:00:00. > :00:08.They think it's all over - it almost certainly is now. AstraZeneca
:00:09. > :00:11.rejects a final offer from US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
:00:12. > :00:14.AstraZeneca appear to have fought off what would have been the biggest
:00:15. > :00:19.ever foreign takeover of a British firm. We'll be looking at why this
:00:20. > :00:23.latest bid has failed and what it means for the future of scientific
:00:24. > :00:25.research in the UK. Also tonight... The families of four British
:00:26. > :00:34.yachtsmen missing in the Atlantic implore the US Coastguard to resume
:00:35. > :00:38.searching for them. Their lives depend on us, and I know
:00:39. > :00:41.that they are out there. We just need to find them.
:00:42. > :00:45.Why the UKIP leader says his party is the Millwall of politics.
:00:46. > :00:49.Louis Van Gaal is appointed manager of Manchester United - with Ryan
:00:50. > :00:58.Giggs as his number two. And why this year's Chelsea Flower Show has
:00:59. > :01:03.a youthful bloom. On BBC London News the number of new
:01:04. > :01:05.homes funded by the mayor falls to its lowest level since he came to
:01:06. > :01:08.office. And wind UMPIRE: Net.
:01:09. > :01:09.Firearms officers could refuse to carry guns over fears of being
:01:10. > :01:28.criminalised. Good evening. After a war of words,
:01:29. > :01:31.a political battle and the intervention of top scientists, the
:01:32. > :01:35.biggest attempted foreign takeover of a British firm appears to be
:01:36. > :01:38.over. The UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has rejected an improved
:01:39. > :01:40."final" takeover offer from US giant Pfizer, saying it undervalued the
:01:41. > :01:46.company and would create "uncertainty and risk". Pfizer had
:01:47. > :01:52.made a new offer of ?55 per share, valuing AstraZeneca at about ?69
:01:53. > :01:56.billion. Billions have been wiped off the British firm's share price -
:01:57. > :02:01.they've fallen today by 11% to ?43 per share. AstraZeneca has a
:02:02. > :02:03.workforce of 6,700 in the UK - there had been concerns that important
:02:04. > :02:13.research jobs would have been lost in a takeover. Our business editor,
:02:14. > :02:17.Kamal Ahmed, reports. There are flashing images in this report. It
:02:18. > :02:24.was a match, it turned out, not made in heaven. Today, Pfizer pulled out
:02:25. > :02:29.of the Dean for AstraZeneca after its fourth approach was rebuffed.
:02:30. > :02:31.The takeover deal, which would have created the biggest pharmaceutical
:02:32. > :02:35.firm in the world, has been shattered. The chairman of
:02:36. > :02:41.AstraZeneca told me why. We rejected it because we think that the value
:02:42. > :02:44.in itself was less than what we can do as an independent company, in
:02:45. > :02:50.quickly delivering drugs to the market. Fears were raised that jobs
:02:51. > :02:54.might be lost and science research curtailed if the deal happened.
:02:55. > :03:01.Alderley edge is home to a major AstraZeneca laboratory, and locals
:03:02. > :03:05.expressed their relief. The price offered by Pfizer was not
:03:06. > :03:09.sufficient. There should be more job security. I think we are selling too
:03:10. > :03:13.many businesses to foreign investors, and at the end of the
:03:14. > :03:17.day, it is never going to have the same interest in British heritage.
:03:18. > :03:23.It has been a political battle as well as a business deal. The Pfizer
:03:24. > :03:27.chief executive, Ian Read, was grilled by MPs, and the Government
:03:28. > :03:31.threatened to intervene to block the takeover. For shareholders, it came
:03:32. > :03:35.down to whether to take the money from Pfizer now or wait for valuable
:03:36. > :03:40.new products to be launched by a still independent British firm. For
:03:41. > :03:46.AstraZeneca shareholders here in the City, it is the classic dilemma of
:03:47. > :03:50.jam today or more jam tomorrow. Can AstraZeneca deliver the drugs it
:03:51. > :03:55.says it is developing, or will Pfizer's offer looked very valuable
:03:56. > :04:00.if some of those drugs tests fail? The company is banking on the fact
:04:01. > :04:05.that it's drugs will bring rewards. It is working on treatments for
:04:06. > :04:10.diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Tests are showing promising results.
:04:11. > :04:15.One of the companies top ten shareholders outlined the issues.
:04:16. > :04:18.You have to think, does the AstraZeneca management, which has
:04:19. > :04:23.been doing a not bad job, are they going to do a better job and looking
:04:24. > :04:32.that future value than a combined entity could? The market has given
:04:33. > :04:36.each judgment. Senior Pfizer sources I have spoken to say that they will
:04:37. > :04:39.not be back with another offer. AstraZeneca, a company which battled
:04:40. > :04:49.hard to retain its independence, has got its wish. It looks like the deal
:04:50. > :04:52.is dead and the only way life could be breathed into it would be from
:04:53. > :04:58.the AstraZeneca shareholders? That's right. Pfizer are now looking to
:04:59. > :05:02.pull the plug. Certainly, people I have spoken to from Pfizer today
:05:03. > :05:07.have said, they will not be back. They are no longer interested in
:05:08. > :05:11.bidding. As you say, the only thing which could now happen would be that
:05:12. > :05:15.AstraZeneca shareholders, the owners, would put pressure on the
:05:16. > :05:19.board to reopen negotiations, but that would be absolutely
:05:20. > :05:24.unprecedented. Of course, Pfizer will not be opening their European
:05:25. > :05:28.headquarters in the UK any more. Pfizer will not be spending 20% of
:05:29. > :05:33.their research and development money in the UK, so there are some
:05:34. > :05:36.downsides, if this deal is off, but as AstraZeneca has said, we are
:05:37. > :05:38.better as an independent business, and we will deliver the drugs they
:05:39. > :05:43.say they are going to deliver. The families of four British
:05:44. > :05:46.yachstmen missing since their boat capsized in the Atlantic on Friday
:05:47. > :05:49.have made desperate appeals to the US Coastguard to resume their
:05:50. > :05:52.search. It was called off yesterday after an upturned hull was
:05:53. > :05:55.discovered in bad weather. Contact with the boat was lost after it
:05:56. > :05:58.reported running into difficulties about 600 miles off the coast of
:05:59. > :06:07.Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Nick Higham reports.
:06:08. > :06:15.Andrew Bridge, just 22 but already and experienced yacht skipper. He
:06:16. > :06:22.first sale at the age of nine. And when Cheeki Rafiki set out home from
:06:23. > :06:26.Antigua, was in charge. Today, his mother told me even an accident in
:06:27. > :06:30.the middle of the Atlantic would not dampen his enthusiasm. God willing,
:06:31. > :06:39.if he comes back to us, I am sure he would resume sailing. The Cheeki
:06:40. > :06:42.Rafiki had been taking part in Antigua Sailing Week at the end of
:06:43. > :06:45.five months in the Caribbean. Contact was lost on the return
:06:46. > :06:50.journey early on Friday after the crew reported they had started
:06:51. > :06:54.taking on water. But the hope was well-equipped. This life raft is
:06:55. > :06:59.built to the same specification, we believe... The boat carried personal
:07:00. > :07:05.radio beacons, like this. One was activated, and then, when its
:07:06. > :07:10.battery ran out, a second beacon was switched on, suggesting at least one
:07:11. > :07:14.survivor. This safety expert says the boat had probably capsized after
:07:15. > :07:19.losing its keel. The crew can then get off the vessel, normally they
:07:20. > :07:25.will dive down below and try and get down below, was essentially you will
:07:26. > :07:28.be in a big air pocket. A passing container ship spotted what is
:07:29. > :07:33.thought to be the upturned hull, but there was no sign of any survivors.
:07:34. > :07:36.The US coastguard called off the search yesterday after more than two
:07:37. > :07:40.days, convinced nobody could have survived longer in the high winds
:07:41. > :07:51.and chill waters of the Atlantic. The families want the search to be
:07:52. > :07:55.resumed. I just cannot... We need air support, we need vessel support,
:07:56. > :08:00.we need all the support we can get. Their lives depend on us, we just
:08:01. > :08:04.need to find them. And now, more than 30,000 people have signed an
:08:05. > :08:07.online petition calling for a renewed search for the missing crew.
:08:08. > :08:10.UKIP leader Nigel Farage has apologised if people think he has
:08:11. > :08:13.discriminated against Romanians - but has stood by claims that they
:08:14. > :08:16.are responsible for a significant amount of crime - particularly in
:08:17. > :08:19.London. Nigel Farage today likened his party to the Millwall of
:08:20. > :08:22.politics as he campaigned in Kent ahead of the European and local
:08:23. > :08:23.elections this Thursday. Our political editor, Nick Robinson, was
:08:24. > :08:39.with him. Nigel Farage has come to a place
:08:40. > :08:45.where he is amongst friends. God was an Englishman, who knows what the
:08:46. > :08:48.British public wants. UKIP got more votes in Ramsgate than in any other
:08:49. > :08:55.town in the country from me this is a man who talks sense! Well, I do my
:08:56. > :09:00.best. Last night, the UKIP leader said his words about Romanians had
:09:01. > :09:05.been wrong, blaming the fact he had been too tired. This morning, the
:09:06. > :09:08.party took out a full-page ad to explain his words, words which the
:09:09. > :09:14.Sun amongst others have dubbed racist. I was asked a question,
:09:15. > :09:18.would people be concerned if ten Romanian men moved in next door to
:09:19. > :09:22.them? The honest answer to that is, at the moment, they would be
:09:23. > :09:27.concerned. Forgive me, quote, any normal fair-minded person would the
:09:28. > :09:32.concerned of a group of Romanians moved in next door. It does not say
:09:33. > :09:36.men, it does not say ten, it does not say criminals, it does not say
:09:37. > :09:39.gang. I did not say they should be concerned, I said they would be
:09:40. > :09:43.concerned, which is a reflection of reality. Would it be acceptable to
:09:44. > :09:52.say, if Jamaicans moved in next door? No. Nigerians? No. Irish?
:09:53. > :10:01.Signs in the window saying, no blacks or Irish here? Can we just
:10:02. > :10:04.have an honest appraisal of what has happened to across the whole of the
:10:05. > :10:10.European Union, amongst all 28 member states, 7% of all crime has
:10:11. > :10:17.been committed by Romanian gangs. I asked him half a dozen times whether
:10:18. > :10:21.he was apologising. Eventually, he did. If I gave the impression in
:10:22. > :10:24.that interview that I were discriminating against Romanians,
:10:25. > :10:28.then I apologise for that. It may look like the Mediterranean here,
:10:29. > :10:33.but this is a place with high unemployment, and where immigrants,
:10:34. > :10:41.like this Romanian lady, feel unfairly stigmatised. We are working
:10:42. > :10:47.hard, paying taxes, so it is a hard thing to hear. Not all who have read
:10:48. > :10:53.or heard Mr Farage's explanation are convinced. I think they could be
:10:54. > :10:58.construed, and very many people could consider, that they were
:10:59. > :11:04.racist. Do you? I certainly will not be voting for them, no. But these
:11:05. > :11:09.fishermen see Nigel Farage is the only man prepared to stand up to the
:11:10. > :11:15.EU. The regulations are beyond belief. Others, who backed him on
:11:16. > :11:19.immigration, do so without it seems knowing anything else about what he
:11:20. > :11:29.believes. Do you know what his policy on tax is? No. On health? No.
:11:30. > :11:33.On the economy? No idea. Mr Farage has called for more spending cuts.
:11:34. > :11:41.His deputy has called for more privatisation in the NHS. That does
:11:42. > :11:49.not seem to count. The slogan of Millwall fans is, and he knows it,
:11:50. > :11:52.no one loves us, but we don't care for top nick Robinson, BBC News,
:11:53. > :11:55.Ramsgate. In the past hour, the Premier League
:11:56. > :11:57.has announced that its chief executive, Richard Scudamore, will
:11:58. > :12:01.keep his job despite making sexual and sexist comments in private
:12:02. > :12:03.e-mails sent from his work account. Our chief sports correspondent, Dan
:12:04. > :12:10.Roan, is outside the Premier League's headquarters, where they've
:12:11. > :12:13.been discussing his future. The Prime Minister today saying that if
:12:14. > :12:17.it was a government minister, he would not have kept his job. But
:12:18. > :12:22.Richard Scudamore has kept his? That's right. The Premier League say
:12:23. > :12:28.his previous unblemished record, as they put it, his contrition and
:12:29. > :12:32.positive testimony from female workers here at HQ on some of the
:12:33. > :12:39.reasons why. But others tonight will be unhappy. It is the 20 clubs, who
:12:40. > :12:42.of course Scudamore has helped generate millions of pounds four in
:12:43. > :12:48.recent years, who sat in judgment on him. Richard Scudamore helped
:12:49. > :12:51.transform English football into one of the country's most lucrative
:12:52. > :12:57.exports, and today, the most powerful figure in the game overcame
:12:58. > :13:01.arguably his biggest challenge to date. Representatives of the Premier
:13:02. > :13:05.League clubs tonight decided he would face no disciplinary action.
:13:06. > :13:08.For more than a week, pressure has been building on him over sexist
:13:09. > :13:13.e-mails he sent to a friend. Today, the personal assistant who leaked
:13:14. > :13:18.them to the Daily Mirror explained why she felt compelled to do
:13:19. > :13:21.something. I felt humiliated and demeaned, I did not want to read
:13:22. > :13:28.them. They were sexist and very, very degrading to women. I feel he
:13:29. > :13:31.should resign. Campaigners, the FA, even the Government, have expressed
:13:32. > :13:38.disappointment. Others believe the controversy is overblown. We just
:13:39. > :13:41.love to put people's heads on poles. He has been humiliated, I do not
:13:42. > :13:47.suppose he will ever do it again. I accept he should not have done it. I
:13:48. > :13:52.hold no brief for him, but otherwise this just becomes a feeding frenzy.
:13:53. > :13:55.A Super League match yesterday between Arsenal and Manchester City,
:13:56. > :14:02.at a time when women's football has never been more popular. This
:14:03. > :14:05.scandal has sparked a broad debate. I think he's said some pretty strong
:14:06. > :14:09.statements, he should be given a chance to answer for himself. I do
:14:10. > :14:15.feel that we are still in the dark ages with football, and a lot of the
:14:16. > :14:20.mentality is, it is a man's game. Scudamore tonight pledged to work
:14:21. > :14:20.hard to regain trust in his leadership, but that will not
:14:21. > :14:28.satisfy many. Ed Miliband has promised any future
:14:29. > :14:31.Labour Government would raise the minimum wage in line with average
:14:32. > :14:34.earnings. The Labour leader says there needs to be a clear link
:14:35. > :14:38.between the two so that everyone can share the benefits of an economic
:14:39. > :14:42.recovery. The minimum wage is due to increase in October by 19p an hour
:14:43. > :14:49.to ?6.50. Our deputy political editor, James Landale, has more.
:14:50. > :14:57.They work in shops, hotels and restaurants. They lean schools and
:14:58. > :15:00.offices, they care for the elderly, they are the million or more people
:15:01. > :15:04.who earn the minimum wage, and today, Labour said they should earn
:15:05. > :15:08.more. Under the next Labour government, the minimum wage will
:15:09. > :15:13.rise by more than average earnings in the economy, as part of a five
:15:14. > :15:19.year ambition to restore the link between doing a hard days work and
:15:20. > :15:26.providing a decent life for your family. To low paid workers, like
:15:27. > :15:31.these in Cardiff, that promise might sound familiar. The minimum wage has
:15:32. > :15:35.gone up faster than average earnings since it was introduced, but the
:15:36. > :15:41.Labour plan is for it to rise even faster. The current figure was set
:15:42. > :15:46.by the Independent Low Pay Commission. Labour would give the
:15:47. > :15:51.commission a five year target to raise the minimum wage so it gets
:15:52. > :15:56.even closer to average earnings. But the party is refusing to say what
:15:57. > :16:01.that target would be. Some small businesses are already worrying
:16:02. > :16:06.about the potential impact on jobs. I it is an issue. If it goes ahead
:16:07. > :16:13.then it will have a negative impact upon the company. The first part of
:16:14. > :16:17.the company that will suffer is the levels of staff that we employ.
:16:18. > :16:25.Shoppers nearby were not quite so pessimistic. Nobody is hardly able
:16:26. > :16:30.to live on the minimum wage. Rent, kids, everything. It is a good
:16:31. > :16:38.idea. For retail jobs, things like that, I think the minimum wage is
:16:39. > :16:43.fine. Some said low paid workers were already seeing their wages
:16:44. > :16:47.increasing above-average earnings. We have to be careful not to
:16:48. > :16:51.undermine the independence of the the employers and the union set
:16:52. > :16:56.together and get a common position without political interference. The
:16:57. > :17:00.aim of Labour this week is to attract voters feeling the pinch. In
:17:01. > :17:03.the past they would have promised more welfare. These days they have
:17:04. > :17:08.to ask employers to pay more instead.
:17:09. > :17:17.Our top story: AstraZeneca rejects a final offer from Pfizer, killing off
:17:18. > :17:20.what would have been the biggest ever foreign takeover of a British
:17:21. > :17:23.firm. Still to come, after 168 of these Ryan Giggs hangs up his
:17:24. > :17:26.shooting boots to take up a coaching role at Manchester United. Later on
:17:27. > :17:29.BBC London: With days to go until local and European elections, we
:17:30. > :17:36.look at the Hertfordshire district which could see a dramatic change in
:17:37. > :17:46.leadership. And the Deptford theatre putting a new spin on audience
:17:47. > :17:49.participation for the over-60s. Now what are the major challenges of
:17:50. > :18:00.our times? Beating dementia, ending hunger, paralysis, maybe creating
:18:01. > :18:03.zero carbon flight? Well now the public is being asked how they think
:18:04. > :18:06.science can best tackle some of the biggest questions facing the world
:18:07. > :18:09.today in a new competition. It's modelled on a prize established 300
:18:10. > :18:13.years ago, as our Science Editor David Shukman explains. The tiny,
:18:14. > :18:16.painful details of dementia. The condition affects 800,000 people in
:18:17. > :18:19.Britain. So, how could they be helped? For a 10th of the world's
:18:20. > :18:25.population, there just isn't any fresh water. What if there was a
:18:26. > :18:28.cheap way of using sea water? And we are losing the battle against
:18:29. > :18:33.bacteria. They are evolving to resist antibiotics and we
:18:34. > :18:36.desperately need new ideas. To answer these challenges, and others,
:18:37. > :18:40.there is now a ?10 million competition modelled on the
:18:41. > :18:43.so-called Longitude Prize. That was launched 300 years ago to find a way
:18:44. > :18:50.of sailing accurately across the oceans. The answer back then was a
:18:51. > :18:52.small, tough clock. This is the clock that won the original
:18:53. > :18:57.Longitude Prize, with all its intricate beauty. For the first
:18:58. > :19:02.time, it gave seafarers the ability to know exactly where they were. It
:19:03. > :19:04.saved countless lives. The aim of the new prize is to achieve an
:19:05. > :19:14.impact on a similar scale. Science has transformed the life of
:19:15. > :19:20.Sophie Morgan. Paralysed from the chest down, she is now trying out a
:19:21. > :19:24.robotic exoskeleton. She would like the prize to do more to tackle
:19:25. > :19:28.paralysis. It's so exciting to think where the technology could go. I'm
:19:29. > :19:32.standing here talking to you in a robot. I'm standing here talking to
:19:33. > :19:36.you like I'm not paralysed. That is where we are at now and it's so
:19:37. > :19:38.exciting to think where we will be. Another challenge is providing
:19:39. > :19:42.enough food for a growing population. The prize is designed to
:19:43. > :19:47.bring out as many inventions as possible. In a way, I don't care who
:19:48. > :19:50.wins. The romantic bit of me would love it, imagine if somebody solve
:19:51. > :19:56.the world's food problems from a shed. Is there a way of flying
:19:57. > :20:00.without pollution, like this solar powered plane? Zero carbon flight is
:20:01. > :20:04.one of the options the public can pick for the prize. As with
:20:05. > :20:06.navigation three centuries ago, the aim is to get everyone a say on the
:20:07. > :20:17.biggest question of our time. You can find out more about the six
:20:18. > :20:22.prize categories by tuning in to Horizon on BBC Two at 9pm this
:20:23. > :20:23.Thursday. And you can go to Horizon's website, that's at
:20:24. > :20:36.bbc.co.uk/horizon. It's been one of the worst kept
:20:37. > :20:38.secrets in football and this afternoon Manchester United finally
:20:39. > :20:41.confirmed that the Dutch national coach Louis Van Gaal will be their
:20:42. > :20:45.new manager. Let's speak to Andy Swiss who's at Old Trafford for us.
:20:46. > :20:51.Andy, are fans likely to welcome this appointment? Well, for 20
:20:52. > :20:55.years, Louis van Gaal has been one of Europe's's most successful
:20:56. > :20:59.managers. He has won league titles, the Champions League and he is quite
:21:00. > :21:04.a character. Today, he said, this club has big ambitions and I have
:21:05. > :21:10.big ambitions as well. The question now is, can he live up to his
:21:11. > :21:13.billing? Colourful, compost stubble and a
:21:14. > :21:19.very successful. The man they call King Louis, preparing Holland for
:21:20. > :21:25.the World Cup before his next challenge, Manchester United. In a
:21:26. > :21:28.statement, he said he was very proud to join the biggest club in the
:21:29. > :21:32.world. Together, we will make history, he said. At the start of
:21:33. > :21:37.one era marks the end of another. Interim boss Ryan Giggs, staying on
:21:38. > :21:40.as assistant manager, retiring as a player. The final whistle for
:21:41. > :21:50.British rock or's most decorated career. -- British football. He
:21:51. > :21:56.began it as a sprightly 17-year-old. Over the next two decades, he danced
:21:57. > :22:02.and are sold his way to greatness. 963 appearances, 168 goals and
:22:03. > :22:09.countless memories. He said he was immensely proud, honoured and
:22:10. > :22:12.fortunate. From fans today, the feeling was mutual. He has united
:22:13. > :22:18.blood going through his veins. He can always teach Louis van Gaal
:22:19. > :22:23.about the history and ethos of the club. To retire and become the
:22:24. > :22:26.manager of the biggest club in the world, an honour for anybody. For
:22:27. > :22:31.somebody like him, it was the only thing that could happen. But from
:22:32. > :22:34.their woes and a David Moyes, the new regime will have to rebuild if
:22:35. > :22:41.they are to recapture the glory days. As a player, Ryan Giggs won 34
:22:42. > :22:46.trophies. Today, he said, was a new chapter. Fans will hope it is just
:22:47. > :22:48.half as good as the old one. Garden designers are making their
:22:49. > :22:50.final preparations for the biggest and best known event on the
:22:51. > :22:53.gardening calendar, the Chelsea Flower Show, which opens to the
:22:54. > :22:56.public tomorrow. Conflicts past and present are being commemorated, as
:22:57. > :23:06.the show marks the centenary of the First World War. Sophie Raworth is
:23:07. > :23:09.there for us. Bathed in sunshine? It's gorgeous here, absolutely
:23:10. > :23:16.lovely and it has been all day. This is the Help For Heroes Hope On The
:23:17. > :23:19.Horizon Garden. It was designed to help injured soldiers on their road
:23:20. > :23:23.to recovery. The Queen is here right now, visiting many of the gardens
:23:24. > :23:27.and talking to many of the plant growers here again at Chelsea. There
:23:28. > :23:32.are a lot of familiar faces, as there are every year. There are also
:23:33. > :23:36.a lot of new faces, who have been given the opportunity, for the first
:23:37. > :23:41.time, to show gardens on the main avenue at Chelsea, including Matthew
:23:42. > :23:44.Childs. He is 37, which I have to say is actually not that old
:23:45. > :23:53.compared to a lot of them. Many of the new designers are under the age
:23:54. > :23:59.of 30, like Hugo Bug, with this garden, only 27. David Rich is only
:24:00. > :24:05.27, and it's thought that he is the youngest ever designer to have a
:24:06. > :24:09.show garden. And Matthew, 29 years old, who designed this garden. How
:24:10. > :24:13.important is it that you have been given this platform, young
:24:14. > :24:17.designers? Hugely important for the new generation of designers coming
:24:18. > :24:24.through. It is a great honour, it is really good for the RHS to push that
:24:25. > :24:28.this year. It's important, set some of the old-timers to one side and
:24:29. > :24:33.give us a chance. It must be nerve racking, your first time on the
:24:34. > :24:38.world stage? You would have thought so, but I have been so focused on
:24:39. > :24:40.the job that I have to do, until the judges came around, when I did start
:24:41. > :24:45.getting nervous, it has been all right. I was just treating it like
:24:46. > :24:49.any other job. The weather has been glorious, let's hope the sunshine
:24:50. > :24:53.holds for tomorrow. Let's have a look at that weather.
:24:54. > :24:59.There will be some sunshine, but the showers are getting a bit closer to
:25:00. > :25:02.Chelsea for tomorrow. Over the next couple of days, we will continue
:25:03. > :25:05.with admixture. Warm in any brightness that we get, but some
:25:06. > :25:09.thunderstorms about. Through the day, we have seen thunderstorms
:25:10. > :25:14.brewing to the west, with flashes of lightning. At Heathrow, we managed
:25:15. > :25:19.26 degrees in brighter spells. The main thrust of those showers are
:25:20. > :25:22.pushing northwards through the Isle of Man and into Northern Ireland.
:25:23. > :25:26.That cluster will continue its journey through this evening, more
:25:27. > :25:31.brewing further south. We also have mist and low cloud rolling off the
:25:32. > :25:35.North Sea to affect eastern Scotland and North East England. A mild night
:25:36. > :25:40.in store, by dawn, temperatures for many are still at 14 or 15 degrees.
:25:41. > :25:44.Still a mixture through the day tomorrow. We have that mist and low
:25:45. > :25:48.cloud that will peg back temperatures to the north-east. A
:25:49. > :25:50.bit more cloud on balance in the forecast tomorrow. With these
:25:51. > :25:54.thundery showers pushing northwards, intense downpours at
:25:55. > :26:00.times. Away from the showers it will be drier, with brighter spells.
:26:01. > :26:04.Again, with some brightness, we could see temperatures in the low
:26:05. > :26:09.20s in the south. Not a repeat of those 26 degrees. In the north,
:26:10. > :26:12.about 18. A tricky week to forecast, because we have that
:26:13. > :26:19.warmth, moisture and low pressure systems. To the north, thicker cloud
:26:20. > :26:22.and rain, areas of low pressure further south bringing risks of
:26:23. > :26:25.heavy showers. On Wednesday, the greatest risk of showers is the
:26:26. > :26:29.south-east. The rain in the north-west, but in between many
:26:30. > :26:34.places are enjoying drier weather, with some brightness. Those
:26:35. > :26:38.temperatures, again, reaching 18 or 20 degrees. We need to keep a close
:26:39. > :26:39.eye on development is over the next couple of