:00:07. > :00:10.Iraqis flee for their lives. Tonight tens of thousands are
:00:11. > :00:15.on the road, running from the militants of the Islamic State.
:00:16. > :00:16.They're flooding into nearby towns and have been without food,
:00:17. > :00:32.water and shelter for days. We just have a bottle of water and
:00:33. > :00:35.no more. Not me, thousands of people.
:00:36. > :00:39.water and shelter for days. The race is on to drop aid to those
:00:40. > :00:41.stranded, as their plight triggers mounting international concern.
:00:42. > :00:43.We'll be tracking the advance of the militants and assessing a
:00:44. > :00:52.major crisis unfolding in Baghdad. Also tonight.
:00:53. > :00:54.Proposals to introduce mandatory health warnings on bottles
:00:55. > :01:01.and cans of alcohol. Why sheep rustling's on the rise and
:01:02. > :01:09.at what cost to the rural economy. And glory for Rory McIlroy puts him
:01:10. > :01:11.alongside the golfing greats. Tonight on BBC London.
:01:12. > :01:13.The former boxing promoter Frank Maloney,
:01:14. > :01:17.who guided Lennox Lewis to a world title, on her new life as a woman.
:01:18. > :01:38.And how London's top police officer was called upon to make an arrest
:01:39. > :01:41.himself - his first as Commissioner. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:42. > :01:44.BBC News at Six. Ten of thousands
:01:45. > :01:46.of Iraqis are tonight fleeing for their lives, desperate to avoid
:01:47. > :01:51.the advance of the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS.
:01:52. > :01:54.Many are stranded on a mountain side and have been without the basics
:01:55. > :01:57.of life, proper food, water and shelter, for seven days or more.
:01:58. > :02:02.International concern is focused on those who've been driven from
:02:03. > :02:05.their homes in the town of Sinjar. There are thought to be 30,000
:02:06. > :02:09.members of the Yazidi community now in desperate need.
:02:10. > :02:19.Some refugees have made it to the town of Dahuk.
:02:20. > :02:28.The forlorn and desperate track continues to some kind of safety.
:02:29. > :02:30.Some of the thousands of members of the Yazidi community fleeing the
:02:31. > :02:37.violence and brutality of the militant fighters now known as the
:02:38. > :02:42.Islamic State. TRANSLATION: I had to walk halfway here alone. I have
:02:43. > :02:47.three children. This one is with me, I had not seen the others or my
:02:48. > :02:53.husband. I have walked from the mountain to
:02:54. > :03:01.Syria or walking. We just have a bottle of water. There is no more.
:03:02. > :03:05.In their anxiety to escape the militants some have purposely
:03:06. > :03:10.crossed into the Kurdish rebel held areas of neighbouring Syria, itself
:03:11. > :03:15.a war wracked country where the Islamic State has a powerful hold.
:03:16. > :03:20.This camp may offer relative century for some but not real safety or
:03:21. > :03:26.long-term future. With the help of US air strikes, and there was
:03:27. > :03:29.another major one late last evening, Kurdish forces in Iraq have taken
:03:30. > :03:33.some ground from militants in the North. Washington says it is now
:03:34. > :03:38.providing the Iraqi Kurds with weapons to try to turn the militant
:03:39. > :03:42.tide. But in their own videos the militants have celebrated their
:03:43. > :03:48.successes. And there is word that they have made in advance closer
:03:49. > :03:52.south, near Baghdad. It is the humanitarian crisis of tens of
:03:53. > :03:56.thousands of other threatened Iraqi minorities that is focusing
:03:57. > :04:01.international concern and alarm on the threat posed by these Sunni
:04:02. > :04:04.militants in Iraq and beyond. Western governments are trying to
:04:05. > :04:10.grapple with and understand the scale of the challenge.
:04:11. > :04:12.the town of Dahuk. Well tonight,
:04:13. > :04:15.as Iraqis continue to pour out of Islamic State territory, a political
:04:16. > :04:17.crisis is emerging in Baghdad with a stand-off between the country's
:04:18. > :04:19.prime minister and president. And,
:04:20. > :04:22.in a separate move Washington said it had begun to send weapons to the
:04:23. > :04:25.Iraqi Kurdish forces to help them in the fight against the militants.
:04:26. > :04:31.Our Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall has this report.
:04:32. > :04:41.Much needed aid been dropped from US military planes to help trapped
:04:42. > :04:44.Iraqi civilians as well as US air strikes on the militants from
:04:45. > :04:50.Islamic State who threaten them. But this crisis seems to be drawing the
:04:51. > :04:56.Americans in. Now they have decided to arm the Kurdish forces directly.
:04:57. > :05:00.In Syria, supplying their allies with weapons was something the
:05:01. > :05:06.Americans would not do in case they fell into the hands of extremists.
:05:07. > :05:08.But now those same extremists, sweeping through Iraq, have got
:05:09. > :05:14.their hands on American heavy weaponry anyway, looted from fleeing
:05:15. > :05:19.Iraqi soldiers. They flaunt their war spoils jubilantly. And the
:05:20. > :05:27.Kurdish state unless they get more outside military support and will be
:05:28. > :05:29.helpless to stop them. So far we have been outgunned by the Islamic
:05:30. > :05:34.State so this will help us match that. If this had been done in
:05:35. > :05:38.Syria, if there had been an earlier intervention, we would not be seeing
:05:39. > :05:43.what we are now seeing in Iraq. From their original stronghold in Syria
:05:44. > :05:47.Islamic fighters now control broad swathes of northern Iraq. They
:05:48. > :05:52.captured Mosul in the north and moved south to towns like to quit.
:05:53. > :05:58.Now they're advancing his towards Kurdish areas. But yesterday Kurdish
:05:59. > :06:05.Jeff Maggert fighters we took a couple of town. -- Peshmerga
:06:06. > :06:10.fighters. Most at risk or the non-Muslims, they have threatened to
:06:11. > :06:17.destroy. Like the Iraqi Christians. And the ancient communities like the
:06:18. > :06:26.Yazidi, stranded on the barren slopes of the mountain. But the
:06:27. > :06:33.biggest strategic risks claim that the dam has been seized and could
:06:34. > :06:41.read entire regions. Or they could take the Kurdish capital. And they
:06:42. > :06:45.could claim control of Baghdad. All this as tensions there are rising.
:06:46. > :06:49.The city paralysed by a row over who should lead the new government in
:06:50. > :06:54.the country. This morning the old prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki put
:06:55. > :07:00.his troops on the streets to back up his claim to stay on. In a counter
:07:01. > :07:03.move this afternoon the new president invited the Deputy Speaker
:07:04. > :07:10.of parliament to form a government instead. A move welcomed in London
:07:11. > :07:13.and Washington. Nouri al-Maliki and his supporters declared it illegal.
:07:14. > :07:33.And while the bickering continues, the threat from Islamic State
:07:34. > :07:38.extremists edges closer. What is the view from Washington? They are
:07:39. > :07:44.concerned about the crisis and do not want it to end badly with Nouri
:07:45. > :07:49.al-Maliki threating to hold onto power and mobilising troops. They
:07:50. > :07:52.have responded to the steps so far positively. They have welcomed the
:07:53. > :07:56.appointment of the new Prime Minister at the vice president here
:07:57. > :08:02.Joe Biden called it a key milestone. He has said that the steps taking
:08:03. > :08:05.place at the moment he believes are constitutional. And he called the
:08:06. > :08:09.Iraqi president and said that Washington is quite keen to offer
:08:10. > :08:16.more assistance to coordinate with the new Iraqi government, to combat
:08:17. > :08:21.these threats from the Islamist militants. Washington had been
:08:22. > :08:24.reluctant to be overt in helping the Kurdish Iraqi government because
:08:25. > :08:29.Nouri al-Maliki is seen as a divisive a minister and steering
:08:30. > :08:34.ethnic and sectarian tensions. So President Obama has said all along
:08:35. > :08:38.the key is to get a new and because of government in Baghdad and then
:08:39. > :08:40.they could help the government. So the Americans hoping that the
:08:41. > :08:42.process that has started will continue and the government will
:08:43. > :08:48.complete its change. Kendall has this report.
:08:49. > :08:51.There should be mandatory health warnings on alcohol to help stop
:08:52. > :08:53.people from drinking too much, according to MPs.
:08:54. > :08:56.Labels similar to those used for cigarettes should be used,
:08:57. > :08:58.they say, to warn about the risks. The MPs also propose lowering
:08:59. > :08:59.the drink-drive limit. Our Health Correspondent Branwen
:09:00. > :09:12.Jeffreys reports. If you're pouring a drink tonight,
:09:13. > :09:17.would cigarette style warnings on the bottle make you buy or drink a
:09:18. > :09:23.little less? I do not look at the label, I just grab it and pay for
:09:24. > :09:31.it. I will not be reading the label. Maybe I would not buy as much. It
:09:32. > :09:36.would be quite putting. Responsible drinking is promoted throughout the
:09:37. > :09:41.drinks industry to a degree that you would hope people would take heed
:09:42. > :09:45.and do what is sensible. We now by almost half the alcohol we drink in
:09:46. > :09:50.shops. It is much more affordable than 20 years ago. So MPs from all
:09:51. > :09:55.the parties have drawn up and alcohol manifesto. It calls for a
:09:56. > :10:01.minimum price per unit, already planned in Scotland and Wales. A
:10:02. > :10:06.lower drink drive limit and stronger health warnings on all alcohol.
:10:07. > :10:11.People know you are endangering your liver if you drink too much. They do
:10:12. > :10:15.not know however that drinking alcohol is also implicated in heart
:10:16. > :10:19.disease, in strokes and dementia and cancers. A whole host of areas where
:10:20. > :10:25.it is a danger if you drink too much. Alcohol is killing one person
:10:26. > :10:29.per hour through ill health or violence according to the MPs. They
:10:30. > :10:38.argue that that cost to society justifies much tougher controls.
:10:39. > :10:41.Cigarette packets are often covered with graphic health warnings. Now
:10:42. > :10:44.MPs are calling for something similar on bottles. But there is one
:10:45. > :10:49.big difference. The evidence that smoking damages your health is
:10:50. > :10:55.really clear. The evidence against moderate drinking is much less
:10:56. > :11:01.clear-cut. And the alcohol industry says many bottles already carry
:11:02. > :11:06.enough information. Graphic health warnings are a step too far or stop
:11:07. > :11:09.the majority of us to drink responsibly and there is lots of
:11:10. > :11:14.information for consumers. And we know how to get information. Most
:11:15. > :11:18.people may know that they should drink moderately. But there is now
:11:19. > :11:23.growing pressure to make sure that we change our habits.
:11:24. > :11:25.Jeffreys reports. The Foreign Office Minister Mark
:11:26. > :11:28.Simmonds has resigned from the government, saying he had
:11:29. > :11:31.to put his family life first. Mr Simmonds' departure comes just
:11:32. > :11:34.days after Baroness Warsi also quit the Foreign Office, over
:11:35. > :11:37.the government's policy on Gaza. Downing St said Mr Simmond's
:11:38. > :11:49.resignation was not triggered by a dispute over policy.
:11:50. > :11:53.He told the BBC he rarely sees his wife and children because
:11:54. > :11:58.parliamentary expenses mean that he cannot afford a flat for them in
:11:59. > :12:03.London. I have been mulling over the decision for so -- for some months.
:12:04. > :12:07.And the support for Members of Parliament with children who live
:12:08. > :12:08.outside of London is not there in my opinion. The situation has become
:12:09. > :12:12.intolerable. by a dispute over policy.
:12:13. > :12:16.Our Political Correspondent Vicki Young is in Westminster for us.
:12:17. > :12:24.This is the second loss in a week to the Foreign Office? When the story
:12:25. > :12:27.broke I think most people thought, is this another protest at
:12:28. > :12:31.government foreign policy? It seems that is not the case. His complaint
:12:32. > :12:35.is a different one though one that we are hearing more and more from
:12:36. > :12:39.MPs about expenses, the life of an MP, travelling back up to their
:12:40. > :12:43.constituencies and not having time with their families. What is also
:12:44. > :12:48.interesting is when the BBC started reporting the story, the independent
:12:49. > :12:53.body which oversees MP expenses not in touch very quickly to say that
:12:54. > :12:59.actually MPs with children to get extra help. They can claim up to
:13:00. > :13:03.?28,000 per year to rent a flat in London. Of course on top of the
:13:04. > :13:08.ministerial salary of around ?90,000. So there would not be much
:13:09. > :13:11.sympathy for Mark Simmonds from members of the public. He says he
:13:12. > :13:17.understands their angry about MP expenses scandals but he thinks have
:13:18. > :13:20.gone too far. Another former Mr I spoke to said he was concerned that
:13:21. > :13:23.MPs who become ministers and then stand down, they have decided to
:13:24. > :13:28.turn their back on public service and walk away from this place.
:13:29. > :13:29.Young is in Westminster for us. Indirect talks between Israeli
:13:30. > :13:33.and Palestinian negotiators, aimed at finding a long-term
:13:34. > :13:36.solution to the conflict in Gaza, have been taking place in Egypt.
:13:37. > :13:39.After the bloodshed of recent weeks, there are signs of normal life
:13:40. > :13:43.returning to Gaza, as a three-day ceasefire continues to hold.
:13:44. > :13:45.Our correspondent, Yolande Knell, sent this report from the Rafa
:13:46. > :13:53.border crossing where much-needed supplies are getting through.
:13:54. > :14:02.Supplies rolling in to Gaza today. Coming across the border from
:14:03. > :14:07.Israel. Most of these is bought by Palestinian businesses. And there is
:14:08. > :14:15.also aid. But the Israelis imposed tight control. Almost no exports
:14:16. > :14:18.leave here. No one talks about a longer term
:14:19. > :14:24.cease-fire deal back on in Cairo, maintaining Israel's security and
:14:25. > :14:29.lifting the Gaza blockade by the key demands. These lorries are bringing
:14:30. > :14:33.goods into Gaza from Israel's only commercial crossing point. It is
:14:34. > :14:37.just down the road. Palestinians want it to be open more fully so
:14:38. > :14:43.they can trade effectively stop and then behind me you have the Rafa
:14:44. > :14:46.crossing point with each -- with Egypt. It has been mostly close to
:14:47. > :14:50.travellers for the past year by Palestinians should -- said it
:14:51. > :14:56.should be the gateway to the world for Gaza. Currently only those with
:14:57. > :14:59.foreign passports or residency can't leave to Egypt. But all sides in the
:15:00. > :15:06.mirror gushy Asians are being pushed to make difficult compromises. --
:15:07. > :15:13.all sides in the negotiations are being pushed. We want people to be
:15:14. > :15:18.able to travel abroad and come to Gaza. Across Gaza are scenes of mass
:15:19. > :15:23.destruction. After five weeks of fighting with Israel. But now a
:15:24. > :15:28.temporary truce is allowing families to think about rebuilding their
:15:29. > :15:31.lives. Many are returning to the neighbourhoods they fled. And not
:15:32. > :15:35.far away some Israelis are doing the same. Neighbours greet each other as
:15:36. > :15:45.they go back to their properties near the Gaza border. TRANSLATION:
:15:46. > :15:49.I'm happy. This is our home. We had not been here for one month and two
:15:50. > :15:52.weeks. Now the challenge is to build on this truce so that the calm can
:15:53. > :15:58.last. Our World Affairs Correspondent,
:15:59. > :16:07.Wyre Davies, is in Jerusalem. What hope is there for these
:16:08. > :16:11.negotiations going on in Egypt? These sides have sat down together,
:16:12. > :16:16.albeit with Egyptian mediators and the talks are going on - that is a
:16:17. > :16:19.good sign. They are so far apart that many people expect the talks to
:16:20. > :16:23.fail and in two or three years will be back here again talking about the
:16:24. > :16:26.latest Gaza war. There is a lot of pressure from the outside, for the
:16:27. > :16:30.talks to achieve something. The Israeli government is facing
:16:31. > :16:34.pressure from within, there are more hardline members of the government
:16:35. > :16:39.here who think the Israelis shouldn't be talking to Hamas, that
:16:40. > :16:44.the Israeli Army should have defeated Hamas militarily. That, of
:16:45. > :16:47.course, would have led to more civilian deaths in Gaza and in
:16:48. > :16:52.Israel. But many Israelis think that is the only way to bring an end to
:16:53. > :16:56.this long-term conflict, four wars over Gaza in the last ten years. A
:16:57. > :17:00.lot of pressure internationally and internally for this truce to achieve
:17:01. > :17:04.something. Two days left of the ceasefire and everybody's eyes still
:17:05. > :17:11.on Cairo to see if those talks can achieve something rather than the
:17:12. > :17:14.big piece -- peace everybody is hoping for.
:17:15. > :17:23.Tens of thousands of Iraqis are continuing to flee for their lives -
:17:24. > :17:26.on the run from the militants of the Islamic State.
:17:27. > :17:28.And still to come: how a boy born without ears was given a new pair
:17:29. > :17:33.after reconstructive surgery. Later on BBC London.
:17:34. > :17:37.Heathrow and Gatwick passenger numbers hit a record high, so
:17:38. > :17:41.what does it mean for their bids to expand and build new runways?
:17:42. > :17:42.And the freedom to dig - why one council is rewarding its pensioners
:17:43. > :17:57.with free allotments. There's been a big rise in rural
:17:58. > :18:01.crime, affecting communities up and down the country, according to new
:18:02. > :18:04.figures out today. A spate of sheep rustling is pushing
:18:05. > :18:08.the numbers up, with agricultural equipment also being targeted.
:18:09. > :18:13.The overall figure shows a 5.2% rise, making 2013 the worst on
:18:14. > :18:17.record for livestock theft. One of the areas most badly affected
:18:18. > :18:18.is the North of England and our correspondent, Ed Thomas, joins us
:18:19. > :18:28.now from a farm in Cheshire. Yes, this is deepest Cheshire. We
:18:29. > :18:32.have more than 2,000 sheep on this farm alone. It makes it ideal for
:18:33. > :18:34.the rustlers and the thieves have been back here again and again to
:18:35. > :18:43.take as many as they want. It is a stunning place to work, but
:18:44. > :18:47.more than ever, thieves are damaging farmers' livelihoods.
:18:48. > :18:53.Chris's family have farmed here for several generations.
:18:54. > :18:57.But in the last three years, more than 200 sheep have been stolen.
:18:58. > :19:04.Is this your tag here? Yeah, that is our tag. Heath.
:19:05. > :19:08.It's cost him nearly ?30,000. When you see these disappearing
:19:09. > :19:13.from your farm, your land... It hurts. It gets worse and worse
:19:14. > :19:17.and worse. It feels like you don't own it
:19:18. > :19:20.anymore. It's as if you are always being watched by somebody.
:19:21. > :19:24.Thieves? Thieves - whatever movement you do, 24/7.
:19:25. > :19:30.It is not just livestock. All the tools that farmers rely on are being
:19:31. > :19:35.stolen and sold on. Thieves took Phil Hodgson's tractor.
:19:36. > :19:39.Without it he couldn't work. It's a huge impact. We were unable
:19:40. > :19:44.to feed the livestock because the machine we use was stolen so we had
:19:45. > :19:47.to stop going hungry whilst we were trying to sort out a replacement
:19:48. > :19:50.machine. Police believe organised criminal
:19:51. > :19:55.gangs are involved, with sheep and lambs being butchers illegally and
:19:56. > :19:59.farming equipment, tools, being sold on in Eastern Europe and even
:20:00. > :20:02.Africa. What we are noticing - and my
:20:03. > :20:06.colleagues in other counties are saying the same thing - it is the
:20:07. > :20:10.high value, easily saleable items that can be exported, often to
:20:11. > :20:14.Eastern Europe, where agriculture is flourishing.
:20:15. > :20:18.Police say they are making arrests. But for farmers like Chris, thieves
:20:19. > :20:24.are making an already difficult job even harder.
:20:25. > :20:31.It's also worth remembering, like many farms, this isn't just a place
:20:32. > :20:35.of work, it is also a family home. That makes the stress and the panic
:20:36. > :20:40.of constantly being targeted by the thieves even greater.
:20:41. > :20:45.Each year around 100 children are born in Britain with a condition in
:20:46. > :20:48.which one or both of their ears are missing. It's called Microtia.
:20:49. > :20:52.The BBC has been given exclusive access to treatment at London's
:20:53. > :20:56.Great Ormond Street Hospital, where doctors create new ears, and graft
:20:57. > :20:59.them onto the head. Kieran Sorkin is one young patient
:21:00. > :21:00.who's benefited from the technique and our Medical correspondent,
:21:01. > :21:09.Fergus Walsh, went to meet him. Kieran was born deaf, with
:21:10. > :21:14.just small lobes where his ears should be. The nine-year-old has
:21:15. > :21:19.already had successful surgery to implant a hearing aid, the small
:21:20. > :21:24.red box on his head. Now, he wants to look like other children.
:21:25. > :21:29.I'm going to keep this part, but this is going to make the outside
:21:30. > :21:35.bit like that big. I might have, like, big elf ears.
:21:36. > :21:40.I don't want children bullying him because he looks different, so I
:21:41. > :21:47.want him to be accepted like everyone else. Morning.
:21:48. > :21:51.Kieran's new ears are to look like his mum's. This sketch will be taken
:21:52. > :21:59.into theatre. I'm going to have your ears?
:22:00. > :22:03.Surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital remove cartilage from
:22:04. > :22:10.six of Kieran's ribs, shape and sew them. Once inserted into pockets
:22:11. > :22:17.under the skin, a key moment - using suction the skin wraps around the
:22:18. > :22:21.ears and they take shape. This type of surgery is for cosmetic
:22:22. > :22:26.reasons, not to improve hearing, so what difference does it make to the
:22:27. > :22:31.dozens of children helped each year? There's huge psychological benefit
:22:32. > :22:35.for them and I think if you can change the confidence of a patient
:22:36. > :22:39.at this young age, you will change their whole trajectory in life, so I
:22:40. > :22:43.think it's a very beneficial procedure and you see that when they
:22:44. > :22:47.come back to follow up. There is a huge boost for them.
:22:48. > :22:51.Within a decade, this kind of surgery could be done using a very
:22:52. > :22:56.different method. Advances in tissue engineering mean that cartilage,
:22:57. > :23:03.indeed the whole framework of the ear, could be grown in the
:23:04. > :23:07.laboratory. This is the future, fat cells under
:23:08. > :23:09.the microscope, which will be turned into cartilage, far less
:23:10. > :23:15.invasive than taking material from ribs.
:23:16. > :23:19.Three days after surgery, and Kieran is getting used to having ears.
:23:20. > :23:23.Woah. He will need a second small operation to complete the procedure,
:23:24. > :23:26.but he's already happy with his new look.
:23:27. > :23:35.A rescue operation was launched in Northern Ireland earlier after
:23:36. > :23:39.dozens of sailing dinghies capsized in stormy weather.
:23:40. > :23:43.Almost 100 people were thrown into the water at Strangford Lough on the
:23:44. > :23:46.country's east coast, where a regatta was taking place.
:23:47. > :23:48.Two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, others were
:23:49. > :23:55.treated for hypothermia at the scene.
:23:56. > :24:03.Footage has emerged of a child in a buggy being blown on to the tracks
:24:04. > :24:07.at a London Underground station. The CCTV images released by British
:24:08. > :24:12.Transport Police show a strong gust of wind blowing the unattended pram
:24:13. > :24:16.off the platform in July. A couple had left the pushchair at the bottom
:24:17. > :24:21.of the stairs while assisting other family members. The child's mother
:24:22. > :24:22.rushed on to the tracks to carry the baby and the pushchair back to
:24:23. > :24:27.safety. scene.
:24:28. > :24:29.Last month it was the Open. Yesterday, it was the
:24:30. > :24:32.PGA Championship. Today, Rory McIlory called it a
:24:33. > :24:35.'summer beyond his dreams' after picking up his second Major title of
:24:36. > :24:39.the season - the fourth in his career. So is he on the way to
:24:40. > :24:47.becoming one of the all-time greats? Richard Conway has this assessment.
:24:48. > :25:02.The report contains flash photography.
:25:03. > :25:08.McIlroy stood illuminated in glory. McIlroy took a leap to becoming a
:25:09. > :25:13.sporting legend. He kept his nerve and the trophy lid! I was happy
:25:14. > :25:17.being a two-time Major champion coming into this year, now I'm a
:25:18. > :25:24.four-time Major champion going for the career Grand Slam at Augusta.
:25:25. > :25:29.After securing the Open title three weeks' ago, golfers at McIlroy's
:25:30. > :25:36.home course are getting used to the sight of him winning. This is the
:25:37. > :25:40.golf course where Rory McIlroy honed his talent. There are those here who
:25:41. > :25:45.say they always knew he would go on to achieve great things. Could they
:25:46. > :25:50.have imagined being mentioned as perhaps one of the game's all-time
:25:51. > :25:54.greats? Jack Nicklaus is considered the greatest golfer of all time.
:25:55. > :25:59.Like Rory McIlroy, at the age of 25, he too had won four of golf's
:26:00. > :26:02.biggest prizes. Tiger Woods has also won four Majors at 25. After a
:26:03. > :26:08.marriage break-up and serious injuries, he hasn't added to his 14
:26:09. > :26:18.Majors since 2008. Europe's most decorated golfer, Nick Faldo, waited
:26:19. > :26:24.11 years to win his first Major. He's the best player - and I have
:26:25. > :26:28.seen them all in the last 70 years - he is the best player we have ever
:26:29. > :26:32.had at this stage. A summer of silverware, proudly displayed online
:26:33. > :26:36.by Rory McIlroy. Now, given his desire to secure a place in golf's
:26:37. > :26:40.illustrious history, his rivals may have to get used to the sight of him
:26:41. > :26:48.driving off with more Major trophies.
:26:49. > :27:01.Matt has the weather. 24 hours ago, the start of the duck race in the
:27:02. > :27:07.Highlands. 24 hours later, that idyllic scene turned into a torrent.
:27:08. > :27:10.The same bridge, the river rising rapidly. We have seen flooding
:27:11. > :27:15.across many parts of northern Scotland today. Also problems across
:27:16. > :27:24.the roads. This swirl of cloud linked to the remnants of Hurricane
:27:25. > :27:28.Bertha. We have more bursts of rain pushing into the far north. South of
:27:29. > :27:34.that, some lively showers pushing through on the breeze. Overnight,
:27:35. > :27:42.the showers will ease from eastern areas. It will be a much fresher
:27:43. > :27:47.night than we have been used to of late. Temperatures into single
:27:48. > :27:51.digits, so it could be on the cool side tomorrow morning for the
:27:52. > :27:55.commute. Through central and eastern areas, it should be a dry and bright
:27:56. > :28:02.start. More persistent rain across Scotland. For England and Wales, a
:28:03. > :28:06.story of sunshine and passing showers. The heaviest of those
:28:07. > :28:12.showers through the Midlands towards parts of Yorkshire. With winds
:28:13. > :28:16.easing down a bit on today, here feeling a bit warmer. Generally,
:28:17. > :28:20.temperatures disappointing for this stage in August. A case of spot the
:28:21. > :28:29.difference for Wednesday. There are differences. A brighter day across
:28:30. > :28:33.parts of Scotland. The showers will get going into Thursday,
:28:34. > :28:40.particularly across Wales and the South West. A better chance of some
:28:41. > :28:45.dryness as we go into Friday. That is all from the BBC News at
:28:46. > :28:47.6.00pm. So goodbye from me and now we