:00:10. > :00:15.of rape and indecent assault. The court hears how he used his fame to
:00:16. > :00:23.prey on victims aged between 11 and 16. A message to the jury - you are
:00:24. > :00:28.trying the man, not the famous role he plays on TV. We'll have full
:00:29. > :00:32.details from the trial. Also on tonight's programme: The
:00:33. > :00:38.former BBC disc jockey Dave Lee Travis is in court. He's described
:00:39. > :00:41.as an opportunist sex offender. Inflation hits the 2% target for the
:00:42. > :00:48.first time in four years - some relief for straining family budgets.
:00:49. > :00:53.The hacking trial is shown CCTV footage of an alleged plot to hide
:00:54. > :00:57.evidence. The horrors of the First World War
:00:58. > :01:02.in the words of the soldiers themselves. Their diaries go online.
:01:03. > :01:03.He's feeling the heat Down Under, but Andy Murray cruises through his
:01:04. > :01:14.first match at the Australian Open. Tonight on BBC London. After the
:01:15. > :01:17.Mark Duggan inquest, the Met appoints a community tsar to diffuse
:01:18. > :01:20.anger and tension. And low staff morale and complaints
:01:21. > :01:41.of bullying at London's largest NHS Hospital Trust.
:01:42. > :01:47.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six. The Coronation Street
:01:48. > :01:51.star William Roache has gone on trial accused of rape and indecent
:01:52. > :01:55.assault. The court heard how his fame gave him opportunities to prey
:01:56. > :02:00.on young girls, whether it was at Granada Studios, in private homes or
:02:01. > :02:05.even in his Rolls Royce. The actor faces two counts of rape and five
:02:06. > :02:08.counts of indecent assault. His alleged victims were aged between 11
:02:09. > :02:16.and 16 at the time of the assaults, which took place between 1965 and
:02:17. > :02:25.1971. He denies all the charges. Judith Moritz is at Preston Crown
:02:26. > :02:31.Court with the details for us now. Yes, William Roache is a household
:02:32. > :02:37.name, one of the best-known faces on television. But today, here in court
:02:38. > :02:42.room number one, he was the man in the dock. And those trying him in
:02:43. > :02:47.court were told, in this room with you, he is William Roache, not Ken
:02:48. > :02:55.Barlow. He is the defendant, and you are the jury. William Roache arrived
:02:56. > :03:02.at court to a barrage of cameras. He's been in the public-more than 50
:03:03. > :03:06.years, known as Coronation Street's Ken Barlow. His high profile was
:03:07. > :03:14.mentioned immediately to the jury. They were told they must separate
:03:15. > :03:19.the man from the TV character. They must separate the man from the part.
:03:20. > :03:24.William Roache is the longest serving soap actor in the world,
:03:25. > :03:29.having appeared on Coronation Street since 1960. It's alleged that a few
:03:30. > :03:34.years after this, he raped one girl and indecently assaulted for others.
:03:35. > :03:39.Today, the 81-year-old actor sat by himself in the dock, as the court
:03:40. > :03:44.was told that in the 1960s and 70s he had raped a 14-year-old girl at
:03:45. > :03:51.his home in Lancashire, and that he had indecently assaulted other girls
:03:52. > :03:56.in his car and that the Granada TV studios in Manchester. Last year,
:03:57. > :04:00.William Roache did an interview with an Australian TV channel. It is
:04:01. > :04:05.alleged that one of the victims came forward after seeing the TV
:04:06. > :04:10.interview. The QC for the prosecution told the jury, if it is
:04:11. > :04:15.suggested to you that these complaints are lying and on some
:04:16. > :04:18.kind of post-Jimmy Savile bandwagon, ask yourselves why would they expose
:04:19. > :04:24.themselves to being questioned and cross examined after so many years?
:04:25. > :04:28.The actor denies all seven charges. The prosecution say it is their case
:04:29. > :04:32.that William Roache took advantage of his stardom and the alleged
:04:33. > :04:37.victims at the time of his life when he thought that he could. Tomorrow,
:04:38. > :04:46.we expect to hear evidence from the first of the alleged victims, a
:04:47. > :04:48.woman who claims she was indecently assaulted by William Roache in the
:04:49. > :04:52.toilets at Granada television when she was just 14. The case is due to
:04:53. > :04:56.last up to four weeks. We've also been told that later in the trial,
:04:57. > :05:02.we may hear evidence from some of William Roache's fellow Coronation
:05:03. > :05:07.Street cast members. Thank you. The former Radio 1 DJ, Dave Lee
:05:08. > :05:10.Travis, has been described in court as an opportunity is to sex
:05:11. > :05:15.offenders who targeted vulnerable young women. The youngest alleged
:05:16. > :05:19.victim was 15 at the time. He is charged with 13 counts of indecent
:05:20. > :05:24.assault and one of sexual assault. He pleaded not guilty. Jim Kelly was
:05:25. > :05:29.in court. There is flash but geography in her report.
:05:30. > :05:35.He was one of the biggest names on Radio 1. Dave Lee Travis was also a
:05:36. > :05:40.regular on BBC TV. Today he faced the cameras as the defendant in a
:05:41. > :05:44.criminal trial, accused of sex offences over a period of more than
:05:45. > :05:51.30 years. From the dock he listened as the prosecuting barrister,
:05:52. > :05:55.Miranda Moore QC, outlined the charges - 13 counts of indecent
:05:56. > :06:03.assault and one of sexual assault, involving 11 victims. She described
:06:04. > :06:06.Mr Travis as an opportunist who preyed on young women who were very
:06:07. > :06:13.vulnerable. He claimed his accusers were motivated for -- by greed for
:06:14. > :06:18.compensation or to seek media attention for themselves. He said,
:06:19. > :06:23.they can smell money. For years, DLT, as he was known, presented one
:06:24. > :06:28.of the biggest shows in the BBC schedules. The court was shown this
:06:29. > :06:33.clip where, as he was announcing this record, he said to be assault
:06:34. > :06:39.in the teenage girl next to him. Broadcasting House, the headquarters
:06:40. > :06:44.of BBC Radio. Some of the charges relate to Dave Lee Travis' time on
:06:45. > :06:49.Radio 1. One employee said he indecently assault at her whilst on
:06:50. > :06:53.air on his radio show. Another said she didn't complain about what he
:06:54. > :06:57.had done because she wanted to keep her job. Dave Lee Travis was
:06:58. > :07:02.arrested under Operation Yewtree, set up in the wake of the Jimmy
:07:03. > :07:06.Savile scandal. When the scandal broke in 2012, one of the women in
:07:07. > :07:10.this case said she contacted the BBC about Dave Lee Travis, but she's not
:07:11. > :07:15.nothing was being done. So she went to the Daily Mail, who reported her
:07:16. > :07:19.story. The former DJ denies all the charges. In the coming days, the
:07:20. > :07:23.court will hear from his alleged victims.
:07:24. > :07:26.Rolf Harris has denied indecently assaulting four girls aged between
:07:27. > :07:32.seven and 19 over a period of 18 years. The 83-year-old pleaded not
:07:33. > :07:39.guilty at Southwark Crown Court. He was given bail, and his trial will
:07:40. > :07:43.begin in April. In inflation has fallen to its
:07:44. > :07:47.lowest levels for four years, bringing some relief to hard-pressed
:07:48. > :07:51.households around the country. It's the first time the government has
:07:52. > :07:56.hit its target Victor -- target figure of 2% since 2009. David
:07:57. > :08:02.Cameron welcomed the figures, but Labour said prices were still
:08:03. > :08:09.outstripping wages. The ups and downs of inflation
:08:10. > :08:14.measuring costs of living increases have put pressure on households.
:08:15. > :08:21.After a long wait, it is back on target. The 2% rate set by the
:08:22. > :08:25.government for the Bank of England. Inflation today is at its lowest
:08:26. > :08:30.level for four years. It is on target. Through working through our
:08:31. > :08:37.economic plan, we can deliver economic security and peace of mind.
:08:38. > :08:43.Back in November 2009, when it was last below target, the inflation
:08:44. > :08:50.rate was 1.9%, and partly thanks to rising food and oil prices, it
:08:51. > :08:56.jumped above 5% in September 2011. Now it is back to 2%. But shoppers I
:08:57. > :09:03.spoke to in Manchester didn't feel they had yet felt the benefits of
:09:04. > :09:08.falling inflation, like Denise, an NHS worker. Every bill seems to be
:09:09. > :09:13.going up. I've not noticed it at all. It's not come down for me.
:09:14. > :09:17.Matthew, a teacher at a language school, hope things will improve,
:09:18. > :09:22.because the recent squeeze has been a problem. As I have progressed
:09:23. > :09:27.through my career, I'm still finding I have to count the pennies now,
:09:28. > :09:31.more than I ever used to. It's definitely had an effect, especially
:09:32. > :09:36.having to look after a family as well. It might even harder. Labour
:09:37. > :09:41.said today the government should do more to help households, including
:09:42. > :09:47.freezing energy bills. Inflation has been running well ahead of average
:09:48. > :09:51.raise rises -- wage rises for some time. Some economists feel the trend
:09:52. > :09:57.could be reversed this year, with economic recovery pushing pay growth
:09:58. > :10:02.above cost of living increases. Recent developments, including lower
:10:03. > :10:06.prices for fuel, should help ease inflationary pressures. What we have
:10:07. > :10:12.had at wholesale level is food prices falling. Also, the pound has
:10:13. > :10:16.risen over the past few months, which is curbing import prices. We
:10:17. > :10:20.are likely to see in inflation remaining low and more stable than
:10:21. > :10:23.we've seen in recent years. Low inflation will give the Bank of
:10:24. > :10:29.England more the way to hold back on raising interest rates, if that's
:10:30. > :10:34.what limit -- policymakers decide is best for the economy. The French
:10:35. > :10:36.president Francois Hollande has just delivered a major State of the
:10:37. > :10:41.Nation speech. It was also supposed to be the
:10:42. > :10:44.moment he was expected to deal with the rumours and speculation
:10:45. > :10:49.surrounding his alleged affair with an actress. But Mr Holland refused
:10:50. > :10:54.to comment, telling journalists that private matter is concerned only
:10:55. > :11:00.those people involved. The glamour of the big screen. Julie
:11:01. > :11:05.Gayet, the French actress who has stolen the heart of the President.
:11:06. > :11:12.Cast in this drama as the fount et al. Today it was Mr Holland's turn
:11:13. > :11:17.in the spotlight, at the annual meeting in the press. The official
:11:18. > :11:22.agenda was the economy, lower taxes for business, cuts of 50 billion
:11:23. > :11:29.euros in public spending. But the first question - what will become of
:11:30. > :11:32.the First Lady, Valerie Trierweiler? TRANSLATION: Everyone goes through
:11:33. > :11:37.difficult periods in their private life. It's true these difficult
:11:38. > :11:41.moments, but I have one principle. Private matters should be dealt with
:11:42. > :11:48.privately. That's the same for everyone. This is not the place, nor
:11:49. > :11:53.the time to discuss it. But so long as the confusion surrounds the First
:11:54. > :11:56.Lady's position, it's likely these questions will continue. Valerie
:11:57. > :12:01.Trierweiler is still in hospital, still resting. We don't know how
:12:02. > :12:05.many of these secret nights they were, but photographers who tailed
:12:06. > :12:13.Mr Holland on his mopeds say no one ever tried to stop them. We were
:12:14. > :12:17.there every night. The President was in an apartment without any
:12:18. > :12:22.security, even outside. I even saw him walk around the block. The
:12:23. > :12:27.public and the private. Boundaries blurred by the NSA by -- by the
:12:28. > :12:39.unnecessary risk President Hollande is expected to have taken.
:12:40. > :12:44.George, obviously one carefully posed question given to a member of
:12:45. > :12:49.the presidential press corps today. There is a reason for that. The
:12:50. > :12:53.president is akin to the Queen, so he is afforded more respect than
:12:54. > :12:56.ordinary politicians. But obviously there is a problem in the
:12:57. > :13:00.relationship of the main couple. They are going to have to take some
:13:01. > :13:05.decisions. But I don't think they will do it until she comes out of
:13:06. > :13:09.hospital. This deeply unpopular president can ill afford any further
:13:10. > :13:14.criticism. The trial of Rebekah Brooks, former
:13:15. > :13:18.editor of the News of the World, and her husband Charlie, has seen
:13:19. > :13:23.footage which allegedly shows a plot to conceal evidence from police. The
:13:24. > :13:27.video was recorded on the 17th of July 2011, the day Ms Brooks was
:13:28. > :13:32.arrested over the hacking scandal. Both Mr and Miss Brooks deny
:13:33. > :13:38.conspiring to convert the course of justice.
:13:39. > :13:41.Rebekah and Charlie Brooks, accused of a sophisticated cover-up,
:13:42. > :13:49.designed to hide evidence while she was being questioned by the police.
:13:50. > :13:54.At 12:15pm, Mr Brooks appeared on a CCTV camera, in a car park below
:13:55. > :13:59.their flat in Chelsea. One minute, he has a bag and a laptop. The next
:14:00. > :14:03.he doesn't. The prosecution says they were hidden behind some beans,
:14:04. > :14:12.out. Shot, to the right of the camera, so the police wouldn't find
:14:13. > :14:17.them. Next, Mark Hanna arrives, News International's security chief. He
:14:18. > :14:20.appears to take the bag, the laptop and a briefcase away. The police
:14:21. > :14:24.search the flat. They are investigating phone hacking and
:14:25. > :14:29.illegal payments to public officials. They leave, laden with
:14:30. > :14:35.documents. Another security man working for a News International
:14:36. > :14:40.arrives at 9:30pm. This in line contains the laptop, the bag and a
:14:41. > :14:45.briefcase, being put back behind the bins to return them to Charlie
:14:46. > :14:56.Brooks. The man allegedly sends a joke text to a colleague after
:14:57. > :15:01.completing his task. Rebekah Brooks has been questioned late into the
:15:02. > :15:05.evening by police. She returns after midnight. But the next morning, this
:15:06. > :15:12.car park cleaner arrives to pick up the bins. The court heard he also
:15:13. > :15:16.found the laptop, bag and briefcase. Leaving the security men trying to
:15:17. > :15:21.work out what's happened to the items. They later discover car park
:15:22. > :15:25.managers have handed them to the police, sparking the investigation
:15:26. > :15:30.that led to these charges. The prosecution says this sequence of
:15:31. > :15:35.events can only be explained as an attempt to conceal evidence from the
:15:36. > :15:39.police. But Rebekah Brooks, Charlie Brooks and the security manager,
:15:40. > :15:48.Mark Hanna, all deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The
:15:49. > :15:52.time is a quarter past six. Our top story this evening - the Coronation
:15:53. > :15:57.Street actor, William Roache has gone on trial, accused of rape and
:15:58. > :16:02.indecent assault. It's claimed his victims were between and 11 and 16.
:16:03. > :16:12.And coming up, the perils of potholes and how they could be
:16:13. > :16:14.getting worse. Later on BBC London - as waters finally recede, the big
:16:15. > :16:18.clear-up begins for residents flooded along the Thames. And, Mo
:16:19. > :16:21.the Marathon man - can the double Olympic champion pull off a win
:16:22. > :16:30.against tough competition on the capital's streets?
:16:31. > :16:35.It was called the War to End all Wars and those who fought it lived
:16:36. > :16:38.through almost unimaginable brutality. Many of the soldiers
:16:39. > :16:41.recorded life on the front line in diaries and now, for the first time,
:16:42. > :16:44.many are being published online. The National Archives put 300,000 pages
:16:45. > :16:46.of personal testimony on the web today. Eventually all 1.5 million
:16:47. > :16:49.pages will be available to the public. As Robert Hall reports, it
:16:50. > :16:51.could change the way that the history of the Great War is
:16:52. > :17:06.understood. Here I sit outside our headquarters'
:17:07. > :17:11.trench in the sun. All should be nice and peaceful and pretty. What
:17:12. > :17:16.it actually is beyond description, trenches, ammunition, tools, cats
:17:17. > :17:22.and everything, everywhere. Poor fell lows shot dead lying in all
:17:23. > :17:27.directions. Thousands of war diaries. 1.5 million separate
:17:28. > :17:30.documents. Once the fodder for authors and researchers, now they're
:17:31. > :17:37.available for the first time at the click of a mouse. The order to
:17:38. > :17:41.retire was at last given... These are the day-to-day lives of the men
:17:42. > :17:45.of the regiments of a giant army, the attacks, the food and the
:17:46. > :17:50.horrific casualties. Neatly typed on to official military forms and
:17:51. > :17:56.stored away for decades. The names carved on to our local war memorials
:17:57. > :17:59.are the most obvious reminders of the First World War, but all of us
:18:00. > :18:02.will have a direct connection with somebody who served in this
:18:03. > :18:06.conflict. The hope is these diaries, released into the public domain,
:18:07. > :18:14.will give more and more people the opportunity to follow a personal
:18:15. > :18:19.trail. This is Operation War Diary, under way at a school in
:18:20. > :18:21.Southampton. Students reading the hitherto unseen documents are
:18:22. > :18:26.tagging names and events, adding to their own knowledge and improving
:18:27. > :18:31.the archives' search engine. They talk about their supplies from the
:18:32. > :18:35.battle and about their cooking and from the sounds of it, they're
:18:36. > :18:38.getting quite annoyed, because their suppliers aren't reaching all the
:18:39. > :18:41.way through. It shows you what happens behind the scenes and how
:18:42. > :18:45.these men actually lived and what the quality of their lives were at
:18:46. > :18:50.that time. If you read it and take it in, but when you have to
:18:51. > :18:57.specifically point out things it again immerses you even more. Holes
:18:58. > :19:02.where shells struck, branches torn off trees by the explosion.
:19:03. > :19:06.Everywhere the same hard, grim pitless sign of battle and war. I've
:19:07. > :19:12.had a belly full of it. Ghastly, absolutely ghastly. The eyewitnesses
:19:13. > :19:17.have left us, but they survive through the curling pages of their
:19:18. > :19:29.final observations. Robert Hall, BBC News.
:19:30. > :19:35.The violent storming of the Sikh temple of arm riT saR has troubled
:19:36. > :19:39.the authorities. David Cameron has order an investigation as to whether
:19:40. > :19:45.there was a British connection. Recently suggest that an SAS officer
:19:46. > :19:48.advised Indian authorities. Our political correspondent, Carole
:19:49. > :19:53.Walker, reports. The storming of the Golden Temple
:19:54. > :19:58.angered Sikhs around the world, who blamed Indian troops for violating
:19:59. > :20:01.their holiest shrine. Now documents released under the 30-year rule
:20:02. > :20:06.appear to show the British were involved. One Foreign Office letter
:20:07. > :20:11.says, "With the Prime Minister's agreement, an SAD officer has
:20:12. > :20:15.visited India and drawn up a plan, which has been approved by Mrs
:20:16. > :20:19.Gandhi." There seems to be a typing error and it should be SAS. The
:20:20. > :20:24.letter warns this could increase violence in India and warns it might
:20:25. > :20:28.also therefore increase tension in the Indian community here,
:20:29. > :20:33.particularly if knowledge of the SAS involvement were to become public.
:20:34. > :20:37.Some MPs believe all the evidence of British involvement must now be
:20:38. > :20:43.released. I think there are further documentations. I think what we want
:20:44. > :20:45.is a full, candid disclosure of all documentation and proper examination
:20:46. > :20:48.so we can get to the bottom of exactly what happened here. Even
:20:49. > :20:53.after 30 years, Sikhs here in Britain want to know the truth about
:20:54. > :20:56.what happened at Amritsar. We are told neither David Cameron, nor the
:20:57. > :20:59.Foreign Secretary, William Hague, were aware of the documents
:21:00. > :21:04.suggesting Britain's involvement until they were published, but that
:21:05. > :21:08.they do understand the very legitimate concerns that will be
:21:09. > :21:14.raised by the revelations. At the largest Sikh temple outside India,
:21:15. > :21:16.in south all, west London, a community leader welcomed the Prime
:21:17. > :21:23.Minister's decision to ask the Cabinet Secretary to investigate.
:21:24. > :21:31.This is a holy place for all Sikhs. It is Mecca. It's hard-breaking
:21:32. > :21:35.news. It doesn't go out from your mind. It's not a small thing. That
:21:36. > :21:41.is why if the truth has come out, at least people know. Last year, David
:21:42. > :21:46.Cameron became the first serving British Prime Minister to visit the
:21:47. > :21:50.Golden Temple at Amritsar. He's keen to focus on the historic and
:21:51. > :22:05.cultural ties with Sikhs, but he's now under pressure to recover
:22:06. > :22:08.recover more -- discover more. Dramatic footage has emerged of the
:22:09. > :22:11.moment that an elephant in South Africa overturned a car driven by a
:22:12. > :22:14.British teacher from Lincolnshire and a man, thought to be her
:22:15. > :22:18.partner, who were on a self-drive safari. Sarah Brooks was in the car
:22:19. > :22:21.seen behind the elephant in Kruger National Park two weeks ago. The
:22:22. > :22:24.elephant, which was being filmed by another group of tourists in a car
:22:25. > :22:27.behind, stops for a moment and then turns on them, rolling the car over
:22:28. > :22:30.several times. Sarah Brooks was gored in the leg by one of the
:22:31. > :22:35.animal's tusks. The animal was destroyed after the incident.
:22:36. > :22:41.The problem of potholes on Britain's roads is on the rise, figures from
:22:42. > :22:44.the RAC suggest. They say call-outs involving broken suspension, damaged
:22:45. > :22:50.wheels and the like were up by two thirds last year. Snow and rain are
:22:51. > :22:53.to blame and the South West was one of the worst-hit areas. Our
:22:54. > :23:03.correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is in Sherborne in Dorset. Duncan? I bet
:23:04. > :23:07.like me you would like a pound for every time your car has hit one of
:23:08. > :23:12.these. Just look at the size of this pothole. I can get both of my size
:23:13. > :23:15.tens in there. There are thousands of these around the country at the
:23:16. > :23:20.moment with the RAC saying there's been a 68% rise in the number of
:23:21. > :23:23.card that have been damaged by these. With all the rain and
:23:24. > :23:32.flooding it could be about to get a lot worse. Ouch! A pain in the
:23:33. > :23:38.posterior. Also the pocket. The mounting cost of potholes to our
:23:39. > :23:43.health and our finances. In Dorset alone they now have 35 teams out
:23:44. > :23:46.trying to fix them, so bad has the problem become. It's the worst I've
:23:47. > :23:52.ever seen it. I've been on the council now 25 years. The recent
:23:53. > :23:55.rainfall has made it all much worse, with this county alone reporting
:23:56. > :24:00.1200 new road damage incidents in the past two weeks. We normally see
:24:01. > :24:03.an increase of potholes due to the wet and wintery weather, but
:24:04. > :24:08.certainly there's been a spike as a result of the recent bad weather.
:24:09. > :24:13.It's monsters like this one that are causing all the trouble. That's why
:24:14. > :24:16.the RAC says today there's been a 68% rise in the amount of
:24:17. > :24:20.vehicle-related damage in the past year alone. The numbers are up from
:24:21. > :24:29.just over 17,000 incidents a year to more than 28,000. . At a cost to
:24:30. > :24:32.motorists of ?100 million a year. Local councils are playing catch-up
:24:33. > :24:36.most of the time and until they get on top of the problems, we simply
:24:37. > :24:42.won't see a reduction in these sorts of accidents. Severe problems have
:24:43. > :24:47.also been reported in Kent, Sussex and Northamptonshire. Wherever you
:24:48. > :24:52.go, you get this. I just think it's really bad, you know, and I suppose
:24:53. > :24:55.it's the weather, isn't it? There's been a lot more on the roads
:24:56. > :24:59.especially on the back stroeTS and the country lanes. The Government is
:25:00. > :25:04.spending more than ?3 million over five years to improve road
:25:05. > :25:09.maintenance, but with the pot toll season already under way, expect
:25:10. > :25:14.more gripes about the gaping holes. Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Dorset.
:25:15. > :25:16.Melting water bottles, collapsing ball boys and conditions one player
:25:17. > :25:20.described as inhumane. The Australian Open got under way this
:25:21. > :25:22.week, but it's the heat, not the tennis, that's been hitting the
:25:23. > :25:25.headlines, with temperatures topping 42 degrees. In his match, Andy
:25:26. > :25:28.Murray got safely through to the second round, but that didn't stop
:25:29. > :25:36.him from voicing his concerns. Patrick Gearey reports.
:25:37. > :25:42.Pouring a drink to watch the tennis has a different interpretation at
:25:43. > :25:47.the Australian Open. With temperatures above 42 degrees
:25:48. > :25:56.Celcius, Melbourne was melting. It's boiling. Like, I'm sweating real
:25:57. > :26:00.bad: It's ridiculous. It's unbearably hot. It was hard enough
:26:01. > :26:06.to stay cool while watching. Imagine playing. One player had fainted,
:26:07. > :26:12.another had vomited before Andy Murray entered the furn Nas. Even
:26:13. > :26:18.the shade was scorching, so best to keep rallies to a minimum. One shot
:26:19. > :26:24.if possible. His opponent, Go Soeda, had no answer. The first set, 6-1.
:26:25. > :26:31.The temperatures weren't typical for tartan, but Murray had now adapted.
:26:32. > :26:38.The 108th ranking places between the players was plain to see. In the
:26:39. > :26:45.first set Murray broke twice. By the third he was channelling. Go Soeda
:26:46. > :26:48.faded to the third. Murray through in mercifully three brief sets, but
:26:49. > :26:56.should they have been allowed to play at all? People in the stands
:26:57. > :27:00.are fainting. It's really tough and challenging conditions and I don't
:27:01. > :27:05.know even what the heat rule is. None of the players really do.
:27:06. > :27:10.Organisers say a relatively low humidity made playing safe. Murray
:27:11. > :27:13.signs on with a win, having made the uncomfortable comfortable. Patrick
:27:14. > :27:19.Gearey, BBC News. Not quite so warm here. Time for a look at the weather
:27:20. > :27:23.with Nick. George, that heat in Australia isn't going anywhere any
:27:24. > :27:26.time soon. Confirmation that the temperature will stay close to 40 in
:27:27. > :27:30.Melbourne. Eventually the showers will cool it down in time for the
:27:31. > :27:33.weekend. Today, here it's been chilly, but actually overnight the
:27:34. > :27:38.temperature will head up as the weather front goes through taking
:27:39. > :27:42.rain and a brief spell of snow and the snow over the higher
:27:43. > :27:46.ground-of-Scotland. Temperatures will rise through the night. We are
:27:47. > :27:51.in the warmer colours by the time we get to the morning, so if you are
:27:52. > :27:55.heading out 7.00, these are the sort of temperatures we're expecting.
:27:56. > :27:59.That's higher than at any time of the day today. If you like today,
:28:00. > :28:03.you'll hate tomorrow's mild and cloudy and at times wet weather. A
:28:04. > :28:06.big charving coming our way. A lot of rain to start the day in
:28:07. > :28:10.Scotland. This is the picture at 8.00am. Soggy conditions here. A
:28:11. > :28:13.difficult driving conditions with lots of spray in Glasgow and
:28:14. > :28:18.Edinburgh. Shores into Northern Ireland. The overnight rain clinging
:28:19. > :28:23.in the east. Behind that, plenty of cloud and mist and murk and hill fog
:28:24. > :28:25.and patchy light rain and drizzle and showery outbreaks heading back
:28:26. > :28:29.into the Wales and south-west England. Although rain is in the
:28:30. > :28:33.forecast, there are no Met Office severe weather warnings for this, so
:28:34. > :28:36.it's not expected to make current flooding worse. We look to tomorrow,
:28:37. > :28:40.where the wind will pick up. It will be breezy, but gales developing in
:28:41. > :28:43.the northern isles. The overnight clears east, but further outbreaks
:28:44. > :28:47.come into western areas during the day, spreading further east.
:28:48. > :28:51.Northern Ireland should brighten up and some may get to 13 Celcius. On
:28:52. > :28:55.Thursday and Friday, sunshine, showers. The most frequent in
:28:56. > :28:59.western and southern coasts. Hail and thunder and winds, but the
:29:00. > :29:02.temperatures may come down a couple of degrees or so, but I still prefer
:29:03. > :29:05.that over the extreme heat in Australia. More about the weather