:00:22. > :00:32.people. That makes it look like smoking is cool.
:00:33. > :00:36.We'll be looking at the evidence for the ban. Also tonight... Pollution
:00:37. > :00:40.levels reach record highs in many areas but relief is on the way. The
:00:41. > :00:42.families of the 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough begin
:00:43. > :00:46.giving personal tributes at the inquests. Teaching from two - why
:00:47. > :00:51.nurseries and child minders should be doing more to educate
:00:52. > :00:57.pre-schoolers. And, Her Majesty meets His Holiness. The Queen meets
:00:58. > :01:06.Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican. On BBC London: A
:01:07. > :01:14.cyclist is killed after being hit by a lorry at the junction of six
:01:15. > :01:17.previous accidents. A senior Net policeman said he did not
:01:18. > :01:29.discriminate against a colleague because she was black or a woman.
:01:30. > :01:37.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. Branding on cigarette
:01:38. > :01:40.packets is set to be banned across the UK and replaced by plain
:01:41. > :01:43.packaging. The announcement follows an independent review which said the
:01:44. > :01:47.move would help reduce smoking, and make cigarettes less attractive to
:01:48. > :01:51.young people. A further consultation is due to be carried out on the
:01:52. > :01:55.plans, but the law is expected to be approved before the next general
:01:56. > :02:03.election. Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports. It looks
:02:04. > :02:10.revolting and that is the point. This is what is meant by plain
:02:11. > :02:15.packaging, drab packs dominated by health warnings devoid of branding.
:02:16. > :02:19.This is how cigarettes are sold in Australia. The packaging has two
:02:20. > :02:29.change and the pictures have to change. And eminent paediatrician
:02:30. > :02:34.does believe it will lead to a drop in the number of people smoking. You
:02:35. > :02:39.will reduce the appeal of the products and increase the perception
:02:40. > :02:43.of the health warning and you will make people think much more about
:02:44. > :02:50.the risks of smoking. That is what the evidence shows. This is about
:02:51. > :02:55.deterring children from taking up smoking. What do these pupils in
:02:56. > :03:03.North London think of branded versus train packaging? It will put you off
:03:04. > :03:08.it. Compared to this, it does not have much. People will think it is
:03:09. > :03:15.cool and they will continue to smoke with this. Sky that makes it look
:03:16. > :03:21.like smoking is cool. -- that makes it look like smoking is cool. If you
:03:22. > :03:26.are looking for a cigarette and you are quite desperate to get one, the
:03:27. > :03:33.packaging will not put you off too badly. The past decade has seen a
:03:34. > :03:40.ban on smoking in public places and moves to strict tobacco displays in
:03:41. > :03:47.shops. After several reviews and years of delay, it now seems certain
:03:48. > :03:52.that plain packaging of tobacco and packs like these from Australia will
:03:53. > :03:56.be introduced across the UK. The only questions are when and how it
:03:57. > :04:02.will be done in a day that deters the tobacco industry from launching
:04:03. > :04:06.a legal challenge. But, for the pro-smoking lobby, funded by the
:04:07. > :04:12.tobacco industry, this is another example of the nanny state. Evidence
:04:13. > :04:16.does not exist that justifies the legislation. David Cameron said he
:04:17. > :04:21.wanted to cut down on excessive regulation. This is excessive and
:04:22. > :04:28.unnecessary. The clean cigarette that is kind for your throat. This
:04:29. > :04:33.is how cigarettes used to be marketed. One into long-term smokers
:04:34. > :04:37.are killed by their habit. Plain packaging reflects the stark
:04:38. > :04:42.reality. And Fergus is with me now. So what's the reasoning behind
:04:43. > :04:47.today's announcement? More than 200,000 children under 16 take up
:04:48. > :04:52.smoking every year. This independent review has concluded that about 2%
:04:53. > :04:59.of those might be deterred by plain packaging. That may not sound very
:05:00. > :05:03.much but it is 4000 child smokers a year. The review also found it will
:05:04. > :05:07.not lead to an increase in illicit sales. That is what has convinced
:05:08. > :05:13.the Government. The Government has blown hot and cold on this issue.
:05:14. > :05:16.David Cameron was initially enthusiastic and then it was shelved
:05:17. > :05:22.and missed out of the Queen's Speech and he was accused placing the
:05:23. > :05:25.tobacco lobby before public health. This is a U-turn. Scotland is
:05:26. > :05:29.committed to introducing plain packaging and we will see it across
:05:30. > :05:32.the UK with firm proposals within a matter of months. Ambulance Services
:05:33. > :05:35.say there's been a significant rise in 999 calls from people with
:05:36. > :05:39.breathing problems, as large parts of the country continue to be
:05:40. > :05:42.affected by air pollution. Earlier today, London and the south east of
:05:43. > :05:45.England recorded very high levels of pollution - caused by a mix of
:05:46. > :05:58.Saharan dust and emissions from here and the continent. Our science
:05:59. > :06:03.editor, David Shukman, reports. An icon of the London skyline. Almost
:06:04. > :06:08.lost in pollution which all day has ranked at the highest level of the
:06:09. > :06:12.Government 's air quality index. The dark grey area is laden with an
:06:13. > :06:18.unusual mix of pollution and dust that have come all the way from the
:06:19. > :06:21.Sahara desert. This map released this afternoon shows how London has
:06:22. > :06:25.enjoyed the worst conditions but also how the cloud has spread out,
:06:26. > :06:32.though it is no longer so concentrated. Ambulance staff have
:06:33. > :06:37.noticed an increase in workload because for the elderly and anyone
:06:38. > :06:42.with asthma, air pollution can be a threat. It has been an incredibly
:06:43. > :06:47.busy week this week. We have seen an increase in calls. Yesterday, there
:06:48. > :06:51.was a 14% increase in patients ringing us with breathing problems.
:06:52. > :06:56.I think we can tribute some of it to the change in the weather. When the
:06:57. > :07:01.pollution is really bad, you can smell it and taste it. To get an
:07:02. > :07:08.accurate measurement, scientists from King's College London use
:07:09. > :07:10.devices like this, to measure exactly what the individual is
:07:11. > :07:12.experiencing. This shows that one particular type of pollution is
:07:13. > :07:17.above the World Health Organisation guideline. This level of pollution
:07:18. > :07:22.can be managed safely but it is bad enough to have an impact on the most
:07:23. > :07:31.vulnerable. I had to keep up all night, I could not sleep. I have to
:07:32. > :07:37.come and get some medication. It is really debilitating me. This lab at
:07:38. > :07:41.Manchester University is one of many that has been tracking what is
:07:42. > :07:46.happening to the air. They are trying to identify how much of it is
:07:47. > :07:51.dust from the Sahara aux pollution that has blown here from continental
:07:52. > :07:54.Europe or pollution generated here. We cannot change the weather
:07:55. > :08:01.patterns and we are stuck with what is happening now. We can lessen the
:08:02. > :08:06.extra pollution added to the Sahara dust, using less and less energy and
:08:07. > :08:11.things like that. When the wind picks up, the pollution will blow
:08:12. > :08:14.away. This was Norwich this afternoon for the as in so many
:08:15. > :08:19.parts of the country, the Hayes was still in place. The problem will
:08:20. > :08:21.stay with us until tomorrow. Jurors at the new inquests into the
:08:22. > :08:25.Hillsborough disaster have begun hearing about the 96 Liverpool fans
:08:26. > :08:28.who lost their lives. The coroner invited relatives of fans who died
:08:29. > :08:32.to read out short biographies in court. Some of the witnesses wept,
:08:33. > :08:37.as they spoke of having to defend the name of their loved one against
:08:38. > :08:48.accusations of hooliganism. Judith Moritz reports. The Hillsborough
:08:49. > :08:51.disaster is said to having compassed many individual human tragedies.
:08:52. > :08:56.Today, the relatives of those who died came to tell the jury about
:08:57. > :09:00.their loved ones. The first was John, who was seven when his father
:09:01. > :09:06.went to Hillsborough and did not come back. Arthur was a huge music
:09:07. > :09:12.fan, he loved going to Liverpool 's famous cavern club. His widow wrote
:09:13. > :09:19.the words to be read out in court. Arthur was born in January, 1948.
:09:20. > :09:24.Afterwards, his son read them for our cameras. This has been the
:09:25. > :09:28.hardest thing I have ever had to write but he was a wonderful husband
:09:29. > :09:34.and best friend as well as a devoted dad, brother and friend and how much
:09:35. > :09:39.we all miss him every day. As John spoke about his dad, the court was
:09:40. > :09:49.silent. Later coming he told the BBC about his experience of speaking to
:09:50. > :09:52.the jury. It is very important. The characters and personalities of
:09:53. > :09:56.every one of the 96 Hillsborough victims will be described to the
:09:57. > :10:01.court. It will take to the end of the month. The idea is to put those
:10:02. > :10:07.who died at the heart of these inquests. 19-year-old Ian Whelan
:10:08. > :10:10.left to red roses on the doorstep of his girlfriend 's house before going
:10:11. > :10:16.to the match at Hillsborough. She never saw him again. His father said
:10:17. > :10:19.that Ian was not a football hooligan. Our family feel they have
:10:20. > :10:28.had to defend his good name for 25 years. I am not used to speaking but
:10:29. > :10:33.it had to be done. My wife and I sat down and wrote what we needed to
:10:34. > :10:38.say. We hope it came across the way we wanted it to. It was said that
:10:39. > :10:44.today was one of many harrowing days to come as the 96 who died become
:10:45. > :10:49.more than just a list of names, the hopes, dreams and stories told one
:10:50. > :10:51.by one. The Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, has apologised to MPs after
:10:52. > :10:56.a parliamentary committee said she hadn't fully co-operated with an
:10:57. > :10:59.inquiry into her expenses. The Standards Committee also ordered her
:11:00. > :11:02.to to repay nearly ?600,000, which she'd over-claimed for her mortgage
:11:03. > :11:08.but she was cleared of deliberately fiddling her expenses. Let's speak
:11:09. > :11:15.to our deputy political editor, James Landale, who's in Westminster.
:11:16. > :11:22.Do you think this is the end of the matter? For now at least. She
:11:23. > :11:26.survives. She has been cleared of the central allegation against her,
:11:27. > :11:30.namely that she wrongly claimed public money to provide for her
:11:31. > :11:35.disabled parents, who lived with her at the London home on which she
:11:36. > :11:39.claimed her expenses. She has been ordered to repay just under ?600,000
:11:40. > :11:46.or over claiming for her mortgage interest payments. Also, she has had
:11:47. > :11:52.to apologise to the House of Commons for the way she responded to the
:11:53. > :11:58.independent enquiry. The committee said she had inadequate responses
:11:59. > :12:02.and lengthy procedural challenges. She has become the first serving
:12:03. > :12:05.Cabinet minister to have to apologise in the House of Commons
:12:06. > :12:10.over and expenses investigation. MPs took a dim view of that. Her brief
:12:11. > :12:15.apology was greeted by near silence and some Labour MPs demanding her
:12:16. > :12:20.head. David Cameron has thrown a blanket of support around her. He
:12:21. > :12:27.does not want to lose one of his four female cabinet ministers. The
:12:28. > :12:32.committee of MPs that judged Maria Miller also watered down her
:12:33. > :12:37.potential punishment. The watchdog that investigated her said she
:12:38. > :12:42.wanted the Cabinet minister to repay ?44,000. In the end, they agreed she
:12:43. > :12:47.only had to repay just under ?6,000. So, Maria Miller survives
:12:48. > :12:51.but the scandal of the expenses saga continues to cast a very long shadow
:12:52. > :12:56.over Westminster. We have not escaped this yet. Should a
:12:57. > :13:00.two-year-old be learning numbers and basic words at nursery or with their
:13:01. > :13:02.child minder? The education watchdog thinks they should, in order to
:13:03. > :13:06.better prepare children for primary school. Ofsted's chief inspector,
:13:07. > :13:08.Sir Michael Wilshaw, says early years education needs a radical
:13:09. > :13:09.shake up, particularly to help children from deprived backgrounds,
:13:10. > :13:24.as Reeta Chakrabarti reports. At what age should children start
:13:25. > :13:29.school? Foremost, it is four. If you join the nursery linked to a school,
:13:30. > :13:32.it is probably three. The chief inspector of schools in England says
:13:33. > :13:37.it should be too. At this school nursery in Portsmouth, they even
:13:38. > :13:45.take babies. Structured learning in a school-based setting is this
:13:46. > :13:52.nursery provides. It is what Ofsted wants more of. Errors here say it is
:13:53. > :13:55.great preparation for school. It really has developed her social
:13:56. > :14:01.skills. Her little friends that do not go to nursery, their speech is
:14:02. > :14:07.not as good. She can count and it has really brought her on. Ofsted
:14:08. > :14:11.says too many care providers, particularly in poor areas, leave
:14:12. > :14:17.children unprepared for the demands of school with youngsters unable to
:14:18. > :14:21.hold a pen or recognise numbers. We are concerned about the quality of
:14:22. > :14:30.provision in any years. It is one of the most vital times in a child 's
:14:31. > :14:32.life. If they do not have the basic social, emotional and learning
:14:33. > :14:39.skills that are necessary before four and five, they do not start
:14:40. > :14:45.school well. Ofsted investigated 18,000 childcare facilities.
:14:46. > :14:49.Although 78% were found to be good or outstanding, it was concerned
:14:50. > :14:55.about provision for poorer children, only a third of whom were found to
:14:56. > :14:59.be school ready by the age of five. Nurseries linked to schools provide
:15:00. > :15:05.the best start, says Ofsted. Poorer children who attend them should be
:15:06. > :15:10.first in line for places at good primary schools. A former Children's
:15:11. > :15:17.Minister says it is formal education to young. I despair at this also is
:15:18. > :15:24.tied. We are robbing these children of their childhood. These children
:15:25. > :15:29.need to develop strong attachments. The Government is broadly on the
:15:30. > :15:33.same page as Ofsted, saying there should be more teacher led
:15:34. > :15:41.nurseries. Formal learning for the under fives is clearly top of the
:15:42. > :15:43.agenda. Our top story this evening: The Government looks set to
:15:44. > :15:46.introduce plain packaging for cigarettes in an effort to put
:15:47. > :15:51.people off smoking. And still to come: Making the Commonwealth Games
:15:52. > :16:02.go with a bang - why demolition will feature in the opening ceremony. On
:16:03. > :16:07.BBC London: The family of a woman shot by police in 1985 take their
:16:08. > :16:10.legal battle to Downing Street. And how Chelsea pensioners are being
:16:11. > :16:21.moved into the 21st-century. In another bleak milestone in the
:16:22. > :16:23.Syria conflict, the United Nations Refugee Agency in Lebanon has
:16:24. > :16:30.registered one million refugees and 2,500 are still coming in every day.
:16:31. > :16:35.More than 2.5 million people have fled Syria in total. They have been
:16:36. > :16:40.taken in by Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and other countries. But Lebanon is
:16:41. > :16:53.bearing the biggest burden. Paul Wood has this report from Beirut.
:16:54. > :17:00.Beirut's notorious Shatila refugee camp was built for Palestinians. Now
:17:01. > :17:06.Syrians squeeze in here as well, refugees hosted by refugees. Here,
:17:07. > :17:18.two families are forced to live ten people to a single room.
:17:19. > :17:26.TRANSLATION: Life is harsh here. I used to find myself wishing I would
:17:27. > :17:30.die, it would have been easier. Many of the people living here are
:17:31. > :17:34.indivisible. They are not even registered for aid. That means
:17:35. > :17:43.getting papers and they feared the long reach of the Syrian
:17:44. > :18:01.authorities. TRANSLATION: I cannot pay the rent, nobody helps me, I am
:18:02. > :18:10.exhausted. If I had any money, I would live anywhere but here.
:18:11. > :18:14.Hundreds of thousands of Syrians now measure their time as refugees not
:18:15. > :18:20.in months, but in years, and with the war grinding on they have little
:18:21. > :18:24.hope of going home. And for the Palestinians who built this place,
:18:25. > :18:31.the Syrians in Lebanon are becoming a permanent refugee population.
:18:32. > :18:34.Today the UN registered the 1,000,000th Syrian refugee in
:18:35. > :18:39.Lebanon. It means an unwanted celebrity status for this
:18:40. > :18:47.18-year-old. 2500 more Syrians arrive every day. TRANSLATION: We
:18:48. > :18:53.have this message for the international community. Help
:18:54. > :18:58.Lebanon carried the burden of the refugees before Lebanon becomes a
:18:59. > :19:02.burden to you. That is a warning about stability in this country.
:19:03. > :19:06.Troops have been deployed in the north because of sectarian
:19:07. > :19:12.fighting. The refugee crisis makes it more likely that Syria's war will
:19:13. > :19:14.become Lebanon's as well. Another seven players from Football
:19:15. > :19:18.League clubs have been arrested in connection with alleged spot-fixing
:19:19. > :19:20.during matches. Six footballers, including the Blackburn Rovers
:19:21. > :19:25.player DJ Campbell, have also been rearrested in connection with the
:19:26. > :19:29.allegations. A new top grade is to be awarded to
:19:30. > :19:32.the 20,000 most talented GCSE pupils each year in proposals for a
:19:33. > :19:35.shake-up of England's exam grades. The exam regulator, Ofqual, has
:19:36. > :19:39.launched a consultation on a grading system that will rank from nine at
:19:40. > :19:45.the top down to one for the lowest performers. The changes - to be
:19:46. > :19:49.introduced from 2017 - will also link exam grades to international
:19:50. > :19:52.tests. There's to be an investigation into
:19:53. > :19:55.how credit card companies deal with vulnerable borrowers. The Financial
:19:56. > :20:00.Conduct Authority will launch the probe into whether the market is
:20:01. > :20:03.working for consumers. 30 million people, or around two-thirds of
:20:04. > :20:12.adults in the UK, hold at least one credit card. The industry says it is
:20:13. > :20:14.committed to responsible lending. Plans to roll out controversial
:20:15. > :20:17.badger culls across England have been dropped by the Government after
:20:18. > :20:30.an independent report found that the current culls weren't effective and
:20:31. > :20:34.questioned how humane they were. Let's get more from our environment
:20:35. > :20:39.correspondent in Dorchester in Dorset. What response to the
:20:40. > :20:45.announcement? There has been a mixed response.
:20:46. > :20:50.This is a huge Badger set. This is a passageway being used and this is
:20:51. > :20:56.evidence of recent activity. If you are a farmer, the news today is
:20:57. > :21:01.devastating. About 100 herds are affected, so the news that these
:21:02. > :21:06.animals which carry TB are not going to be shot, has devastated the
:21:07. > :21:13.farmers. The cull was all set to go ahead and it was suddenly stopped
:21:14. > :21:19.and it was not going to roll out. They said the two pilots had not
:21:20. > :21:23.work. You need to kill about 70% of animals in a certain area in order
:21:24. > :21:30.to have an effect on TB and about 50% were killed in these two areas.
:21:31. > :21:35.There was a question over the humaneness of this. A proportion of
:21:36. > :21:38.badgers that were killed were still alive five minutes after being
:21:39. > :21:43.shot. The Government said lessons have been learned and the pilots
:21:44. > :21:48.will continue. If there is a difference, the decision will be
:21:49. > :21:53.rethought. But one of the main focuses about the statement from
:21:54. > :21:58.Owen Paterson as Paterson, is now a focus on the vaccinations. This is
:21:59. > :22:01.being done in Wales and this is something experts have said all
:22:02. > :22:11.along maybe this is what should have been done before to fight TB. The
:22:12. > :22:15.Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh travelled to Italy today and have
:22:16. > :22:18.met Pope Francis for the first time. It is the Queen's first overseas
:22:19. > :22:21.trip for more than two years. This visit was due to take place last
:22:22. > :22:24.year, but was postponed when she fell ill. This report from our Royal
:22:25. > :22:35.correspondent Nicholas Witchell contains some flash photography.
:22:36. > :22:38.A day trip to Rome, the Queen's first journey outside the United
:22:39. > :22:43.Kingdom for two and a half years, for a lunch with Italy's President,
:22:44. > :22:49.President Napolitano, who is said to be an admirer of hers, and then a
:22:50. > :22:54.meeting with Pope Francis. With a slight bow of the head the supreme
:22:55. > :23:01.Pontiff greeted the defender of the faith who apologise for being a
:23:02. > :23:06.little late. It was a deliberately informal meeting. They exchanged
:23:07. > :23:11.gifts. From her to him a hamper of food from the Royal estate,
:23:12. > :23:17.including something described as Grandad's chutney. A royal grandad
:23:18. > :23:22.was on hand to check it out. Plus a haunch of venison, a dozen eggs and
:23:23. > :23:28.some bottles of beer. From him to her and all of lap was lousy like
:23:29. > :23:33.with a cross. It was a gift for Prince George. He will be thrilled,
:23:34. > :23:37.said the Queen, when he is a little older. They sat down to talk on the
:23:38. > :23:45.relationships between the Anglican and the Catholic churches. The
:23:46. > :23:50.Argentine Government is hoping that he will push Arjun K's claim for the
:23:51. > :23:54.Falkland islands. We will never know whether the Pope mentioned the
:23:55. > :24:00.Falklands. It seems inconceivable that he would. A meeting like this
:24:01. > :24:04.is not about substance, what matters is symbolism. The symbolism was very
:24:05. > :24:09.clear, of two leaders at ease with each other and two churches in much
:24:10. > :24:12.greater harmony. Now, it's not something we generally
:24:13. > :24:15.associate with the opening ceremony of a major sporting event but the
:24:16. > :24:18.demolition of high rise flats will be part of the launch of the
:24:19. > :24:22.Commonwealth Games this summer. The Red Road Flats, a feature of the
:24:23. > :24:24.Glasgow skyline for nearly 50 years, will be blown up and the images
:24:25. > :24:36.beamed live during the opening ceremony. James Cook is in Glasgow
:24:37. > :24:41.for us. This idea has not been universally
:24:42. > :24:45.welcomed in Glasgow. Some people think it sends out the wrong
:24:46. > :24:49.message, but organisers of the Commonwealth games think it will
:24:50. > :24:56.show that the city is regenerating and it will showcase a better future
:24:57. > :25:01.for this city. It was a city in the sky. These were once the highest
:25:02. > :25:04.homes in Europe, but the Red Road flats have long since had their day
:25:05. > :25:11.and now the world will watch their final moments. What a fitting end
:25:12. > :25:16.for red roadblocks, to come down in a blaze of glory at the opening
:25:17. > :25:22.ceremony of the Commonwealth games. It will be shown to over 1 billion
:25:23. > :25:27.people. We have some idea of what they will see. Two of the blogs have
:25:28. > :25:30.already been demolished. Bringing down fire at once will help the
:25:31. > :25:35.Commonwealth Games compete with the Olympics on a smaller budget. We
:25:36. > :25:40.want to have something that is appropriate for us in Glasgow and we
:25:41. > :25:44.do not invite comparisons. This is about local people having a voice,
:25:45. > :25:49.their wonderful stories, and their generosity and humour. It's living
:25:50. > :25:55.room is empty, but this black and those around it were once home to
:25:56. > :26:00.4000 people. Life here was not always easy and some people say they
:26:01. > :26:06.will be glad to see these flats go. For others it will be a sad and
:26:07. > :26:10.emotional moment. To be honest, I do not want to leave, I want to stay
:26:11. > :26:15.until the last moment, but my priority will be to stay in the
:26:16. > :26:19.area. I will live next to the memories. The flats have meant so
:26:20. > :26:25.much to Glasgow and they have been part of the Glasgow skyline for so
:26:26. > :26:30.many years. Not for much longer, a tonne of explosives will bring these
:26:31. > :26:37.buildings down and in 15 seconds 50 years of history will turn to dust.
:26:38. > :26:38.The weather is particularly important at the moment given the
:26:39. > :26:52.pollution. It is on the way out, or at least it
:26:53. > :26:56.will be by tomorrow. Cleaner air is coming in from the Atlantic and
:26:57. > :27:01.there is less pollution around by the end of the week and there is
:27:02. > :27:07.some rain in the mix and that will help to wash the particles out of
:27:08. > :27:11.the air. The rain will work its way northwards overnight and it turns
:27:12. > :27:16.white across northern England for a time and eventually Scotland and
:27:17. > :27:21.eastern parts of Northern Ireland. The lowest temperatures are in
:27:22. > :27:27.eastern Scotland where they have not been much higher than that over the
:27:28. > :27:31.past few days. Tomorrow that rain will slowly Peter out across
:27:32. > :27:37.northern parts of Scotland, otherwise it is a dry day for most.
:27:38. > :27:43.Cloud lingering on the eastern side of Scotland. But a change of wind
:27:44. > :27:49.direction brings something milder for the North East of England. A
:27:50. > :27:52.fine afternoon for northern Ireland. As we go south into England and
:27:53. > :27:58.Wales the key thing is the wind direction, which is coming in from
:27:59. > :28:02.the South West. It brings the cleaner air from the Atlantic.
:28:03. > :28:07.Another fairly pleasant day with temperatures getting up into the
:28:08. > :28:14.mid-teens. The weekend is a bit mixed with showers on Saturday. But
:28:15. > :28:20.it is good news as far as the pollution is concerned. More showers
:28:21. > :28:26.perhaps into Sunday as well, but some showers moving in from the
:28:27. > :28:29.west. It is still on the mild side and much milder across North East
:28:30. > :28:36.England and eastern Scotland, but the pollution is on its way.
:28:37. > :28:40.Our main story tonight: The Government looks set to introduce
:28:41. > :28:48.plain packaging for cigarettes in an effort to put people off smoking.
:28:49. > :28:49.That is all from the BBC News at Six. Have a lovely