:00:00. > :00:11.Sir John Major adds his voice to the row over energy prices. He calls for
:00:12. > :00:15.a one offtax on energy company profits. The former Prime Minister
:00:16. > :00:20.branded the latest price hikes by the big energy firms unjustifiable.
:00:21. > :00:24.He said he'd back Government intervention. If we have a hard
:00:25. > :00:29.winter, which is quite likely, there are many people this winter who are
:00:30. > :00:33.going to have to choose between keeping warm and eating. I don't
:00:34. > :00:37.think that is acceptable. Will ask how much pressure this puts on David
:00:38. > :00:43.Cameron. Also tonight: Charging foreign visitors for using the NHS.
:00:44. > :00:47.The Government say it is could claw back half a bill pounds. An inquest
:00:48. > :00:51.into the deaths of a pregnant mother and her toddler. The jury finds that
:00:52. > :00:54.police failure was partly to blame. David Cameron brands Facebook
:00:55. > :01:00.irresponsible after the company allows graphic images on its pages.
:01:01. > :01:06.He thought he was bigger than the manager. Sir Alex Ferguson's tell
:01:07. > :01:12.all book about his turbulent relationship with David Beckham.
:01:13. > :01:16.Coming up in sport, Arsene Wenger previous Arsenal for their biggest
:01:17. > :01:17.test this season against last season's losing finalists in the
:01:18. > :01:43.Champions League. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:44. > :01:47.BBC's news at six. The former Conservative Prime Minister, Sir
:01:48. > :01:49.John Major, has called for a one offtax on the profits of the big
:01:50. > :01:52.energy companies. His surprise intervention comes at a time when
:01:53. > :01:55.the Government is under increasing political pressure over the riding
:01:56. > :01:58.cost of household energy bills. Downing Street said his comments
:01:59. > :02:04.were an interesting contribution, but Labour says John Major is making
:02:05. > :02:08.their argument for intervention on energy prices. Here's our deputy
:02:09. > :02:12.political editor, James Landale. The price we pay for energy is rising.
:02:13. > :02:18.Day after day the energy firms are raising their bills for the gas and
:02:19. > :02:21.electricity we need. Labour's demanding a price freeze, the
:02:22. > :02:26.Government Sunday pressure to act. Enter, an ex-Prime Minister with a
:02:27. > :02:30.plan. A very bold plan. I do think without some action, if we have a
:02:31. > :02:33.hard winter, which is quite likely, there are many people this winter
:02:34. > :02:36.who are going to have to choose between keeping warm and eating. I
:02:37. > :02:40.don't think that is acceptable. I think there is a very real chance
:02:41. > :02:45.this winter that the Government will be forced by events to provide more
:02:46. > :02:48.assistance to people who are facing real difficulties. If that proves to
:02:49. > :02:52.be the case, then I think it would be entirely reasonable for the
:02:53. > :02:57.Chancellor then to recoup that money back from the energy companies in a
:02:58. > :03:01.one offpayment given the scale of their profits and the unjustified
:03:02. > :03:08.nature of the very high increases they just proposed. Windfall tax? A
:03:09. > :03:13.one offwindfall tax imposed retrospectively. Sir John Major says
:03:14. > :03:16.things which shortly after becomes Government policy. Today, Downing
:03:17. > :03:21.Street and the Treasury said while it was an interesting contribution
:03:22. > :03:25.to the debate, they had no plans to tax energy firms. For now, they are
:03:26. > :03:27.urging people to switch their suppliers. Behind-the-scenes
:03:28. > :03:32.ministers know that is not enough and are looking for solutions. Three
:03:33. > :03:36.big energy firms have raised their prices by about 10%. Three more are
:03:37. > :03:40.expected to do likewise. Their bosses will have to explain their
:03:41. > :03:45.decisions before MPs next week. Labour said Sir John was making
:03:46. > :03:48.their argument. I welcome Sir John Major's comments today because they
:03:49. > :03:52.are in line with our concerns that people have been put out of pocket
:03:53. > :03:56.because we have a Government that doesn't stand up to these companies
:03:57. > :04:01.and recognising the market is broken and we need to fix it. Said they are
:04:02. > :04:07.already taking action. We think a faster way to bear down on prices is
:04:08. > :04:16.more competition, simpler tariffs and making it easier for people to
:04:17. > :04:20.switch. There are a number of ideas, I think the suggestion made by Mr
:04:21. > :04:25.Miliband shows his head is in the right place I don't think it's a
:04:26. > :04:26.workable proposition. Was ex-Prime Minister's suggestion at
:04:27. > :04:31.Westminster, today Minister's suggestion at
:04:32. > :04:35.Westminster, tomorrow it's Prime Minister's Questions. We know what
:04:36. > :04:40.he will be asked. How much pressure does this put on David Cameron? It
:04:41. > :04:43.increases the pressure on the Prime Minister. He is saying Labour we
:04:44. > :04:48.need a price freeze for energy bills and a former Prime Minister saying
:04:49. > :04:53.we need to have an energy tax. He is stuck between a wannabe Prime
:04:54. > :04:56.Minister and an ex-Prime Minister. Ministers know they have to come up
:04:57. > :04:59.with some kind solution to this problem. They are working
:05:00. > :05:06.behind-the-scenes to come up with some way of making matching the
:05:07. > :05:10.Labour promise with some kind of membering niszism to reduce people's
:05:11. > :05:14.energy prices. The more telling criticism was the context of Sir
:05:15. > :05:17.John's remarks which came during a speech originally to the
:05:18. > :05:21.parliamentary press gallery where he made the point, in his view, the
:05:22. > :05:25.Conservative Party needed to do more to show it was engaged with the
:05:26. > :05:28.concerns and worries of ordinary people rather than worrying about
:05:29. > :05:32.issues like Europe and things like that. That is the accusation that
:05:33. > :05:37.will concern ministers most. The suggestion by not acting here, they
:05:38. > :05:43.are not responding to the needs and concerns of people out on the
:05:44. > :05:47.street. Thank you very much. Up to ?500 million alyear could be
:05:48. > :05:51.recovered from overseas visitors and migrants who use the NHS in England
:05:52. > :05:54.every year. That's according to estimates from the Department of
:05:55. > :05:58.Health. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said it was time foreign
:05:59. > :06:02.visitors made what he called "a fair contribution." Some doctors say they
:06:03. > :06:10.shouldn't have to spend time vetting patients. Branwen Jeffreys reports.
:06:11. > :06:14.Each year, it costs the NHS in England and estimated ?2 billion to
:06:15. > :06:19.treat people from abroad. That figure includes people visiting on
:06:20. > :06:23.holiday or business, working or studying here for a short time. As
:06:24. > :06:30.well as illegal immigrants and health tourists, people thought to
:06:31. > :06:35.travel here just for treatment. Emergency care in A, care in GP
:06:36. > :06:40.surgeries and for infectious diseases isn't charged to anyone.
:06:41. > :06:44.For most visitors from Europe and countries like Australia the NHS
:06:45. > :06:48.doesn't charge for urgent care. The Government says that still leaves
:06:49. > :06:54.scope for the NHS to get millions of pounds its owed. If we are better at
:06:55. > :06:57.collecting that money we could have potentially 4,000 more doctors,
:06:58. > :07:01.8,000 more nurses. Make a real difference in releaving some of that
:07:02. > :07:04.pressure on the frontline. Which is why I think it's important that we
:07:05. > :07:11.try to do it. This audit for the Government is based on estimates
:07:12. > :07:15.that the NHS in England is owed around ?461 million a year, but is
:07:16. > :07:20.only getting back a fraction of that. ?305 million is owed by other
:07:21. > :07:24.European countries. Some of it could be claimed back through the European
:07:25. > :07:30.health card system. The same card that allows us free urge treatment
:07:31. > :07:35.in their countries. ?156 million is for visitors from countries outside
:07:36. > :07:39.Europe. We have have agreements with some of them too. Why aren't NHS
:07:40. > :07:43.hospitals claiming more money already? The NHS is set up to treat
:07:44. > :07:47.people free at the point of delivery. That is the culture in
:07:48. > :07:51.which we operate. It is not something people set out to do.
:07:52. > :07:55.Identifying those people, being sure they are eligible or not can be a
:07:56. > :08:01.difficult thing for frontline staff to do. What about health tourism?
:08:02. > :08:08.People coming here deliberately to seek urgent NHS treatment. It's
:08:09. > :08:13.estimated to cost between ?60 to ?80 million a year. There are plans for
:08:14. > :08:17.an extra Visa charge for visitors from outside Europe. The Government
:08:18. > :08:22.say it is could act as a deterrent. Labour argues that the calculations
:08:23. > :08:26.are based on guesswork. The Government's own report raises major
:08:27. > :08:31.questions about the figures being used saying they are based on old,
:08:32. > :08:35.out-of-date assumption. We think it's about headline grabbing for the
:08:36. > :08:41.Conservative Party than it is helping the NHS. The NHS in England
:08:42. > :08:46.has to find billions in savings in the next couple of years. Money from
:08:47. > :08:51.abroad could only be a small part of that and, exactly how the Government
:08:52. > :08:58.plans to reclaim the cash won't be spelt out until next month. There's
:08:59. > :09:05.more on this story on the BBC web, that is at bbc.co.uk/news a
:09:06. > :09:10.controversial Government campaign, which used signs on vans to tell
:09:11. > :09:14.immigrants to "go home or face arrest" is to be scrapped. The Home
:09:15. > :09:19.Secretary, Theresa May, said the vans which drew over 200 complaints
:09:20. > :09:23.to the advertising watchdog, were "too much of a blunt instrument". An
:09:24. > :09:27.inquest jury has found that police failures contributed to the deaths
:09:28. > :09:32.of a pregnant mother and her young son. Rachael Slack and 23 month old
:09:33. > :09:35.AUDIENCE: Were found with multiple stab wounds in their home in
:09:36. > :09:41.Derbyshire three years ago. They were killed by her former partner
:09:42. > :09:46.Andrew Cairns who had a history of mental illness and who was found
:09:47. > :09:51.dayed at her home. Sian Lloyd reports. -- dead. This was Rachael
:09:52. > :09:53.Slack on a family day out with her son
:09:54. > :10:00.AUDIENCE: . A year later they had been killed in a attack. Auden.
:10:01. > :10:04.Andrew Cairns stabbed his son and former partner before killing
:10:05. > :10:08.himself. The inquest heard that the golf tutor, who had a history of
:10:09. > :10:13.mental illness, had been arrested six days before the killings after
:10:14. > :10:18.threatening Rachael. He was assessed and released on bail. In statement
:10:19. > :10:22.Rachael's family said both she and Auden had been let down. We have
:10:23. > :10:27.spent the last six weeks in the Coroner's Court in Derby hearing of
:10:28. > :10:34.the failings of Derbyshire Police after they assessed both Rachael and
:10:35. > :10:39.Auden as being at high-risk of homicide. The inquest jury found
:10:40. > :10:44.that the failure to warn Rachael of the high-risk posed by Andrew Cairns
:10:45. > :10:53.had contributed to her and Auden's death. Derbyshire Police said they
:10:54. > :10:57.had threated the threat seriously. When she was killed, Rachael Slack
:10:58. > :11:03.had been expecting a baby boy with her new partner, Robert Barlow. She
:11:04. > :11:09.was a very, very inwardly beautiful woman. The coroner said Rachael's
:11:10. > :11:15.case raised issues to be considered by the Home Secretary, Derbyshire
:11:16. > :11:19.Police and the mental health services. A blonde, blue-eyed girl
:11:20. > :11:23.has been taken away from a Roma family living in Dublin. Police say
:11:24. > :11:26.they removed the child into temporary care after the family were
:11:27. > :11:33.not able to provide them with satisfactory proof that the child
:11:34. > :11:37.was theirs. Chris Buckler is in Dublin for us tonight. Do we know
:11:38. > :11:40.how this girl was found? This investigation started with a phone
:11:41. > :11:45.call from a member of the public to the Irish Police. They sthad they
:11:46. > :11:49.were concerned about a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes who looked
:11:50. > :11:54.distinctive from the rest of her siblings in a large Roma family. The
:11:55. > :11:58.family were known from the police. They sent around detectives from the
:11:59. > :12:02.Child Protection Unit. The couple insisted it was their daughter.
:12:03. > :12:06.Records at a hospital did not match. They had concerns about other
:12:07. > :12:11.documentation. Why it's important to emphasise there has been no arrest
:12:12. > :12:14.the police felt it was important to take the child into care. They have
:12:15. > :12:19.a care order which lasts for 24-hours. The authorities are now
:12:20. > :12:23.asking for an interim care order which will last 28 days while this
:12:24. > :12:27.investigation takes place. Some of this story has echoes of the case in
:12:28. > :12:32.Greece of the girl Maria who was found with a Roa family there. There
:12:33. > :12:36.has been large publicity about that, including here in Ireland, it may
:12:37. > :12:40.have prompted a member of the public to go forward. It's a separate
:12:41. > :12:45.investigation. Detectives are trying to find the true history and past of
:12:46. > :12:51.a seven-year-old girl. Thank you. The former Radio 1 DJ, Dave Lee
:12:52. > :12:53.Travis, has pleaded not guilty to 15 charges of sexual offences. The
:12:54. > :12:58.68-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London under his real
:12:59. > :13:02.name, David Patrick Griffin. The alleged offences were against women
:13:03. > :13:09.and teenage girls over a 30-year period. His trial is due to start in
:13:10. > :13:14.January next year. David Cameron has called Facebook irresponsible after
:13:15. > :13:18.it lifted a ban on graphic. Images, including those showing beheadings
:13:19. > :13:23.from being posted on its site. Facebook says its one billion global
:13:24. > :13:27.users should be free to post such material as long as it's clear users
:13:28. > :13:32.are condemning it. Rory Cellan-Jones reports. It comes with a warning,
:13:33. > :13:36.but this and other videos showing horrific violence are being widely
:13:37. > :13:40.shared on Facebook. After reviewing its policies, the social network
:13:41. > :13:44.decided it would not block them. A decision condemned by the Prime
:13:45. > :13:50.Minister on Twitter as "irresponsible." Some young Facebook
:13:51. > :13:54.users agree. Back in May, a teenager started a petition to call for the
:13:55. > :13:58.banning of the beheading videos. I understand they are trying to let
:13:59. > :14:01.people demonstrate freedom of speech, however I don't think this
:14:02. > :14:06.is the right way to go about it. It's a social network. It is where
:14:07. > :14:11.people come to socialise, young children are on Facebook. No-one
:14:12. > :14:15.should be exposed to this graphic content. Facebook says it has long
:14:16. > :14:19.been a place where people share news and views about controversial and
:14:20. > :14:22.violent events, anything from human rights' abuses to acts of terror.
:14:23. > :14:24.What is important is the way users treat that material. In a statement
:14:25. > :14:40.the company said: There is mounting concern about the
:14:41. > :14:44.impact of this material on young Facebook users. Whatever Facebook
:14:45. > :14:47.says about safeguards and filters, we know that young children are
:14:48. > :14:52.bright enough to get round all of this. I do think it will overall
:14:53. > :14:56.have a harmful effect on young minds. Many Facebook users have
:14:57. > :14:58.complained about the videos. As things stand, the company has
:14:59. > :15:07.decided they just don't break its rules.
:15:08. > :15:15.The time is exactly quarter past six. The top story: A one-off profit
:15:16. > :15:18.tax on the big energy companies. The former Prime Minister Sir John Major
:15:19. > :15:25.weighs into the debate about household bills. A backstage tour
:15:26. > :15:31.like no other. A visit from the Queen marks 50 years of the National
:15:32. > :15:35.Theatre. Coming up, it is make or break for Celtic in the Champions
:15:36. > :15:50.League. Nothing less than victory will help them progress.
:15:51. > :15:55.His name is synonymous with Manchester United. Sir Alex
:15:56. > :16:01.Ferguson, until his retirement this year, had spent 27 years at that
:16:02. > :16:06.most famous of clubs. Now he has published a novel biography about
:16:07. > :16:10.his life and those years which delivered such success. In his
:16:11. > :16:17.career, he won an astonishing 13 titles, two Champions League and
:16:18. > :16:20.five FA Cup is. Our sports editor reports on his reign and that famous
:16:21. > :16:27.argument with one of the biggest names in the game. -- FA Cups. The
:16:28. > :16:32.most celebrated and feared manager in football history, but no Sir Alex
:16:33. > :16:37.Ferguson is having to adjust to life without the trophies and the
:16:38. > :16:42.acclaim. In an interview to accompany the release of his
:16:43. > :16:51.autobiography he said he is pleased to go out at the top. In a way I am
:16:52. > :16:59.relieved. I am relieved we won the league as my last act. I think, to
:17:00. > :17:03.be honest with you, my time had come. In his book he is damaging on
:17:04. > :17:07.the state of English football. He says the team will never win the
:17:08. > :17:12.World Cup until coaching and technical ability improves. He has
:17:13. > :17:16.this message for Greg Dyke's commission. The important thing is
:17:17. > :17:21.to make sure it gets carried through. There is a certain resolve
:17:22. > :17:29.and I think that would be important. Have you been asked to go on it?
:17:30. > :17:34.Now, I don't think they would invite a Scot. I don't think it is my
:17:35. > :17:40.scene. When it comes to David Beckham, he pulls no punches. He
:17:41. > :17:45.says his sale in 2003 to real Madrid was prompted after the player had
:17:46. > :17:56.become distracted by his marriage. -- Real Madrid. She was a big star,
:17:57. > :17:59.pop star. Obviously, he may be lacked that focus that we needed.
:18:00. > :18:05.I'm a football man, I'm only interested in what they're doing on
:18:06. > :18:11.the pitch. We felt it had come to that point where we should let him
:18:12. > :18:15.go on. You know? I had to keep control of the club. The manager of
:18:16. > :18:24.Manchester United must be in control. Control is something Alex
:18:25. > :18:28.Ferguson no longer have, so how is he coping with retirement? I have
:18:29. > :18:31.done my time, had a fantastic career, fabulous club, I will do
:18:32. > :18:37.something else. Whatever he does next, Sir Alex Ferguson knows no
:18:38. > :18:45.British manager is likely to emulate his glittering achievements or match
:18:46. > :18:51.his dominant presence. The energy supplier ScottishPower has been
:18:52. > :18:53.fined ?8.5 million for misleading sales practices. Ofgem found
:18:54. > :19:00.information given to customers was inaccurate. They have apologised and
:19:01. > :19:09.promised to compensate some of their customers.
:19:10. > :19:13.On the doorstep and over the phone, ScottishPower is accused of making
:19:14. > :19:17.inaccurate comparisons on possible bills, giving unreliable information
:19:18. > :19:25.to customers, misleading overcharges and having inadequate monitoring.
:19:26. > :19:28.Francis from Portsmouth says she was tricked by ScottishPower into
:19:29. > :19:32.switching suppliers. She was offered a price which was lower than she
:19:33. > :19:35.ended up weighing. You believe everything people tell you on the
:19:36. > :19:38.doorstep but quite clearly I do not know what the reasoning was behind
:19:39. > :19:48.it but clearly I was not told the truth. Most of the fine will be
:19:49. > :19:53.divided with 140,000 of the least well off customers. The regulators
:19:54. > :19:56.have forced the company to set up a ?1 million compensation fund for
:19:57. > :20:02.anyone who thinks they are being mis-sold. Well we did not find any
:20:03. > :20:07.evidence that they set out on a strategy to mislead customers,
:20:08. > :20:12.nonetheless, the feelings we found mean some customers may have been
:20:13. > :20:17.mis-sold to. ScottishPower, like other big suppliers, has now
:20:18. > :20:19.abandoned doorstep selling and retrained their staff. We are
:20:20. > :20:25.writing to all the customers affected, explaining what has
:20:26. > :20:29.happened, we are apologising and we will pay compensation where
:20:30. > :20:31.appropriate. The energy industry criticised for raising prices is now
:20:32. > :20:39.tainted by mis-selling. It has been a week since operators
:20:40. > :20:45.at the Grangemouth oil refinery closed the plan because of a dispute
:20:46. > :20:48.with the unions over pay and pensions. Today, the Scottish
:20:49. > :20:56.government said it was in discussions with potential new
:20:57. > :21:01.buyers for the site. The billionaire owner of this site, Jim Ratcliffe,
:21:02. > :21:07.has spent the day weighing up what to do about it. The staff will be
:21:08. > :21:12.told his decision tomorrow. They will be watched closely by the
:21:13. > :21:15.public and politicians alike. Bordered by fields and the Firth of
:21:16. > :21:20.Forth lies Scotland's largest industrial complex. You could fit
:21:21. > :21:25.more than 600 football pitches on this site. Nearly 1400 people work
:21:26. > :21:32.here and thousands more depend on it. The site below us is important,
:21:33. > :21:38.not just in terms of economic, not just in terms of industry, but in
:21:39. > :21:42.terms of politics as well. For many people, Grangemouth is a sign of
:21:43. > :21:46.Scottish press these. That is why the Scottish government have stepped
:21:47. > :21:52.in, searching for a buyer. -- Scottish prestige. I think there are
:21:53. > :21:56.interested parties, interested in taking over, but the overriding
:21:57. > :22:01.priority is to get the site fired back-up, get the trade union to
:22:02. > :22:05.cooperate, make sure we have this plan making a substantive
:22:06. > :22:10.contribution to the Scottish economy. But the owners shows no
:22:11. > :22:15.sign of wanting to sell. It is trying to cut Labour costs, forcing
:22:16. > :22:18.through changes to pay and pensions. Hundreds of workers have rejected
:22:19. > :22:25.the proposals. We will get settled one way or another. They will have
:22:26. > :22:30.to sign or they will not have a job. It is really bad, and the knock-on
:22:31. > :22:36.effect for other people here could well be the death knell for
:22:37. > :22:42.Grangemouth. Range most matters. It produces 9 million litres of clean
:22:43. > :22:50.fuel every day. It makes up 13 fined 4% -- 13.4% of the refining capacity
:22:51. > :22:53.and provides 70% of Scotland's fuel. That is just the refinery. The
:22:54. > :22:59.petrochemicals business here is also a big deal. The products it makes
:23:00. > :23:03.our fundamental to lots of industries and services.
:23:04. > :23:09.Agricultural on the one hand, through to retailing, plastic bags,
:23:10. > :23:18.that sort of thing. How big a blow with the closure be? Extremely big.
:23:19. > :23:21.A couple of percent of GDP. That is why workers, locals and politicians
:23:22. > :23:27.alike are looking for signs that a deal can be done. Within the past
:23:28. > :23:32.hour, both the Scottish and UK governments have confirmed they have
:23:33. > :23:35.had further discussions today about the Grangemouth site. Both sides
:23:36. > :23:40.agree that it is a great deal at stake, and both governments very
:23:41. > :23:48.urgently wanted deal to be done now for the good of the country. -- want
:23:49. > :23:51.a deal. William Hague has reaffirmed that President Assad can play no
:23:52. > :23:56.role in any future Syrian government. His comments come as
:23:57. > :23:58.Western and Arab leaders met members of the Syrian opposition to persuade
:23:59. > :24:03.them to attend peace talks next month. A prominent faction of the
:24:04. > :24:11.opposition coalition has already said it will not attend the talks up
:24:12. > :24:18.the Queen opened the National Theatre featuring Peter O'Toole 50
:24:19. > :24:22.years ago. 800 productions later, she was back on stage today. It is
:24:23. > :24:31.part of the anniversary celebrations. We have been looking
:24:32. > :24:35.at what the theatre has achieved. The Queen, backstage at the Royal
:24:36. > :24:39.National Theatre. 50 years after the curtain went up on its first
:24:40. > :24:43.production, Shakespeare's Hamlet, with Peter O'Toole as the Danish
:24:44. > :24:50.prince. Vanessa Redgrave's father played Claudius. It was immensely
:24:51. > :24:57.exciting, it was a wonderful venture already to have begun the company.
:24:58. > :25:02.Laurence Olivier, very many extraordinary actors. Laurence
:25:03. > :25:08.Olivier was the founding director. He presented a brief of classics
:25:09. > :25:16.alongside contemporary plays. It was a dream. We to have a National
:25:17. > :25:25.Theatre, the French have bears, etc. And it seemed we should have a
:25:26. > :25:31.central place. -- the French have theirs. In the last decade it has
:25:32. > :25:36.become a more astute operation. They have transferred place to Broadway.
:25:37. > :25:41.They have hoped to double the income. There is no doubt the
:25:42. > :25:45.National Theatre has made a great success of its home in London but
:25:46. > :25:51.what effect has had on the nation's theatre? Those regional houses which
:25:52. > :25:57.survive on a fraction of its money. I went to Newcastle to find out and
:25:58. > :26:06.speak to the man behind the Pitman Painter. It started life here. What
:26:07. > :26:11.can it do more to help regional theatre? Collaborate on productions,
:26:12. > :26:18.that is probably the best way. I think the National Theatre
:26:19. > :26:24.understanding its re-met is also regional as well as Central. --
:26:25. > :26:28.remit. It has been criticised for becoming too big and dominant but
:26:29. > :26:32.others argue it has set standards, produced shows, and developed a
:26:33. > :26:40.board -- business model admired around the world. Now the weather.
:26:41. > :26:45.Good evening, sometimes the weather is a bit like theatre, it is all
:26:46. > :26:49.about the timing. We can be grateful with the weather this evening, what
:26:50. > :26:55.is brewing up for us is going to be coming through at its worse in the
:26:56. > :27:01.small hours. We are looking at a line of active thunderstorms which
:27:02. > :27:06.will make their way in before the day is done. They will push through
:27:07. > :27:12.in the small hours. The wind could be problematic in the south coast,
:27:13. > :27:16.possibly even damaging. Another mile night with temperatures in double
:27:17. > :27:24.figures. Wednesday gets off to an overcast start. Ricky Windy. --
:27:25. > :27:30.pretty. It will improve and the southern half of the British Isles
:27:31. > :27:34.will be dry. There will be showers to the north-west, to take us to the
:27:35. > :27:37.second half of the day. It is improving across Scotland, with
:27:38. > :27:42.sunshine in the East. Strong wind, the same can be said of the
:27:43. > :27:46.Pennines. In the West, some scattered showers. A greatly
:27:47. > :27:52.improved picture. What a difference further south. Clear blue skies and
:27:53. > :27:58.the prospect of sunshine. Temperatures of 17 degrees. Still
:27:59. > :28:02.very much milder. This is Thursday, the quietest day of the week. Some
:28:03. > :28:06.showers in the far north, and towards the far south, but fine
:28:07. > :28:15.weather around on Thursday. A little bit colder. But look at Friday. This
:28:16. > :28:18.big area of low pressure comes zooming in from the south-west, it
:28:19. > :28:25.spread to all parts of the British Isles through Friday. It will bring
:28:26. > :28:37.strong wind. Something drier and brighter on the south. It will be
:28:38. > :28:38.pretty soggy. Thank you. That is all from the BBC. We can