:00:15. > :00:32.care over fears for their health. I cannot walk very far or breed very
:00:33. > :00:37.easily and it is very scary -- breeze very easily. We'll ask how
:00:38. > :00:42.long it will last and question the longer-term impact. Also tonight: A
:00:43. > :00:44.last-minute appeal on behalf of the Mauritian A-Level student about to
:00:45. > :00:46.be deported despite high-profile calls for clemency.
:00:47. > :00:48.The Welsh Government considers a ban on the smoking of e-cigarettes in
:00:49. > :00:51.public places. Why loneliness is bad for the health
:00:52. > :00:54.- we have a special report. And David Weir aiming for a
:00:55. > :00:57.magnificent seventh victory at the London Marathon. On BBC London:
:00:58. > :01:00.Latest figures show a record house price gap between London and the
:01:01. > :01:03.rest of the country. And victory for the workers who took
:01:04. > :01:22.on the car giant Ford in a battle over lost pensions.
:01:23. > :01:26.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. Millions of elderly
:01:27. > :01:29.people, as well as people with health problems, have been advised
:01:30. > :01:35.to avoid heavy exercise as high levels of pollution affect areas of
:01:36. > :01:38.England. These were the regions forecast to be hit today, with the
:01:39. > :01:45.areas in purple, red and pink having either high or very high levels.
:01:46. > :01:48.It's all being caused by a mix of dust from the Sahara and local and
:01:49. > :01:54.European emissions. Those with asthma and other breathing-related
:01:55. > :02:00.conditions are at the highest risk. Our science editor David Shukman has
:02:01. > :02:05.more details. A thick haze descended this morning
:02:06. > :02:11.and it was not fall, it was pollution. This was Ipswich,
:02:12. > :02:17.shrouded in air with the highest level of warning. Cars were covered
:02:18. > :02:22.in a layer of dust, adding to an already serious problem. For an
:02:23. > :02:26.asthma sufferer like this woman, these are tricky times. She only
:02:27. > :02:31.goes out when she has to and it is quite an effort. The poor quality of
:02:32. > :02:37.the air means using an inhaler has become essential. Walking from the
:02:38. > :02:41.house, I was having to stop more frequently, more tight chested,
:02:42. > :02:48.getting a little bit breathless. My voice is going now. That is not
:02:49. > :02:52.normal. Where has the pollution been coming from? Some of it is home
:02:53. > :02:57.grown, from our traffic and power stations. The rest has built up over
:02:58. > :03:00.European cities and industries and then blown across the Channel. On
:03:01. > :03:10.top of that, there is a third source from the Sahara. The winds carrying
:03:11. > :03:15.dust our way. Fast storms in the desert lift dust into the air. Even
:03:16. > :03:20.though this is 2000 miles away, the dust can be swept through the
:03:21. > :03:25.atmosphere all the way to Britain. You could just make out the towering
:03:26. > :03:27.landmarks of London this afternoon. Over the past half-century,
:03:28. > :03:32.Britain's cities have become cleaner. But their pollution is
:03:33. > :03:35.still estimated to cut six months from the average life expectancy.
:03:36. > :03:42.Sometimes you can see the pollution. But the best guide is
:03:43. > :03:49.instruments like these, part of a network across the country which
:03:50. > :03:52.regularly record our air being dirtier than recommended limits.
:03:53. > :03:57.What is unusual this time is the mix of pollution and dust from the
:03:58. > :04:02.Sahara. Let me show you how striking it can be. Here is a filter paper
:04:03. > :04:10.before it is used. Here is one after just 24 hours. For anyone at risk,
:04:11. > :04:15.the health advice is clear. If you have heart disease or lung disease
:04:16. > :04:18.such as asthma, reduce the amount of strenuous physical activity you take
:04:19. > :04:24.outdoors and the word you may need to use your inhaler more. App so far
:04:25. > :04:33.conditions have not been as severe as forecast. This episode is not
:04:34. > :04:44.over. And it will not be the last. David joins us now. What are the
:04:45. > :04:48.predictions? The forecast is for bad conditions tonight and tomorrow. A
:04:49. > :04:52.slight shift in the regions affected. From the east to the
:04:53. > :04:56.Midlands. The good news is with our changeable weather, pollution
:04:57. > :05:01.episodes like this never last long. With wind and rain, that will sort
:05:02. > :05:05.the problem out by Friday and certainly by the weekend. The
:05:06. > :05:16.findings were stark. How Bardot problem do we have with pollution
:05:17. > :05:23.question at -- how bad a problem? There at over 4000 premature deaths
:05:24. > :05:26.across the EU due to pollution. The British Government says it is doing
:05:27. > :05:31.all it can. There is a massive problem because so many of our
:05:32. > :05:35.vehicles are diesel and it is particularly bad for generating this
:05:36. > :05:40.kind of pollution. It wants a longer time to sort out the problem than
:05:41. > :05:47.Brussels is happily delete macro happy to give us. -- Brussels is
:05:48. > :05:58.happy to give us. Clearly there are things that can be done to try to
:05:59. > :06:00.sort it out. Thank you. Within the past hour, police in Edinburgh have
:06:01. > :06:04.confirmed that a 12-year-old girl who died at a school when a wall
:06:05. > :06:05.collapsed onto her was Keane Wallis-Bennett.
:06:06. > :06:09.In a statement, her family said Keane was a princess who dreamt of
:06:10. > :06:11.being Prime Minister. She was a pupil at Liberton High School and
:06:12. > :06:14.throughout the day, pupils and teachers have been laying tributes
:06:15. > :06:20.in her memory. Our correspondent Lorna Gordon reports.
:06:21. > :06:24.A family in mourning, a mother supported by relatives, laying
:06:25. > :06:28.flowers at the school where her daughter studied and where she died.
:06:29. > :06:36.A child's that in such a unforeseen circumstances, the pain hard for any
:06:37. > :06:40.family to enjoy. Keane Wallis-Bennett's family spoke of a
:06:41. > :06:46.daughter who dreams of being Prime Minister or a beautician. She had
:06:47. > :06:50.recently attended her first disco. The 12-year-old was popular. Her
:06:51. > :06:56.death has left pupils and teachers at her school in shock. She was a
:06:57. > :07:06.lovely girl. Excellent pupil. Very popular with the staff and her peers
:07:07. > :07:09.alike. She loved sport. She loved contributing to the school, most
:07:10. > :07:14.recently involved in a project planting flowers. She really cared
:07:15. > :07:19.about the school. She had been changing for the one wall in a
:07:20. > :07:25.changing room collapsed. She was trapped underneath. Police are
:07:26. > :07:27.investigating why it happened but on a steady stream of people leaving
:07:28. > :07:32.tributes today were parents concerned that the condition of the
:07:33. > :07:40.freestanding wall had been ignored. They knew it was wobbly. They could
:07:41. > :07:49.fell down a lift shaft a couple of years ago. -- a kid. Here there is
:07:50. > :07:52.grief but a desire too for answers. The school will remain closed until
:07:53. > :07:57.after Easter. Across Scotland, schools will be carrying out checks
:07:58. > :08:06.on similar structures to ensure they are secure.
:08:07. > :08:10.An A-Level student from Mauritius who's been at the centre of a
:08:11. > :08:13.dispute over whether or not she should be deported is due to be
:08:14. > :08:15.flown out of Britain tonight. The Home Office says Yashika
:08:16. > :08:18.Bageerathi will leave from Heathrow in the coming hours, but lawyers
:08:19. > :08:27.have lodged a last-minute appeal. Our home affairs correspondent Tom
:08:28. > :08:31.Symonds has more details. Yashika Bageerathi is in some ways a
:08:32. > :08:36.typical 19-year-old, working hard towards her A-levels. But tonight
:08:37. > :08:39.she was on her way to Heathrow accompanied by four officials. The
:08:40. > :08:45.plan is she will be flown back to Mauritius at 9pm. But at her school
:08:46. > :08:50.this evening, we will briefly able to speak to her from an immigration
:08:51. > :08:58.service van. What would you say to people about how you are feeling? I
:08:59. > :09:02.am really angry. She said she had exams, it was not fair she was being
:09:03. > :09:07.removed from the UK and she would be prepared to leave the UK voluntarily
:09:08. > :09:13.for a safe place if she was allowed to finish her A-levels. What makes
:09:14. > :09:17.this different is she is so close to doing her A-levels. She has worked
:09:18. > :09:21.really hard for two years. She has six weeks till her first exam. For
:09:22. > :09:25.her to be able to complete her A-levels, even if she has to go back
:09:26. > :09:30.and leave the UK, it would make such a difference to her life. Yashika
:09:31. > :09:35.Bageerathi's asylum application is one of 23,000 UK receives every
:09:36. > :09:41.year. But her case has attracted strong support from fellow students
:09:42. > :09:44.who protested at the weekend. A Twitter campaign and an online
:09:45. > :09:52.petition which has reached 150,000 signatures. She arrived in the UK as
:09:53. > :09:56.a temporary visitor in 2011 and entered education. She applied for
:09:57. > :10:00.asylum in the summer of 2013. But because she turned 18, her case was
:10:01. > :10:07.dealt separately with that of her family which is why she and not they
:10:08. > :10:10.now face removal. The legal process involved five separate immigration
:10:11. > :10:14.hearings and a judicial review. When they failed, she was held at Yarl's
:10:15. > :10:22.Wood immigration removal centre. The Home Office says her case is not
:10:23. > :10:26.exceptional. Her family, her mother at the school this afternoon, they
:10:27. > :10:30.have stressed their concern about returning to their country because
:10:31. > :10:37.they said they had been threatened air. They have tonight lodged papers
:10:38. > :10:42.to attempt to get an injunction to prevent the 9pm flight out of the
:10:43. > :10:46.UK. We will hear later whether it has succeeded. Officials at the Home
:10:47. > :10:51.Office say they are not quite as though the -- they are not
:10:52. > :10:56.criticising her campaign, but they say her cases not exceptional, it is
:10:57. > :11:01.like many of the 23,000 radio with every year and they believe, they
:11:02. > :11:10.said, that she would be safe if she returned -- like many of the 23,000
:11:11. > :11:13.they deal with every year. The coroner in charge of the new
:11:14. > :11:16.inquests into the Hillsborough disaster has said the 96 people who
:11:17. > :11:19.died should not be blamed. Lord Justice Goldring has instructed the
:11:20. > :11:23.jury not to consider that as a possibility. But he said they would
:11:24. > :11:27.have to examine the conduct of other fans and whether that had played any
:11:28. > :11:30.part in the tragedy. Britain has formally handed control
:11:31. > :11:32.of military operations in the Afghan province of Helmand to the
:11:33. > :11:35.Americans. It marks a significant moment in the UK's withdrawal of
:11:36. > :11:38.combat troops from the country, due to be completed by the end of this
:11:39. > :11:41.year. Nearly 450 British servicemen and women have died in Afghanistan
:11:42. > :11:51.since the start of operations in 2001. Should the use of electronic
:11:52. > :11:53.cigarettes be banned in public places?
:11:54. > :11:55.The Welsh Government thinks so and has put forward proposals which it
:11:56. > :11:57.says will help reduce smoking-related deaths. Our Wales
:11:58. > :12:07.correspondent Hywel Griffith has more details for us now. Why are
:12:08. > :12:13.they doing it? The Welsh Government was the first in the UK to suggest
:12:14. > :12:18.banning tobacco smoking in pubs. It is a change which ultimately went on
:12:19. > :12:22.to transform pubs like this one of land on the country. Now the same
:12:23. > :12:28.government wants to go a step further, banning the use of ease
:12:29. > :12:35.cigarettes. It has triggered a wider alderman. Does it harm or help the
:12:36. > :12:45.health of users? -- the use of electronic cigarettes. Vapour trails
:12:46. > :12:50.hang in the air. At this pub, the rise of the electronic cigarette has
:12:51. > :12:54.been rapid. The thought of running them fires they debate. I think it
:12:55. > :12:59.is ridiculous. There is no harm in it. All of us using them, not
:13:00. > :13:04.bothering anyone. I think they are nicer than cigarettes but I do not
:13:05. > :13:08.use them. They do not bother me. I do not like the idea of banning
:13:09. > :13:13.things but I am concerned there is a fashion with younger people starting
:13:14. > :13:17.on these things. The Welsh Government wants a ban because it
:13:18. > :13:23.believes electronic cigarettes are a gateway to the real thing. Those who
:13:24. > :13:29.sell them argue what they offer is a way out of smoking. I would say 95%
:13:30. > :13:36.of people use it as a gateway to exit smoking regular cigarettes. I
:13:37. > :13:42.would have to say that we do not get any people coming in saying, I am
:13:43. > :13:45.thinking of taking up the habit. Britain's cigarette habit is
:13:46. > :13:50.changing. The latest figures show went to % of adults in the UK smoke.
:13:51. > :13:58.The numbers have been falling since the 1970s -- the figures show that
:13:59. > :14:03.20% of adults in the UK smoke. The number of smokers has reduced
:14:04. > :14:09.further by 2% since 2006. It is estimated 1.3 million people now use
:14:10. > :14:14.electronic cigarettes. There are no long-term studies on the potential
:14:15. > :14:20.risks of electronic cigarettes. But the Welsh Government wants to send
:14:21. > :14:27.out a clear signal and use its powers to intervene. There is a risk
:14:28. > :14:31.it is normalising smoking. I recognise people are saying it has
:14:32. > :14:34.helped them quit. In some situations. However, there is some
:14:35. > :14:43.emerging evidence that suggests it may be drawing new smokers in to a
:14:44. > :14:49.nicotine habit. The ban on sales to under 18-year-olds is likely to come
:14:50. > :14:59.in across the UK. But Wales is looking to push further to put an
:15:00. > :15:03.end to puffing in public. It is only a suggestion at the moment and it
:15:04. > :15:08.took four years for the smoking ban to go from an idea to reality in
:15:09. > :15:14.Wales. It is a reminder that the four governments can take very
:15:15. > :15:23.different approaches to tackling their priorities. Thank you. Our top
:15:24. > :15:30.story this evening: Health warnings are issued in England as air
:15:31. > :15:33.pollution reaches worrying levels. And still to come: why these
:15:34. > :15:35.students in India may not be choosing Britain for their
:15:36. > :15:39.university studies. Later on BBC London: protesters claim London's
:15:40. > :15:44.councils are failing to do enough to improve safety for cyclists. And a
:15:45. > :15:46.Met firearms officer accusing the force of sexual and racial
:15:47. > :15:57.discrimination denies exaggerating her claims.
:15:58. > :15:59.The emotional problems associated with loneliness have long been
:16:00. > :16:05.acknowledged - but now there's evidence that being lonely has an
:16:06. > :16:08.impact on your overall health. Researchers found that lonely people
:16:09. > :16:18.are more likely to be heavy drinkers, smokers and to be
:16:19. > :16:21.overweight. But a poll of more than 1,000 family doctors suggests that
:16:22. > :16:23.only around half of them consider loneliness to be a public health
:16:24. > :16:27.issue. Campaigners are now calling for a shake up. Our social affairs
:16:28. > :16:32.correspondent Alison Holt has more details.
:16:33. > :16:40.Where everyone else seems to be busy, it is all too easy to feel
:16:41. > :16:44.alone. 87-year-old Kathleen finds walking difficult, and often feels
:16:45. > :16:49.she is watching life pass her by from her armchair. She has friends
:16:50. > :17:01.and family who check on her but still feels lonely. Winter nights,
:17:02. > :17:05.yes. Those are very lonely. Once the curtains are shut and it has gone
:17:06. > :17:11.dark by four o'clock, it is a long, long night to get through. We all
:17:12. > :17:14.know that drinking too much and smoking is bad for us, but there is
:17:15. > :17:18.growing evidence that loneliness has a direct impact on our direct
:17:19. > :17:21.physical as well as mental health. One study suggests it is the
:17:22. > :17:25.equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. We need to see this in a
:17:26. > :17:29.different light. Campaigners say the strength of the evidence means it is
:17:30. > :17:33.vital that GPs are more involved in tackling the issue. People who are
:17:34. > :17:37.lonely are more likely to drink more, find it harder to give up
:17:38. > :17:40.smoking, they don't eat as many fruit or vegetables or take as much
:17:41. > :17:42.exercise, so across a whole range of measures, loneliness is harming our
:17:43. > :17:51.life. # Happy birthday to you.
:17:52. > :17:54.# Here in Staffordshire, this day centre run by Age UK offers a chance
:17:55. > :17:57.for people to socialise. Without it, many would be isolated. The GP who
:17:58. > :18:00.chairs the group that commissions health services locally wants to see
:18:01. > :18:12.doctors taking more account of loneliness, but she does recognise
:18:13. > :18:15.the difficulties. I think a lot of GPs probably simply don't have the
:18:16. > :18:19.time or resources to look into that. I think GPs would like to be able to
:18:20. > :18:23.do that, but even if they were able to identify it, it is knowing what
:18:24. > :18:30.they can do about it and what services they are out there. The TV
:18:31. > :18:32.presenter Esther Rantzen says loneliness is a constant theme
:18:33. > :18:38.amongst those calling ChildLine, and the new helpline for older people,
:18:39. > :18:43.Silver Line. We are losing people's lives, losing their quality of life.
:18:44. > :18:47.Looked at its most basic and practical, we would save an awful
:18:48. > :18:53.lot of money, and save people from a lot of unhappiness if we did more to
:18:54. > :18:56.counteract loneliness. Later this year, the government will publish
:18:57. > :18:59.data showing how many people there are in each area who feel lonely
:19:00. > :19:11.like Kathleen, and for many that is a sign that loneliness is finally
:19:12. > :19:14.being talked about. Tonight sees the rematch between the
:19:15. > :19:17.Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, and the UKIP leader, Nigel Farage,
:19:18. > :19:25.in the debate over Britain's future in Europe. Mr Farage was preparing
:19:26. > :19:28.for the debate earlier today. Both men will get a minute to make an
:19:29. > :19:34.opening statement before facing questions from an audience at the
:19:35. > :19:38.BBC Radio Theatre. Our Political Editor Nick Robinson is outside the
:19:39. > :19:41.BBC Radio Theatre where the debate is taking place in less than an
:19:42. > :19:44.hour. Well, his choice of leader will no doubt come up but what else
:19:45. > :19:47.can we expect? Round two of that bout between a man who is presenting
:19:48. > :19:51.himself as the leader of those who want to stay in Europe and the
:19:52. > :19:56.champion who want to get out will be different to round one. In the first
:19:57. > :20:01.round it was about measuring up the opponent, dancing around each other.
:20:02. > :20:11.In advance of the debate, Nick Clegg has already focused on Nigel
:20:12. > :20:13.Farage's decision to praise Vladimir Putin as the international statesman
:20:14. > :20:19.who we most admired. The UKIP leaders said he did not like him or
:20:20. > :20:23.agree with them but admired him as a statesman. In the last few hours, he
:20:24. > :20:30.has gone further in comments to the BBC, praising Vladimir Putin over
:20:31. > :20:41.his handling of the war in Syria. I did admire him. We were about to go
:20:42. > :20:47.to war in Syria. Poison gas was about to be used and everybody
:20:48. > :20:51.assumed it was a sad. It turns out it was the rebels who were using the
:20:52. > :20:58.gas and if Putin had not intervened, we would be at war in Syria. There
:20:59. > :21:02.is Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, answering questions about those
:21:03. > :21:07.comments. The UN did not take a decision about who was using
:21:08. > :21:12.chemical weapons in Syria. Nigel Farage, are you still arguing that
:21:13. > :21:19.Mr Assad did not use chemical weapons in Syria? We may get an
:21:20. > :21:22.answer soon enough. This is a question now no longer about which
:21:23. > :21:36.politician he prefers in the world but about global diplomacy, about
:21:37. > :21:39.peace and war. Indeed, thank you. Reminder that you can watch the
:21:40. > :21:46.debate live on BBC Two from seven o'clock this evening. Other
:21:47. > :21:51.countries bordering on Russia and now looking nervously following the
:21:52. > :21:57.annexation of the Crimea. All members of NATO have stepped up air
:21:58. > :22:02.patrols along their borders with Americans sending extra planes to
:22:03. > :22:07.bolster their defences. Our defence correspondent has been to Lithuania
:22:08. > :22:13.to watch NATO forces on exercise. Every moment of every day, NATO
:22:14. > :22:18.warplanes are on alert. This is an exercise that here in Lithuania, it
:22:19. > :22:21.really matters. The Baltic states are increasingly nervous about the
:22:22. > :22:34.behaviour of their new neighbour, Russia. The Russians occupy the part
:22:35. > :22:38.of Ukraine, and they are concentrating their forces and we
:22:39. > :22:45.should be able to defend our states. These F-15s can be scrambled
:22:46. > :22:50.within minutes and it is not just about reassuring the Baltic states,
:22:51. > :23:00.it is also about sending a clear message to Russia. The Baltics do
:23:01. > :23:04.not have much of an air force so they rely on NATO partners to take
:23:05. > :23:08.turns patrolling the skies. Normally, there are just four
:23:09. > :23:15.warplanes but this month, the Americans have sent ten, and there
:23:16. > :23:21.are offers of more planes as well. We have a great responsibility
:23:22. > :23:24.across the entire spectrum. Maintaining sovereign airspace is
:23:25. > :23:28.very important and when you are part of the strongest alliance in a
:23:29. > :23:33.history of the world, our sovereign airspace, that is where it all
:23:34. > :23:40.begins. Have you seen any Russian aeroplanes up close? I cannot
:23:41. > :23:43.comment on operation specifics. At one of the command centres, they
:23:44. > :23:50.have seen increasing Russian activity. At this base they can
:23:51. > :23:53.track every aeroplane from the Alps to northern Norway, and practically
:23:54. > :23:58.every week the spotting Russian warplanes that are appearing without
:23:59. > :24:02.warning. We are seeing a slow increase over the years consistent
:24:03. > :24:07.with Russian ambition if you like. The air force has seen more money
:24:08. > :24:12.and therefore we are seeing more activity. Is that worrying? I would
:24:13. > :24:19.say it is not worrying but we need to be sure we are aware of it. This
:24:20. > :24:24.is still a modest military response and officials are playing down
:24:25. > :24:29.reports of a new Cold War. On the Eastern front, the Alliance's
:24:30. > :24:37.smaller members are looking for assurances and a stronger show of
:24:38. > :24:40.force. There are just ten days to go until
:24:41. > :24:44.this year's London Marathon and the Paralympic champion David Weir is in
:24:45. > :24:47.the final stages of his training. He's aiming to win the wheelchair
:24:48. > :24:49.race for a record seventh time. Weir was a star of the London 2012's
:24:50. > :24:54.Paralympics, winning four gold medals, and he's been talking to our
:24:55. > :24:59.sports correspondent Natalie Pirks. It was the 2012 Paralympics that
:25:00. > :25:04.rust David Weir into the living rooms. His four gold medals were
:25:05. > :25:08.seared into the memory. Away from the euphoria of the Olympic Stadium,
:25:09. > :25:14.all roads they'll lead to London. For the last seven months, David
:25:15. > :25:21.Weir has pounded Richmond Park with a singular focus, to beat his record
:25:22. > :25:27.of six London Marathon winds. It has been bugging me for years. Is it an
:25:28. > :25:34.obsession? Yes everything is 666 at the moment. It feels like a stuck on
:25:35. > :25:41.six. I would love to get that seven win. It is going to be a tough race.
:25:42. > :25:46.He should know. He was a surprise winner back in 2002, celebrating
:25:47. > :25:53.alongside Baroness Thomson. Five winds later, he equalled her record
:25:54. > :25:57.of six in 2012. Winning is prestigious and also big business.
:25:58. > :26:01.Mo Farah half a half ?1 million for running this year. That is the kind
:26:02. > :26:08.of cash that he can only dream of now. We were on equal par in London
:26:09. > :26:11.in terms of crowd and support, and the next stage is funding and money
:26:12. > :26:19.and everything else. We are moving forward. It will take a bit of time
:26:20. > :26:23.but we will be on equal par with everyone else. That optimism is
:26:24. > :26:29.shared by his coach. She is convinced that a seventh win will
:26:30. > :26:33.seal legendary status. He will not settle into Lee gets it, and
:26:34. > :26:38.hopefully I will be by his side when he does achieve it. He has that
:26:39. > :26:43.determination and one sees in the chair and in the racy as a guy. He
:26:44. > :26:49.knows when he is going to retire but he is not telling us. While there
:26:50. > :26:55.are titles at stake, the man who has won everything is still driven to
:26:56. > :26:56.win more. Good luck. Time for a look at the weather.
:26:57. > :27:02.won everything is still driven to win more. Good luck. Time for a look
:27:03. > :27:06.Good evening. A quick update on the pollution, and it is going to get
:27:07. > :27:11.lower over the next couple of days. The winds are coming in from the
:27:12. > :27:15.south at the moment and that is why the pollution levels are high. As we
:27:16. > :27:20.head towards the end of the week, you can see the Atlantic rings in
:27:21. > :27:29.fresh conditions so the air quality will improve. -- the Atlantic rings
:27:30. > :27:32.in fresh conditions. The clouds have been streaming in across western
:27:33. > :27:38.Britain from the South, moving northwards, and this has brought
:27:39. > :27:41.rain and thunder in one or two places. Let's have a look at the
:27:42. > :27:48.details for this evening and overnight stop you can see spot of
:27:49. > :27:54.rain and, in fact, the East is going to stay dry, it will be mild in the
:27:55. > :27:58.South with double figures, but in the north-east of Scotland it will
:27:59. > :28:05.only reach four or five Celsius so certainly a chill in the air.
:28:06. > :28:09.Tomorrow, across the west and north, there will be rain. Across Wales,
:28:10. > :28:14.that rain could be heavy and that could reach parts of Northern
:28:15. > :28:17.Ireland. Across the Midlands, and East Anglia, it will stay dry for
:28:18. > :28:21.most of the day but there could be some spots of rain. Here is the
:28:22. > :28:29.confirmation of the forecast for Friday. You can see the winds coming
:28:30. > :28:33.in from the Atlantic which means it will turn pressure but it will not
:28:34. > :28:38.be sunny. The end of the week and into the weekend will be unsettled
:28:39. > :28:45.with some rain at times, but as always, there will be a glimmer of
:28:46. > :28:47.brightness between the clouds. The outlook is mixed. Thank you. That is