in Cwmbran in Newport it was already
:14:58. > :15:04.too late. Inside, firefighters found the bodies of three members
:15:04. > :15:08.of the same family. Grandmother Kim Buckley along with her daughter,
:15:09. > :15:12.17-year-old Kayleigh and her six- month-old baby daughter Kimberley.
:15:12. > :15:17.Neighbours say the little girl had been born prematurely and only
:15:17. > :15:20.arrived home from hospital yesterday. It is just really
:15:20. > :15:26.upsetting to think there was a young baby involved. To murder a
:15:26. > :15:29.person is bad, but there was three people including a baby which is
:15:29. > :15:33.shocking and very sad. Dozens of police officers and
:15:33. > :15:38.forensic teams are now on the scene trying to piece together what
:15:38. > :15:43.happened inside the flat. A 27- year-old man has been arrested on
:15:43. > :15:52.suspicion of murder. Police have praised local people for their
:15:52. > :15:56.The residents are close-knit and support each other and that was
:15:56. > :15:59.echoed by the fire service coming to the scene, where local
:15:59. > :16:04.neighbours were trying valiantly to enter the residents and save the
:16:04. > :16:08.night -- save the lives of the family. A tightly operated Gordon
:16:08. > :16:13.projects this cul-de-sac. Only people who live in the neighbouring
:16:13. > :16:20.properties are being allowed through. Tonight, relatives of the
:16:20. > :16:23.family have asked for privacy. And in a new development, Gwent
:16:23. > :16:27.Police has voluntarily referred the case to the Independent Police
:16:27. > :16:33.Complaints Commission. It emerged that officers had visited this
:16:33. > :16:38.property in the past. Tonight, people who knew them are leaving
:16:38. > :16:48.flowers to remember the three lives lost here. One of them which was so
:16:48. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:53.short lived. Our top story tonight, two unarmed
:16:53. > :16:56.police officers, Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, have been killed in
:16:56. > :17:01.Greater Manchester. A man is accused of luring them to their
:17:01. > :17:06.deaths with a bogus 999 call. Coming up, out in the cold, Kevin
:17:06. > :17:09.Pieterson is dropped from England's winter tour of India.
:17:09. > :17:15.And later on BBC London, had the capital's newest helipad could help
:17:15. > :17:25.save lives south of the river. And beating Hollywood to it, the
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:32.schoolchildren putting the hobbit on to the silver screen.
:17:32. > :17:37.Inflation fell slightly in August with the annual rate down from 2.6
:17:37. > :17:40.to 2.5%. Slower rises in the costs of furniture and household
:17:40. > :17:43.equipment are caught -- are thought to have contributed to the fall.
:17:43. > :17:50.There are fears that fuel prices and a bad harvest could put it up
:17:50. > :17:53.again. It is one guide to how well the
:17:53. > :17:58.economic machine is working, the speed at which prices are
:17:58. > :18:03.increasing. In Berkshire at the weekend's County Show, families
:18:03. > :18:09.enjoying the sunshine had used on that. The latest news is that
:18:09. > :18:15.inflation, cost-of-living increases, has been shipped back, measured by
:18:15. > :18:20.the Consumer Prices Index. The rate was 5.2% last September but had
:18:20. > :18:24.fallen to 2.5% by August. This couple were at the show with their
:18:24. > :18:30.young family. They say they cannot cope with the current rate of price
:18:30. > :18:32.increases. We are in a lucky position. I have a new job but we
:18:32. > :18:38.are financially sorted. We have seen the bills going up but really,
:18:38. > :18:43.we are all right. Even with lower inflation, prices are still rising.
:18:43. > :18:48.The family needs to watch what happens to the cash. When you do
:18:48. > :18:52.the weekly shop, it seems expensive. Try to come up with seven meals,
:18:52. > :18:58.but the time you get to the tail, you think you've done well and then
:18:58. > :19:05.you see the price, up, and yes, it is very expensive for. Michael is
:19:05. > :19:09.one of the show's organisers. He farms in Newbury. Preparing to sow
:19:09. > :19:14.the seed for the next crop, he has been watching global grain prices
:19:14. > :19:19.rising, partly because of USA drought. He believes this will
:19:19. > :19:25.eventually affect consumers here. It is not just five or �10 for a
:19:25. > :19:31.ton of weeks that we get extra. The prices have gone up by 30, 40, �50
:19:31. > :19:35.a tonne. That would have a big knock on effect. The price of grain
:19:35. > :19:39.and other agricultural products are always important to shoppers. But
:19:39. > :19:43.where it goes from here is particularly significant for policy
:19:43. > :19:47.makers, as they try to work out where inflation is heading.
:19:47. > :19:52.What happens in the farmyard and on world agricultural markets could
:19:52. > :19:55.have an impact on prices paid by shoppers, but there is no certainty
:19:55. > :20:02.of that. It is simply a warning that while inflation is falling and
:20:02. > :20:05.may come down further, there could yet be a change of direction.
:20:05. > :20:09.The government has denied there has been a change of policy in
:20:09. > :20:13.Afghanistan following a series of attacks on international forces by
:20:13. > :20:16.rogue Afghanistan soldiers. NATO was announced it is introducing
:20:16. > :20:20.tighter controls on joint operations with Afghan security
:20:20. > :20:26.forces. More than 50 NATO troops have been killed by Afghan soldiers
:20:26. > :20:30.this year including two this weekend.
:20:30. > :20:35.13 lives lost, almost as many injured. This was the aftermath of
:20:35. > :20:40.an attack on a minibus in Kabul by a 22-year-old female suicide bomber.
:20:40. > :20:44.The majority of the dead were South African. An insurgent group said
:20:44. > :20:48.the attack came in retaliation for the controversial and he is lamb
:20:48. > :20:51.film produced in America. Today, it emerged that NATO told forces in
:20:51. > :20:56.Afghanistan on Sunday to lower their profile during this time of
:20:56. > :21:00.increased tension. And seek clearance from a general before
:21:00. > :21:05.going on low-level operations with Afghan troops. The deaths on
:21:05. > :21:10.Saturday of two British soldiers, Gareth Thursby and Thomas Wroe,
:21:10. > :21:13.shot dead by an Afghan policemen, were the latest in a string of
:21:13. > :21:18.insider attacks by Afghan forces, increasing the pressure on NATO to
:21:18. > :21:22.do more to limit such casualties. Amid confusion over what the orders
:21:22. > :21:29.meant for British troops, the Defence Secretary was summoned to
:21:29. > :21:33.Parliament to explain. We have taken prudent and temporary
:21:33. > :21:38.measures to reduce our profile and vulnerability to civil measures and
:21:38. > :21:42.insider attacks. He insisted there was no stranger -- change in
:21:42. > :21:46.strategy but Paul Flynn, the Labour MP, was suspended from the chamber
:21:46. > :21:49.after a few Rafique -- after refusing to withdraw of this remark.
:21:49. > :21:54.Isn't this similar to the end of the First World War, when it was
:21:54. > :22:00.said that politicians lied and soldiers died, and the reality was,
:22:00. > :22:04.as it is now, that our brave soldiers are being led by
:22:04. > :22:09.ministerial donkeys? Some MPs questioned what was being achieved
:22:09. > :22:14.in Afghanistan. But the UK still has 9500 troops, although that will
:22:14. > :22:20.come down to 9000 by the end of the year. It has -- combat operations
:22:20. > :22:23.will be finished by 2014. The MoD insists that British soldiers will
:22:23. > :22:28.continue to work side by side with their Afghan counterparts,
:22:28. > :22:32.remaining central to NATO's strategy. But some fear that the
:22:32. > :22:38.Taliban's use of insider attacks is having an impact in forcing NATO to
:22:38. > :22:41.respond. Health campaigners and Wales are
:22:41. > :22:45.calling on the Welsh Government to rethink major cuts to hospital
:22:45. > :22:48.services which they believe could up -- could lead to lives being put
:22:48. > :22:52.at risk. The health board to put under pressure to balance the books
:22:52. > :22:59.following a reduced funding settlement. How will Griffith
:22:59. > :23:03.joined us from Flint. Tonight, more than 500 have marched
:23:03. > :23:07.to the centre of flint campaigning for the future of a small hospital,
:23:07. > :23:13.earmarked for closure. It is part of reforms happening across Wales
:23:13. > :23:19.to improve patient care and save money. In Wales, politicians take
:23:19. > :23:23.great pride in claiming the NHS as a Welsh invention. Launched by
:23:23. > :23:27.Aneurin Bevan, it is perhaps in his homeland that it faces its most
:23:27. > :23:31.critical problems. Wales has the oldest population in the UK, but it
:23:31. > :23:36.is also where health spending has been cut the most. Leading to
:23:36. > :23:40.difficult decisions. Yvonne Briscoe is a patient who has had to face
:23:40. > :23:45.her own tough decision. Refused funding and Wales for cancer drugs,
:23:45. > :23:49.she has decided to go over the border and spend �400 a month
:23:49. > :23:54.renting a flat in England. So that she can qualify for treatment at
:23:54. > :23:58.this hospital in Manchester. It is like a postcode lottery. Depending
:23:58. > :24:06.on where you live and whether you get a drug that might prolong your
:24:06. > :24:11.life. I find it is completely ridiculous. This year, the NHS
:24:11. > :24:15.budget was �5.5 billion in Wales but to cope with rising costs, �250
:24:15. > :24:17.million of savings are also needed, million of savings are also needed,
:24:17. > :24:21.and over four years, local health and over four years, local health
:24:21. > :24:24.boards need to find up to �1 billion worth of savings. I have
:24:24. > :24:30.given them as much money as I had been given. I only have so much
:24:30. > :24:34.money but as a government, we give over 40% of the government budget
:24:35. > :24:42.to the NHS. Reform in Wales will mean rationalisation and fewer
:24:42. > :24:46.small hospitals like this one. But leaders of -- doctors' leaders are
:24:46. > :24:50.concerned. Cuts are too fast, which means that patients cannot be
:24:50. > :24:54.sorted out when they are admitted. It also does not seem to have a
:24:54. > :24:58.proper strategic direction. Change is seldom possible -- seldom
:24:58. > :25:04.popular. Reforms in England will mean more competition but in Wales
:25:04. > :25:09.Benin been doing more with less. -- in Wales they me mean.
:25:09. > :25:13.Cricket, and Kevin Pieterson says he is disappointed to be left out
:25:13. > :25:17.of the Test squad for South Africa this winter. The ECB said there
:25:17. > :25:21.were still issues to be resolved over the test message dispute. The
:25:21. > :25:26.announcement was made as the 2020 tournament got underway in Sri
:25:26. > :25:30.Lanka. -- Twenty20. Look at Kevin Pieterson and what do
:25:30. > :25:34.you see? One of England's greatest- ever players or simply a disruptive
:25:34. > :25:38.influence? The simple truth is that he is not play for England now had
:25:38. > :25:43.he will not be on the next tour. Talent alone is apparently not
:25:43. > :25:49.enough. Yes, he is one of the best batsman in the world but it is not
:25:49. > :25:53.just about an individual, it is about 18. It is about a unit and if
:25:53. > :25:56.there are issues, they have to be cleared. A Kevin Pieterson said
:25:56. > :26:01.today that he is still available to play for England but it is not his
:26:01. > :26:04.decision. Right now, there is an England team in Sri Lanka preparing
:26:04. > :26:09.for the world Twenty20 competition and they're getting used to getting
:26:09. > :26:14.on without him. As much as everyone else can talk about it, we are
:26:14. > :26:18.purely focused on the dressing room. Myself, I'm just thinking about how
:26:18. > :26:21.I will score runs and focusing on what I'm doing. If I start worrying
:26:22. > :26:27.about people who were not here, it will put us in a bad position.
:26:28. > :26:30.Remember, England are the defending champions. Their victory two years
:26:30. > :26:34.ago was their first ever win in a global cricket tournament but
:26:34. > :26:39.remember, then, they did it with Kevin Pieterson, who was the man of
:26:39. > :26:44.the tournament. Andrew Strauss may recall that Kevin Pieterson's text
:26:44. > :26:48.message affair soured his final days as captain but English cricket
:26:48. > :26:53.is trying to move on without Andrew Strauss and that means moving on
:26:53. > :26:57.without Kevin Pieterson. Perhaps permanently.
:26:57. > :27:04.permanently. Weather: Is the sunny weather going
:27:04. > :27:11.to continue? For some of us, yes, few enough. --
:27:11. > :27:16.Fiona. The good news is that the sharp showers are fading away for
:27:16. > :27:19.most of us. The wind will fall lighter tonight, and it will be a
:27:19. > :27:22.chilly night. Still breezy at the moment and that will be driving
:27:22. > :27:26.showers into Lancashire and Cheshire and maybe into the north
:27:26. > :27:31.and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Away from that, the wind
:27:31. > :27:37.is falling light. It is quite a cold night. In major towns and
:27:37. > :27:42.cities, the temperatures will be in single figures. Quite chilly in
:27:42. > :27:45.rural spots. Some showers peppering the North and West of Scotland and
:27:45. > :27:51.may be into Northern Ireland but the east should have a lovely start.
:27:52. > :27:55.A bit fresher. Still few showers for Lancashire and Cheshire, may be
:27:55. > :27:59.drifting into the Midlands but the bulk of Wales and central and
:27:59. > :28:02.southern England, are enjoying a lovely start. Yes, it is a bit
:28:02. > :28:08.chilly at 89 degrees but there will be sunshine and it is not
:28:08. > :28:16.particularly windy. Through the day, there will be showers developing.
:28:16. > :28:19.Still the potential for a sharper showers. The best at -- the best
:28:19. > :28:23.chance for staying dry is in the southern counties of England.
:28:23. > :28:26.Temperatures on a par with today. All change as we look towards
:28:26. > :28:31.Thursday because the next weather system is heading our way. That is
:28:31. > :28:36.going to bring persistent rain into Northern Ireland, southern Scotland,
:28:36. > :28:41.northern England, and bought Wales. Underneath that band of rain, it
:28:41. > :28:48.will be a disappointing reign -- will be a disappointing reign --
:28:48. > :28:51.day. -- North Wales. A reminder of tonight's main news,