:00:07. > :00:12.In the Oscar Pistorius murder trial - the athlete we live is the moment
:00:13. > :00:15.he shot his girlfriend. He said he had heard a noise in the toilet in
:00:16. > :00:19.the middle of the night and thought it was an intruder. Reeva
:00:20. > :00:24.Steenkamp's mother listened in court, head bowed. Before I knew
:00:25. > :00:33.it, I had fired for macro shots at the door. My ears were ringing, I
:00:34. > :00:37.couldn't hear anything. So I kept on shouting for Reeva to phone the
:00:38. > :00:40.police. Oscar Pistorius became so distressed as he explained what
:00:41. > :00:44.happened next that the court was adjourned until tomorrow. Also on
:00:45. > :00:46.the programme, history is made as Ireland's president is welcomed by
:00:47. > :00:53.the Queen for the first official state visit to Britain.
:00:54. > :00:58.Another boost for the UK - the fund addicts it will grow faster than any
:00:59. > :01:01.other Western economy. 20 years after Rwanda's genocide,
:01:02. > :01:04.how much progress and that what cost?
:01:05. > :01:09.And daily into the unknown for Mo Farah, preparing for his debut
:01:10. > :01:13.marathon in London on Sunday. On BBC London, a family of Mark
:01:14. > :01:16.Duggan wins the right to challenge an inquest verdict that he was
:01:17. > :01:19.lawfully killed by police. And a refund for thousands of
:01:20. > :01:38.drivers who were issued illegal parking tickets.
:01:39. > :01:43.Could evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. The South African
:01:44. > :01:46.athlete Oscar Pistorius broke down in court as he described the moment
:01:47. > :01:50.he realised he had shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The
:01:51. > :01:55.29-year-old said he picked up his gun because he believed there was an
:01:56. > :01:59.intruder in his house. Mr Pistorius, who denies murder, said he broke
:02:00. > :02:00.through the toilet door after firing for macro shots, and only then
:02:01. > :02:12.realised what he had done. There have been tears and drama
:02:13. > :02:16.already in this trial, but nothing like today. Oscar Pistorius arrives,
:02:17. > :02:23.poised to tell the court how and why he shot Reva Steenkamp. Her family
:02:24. > :02:26.are hearing numbers, knowing this is a crucial day. On the witness stand,
:02:27. > :02:31.but not shown on television, Pistorius describes hearing his
:02:32. > :02:36.bathroom window being opened in the middle of the night. That was the
:02:37. > :02:44.moment that everything changed. I thought there was a burglar. The
:02:45. > :02:49.first thing that ran through my mind was that I needed to calm myself, I
:02:50. > :02:53.needed to protect Reeva and I and I needed to get my gun. I was overcome
:02:54. > :02:59.with fear and I started screaming and shouting for the burglar or the
:03:00. > :03:04.intruders to get out of my house. Reeva Steenkamp's mother June, in
:03:05. > :03:07.the centre, about her head as Pistorius describes moving
:03:08. > :03:11.desperately, without his prosthetic legs, from his bedroom, shown here,
:03:12. > :03:19.to the bathroom, down this narrow corridor. I had my pistol raised to
:03:20. > :03:29.my eye to the corner of the entrance of the bathroom. And then I heard a
:03:30. > :03:34.noise from inside the toilet. I perceived it to be somebody coming
:03:35. > :03:40.out of the toilet. Before I knew it, I had fired four shots at the door.
:03:41. > :03:43.It was Reeva Steenkamp in the toilet. Pistorius said he rushed
:03:44. > :03:45.back to the bedroom to check on her, realised she was missing and
:03:46. > :03:52.frantically broke through the toilet door to find her. A court orderly
:03:53. > :03:57.brings a bucket over as the athlete breaks down and wretches, his family
:03:58. > :04:18.and tears. And I sat over Reeva and I cried. I don't know how long I was
:04:19. > :04:22.there for. She wasn't breathing. At which point the court is abruptly
:04:23. > :04:29.adjourned for the day. Oscar Pistorius did come across today as a
:04:30. > :04:33.BP traumatised man. That may have known bearing on his innocence or
:04:34. > :04:38.guilt -- aid the peak traumatised man -- but it will have profound
:04:39. > :04:41.effect on the trial, how he is cross-examined in the days ahead and
:04:42. > :04:47.how the assesses both his sincerity and his room Morse.
:04:48. > :04:50.History was made today when the Queen welcome the president of the
:04:51. > :04:54.Irish Republic, Michael D Higgins, to Windsor Castle for the first
:04:55. > :04:58.formal visit to Britain of an Irish head of state. This afternoon,
:04:59. > :05:01.President Higgins addressed both houses of parliament, and tonight he
:05:02. > :05:07.is the guest of honour at a banquet given by the Queen. This report
:05:08. > :05:11.contains flash photography. The formality of the state occasion
:05:12. > :05:20.quickly gave way to the genuine warmth of friendship. The Irish
:05:21. > :05:26.anthem, played in Windsor, harks back to the days of revolution
:05:27. > :05:33.against the Crown. But here, none of history's darker shadows. Which, for
:05:34. > :05:40.decades had made an event like this unthinkable. Today's welcome is all
:05:41. > :05:45.about the spectacle of Abe Rand -- a grand state occasion, but behind the
:05:46. > :05:48.symbolism is a story of real significance, of a change
:05:49. > :05:53.relationship between two nations. This journey to Windsor Castle has
:05:54. > :05:56.taken much patient work to achieve. Resident Higgins inspected a guard
:05:57. > :05:59.of honour, a reminder of military links between the two countries
:06:00. > :06:04.stretching back to the days of Empire. Here, he presented the Irish
:06:05. > :06:11.Guards with a code for their mascot, an Irish wolfhound. But at what Mr
:06:12. > :06:19.Abbey, the president's visit reached its most poignant moments -- at
:06:20. > :06:24.Westminster Abbey. He paid tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
:06:25. > :06:29.And then the gesture of remembrance for the victim of a more recent
:06:30. > :06:35.conflict, the plaque to the Queen's cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten,
:06:36. > :06:40.murdered by the IRA. From Abbey to palace of Westminster. Under the
:06:41. > :06:45.eyes of an old conqueror of Ireland, the president spoke of a
:06:46. > :06:49.warm Anglo-Irish friendship. The journey of our shared British Irish
:06:50. > :06:52.relationship to that freedom has progressed from the darting eyes of
:06:53. > :07:00.estrangement to the trusting eyes of partnership, and in recent years to
:07:01. > :07:04.the welcoming eyes of friendship. Tonight, he will attend a state
:07:05. > :07:07.banquet hosted by the Queen at which the former IRA commander Martin
:07:08. > :07:13.McGuinness will be a guest, a moment when his story pivots towards the
:07:14. > :07:18.future. -- history pivots towards the future.
:07:19. > :07:22.The UK's economy is expected to grow faster than any other Western
:07:23. > :07:25.economy this year. That is the prediction from the International
:07:26. > :07:29.Monetary Fund. At the start of this year, the IMF said the UK economy
:07:30. > :07:35.should grow by 2.4% this year, but it has now increased that prediction
:07:36. > :07:37.to 2.9%. Our chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym has more
:07:38. > :07:40.details. To test the health of the British
:07:41. > :07:45.economy, this medical equipment company provides its own verdict,
:07:46. > :07:48.and it chimes with the glowing report from the International
:07:49. > :07:52.Monetary Fund that the pace is picking up, sales are growing and
:07:53. > :07:56.much of the action is in foreign markets. We have seen a huge
:07:57. > :08:00.improvement in our export business, which now accounts for 70% of our
:08:01. > :08:03.business. It is down to us to show the rest of the world that we can
:08:04. > :08:07.manufacture excellent medical equipment that people want to buy at
:08:08. > :08:12.a reasonable price, and we make it as efficiently as possible. Once
:08:13. > :08:17.again, the IMF has upgraded its UK growth forecast for 2014. Last
:08:18. > :08:21.September, it predicted growth of 1.9%. By January, that had been
:08:22. > :08:28.revised up to 2.4% for this year. Today, the forecast has been pushed
:08:29. > :08:32.up against a 2.9. So, companies like this are increasing sales in
:08:33. > :08:35.overseas markets, but many commentators say a lot more needs to
:08:36. > :08:40.be done to boost exports and business investment across the
:08:41. > :08:45.economy, so the recovery is more balanced and less dependent on
:08:46. > :08:49.consumer spending. The Chancellor George Osborne accepts that, which
:08:50. > :08:52.is why he has been banging the drum for British companies on a trip to
:08:53. > :08:56.Brazil. He unveiled a package of measures to help UK exporters like
:08:57. > :09:01.this supplier to the oil and gas industry, and he welcomed the latest
:09:02. > :09:06.report from the IMF. It is good news that Britain is forecast to grow
:09:07. > :09:09.faster than any other UK economy, -- any other Western economy. It is
:09:10. > :09:15.evidence that our economic plan is working, but we need to do more to
:09:16. > :09:18.Metro Britain is exporting more and investing more. Labour leader
:09:19. > :09:22.Miliband argues that the recovery is not evenly spread across the UK. On
:09:23. > :09:26.a visit to Birmingham, he called for a shift of resources away from
:09:27. > :09:29.London to boost growth outside the south-east. In a speech, he said
:09:30. > :09:34.there was now a major political divide on the economy. On the one
:09:35. > :09:39.side, a Conservative Party that is about to declare the cost of living
:09:40. > :09:43.crisis at an end. On the other side, the British people, who
:09:44. > :09:50.believe we are a long way from solving that cost of living crisis.
:09:51. > :09:53.And by their side, a Labour Party. The IMF does say the UK must watch
:09:54. > :09:58.out for financial risks such as surging house prices, but its latest
:09:59. > :10:02.close-up view is a lot brighter than a year ago, when it claimed the
:10:03. > :10:07.chancellor was playing with fire. The IMF now admits its view then was
:10:08. > :10:10.much too pessimistic. Hugh Pym, BBC News.
:10:11. > :10:14.A postmortem examination into the death of Peaches Geldof will be
:10:15. > :10:17.carried out tomorrow. The 25-year-old mother of two was found
:10:18. > :10:22.dead at her home in Wrotham in Kent yesterday lunchtime. Police say her
:10:23. > :10:26.death was not suspicious, they called it and explained and sudden.
:10:27. > :10:30.Her elder sister paid tribute to her today, posting a picture of them as
:10:31. > :10:36.children, saying, my beautiful baby sister, gone but never forgotten.
:10:37. > :10:41.Some news just in. The Culture Secretary Maria Miller has admitted
:10:42. > :10:44.she let her constituents down over her expenses. The Culture Secretary
:10:45. > :10:48.broke her silence to say she was devastated by what has happened. She
:10:49. > :10:52.is facing calls to resign for wrongly claiming thousands of pounds
:10:53. > :10:58.in mortgage payments on her home in London. Vicky Young is at was Mr for
:10:59. > :11:00.us. Explain the significance of her comments? Mrs Miller was cleared of
:11:01. > :11:06.many of the main charges against her, but she was roundly criticised
:11:07. > :11:09.for her attitude to that original investigation into her expenses. She
:11:10. > :11:13.was forced to apologise last week to the House of Commons for her
:11:14. > :11:18.attitude, and that was where many of her problems have stemmed from. That
:11:19. > :11:21.apology lasted just over 30 seconds and most people watching it felt it
:11:22. > :11:28.was pretty insincere and certainly very terse. She has now written a
:11:29. > :11:34.column in her local newspaper, the Basingstoke Gazette, tonight. She
:11:35. > :11:37.says, I am devastated that this has happened, and she admitted that she
:11:38. > :11:41.has let her constituents down. Today, several Tory MPs have said it
:11:42. > :11:46.is damaging for the party. There has also been a concerted effort by her
:11:47. > :11:49.friends to rally round. Crucially, she still has the backing of the
:11:50. > :11:52.prime minister. Every child will have a hot, healthy
:11:53. > :11:56.and free lunch for their first three years at school. That is what the
:11:57. > :11:59.government promise last year, but many schools in England are
:12:00. > :12:05.struggling to meet that demand and the reason is a lack of facilities
:12:06. > :12:08.according to a BBC investigation. At least 2700 schools need to upgrade
:12:09. > :12:12.their kitchens. Some need more work than others, but that is around one
:12:13. > :12:18.third of all those assessed. And more than 1700 and no kitchens at
:12:19. > :12:22.all, as our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.
:12:23. > :12:26.Lunchtime at this school in Dorset. A chance to refuel with some
:12:27. > :12:33.favourites. Crisps. Strawberries and other things. You like Apple 's?
:12:34. > :12:38.They are very healthy. From September, this pack lunches should
:12:39. > :12:41.be revised with hot meals. That is what schools in England will be
:12:42. > :12:45.expected to offer all infants for free, but that will not happen here.
:12:46. > :12:49.The dining hall and kitchen are too small to cook and serve hot food,
:12:50. > :12:55.and there is a funding issue as well. Schools like us need people to
:12:56. > :12:58.serve the food. We are talking about children as young as four walking
:12:59. > :13:04.around with trays of food. They need supervision, and that costs money.
:13:05. > :13:08.This is what pupils will get instead, prepacked sandwiches. Still
:13:09. > :13:10.free, but not the hot food promised by the government. In fact, many
:13:11. > :13:17.schools say they don't currently have the facilities to provide that.
:13:18. > :13:20.The Department for Education has allocated ?150 million of funding
:13:21. > :13:23.for schools to improve their dining halls and their kitchens, but the
:13:24. > :13:27.money has been allocated according to how many pupils are in each area,
:13:28. > :13:34.not on what schools need. So some regions have more than they require.
:13:35. > :13:39.In others, the funding falls short. Teachers welcomed the investment in
:13:40. > :13:43.improving children's diets. But there is concern from some that the
:13:44. > :13:47.policy has been rushed through. Come September, some schools will rely on
:13:48. > :13:53.external caterers . Others will lengthen lunch hours to sit pupils
:13:54. > :13:56.in small halls in turn. Despite the challenges, ministers insist that
:13:57. > :13:59.the scheme will work. We took a long time to get the figures right and
:14:00. > :14:05.make sure the implementation was right. I am confident that we will
:14:06. > :14:08.deliver the policy on time and on budget in September 2014. I think it
:14:09. > :14:13.will be seen as very positive both for pupils and parents. That is the
:14:14. > :14:17.view of parents at this London primary school, which already offers
:14:18. > :14:22.meals to all pupils. It is good, because a lot of children don't get
:14:23. > :14:26.hot meals of an evening, or even a breakfast. All children should be
:14:27. > :14:30.fed for free, rather than poverty. While there is support for the
:14:31. > :14:33.principle of free meals for pupils, critics say there has been little
:14:34. > :14:37.thought for the practical requirements of rolling it out
:14:38. > :14:42.across England. Most schools will deliver, but for some, it is proving
:14:43. > :14:46.a struggle. Our top story this evening: Oscar
:14:47. > :14:49.Pistorius rakes down in court as he recounts the moment he shot his
:14:50. > :14:55.girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Still to come, called into question
:14:56. > :14:59.- are the police over using their powers to gather data from mobiles
:15:00. > :15:04.and e-mails? Later on BBC London, forced from
:15:05. > :15:08.their homes by this sink in Hemel Hempstead. Now there is criticism of
:15:09. > :15:11.how the families are being treated. And the battle at the bridge - Jose
:15:12. > :15:21.Mourinho onto my's must win Champions League lash. -- Champions
:15:22. > :15:25.League clash. It's 20 years since the again side in Rwanda that killed
:15:26. > :15:28.800,000 people. Since then, international aid has been pouring
:15:29. > :15:35.in to help Rwandans get back on their feet. In fact, Rwanda is one
:15:36. > :15:41.of the biggest recipients of UK aid. It will get almost ?100 million. The
:15:42. > :15:47.money has helped. Primary school attendance is now at 97%, for
:15:48. > :15:50.example, just one aspect of life in Rwanda that's improved. But as the
:15:51. > :15:53.economy surges forward, there are concerns about the political price
:15:54. > :16:01.of progress as George Alagiah reports. There is genuine admiration
:16:02. > :16:04.for President Paul Kagame here. For many, he is the reason Rwanda did
:16:05. > :16:08.not descend into post-genocide chaos. He rules the country with the
:16:09. > :16:13.iron discipline he honed as a military commander. In effect, he's
:16:14. > :16:17.offering his people a grand bargain. He gets a free hand in politics. In
:16:18. > :16:23.return, they get economic and social progress. One obvious sign of that
:16:24. > :16:28.progress is in education, which is now free. With the help of British
:16:29. > :16:34.aid, virtually all children go to primary school and secondary
:16:35. > :16:38.enrolment has doubled in five years. It was so different when I first
:16:39. > :16:42.came here after the genocide. Then, the children were coping with the
:16:43. > :16:49.trauma of having witnessed the mass murder. Now they learn about it in
:16:50. > :16:51.their history books. For a small country with few natural resources,
:16:52. > :16:55.nurturing the abilities of these children is the key to prosperity.
:16:56. > :17:04.The government says no child will be left out. It has to be inclusive
:17:05. > :17:08.growth. It has to be inclusive development. Nobody should be left
:17:09. > :17:11.out. We go, country by country, and say, what kind of lessons can we
:17:12. > :17:16.learn from this? How can it be applied in Rwanda? ?? FORCEDWHITE It
:17:17. > :17:18.is no accident that Rwanda has turned to South Korea, the most
:17:19. > :17:24.connected country on the planet, for help with its broadband network.
:17:25. > :17:29.Rwanda's ambition is to leapfrog the rest of the region and become a
:17:30. > :17:34.high-speed technological hub. 3,000 kilometres of fibre- optic cable
:17:35. > :17:37.have been laid down so far. It is all part of an economic strategy
:17:38. > :17:42.that is already delivering 8% growth in reducing the inequality gap.
:17:43. > :17:47.Rwanda's remarkable progress was simply unthinkable 20 years ago. But
:17:48. > :17:51.critics say that achievement has come at a price. Political
:17:52. > :17:59.opposition, they claim, has been shut down - whether it is at home,
:18:00. > :18:03.or abroad. Those allegations took me thousands of miles away to Tennessee
:18:04. > :18:08.in America. Leah Karegeya is a widow, living here with her two
:18:09. > :18:11.sons. Their father, Patrick, a former Rwandan intelligence chief
:18:12. > :18:22.turned critic, was murdered in South Africa last New Year's Eve. This is
:18:23. > :18:26.your husband and that is? Kagame. President Kagame, there? Leah told
:18:27. > :18:29.me how friendly she, her husband and the future Rwandan President had
:18:30. > :18:38.been when all three grew up in exile, a relationship that continued
:18:39. > :18:42.in Rwanda. We were very close. I know that is Clinton and I know that
:18:43. > :18:45.is Paul Kagame, the President. But they fell out and Leah's husband
:18:46. > :18:49.fled into exile in South Africa. Leah blames the Rwandan authorities
:18:50. > :18:51.for his murder there. That is a view backed by the South African
:18:52. > :18:55.government, which has said it has evidence of direct links between
:18:56. > :19:11.Rwandan officials and the killing. I would say it was the Rwandan
:19:12. > :19:15.government that killed my husband. That is not to say Kagame, but it
:19:16. > :19:18.was the Rwandan government that did that. They paid the guy, he lured my
:19:19. > :19:21.husband, and finally they assassinated him. What do you miss
:19:22. > :19:24.most about your husband? His support for his children, his love for his
:19:25. > :19:28.children. Talking to him, I used to talk to him every day. So I have
:19:29. > :19:31.nobody to talk to now. Shortly after the murder, President Kagame said
:19:32. > :19:48.those who betrayed Rwanda would face the consequences. It's a matter of
:19:49. > :19:51.time. It was uncompromising response. The Rwandan government
:19:52. > :19:56.would not comment on the case, despite our request. But it has
:19:57. > :19:58.previously denied any involvement. Britain has been supportive of the
:19:59. > :20:01.Rwandan President. But, on this issue, there are concerns. We
:20:02. > :20:03.certainly condemn the murder and attempted murder of dissident
:20:04. > :20:07.figures from Rwanda that has taken place. But we will await the outcome
:20:08. > :20:10.of the investigations, of course, as will the rest of the world. But
:20:11. > :20:17.here, people are more interested in security and growth. So, Mr Kagame's
:20:18. > :20:19.bargain is holding. But the aspirations of a rapidly growing
:20:20. > :20:29.population will make his job harder. The future is likely to be every bit
:20:30. > :20:33.as challenging as the past. The British businessman, Shrien Dewani,
:20:34. > :20:37.has been formally charged with arranging the murder of his wife
:20:38. > :20:41.while on their honeymoon in Cape Town. Mr Dewani was finally
:20:42. > :20:45.extradited to South Africa last night after a long legal battle. He
:20:46. > :20:54.denies the charges. Our correspondent, Jon Kay, was in
:20:55. > :20:57.court. Three years after he came here on honeymoon, Shrien Dewani
:20:58. > :21:00.came here to Cape Town in very different circumstances. This time
:21:01. > :21:04.he was taken not to a 5-star hotel, but to the city's High Court, where
:21:05. > :21:06.he was charged with murdering his wife. The authorities claim that in
:21:07. > :21:09.November 2010 the British businessman paid to have his new
:21:10. > :21:15.bride Anni shot dead in a prearranged carjacking. Such is the
:21:16. > :21:19.level of interest in this case there was chaos in the packed courtroom.
:21:20. > :21:21.Unlike the Pistorius trial in Johannesburg, no cameras were
:21:22. > :21:26.allowed to film Shrien Dewani in court. Camera, outside! He's being
:21:27. > :21:28.treated for severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression,
:21:29. > :21:35.although today he did look healthier than he had in previous appearances
:21:36. > :21:42.in London. Shrien Dewani has just been taken down to the cells at the
:21:43. > :21:46.end of this hearing. He looked smart, he was wearing a dark suit, a
:21:47. > :21:48.black tie. He was concentrating hard, listening intently to the
:21:49. > :21:52.judge ahead of him, occasionally twitching his head and looking over
:21:53. > :21:56.to the prosecutor on the other side of the courtroom. This was a day
:21:57. > :21:59.that many in South Africa thought may never come. They've been
:22:00. > :22:04.frustrated by delays in the extradition process. But now the
:22:05. > :22:07.authorities have their man. We are happy, in the sense that we will get
:22:08. > :22:10.an opportunity to present evidence before court, evidence that of
:22:11. > :22:15.course we believe will see us through the trial and secure us a
:22:16. > :22:19.conviction. The Dewani family have flown out here from Bristol. In a
:22:20. > :22:24.statement, they said the businessman was committed to proving his
:22:25. > :22:26.innocence. He'll now be held at this high security psychiatric hospital,
:22:27. > :22:35.where doctors will assess whether he's well enough to stand trial. Jon
:22:36. > :22:39.Kay, BBC News, Cape Town. The police may be over using their power to
:22:40. > :22:43.gather phone data, such as who owns the phone and what number it has
:22:44. > :22:47.called, according to a new report. The new Commissioner for
:22:48. > :22:51.Interception, Sir Antony May, say there is needs to be an
:22:52. > :22:55.investigation. Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera is with
:22:56. > :22:59.me now. His job is to make sure that spies, police and others play by the
:23:00. > :23:03.rules when it comes to intercepting and gathering other forms of data
:23:04. > :23:08.about communications, phone calls and emails, for instance. When it
:23:09. > :23:12.comes to communication data, Sir Antony May produce as figure about
:23:13. > :23:15.how many requests, just over half a million requests. That might be who
:23:16. > :23:20.owns a phone or what other numbers it is in contact with. Not
:23:21. > :23:25.necessarily the content, but data about it. That figures looks to him
:23:26. > :23:29.at face value as too high. Who does the collecting? We see here the vast
:23:30. > :23:34.majority are police requests, some also by the intelligence agencies,
:23:35. > :23:37.police say this is a vital tool in their investigations, but the
:23:38. > :23:41.Commissioner asks whether police are too quick to turn to this tool, not
:23:42. > :23:45.necessarily balancing it with the need for privacy. The we also get
:23:46. > :23:49.data about which forces use it and how much they use it. So, we can see
:23:50. > :23:54.here that, for instance, you have West Mercia making 10,000 data
:23:55. > :23:59.requests, Thames Valley only 5,000, even though it's a bigger force,
:24:00. > :24:03.covering a larger population. We also get the results of his
:24:04. > :24:07.investigation into GCHQ, the questions about whether it was
:24:08. > :24:12.carrying out mass surveillance of British citizens. He says there is
:24:13. > :24:16.no evidence of large kale mass intrusion into people's privacy here
:24:17. > :24:21.in the UK. Gordon, thank you very much. Now the spotlight will be
:24:22. > :24:25.firmly on Britain's double Olympic Champion Mo Farah this Sunday when
:24:26. > :24:30.he races into his debut marathon in London. It's a leap into the unknown
:24:31. > :24:34.for the master of the 5 thou nd 10,000 meter events and will no
:24:35. > :24:39.doubt prove to be the biggest test in his career. He is taking on one
:24:40. > :24:56.of the best elite fields of runners every assembled ed, as our sports
:24:57. > :24:59.editor, David Bond, reports. Mo Farah for Great Britain! It's gold!
:25:00. > :25:04.He's already conquered London once. Now he's aiming to do it all over
:25:05. > :25:08.again. This time, by winning the marathon at his first attempt. With
:25:09. > :25:11.26.2 miles to run on Sunday, no wonder Mo Farah was taking it easy
:25:12. > :25:14.today. But the double Olympic champion knows he's facing one of
:25:15. > :25:32.the biggest challenges in sport. Yes, it's different. To help him
:25:33. > :25:35.prepare, he's been training for weeks at altitude in Kenya, all part
:25:36. > :25:39.of a carefully choreographed plan to help him cope with the physical and
:25:40. > :25:42.mental challenges he will face. But there have been worries. This is
:25:43. > :25:46.Farah after last month's New York half marathon. His collapse there
:25:47. > :25:50.has raised questions about his ability to go the distance. Some of
:25:51. > :25:56.it just comes down to how well your body copes. You can train as much as
:25:57. > :26:01.you like, some people are just suited for the marathon and some
:26:02. > :26:04.find it harder to make that jump. Until you race your first one,
:26:05. > :26:07.people really don't know 100% whether you're going to be as good a
:26:08. > :26:10.success as you have been over 10,000 metres or even a half marathon. Mo
:26:11. > :26:16.Farah is already firmly established as one of the greatest athletes in
:26:17. > :26:19.British history. By running the marathon here on Sunday, he is
:26:20. > :26:30.attempting to take his career to new heights. But it's not without risks
:26:31. > :26:34.to his golden reputation. It's my first time. It's a matter of
:26:35. > :26:38.respecting the distance and respecting the guys, but at the same
:26:39. > :26:47.time believing yourself and putting yourself in a good place and save as
:26:48. > :26:50.much energy as I can. Whatever happens in the marathon, Farah's
:26:51. > :26:53.achievements have guaranteed him the respect of the British public. Win
:26:54. > :26:57.on Sunday and there will be little left for this remarkable athlete to
:26:58. > :27:02.conquer. David Bond, BBC News. Time now for a look at the weather with
:27:03. > :27:06.Nina Ridge. By Sunday in London not as much sunshine as we had today, it
:27:07. > :27:12.could be cloudy. The bright skies across much of the country picked up
:27:13. > :27:15.by Clive Mitchell in South Yorkshire near Doncaster this afternoon. It
:27:16. > :27:20.should be fine and dry this evening across parts of the UK. We have more
:27:21. > :27:24.cloud brewing out in the Atlantic. That is an approaching weather front
:27:25. > :27:26.moving here. It will produce more cloud across Scotland, Northern
:27:27. > :27:29.Ireland and northern England throughout the night. Pressure will
:27:30. > :27:33.be relatively high in the south. Here, there will be clearer skies,
:27:34. > :27:37.if anything, turning chillier across southern areas. We might see mist
:27:38. > :27:40.and fog forming, always cloudier further north. We have patchy rain
:27:41. > :27:45.moving in across Northern Ireland and northern England. The rain
:27:46. > :27:49.heavier to parts of western Scotland, as a result temperatures
:27:50. > :27:53.holding up at eight or nine degrees. A contrast as we start tomorrow
:27:54. > :27:56.morning. Any mist should clear to give brighter skies to southern
:27:57. > :28:01.areas before the cloud increases for the afternoon. More over cast in the
:28:02. > :28:04.north. That rain persistent across the north and western isles and the
:28:05. > :28:09.west highlands throughout the day. It will come and go further south
:28:10. > :28:13.through the central lowlands. Temperatures in Glasgow reaching
:28:14. > :28:16.highs of 11 degrees, cloudy with odd spots of rain for Northern Ireland
:28:17. > :28:20.and north-west England. Further south there will be more cloud
:28:21. > :28:24.compared to today. The there may be showers to Wales and south-west
:28:25. > :28:28.England. A dryer day, not as chilly with temperatures for many reaching
:28:29. > :28:32.the mid teens. As we look to Thursday's forecast, it will astay
:28:33. > :28:37.mostly dry to the south, if a little bit cloudy. A weak weather front
:28:38. > :28:41.introducing cloud to northern England. Behind that brighter skies
:28:42. > :28:48.with a few showers. Colder air will move in. Temperatures 10-11 degrees
:28:49. > :28:54.much we could manage 16 degrees in London. If you want more details,
:28:55. > :28:55.you can head to our website. Now on BBC One we join the BBC's