:00:00. > :00:09.Israel says it won't stop its attacks on Gaza until all
:00:10. > :00:17.the tunnels built by Palestinian militants are destroyed.
:00:18. > :00:23.Despite growing international condemnation, Israel says the
:00:24. > :00:34.offensive will last for another few days. In Gaza, residents say they
:00:35. > :00:36.are facing a precipice, with 400,000 people facing leaving their homes.
:00:37. > :00:40.militants are destroyed. A sharp fall in profits for British
:00:41. > :00:42.Gas - the mild winter's to blame. Gatwick's baggage problems -
:00:43. > :00:45.now extra staff are drafted in to deal with long delays at
:00:46. > :00:48.the height of the holiday season. And England's first Test win
:00:49. > :00:50.in almost a year as they overwhelm India in the
:00:51. > :00:56.Third Test in Southampton. A Palestinian flag raised above the
:00:57. > :01:01.town hall in Tower Hamlets brings condemnation of the local Mayor.
:01:02. > :01:23.And could ankle tags checking how much offenders drink cut crime?
:01:24. > :01:27.Good evening and welcome to the BBC's News at Six.
:01:28. > :01:30.The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned that
:01:31. > :01:32.his country's armed forces will continue to destroy tunnels used
:01:33. > :01:36.by Palestinian militants, with or without a ceasefire.
:01:37. > :01:39.Mr Netanyahu has also praised the performance of the
:01:40. > :01:44.Israel Defence Forces, despite strong international criticism
:01:45. > :01:48.of the civilian deaths in Gaza. The Gaza conflict began 24 days ago.
:01:49. > :01:52.It's now the longest war in Gaza in recent times.
:01:53. > :01:54.The Israel Defence Forces say they are just days away
:01:55. > :01:57.from destroying all of the 32 tunnels built by Hamas that they
:01:58. > :02:03.have identified and 59,000 army reservists have now been mobilised.
:02:04. > :02:11.Our World Affairs Correspondent Orla Guerin has been speaking to
:02:12. > :02:17.This is footage that Israel is keen to share, an air strike in Gaza are
:02:18. > :02:21.being aborted because children are spotted. But the UN says most of
:02:22. > :02:27.those killed by Israel are innocent civilians. From the outside, it
:02:28. > :02:32.looks like a regular plane... Today, we met one of the pilots that flies
:02:33. > :02:37.over Gaza every day, identifying targets. We cannot show his face.
:02:38. > :02:43.The aircraft used for these missions have cameras mounted underneath and
:02:44. > :02:50.fly at up to 35,000 feet. Gaza is a very densely populated area... He
:02:51. > :02:55.shows us, in a simulator, his birds eye view of the terrain. This is a
:02:56. > :03:00.crowded area, people have nowhere to go, in many cases they have no
:03:01. > :03:03.transport or means of escape, and you are attacking hospitals where
:03:04. > :03:08.the wounded are being treated. Well, at the moment, we are doing
:03:09. > :03:12.everything possible to ensure the security and safety of both our
:03:13. > :03:16.civilians and, as much as possible, the Palestinian civilians. We have
:03:17. > :03:21.offered medical aid and we have offered a field hospital. Wouldn't
:03:22. > :03:25.it be better for you to stop bombing the civilians, rather than offering
:03:26. > :03:29.their medical aid later? Israel has always opted for a double magic
:03:30. > :03:35.solution. Some people might ask how you sleep at night? I sleep very
:03:36. > :03:41.well at night because I know what we are doing is saving lives. The way I
:03:42. > :03:46.see it. Saving Israeli lives? No, no, I know how many attacks I have
:03:47. > :03:51.called off, and I'm talking about numerous attacks. I know as a fact
:03:52. > :03:55.that I have saved dozens of lives. But the lives lost in Gaza are
:03:56. > :03:58.causing growing international pressure on Israel. The message from
:03:59. > :04:05.the Prime Minister today, the offensive will continue.
:04:06. > :04:08.TRANSLATION: So far we have neutralised dozens of terror tunnels
:04:09. > :04:12.and we are determined to complete this mission, with or without a
:04:13. > :04:16.cease-fire. That is why I will not accept any proposal that will not
:04:17. > :04:21.enable the IDF to complete this important task for the safety of the
:04:22. > :04:26.people of Israel. Near the Gaza border, close to the front line,
:04:27. > :04:31.soldiers rest and regroup. An extra 16,000 reserve lists have been
:04:32. > :04:35.called up. This teacher has two sons fighting in Gaza, and is going to
:04:36. > :04:43.join them. This is our life. Nobody chooses it. We have to do it because
:04:44. > :04:50.of the situation. We hope that it will be the end of the story very
:04:51. > :04:54.soon. The army says it will finish destroying the attack tunnels within
:04:55. > :05:00.days. But a senior Israeli official has told the BBC there is no
:05:01. > :05:05.stopwatch for this operation. The international community is pleading
:05:06. > :05:09.for a cease-fire, but Israel is not ruling out a much broader offensive
:05:10. > :05:12.if Hamas attacks don't stop. The choice ahead now for Israel is
:05:13. > :05:24.withdraw or hit much harder. The UN has tonight warned that
:05:25. > :05:26.the population of Gaza is facing a precipice and has called upon
:05:27. > :05:29.the international community to address the extreme situation.
:05:30. > :05:32.A UN official in the region has said his staff cannot cope.
:05:33. > :05:37.So far 1,400 Palestinians have died in the conflict and 58 Israelis,
:05:38. > :05:40.all but two of them soldiers. The UN estimates that 425,000
:05:41. > :05:44.Palestinians, a quarter of Gaza's population, have
:05:45. > :05:47.been displaced by the fighting. Our International correspondent,
:05:48. > :05:48.Ian Pannell reports now on the plight of some
:05:49. > :06:02.of those who have left their homes. A rescue mission to a small town on
:06:03. > :06:08.the southern fringes of Gaza. A front line between Israelis and
:06:09. > :06:13.militants. Every time the Red Cross has tried to get in, they have been
:06:14. > :06:19.shot at. But this week, both sides agreed to a brief cease-fire. We are
:06:20. > :06:24.just here to escort some ambulances from the Palestinian red Crescent
:06:25. > :06:32.Society, in to rescue some wounded people. In this town, that has been
:06:33. > :06:37.isolated due to the fighting for the past few days. What is the
:06:38. > :06:43.situation, as far as you are aware? We don't know. It's on the border,
:06:44. > :06:45.it is very tense. The Israelis refuse to let us in. But the team
:06:46. > :06:46.was it is very tense. The Israelis
:06:47. > :06:53.refuse to let us in. But given the all clear. The town has been cut off
:06:54. > :07:01.by Israeli troops. Many have died and the few that could not escape
:07:02. > :07:07.are trapped. The truce was brief. Unable to stay any longer, the Red
:07:08. > :07:15.Cross pulled out. They recovered a handful of bodies and three elderly
:07:16. > :07:19.residents, hiding in the town. This woman is 95. Her family didn't know
:07:20. > :07:24.she was alive until two hours ago. They had fled the fighting, but she
:07:25. > :07:31.was too old to run out at night, so she spent five days living with a
:07:32. > :07:37.neighbour. An 84-year-old, barely to stand, he also couldn't escape. I
:07:38. > :07:45.cannot describe my feelings. It's horrible. We are living in fear, for
:07:46. > :07:51.five days. We couldn't contact him for five days, knowing that he can
:07:52. > :07:57.barely walk alone to the toilet, or to make a sandwich for himself. Our
:07:58. > :08:03.life was a nightmare until now. We found him again today, lying on the
:08:04. > :08:12.floor of a classroom that he shares with 70 others. Don't tell me life
:08:13. > :08:17.here is better, he says. I want to go home. I was born there, God
:08:18. > :08:20.willing, I'll die there. He was supposed to stay in hospital
:08:21. > :08:26.longer, but they didn't have space because of so many wounded. Before
:08:27. > :08:32.this conflict started, there were 17,000 people being housed by the
:08:33. > :08:37.UN. Today, that figure has gone up to 220,000. The organisation says it
:08:38. > :08:41.is overwhelmed and reaching breaking point. In this school alone, there
:08:42. > :08:48.are now 5000 people living and taking shelter here. But, after
:08:49. > :08:52.yesterday's attack on another school, the UN says nowhere is safe
:08:53. > :08:55.any more. With so many people now on the move, Gaza is starting to feel
:08:56. > :09:05.near breaking point. So with both sides as entrenched
:09:06. > :09:07.as ever, how can this war be brought to an end?
:09:08. > :09:09.And what can the international community do to help?
:09:10. > :09:14.Here's our Diplomatic Correspondent, James Robbins.
:09:15. > :09:19.After 24 days of increasingly intense fighting, the outside world
:09:20. > :09:21.may be pleading for an end to this conflict.
:09:22. > :09:24.James Robbins. but neither side is looking
:09:25. > :09:26.for an end - at least not yet. The fundamental enmity
:09:27. > :09:29.between the two sides and the great divide remains.
:09:30. > :09:31.Israel says it means to finish the job of disarming Hamas,
:09:32. > :09:34.destroying its rockets and all its tunnels, while Hamas
:09:35. > :09:37.insists it won't accept a ceasefire until Israel commits to lifting
:09:38. > :09:39.the eight year blockade of Gaza. For now,
:09:40. > :09:47.the outside world seems almost powerless to stop the fighting.
:09:48. > :09:56.Seen from the United States, how does this conflict look? Good
:09:57. > :10:03.morning! Overwhelmingly, Americans back Israel. Israel calls of
:10:04. > :10:07.reservists is, and made a new vowel from Benton Netanyahu. The United
:10:08. > :10:11.States remains Israel's most important ally, and public opinion
:10:12. > :10:15.is squarely behind their action. There has never been a more
:10:16. > :10:18.important time to send a message to the world and Israel about this
:10:19. > :10:25.relationship, about what it means to us, and how committed we are.
:10:26. > :10:29.Behind-the-scenes, relations between the leaders are now particularly
:10:30. > :10:34.strained. President Obama has been highly critical of Israel's killing
:10:35. > :10:39.of civilians. But America continues to resupply Israel with weapons for
:10:40. > :10:43.the fight. An arms embargo on Israel is unthinkable in Washington. So,
:10:44. > :10:48.can the United Nations stop the killing? The UN has led the moral
:10:49. > :10:52.outrage, condemning attacks on children sheltering in schools in
:10:53. > :10:56.Gaza. The Security Council has been in session, as the UN's top
:10:57. > :11:01.representative inside Gaza appealed for help and others called on Israel
:11:02. > :11:10.to change tactics. I would say that they appear to be defying,
:11:11. > :11:14.deliberate defiance of obligations that international law imposes on
:11:15. > :11:19.Israel. But the UN's key powers can't agree on any action to change
:11:20. > :11:24.what is happening on the ground. So, what chance a cease-fire delivered
:11:25. > :11:27.by leaders in the Middle East itself? Hamas looks increasingly
:11:28. > :11:32.isolated in the region. Egypt has been trying to broker a durable
:11:33. > :11:37.truce, but is now an enemy of Hamas since President Sese overthrew the
:11:38. > :11:43.Muslim brotherhood. Hamas has lost much of its support from Syria and
:11:44. > :11:46.Iran and its remaining ally, Qatar, hasn't persuaded Hamas too soft on
:11:47. > :11:51.its demands. So the grim reality is that a divided world, however
:11:52. > :11:54.appalled by the images of suffering in this conflict, lacks the
:11:55. > :12:00.collective will to stop it. You can find much more on our website, with
:12:01. > :12:03.lots of extra background to the conflict.
:12:04. > :12:08.There's been a sharp fall in half-year profits at British Gas,
:12:09. > :12:11.largely because of the mild winter. The UK's biggest domestic energy
:12:12. > :12:16.supplier saw its profits drop by 26% in the first half
:12:17. > :12:19.of this year to ?265 million. Profits at its parent company,
:12:20. > :12:23.Centrica, were also down, although it still made more than ?1
:12:24. > :12:24.billion in profit. Here's our Industry Correspondent,
:12:25. > :12:37.John Moylan. Basking in the sun. It's been a
:12:38. > :12:43.glorious summer. But it was a mild winter as well. So we've all been
:12:44. > :12:47.using less energy. According to the outgoing boss of Britain's biggest
:12:48. > :12:52.energy supplier, that has caused British Gas profits to fall. On the
:12:53. > :12:58.British Gas side, because of the very warm weather, average
:12:59. > :13:01.consumption for gas customers was down 24%. That means that bills,
:13:02. > :13:04.when you combine it with a price reduction at the beginning of the
:13:05. > :13:08.year and the fact we're not going to increase prices later in the year,
:13:09. > :13:15.means that bills this year will be down some ?90, or 7%. Ronnie Robson,
:13:16. > :13:19.a British Gas customer, says he used less energy last winter, but it
:13:20. > :13:25.didn't stop him trying to keep his bills as low as possible. It was eat
:13:26. > :13:28.or heat. I cut down with the light bulbs, energy-saving light bulbs. I
:13:29. > :13:34.switched things off, try to save pennies here, pennies there. Every
:13:35. > :13:41.penny counts. British Gas expects its profit per household to be ?51
:13:42. > :13:44.this year. That is down on 2013. But the energy regulator has estimated
:13:45. > :13:51.margins at ?106 for a large supplier, prompting a row in an
:13:52. > :13:54.industry already facing a major competition probe. Consumers will be
:13:55. > :14:00.confused about what is going on, with profits down yet the forecast
:14:01. > :14:02.for profits being up. We need to see this investigation from the
:14:03. > :14:07.competition authority to get to the bottom of what is going on with
:14:08. > :14:10.energy prices. Centrica's boss says it needs to make reasonable profits
:14:11. > :14:17.to help pay for major projects like this. Sam Laidlaw's successor will
:14:18. > :14:21.face the same scrutiny over profits and prices. But he will also be
:14:22. > :14:26.running a business that is investing billions, not least in this huge
:14:27. > :14:28.North Sea platform and the construction in Hartlepool, that
:14:29. > :14:35.will provide gas for Britain for decades to come. But that's for the
:14:36. > :14:37.future. For now, the row over how much the industry is really making
:14:38. > :14:55.from all of us continues to burn. attacks on Gaza until all of the
:14:56. > :14:59.tunnels are destroyed. Another gold winning medal performance by Claudia
:15:00. > :15:05.Fragapane at the Commonwealth Games. On BBC London, Help to Buy is doing
:15:06. > :15:10.little to help Londoners get a foot on the property ladder. And could
:15:11. > :15:19.David Weir win his first Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow?
:15:20. > :15:24.It's known as the Dark Net - a shadowy part of the internet,
:15:25. > :15:27.inaccessible to the vast majority of people.
:15:28. > :15:30.And increasingly it's being used for the sale of illegal drugs.
:15:31. > :15:33.In October last year there were just over 18,000 drugs listed for sale
:15:34. > :15:35.on the Dark Net. But a BBC investigation has
:15:36. > :15:38.found that the figure has risen to more than 43,000.
:15:39. > :15:41.The Dark Net has now become so popular with drugs users
:15:42. > :15:44.in the UK, that a recent survey suggested more than a quarter may
:15:45. > :15:44.have accessed the sites. Angus Crawford has
:15:45. > :15:53.this special report. Vacuum packed with a first class
:15:54. > :15:59.stamp, delivery guaranteed. Sam Vacuum packed with a first class
:16:00. > :16:03.stamp, delivery guaranteed. gets is cannabis through the post. He used
:16:04. > :16:07.to buy it from a dealer on the street. Now he simply logs onto the
:16:08. > :16:16.Dark Net and pays with untraceable bitcoin 's. His words are spoken by
:16:17. > :16:21.an actor. I bought cannabis every two to three weeks from a street
:16:22. > :16:25.vendor. Practicality? I don't have to leave my house. I can click a few
:16:26. > :16:30.buttons and it comes the next day. I don't have to reveal my identity.
:16:31. > :16:34.Nobody is good to find out who I am. I feel safe using it.
:16:35. > :16:38.Nobody is good to find out who I am. After months of negotiation, we
:16:39. > :16:43.prepare -- we persuaded the Dark Net drug dealer in California to talk to
:16:44. > :17:09.us. He would only do so anonymously and using encrypted e-mail.
:17:10. > :17:18.Last year, the FBI closed down the best-known drugs market on the Dark
:17:19. > :17:23.Net. Its founder was arrested. That has not stopped the trade. Dealers
:17:24. > :17:30.and buyers use special browsers and encryption software. They are
:17:31. > :17:34.anonymous and hard to trace. Which, for authorities in the US, makes
:17:35. > :17:38.this the front line. A sorting office in California and lean more
:17:39. > :17:43.than 1 million letters and parcels each month. Every single one is
:17:44. > :17:50.x-rayed and inspected. How often are you discovering illegal drugs?
:17:51. > :17:58.Daily. We are able to find something illicit every day. How much is being
:17:59. > :18:03.bought on the .net? 75%. What they find here shows it is a truly global
:18:04. > :18:09.problem. We know there is a trade in illegal drugs from the US to the UK.
:18:10. > :18:16.Customs officers here says it also goes in the other direction. This is
:18:17. > :18:22.synthetic methamphetamine and cannabis Pakistan sent by Royal
:18:23. > :18:27.Mail. Britain's national crime agency says it works closely with
:18:28. > :18:33.Customs and the Royal Mail and is actively targeting criminals who use
:18:34. > :18:36.sites on the Dark Net. They think they may be doing something like
:18:37. > :18:40.online shopping. They are wrong. They are committing crime. They are
:18:41. > :18:45.working with illegal drugs and fuelling the illegal drugs trade. It
:18:46. > :18:49.may take some time and they may be difficult to get at but they are not
:18:50. > :18:54.either of our reach. It seems more people like Sam are now buying their
:18:55. > :19:00.drugs hidden in the Aron Andersson of the .net. -- hidden in the
:19:01. > :19:06.anonymity of the Dark Net. Gatwick Airport says it's drafting
:19:07. > :19:08.in extra staff this weekend to try to reduce baggage delays
:19:09. > :19:11.for passengers. On Saturday and Sunday, hundreds of
:19:12. > :19:14.people flying into the airport were left waiting for several hours.
:19:15. > :19:16.Many others had to get on their flight without their bags because
:19:17. > :19:18.of staff shortages at the baggage handling company, Swissport.
:19:19. > :19:23.Our Transport Correspondent, Richard Westcott, is at Gatwick now.
:19:24. > :19:29.Well over a quarter of a million people will be coming through these
:19:30. > :19:33.doors at Gatwick Airport over the weekend. It is going to be one of
:19:34. > :19:37.the busiest weekends of the year. A lot of those people will be coming
:19:38. > :19:42.back from their holiday. The last thing you want is to wait hours for
:19:43. > :19:46.your bags. That happened last weekend. Airports had to draft in
:19:47. > :19:52.dozens of helpers to make sure it does not happen again. It is meant
:19:53. > :19:55.to be relaxing. Your two weeks in the sauna or your city break. But it
:19:56. > :20:00.all comes unstuck when you have to wait five hours for them to shift
:20:01. > :20:04.luggage from the plane to the baggage belt. That was the nightmare
:20:05. > :20:07.for these passengers in Gatwick last weekend. It happened last month as
:20:08. > :20:12.well. Some fear it will happen again. The airport is about to have
:20:13. > :20:16.one of its busiest weekends of the year. All passengers care about is
:20:17. > :20:23.what has been done to make sure this does not happen again. 4/90 5% of
:20:24. > :20:27.the passengers, we have delivered their bags within 45 minutes. We
:20:28. > :20:36.expected to be the same this weekend. If it goes off track we
:20:37. > :20:40.will step in and sure the operation. Gatwick's image has taken a dive.
:20:41. > :20:46.The airport insists it is not their fault. The problems were down to
:20:47. > :20:50.Swissport, one of the world's biggest baggage handling firms. It
:20:51. > :20:56.admits it could not cope last week. It calls it a one-off and says it is
:20:57. > :21:00.taking on more staff. It is too late for Richard Sargent, a sports man
:21:01. > :21:04.who was stranded for five hours on Sunday because there was nowhere to
:21:05. > :21:09.get -- no way to get his wheelchair from the airport. The biggest thing
:21:10. > :21:14.was the lack of freedom. I was bursting for the toilet after a five
:21:15. > :21:17.flight. I did not have that freedom to do what a normal human being
:21:18. > :21:24.would be able to do in that situation, which is get some space.
:21:25. > :21:30.Holiday airline Monarch recently ended its contract with Swissport.
:21:31. > :21:32.It is one of the busiest times of the year for this airport. Airlines
:21:33. > :21:38.promised no more baggage nightmares. Westcott, is at Gatwick now.
:21:39. > :21:42.Profits at Lloyds Banking Group have fallen by more than 50% in the first
:21:43. > :21:46.six months of the year, compared with the same period in 2013.The
:21:47. > :21:50.group says it made a profit of ?863 million between January and June.
:21:51. > :21:53.The fall is being put down to continued PPI compensation
:21:54. > :21:58.claims and fines for manipulating the interbank lending rate.
:21:59. > :22:02.The World Health Organisation has announced a ?60 million appeal to
:22:03. > :22:09.combat the unprecendented outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
:22:10. > :22:11.729 people have died since February. Liberia has closed all
:22:12. > :22:17.of its schools and announced that infected areas will be quarantined.
:22:18. > :22:20.Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency.
:22:21. > :22:26.Around 50 firefighters are tackling a blaze at the Ferrybridge
:22:27. > :22:30.power station in West Yorkshire. Traffic on the nearby M62 was
:22:31. > :22:34.brought to a standstill earlier in the afternoon, as smoke drifted
:22:35. > :22:37.across the carriageway. The coal fired power station is
:22:38. > :22:40.currently on a summer shutdown, so there has been no loss
:22:41. > :22:43.of power as a result of the fire. England cricket captain
:22:44. > :22:48.Alastair Cook says his team played almost the perfect game, after
:22:49. > :22:52.beating India in the Third Test. England won by 266 runs at
:22:53. > :22:55.Southampton to level the series at 1-1, with two Tests left to play.
:22:56. > :23:03.Joe Wilson is at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.
:23:04. > :23:08.Remember, English cricket is in the middle of perhaps its biggest
:23:09. > :23:14.rebuilding operation ever. Six of the 11 players here, for them it was
:23:15. > :23:17.their first test victory ever. About a week ago a lot of the people
:23:18. > :23:22.thought the skipper should maybe stand down for his own good. I
:23:23. > :23:27.wonder if this evening Captain Cook is celebrating somewhere on the
:23:28. > :23:32.south coast? A car ferry from Southampton to the Isle of Wight,
:23:33. > :23:39.one an hour. A Test match victory for an England cricket team, one a
:23:40. > :23:43.year. It has been enough to test anyone's patients. On Thursday
:23:44. > :23:50.morning the wind was coming. Ninth ball of the day, Sharma was out.
:23:51. > :23:57.Things were moving. It is an out-of-town ground, not the easiest
:23:58. > :24:00.to reach. India were unravelling. That was MS Dhoni gone. And
:24:01. > :24:08.Rutherford Jimmy Anderson. Step forward Mo Moeen Ali. Ravi Didier --
:24:09. > :24:12.Ravi Jadeja was flummoxed. Kumar could not resist. Eight down. Moilne
:24:13. > :24:17.Ali was picked mainly for his batting. He took his fifth wicket of
:24:18. > :24:23.the innings. He had been told by world cricket not to wear wristbands
:24:24. > :24:28.in support of Gaza. Wrist there, ball in the air. His success was
:24:29. > :24:32.indisputable. His final act was to win the match for his country, for
:24:33. > :24:37.his captain. Many would like to see Alistair Cook left alone. All the
:24:38. > :24:42.criticism Alistair Cook got last week, some of it was harsh. Some of
:24:43. > :24:46.it was scary at one point. Hopefully you will get the same level this
:24:47. > :24:51.week but in positive terms. James Anderson, mathematical mother faces
:24:52. > :24:56.a disciplinary hearing tomorrow over an alleged altercation with Jadeja.
:24:57. > :24:57.India insist he should be banned. Enjoy the friendly handshakes while
:24:58. > :25:03.they last. in Southampton.
:25:04. > :25:05.Australia has come first in the medal table at every
:25:06. > :25:08.Commonwealth Games since 1990. But now, with just three more days
:25:09. > :25:14.to go, England are in the lead and on course to bring home
:25:15. > :25:19.their biggest medal haul since the Edinburgh Games in 1986.
:25:20. > :25:20.Today England picked up another three gold medals.
:25:21. > :25:27.From Glasgow, Natalie Pirks reports. As she set off from Glasgow Green,
:25:28. > :25:31.Emma Pooley knew this would be her last major time trial before
:25:32. > :25:34.retirement. There was to be no golden goodbye. Beaten into second
:25:35. > :25:39.place by Linda Villumsen of New Zealand. Alex Dowsett put his anger
:25:40. > :25:44.at being overlooked for the Tour de France to good use in the men's
:25:45. > :25:53.race, to take the gold. Geraint Thomas finished with bronze. From
:25:54. > :25:56.gold on the road to gold on the floor. Gymnastics has been a major
:25:57. > :25:59.hit at these games thanks in no small part to the success of the
:26:00. > :26:05.home nations. Today was no different. That was star Max
:26:06. > :26:10.Whitlock picking up his third goal for England, this time on the floor.
:26:11. > :26:16.It was gold number 34 Claudia Fragapane. The 16-year-old is just
:26:17. > :26:22.447 but her performance on the was towering. The pommel horse was
:26:23. > :26:26.always the most anticipated. Lewis Smith was out to prove he still has
:26:27. > :26:32.it. He enjoyed his bronze winning performance. It was Daniel Keatings
:26:33. > :26:36.of Scotland, the European champion, whose near-perfect moves mesmerised
:26:37. > :26:42.the crowd and captured the marks for gold. In the last few minutes Becky
:26:43. > :26:44.Downie's performance on the bars meaning and have just won their 42nd
:26:45. > :26:49.gold medal of the games. From Glasgow, Natalie Pirks reports.
:26:50. > :26:52.Time for a look at the weather with John Hammond.
:26:53. > :27:01.A quick look back at July. It was particularly warm and sunny. Not
:27:02. > :27:09.quite as warm as last July. It has been the eighth warmest month in
:27:10. > :27:12.succession. A remarkable run of warm months. It may not have felt like it
:27:13. > :27:17.in Northern Ireland if you are cowering under the storms. Later
:27:18. > :27:21.this afternoon a packet of heavy downpours through the Midlands.
:27:22. > :27:24.Heading eastwards as well. Some showers across Scotland. The trend
:27:25. > :27:30.will be for those showers to fade away. Some will continue,
:27:31. > :27:36.particularly later. A mild night out West. Through tomorrow, if anything
:27:37. > :27:41.things will start to go downhill, particularly for the West. The
:27:42. > :27:50.showers lumped together into more prolonged rain. There will be some
:27:51. > :27:53.brightness. Also some sharp showers of the South East. Sunshine and
:27:54. > :27:59.showers for parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland. As we going to
:28:00. > :28:05.tomorrow evening and night, we will see more prolonged and heavy rain
:28:06. > :28:09.pushing across Wales, western and northern England. On Saturday, bit
:28:10. > :28:14.of uncertainty. The potential for storms from France into the
:28:15. > :28:19.south-east. How far West this range extends into Northern Ireland.
:28:20. > :28:24.Warnings have been issued. Destructive rainfall is possible. In
:28:25. > :28:26.the sunshine in the south potentially quite warm. Rain heading
:28:27. > :28:32.north this weekend. Sunshine will follow. It will start to turn very
:28:33. > :28:34.windy on Sunday, particularly in northern parts of the UK. Not great
:28:35. > :28:38.news for the closing ceremony. at the weather with John Hammond.
:28:39. > :28:39.That's all from