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:00:00. > :00:11.A breakthrough in relations between Britain and Iran,

:00:12. > :00:14.as the Iraq crisis deepens. Two and a half years

:00:15. > :00:17.after it was ransacked, British staff will be sent back

:00:18. > :00:19.to the embassy in Tehran. We will be reopening our embassy

:00:20. > :00:22.in Tehran. Initially, this will be with

:00:23. > :00:24.a small diplomatic team, but it is an important step forward in

:00:25. > :00:39.our bilateral relations with Iran. In neighbouring Iraq, fierce clashes

:00:40. > :00:40.between government troops and insurgents just 40 miles from the

:00:41. > :00:44.capital. our bilateral relations with Iran.

:00:45. > :00:46.We will be asking what role Iran might play

:00:47. > :00:48.in tackling the ISIS fighters in Iraq.

:00:49. > :00:51.Also tonight, a Court of Appeal victory means doctors must now

:00:52. > :00:53.consult patients if they place a "do not resuscitate" order

:00:54. > :00:55.on their notes. Inflation falls

:00:56. > :00:59.to a four and a half year low, but prices are still rising faster

:01:00. > :01:02.than wages. What's in your sausages?

:01:03. > :01:04.Warnings that there could be more diseased meat

:01:05. > :01:09.because of changes at slaughterhouses.

:01:10. > :01:12.And maintaining Britain's waterways, after the winter floods,

:01:13. > :01:13.the Government is criticised by MPs for not spending enough

:01:14. > :01:25.to prevent them. On BBC London, the schoolboy who

:01:26. > :01:30.died at an illegal rave is named. And guilty of faking her husband's

:01:31. > :01:46.death, the company sentenced for an insurance scam. -- the couple.

:01:47. > :01:49.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.

:01:50. > :01:52.There has been a diplomatic breakthrough

:01:53. > :01:55.in relations between Britain and Iran, as the Iraq crisis deepens.

:01:56. > :01:58.The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has announced

:01:59. > :02:02.that the British Embassy in Tehran is to reopen for the first time

:02:03. > :02:05.since 2011 as he called on Iran to play a more positive role

:02:06. > :02:08.in the volatile region. America is sending almost 300

:02:09. > :02:13.troops to Iraq to protect embassy staff there as ISIS-led fighters

:02:14. > :02:17.continue to push towards Baghdad. The Islamist insurgents

:02:18. > :02:19.have now come within just 40 miles of the capital.

:02:20. > :02:22.There was fierce fighting overnight, forcing many people

:02:23. > :02:25.to flee their homes. In a moment, the latest from Iraq,

:02:26. > :02:37.but first this report from our political editor, Nick Robinson.

:02:38. > :02:44.What a difference three years can make. This was the British embassy

:02:45. > :02:48.in Tehran in November 2011, a mob ransacked offices, smashed pictures

:02:49. > :02:51.of the Queen, and chanted deaths to England. The building has been

:02:52. > :03:01.closed ever since, but that is about to change, along with those -- this

:03:02. > :03:04.country's relationship with Iran. It is right to rebuild that

:03:05. > :03:09.relationship. We would be doing that anyway, irrespective of what is

:03:10. > :03:13.happening in Iraq... But what is happening in Iraq has convinced the

:03:14. > :03:17.West to improve relations with neighbouring Iran. These are

:03:18. > :03:23.pictures of the Sunni extremist group ISIS which is now fighting

:03:24. > :03:26.just 40 miles from Baghdad. This is the most serious threat to

:03:27. > :03:31.Britain's security that there is today. The number of foreign

:03:32. > :03:34.fighters in that area, the number of foreign fighters, including those

:03:35. > :03:39.from the UK who could try to return to the UK, this is a real threats to

:03:40. > :03:46.our country. And this is the man Britain and the United States hope

:03:47. > :03:49.they can do business with, the Iranian president, who used his

:03:50. > :03:54.Twitter account to show he is a different type of leader, a man who

:03:55. > :04:00.watches his team play in the World Cup and tweets, proud of our boys.

:04:01. > :04:06.Our top stories, 300 American Armed Forces Day... This morning in

:04:07. > :04:11.America people awoke to the news that they are having to think the

:04:12. > :04:20.previously unthinkable. The history of the rift between the US and Iran

:04:21. > :04:26.goes back to the Islamic Revolution in the capture of 52 American

:04:27. > :04:35.hostages only freed after 444 days. Even without all that history, there

:04:36. > :04:39.would be problems, not least this - Iran's nuclear programme. Peaceful,

:04:40. > :04:42.they say, but others are not sure, and they expressed their doubts

:04:43. > :04:48.about how far any new relationship should go. While we should welcome

:04:49. > :04:51.the resumption of diplomatic relations and normalisation, isn't

:04:52. > :04:55.it necessary to reassure our closest allies in the Middle East that there

:04:56. > :04:58.are very severe limits for the foreseeable future as to the kind of

:04:59. > :05:02.relationship we can have with Iran? Is it not going to be the kind of

:05:03. > :05:06.relationship the West had with the Soviet Union during the Cold War? On

:05:07. > :05:12.the streets of the Iranian capital, the British embassy Stanza, waiting

:05:13. > :05:18.for the diplomats to return students here are not protesting today. This

:05:19. > :05:21.one says good relations with the people in the countries of the world

:05:22. > :05:26.can have a great positive effect on the advancement of our country. You

:05:27. > :05:31.know the old saying, my enemy's enemy is my friend. It is a cliche,

:05:32. > :05:36.of course, but that is because it has so often been proved true. Today

:05:37. > :05:39.in Iran did not become a friend of Britain's, she certainly became a

:05:40. > :05:44.little less of an enemy. Nick Robinson, BBC News, Westminster.

:05:45. > :05:49.In Iraq, the militant offensive has reached the outskirts of Baquba,

:05:50. > :05:51.a city of around 500,000 people just 40 miles from Baghdad.

:05:52. > :05:54.ISIS fighters and other armed groups are understood

:05:55. > :05:56.to have attacked some of the suburbs overnight before being pushed back

:05:57. > :06:00.by government forces. From Baghdad,

:06:01. > :06:04.Jonathan Beale reports. Iraqi forces are taking the fight

:06:05. > :06:07.to the Sunni extremists. In Kirkuk, they were using tanks

:06:08. > :06:10.to target ISIS fighters, but even heavy armour can't halt

:06:11. > :06:15.the violence spreading through swathes of the country.

:06:16. > :06:21.We travelled out of Baghdad, north towards the city of Baquba,

:06:22. > :06:27.the new front line for the ISIS jihadists and 60 kilometres away.

:06:28. > :06:29.This is one of the main routes into Baghdad,

:06:30. > :06:31.and behind me, about 30 kilometres in the distance,

:06:32. > :06:34.is the city of Baquba, and we're told that ISIS forces

:06:35. > :06:37.have already entered parts of the city.

:06:38. > :06:42.And, off course, if they take Baquba, then it's a clear route

:06:43. > :06:45.into the capital. We went as far as we were told

:06:46. > :06:53.it was safe to go, to meet Ali, who lives in Baquba.

:06:54. > :06:58.So you're running away from ISIS? And he's witnessed the fighting.

:06:59. > :07:00.He told me it was going to be a bloody fight

:07:01. > :07:05.between Sunni and Shia, and he warned it would soon

:07:06. > :07:10.be happening in Baghdad too. Ibrahim also had a narrow escape.

:07:11. > :07:13.Now back home with his family, he is a policeman injured

:07:14. > :07:16.while fighting the Sunni extremists in Samarra, thankful that,

:07:17. > :07:22.unlike some of his comrades, he's lived to tell the tale.

:07:23. > :07:29.He says ISIS are ruthless. TRANSLATION: They shot at

:07:30. > :07:33.the convoy, all civilians. One of them shot at the tyres of

:07:34. > :07:36.the bus and killed everyone in it. The bus was carrying 24 men,

:07:37. > :07:39.and they killed them all. Ibrahim doesn't believe that ISIS is

:07:40. > :07:42.strong enough to take Baghdad, but today another bomb went off in the

:07:43. > :07:45.city centre, killing three people. Even if ISIS have not yet

:07:46. > :07:48.reached the city, there are signs that

:07:49. > :07:53.their sympathisers are already here. Jonathan Beale, BBC News, Baghdad.

:07:54. > :07:59.Our world affairs editor, John Simpson, is in Baghdad now.

:08:00. > :08:07.What role can Iran play in trying to tackle the ISIS fighters in Iraq?

:08:08. > :08:11.Well, I think it is true to say, Sophie, that Iran is the only

:08:12. > :08:17.external country that can do anything here. It already

:08:18. > :08:21.influencers the government in Iraq a great deal, too much, many people

:08:22. > :08:27.say. By comparison, Britain, the United States are past players who

:08:28. > :08:31.aren't doing anything here really very much, and all they can do is to

:08:32. > :08:37.try to co-ordinated their views and put a little bit of pressure on Iran

:08:38. > :08:44.to get it to do what they want. -- co-ordinated. But Iran is running

:08:45. > :08:47.this as its game, and not as a British or American game. This city

:08:48. > :08:53.doesn't really feel now quite so much as though it is about to fall.

:08:54. > :08:57.I mean, last week was really difficult with three battalions of

:08:58. > :09:04.the regular army just running for it. Things have stabilised now, and

:09:05. > :09:07.although Baquba is only 35, 30 seven miles away, it nevertheless does

:09:08. > :09:14.seem to be stabilising there a little bit. -- 37 miles away. And as

:09:15. > :09:18.we heard, Baghdad is a very different and much more formidable

:09:19. > :09:23.proposition, so people here are starting to hope that ISIS won't be

:09:24. > :09:27.coming down this far. John Simpson in Baghdad, thank you.

:09:28. > :09:30.John Simpson, is in Baghdad now. The Court of Appeal has ruled that

:09:31. > :09:32.a woman with terminal cancer had her human rights violated

:09:33. > :09:35.because she was not consulted about a "do not resuscitate"

:09:36. > :09:37.order placed in her medical notes. 63-year-old Janet Tracey died

:09:38. > :09:40.at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge three years ago.

:09:41. > :09:42.The ruling means that patients in England, or their families,

:09:43. > :09:44.should be consulted about whether or not to try to resuscitate them.

:09:45. > :09:58.Here is Jon Brain. Everyday at hospitals across the

:09:59. > :10:01.country, doctors face the dilemma of whether to resuscitate a dying

:10:02. > :10:06.patient. Often they decide it is kinder not to even try. Admitted

:10:07. > :10:09.with a broken neck and already suffering from terminal cancer,

:10:10. > :10:15.Janet Tracey was well aware she might never return home. But she was

:10:16. > :10:19.devastated to discover that staff at Adam Brookes had put a "do not

:10:20. > :10:23.resuscitate" notice in her records without consulting her. --

:10:24. > :10:28.Addenbrooke's. Today her family went to the Court of Appeal to hear three

:10:29. > :10:31.judges ruled that the hospital had reached her human rights. It was

:10:32. > :10:37.extremely distressing for my wife, she was in tears, and nobody should

:10:38. > :10:43.have to go through that in hospital. You know, any hospital.

:10:44. > :10:48.When Mum found out that the decision had been made without her

:10:49. > :10:51.consultation, she was very upset, and the hospital also told her that

:10:52. > :10:58.we have said it was OK for them to put the note in her file, and we

:10:59. > :11:04.didn't. So it's very difficult to explain how upset she was. As she

:11:05. > :11:07.lay in her hospital bed here, Janet Tracey had problems with her

:11:08. > :11:11.breathing and found it difficult to talk, but she did write a note to

:11:12. > :11:15.doctors showing she wanted to be consulted about her treatment.

:11:16. > :11:18.Please don't exclude me, it said. The hospital trust says it will now

:11:19. > :11:23.carefully considered the implications of the day's judgment.

:11:24. > :11:27.Janet Tracey's family say they hope that no one else will have to go

:11:28. > :11:30.through the same experience. She would have expected us to do

:11:31. > :11:34.something in the light of her death to put things in place for others,

:11:35. > :11:40.that was the person she was, she cared for others all her life.

:11:41. > :11:43.Today's reeling does not mean that relatives will have the right to

:11:44. > :11:46.demand that resuscitation of their loved ones has to be attempted, it

:11:47. > :11:50.will be a decision for doctors alone, but it is a decision they

:11:51. > :11:52.will have to convey to those affected. Jon Brain, BBC News,

:11:53. > :12:00.Cambridge. Inflation has fallen to its lowest

:12:01. > :12:03.level for four and a half years. It stood at 1.5% in May.

:12:04. > :12:05.Supermarket price wars helped to push down on food prices,

:12:06. > :12:08.and cheaper airfares also contributed to the lower rate.

:12:09. > :12:09.But prices are still rising faster than wages,

:12:10. > :12:14.as our economic correspondent, Simon Jack, reports.

:12:15. > :12:19.After the races, the going for the economy seems officially good to

:12:20. > :12:23.firm with further evidence that is not pushing prices up to fast. In

:12:24. > :12:27.fact, thanks to cheap travel and food, inflation in May fell to its

:12:28. > :12:33.lowest level in four and a half years, but is that being felt in

:12:34. > :12:38.punters' pockets? We struggled in 2007 and 2008, but things are better

:12:39. > :12:47.now. Up the economy is picking up, it is very positive, people have got

:12:48. > :12:50.a few quid. Whether it is in Ascot or Aylesbury, prices are still

:12:51. > :12:55.rising, just less quickly. The economy is growing at a rate we have

:12:56. > :12:58.not seen before the big downturn, unemployment has fallen sharply, and

:12:59. > :13:03.inflation is low, but prices are still rising more than wages, so is

:13:04. > :13:07.it too soon to say that the big squeeze is over? I don't think the

:13:08. > :13:12.pay rises are going up with inflation, I don't feel like I am

:13:13. > :13:16.getting my money back in my wages. Everything seems to be high, bills

:13:17. > :13:21.and everything, but wages don't go high. Last week, the Bank of England

:13:22. > :13:26.warned it may raise interest rates this year to head off inflation, so

:13:27. > :13:32.what would it make of these numbers? It is a bit of a pinch, but it is

:13:33. > :13:37.low to be concerned, so interest rates will probably rise in the next

:13:38. > :13:43.six to 12 months, but slightly later than we thought previously. One

:13:44. > :13:48.thing, getting much less affordable is housing. Prices rose 99% on

:13:49. > :13:56.average across the country, and by more than inflation in every part of

:13:57. > :14:00.the UK. -- 9.9%. The betting is the Bank of England will tell us how it

:14:01. > :14:07.intends to rain that in next week. The Chinese government has said it

:14:08. > :14:09.wants to invest in a number of the UK's major infrastructure projects,

:14:10. > :14:13.including high-speed rail and nuclear power stations. The

:14:14. > :14:17.announcement was made as the Chinese Prime Minister signed a series of

:14:18. > :14:19.trade deals in London. He is here on a three-day visit and met the Queen

:14:20. > :14:23.at Windsor Castle this morning. Simon Jack, reports.

:14:24. > :14:26.The United States says it has captured one of the key suspects

:14:27. > :14:29.in the attack on its consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi

:14:30. > :14:31.two years ago. Gunmen stormed the diplomatic

:14:32. > :14:33.compound and set it on fire, killing four Americans, including

:14:34. > :14:36.the US ambassador, Chris Stephens. The Pentagon said that Ahmed Abu

:14:37. > :14:40.Khatallah was captured on Sunday and is now in American custody

:14:41. > :14:44.outside Libya. An investigation team has been

:14:45. > :14:47.set up in Scotland to try to help parents whose babies died find out

:14:48. > :14:50.what happened to their remains. It follows the scandal

:14:51. > :14:54.at a crematorium in Edinburgh, where for decades staff secretly buried

:14:55. > :14:57.or scattered the ashes of babies. The Scottish Government also says

:14:58. > :15:00.new laws will be brought in to improve the way

:15:01. > :15:03.remains are dealt with. But a BBC investigation has revealed

:15:04. > :15:04.that the practice has been occurring across the UK,

:15:05. > :16:09.as Lorna Gordon reports. the cremations of young and new-born

:16:10. > :16:13.babies. In 2008 more than 1,000 sets of ashes were not returned to

:16:14. > :16:16.parents. What has become clear is are the inconsistencies in the way

:16:17. > :16:23.different crematoria deal with infants who have died. Sian

:16:24. > :16:27.Marshall's son was stillborn. She got to hold him for a few hours,

:16:28. > :16:32.dress him, tell him he was loved. She was also told there would be no

:16:33. > :16:35.remains from his cremation and recently discovered ashes had

:16:36. > :16:43.existed and were scattered without her knowledge. I was the one who

:16:44. > :16:47.carried him and felt every niggle and gave birth. I wanted to decide

:16:48. > :16:51.where his ashes went in the end. It's awful. There are moves no

:16:52. > :16:54.change practices here in Scotland and a suggestion the law elsewhere

:16:55. > :16:56.in the UK is also clarified in the hope no more families have to suffer

:16:57. > :17:07.the same ordeal. Our top story this evening:

:17:08. > :17:16.More than two years after it was attacked, Britain is to re-open

:17:17. > :17:18.its embassy in Iran following a breakthrough in relations.

:17:19. > :17:21.And still to come: At the World Cup, England insist

:17:22. > :17:24.they're ready for the challenge and can beat Uruguay on Thursday.

:17:25. > :17:27.Serving up a meal deal - the Surrey primary leading the way in how new,

:17:28. > :17:29.healthier school lunches are prepared.

:17:30. > :17:32.And for over 100 years it's been where Londoners have their say

:17:33. > :17:44.- now Speakers Corner gets a makeover.

:17:45. > :17:47.MPs have accused the Government of getting

:17:48. > :17:53.its spending priorities wrong and not doing enough to maintain flood

:17:54. > :17:55.defences in England and Wales. Record levels of rain fell

:17:56. > :17:58.on parts of England and Wales last winter, making it

:17:59. > :18:01.the wettest in more than 200 years. Around 7,000 properties were

:18:02. > :18:03.flooded, with parts of Somerset under water for three months.

:18:04. > :18:06.Although the Environment Agency says they did protect more than a

:18:07. > :18:09.million properties, the MPs' report says current levels of maintenance

:18:10. > :18:12.funding is at a "bare minimum". Our Science Editor, David Shukman,

:18:13. > :18:20.joins us from Datchet in Berkshire, one of the areas worst affected.

:18:21. > :18:27.Thank you, when the weather is this good, it is very easy to forget that

:18:28. > :18:30.dreadfulp winter and all the flooding. It is this very spot,

:18:31. > :18:34.beside the River Thames a few months ago, at the worst of the flooding

:18:35. > :18:38.that the waters reached up about this high. The MPs on the Select

:18:39. > :18:41.Committee want the Government to learn some lessons from this. In

:18:42. > :18:45.particular, that it is not enough just to spend money on new flood

:18:46. > :18:51.defences, you also have to look after them as well.

:18:52. > :18:58.In the battedle against flooding, clearing even a small screen can

:18:59. > :19:02.make a small difference. Up and -- a big difference. Twaems are at work

:19:03. > :19:06.up and down the country but the Select Committee says not enough is

:19:07. > :19:09.being done. It is hard to believe a stream like this can possibly cause

:19:10. > :19:13.any trouble but if it gets blocked and there is heavy rain, the water

:19:14. > :19:18.level rises and causes flooding nearby. The MPs say while it is

:19:19. > :19:21.vital for the country to keep investing in flood defences and

:19:22. > :19:26.barriers, it is just as important to spend more money on work keeping the

:19:27. > :19:31.waterways flowing freely. The flooding of recent months came

:19:32. > :19:36.during the wettest winter on record but a key factor was where flood

:19:37. > :19:41.defences had been built in previous years and how well they had been

:19:42. > :19:45.maintained. Had there been regular maintenance

:19:46. > :19:51.and dredging of caught courses, over a period of time, the last 15 to 20

:19:52. > :19:54.years, not just the last three or four years, then it would have had

:19:55. > :20:00.quite dramatic impact on resisting flooding. Over this current

:20:01. > :20:04.five-year period, the Government has committed ?3.2 billion to preventing

:20:05. > :20:10.flooding but spending on maintenance, which was ?170 million

:20:11. > :20:15.two years ago, fell last year to 174 million. In the Somerset levels,

:20:16. > :20:17.under water, the one thing people called for was for the rivers to be

:20:18. > :20:18.dredged. under water, the one thing people

:20:19. > :20:20.called for was for Experts said called for was for the rivers to

:20:21. > :20:25.this wouldn't have helped much but the work has now started. People's

:20:26. > :20:31.lives are so on edge at the moment. One drop of water and, you know, it

:20:32. > :20:36.raises all hell of concerns. The water outside is always going to be

:20:37. > :20:41.a major problem, so it is still a long way off from being sorted out.

:20:42. > :20:45.The Government says it is spending as much as it can on flood

:20:46. > :20:50.prevention despite fight Financial Times and is planning for the

:20:51. > :20:55.climate to become more extreme. The fact is, though, there is no single

:20:56. > :20:59.easy answer to floods. Cleaning streams won't be the answer on its

:21:00. > :21:01.own but every option comes with a price too, which seems expensive, if

:21:02. > :21:10.the sun is shining. The supermarket chain Morrisons is

:21:11. > :21:13.to cut thousands of management jobs as part of a restructuring

:21:14. > :21:15.of the way it runs its stores. 2,600 jobs will go,

:21:16. > :21:18.many of them department managers. But Morrisons says it will create

:21:19. > :21:20.4,000 jobs in new and smaller stores.

:21:21. > :21:21.The chain posted an annual loss of ?176 million

:21:22. > :21:34.in the year to February. in the year to February.

:21:35. > :21:35.MPs have voted introduce mandatory jail terms for

:21:36. > :21:42.people caught twice with a knife. adults would reef a minimum

:21:43. > :21:46.six-month jail term on their second conviction for carrying a knife. The

:21:47. > :21:49.measure was backed by most Conservatives and Labour MPs. The

:21:50. > :21:58.Liberal Democrats voted against the change.

:21:59. > :22:01.people caught twice with a knife. Hygiene inspectors have told the BBC

:22:02. > :22:04.that more diseased meat could end up in sausages and pies because

:22:05. > :22:06.of changes to EU rules governing safety checks in slaughterhouses.

:22:07. > :22:08.The new regulations are supported by Britain's Food Standards Agency

:22:09. > :22:10.- but opposed by many of its 1,100 frontline inspectors.

:22:11. > :22:12.Our Environment Correspondent, Claire Marshall, reports.

:22:13. > :22:14.Another day at the office for the meat inspectors.

:22:15. > :22:17.One medium-sized abattoir in Suffolk.

:22:18. > :22:23.They examine each pig manually to see if it should be eaten.

:22:24. > :22:26.But this method is now changing. It's not a pretty site.

:22:27. > :22:28.We can't show you most of the process here.

:22:29. > :22:30.But what happens in abattoirs is key.

:22:31. > :22:34.Inspectors have always handled the meat but now they're being told

:22:35. > :22:40.to stand back and try to spot disease just by looking at it.

:22:41. > :22:43.It's unusual to be let inside a place like this, but

:22:44. > :22:48.the owner wants to make a point. He believes that disease

:22:49. > :22:50.will be missed. You could have

:22:51. > :22:53.an abscess or arthritic joints missed, any lesions and abnormal

:22:54. > :22:56.glands could end up in sausages and we don't want that to happen.

:22:57. > :22:59.This isn't about your food becoming more risky to eat.

:23:00. > :23:01.It's more about knowing if there is something unplesant on your plate.

:23:02. > :23:03.Ron Spellman has 30 years experience and represents food

:23:04. > :23:18.inspectors across Europe. Kew I won't be eating pork pies

:23:19. > :23:21.and sausages from now on because even though it won't make me ill,

:23:22. > :23:24.in all probability, it may, but probably not, I do not want that

:23:25. > :23:26.kind of material - puss and parts of abscesses minced into my food.

:23:27. > :23:31.But the Food Standards Agency says there

:23:32. > :23:53.is science behind the shake-up. There is more awareness now -

:23:54. > :23:55.where does our food come from and what exactly is in it?

:23:56. > :24:07.Kew And you can hear

:24:08. > :24:10.the full investigation into the slaughterhouse changes on "File

:24:11. > :24:13.on Four", on BBC Radio 4 at 8.00pm. In Brazil, England are preparing

:24:14. > :24:14.for their crucial match on Thursday against Uruguay.

:24:15. > :24:17.There's plenty of speculation about the role that Wayne Rooney

:24:18. > :24:19.might play - if any - following his performance at the weekend.

:24:20. > :24:29.but there is growing excitement about radio heap Sterling. It is

:24:30. > :24:33.said you can often learn more in defeat than in victory. In the race

:24:34. > :24:38.of Raheem Sterling, defeat was a revelation. Fit to burst with

:24:39. > :24:43.steepage exuberance, he announced himself on the world stage with a

:24:44. > :24:47.performance that thrilled a much with aing nation. A performance,

:24:48. > :24:52.largely responsible for the feelings of opt stitch that followed the

:24:53. > :24:57.loss. It was obviously a dream come true for any young lad to make an

:24:58. > :25:02.appearance in such a big tournament. When I was on the pitch I tried to

:25:03. > :25:06.think of it as a normal game and not really think about the importance of

:25:07. > :25:10.it and just try to express myself and do my best for the team.

:25:11. > :25:14.Sterling's story began in jam aica. He moved to London as a child and

:25:15. > :25:19.grew up in the shadow of Wembley Stadium, dreaming of playing for

:25:20. > :25:23.England. He always had great skill and balance. To see him playing in

:25:24. > :25:28.the number 10 role at such a young age, is incredible. I always thought

:25:29. > :25:33.that would be his position, he can go left or right. I thought it would

:25:34. > :25:37.take more time. It is amazing the fact he has played for England at

:25:38. > :25:43.the World Cup. He made his Liverpool debut two years ago, to become their

:25:44. > :25:47.second-youngest ever player and England coach and former defender

:25:48. > :25:55.Gary Neville says he is an exciting prospect. If you are watching, you

:25:56. > :26:00.think you cannot can't stop him, he can go left or right and he has

:26:01. > :26:06.speed. Italian defenders were some of the best in the world E took them

:26:07. > :26:13.into uncomfortable places the other night. A tattoo featuring his

:26:14. > :26:17.two-year-old daughter features on his arm.

:26:18. > :26:25.He has made his mark. He'll be hoping for a repeat performance.

:26:26. > :26:31.Elder statesman of the squad, has said that the squad has been crying

:26:32. > :26:35.out for youthful exuberance. Wayne Rooney has hit back at suggestions

:26:36. > :26:38.from the press today that he was training away from the first team

:26:39. > :26:42.yesterday because he is about to get dropped. He said on social media he

:26:43. > :26:47.was simply doing his own extra training and he sometimes wonders

:26:48. > :26:53.what the press are getting at. Time for the weather now with John

:26:54. > :26:56.Hammond. Like Brazil in Scotland today.

:26:57. > :27:00.Temperatures soaring up to 26. It hasn't been as sunny else where.

:27:01. > :27:03.Showers in parts of central Scotland now drifting down through the

:27:04. > :27:08.borders into Cumbria. Most of us will avoid these but it turns damp

:27:09. > :27:12.later through central and eastern parts of England. A muggy night A

:27:13. > :27:15.humid night, particularly across northern towns and cities.

:27:16. > :27:22.Temperatures here staying in the high teens all night. Mo some

:27:23. > :27:30.mistiness around, too. That muggy feel continues.

:27:31. > :27:33.Hopefully the brightness developing here but the odd shower too.

:27:34. > :27:36.Northern Ireland sharing in the sunshine but there could be light

:27:37. > :27:39.showers in the eastern side of Scotland across the borders down

:27:40. > :27:42.into the Pennines, maybe the high ground of Wales and south-west.

:27:43. > :27:46.Fairly isolated but one or two quite sharp ones possible. That's it. Most

:27:47. > :27:49.of us will avoid them entirely and stay dry with some sunshine. More

:27:50. > :27:52.cloud around than today across southern and eastern areas. It'll

:27:53. > :27:56.feel comfortable enough, though, if you are heading off to Ascot, for

:27:57. > :27:59.example, cloudier skies. It will be cloudy again on Thursday but with

:28:00. > :28:03.light winds and dry weather it should be OK, I think. Thursday will

:28:04. > :28:06.be a fairly cloudy day across the country. A breeze come down from the

:28:07. > :28:11.north. A cooling breeze, too. The odd shower around but again, most

:28:12. > :28:15.places will be dry. That breeze will carry somewhat cooler conditions

:28:16. > :28:19.down from the north, as I mentioned. It'll knock temperatures on the head

:28:20. > :28:23.across northern and central areas. One more warm day across the south.

:28:24. > :28:24.Temperatures into the mid-20s, potentially, the risk

:28:25. > :28:28.across northern and central areas. One of the odd sharp shower. Looking

:28:29. > :28:30.forward to the weekend. Drier weather to come.

:28:31. > :28:34.A reminder of the main story this evening: More than two years after

:28:35. > :28:39.it was attacked, Britain is to re-open its embassy in eye rarnings

:28:40. > :28:41.following a breakthrough in relations. -- in Iran.