:00:00. > :00:08.Letters between Tony Blair and George W Bush
:00:09. > :00:12.in the run-up to the Iraq war will never be published in full.
:00:13. > :00:14.The deal allows for the eventual release of the findings of the Iraq
:00:15. > :00:25.inquiry, five years after it began. We will be asking if this is the
:00:26. > :00:26.final hurdle before the report can be published.
:00:27. > :00:28.inquiry, five years after it began. Also tonight, Nick Clegg insists
:00:29. > :00:31.Vince Cable wasn't involved in any plot to oust him as
:00:32. > :00:36.Liberal Democrat leader, as the party tries to end the infighting.
:00:37. > :00:40.Thousands of homes are being bought under the
:00:41. > :00:44.government's Help to Buy scheme - most of them by first-time buyers.
:00:45. > :00:46.Health experts say e-cigarettes shouldn't be restricted as they
:00:47. > :00:59.may help people quit smoking. And the Hillsborough inquest sees
:01:00. > :01:02.footage of another FA Cup semifinal eight years earlier when a crushing
:01:03. > :01:07.incident forced fans onto the pitch. may help people quit smoking.
:01:08. > :01:09.On BBC London, a warning that Londoners are losing out to foreign
:01:10. > :01:12.buyers in the property boom. And calls to block
:01:13. > :01:13.the resignation of a Met officer facing an investigation over
:01:14. > :01:36.a death in custody. Welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:37. > :01:40.Private letters between Tony Blair and George W Bush,
:01:41. > :01:44.written in the run-up to the Iraq war, will not be published in full.
:01:45. > :01:49.The chairman of the Iraq Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, has said that only
:01:50. > :01:53.quotes, or suggestions of the notes' content, will be made public.
:01:54. > :01:56.The inquiry completed its public hearings in 2011,
:01:57. > :02:00.and today's announcement comes amid mounting criticism of
:02:01. > :02:01.the delay in releasing the report. Here's our
:02:02. > :02:16.Political Editor Nick Robinson. His report contains some flash
:02:17. > :02:22.photography. For many, it is the war that never really ended. A war that
:02:23. > :02:26.cost so money lives. Some say 100,000, others many times that
:02:27. > :02:32.figure. Still there is no official version of the events which led to
:02:33. > :02:37.Britain and America invading Iraq. Key to that is exactly what was said
:02:38. > :02:40.by Tony Blair to George Bush. What have the British Prime Minister
:02:41. > :02:49.promised the then American president? An inquiry chaired by Sir
:02:50. > :02:53.John Chilcot was established and established -- a staggering 58
:02:54. > :02:58.months ago to find the full story. It was there that Tony Blair came to
:02:59. > :03:04.give his account of his actions, and was asked to spell out exactly what
:03:05. > :03:10.he had told George Bush in more than 130 private conversations and 25
:03:11. > :03:14.private notes. I said we would stand shoulder to shoulder with them. We
:03:15. > :03:18.did in Afghanistan. I was determined to do that again. The last public
:03:19. > :03:24.airing was more than three years ago. Today we heard of the deal done
:03:25. > :03:30.to unblock it. The inquiry chairman says he has agreed to publish on the
:03:31. > :03:36.or jests, not full documents. These come he went on, should not reflect
:03:37. > :03:41.President Bush's views. And direct quotation should be the minimum
:03:42. > :03:46.necessary. The mother of one of the 179 British soldiers who died in the
:03:47. > :03:52.conflict is disappointed. It is disappointing because I think it is
:03:53. > :03:58.the most important thing what is in them, to let us understand why they
:03:59. > :04:08.went to Iraq. We were told there were map -- weapons of mass
:04:09. > :04:13.destruction. We need to see what is in those letters. It is more than
:04:14. > :04:16.ten years since the invasion. Tony Blair has always insisted its
:04:17. > :04:20.Tremadog and bloody story contains no secrets and that he wants the
:04:21. > :04:22.inquiry out as soon as possible. We should be able to read it later this
:04:23. > :04:24.year. Political Editor Nick Robinson.
:04:25. > :04:32.And Nick Robinson joins me now. Was there ever any chance that we
:04:33. > :04:38.would have seen everything contained those conversations? The Iraq
:04:39. > :04:43.inquiry certainly wanted that. They were blocked by Britain's top civil
:04:44. > :04:49.servant at the time, Sir Gus O'Donnell, and they expressed their
:04:50. > :04:52.frustration they could not do this. This is the result of a bargain
:04:53. > :04:56.going on behind the scenes to publish as much as they think they
:04:57. > :05:02.can. What has been the problem? Suspicious people say it is Tony
:05:03. > :05:09.Blair's full. He insists he did not block anything. He wanted it out.
:05:10. > :05:11.What is at issue are Mac -- are two things. The conversations that take
:05:12. > :05:15.place in government and crucially the relationship between a British
:05:16. > :05:19.Prime Minister and American president. The White House did not
:05:20. > :05:27.want a British inquiry to reveal what their president said or rolled
:05:28. > :05:31.in private, hence that line about not reflecting President Bush's
:05:32. > :05:34.views. There was also a fear that future prime ministers may make
:05:35. > :05:41.secret calls if they thought one day these conversations would be
:05:42. > :05:46.published. That is why we get the gists and quotes reference. Some
:05:47. > :05:53.people will never be satisfied so -- max. Some people would say the
:05:54. > :05:56.inquiry... The inquiry says this is the best deal they could get.
:05:57. > :06:01.And Nick Robinson joins me now. The Deputy Prime Minister,
:06:02. > :06:04.Nick Clegg, says he doesn't believe for a second
:06:05. > :06:07.that the Business Secretary was involved in any plot to oust him.
:06:08. > :06:10.Vince Cable has faced questions about what's been described
:06:11. > :06:12.by some as an attempted coup, organised by his long-standing
:06:13. > :06:15.friend Lord Oakeshott. The peer resigned
:06:16. > :06:18.from the party after it was revealed he'd commissioned opinion polls
:06:19. > :06:19.which suggested the party would be better off with a different leader.
:06:20. > :06:30.Alex Forsyth reports. Two men at the top of the Lib Dems,
:06:31. > :06:33.today determined to dispel rumours of division and show a united front.
:06:34. > :06:38.today determined to dispel rumours On a trade visit to China, Business
:06:39. > :06:44.Secretary Vince Cable told the BBC he is no Trojan horse. In other
:06:45. > :06:49.words, he was once again forced to deny any involvement in a plot to
:06:50. > :06:54.oust his party leader. Nick Clegg is the leader. I am working with him.
:06:55. > :06:58.We are part of the United team. We're not speculating about abstract
:06:59. > :07:02.possibilities. I want to put a stop to all of the infighting. There has
:07:03. > :07:05.been too much of it. We have had a bad election.
:07:06. > :07:12.been too much of it. We have had a recover. We have to start now. No
:07:13. > :07:17.aspirations to be leader? No. It is what Nick Clegg wanted to hear. The
:07:18. > :07:20.election results have left him vulnerable. Today he seemed a
:07:21. > :07:26.happier man on his radio phone in, and one convinced of Vince Cable's
:07:27. > :07:32.loyalty. I fully expect that people will try and suggest that there are
:07:33. > :07:35.endless plots. I don't believe that for a second. Vince is an
:07:36. > :07:36.outstanding Secretary of State for business. We have worked together
:07:37. > :07:44.for years. One man was business. We have worked together
:07:45. > :07:48.the cold. Lord Oakeshott quit the party yesterday after commissioning
:07:49. > :07:51.damaging opinion polls which suggested the Lib Dems would be
:07:52. > :07:56.better off without Nick Clegg. Sorry,
:07:57. > :08:01.better off without Nick Clegg. He claimed Vince Cable new. But Mr
:08:02. > :08:04.Cable's denial of any involvement in the most damning polls, seems to
:08:05. > :08:08.have been believed by his party leaders. Here at Lib Dem
:08:09. > :08:13.headquarters they will be pleased to have seen of this leadership threat.
:08:14. > :08:18.Any would-be challengers to Nick Clegg have been forced to pledge
:08:19. > :08:22.their loyalty. A number of local activists have concerns about the
:08:23. > :08:28.direction of the party and its leader. Many activists are bruised
:08:29. > :08:32.and shocked by the results. They have asked questions about why they
:08:33. > :08:37.are in the party, why the party is still in government, why we are
:08:38. > :08:44.taking these hits year after year. Nick Clegg face another challenge on
:08:45. > :08:46.his radio phone in today. Could he master a bacon sandwich which more
:08:47. > :08:52.authority than the Labour leader did? He passed that leadership test.
:08:53. > :08:55.It may not be the last. Alex Forsyth reports.
:08:56. > :09:03.Help To Buy has been a central plank of the Government's attempt
:09:04. > :09:06.to kick start the housing market. But the scheme has been accused
:09:07. > :09:08.of stoking a housing boom - today, ministers unveiled figures they say
:09:09. > :09:11.shows that wasn't the case. More than 27,000 households have
:09:12. > :09:16.made use of Help to Buy since it was introduced last year in
:09:17. > :09:19.England - just 3% of all mortgages. Just over 7,000 properties were
:09:20. > :09:23.bought using the UK-wide mortgage guarantee scheme,
:09:24. > :09:25.which was introduced last October. Emma Simpson is live in Kingston
:09:26. > :09:41.upon Thames for us now. Yes, and very smart it is, too. 19
:09:42. > :09:45.buyers have used the Help to Buy programme here to grab one of these
:09:46. > :09:50.flats. You would not be able to use the scheme to buy this very swanky
:09:51. > :09:54.show flat. It is way too pricey. There has been a lot of heated
:09:55. > :10:01.debate about the mortgage guarantee scheme. Today we found out who has
:10:02. > :10:05.been using it and where. It is not easy building of the cash to buy a
:10:06. > :10:10.home. The government has helped -- the Government's Help to Buy scheme
:10:11. > :10:17.makes it easier to get it -- to get on the property ladder with a small
:10:18. > :10:21.deposit. Is it working? It did for the Bond family. They got the keys
:10:22. > :10:25.to their new home just a few weeks ago. With a growing family they
:10:26. > :10:31.managed to get a bigger house with a small deposit. We have two small
:10:32. > :10:35.children. We were looking for somewhere we could grow into, a
:10:36. > :10:40.small village location that meant we could be part of a small community.
:10:41. > :10:44.We found that house that ticked all those boxes. I would definitely say
:10:45. > :10:50.that at this point we would not have been able to move into it unless we
:10:51. > :10:54.had Help to Buy. Today we found out who has been using the Government's
:10:55. > :10:58.mortgage guarantee scheme which covers both new and old properties.
:10:59. > :11:04.13% of the transactions were in Scotland. That drops to 5% in Wales
:11:05. > :11:09.and even lower in Northern Ireland. What about England? There were lots
:11:10. > :11:16.of borrowers in the north-west. A similar amount in the south-east.
:11:17. > :11:19.Just look at the figure from London. 5%. Despite concerns, Help
:11:20. > :11:26.to Buy has had no real direct impact on soaring prices in the capital.
:11:27. > :11:32.The figures show that Help to Buy is a huge success. 94% of property sold
:11:33. > :11:36.have been outside London. Typically it has been first time buyers. More
:11:37. > :11:48.than 85%. Also, the prices people are paying for these properties are
:11:49. > :11:52.well below the national average. But is it help the housing market could
:11:53. > :11:56.now do without? This scheme is subsidised by billions of pounds of
:11:57. > :12:00.taxpayers money. With average UK house prices on the rise, there are
:12:01. > :12:04.some who think the brakes should be applied. The Bank of England should
:12:05. > :12:10.be looking to virtually raise interest rates because the economy
:12:11. > :12:14.is improving and the housing market is partly a symptom of that. But
:12:15. > :12:18.also I think the Government should be looking at how generous their
:12:19. > :12:24.Help to Buy scheme is. It is contributing to froth in the housing
:12:25. > :12:27.market. Help to Buy may have helped to kick-start this market but many
:12:28. > :12:31.are still struggling to get on the housing ladder. It will take
:12:32. > :12:38.hundreds of thousands more sales to get back to precrisis levels.
:12:39. > :12:40.upon Thames for us now. Pro-Russia separatists have shot
:12:41. > :12:44.down a military helicopter which was on its way to a base near
:12:45. > :12:47.the rebel stronghold of Sloviansk, in the east of the country.
:12:48. > :12:49.The acting president said the plane was brought down
:12:50. > :12:52.by a surface to air missile. 14 people on board were killed,
:12:53. > :12:55.including an army general. Australian officials have discounted
:12:56. > :12:58.the area of the Indian Ocean where acoustic pings were detected,
:12:59. > :13:02.as the final resting place of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
:13:03. > :13:04.The plane disappeared nearly three months ago,
:13:05. > :13:07.with 239 people on board. A six-week long underwater search,
:13:08. > :13:09.using this submersible robot, found nothing, and has been called off.
:13:10. > :13:10.But efforts continue to search another larger area
:13:11. > :13:23.of 60,000 square kilometres. The plane disappeared nearly three
:13:24. > :13:26.months ago. The jury at the new inquest into the Hillsborough
:13:27. > :13:31.disaster has been shown footage from the FA Cup semifinal of 1981,
:13:32. > :13:34.between Tottenham and Wolverhampton Wanderers. There was a crushing
:13:35. > :13:39.incident at the Leppings Lane and. Fans were injured and had to be
:13:40. > :13:42.removed from the terrace onto the side of the page. Questions were
:13:43. > :13:45.raised about the design and the capacity of the stand were 96
:13:46. > :13:54.Liverpool fans were to die eight years later. Dan Johnson has the
:13:55. > :13:59.details. The families came to court today to hear evidence of fans being
:14:00. > :14:04.crushed during a match at Hillsborough in 1981. Eight years
:14:05. > :14:07.before the disaster. The jury was shown a video from another FA Cup
:14:08. > :14:13.semifinal played on an April day in Sheffield. Four minutes into the
:14:14. > :14:18.game, Steve Archibald put Tottenham ahead, causing Spurs fans on the
:14:19. > :14:23.Leppings Lane Terrace to surge forward. Two minutes later, fans can
:14:24. > :14:27.be seen climbing the fence to escape the cross as the game carried on.
:14:28. > :14:31.Nine minutes in and supporters who had been freed from the overcrowded
:14:32. > :14:36.terrace can be seen sitting behind the goal. Once it becomes clear
:14:37. > :14:40.something is wrong, ambulance staff are captured carrying an injured
:14:41. > :14:44.supporter away on a stretcher. While cameras followed the action on the
:14:45. > :14:51.pitch, fans continued freeing themselves from the crush. Between
:14:52. > :14:57.100 and 250 were eventually removed. 38 were injured, most of them
:14:58. > :15:01.treated at the ground. Eight went to hospital, two with broken arms, one
:15:02. > :15:06.with a broken leg. The jury heard that before the match there had been
:15:07. > :15:12.overcrowding outside the turnstiles, and an exit gate had to be opened
:15:13. > :15:15.and the pressure. After the game, questions were raised about the
:15:16. > :15:21.design of the turnstiles and the capacity of the Leppings Lane
:15:22. > :15:31.Terrace same place in is your favourite 96 Liverpool fans.
:15:32. > :15:38.Our top story: A deal is done to prevent full publication of letters
:15:39. > :15:57.between Tony Blair and George W Bush. And self the moving
:15:58. > :15:59.between Tony Blair and George W Bush. And self the story of a
:16:00. > :16:01.suicidal man saved by a stranger, now captured in a documentary in the
:16:02. > :16:19.hope of hoping others. the world have signed a letter to
:16:20. > :16:26.the World Health Organisation arguing that electronic cigarettes
:16:27. > :16:31.should not be regulated in the same way as tobacco. They say millions of
:16:32. > :16:36.lives will be lost if restrictions are placed on e-cigarettes. The
:16:37. > :16:40.debate comes amid a battle between the tobacco industry and the health
:16:41. > :16:44.campaigners about whether to introduce plain packaging on normal
:16:45. > :16:49.cigarettes. The BBC has been given rare access inside the world's
:16:50. > :16:53.second largest tobacco company, British American Tobacco.
:16:54. > :16:56.This is an increasingly common sight.
:16:57. > :16:58.But these are no ordinary cigarettes.
:16:59. > :17:01.They're electronic or e-cigarettes, based on nicotine.
:17:02. > :17:04.Because they're tobacco-free, they can legally be used in most places
:17:05. > :17:06.where real cigarettes are banned. To the tobacco industry,
:17:07. > :17:09.these devices are revolutionary. They could save thousands of lives.
:17:10. > :17:24.??FORCEDYELLOW If we're able to take consumers and give them the nicotine
:17:25. > :17:33.There is a danger they get children interested in nicotine there by
:17:34. > :17:36.smoking e-cigarettes but the use of nicotine I never generally. Thought
:17:37. > :17:42.I would see the day when a tobacco company would open its doors to me.
:17:43. > :17:45.BAT did part of a giant of an industry whose products kill six
:17:46. > :17:51.million people a year. 100,000 in the UK. It's biggest factory is here
:17:52. > :17:55.in Germany. What first hits you, when you enter the factory, apart
:17:56. > :18:03.from the noise and the smell of tobacco, is its sheer size and
:18:04. > :18:09.scale. These machines are churning out around 200 million cigarettes a
:18:10. > :18:13.day. It's really quite staggering. Whatever the health benefits of
:18:14. > :18:17.e-cigarettes its conventional cigarettes that still account for
:18:18. > :18:24.most of the industry's profits. Now, those profits face a new threat as
:18:25. > :18:29.one of the industry's last vestiages of marketing comes under attack. If
:18:30. > :18:33.the Government ledge slates, current bes packs will be replaced with
:18:34. > :18:39.plain packs with gruesome images. BAT say it is will consider legal
:18:40. > :18:45.action. Plain packaging inherently involves the taking of what belongs
:18:46. > :18:45.to us, which is our intellectual property,
:18:46. > :18:49.to us, which is our intellectual something which is not theirs, and
:18:50. > :18:54.taking that property as if it were their own. The Government asked the
:18:55. > :18:58.leading paediatrician to examine the evidence on plain packaging. He has
:18:59. > :19:01.now advised the Government to introduce it. We have a duty of care
:19:02. > :19:06.to our young people and our children. And we should do
:19:07. > :19:12.everything we can to encourage them not to do something which they will
:19:13. > :19:16.regret later in life. The controversies over plain packaging
:19:17. > :19:22.and e-cigarettes are set to continue. For health campaigners,
:19:23. > :19:28.the war is not yet won. Peter Tailor, BBC News. Let me tell you,
:19:29. > :19:34.you can see Peter Taylor's report later this evening. It's called
:19:35. > :19:40.Burning Desire - the seduction of smoking, at 9.30pm on BBC Two. A
:19:41. > :19:45.week today, the voters of Newark go to the polls in the first electoral
:19:46. > :19:49.test since last week's local and European elections. The
:19:50. > :19:52.Conservatives have a sizeable majority in the Nottinghamshire
:19:53. > :19:55.constituency, but by-elections are of course unpredictable. If UKIP
:19:56. > :19:59.does well, off the back of its you can is sells in the European
:20:00. > :20:03.elections, the party could get its first MP. The by-election will also
:20:04. > :20:10.be a test for the troubles Liberal Democrats, as our deputy political
:20:11. > :20:18.editor, James Landale now reports. Welcome to Newark a buzzling corner
:20:19. > :20:23.of Middle England. This is more than just a market town where people know
:20:24. > :20:28.the price of beef. Here they choose their parties as carefully as their
:20:29. > :20:34.cattle. Voting Conservative often, but not always. I've always voted
:20:35. > :20:39.blue, for the Conservatives. Tempted by UKIP? No. I'm going to vote
:20:40. > :20:43.Labour, I'm sticking with emthis. I think Ed Miliband is a good bloke.
:20:44. > :20:49.You are sceptical of UKIP? Sceptical, I don't know what they
:20:50. > :20:55.stand for. This town is now being invaded by what UKIP call their
:20:56. > :20:58.people's army. Hoping, if not yet quite believing, they might just win
:20:59. > :21:05.again. If you don't win here, doesn't ha show UKIP has peaked? I
:21:06. > :21:09.don't believe it does. We had European and local elections where
:21:10. > :21:12.we performed sensationally, if we get within touching distance of the
:21:13. > :21:19.Conservatives it proves we have momentum. Boy are some tempted to
:21:20. > :21:24.join that momentum. You were Labour, you are now voting UKIP, Fresh
:21:25. > :21:29.party, fresh ideas. It's time for a change. I would prefer to vote to be
:21:30. > :21:32.able to feel happy voting You are Conservative. Tempted? I am tempted.
:21:33. > :21:35.It's this Conservative. Tempted? I am tempted.
:21:36. > :21:40.minister after minister to come here and pound the streets. Throwing the
:21:41. > :21:44.kitchen sink at what should be a safe Tory seat with a 16,000
:21:45. > :21:49.majority. We are out there on the doorstep and we're talking to people
:21:50. > :21:52.about how we can secure Newark's future with a Conservative member of
:21:53. > :21:55.parliament, working with the Conservatives in Government.
:21:56. > :21:58.Conservatives in Government that have been delivering on the
:21:59. > :22:03.long-term economic plan. The future of this political bastian will
:22:04. > :22:08.depend on the 20,000 people who backed Labour or the Lib Dems last
:22:09. > :22:13.time. Will they stay at home? Or will they join UKIP storming the
:22:14. > :22:16.rampards? Labour's aim is to stopping it happening. That is why
:22:17. > :22:20.Ed Miliband has come here to show his party is taking on UKIP. This is
:22:21. > :22:23.a test of your appeal in Middle England, isn't it? I think the
:22:24. > :22:30.primary test is for David Cameron. This is a seat that David Cameron
:22:31. > :22:34.should be romping home in frankly. 44th safest seat in the country -
:22:35. > :22:40.You are admitting defeat? Absolutely not. We have fighting for every Big
:22:41. > :22:44.hit vote. Ters are thin on the ground. We had to auto find this one
:22:45. > :22:47.in London. It's clear the Conservatives are rattled by it.
:22:48. > :22:52.Every MP has been told to go there three times. I'm content we should
:22:53. > :22:56.campaign on our record. A record of delivering an economic recovery for
:22:57. > :23:01.the United Kingdom. In this political bakoff it's a battle
:23:02. > :23:08.between the Blues and Purples that matters most. Next week we will find
:23:09. > :23:16.out whose bun has risen the most. Here is the full list of candidates
:23:17. > :23:20.standing in the Newark by-election. John Darwin, the man who faked his
:23:21. > :23:25.death in a canoeing accident in 2002, has been ordered to use his
:23:26. > :23:29.pension to repay ?40,000. Darwin, and his then wife, Anne, claims
:23:30. > :23:31.hundreds of thousands of pounds in life insurance after
:23:32. > :23:36.hundreds of thousands of pounds in death in 2002. They then moved to
:23:37. > :23:45.Panama to start a new life. John Darwin has so fared repaid just ?121
:23:46. > :23:49.out of ?679,000. Hundreds of people turned out to green the Duke and
:23:50. > :23:53.Duchess of Cambridge on their first joint public appearance since their
:23:54. > :23:57.visit to Australia last month. The couple were in Perthshire where the
:23:58. > :24:02.Duke, a were foer search and rescue pilot, met the crew of Scotland's
:24:03. > :24:11.Charity Air Ambulance. William and Kate, who are also known as the Earl
:24:12. > :24:22.and Countess of VAT earn, visited Scotland's oldest working whisky
:24:23. > :24:26.distillery and enjoyed a dram at the famous Grouswhisky bar. The Queen's
:24:27. > :24:32.Baton Relay has scaled the highest peak in Wales as part of the tour of
:24:33. > :24:35.the country in the run up to the Commonwealth Games. It reached the
:24:36. > :24:41.top of Snowdon early this morning where it was greeted by, among
:24:42. > :24:46.others, our correspondent, Hywell Griffith. It was taken to the top by
:24:47. > :24:53.a team of runners carrying with them a message from the Queen that has
:24:54. > :24:57.already travelled 118,000 miles around the world, around the globe,
:24:58. > :25:05.taking the messesage that in July the Commonwealth Games will finally
:25:06. > :25:09.begin. Through the cloud its route unrelenting. The Queen's Baton Relay
:25:10. > :25:17.climbs towards the summit of Snowdon. These runners are used to
:25:18. > :25:21.testing mountain conditions, but carrying a 3.5llb weight, with a
:25:22. > :25:26.Royal message inside is something else. How has it been on the way up?
:25:27. > :25:31.Quite tough. We have all been taking turns. How does it feel to be
:25:32. > :25:42.carrying it to the peak of Snowdon? Great. The first Queen's Baton Relay
:25:43. > :25:48.was run from England to Wales. When Cardiff hosted the 1958 Games. This
:25:49. > :25:56.will year's route will take in 70 Commonwealth territories. Few stages
:25:57. > :26:00.will have been as gruelling as the scramble up Snowdon. Another
:26:01. > :26:07.milestone on the route to There athletes Glasgow. Will become
:26:08. > :26:12.rivals. The man who masterminded British cycling success at the
:26:13. > :26:22.London Olympics say it is adds an added dimension. They divide up into
:26:23. > :26:26.Wales, England and Scotland. And Isle of Mann. A huge opportunity for
:26:27. > :26:32.them. They feel so proud. Over land and sea another 55 days before the
:26:33. > :26:40.relay reaches its finishing line and the Games finally begin. Goodness,
:26:41. > :26:43.not very kind weather, was it really, John Hammond for the poor
:26:44. > :26:49.runners. How is it looking more generally? At least it wasn't
:26:50. > :26:54.raining, the same cannot be said for one other part of the UK. I will
:26:55. > :26:58.zoom in on south-west England am we have heavy storms right down the M5
:26:59. > :27:03.towards Exeter, thunder mixed in there too. Difficult driving. These
:27:04. > :27:09.showers will move westwards into parts of south Wales, Devon and
:27:10. > :27:14.Cornwall. Most of us will end the night on a dry note. Not as murky as
:27:15. > :27:18.it was last night for most of us. Mild, although chilly in the Glenns
:27:19. > :27:27.of Scotland we could see a touch of frost here. Tomorrow will be a
:27:28. > :27:30.rather non-disscript day. Most of us should stay dry. Showers to the
:27:31. > :27:35.south-west, not as many as today. should stay dry. Showers to the
:27:36. > :27:44.south-west, not as many as Dry, cloudy weather. Best of the weather
:27:45. > :27:47.to the coastal fringes. The Queen's Baton Relay makes it is way to
:27:48. > :27:52.north-east Wales this time tomorrow. If you are going it will be dry,
:27:53. > :27:58.light winds, rather cloudy, no real problems weather wise. As far as the
:27:59. > :28:06.weekend is concerned, Saturday OK. Again fair bit of cloud, showers,
:28:07. > :28:09.but mostly dry. Question marks are for Sunday. It does look as if it
:28:10. > :28:14.hinges on a weather front coming down from the north-west. It will
:28:15. > :28:17.spread rain into parts of Northern Ireland and western Scotland as we
:28:18. > :28:22.go through the day. The question is, how far that front extends
:28:23. > :28:28.southwards and eastwards. We will nail down the detail. North-western
:28:29. > :28:32.areas will turn wet. The risk of showers further south and east.
:28:33. > :28:35.Hopefully most of us will see sunshine as