:00:07. > :00:12.In court: The man charged with the murders of the two police officers
:00:12. > :00:17.killed this week. Dale Cregan was taken to court amid high-security
:00:17. > :00:20.in a convoy of police vehicles. As he stood in the dock, armed
:00:20. > :00:25.officers stood guard both inside and outside the building.
:00:25. > :00:29.There have been more tributes to PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes as
:00:29. > :00:32.the investigation at the scene goes on. Dale Cregan is also charged
:00:32. > :00:36.with two other murders and four attempted murders. We will bring
:00:36. > :00:40.you the latest. Also tonight: The Government
:00:40. > :00:44.Minister forced to apologise. Andrew Mitchell is accused of
:00:44. > :00:49.calling a police officer "a pleb". What he did was not appropriate. It
:00:49. > :00:53.was wrong and it is right that he has apologised. He's apologised to
:00:53. > :00:57.me and, much more importantly, thoroughly to the police.
:00:57. > :01:06.Violence across Pakistan as thousands protest against an anti-
:01:06. > :01:11.Islam film made in America. And it's been home to some of the
:01:11. > :01:16.world's biggest performers - now EMI is set to be taken over.
:01:16. > :01:26.Coming up in Sportsday: Laura Robson makes history as Britain's
:01:26. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:43.first player through to the final Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:01:43. > :01:47.News at Six. The man charged with the murder of two police officers
:01:47. > :01:53.in Greater Manchester has appeared in court amid a huge security
:01:53. > :01:58.operation. Dale Cregan was taken to Manchester City Magistrates in a
:01:58. > :02:01.convoy of police vehicles. As well as the murders of PCs Fiona Bone
:02:01. > :02:06.and Nicola Hughes, he has been charged with the murders of father
:02:06. > :02:13.and son, David and Mark Short, who were killed earlier this year, and
:02:13. > :02:19.with four attempted murders. Let's get more from Danny Savage.
:02:19. > :02:24.You really only have to come here to realise the profound effect the
:02:24. > :02:28.week's events have had here. There are more than 1,000 bouquets of
:02:28. > :02:34.flowers here. This is happening on the same day that the man accused
:02:34. > :02:40.of being responsible for what happened here appeared in court.
:02:40. > :02:44.It was just before 8.00am when a police convoy carrying Dale Cregan
:02:44. > :02:48.swept through the streets of Manchester. This was a high-
:02:48. > :02:53.security operation involving many armed officers, rarely seen on the
:02:53. > :02:56.streets of Britain. Once the convoy was in the underground car park of
:02:57. > :03:01.the Magistrates' Court, they stood guard outside. The pedestrian
:03:01. > :03:05.entrance to the court was watched by armed response vehicles. The
:03:05. > :03:13.family and friends of some of those Cregan is accused of killing even
:03:13. > :03:18.had a police escort to the door. At 10.00am, Dale Cregan, who only has
:03:18. > :03:22.one eye and has grown a beard, was brought into Court 16. He was
:03:22. > :03:26.flanked by policemen who kept their hands tucked into the top of their
:03:26. > :03:30.body armour. As armed officers in the courtroom looked on, the
:03:30. > :03:35.charges were read out. Cregan is accused of murdering four people.
:03:35. > :03:41.In May, Mark Short was found dead at a pub called the Cotton Tree.
:03:41. > :03:46.Three months later, he is also accused of killing David Short who
:03:46. > :03:50.died in a gun and grenade attack. Cregan is charged with killing PCs
:03:50. > :03:56.Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes earlier this week. They both died
:03:56. > :04:01.of gunshot wounds. Additionally, Dale Cregan faces four counts of
:04:01. > :04:05.attempted murder. As the court hearing took place, forensics work
:04:05. > :04:08.continued at the scene of Tuesday's killings. The Prime Minister was in
:04:08. > :04:12.Manchester today for a private meeting with the policewomen's
:04:12. > :04:16.families and talked about what had happened here. It is right that we
:04:16. > :04:19.praise the work that they did and remember all that they have done.
:04:19. > :04:23.It is also important that the Government makes sure that it is
:04:23. > :04:28.doing everything it can to help the Greater Manchester Police Force
:04:28. > :04:30.tackle organised crime and gang- related violence. The Prime
:04:31. > :04:35.Minister also said the whole country has been shocked by the
:04:35. > :04:40.deaths of the two officers. Tens of thousands of people have left
:04:40. > :04:45.tributes to them online where friends and familys have also
:04:45. > :04:50.posted photos. After today's brief court appearance, the man accused
:04:50. > :04:56.of killing them was taken away. The armed convoy taking Dale Cregan,
:04:56. > :05:00.who was remanded in custody, back to Strangeways Prison. Let's join
:05:00. > :05:06.Danny Savage now. A second court appearance by Dale Cregan is
:05:06. > :05:10.expected on Monday? Yes, Dale Cregan will stay in prison for the
:05:10. > :05:13.foreseeable future whilst this legal process takes place. His next
:05:13. > :05:16.court appearance is on Monday morning at Manchester Crown Court.
:05:16. > :05:21.There will be a repeat of the security operation of today when
:05:21. > :05:25.that takes place. A 28-year-old man, who was arrested earlier this week
:05:25. > :05:28.on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, has been in custody for a
:05:28. > :05:33.couple of days - police have released him without charge this
:05:33. > :05:37.evening. Thank you.
:05:37. > :05:41.The Government's Chief Whip has apologised for insulting a police
:05:41. > :05:45.officer in Downing Street. Reports say Andrew Mitchell called a
:05:45. > :05:50.Constable "a pleb" when he was stopped from cycling out through
:05:50. > :05:53.the main gate. Mr Mitchell denies that. Carole Walker joins us from
:05:53. > :05:58.the Downing Street gates now. This is very bad timing and Mr Mitchell
:05:58. > :06:01.has only just been promoted? Yes, that's right. Andrew Mitchell has
:06:01. > :06:05.admitted he did not treat the police with the respect they
:06:05. > :06:08.deserve, although he disputes some of the accounts of what has
:06:08. > :06:14.happened here. Labour say his behaviour was disgraceful and are
:06:14. > :06:18.demanding a full explanation. Andrew Mitchell is used to wheeling
:06:18. > :06:22.his way around Westminster and the man newly-promoted to take charge
:06:22. > :06:25.of party discipline did not take kindly when told to toe the line by
:06:25. > :06:29.police in Downing Street. On Wednesday night his attempt to take
:06:29. > :06:34.his bicycle out through the main vehicle was thwarted when police
:06:34. > :06:43.insisted he use a smaller, pedestrian gate alongside it. What
:06:43. > :06:49.happened next is disputed. The Sun has described an outburst at one of
:06:49. > :06:53.the policemen. The BBC understands the officer from Scotland Yard's
:06:53. > :06:55.Diplomatic Protection Group has told the Police Federation the
:06:56. > :06:58.Sun's account is accurate. The Prime Minister did not hide his
:06:58. > :07:05.anger. What Andrew Mitchell said and what he did was not appropriate.
:07:05. > :07:10.It was wrong. It is right that he's apologised. He's apologised to me.
:07:10. > :07:14.But he's apologised to the police and that needs to be done. As the
:07:14. > :07:19.former Minister for International Development, he did much to shed
:07:19. > :07:23.his old image. The millionaire former investment banker, educated
:07:23. > :07:27.in Cambridge, had a tough reputation. But police
:07:27. > :07:30.representatives say he has shown a particular lack of sensitivity in
:07:30. > :07:34.the week two policewomen were killed. Mr Mitchell should resign
:07:34. > :07:39.from office. It is clear to me, from the reports we have seen in
:07:39. > :07:43.the Sun newspaper today, and from speaking to officers that I
:07:43. > :07:48.represent, that his comments were totally inappropriate. Today Mr
:07:48. > :07:53.Mitchell was nowhere to be seen in his constituency. Local people were
:07:53. > :07:56.not impressed. You can't swear at people like that. They were only
:07:56. > :08:00.doing their job. He has a lot of influence over people. He shouldn't
:08:00. > :08:06.be acting that way at all. should have known better. I think
:08:06. > :08:09.it will put a lot of people off him. Andrew Mitchell has apologised
:08:10. > :08:15.profusely to the police officer concerned and to the Prime Minister.
:08:15. > :08:19.But even some in his own party are questioning whether he can survive.
:08:19. > :08:22.Some Conservative MPs think that the whole thing is really very
:08:22. > :08:25.damaging indeed for the party. I understand that Boris Johnson, the
:08:25. > :08:30.Mayor of London, who in the past has said that anyone who swears at
:08:30. > :08:35.a police officer should be arrested, is deeply unimpressed by what he's
:08:35. > :08:40.heard. But for now, the Prime Minister has accepted Andrew
:08:40. > :08:44.Mitchell's apology and Mr Mitchell remains in his job.
:08:44. > :08:49.At least 15 people have been killed in Pakistan as violence has erupted
:08:49. > :08:52.in parts of the country during protests against an anti-Islamic
:08:52. > :08:56.amateur film made in America. Thousands of people have taken to
:08:57. > :09:03.the streets and buildings have been burnt down in Peshawar, including
:09:03. > :09:12.an Anglican church. There were protests in Bangladesh, Indonesia,
:09:12. > :09:16.Lebanon and Iraq. Venting their fury on a cinema in
:09:16. > :09:22.Peshawar. The government billed this as a day of love for the
:09:22. > :09:25.Prophet Mohammed. It quickly became a day of rage. Pakistan's
:09:25. > :09:30.commercial capital, Karachi, was closed for business, like the rest
:09:30. > :09:36.of the country. Here too the protests turned violent. Police
:09:36. > :09:39.cars set alight on the road to the American Consulate.
:09:40. > :09:46.TRANSLATION: We want to show the world that all Muslims are united
:09:46. > :09:53.about this. We are ready to die for the Prophet Mohammed. President
:09:53. > :09:58.Obama had hoped to avoid all this with an ad broadcast on Pakistani
:09:58. > :10:02.TV condemning the video and emphasising America's commitment to
:10:02. > :10:08.religious tolerance. We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious
:10:08. > :10:16.beliefs of others. But on the streets of Islamabad, this was the
:10:16. > :10:24.response. "American dogs" they chanted. Then they tried to push
:10:24. > :10:29.forward towards the high-security diplomatic quarter. Trouble has
:10:29. > :10:33.broken out here within the last few minutes. Police have opened fire in
:10:33. > :10:37.this direction towards protesters who managed to come through the
:10:37. > :10:42.barricade. For the second day running, they have attempted to
:10:42. > :10:47.reach the US Embassy, which is just up the road. For hours, a battle
:10:47. > :10:51.raged. For many here, the amateurish video that insulted
:10:51. > :10:58.their Prophet Mohammed is an intolerable personal affront. They
:10:58. > :11:05.were ready to risk life and limb to make their protest. Up ahead,
:11:05. > :11:11.keeping watch, we found Pakistan de facto Interior Minister. He
:11:11. > :11:14.defended the Government's decision to make today a public holiday.
:11:14. > :11:21.Imagine, if school were opened, shops were open, the transport was
:11:21. > :11:26.on the road, who could have handled it? At least the police has got
:11:26. > :11:31.only one confrontation to handle all these protesters. But many may
:11:31. > :11:36.say that decision backfired badly. By evening, riot police were
:11:36. > :11:42.stoning the protesters and still holding them back from the US
:11:42. > :11:45.Embassy. Now it's been home to some of
:11:45. > :11:49.Britain's biggest music acts, including The Beatles, Queen, Kylie
:11:49. > :11:53.Minogue. They have all come under the EMI umbrella. Now the company
:11:53. > :11:57.is set to be taken over by Universal Music. There were fears
:11:57. > :12:05.the merged group would be too dominant but the takeover has been
:12:05. > :12:10.given the go-ahead by European and US regulators, but on the condition
:12:10. > :12:15.that some of the biggest bands are not included in the deal.
:12:15. > :12:25.It's one of the world's biggest record companies. Kylie Minogue is
:12:25. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:31.an EMI artist. The Sex Pistols were on EMI - it didn't work out. And so
:12:31. > :12:36.were The Beatles. It is that near priceless back catalogue that most
:12:36. > :12:43.attracted Universal. The most exciting aspect of this deal will
:12:43. > :12:48.be that they now own The Beatles, The Beach Boys and the Rolling
:12:48. > :12:53.Stones' catalogue. EMI's a company with a long history. It was founded
:12:53. > :12:57.in 1897. Its famous recording studios opened in 1931. This is
:12:57. > :13:02.where The Beatles made their records in the 1960s and '70s. In
:13:02. > :13:09.an age when sales of recorded music from a company's back catalogue are
:13:09. > :13:13.overtaking sales of new music, that heritage, that history is one of
:13:13. > :13:18.EMI's greatest assets. The fans still gather outside the studios
:13:18. > :13:24.and on the pedestrian crossing made famous by the cover of The Beatles
:13:24. > :13:31.Abbey Road album. They are buying fewer CDs. The ones they are buying
:13:31. > :13:37.tend to be old recordings. The deal comes at a price. The stake in Mute
:13:37. > :13:42.Records must be sold, so too Chrysalis Records and Parlophone.
:13:42. > :13:45.These have to go because otherwise the merged company would be too
:13:45. > :13:51.powerful. Universal is already the biggest music company in the world.
:13:51. > :13:57.It was created by a emergencyer like this in the 1990s. Yet, it
:13:57. > :14:04.will now be more dominant -- by a merger like this in the 1990s. Yet,
:14:04. > :14:13.it will now be more dominant. It will be impossible for Spotify to
:14:13. > :14:23.launch without having Universal on board. The question now - will this
:14:23. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:30.merged music giant go on investing in new artists?
:14:30. > :14:34.The leader of the UK Independence Party has been setting out his
:14:34. > :14:37.terms for a possible deal with the Conservatives. Nigel Farage said an
:14:37. > :14:41.agreement could be reached in return for a guarantee written in
:14:41. > :14:51.blood, that there would be a referendum on Britain's membership
:14:51. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:03.Europe is in crisis. And because of it, Nigel Farage believes UK's
:15:03. > :15:08.fortunes are bulging. They want to be seen as Britain's 4th political
:15:08. > :15:13.party, but a member of Parliament hasn't happened. I have not
:15:13. > :15:18.persuaded you? No, you won't, I am afraid. They have been labelled
:15:18. > :15:21.extremist and racist in the past. They believe they are in the
:15:21. > :15:27.ascendancy. An alternative for those who hanker after a stronger
:15:27. > :15:33.view on Europe. Conservatives in particular. Now there is talk of a
:15:33. > :15:39.deal with the Tories at the next election to spur David Cameron from
:15:39. > :15:45.the UKIP threat. -- despair David Cameron. But the price will be high.
:15:45. > :15:50.The only way we would consider it at all, is if they promise was made
:15:50. > :15:54.to give this country a full, free and fair referendum, so we could
:15:54. > :15:59.decide whether we remain members of the EU. That it would have to be on
:15:59. > :16:03.the table before we consider that any proposal. He went further, he
:16:03. > :16:08.said he wants any promise written in blood before there is the chance
:16:08. > :16:13.of formal talks. He knows in the Midlands heartlands, their numbers
:16:13. > :16:17.may be small, but it is big enough to scupper the chances of the
:16:17. > :16:25.Conservatives winning the next General Election out right. Europe
:16:25. > :16:28.is moving closer to a political union but has ruled out a
:16:28. > :16:33.referendum on Britain leaving the EU completely. I don't believe
:16:33. > :16:39.leaving the EU would be best for Britain. But nor do I believe
:16:39. > :16:44.keeping the status code would be good either. But UKIP hoped to fuel
:16:44. > :16:49.a political earthquake in the next Euro elections in two years. People
:16:49. > :16:54.vote differently at a European elections than they do at a general
:16:54. > :17:01.elections. We could see UKIP become the largest party in 2014. The
:17:01. > :17:10.Conservatives are doing worse in the polls. UKIP has been dismissed
:17:10. > :17:17.has a one-man band and a one-trick pony. But UKIP's answer is an in,
:17:17. > :17:20.out a referendum. Our top story tonight: Dale Cregan - the man
:17:20. > :17:23.charged with the murders of two police officers has appeared in
:17:23. > :17:33.court. Coming up: Britain's borrowing bill is up by �14 billion
:17:33. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:52.last month - so when will the China's Communist Party is
:17:52. > :17:55.preparing to install a new generation of leaders to run the
:17:55. > :17:58.country for the next decade. One of the most difficult questions
:17:58. > :18:03.they'll face is whether to end the country's one child policy -
:18:03. > :18:06.originally introduced to curb population growth. Latest figures
:18:06. > :18:09.show that the Chinese birth rate is now well below the level necessary
:18:09. > :18:12.to keep the population stable. Our correspondent, Damian Grammaticas,
:18:12. > :18:22.travelled to China's Anhui Province for this special report, beginning
:18:22. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:31.his journey in the city of Shanghai. She is just four days old. In her
:18:31. > :18:35.mother's eyes, a little angel. But she will have no brother or sister,
:18:35. > :18:40.she is the one child this family can have.
:18:40. > :18:44.TRANSLATION: One child is too few, we should be allowed at least two.
:18:44. > :18:48.They should change the rules. Pressure for change is growing.
:18:48. > :18:55.China may have the world's biggest population, but it needs more
:18:55. > :19:02.babies. Its birth rate has collapsed. Not according to phase
:19:02. > :19:05.out the one-child policy would be one of the long lasting legacies, a
:19:05. > :19:09.negative one for the leadership. They have missed the opportunity,
:19:09. > :19:14.drag their feet and dropped the ball on this. The rules are complex,
:19:14. > :19:19.many couples are exempt, but if you live in the city, you can have one
:19:19. > :19:24.child only, unless both parents are single children, then you can have
:19:24. > :19:28.two. In the countryside, one child if it is a boy, but if the first is
:19:28. > :19:34.a girl, then you can have another. Enforcement of the policy can be
:19:34. > :19:39.brutal. At an unmarked grave he dug yourself, a father mourns his baby,
:19:39. > :19:45.murdered, he says by officials. This lady and her husband already
:19:45. > :19:50.have a child and she is allowed a second under exemptions. When she
:19:50. > :19:53.was six months pregnant, officials dragged her to hospital and
:19:53. > :20:00.injected her to force an abortion. The next day, she delivered her
:20:00. > :20:06.baby boy, who died soon after. Many in China wants this policy to end.
:20:06. > :20:14.This is another reason to scrap it. A backstreet ultrasound --
:20:14. > :20:24.ultrasound Clinic, we screamed C grille.
:20:24. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:31."can you see the sex of my baby"? The reply was, "I think it is a
:20:31. > :20:35.girl". She is almost certainly to be aborted.
:20:35. > :20:38.In malachite challenge, it is at its worst. This is Two Rivers
:20:38. > :20:44.Primary School, and a boarding huge numbers of baby girls is storing up
:20:44. > :20:49.problems for the future, which China's incoming generation of
:20:50. > :20:54.leaders are going to have to face. The first year is the worst, 10
:20:54. > :21:00.boys and just two goals. In the school, boys outnumber the goals by
:21:00. > :21:06.50%. Multiply that by millions across China, and who will the boy
:21:06. > :21:13.is married? China's communist rulers are reluctant to relax their
:21:13. > :21:18.controls, fearing a new population explosions. But, they will have to
:21:18. > :21:24.choose, take a risk or soldier on with a policy that is increasingly
:21:24. > :21:27.unpopular and problematic. And there's more on how China's
:21:27. > :21:30.population is changing on our website, with the projections for
:21:30. > :21:39.the decades ahead and what it all could mean for China and the wider
:21:39. > :21:42.world. The address is on your The Government borrowed more money
:21:42. > :21:45.in August than it did at the same time last year - according to new
:21:45. > :21:48.figures released today. It'll add to the pressure on the Chancellor,
:21:48. > :21:50.George Osborne, over his target to bring the Government's debt down
:21:50. > :21:58.within three years. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym,
:21:58. > :22:02.has more details. It is the latest snapshot of the
:22:02. > :22:06.nation's finances, at the bill that comes in every month showing what
:22:06. > :22:09.the Government has run up on its credit card and it shows nearly
:22:09. > :22:14.�14.5 billion was borrowed in August. It sounds a lot of money,
:22:14. > :22:19.but the Treasury was arguing the figure could have been worse.
:22:19. > :22:24.better than the markets were expecting. It is always dangerous
:22:24. > :22:29.reading too much into these monthly figures, they do move around.
:22:30. > :22:34.the statement underlines the impact of the recession. Corporation tax
:22:34. > :22:40.is down 98%. Although other tax receipts are holding up. Spending
:22:40. > :22:45.on benefits is up by 6.5%, on the same time last year. Labour says
:22:45. > :22:47.George Osborne is to blame, by pursuing policies which have
:22:47. > :22:53.prevented the economy from recovering so adding to the
:22:53. > :22:58.borrowing problem. The figures are very bleak, it shows the deficit is
:22:58. > :23:01.rising because of the Government's economic plan failing, and it is
:23:01. > :23:07.the worst figures for August on record. This is not what the
:23:07. > :23:13.Chancellor promised. One of the Treasury's target is reducing debt
:23:13. > :23:18.by the financial year it into 1015. It has peaked at 76.3% of national
:23:18. > :23:23.income and then falling in 2015. But achieving that is looking
:23:23. > :23:27.harder. You may have thought dropping their debt target may have
:23:27. > :23:30.gone down well in the city. But the Bank of England has given its
:23:30. > :23:34.blessing to the idea. The Governor said it would be acceptable for the
:23:34. > :23:38.Chancellor to push back on the target if growth does not
:23:38. > :23:42.materialise as expected, because of factors beyond his control. The
:23:42. > :23:47.City view is veering towards giving Mr Osborne the benefit of the doubt
:23:47. > :23:51.if the plans are changed. There is an inevitability, the markets
:23:52. > :23:55.understand that. They will give the Chancellor some leeway, but if the
:23:55. > :24:00.fiscal position does not improve over next couple of years,
:24:00. > :24:03.investors will be running out of patience. So the Chancellor has to
:24:03. > :24:08.tread carefully as he works out how much she can afford on the nation's
:24:08. > :24:10.credit card, and how quickly he needs to bring down the debt.
:24:10. > :24:13.Birmingham Airport has re-opened after flights were suspended for a
:24:13. > :24:16.time this afternoon, when a plane skidded onto the grass. It's
:24:16. > :24:19.thought the Monarch flight taxied off the tarmac on the way to the
:24:19. > :24:23.terminal. Passengers are being warned that there will be some
:24:23. > :24:26.delays this evening. Now, they only took up the sport 12
:24:26. > :24:29.years ago, some learning how to play in refugee camps. Today the
:24:29. > :24:33.Afghan cricket team took on England - who were defending their World
:24:33. > :24:43.Twenty20 title. England came away with a convincing victory with Luke
:24:43. > :24:48.Wright scoring 99 not out. From Sri Lanka, Joe Wilson reports.
:24:48. > :24:52.And in the hotel, we found that travelling Afghanistan fan club.
:24:52. > :24:56.Small in number, big in belief and the team is competing against the
:24:56. > :25:01.best in the world. A decade ago cricket was barely played in the
:25:01. > :25:04.country. The cricketers you see other country's only full-time
:25:04. > :25:08.cricketers. So they have made a huge in person, according to the
:25:08. > :25:14.man who has overseen this. They are bringing peace in the country as
:25:14. > :25:18.well. It has done a lot of good for the youngsters. I'm happy to see
:25:18. > :25:22.youngsters in a Kabul street playing cricket. The sport has
:25:22. > :25:27.taken the guns out of the kids and put bats in their hands.
:25:27. > :25:31.Afghanistan came into this with one overriding ambition - to cause an
:25:31. > :25:37.upset the world would notice. In short, to beat a really big team.
:25:37. > :25:42.So, charging in to bowl at England, what an opportunity. One wicket
:25:42. > :25:48.down, zero on the board. That is what they had come to seek a stock
:25:48. > :25:53.the idea of Twenty20 is getting the ball to the boundary, frequently.
:25:53. > :25:57.Look right is an expert. Alex sales is a newcomer. He started
:25:57. > :26:03.connecting and made 31. But Luke Wright was heading into another
:26:03. > :26:09.dimension. This kind of thing is simply no fun when you are a bowler.
:26:09. > :26:13.On the ball is flying you need your field as sharp. Afghanistan are not
:26:13. > :26:19.used to playing under floodlights, but can you forgive this? When they
:26:19. > :26:24.batted, they tried the big shops from the start. It is a learning
:26:24. > :26:28.curve at being outclassed by England and it was an unpleasant
:26:28. > :26:38.part of their cricket education. Let's take a look at the weekend
:26:38. > :26:43.You don't often get a guarantee from a weatherman, but you will get
:26:43. > :26:48.some sunshine tomorrow. But it does start going downhill during Sunday.
:26:48. > :26:52.Heavy rain moving in and that could cause some problems Sunday night
:26:52. > :27:00.and into Monday. Across eastern parts and the Midlands, rain will
:27:00. > :27:05.clear away. One or two showers lingering on. Temperatures drop,
:27:05. > :27:12.into single figures in towns and cities. In more rural spots there
:27:12. > :27:19.will be a frost in the Midlands, Wales. We have a lovely bright
:27:19. > :27:24.start to Saturday, crisp and blue skies every work. It will be chilly
:27:24. > :27:30.across Scotland. Temperatures around 11, 12 degrees in most
:27:30. > :27:33.places. The winds are lighter. The sun is relatively still strong.
:27:33. > :27:38.Across Northern Ireland, Northern England into the Midlands and Wales,
:27:38. > :27:43.I think you will keep bright, blue skies into the afternoon. Patchy
:27:43. > :27:47.cloud across eastern areas and more of a breeze across the south-west.
:27:47. > :27:53.That will be noticeable in Devon and Cornwall. The cloud will
:27:53. > :27:56.thicken ahead of Sunday's rain. We have been talking about this low
:27:56. > :28:01.pressure, and a degree of uncertainty on how far north it
:28:01. > :28:06.will come across the UK. There is still an element of uncertainty,
:28:06. > :28:12.but there is a risk of heavy rain across southern parts of England
:28:12. > :28:18.particularly on Sunday. But it could work its way to East Anglia
:28:18. > :28:26.as the day goes on. That marks the start of an unsettled spell of
:28:26. > :28:29.weather into the early part of next A reminder of tonight's main news: