:00:00. > :00:08.The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, ends years of speculation
:00:09. > :00:13.by confirming he wants to stand as an MP.
:00:14. > :00:18.He says he wants to stop dancing around the issue, but if elected,
:00:19. > :00:21.would see out his term as Mayor. Since you can't do these things
:00:22. > :00:26.furtively I might as well be absolutely clear, I will try to
:00:27. > :00:30.find somewhere to stand in 2015. We'll be asking what this might mean
:00:31. > :00:35.for the future of the Conservatives. Also tonight:
:00:36. > :00:41.Two British medical students are stabbed to death in Malaysia in the
:00:42. > :00:44.final week of their work placement. An aspirin a day could reduce
:00:45. > :00:48.the number of deaths from some cancers, according to a new study.
:00:49. > :00:49.And, catching up with a comet: the Rosetta space probe finally
:00:50. > :00:53.reaches this - after a 10 year chase.
:00:54. > :00:56.As Boris reveals his plans to become an MP there's criticism that
:00:57. > :01:02.And we go to Uxbridge, where he may pursue a seat, to see
:01:03. > :01:27.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:28. > :01:31.The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that he does want to
:01:32. > :01:34.stand for a parliamentary seat in next year's general election.
:01:35. > :01:39.He admitted to dancing around the question
:01:40. > :01:41.for an awfully long time - but this morning ended the speculation,
:01:42. > :01:44.saying he's looking for a constituency to represent, and wants
:01:45. > :01:45.to see a Conservative government. Our Deputy Political Editor,
:01:46. > :01:51.James Landale, is in Downing Street, James.
:01:52. > :01:59.The years Boris Johnson has dodged questions about his future. I was
:02:00. > :02:04.once an MP, but the thing I love is to be Mayor of London. What I would
:02:05. > :02:08.like to do is to be Mayor of London for another four years. But today
:02:09. > :02:15.the Mayor of London finally threw his hat, at least his helmet, into
:02:16. > :02:24.the Westminster ring. In all probability I will try to find
:02:25. > :02:30.somewhere to stand. He ended the speculation finally. I enjoyed being
:02:31. > :02:34.Mayor of London and I will continue with my mandate, but I need to think
:02:35. > :02:40.what happens there after. I think the 2015 election will be very
:02:41. > :02:44.tough, I want to make sure there is not a Miliband premiership. That is
:02:45. > :02:54.why David Cameron has long wanted his team-mate back in the fold,
:02:55. > :02:56.saying today he wanted his Boris Johnson is one of them, he reaches
:02:57. > :03:00.voters that of them, he reaches voters that other Tories cannot. The
:03:01. > :03:04.Prime Minister hopes that his stardust could boost the party 's
:03:05. > :03:07.prospects at the election. The risk is that speculation about his future
:03:08. > :03:12.could become regulation about his ambition. You are returning to
:03:13. > :03:17.Parliament so that one day you can stand as leader of the party? It is
:03:18. > :03:23.highly unlikely because there is no vacancy. You said you cannot do two
:03:24. > :03:28.jobs, you have changed your mind, deserting the people of London
:03:29. > :03:32.through your second term. I will not be deserting them, if I succeed in
:03:33. > :03:38.getting a seat I would not take it until I had only one year to go, as
:03:39. > :03:46.the melt London. Many conservatives believe this man could lead their
:03:47. > :03:50.party. -- as the Mayor of London. His pitch to the party is clear,
:03:51. > :03:53.saying today that Britain could flourish outside of the European
:03:54. > :04:01.Union, a message that many Tories want to hear. Boris is
:04:02. > :04:05.well-positioned to hold Cameron and Osborne's feature the fire during
:04:06. > :04:10.the European free negotiation, and if Cameron is not prime and Esther,
:04:11. > :04:15.low and behold he has a platform on which to run. Mr Johnson is said to
:04:16. > :04:23.be looking for a constituency in the capital, possibly but. The Londoners
:04:24. > :04:27.who elected Boris Johnson to be the mare until 2016 have a right to
:04:28. > :04:33.expect he will do the job full time for them for the whole of London.
:04:34. > :04:36.Between now and 2016. But for all of the criticism a new horse has
:04:37. > :04:45.entered the race at Westminster, and to night the odds on him winning
:04:46. > :04:47.have fallen. Let's talk to James in Downing Street, what other wider
:04:48. > :04:52.implications for the broader Conservative Party? Many
:04:53. > :04:55.conservatives will be happy about this news, certainly in Downing
:04:56. > :04:59.Street, they think Boris Johnson is one of the best campaigners, they
:05:00. > :05:05.think the next election he will be freed up to campaign and win more
:05:06. > :05:10.votes. Certainly many within the wider Conservative Party will have a
:05:11. > :05:15.much higher morale as a result. They believe they are intoxicated by the
:05:16. > :05:18.idea, Boris Johnson as a right of centre politician who can be
:05:19. > :05:23.genuinely popular at the same time. Clearly that are risks, risks that
:05:24. > :05:27.the speculation about his future becomes speculation about his
:05:28. > :05:33.ambition. This could be the latest parlour game. Also this risk, to
:05:34. > :05:39.gamble for Mr Johnson who has portrayed himself as against
:05:40. > :05:42.politics, and now, looking to wriggle out of a previous commitment
:05:43. > :05:46.to serve perhaps his ambition. STUDIO: Thank you for joining us.
:05:47. > :05:49.is in Downing Street, James. Two British medical students
:05:50. > :05:52.have been killed in Malaysia. Reports suggest they were involved
:05:53. > :05:54.in an argument with some local men. Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger were
:05:55. > :05:56.fourth year students at Newcastle University, and were coming to the
:05:57. > :06:05.end of a work placement Aidan Brunger and Neil Dalton had
:06:06. > :06:09.gone to Borneo to use their medical expertise to help at a local
:06:10. > :06:14.hospital. They died in the street, stabbed to death, just two days
:06:15. > :06:17.before they were due to return home. The students were at Kuching, on the
:06:18. > :06:22.Malaysia side of the island where they had been on a placement at this
:06:23. > :06:25.General Hospital, they appear to have become involved in an
:06:26. > :06:28.altercation with a group of men in a bar in the early hours of the
:06:29. > :06:32.morning. As they left to return to their lodgings, it is claimed that
:06:33. > :06:41.the men followed and attacked them. A Newcastle University dash at
:06:42. > :06:49.Newcastle University the news was met with shock and dismay. It is a
:06:50. > :06:54.terrible tragedy. It might put off medical students going to certain
:06:55. > :06:57.places. Neil Dalton was due to complete his final year of studies,
:06:58. > :07:01.Aidan Brunger was planning to go into medical research. They were
:07:02. > :07:05.excellent students and very committed to their studies and
:07:06. > :07:11.becoming doctors, they were doing what thousands of medical students
:07:12. > :07:19.do every year, practising in a different setting. Malaysian
:07:20. > :07:27.television is reporting that four people have been arrested in
:07:28. > :07:28.connection to the attack, and the Foreign Office says it is helping
:07:29. > :07:37.the students however it can. A man has been sectioned under the
:07:38. > :07:39.Mental Health Act after a bomb hoax on a passenger plane yesterday.
:07:40. > :07:42.RAF jets escorted the Qatar Airways plane into Manchester Airport,
:07:43. > :07:46.after the pilot was handed a note about a possible device on board.
:07:47. > :07:48.The airport was closed for a time, and some flights diverted to
:07:49. > :07:50.Liverpool and Leeds. The 47 year old man is now being
:07:51. > :07:57.assessed by medical staff. An aspirin a day could significantly
:07:58. > :08:00.reduce some cancers - that is the message for people
:08:01. > :08:04.in their 50s and 60s, from a group of researchers looking at
:08:05. > :08:09.the drug's ability to stem disease. Scientists found that one low dose
:08:10. > :08:12.tablet - 75mg - taken every day for 5 to 10 years could prevent
:08:13. > :08:18.122,000 deaths from some cancers - particularly bowel and stomach
:08:19. > :08:21.cancer - over a 20 year period. But aspirin does have side effects,
:08:22. > :08:24.and can cause internal bleeding - so doctors say people should check
:08:25. > :08:27.with their GP before they decide to take it regularly.
:08:28. > :08:34.Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has the details.
:08:35. > :08:41.The evidence around the benefits of a daily dose of aspirin is growing,
:08:42. > :08:45.it is cheap, everyday medicine, already taken by many people to
:08:46. > :08:48.avoid heart problems. Now new research adds weight to existing
:08:49. > :08:54.studies which shows it could prevent some types of cancer. In terms of
:08:55. > :08:59.preventing cancer, the most important thing is to avoid smoking,
:09:00. > :09:03.or to stop smoking. After that this is probably the second most
:09:04. > :09:07.important thing you can do to prevent cancer, there are many other
:09:08. > :09:10.important things but none of them as powerful as this because of the
:09:11. > :09:16.widespread benefit across the range of cancers. Scientists are
:09:17. > :09:19.increasingly convinced a small daily dose of aspirin can have a powerful
:09:20. > :09:24.impact on your chances of developing some cancers, but there are risks.
:09:25. > :09:31.For example internal bleeding and stroke, but today's research is
:09:32. > :09:38.saying that the risks are outweighed by the benefits. Aspirin seems
:09:39. > :09:42.particularly good at targeting cancer in the oesophagus and the
:09:43. > :09:46.bowel. This research has estimated the figure for bowel cancer could be
:09:47. > :09:50.reduced by 40% with a daily dose of aspirin. Taking the drug every day
:09:51. > :09:54.for ten years does carry an increased risk of stomach bleeding
:09:55. > :10:00.and certain types of strokes, however for some people. We need to
:10:01. > :10:04.understand who is at risk at the side effects side of things, before
:10:05. > :10:12.we can recommend we start taking the drug. Among these walkers,
:10:13. > :10:16.recovering after a day in the Peak District, there was broad support
:10:17. > :10:22.for the idea of a daily aspirin to cut the risk of cancer. June is 53
:10:23. > :10:27.and has already had breast cancer. I would do anything to prevent myself
:10:28. > :10:32.from getting cancer again. I keep myself healthy and ie 12. If taking
:10:33. > :10:38.an aspirin a day will help, will prevent in the future, yes I am for
:10:39. > :10:48.it. -- ie 12. Lou macro I want to know how it works.
:10:49. > :10:54.Diet and walking and exercise, keeping your weight down, it is very
:10:55. > :10:59.much along the lines of looking after things, this is along the same
:11:00. > :11:04.lines, I would willingly take something if I thought the return
:11:05. > :11:08.was going to be good. Official NHS advice does not yet recommend taking
:11:09. > :11:13.a daily aspirin, nobody should start before seeing their GP but an
:11:14. > :11:16.everyday drug which has been around for decades looks like it could be a
:11:17. > :11:22.powerful weapon in the battle against cancer.
:11:23. > :11:27.The 72 hour ceasefire in Gaza is in its second day -
:11:28. > :11:29.the longest lull in fighting since the conflict began four weeks ago.
:11:30. > :11:31.Hundreds of thousands of Gazans have been displaced.
:11:32. > :11:35.The United Nations has been sheltering many of them in school
:11:36. > :11:37.buildings - but as our Middle East Correspondent Orla Guerin reports
:11:38. > :11:39.from Jabaliayah, some families have no homes to return to.
:11:40. > :11:46.Her report contains images you may find distressing.
:11:47. > :11:54.On the move, again. Families who have fled Israeli shelling now
:11:55. > :11:59.having to leave a UN school. Where they thought they had found refuge.
:12:00. > :12:07.At this elementary boys school they told us UN staff said they were on
:12:08. > :12:12.their own. Today they announced on the school microphone that there
:12:13. > :12:19.will be no services, no food or water, said this man, those who want
:12:20. > :12:27.to leave, can leave, we are not responsible for those who stay. Do
:12:28. > :12:35.you have any homes left standing to go back to? The ants from all, was
:12:36. > :12:43.no. -- the answer. The families say they have effectively no choice but
:12:44. > :12:59.to go, they say they have been told there is accommodation available in
:13:00. > :13:19.government schools but they say these schools are close to the
:13:20. > :13:25.Israeli border, and to Palestinian training camps. They say it is a
:13:26. > :13:30.front-line area and it is no place for children. UN schools have
:13:31. > :13:31.sheltered almost 300,000 people during this conflict. It is unclear
:13:32. > :13:32.why desperate families at this school were threatened with the
:13:33. > :13:33.withdrawal of help today. This is not the policy, this is not what
:13:34. > :13:34.will happen, food for the area will not be distributed, it is on its
:13:35. > :13:35.way. Similarly with the water which should be delivered today. For
:13:36. > :13:38.generations of this family, they were terrified of losing the roof
:13:39. > :13:39.over their head again. Israeli border, and to Palestinian
:13:40. > :13:40.training camps. 72 relatives now call this classroom home. They are
:13:41. > :13:42.kicking as out of here, said this woman, should we live in the
:13:43. > :13:43.streets? Where should the women and children go? They started packing,
:13:44. > :13:45.hoping to join relatives at another UN school. Two family members died
:13:46. > :13:48.there, in the shelling, but they said it was the safest option. And
:13:49. > :13:58.then they got word it was already full. Nearby, we found five-year-old
:13:59. > :14:04.Mohammed, who was paralysed, his devoted mother, Sarah, was trying to
:14:05. > :14:14.keep the flies off his face, it is all she could do. She told us she is
:14:15. > :14:20.worried he may not survive. Muhammad gets weaker every time he is moved.
:14:21. > :14:30.Indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian representatives,
:14:31. > :14:44.to try to negotiate an extension to the current
:14:45. > :14:47.Two weeks ago, Moria Ashkenazi lost her husband of ten years.
:14:48. > :14:50.Her two-month-old daughter will never see her father again,
:14:51. > :14:56.and her two sons fantasise about becoming superheroes
:14:57. > :15:00.so they can bring their dad back. 36-year-old Yair, a solicitor
:15:01. > :15:04.and army reservist, was killed in a firefight with Hamas
:15:05. > :15:08.militants just inside Gaza. TRANSLATION:
:15:09. > :15:11.I had very mixed feelings. I didn't want him to go in there,
:15:12. > :15:16.but I eventually understood there was no other way,
:15:17. > :15:17.for the sake of our country, because if we don't
:15:18. > :15:24.protect ourselves, we are doomed. The sense of vulnerability is felt
:15:25. > :15:32.most acutely in Israeli communities near Gaza, where there has been
:15:33. > :15:35.a human and economic cost. Here at Kibbutz Netiv Ha'Asara,
:15:36. > :15:40.crops have been lost and residents have fled.
:15:41. > :15:44.We can't let them win, so we are staying here,
:15:45. > :15:48.we are staying with the fields and with the children
:15:49. > :15:54.that know how to go to a shelter when they are three years old.
:15:55. > :15:59.This is the fourth war that Israel has fought over Gaza in the space of
:16:00. > :16:02.less than ten years, and while these Israeli communities right up against
:16:03. > :16:05.the Gaza border largely support their government's actions, they
:16:06. > :16:09.fully expect there will be another war in two or three years' time,
:16:10. > :16:15.because the fundamental problems behind the crisis
:16:16. > :16:18.are not being addressed. While talks in Egypt aim to extend
:16:19. > :16:22.the three-day cease-fire, Israel's overwhelming firepower has
:16:23. > :16:24.been pulled back from Gaza, but it's in no position
:16:25. > :16:28.to claim a victory, says one of the government's
:16:29. > :16:30.biggest critics. As long as the siege
:16:31. > :16:35.on Gaza will continue, as long as life in Gaza
:16:36. > :16:43.will be life in a cage, Israelis' lives will not be secure.
:16:44. > :16:44.That is a very basic formula. Moria Ashkenazi has no desire
:16:45. > :16:55.for her children to follow This evening the Israeli Prime
:16:56. > :16:59.Minister spoke for the first time since the cease-fire was announced.
:17:00. > :17:05.Israel deeply regrets every civilian casualty, every single one. We do
:17:06. > :17:07.not target them, we do not seek them. The people of Gaza are not our
:17:08. > :17:13.enemy. Moria Ashkenazi has no desire
:17:14. > :17:15.for her children to follow their father's path and fight
:17:16. > :17:21.in Gaza, but it's something she knows might be inevitable.
:17:22. > :17:25.Wyre Davies, BBC News, Israel. Our top story this evening:
:17:26. > :17:27.The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, ends years of speculation
:17:28. > :17:37.by confirming he wants to stand as an MP.
:17:38. > :17:41.And what people made the independence debate in Scotland.
:17:42. > :17:44.to stand as an MP. Later on BBC London,
:17:45. > :17:46.campaigners head to Downing Street, saying funding cuts for GPs
:17:47. > :17:49.surgeries will hit thousands of poorer people in the capital.
:17:50. > :17:51.And how one Londoner pioneered a new way of helping soldiers
:17:52. > :17:59.whose faces were damaged during World War I.
:18:00. > :18:05.Space history has been made today. A decade after it was launched, the
:18:06. > :18:09.unmanned Rosetta spacecraft finally caught up with a comet.
:18:10. > :18:11.It is the first time a comet will be studied in detail.
:18:12. > :18:14.Until now, only comet dust has been collected.
:18:15. > :18:19.Rosetta has taken ten years, five months and four days
:18:20. > :18:23.to reach the comet, travelling 4 billion miles,
:18:24. > :18:27.looping the sun five times. At a cost of just over ?1 billion,
:18:28. > :18:32.Rosetta will now fly alongside the comet for more than a year.
:18:33. > :18:35.Its findings could reveal more about the beginnings
:18:36. > :18:36.of life on earth. Our science editor,
:18:37. > :18:38.David Shukman, is at the mission control centre
:18:39. > :18:49.in Germany. David. Jane, thank you. It is an
:18:50. > :18:53.extraordinary thought that this place is in command of a spacecraft
:18:54. > :18:57.that is getting on for 300 million miles from earth, and more than
:18:58. > :19:03.that, the people have got that spacecraft to edge right up towards
:19:04. > :19:07.a comet. Previous missions to, twos have flown right past them, to being
:19:08. > :19:11.able to ride alongside, which is what is happening as of today,
:19:12. > :19:14.really is a milestone in the exploration of space.
:19:15. > :19:18.The moment they'd waited ten years for.
:19:19. > :19:21.We are at the comet! Yes! Relief and delight
:19:22. > :19:26.at the European Space Agency at an amazing rendezvous with a comet.
:19:27. > :19:29.As the spacecraft approaches, the images become sharper.
:19:30. > :19:33.No-one has ever seen a comet in this detail before.
:19:34. > :19:38.A strange, jagged landscape is revealed, with cliffs and ridges,
:19:39. > :19:43.boulders the size of houses, an alien mix of rock and ice.
:19:44. > :19:47.It's what the Rosetta mission is about, being this close is
:19:48. > :19:50.why we're doing this mission. We've rendezvoused with the comet,
:19:51. > :19:53.we're travelling in the same orbit around the sun as this comet,
:19:54. > :19:55.and we're going to continue doing that for over a year,
:19:56. > :19:58.escorting the comet around the sun. It's taken a decade
:19:59. > :20:01.for the Rosetta spacecraft to catch up with the comet.
:20:02. > :20:05.It's so far away that each radio command
:20:06. > :20:09.takes 23 minutes to get there. But the encounter is on target.
:20:10. > :20:13.What's remarkable about this mission is that the comet
:20:14. > :20:18.is racing along at about 34,000 mph, but the team here have managed to
:20:19. > :20:23.get the Rosetta spacecraft to match its speed and fly alongside it.
:20:24. > :20:29.That's never been achieved before. The plan is to go one step further.
:20:30. > :20:33.If all goes well, a small lander will be released later this year to
:20:34. > :20:38.drift down onto this uncharted world to see exactly what it's made of.
:20:39. > :20:42.But no-one can be sure if this is possible.
:20:43. > :20:46.Already scientists are studying the comet to look for a landing site.
:20:47. > :20:51.Imagine trying to pick somewhere safe on this bizarre surface.
:20:52. > :20:55.There's a lot that's still unknown. We should expect something that can
:20:56. > :21:00.range from the hardness of concrete to the softness of candy floss.
:21:01. > :21:03.That is what makes this kind of mission sort of different
:21:04. > :21:06.to something like going to Mars, where you're kind of reasonably
:21:07. > :21:10.certain you know what the surface is going to be like.
:21:11. > :21:12.And the reason for all this effort? Well, comets may have collided
:21:13. > :21:15.with the early earth and brought it water and carbon,
:21:16. > :21:20.ingredients that were vital for the process of kick-starting life.
:21:21. > :21:23.Visiting a comet may show if that's true.
:21:24. > :21:26.It's hard to believe, though, in these latest pictures,
:21:27. > :21:31.that a landscape this barren could ever hold anything useful
:21:32. > :21:32.to life on earth. But the task of understanding
:21:33. > :21:45.this comet has only just begun. After that journey to the comet, a
:21:46. > :21:51.frantic efforts to get ready for the attempt to land. They are hoping to
:21:52. > :21:53.try on November the 11th. I say hoping, because no-one here can be
:21:54. > :22:04.sure if it is possible. Jane. And you can find out more
:22:05. > :22:08.about the Rosetta mission on the science section
:22:09. > :22:10.of the BBC News website. The World Health Organisation
:22:11. > :22:13.says the number of deaths in the Ebola outbreak
:22:14. > :22:15.has risen to 932. 108 new cases were detected
:22:16. > :22:17.between Saturday and Monday. A Spanish priest infected in Liberia
:22:18. > :22:21.is the first patient to return to Europe.
:22:22. > :22:28.Now delegates from WHO are meeting to decide if the outbreak should
:22:29. > :22:31.be declared a global emergency. Emergency payments are to be made
:22:32. > :22:33.to flood victims following torrential rain
:22:34. > :22:34.across parts of Northern Ireland. Last night,
:22:35. > :22:35.the Fire and Rescue Service received more than 30 calls
:22:36. > :22:45.from the worst affected areas. Both sides of the debate over
:22:46. > :22:48.Scottish independence were back on the campaign trail today
:22:49. > :22:50.following last night's televised clash between the country's
:22:51. > :22:52.First Minister, Alex Salmond, and the man leading the campaign
:22:53. > :22:55.against independence, former Chancellor Alistair Darling.
:22:56. > :22:58.Mr Salmond's supporters maintain he had the winning arguments,
:22:59. > :23:02.but most commentators believe that Mr Darling performed better.
:23:03. > :23:03.Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon has been gauging
:23:04. > :23:17.the mood of voters. The genteel atmosphere of the Willow
:23:18. > :23:23.tea rooms, a Glasgow institution renowned, refined, a far cry from
:23:24. > :23:26.the heated gladiatorial exchanges of the first televised debate on
:23:27. > :23:32.Scottish independence, and yet even here people have a view. Alistair
:23:33. > :23:36.Darling won the debate. I think that Alex Salmond tried to become far too
:23:37. > :23:42.clever. Who do you think won and why? I would say Alex Salmond came
:23:43. > :23:48.across an lot clearer, a lot better. The debate was feisty, sometimes ill
:23:49. > :23:52.tempered. I did not vote for him but I am stuck with them, that is what
:23:53. > :24:00.happens in a democracy! Do you agree with David Cameron or not?! Both
:24:01. > :24:03.sides are, unsurprisingly, claiming victory, but many commentators are
:24:04. > :24:08.suggesting that Alistair Darling came out on top. The only poll that
:24:09. > :24:11.matters is on the 18th of September, which is why issues like the
:24:12. > :24:19.currency, issues that will affect peoples lives, how they can affect
:24:20. > :24:23.their income, we need answers. Alex Salmond dismisses claims he failed
:24:24. > :24:27.to live up to expectations. We are delighted that we are convincing
:24:28. > :24:31.people as we discussed the benefits that an independent Scotland would
:24:32. > :24:34.have to people and their families. This debate saw two political
:24:35. > :24:39.heavyweights slugging it out in front of a mass television audience,
:24:40. > :24:44.but there is an intense campaign on the ground too. Both sides were out
:24:45. > :24:50.once again on the country's streets. Many people have formed
:24:51. > :24:55.their views. I did not see Alex Hammond answering that... Others are
:24:56. > :25:00.undecided. They have just six weeks remaining to work out what they
:25:01. > :25:04.want. And's future. -- for Scotland's future.
:25:05. > :25:08.You can watch that debate between Alex Salmond
:25:09. > :25:12.and Alistair Darling tonight. It's on BBC Parliament at 7pm.
:25:13. > :25:15.Last October, John Wildey was a passenger on a light aircraft
:25:16. > :25:19.when the pilot collapsed. Mr Wildey, who's 78, had no choice
:25:20. > :25:21.but to take over the controls. He'd never had a flying lesson
:25:22. > :25:24.and didn't even know how to turn on the lights,
:25:25. > :25:27.but he was guided in by a helicopter and landed safely.
:25:28. > :25:30.Today, for the first time, John and the helicopter pilot who helped him
:25:31. > :25:35.met for the first time. Dan Johnson has the story.
:25:36. > :25:45.Keep coming down. Flying for the first time, a nervous experience for
:25:46. > :25:49.anyone, but this was a beginner's lesson in the worst possible
:25:50. > :25:53.circumstances. Great-grandfather John was forced to take the controls
:25:54. > :26:00.when his pilot friend suffered a fatal heart attack. Nice to see you
:26:01. > :26:04.again! Today he came to me the rescuers who helped him safely home.
:26:05. > :26:08.It was nice to know summary was up at the same time and could see what
:26:09. > :26:14.I was doing and they knew what I was doing. -- someone. They were
:26:15. > :26:22.chatting to me, getting me settled, and they helped to keep me settled.
:26:23. > :26:24.He sounded good, yeah. Flying alone at 1500 feet as night fell, John
:26:25. > :26:30.He sounded good, yeah. Flying alone at 1500 feet as relied on voices. He
:26:31. > :26:34.will have to go for the main runway. The instructors on the ground were
:26:35. > :26:39.giving him visibly how to fly a fixed wing, but we were there as
:26:40. > :26:43.point of contact, somebody who could follow him around, steer him back
:26:44. > :26:47.around if he got disoriented, reassure him someone else was at
:26:48. > :26:51.there with him. This is the RAF helicopter that was sent to guide
:26:52. > :26:55.John, the crew spoke to him and helped him keep his plane in the air
:26:56. > :27:00.before using their lights to lead him to Humberside Airport. Keep
:27:01. > :27:04.coming down the white centreline. It was not smooth, but it was a
:27:05. > :27:10.landing, and it hasn't put John off flying. He is now having proper
:27:11. > :27:12.lessons. Can you tell me how to turn the engine off, please? He will be
:27:13. > :27:17.lessons. Can you tell me how to turn the engine off, please? among an
:27:18. > :27:26.elite view that have completed more successful landings than take-offs.
:27:27. > :27:29.Remarkable! We moved to the weather with Tomasz Schafernaker, thinking
:27:30. > :27:41.about the weekend, apparently. Yes, some important points to make,
:27:42. > :27:45.fine today, sunshine tomorrow, but some of us did catch some heavy
:27:46. > :27:48.showers across the East of England, the north-east, for example, in
:27:49. > :27:54.Durham, Newcastle, parts of Northern Ireland. Really, for the vast
:27:55. > :27:58.majority of us, a fine end to the day. This is what we are ending
:27:59. > :28:02.Wednesday on, lots of bright weather, then through the course of
:28:03. > :28:06.the night, unlike last night, quite a wash-out, this coming night will
:28:07. > :28:12.be a dry one, not chilly, despite clear skies. 15 or 16 across the
:28:13. > :28:16.country, in the Western Isles and Stornoway, something like 10
:28:17. > :28:21.degrees. Tomorrow, a fine day on the way, light winds, hazy sunshine, not
:28:22. > :28:24.completely dry because they could be one or two showers in Northern
:28:25. > :28:29.Ireland again, possibly Scotland and northern England, but really a fine
:28:30. > :28:34.and dry day for a lot of us. The mid-20s in the Saudis, 18-20 in
:28:35. > :28:40.Scotland and Northern Ireland. -- in the south-east. Heavy rain across
:28:41. > :28:43.the south-east of the country on Friday, also in Northern Ireland,
:28:44. > :28:48.then this bit in the middle where we might have drier and brighter
:28:49. > :28:51.weather. Saturday, a mixture, sunshine and showers, but a lot of
:28:52. > :28:58.sunshine around too. Temperatures about average. Into Sunday, we have
:28:59. > :29:01.a weather system coming out of a tropical origin, this is former
:29:02. > :29:06.Hurricane Bertha, just a shadow of what it was, but it may be heading
:29:07. > :29:10.in our direction to bring some heavy winds and rain. We will be keeping
:29:11. > :29:13.you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you. That
:29:14. > :29:14.is