:00:07. > :00:11.Politicians take action over the biggest ever proposed foreign
:00:12. > :00:14.takeover of a British. Can. The bosses of US pharmaceutical giant,
:00:15. > :00:18.Pfizer, and the UK firm, AstraZeneca, will appear before MPs
:00:19. > :00:21.amid concerns that a takeover may not be in British interests. One of
:00:22. > :00:26.our options, as the Government, would be to consider using our
:00:27. > :00:30.public interest test powers. This would be a serious step, and not one
:00:31. > :00:34.that should be taken lightly. We will look at what the proposed
:00:35. > :00:38.takeover could mean for the future of scientific research in Britain
:00:39. > :00:44.and for jobs. Also tonight: Back in court. Stuart Hall pleads guilty to
:00:45. > :00:49.indecently asalting an under age girl, but denies 20 other charges. A
:00:50. > :00:55.new report suggests half of all deaths from asthma in the UK could
:00:56. > :01:02.be avoided. Missing Madeleine McCann, now the British police ask
:01:03. > :01:07.to dig up a number of sites in Portugal. At this point it becomes
:01:08. > :01:12.quite painful. Roger Bannister relives breaking the four-minute
:01:13. > :01:16.mile, 60 years on from historic race. On BBC London. An
:01:17. > :01:19.investigation reveals Met officers and staff breached data protection
:01:20. > :01:22.law hundreds of times over the last five years. And, with the Tube
:01:23. > :01:39.strike suspended, is the row over ticket office closures resolved?
:01:40. > :01:44.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. The biggest ever
:01:45. > :01:48.proposed foreign takeover of a British firm is to be scrutinised by
:01:49. > :01:53.parliament. American pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, has offered ?63
:01:54. > :01:56.billion for the British company, AstraZeneca, and so far has been
:01:57. > :02:00.rebuffed. Now the bosses of both companies have been summoned to
:02:01. > :02:05.appear before MPs amid fears the deal could cost British jobs and
:02:06. > :02:12.jeopardise scientific research here. Our political editor, Nick Robinson,
:02:13. > :02:16.has more. It's asthmaive experiment. Take thousands of British jobs and
:02:17. > :02:21.add a plan of an American takeover of the company that provides them.
:02:22. > :02:26.What have you got? Either a bigger, better pharmaceuticals company or a
:02:27. > :02:31.disaster for a key British industry. The bid by Pfizer to buy UK-based
:02:32. > :02:36.AstraZeneca just got political. The head of Pfizer is saying that
:02:37. > :02:39.company might be split up. Indeed, possibly sold off after, if the
:02:40. > :02:46.takeover goes ahead. This just reinforces my view of you coming
:02:47. > :02:49.from experts on science and industry that the Government can't be cheer
:02:50. > :02:54.leading for this takeover. Our sole interest here is in securing good
:02:55. > :02:58.jobs in Britain, good manufacturing jobs, good science jobs. That is
:02:59. > :03:01.what I'm interested in. We'll support any arrangement that
:03:02. > :03:05.delivers that for Britain. If goes ahead, this will be the largest
:03:06. > :03:11.acquisition of a British company by a foreign business. The American
:03:12. > :03:15.multinational Pfizer has offered ?63 billion for AstraZeneca. Which
:03:16. > :03:24.currently employs nearly 7,000 here. That is just a fraction of the
:03:25. > :03:28.50,000 it employs globally. Pfizer employs 2,500 in the UK out of a
:03:29. > :03:33.total 78,000 worldwide. What is fuelling the row is fresh and
:03:34. > :03:38.painful memories of this. The US-takeover of Cadbury's by the food
:03:39. > :03:42.giant Kraft which made promises to protect Britishle factories and jobs
:03:43. > :03:47.only to abandon them later. Pfizer have run down three companies they
:03:48. > :03:52.have bought in the past. Or so claims the former boss of
:03:53. > :03:57.AstraZeneca. We will see that research and development has been
:03:58. > :04:02.significantly reduced and that over 50,000 jobs have been lost. In other
:04:03. > :04:08.words, Pfizer have been acting, in my language, like a preying mantis.
:04:09. > :04:12.They have been sucking the life blood out of those three units in
:04:13. > :04:15.order to sustain themselves. The US firm has written to the Prime
:04:16. > :04:19.Minister to insist they will protect jobs here in Cambridge and
:04:20. > :04:24.elsewhere. Their backers point out that AstraZeneca recently announced
:04:25. > :04:29.the close sure of their Cheshire HQ, which unfortunately for them is in
:04:30. > :04:33.the Chancellor's constituency. Just one reason, ministers say, they
:04:34. > :04:39.won't and shouldn't take sides. The Government must and will approach it
:04:40. > :04:43.from the position of even handed neutrality and recognise that this
:04:44. > :04:47.is ultimately a matter for the shareholders of both companies. The
:04:48. > :04:51.bottom line is this. The assurances the Government extracted from Pfizer
:04:52. > :04:55.are simply not worth the paper they are written on. We often talk of
:04:56. > :05:01.ministers here in parliament being in power. This story of what could
:05:02. > :05:06.be the biggest takeover in British company history, reveals how little
:05:07. > :05:11.power any politician has to tell the Board or the shareholders of
:05:12. > :05:15.companies what they should and shouldn't do. This argument is
:05:16. > :05:20.putting to the test what impact politicians can have on the
:05:21. > :05:25.decisions of vast multinational companies. Nick Robinson, BBC News,
:05:26. > :05:29.Westminster. Our Business Editor, Kamal Ahmed, is here. Other than the
:05:30. > :05:32.sheer sums involved in this proposed takeover, it also matters in terms
:05:33. > :05:36.of the future of British scientific research, doesn't it? It absolutely
:05:37. > :05:40.does. Today AstraZeneca put out their their response, their defence
:05:41. > :05:43.about why they are important to Britain. They talked about all these
:05:44. > :05:47.new drugs that could come for patients from cancer to heart
:05:48. > :05:51.treatments, to diabetes treatments. As you say, as Nick has been saying
:05:52. > :05:56.in his report, there is a bit of business in this. There is an awful
:05:57. > :06:00.lot of pollics it. The issue will be on the politics, we go right back to
:06:01. > :06:03.the financial crisis of 2008. That really flipped the relationship
:06:04. > :06:08.between politicians and businesses. Politicians, I think, feel really
:06:09. > :06:12.emboldened to say, we can say what you should be doing as a business in
:06:13. > :06:17.the UK. And they have invited the two Heads of Pfizer and AstraZeneca
:06:18. > :06:22.to parliament next week. I think that invite has a whiff of the MAFF
:06:23. > :06:28.Yeo I about it, please do come, or else... The Chief Executive of Kraft
:06:29. > :06:33.refused to come to parliament when Kraft took over Cadbury. That was
:06:34. > :06:35.about chocolate bars and this is about drugs. They know the
:06:36. > :06:39.Government can make their life very tricky. Thank you very much. The
:06:40. > :06:43.broadcaster, Stuart Hall, has pleaded guilty to one charge of
:06:44. > :06:48.indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 16. The offence took
:06:49. > :06:52.place between 1978 and 1979. He denies 15 charges of rape and five
:06:53. > :06:57.of indecent assault and will now stand trial at Preston Crown Court.
:06:58. > :07:03.He is serving time in prison for sexually abusing under age girls
:07:04. > :07:04.over a 20 year period. Our correspondent, Judity Moritz,
:07:05. > :07:08.reports. Stuart Hall has spent nearly a year in prison for child
:07:09. > :07:12.sex offences. Today, the cameras were waiting as he was brought back
:07:13. > :07:15.to court to face new charges. The former broadcaster, who is 84,
:07:16. > :07:21.listened to proceedings through head phones. He admitted indecently
:07:22. > :07:27.asalting a girl who was under 16 between 1978 and 79. He denies 20
:07:28. > :07:32.other charges, including 15 of rape, some involving the same child and
:07:33. > :07:37.others alleged by a different girl. Charged under his full name of James
:07:38. > :07:41.Stuart Hall, the former TV presenter stood behind the glass walled dock
:07:42. > :07:45.of court room number one and watched as the jury of eight women and four
:07:46. > :07:50.men were sworn in. They were told that his trial will begin tomorrow.
:07:51. > :07:55.The jury will hear that Stuart Hall was convicted last year of
:07:56. > :08:00.indecently assaulting 13 girls between 1967 and 86. The youngest
:08:01. > :08:03.was nine. His original prison sentence of 15 months was doubled
:08:04. > :08:10.when the Court of Appeal ruled that it it had been unduly lenient.
:08:11. > :08:14.Stuart Hall was once the popular presenter of the game show It's A
:08:15. > :08:19.Knock Out he was well-known as the face of BBC regional news in the
:08:20. > :08:23.north-west. The jury were told they may recognise the defendant, but
:08:24. > :08:28.they should decide the case based only on evidence heard in this
:08:29. > :08:33.trial. Judith Moritz, BBC us in, Preston. The comedian, Freddie
:08:34. > :08:36.Starr, will not face sexual abuse charges because of "insufficient
:08:37. > :08:41.evidence" in most cases, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
:08:42. > :08:44.The 71-year-old was arrested in 2012 over claims by 13 individuals as
:08:45. > :08:48.part of Operation Yewtree, set up to investigate claims of historical
:08:49. > :08:52.sexual crimes following the Jimmy Savile scandal. Mr Starr has always
:08:53. > :08:56.denied any wrong-doing. Half of deaths from asthma in the UK could
:08:57. > :09:00.be avoided, according to the first national study of asthma deaths in
:09:01. > :09:04.the UK. Three people die from the condition every day, one of the
:09:05. > :09:07.highest death rates from asthma in Europe. The report criticises
:09:08. > :09:12.medical staff for complacency and for not giving patients adequate
:09:13. > :09:15.information. Here's our health correspondent, Branwen Jeffreys.
:09:16. > :09:20.Holly was like any 12-year-old, full of energy, but she was struggling
:09:21. > :09:24.with her asthma, even though she loved gymnastics. Her mum's plea for
:09:25. > :09:30.a hospital checkup was turned down, just weeks later Holly collapsed and
:09:31. > :09:34.died after a month in intensive care, leaving her mum bereft and
:09:35. > :09:42.bewildered. I never thought you could die of it. I suffer with
:09:43. > :09:46.asthma, so does my sister. You know, if you go about your daily life. You
:09:47. > :09:50.don't ever think you are going to die of it. It's quite shocking
:09:51. > :09:56.really. This asthma study is the largest of its kind worldwide. 195
:09:57. > :10:01.deaths of asthma patients were examined in detail. It found 46% of
:10:02. > :10:09.the deaths could have been avoided by better care. 21% had visited A
:10:10. > :10:15.in the previous year. The doctor who led this review says asthma can be
:10:16. > :10:20.successfully treated, very simply, better care could save lives.
:10:21. > :10:24.Patients with poorly controlled asthmas are six times more likely to
:10:25. > :10:29.have an asthma attack than people who have well controlled asthma. If
:10:30. > :10:33.we can encourage people to take medication regularly, if we can
:10:34. > :10:37.encourage doctors and nurses to identify those people who are not
:10:38. > :10:42.taking medication regularly, then we can reduce the deaths. An asthma
:10:43. > :10:46.attack can happen anywhere. That is why it's really important to know
:10:47. > :10:50.when you are struggling and recognise the warning signs. Such as
:10:51. > :10:54.using your reliever inhaler several times a week. Waking up in the night
:10:55. > :10:59.or coughing or wheezing getting in the way of your every day life. All
:11:00. > :11:05.reasons to go and see a doctor or a nurse to get your asthma under
:11:06. > :11:09.control. Many asthma deaths are needless, many preventable. A
:11:10. > :11:16.message Holly's family now hopes will get through. Branwen Jeffreys,
:11:17. > :11:19.BBC News. The bodies of five British servicemen, who were killed when
:11:20. > :11:22.their helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan last months, have
:11:23. > :11:26.arrived back in the UK. The Ministry of Defence says the crash was an
:11:27. > :11:29.accident, and not due to enemy action. It's the worst incident
:11:30. > :11:36.involving a British military helicopter in Afghanistan since the
:11:37. > :11:42.war began in 2001. Jon Kay reports. They died together and they flew
:11:43. > :11:51.home together. Arriving back at RAF Brize Norton, the bodies of five
:11:52. > :11:59.fallen servicemen. Waiting for them, five grieving families. Alongside
:12:00. > :12:07.friends, colleagues and strangers. Jim was 30 and from Cowbridge in the
:12:08. > :12:11.Vale of Glamorgan. Mates from his rugby club travelled here to pay
:12:12. > :12:14.their respects. Dedicated to the army. He would talk about it
:12:15. > :12:18.nonstop. The fact he has been highly regarded in the press over the last
:12:19. > :12:26.couple of weeks is a fitting testament to a wonderful guy.
:12:27. > :12:30.Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner was of the Army Air Corps, he was 38 and
:12:31. > :12:36.a father of two. Corporal James Walters, who was 36 years old, and
:12:37. > :12:40.from Cornwall. Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan was on his third tour
:12:41. > :12:44.of duty in Afghanistan. He was 29. University friends from Birmingham
:12:45. > :12:48.were here to say goodbye. He used to talk about the camaraderie and he
:12:49. > :12:52.was working in intelligence, the late nights. How he was looking
:12:53. > :12:55.forward to coming home and having beers with friends, and things like
:12:56. > :13:02.that. The fifth servicemen to die was also with the intelligence
:13:03. > :13:08.corpse, Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas from Breacon in Powys. The sky
:13:09. > :13:14.suddenly darkened as the cortege arrived. This one of the largest
:13:15. > :13:17.turnouts ever seen here. Some of these families had been expecting
:13:18. > :13:22.their loved ones to return from Afghanistan this week. But their
:13:23. > :13:31.tours of duty were not meant to end like this. John Kay, BBC News, Brize
:13:32. > :13:36.Norton. The time is coming up to 6. 6.15pm. Our top story this evening.
:13:37. > :13:39.MPs are to scrutinise the proposed takeover of the British
:13:40. > :13:44.pharmaceutical firm, AstraZeneca, by it is American rival, Pfizer. Still
:13:45. > :13:47.to come: Have you seen him? One of Britain's most notorious armed
:13:48. > :13:58.robbers is still on-the-run despite being spotted in London. Coming up
:13:59. > :14:01.at 6. 30pm. . Can a pair of pyjamas really reduce the risk of MRSA? The
:14:02. > :14:04.latest trial at a south London hospital. Essex welcomes the Queen,
:14:05. > :14:18.as Her Majesty joins the congregation at Chelmsford
:14:19. > :14:22.The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claims to have taken them and
:14:23. > :14:27.is threatening to sell them into slavery. Britain has now joined the
:14:28. > :14:29.United States with an offer to help the Nigerian government find the
:14:30. > :14:36.girls. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera reports.
:14:37. > :14:40.The men came to this remote school three weeks ago. At first, the
:14:41. > :14:47.teenage girls thought they were soldiers who had come to rescue them
:14:48. > :14:50.from an attack, but then the men said the school alight and abducted
:14:51. > :14:52.more than 200 of the girls, driving them off into the forest.
:14:53. > :14:56.TRANSLATION: We said goodbye, she promised to come back soon and help
:14:57. > :15:00.me with my work on selling things on the street, but then I was told she
:15:01. > :15:05.has been abducted. Yesterday, the violent Islamist group Boko Haram
:15:06. > :15:11.issued this video, saying it had the girls and was going to sell them. We
:15:12. > :15:18.are offering tactical help. What has happened here is that the actions of
:15:19. > :15:22.Boko Haram in using girls as the spoils of war is disgusting. It is
:15:23. > :15:27.immoral. The Nigerian government has been struggling to respond. Their
:15:28. > :15:31.efforts look amateurish to many. I'm told that after some of the girls
:15:32. > :15:35.escaped, it took days the security forces to talk to them to find out
:15:36. > :15:44.what they knew about the kidnappers. The pressure is growing. The BBC's
:15:45. > :15:46.reporter explains. The Nigerian government is doing its best and
:15:47. > :15:50.even claiming to be winning the war against the Islamists. But despite
:15:51. > :15:54.the rhetoric, this year is turning out to be the bloodiest in the
:15:55. > :15:57.conflict began. With horrifying events like the abduction of the
:15:58. > :16:02.schoolgirls, there is increasing anger among the public. People are
:16:03. > :16:04.asking why the government cannot stop the insecurity. Britain and
:16:05. > :16:11.America have been offering help to Nigeria. Foreign help will not be
:16:12. > :16:13.welcome, but intelligence like satellite imagery and aerial
:16:14. > :16:18.reconnaissance might help, since the problem is now finding the girls.
:16:19. > :16:21.There were taken from a town in the north-east, but the terrain makes
:16:22. > :16:28.locating them extremely challenging. The search area is vast. The forest
:16:29. > :16:32.is impenetrable and 40 times the size of London, making it hard to
:16:33. > :16:36.spot anyone, even from the air. And the girls may well have been
:16:37. > :16:40.disbursed into smaller groups or taken over the border to Cameroon. A
:16:41. > :16:46.list of the names of those taken. Some may already have been sold to
:16:47. > :16:49.become wives. With eight more girls just abducted, their names are now
:16:50. > :16:57.added to the list of those whose fate is unknown. Gordon Corera, BBC
:16:58. > :17:00.News. One of Britain's most notorious
:17:01. > :17:04.armed robbers, who escaped while on day release from an open prison in
:17:05. > :17:06.Kent, is said to have been spotted in south-west London. Police say
:17:07. > :17:09.Michael Wheatley, nicknamed "the Skull-Cracker", was seen by a member
:17:10. > :17:11.of the public last night, but officers have failed to find him.
:17:12. > :17:14.Robert Hall reports. Michael Wheatley, a man who carried
:17:15. > :17:20.out one series of robberies whilst on parole for another. A man who
:17:21. > :17:28.routinely used violence to terrify staff and customers. Wheatley
:17:29. > :17:31.admitted 13 charges of robbery, during which he pistol-whipped a
:17:32. > :17:33.manager and a 73-year-old woman. On another occasion, he threatened to
:17:34. > :17:37.kill Claire Townsend. She recalls the day he attacked a bank in South
:17:38. > :17:41.London. He whirled round to me, put his hand round my neck, a gun to my
:17:42. > :17:50.temple, and started screaming and shouting, not at me, but at the
:17:51. > :17:54.cashiers. Michael Wheatley was being held here at Standford Hill open
:17:55. > :17:58.prison on the Isle of Sheppey. He had been moved to Kent as part of
:17:59. > :18:01.the process which leads to eventual release. On Saturday morning, he
:18:02. > :18:06.left the prison on temporary licence. At 9.20, he boarded a train
:18:07. > :18:11.at Sittingbourne, headed for East London. And last night, after police
:18:12. > :18:24.appealed for help, he was spotted in southwest London. The Metropolitan
:18:25. > :18:28.Police said officers based here in Twickenham went to the address. They
:18:29. > :18:31.searched the surrounding area, but there was no sign of Michael
:18:32. > :18:33.Wheatley. It is just one line of enquiry. Wheatley's robberies
:18:34. > :18:35.stretched from Royston in Hertfordshire to Southampton, and he
:18:36. > :18:38.is known to have links throughout south-east England. Ministry of
:18:39. > :18:40.Justice figures show that 120 people absconded from open prisons last
:18:41. > :18:43.year. The Government, who were considering the wider use of tagging
:18:44. > :18:48.for temporary releases, say questions must be asked about this
:18:49. > :18:51.incident. He was clearly in that prison after a decision by the
:18:52. > :18:55.independent parole board, but I want to be sure that proper risk
:18:56. > :18:58.assessments were carried out. It is obviously important that people who
:18:59. > :19:02.are a threat to the public are kept behind bars where it is possible to
:19:03. > :19:06.do so. The search for Michael Wheatley has spread throughout the
:19:07. > :19:10.UK. Tonight, Kent police have repeated their warning that he
:19:11. > :19:19.should not be approached. Robert Hall, BBC News.
:19:20. > :19:21.The British police have requested permission from the Portuguese
:19:22. > :19:24.authorities to excavate a number of sites as part of the investigation
:19:25. > :19:28.into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The sites are thought to be
:19:29. > :19:30.in Praia da Luz, where Madeleine went missing in 2007 when she was
:19:31. > :19:38.three years old. Our correspondent Richard Bilton reports from there.
:19:39. > :19:43.Once again, the spotlight falls on this little town. Seven years since
:19:44. > :19:48.Madeleine McCann disappeared, Praia da Luz is at the heart of the
:19:49. > :19:53.investigation. A Portuguese prosecutor has approved a series of
:19:54. > :19:56.requests from the British police for investigative work here in Portugal.
:19:57. > :20:01.This evening, the British police team themselves confirmed that
:20:02. > :20:13.activity is to begin soon. In an open letter, the force said:
:20:14. > :20:20.but there was more. This letter urged the media to avoid
:20:21. > :20:24.speculation. That is because here in Portugal and in the UK, Madeleine
:20:25. > :20:29.McCann's case is back in the news. It has been reported that one of the
:20:30. > :20:35.requests from the British police is to start digging at sites in the
:20:36. > :20:38.town . Here in Portugal, there has been no official confirmation that
:20:39. > :20:43.digging will take place. Indeed, the officers we have spoken to no work
:20:44. > :20:48.is scheduled. But if it did happen, it would be the Portuguese police
:20:49. > :20:53.that were in charge. Any British investigators would be here only as
:20:54. > :20:58.observers. Seven years since Madeleine McCann disappeared from
:20:59. > :21:02.this flat, an upsurge in police activity seems about to start.
:21:03. > :21:05.Maintaining a relationship between the separate and ongoing British and
:21:06. > :21:10.Portuguese investigations will be crucial. Richard Bilton, BBC News,
:21:11. > :21:13.Praia da Luz. The Liberal Democrats have launched
:21:14. > :21:16.their English council elections by admitting they are no longer the
:21:17. > :21:19.party of the protest vote - instead, they're going to UKIP. But the party
:21:20. > :21:22.leader, Nick Clegg, accused UKIP of peddling dangerous fantasies and
:21:23. > :21:25.scaring everybody witless, while the Lib Dems could be trusted with the
:21:26. > :21:33.things that matter most to people. Our political correspondent Vicky
:21:34. > :21:37.Young reports. Not a murder on the dance floor, but
:21:38. > :21:42.it could be bloodbath at the ballot box for the Liberal Democrats. Took
:21:43. > :21:46.over a London night up for their election log, but it is hard to be
:21:47. > :21:51.upbeat when everyone is predicting failure. But Nick Clegg did his
:21:52. > :21:54.best. Bluntly, we are not the protest party any more. We are not
:21:55. > :21:59.the none of the above party any more. We are not just against
:22:00. > :22:03.things, we are four things. UKIP is now the protest party in British
:22:04. > :22:08.politics. The Lib Dems depend on their grassroots supporters, so how
:22:09. > :22:13.are they feeling? Where we have successful local councillors, we
:22:14. > :22:16.win. We will probably take a hit at the next election, but we will
:22:17. > :22:21.bounce back because people will realise that without our party, we
:22:22. > :22:27.would not have had the economic recovery. Nick Clegg moved from a
:22:28. > :22:31.nightclub to a daycare centre. He admits that being in a coalition
:22:32. > :22:34.with the Conservatives has dented the party's traditional support, but
:22:35. > :22:38.Mr Clegg told me he is proud of their achievements in government.
:22:39. > :22:41.Yes, we have courted short-term popularity by entering into
:22:42. > :22:45.coalition, but in doing so, we have the joint economic recovery for
:22:46. > :22:53.millions of people. That is important, and if we tell our side
:22:54. > :22:58.of the story, there will does that support. If the polls are right,
:22:59. > :23:01.Nick Clegg could be facing a nightmare scenario where his party
:23:02. > :23:05.comes to hand the Greens. But the Lib Dems insist that in places like
:23:06. > :23:08.this in north London where they already have dozens of councillors
:23:09. > :23:12.and a local MP, support is holding up. But more and more, his campaign
:23:13. > :23:17.is looking like a damage limitation exercise. Vicki Young, BBC News,
:23:18. > :23:20.Haringey. 60 years ago today, the world of
:23:21. > :23:22.athletics was stunned when a 25-year-old medical student achieved
:23:23. > :23:25.a feat many thought impossible. On a cold, windy day in Oxford, Roger
:23:26. > :23:29.Bannister became the first person to break the four minute mile. He later
:23:30. > :23:31.went on to become an eminent neurologist, and recently revealed
:23:32. > :23:34.he's suffering from Parkinson's disease. Sir Roger has been reliving
:23:35. > :23:40.the moment he made history with our correspondent Duncan Kennedy.
:23:41. > :23:47.May the 6th, 1954. Roger Bannister is less than four minutes from
:23:48. > :23:58.immortality. Now 85, we asked Sir Roger to relive that remarkable
:23:59. > :24:00.race, 60 years on. At this point, it becomes quite painful. I overtake
:24:01. > :24:11.Chris chat away and begin the finish. That is it. Did you do it
:24:12. > :24:17.for yourself or for your country? I think I did it for both. I don't
:24:18. > :24:21.think I could distinguish. But there was certainly a feeling of it being
:24:22. > :24:26.a national event and something of a landmark for the country. Standing
:24:27. > :24:34.behind Roger Bannister that day was a 15-year-old schoolboy, Robin
:24:35. > :24:43.Winstone. He was also ready for post-war British success. It was a
:24:44. > :24:48.formal in those days. Here is the result of the one mile. First, Roger
:24:49. > :24:52.Bannister, in a time of... And nothing was heard after that. There
:24:53. > :24:57.was bedlam. The record that Roger Bannister said here in 1954 did not
:24:58. > :25:03.last long. In fact, it was beaten just 46 days later by his great
:25:04. > :25:07.Australian rival. But like Everest before him and the moon landings
:25:08. > :25:11.after, Roger Bannister was one of those greats who did it first. And
:25:12. > :25:19.because of that, he will always be room in third. Roger Bannister, the
:25:20. > :25:21.man who created a brief time in history.
:25:22. > :25:30.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Nick Miller.
:25:31. > :25:33.Still some warm sunshine around today, but increasing chance is
:25:34. > :25:38.forgetting wet for the rest of the week, and here is why. Low pressure
:25:39. > :25:44.is getting ready to push hands of wet weather across us and showers.
:25:45. > :25:47.For the past few hours, we have seen heavy showers through south-west
:25:48. > :25:53.England and the South Midlands. A few rumbles of thunder. Heavier
:25:54. > :26:00.downpours are poised to move across Northern Ireland. And the wind is
:26:01. > :26:05.picking up, but it will not be a cold night. Tomorrow, there will
:26:06. > :26:10.still be a bit of sun around. A stronger wind as well, adding to a
:26:11. > :26:15.cooler field to the weather. There are three zones of whether to talk
:26:16. > :26:18.about tomorrow. Showers in Scotland. No longer spell of rain in Northern
:26:19. > :26:25.Ireland. To the south of that, plenty of sunshine, but a scattering
:26:26. > :26:31.of showers. It will feel cooler in the breeze, although some places in
:26:32. > :26:40.south-east England may still see 17 or 18 degrees. The northern half of
:26:41. > :26:45.Scotland will have sunshine, but scattered, heavy showers. The wind
:26:46. > :26:48.is lighter here in bed with elsewhere. On Thursday, further
:26:49. > :26:56.outbreaks of rain in Northern Ireland. Sunshine and showers again
:26:57. > :27:03.in Scotland. On Friday, we are all in the same vote. It will be breezy,
:27:04. > :27:07.with showers building again. Dry weather in between. If you are
:27:08. > :27:11.begging me to show you the start of next week and, low pressure means
:27:12. > :27:14.rain, although Scotland may escape the showers.