:00:00. > :00:07.The government launches extensive new inquiries into child sex abuse
:00:08. > :00:13.One inquiry will review the handling of abuse allegations
:00:14. > :00:17.in all public bodies including the NHS, the police,
:00:18. > :00:24.I am absolutely determined that we are going to get to the bottom of
:00:25. > :00:26.these allegations and we are going to leave no stone unturned to find
:00:27. > :00:30.Another inquiry will look at the Home Office's handling
:00:31. > :00:34.of historical allegations of sexual abuse by politicians.
:00:35. > :00:39.Hundreds from a broken down train
:00:40. > :00:44.A report into how a teenager was killed on a school
:00:45. > :00:50.trip by a polar bear finds staff couldn't use their rifles properly
:00:51. > :00:54.And the dash for glory, the Tour De France finishes
:00:55. > :00:57.its last stage in England with a sprint to Buckingham Palace.
:00:58. > :01:03.As the Tour rides in, we look at how the capital is cashing-in on
:01:04. > :01:07.And on the ninth anniversary of the London bombings, anger as
:01:08. > :01:29.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:30. > :01:32.With historical allegations of child sex abuse and high profile
:01:33. > :01:35.convictions dominating the headlines for months now, the government has
:01:36. > :01:39.ordered two inquiries in a bid to restore public confidence.
:01:40. > :01:43.The first will review all public bodies and how they respond to
:01:44. > :01:46.claims of abuse, such as the NHS, the police, schools,
:01:47. > :01:52.The second will look again at how the Home Office handled documents
:01:53. > :01:57.relating to allegations of child abuse by Westminster politicians.
:01:58. > :02:04.Our Political Editor reports from Westminster.
:02:05. > :02:12.Why were the powerful able to abuse children for so long? We know about
:02:13. > :02:20.Jimmy Savile, Cyril Smith, but how many more like them work and worthy
:02:21. > :02:24.protected by people in high places? For months the government said there
:02:25. > :02:29.was no need for an inquiry. Today, they changed their minds. Our
:02:30. > :02:34.priority must be the prosecution of the people behind these disgusting
:02:35. > :02:39.crimes. Whenever possible and consistent with the need to
:02:40. > :02:41.prosecute we will adopt a presumption of maximum transparency
:02:42. > :02:48.and where there has been filled year to protect from abuse we will expose
:02:49. > :02:52.it and learn from it. This is a series of child abuse inquiry is.
:02:53. > :02:54.The police are investigating allegations that a powerful
:02:55. > :03:02.paedophile network used this allegations that a powerful
:03:03. > :03:04.guesthouse to abuse boys from a nearby children's home. Visitors
:03:05. > :03:09.included Cyril Smith, the former Liberal MP. Another police
:03:10. > :03:14.investigation is happening in Leicestershire. An inquiry into the
:03:15. > :03:19.missing documents that the Home Office, 114 of them. Containing
:03:20. > :03:27.allegations made 30 years ago by Geoffrey Dickens, now also dead. The
:03:28. > :03:32.then Home Secretary said they were all dealt with properly. This is
:03:33. > :03:36.what his successor told the Commons had happened to those documents.
:03:37. > :03:40.These are presumed by the Home Office and the investigator
:03:41. > :03:44.destroyed, missing or not phoned although the investigator made it
:03:45. > :03:49.clear he found no evidence to suggest that they had been removed
:03:50. > :03:54.or destroyed in appropriately. She has turned to the NSP CC for another
:03:55. > :03:59.opinion. The head of the charity will investigate with the help of a
:04:00. > :04:02.leading lawyer. Today's big surprise, a wider review into the
:04:03. > :04:08.lessons learned wherever child-abuse has been uncovered. The government
:04:09. > :04:15.will establish an independent inquiry of experts to consider
:04:16. > :04:17.whether public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken
:04:18. > :04:22.seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse.
:04:23. > :04:26.What a difference 18 months can make. When allegations were first
:04:27. > :04:30.made that there was a powerful paedophile network extending here
:04:31. > :04:36.into Parliament, they were dismissed. There is a major inquiry
:04:37. > :04:41.going to take place which will have access to all secret papers
:04:42. > :04:47.including from the intelligence services and Special Branch. A
:04:48. > :04:52.hushed House of Commons listened carefully. Labour said it was the
:04:53. > :04:58.right decision too late. I raised this in Parliament 18 months ago and
:04:59. > :05:03.she made a statement about abuse in care homes in north well. She and
:05:04. > :05:08.the Prime Minister rejected at that time but I welcome her agreeing to
:05:09. > :05:15.it now. Those allegations were once dismissed as gossip. A belief that
:05:16. > :05:19.their claims are about to be proved true. A handful of parliamentarians
:05:20. > :05:25.will be worrying. This will encourage people to bring evidence,
:05:26. > :05:29.to come forward as witnesses. How and why were the powerful able to
:05:30. > :05:30.abuse children for so long? Another search for those answers began
:05:31. > :05:34.today. There are already a number of
:05:35. > :05:37.inquiries taking place into child sex abuse allegations so how will
:05:38. > :05:40.this new wide ranging investigation Our Home Editor is here,
:05:41. > :05:44.and the key question has to be, After almost daily revelations
:05:45. > :05:50.about the sexual abuse of children, there have been growing calls
:05:51. > :05:54.for an independent over-arching inquiry into the whole problem - who
:05:55. > :05:57.was responsible, what failures were there in protecting children and,
:05:58. > :05:59.cricitcally, That is what
:06:00. > :06:03.the Home Secretary has promised. The question is
:06:04. > :06:05.whether it will add substantially to the raft of existing investigations
:06:06. > :06:24.and inquiries. Last month the Health Secretary
:06:25. > :06:27.published what he called an overarching independent inquiry into
:06:28. > :06:32.Jimmy Savile's sex crimes inside the NHS. A second inquiry into the
:06:33. > :06:37.lessons that can be learnt is already under way. The BBC has
:06:38. > :06:41.commissioned two inquiries and the activities of Jimmy Savile and
:06:42. > :06:45.Stewart Hall, those reports are considering the lessons to be
:06:46. > :06:49.learned. As for the allegations of possible child sex abuse involving
:06:50. > :06:52.senior politicians that are investigations at the Home Office
:06:53. > :06:57.and ongoing police investigation is, so will this new inquiry be a
:06:58. > :07:02.useful addition or a political fig leaf? An enormous number of
:07:03. > :07:07.historical pieces need to be investigated so it is right to do
:07:08. > :07:12.this because it is right for the victims. People need to know the
:07:13. > :07:16.truth. The inquiry panel is expected to draw on the work of existing
:07:17. > :07:19.investigations into alleged cover-ups of abuse at children's
:07:20. > :07:24.homes in Northern Ireland, north Wales and the Channel Isles and
:07:25. > :07:29.schools including a number in the West Midlands, Suffolk and Rochdale.
:07:30. > :07:34.And the police response to gangs grooming young girls in a number of
:07:35. > :07:37.towns across the country. This former policeman who investigated
:07:38. > :07:42.allegations against Cyril Smith says his evidence was taken away from
:07:43. > :07:48.him. That was it. We never heard anything, so anything, heard
:07:49. > :07:55.anything about the file, it disappeared. Was it a cover-up? I
:07:56. > :07:59.think it was. The man whose allegations inspired the police
:08:00. > :08:04.inquiry today told the BBC he believes there was a cover-up in
:08:05. > :08:09.Westminster. We are looking at Lord's, the Commons, the judiciary,
:08:10. > :08:12.all institutions where there will be a small percentage of paedophiles
:08:13. > :08:17.and a slightly larger percentage of people who have known about it but
:08:18. > :08:20.felt in terms of their own self interest and preservation and for
:08:21. > :08:27.political party reasons, it has been safer for them to cover it up rather
:08:28. > :08:30.than deal with it. Expectations of what this inquiry can achieve will
:08:31. > :08:35.be high but even with dignified and powers and government support the
:08:36. > :08:37.complexity of the task they have been set is very great, getting
:08:38. > :08:42.tangible results will not be easy. Hundreds of people have had to be
:08:43. > :08:45.evacuated from a broken They were
:08:46. > :08:49.on a Eurotunnel service heading for France when it stopped because
:08:50. > :08:51.of problems with a power cable. There've been long delays and
:08:52. > :08:54.cancellations for passengers on both Richard Westcott is at St Pancras
:08:55. > :09:08.for us. About five minutes ago this area was
:09:09. > :09:14.heaving with people waiting two or three powers to board a train, they
:09:15. > :09:18.are finally being let on board. There was a long queue that goes
:09:19. > :09:22.around the corner that you cannot see from here. That is the problem
:09:23. > :09:26.with the Channel Tunnel, when one of the two tunnels gets blocked the
:09:27. > :09:29.repercussions are felt by thousands of passengers.
:09:30. > :09:32.It is hardly the high-speed trip they had all planned.
:09:33. > :09:34.Stranded 40 metres under the sea bed, nearly halfway
:09:35. > :09:44.Then shuttled into the emergency service tunnel next door.
:09:45. > :09:48.Brian was one of the 382 people on board.
:09:49. > :09:54.A bang was heard on the outside of the carriage
:09:55. > :10:01.There was an electric cable and the cable had wrapped itself
:10:02. > :10:10.While they were being rescued from the tunnel the crowds were building
:10:11. > :10:13.at St Pancras station where hundreds of Eurostar passengers were
:10:14. > :10:17.You can see the impact that all of this is having.
:10:18. > :10:19.As they cancel each train they are having to move all
:10:20. > :10:25.They have just announced that there are literally no more spaces
:10:26. > :10:27.on any service going to Paris for the rest of the day.
:10:28. > :10:45.We have a connection to Slovenia which I am assuming we're not going
:10:46. > :10:52.I do not know when I will be able to get out.
:10:53. > :10:58.Gareth said his tour operator had just cancelled his holiday.
:10:59. > :11:10.Filmed by the BBC, this is the type of train that what up. Engineers had
:11:11. > :11:13.to get it out of the way before they could begin mending the power lines.
:11:14. > :11:15.Back in France, after a 12 are weighed, these people, some with
:11:16. > :11:19.children, some with animals, have been reunited with their cars.
:11:20. > :11:28.Eurotunnel say they should be back to normal by tomorrow.
:11:29. > :11:32.Brian has just emailed me to say 12 hours and five minutes and he is
:11:33. > :11:35.back in his car and waiting for a train to come home. Announcements
:11:36. > :11:39.have been going on to keep people informed. Eurotunnel insist that it
:11:40. > :11:44.should be business as usual tomorrow. They will get the problem
:11:45. > :11:48.fixed and you should be able to travel fine tomorrow. It is a good
:11:49. > :11:52.job this did not happen next week when the school holidays get in.
:11:53. > :11:54.An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder
:11:55. > :11:56.of a pizza delivery driver in Sheffield last October.
:11:57. > :11:59.Thavisha Peiris, 25, was delivering his last pizza
:12:00. > :12:02.before starting a new job when he was killed by Kasim Ahmed.
:12:03. > :12:04.Ahmed will be sentenced later this month.
:12:05. > :12:06.Another man has pleaded not guilty to murder
:12:07. > :12:24.People travelling from UK airports to the United States will have to
:12:25. > :12:25.show that their phones and other electronic devices are charged
:12:26. > :12:30.before being able to travel. Our business correspondent is with
:12:31. > :12:40.me here Security is being tightened in
:12:41. > :12:45.response to warnings from the United States about a new terror threat.
:12:46. > :12:48.The UK Government has been advising passengers if you're travelling to
:12:49. > :12:52.the US and you want to take electronic devices in your hand
:12:53. > :12:56.luggage, make sure they are charged before you travel otherwise you will
:12:57. > :12:59.not be able to take them on board. This afternoon British Airways took
:13:00. > :13:04.things a step further by saying you will miss your flight as well. In
:13:05. > :13:10.practice this means very few specific details, but I understand
:13:11. > :13:13.it is business as usual at the check-in and security they were
:13:14. > :13:18.talking about possible extra security measures at the gate. Not
:13:19. > :13:23.everyone is going to be asked to do this. The devices could be cameras,
:13:24. > :13:26.mobile phones, laptops and a statement from BA says if you are
:13:27. > :13:34.unable to demonstrate your device has power you will not be able to
:13:35. > :13:37.fly. That is hugely inconvenient, but in reality how many people turn
:13:38. > :13:41.up to the airport with dead batteries? It may be more of an
:13:42. > :13:45.issue for transfer passengers who may have been enjoying movies on
:13:46. > :13:49.their laptops in the first leg of their journey.
:13:50. > :13:51.A woman accused of murdering her three disabled
:13:52. > :13:53.children has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds
:13:54. > :13:56.Tania Clarence from south west London wept as she
:13:57. > :13:58.admitted killing her four-year-old daughter and three-year-old twins,
:13:59. > :14:04.Our correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports from the Old Bailey.
:14:05. > :14:08.Gary Clarence leaving court today after his wife admitted to
:14:09. > :14:13.42-year-old Tania Clarence cried in court as she denied murder
:14:14. > :14:17.but pleaded guilty to their manslaughter on grounds
:14:18. > :14:23.Twins Ben and Max, pictured here with their father,
:14:24. > :14:27.were found dead in April along with four-year-old Olivia.
:14:28. > :14:30.All three children were disabled and had the life limiting disorder
:14:31. > :14:37.type two spinal muscular atrophy or floppy baby syndrome.
:14:38. > :14:43.It was here at the couple's five bedroom home in New Maldon in
:14:44. > :14:45.south-west London that the children were discovered and pronounced dead.
:14:46. > :14:48.Mr Clarence, an investment banker, was abroad visiting relatives
:14:49. > :14:55.His wife was treated in hospital for cuts and charged two days later.
:14:56. > :14:59.Today after admitting responsibility for the deaths of her three young
:15:00. > :15:10.children Tania Clarence was remanded at a secure hospital.
:15:11. > :15:19.What happens next depends on the prosecution. It will decide and
:15:20. > :15:22.consider her three guilty pleas of manslaughter and try to decide
:15:23. > :15:26.whether in fact it wants to push on with a full murder trial.
:15:27. > :15:28.Psychiatric reports have been ordered by the courts and the next
:15:29. > :15:34.hearing will be in October. Our top story this evening:
:15:35. > :15:45.Two new inquiries are announced by the government into allegations of
:15:46. > :15:48.historical child sex abuse. And still to come, Dolly Parton
:15:49. > :15:51.makes sure this shaggy dog's tale has a happy ending.
:15:52. > :15:53.On BBC London: As the tour rides in, we look at how the capital is
:15:54. > :16:18.cashing in on the world's biggest The steep climbs of Yorkshire were
:16:19. > :16:22.swapped for the rapid route through the southeast for the third stage of
:16:23. > :16:25.the Tour de France. Crowds in their thousands lined the 96 mile flat
:16:26. > :16:28.route to catch a glimpse of more than 200 riders who raced from
:16:29. > :16:29.Cambridge, past Chelmsford and on to London, finishing
:16:30. > :16:32.Cambridge, past Chelmsford and on to our sports correspondent Andy Swiss
:16:33. > :16:35.watched the German Marcel Kittel win.
:16:36. > :16:45.It was a day when Britain's passion for pedal power was once again on
:16:46. > :16:49.glorious display. After the weekend's tumultuous
:16:50. > :16:55.scenes in Yorkshire, it was Cambridge's term. Thousands crammed
:16:56. > :17:02.to the streets as the riders are set out on the 96 miles to London, with
:17:03. > :17:03.plenty of eyes on Britain's defending champion.
:17:04. > :17:06.Fans took every possible vantage point, one even watching from
:17:07. > :17:15.horseback as towns like being an Essex welcome to the tour with open
:17:16. > :17:21.arms. Fantastic. Everyone was shouting. The whole thing was so
:17:22. > :17:26.instant. I loved it. When I felt the wind, it blew me away. It was not
:17:27. > :17:30.all seamless. Despite warnings to fans, one careless camera took a
:17:31. > :17:34.hefty whack and the rain started to fall as the riders arrived in
:17:35. > :17:38.London, but he was a stop tour of the capital's landmarks drew yet
:17:39. > :17:43.more vast bouts, while at the finish line on The Mall, the anticipation
:17:44. > :17:48.grew. To see the people lined the streets from Yorkshire all the way
:17:49. > :17:53.down was fantastic. People just love cycling. It is a sport we are good
:17:54. > :17:57.at. We are British, we are good at sitting down sports. And the waiting
:17:58. > :18:01.was worth it. To a deafening roar, the riders entered The Mall and the
:18:02. > :18:08.result was a thrilling finish and a second stage win for Germany's
:18:09. > :18:10.Marcel Kittel. So, the end of three unforgettable days. Britain's
:18:11. > :18:17.passion for cycling is no secret, but the success and popularity of
:18:18. > :18:26.this tour has been overwhelming. The UK is the new power of cycling. The
:18:27. > :18:29.heart of cycling. You have champions. Certainly, the energies
:18:30. > :18:33.of the last three days will never be forgotten, from the millions in the
:18:34. > :18:36.hills and bales of Yorkshire to those who thronged the streets of
:18:37. > :18:43.London, never has France's biggest sporting event felt quite so
:18:44. > :18:47.British. Andy Swiss, BBC News. In the last hour, it has been
:18:48. > :18:50.confirmed that the British cyclist Mark Cavendish will miss the
:18:51. > :18:53.Commonwealth Games. Hamed suffered a shoulder injury on Saturday and will
:18:54. > :18:54.not recover in time to compete at the games in Glasgow later this
:18:55. > :19:01.month. win.
:19:02. > :19:05.A report into the killing of a teenager on a school trip by a polar
:19:06. > :19:08.bear has found that a tripwire system around the camp was faulty
:19:09. > :19:10.and patched up with paper clips, and that staff weren't sufficiently
:19:11. > :19:13.trained to use their rifles. Horatio Chapple, who was 17,
:19:14. > :19:15.was killed during an adventure holiday in Norway in 2011.
:19:16. > :19:16.The inquest into his death opened today in Salisbury.
:19:17. > :19:29.Our correspondent Jon Kay reports. Horatio Chapple, schoolboy Explorer
:19:30. > :19:33.and would be Doctor. In August 2011, he joined 70 other young people on
:19:34. > :19:38.an Arctic expedition, meant to be the adventure of a lifetime. But
:19:39. > :19:42.while sleeping in his tent one night, the teenager was dragged
:19:43. > :19:47.outside by a starving polar bear and mauled to death. The animal was shot
:19:48. > :19:54.dead, but not until four other members of the party had also been
:19:55. > :19:56.injured. Today, Horatio's parents came to Salisbury, hoping an inquest
:19:57. > :20:02.would give them the answers they need. David and Olivia Chapple told
:20:03. > :20:05.the inquest that before they let their son go on the trip, they went
:20:06. > :20:10.through all the risk assessment documents they had been sent by the
:20:11. > :20:14.British schools exploring Society, and they said from that that they
:20:15. > :20:18.assume that Horatio would be given all the safety equipment he would
:20:19. > :20:22.need to protect himself from polar bears. But today, Mrs Chapple said
:20:23. > :20:28.she was naive about that. An independent enquiry published today
:20:29. > :20:34.and mentioned during the inquest, has concluded: Tripwire wires were
:20:35. > :20:38.defective and some had been repaired using paperclips. The group had
:20:39. > :20:42.failed to set up a bear watch to look out for the animals, and the
:20:43. > :20:47.report said there had been Paul Reiffel training. The trip to Norway
:20:48. > :20:51.was led by a man called Richard Payne, who told the inquest there
:20:52. > :20:55.had been deficiencies and failures regarding kit. But he insisted that
:20:56. > :20:58.they did not fail to safeguard the young people on the trip. Over the
:20:59. > :21:02.course of the next week, several other members of the party will
:21:03. > :21:04.describe to the inquest how they were injured by the polar bear. Jon
:21:05. > :21:12.Kay, BBC News, Salisbury. Our correspondent Jon Kay reports.
:21:13. > :21:15.GPs will soon be able to prescribe trips to lunch clubs and museums
:21:16. > :21:16.as part of new measures to tackle loneliness.
:21:17. > :21:19.For the first time, local authorities
:21:20. > :21:21.in England are to be judged on how well they tackle social isolation.
:21:22. > :21:23.It comes amid growing evidence of the links between loneliness
:21:24. > :21:24.and poor health. Our Social Affairs Correspondent
:21:25. > :21:37.Alison Holt reports. Waiting, watching the world go by.
:21:38. > :21:40.For 85-year-old Sylvia Francis, in the years since her husband died,
:21:41. > :21:47.loneliness has too often been her companion. Loneliness is a killer.
:21:48. > :21:51.It will break you. No one to talk to. We used to sing together. There
:21:52. > :22:02.is no one to sing too. The most loneliest thing in the world.
:22:03. > :22:06.Sofia, it is Brian. Today, a volunteer is taking Sylvia to a
:22:07. > :22:09.lunch club in her Dorset village. From tomorrow, one of the ways local
:22:10. > :22:14.authorities will be judged will be on whether or not the people they
:22:15. > :22:18.help feel socially isolated. This weekly trip has certainly
:22:19. > :22:23.transformed Sylvia's life. It has opened a new door. This means
:22:24. > :22:31.everything. I don't cry so much now, because it was raining my
:22:32. > :22:35.health, crying and crying. The club's remarkable 93-year-old
:22:36. > :22:39.founder John says demand locally has been so great that they now run
:22:40. > :22:47.until late afternoon and offer more activities. Before we extended the
:22:48. > :22:52.hours, I had one or two ring me and say, I am tired of talking to the
:22:53. > :22:58.wall. Here in Dorset, a place where many people retire, a joint County
:22:59. > :23:02.Council and NHS project now provides money for clubs such as this. If we
:23:03. > :23:12.keep them mentally and physically well, we are immediately reducing
:23:13. > :23:12.the cost on GP visit and medication prescription and
:23:13. > :23:22.the cost on GP visit and medication prescribing to tackle loneliness and
:23:23. > :23:26.so improve people's health. For instance, that could mean that your
:23:27. > :23:33.GP prescribes a series of activities at your local museum. Academics who
:23:34. > :23:35.are monitoring the financial and health benefits of social
:23:36. > :23:40.prescribing say it does make a difference. Museum activities and
:23:41. > :23:43.other sorts of participate in activities, it could be art or books
:23:44. > :23:47.on prescription, those activities, it could be art or books
:23:48. > :23:51.have a positive effect on health. Are we still holding out armies in?
:23:52. > :23:55.But at a time when local authority budgets are squeezed, doing enough
:23:56. > :23:58.on loneliness may be a challenge, whatever the longer term benefits.
:23:59. > :24:04.Alison Holt, BBC News. Alison Holt reports.
:24:05. > :24:07.Video footage has emerged of the moment two passenger jets
:24:08. > :24:09.nearly crashed into each other at Barcelona Airport.
:24:10. > :24:11.It shows a Russian airliner coming into land just as another
:24:12. > :24:14.plane is crossing the runway. The Russian jet is forced to
:24:15. > :24:18.abort its landing and climb sharply to avoid disaster.
:24:19. > :24:21.None of the passengers on either plane was hurt and an
:24:22. > :24:31.investigation is underway to find out how the near miss happened.
:24:32. > :24:37.The footballer regarded by many as the greatest player of all time has
:24:38. > :24:41.died at the age of 88. The striker, who was born in Argentina, was a
:24:42. > :24:46.member of the star-studded Real Madrid team which won the first five
:24:47. > :24:48.European cup competitions between 1956 and 1960. He died in hospital
:24:49. > :24:56.in Madrid. out how the near miss happened.
:24:57. > :24:58.A shaggy dog story now, with what looks like a happy ending.
:24:59. > :25:01.Dolly Parton, the star of this year's Glastonbury,
:25:02. > :25:03.has offered to adopt a dog left behind at the festival.
:25:04. > :25:07.The white lurcher was discovered in a tent and was named Dolly
:25:08. > :25:08.The dog's now being cared for by an animal rescue centre,
:25:09. > :25:09.as Duncan Kennedy reports. Good girl.
:25:10. > :25:10.# Jolene, Jolene, Jolene...# # I'm begging of you,
:25:11. > :25:22.please don't take my man. # That is Dolly
:25:23. > :25:25.the dog, who has been named after Dolly the singer, having been found
:25:26. > :25:30.at the Glastonbury Festival site. # Working nine to five
:25:31. > :25:33.# What a way to make a living. # Dolly Parton triumphed
:25:34. > :25:35.at the festival a week ago, and it was during
:25:36. > :25:39.the clear-up that the lurcher was discovered in a
:25:40. > :25:42.tent. Glastonbury staff called her Dolly
:25:43. > :25:47.in honour of the singer. When the music star found out,
:25:48. > :25:50.she spoke of giving her a home. I was very honoured and flattered
:25:51. > :25:54.that they named her after me. We will take good care of her,
:25:55. > :25:57.if that should turn out to be what we have to do.
:25:58. > :26:00.But in the meantime, I just wanted to make comment that I was very
:26:01. > :26:05.honoured that they at least named her after me for a time.
:26:06. > :26:08.I am sure she has a real name. The kennel that's now home thinks
:26:09. > :26:11.Dolly is about seven years old and were staggered when
:26:12. > :26:14.the country singer's people got in touch.
:26:15. > :26:16.I know Dolly is amazing with animals, but it came out of the
:26:17. > :26:19.blue. Her
:26:20. > :26:22.management rang and just said "Dolly is very keen
:26:23. > :26:26.on adopting Dolly the dog". It has been a bit
:26:27. > :26:30.of a whirlwind since then. The two
:26:31. > :26:33.Dollies have yet to meet, but one could soon be swapping
:26:34. > :26:43.life in this country for one with the queen of country.
:26:44. > :26:49.And this is the leader Doctor Knight, looking extremely well here
:26:50. > :26:53.in the countryside. -- leader dog tonight. As far the owner is
:26:54. > :26:56.concerned, they will face some serious questions about welfare if
:26:57. > :26:59.they come forward. If not, the offer from that Dolly to this Dolly still
:27:00. > :27:10.stands. Time for a look at the weather now.
:27:11. > :27:13.We were just coming over that dog. But not over the weather. Heavy rain
:27:14. > :27:18.has pounded across the south-west of England, Wales and the Midlands, and
:27:19. > :27:23.it will take a while for us to see that fading. A few hours still to
:27:24. > :27:27.come in some spots. We have started to see the worst of it moving away
:27:28. > :27:30.from the south-west of England, this area sped up from Hampshire into the
:27:31. > :27:35.Midlands recently, and still looks like it will deliver some intense
:27:36. > :27:39.downpours for the next couple of hours. Surface water and spray is
:27:40. > :27:44.likely to be an issue on the roads. Overnight when things become much
:27:45. > :27:50.quieter. Sky is clear maybe a few patches of mist and form. Northern
:27:51. > :27:55.Ireland is our exception overnight, more cloud arriving here with some
:27:56. > :27:59.rain first thing tomorrow. But after a wet start, the story improves as
:28:00. > :28:05.the day goes on. But elsewhere, it is all downhill once again. Lots of
:28:06. > :28:08.them we shower is set to develop. Eastern Scotland, the north-east of
:28:09. > :28:11.England and East Anglia, those showers are likely to be like the
:28:12. > :28:15.ones we saw coming from the south-west today. They may lump into
:28:16. > :28:21.more persistent rain and heavy falls over a short period of time. Perhaps
:28:22. > :28:30.the worst will stay towards East Anglia, London maybe not doing too
:28:31. > :28:34.badly. Then a real headache in our forecast for the remainder of the
:28:35. > :28:37.week, thanks to this area of low pressure across the continent. Two
:28:38. > :28:40.Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, it looks like at some stage, it will
:28:41. > :28:54.deliver some wet and windy weather from the East. The time it arrives
:28:55. > :28:55.is proving difficult to discover. A lot of uncertainty is in the
:28:56. > :29:01.forecast, so stay tuned. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:29:02. > :29:02.so it's