:00:00. > :00:11.Shock and outrage at a video showing the beheading of an
:00:12. > :00:15.American journalist by an Islamist extremist who may be British.
:00:16. > :00:22.James Foley spent many years reporting from war zones.
:00:23. > :00:25.He was kidnapped in Syria in 2012. David Cameron cut short his holiday
:00:26. > :00:30.to hold emergency meetings. This is deeply shocking but we know
:00:31. > :00:33.that far too many British citizens have travelled to Iraq and travelled
:00:34. > :00:36.to Syria to take part in extremism and violence.
:00:37. > :00:39.We'll be looking at the threat from British jihadis
:00:40. > :00:41.as police say they are examining the contents of the video.
:00:42. > :00:53.Also tonight: Funerals for the wife and child of a
:00:54. > :00:57.Hamas leader killed in an error strike.
:00:58. > :01:00.Also tonight: A rise in the number of deaths
:01:01. > :01:02.from blood-poisoning could be due to bacteria becoming resistant to
:01:03. > :01:07.antibiotics, warn doctors. A European champion at just 14.
:01:08. > :01:13.Para-athlete Maria Lyle wins on her debut in Swansea.
:01:14. > :01:16.Tonight on BBC London: Safety on the Thames 25 years on.
:01:17. > :01:18.Remembering those who died in the Marchioness disaster.
:01:19. > :01:39.Unsatisfactory care. The health watchdog criticises
:01:40. > :01:43.Northwick Park Hospital. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:44. > :01:48.BBC News at Six. Western countries have expressed
:01:49. > :01:51.shock and disgust at a video showing the beheading
:01:52. > :01:53.of an American journalist by an extremist from the Islamic State.
:01:54. > :01:57.James Foley, 40, had been missing since he was
:01:58. > :02:01.abducted in Syria two years ago. The killing,
:02:02. > :02:04.which was filmed and posted online, appears to have been carried out
:02:05. > :02:07.by a man with a British accent. It's led David Cameron to break
:02:08. > :02:09.off his holiday to hold emergency meetings on the situation.
:02:10. > :02:14.This report now is from our International Correspondent
:02:15. > :02:17.Ian Pannell in Washington. It does not show the full video,
:02:18. > :02:22.but you may find some images from it distressing.
:02:23. > :02:31.He was a son, a brother and a reporter. James Foley had worked in
:02:32. > :02:36.Iraq and Afghanistan. A friend said he was adventurous, kind and tough.
:02:37. > :02:40.He eventually turned his lanes to the crisis in Syria, a country that
:02:41. > :02:46.has taken the lives of more journalists than any other in the
:02:47. > :03:01.last to my ears. In late 2012 he was kidnapped by militants. -- two
:03:02. > :03:08.years. Last night the Islamic State released a video appearing to show
:03:09. > :03:14.his beheading. The film is addressed to President Obama with the threat
:03:15. > :03:23.that a second American captive will be killed if US air strikes
:03:24. > :03:33.continue. Iraqi and Kurdish troops are taking back some territory but
:03:34. > :03:35.the group formerly known as Isis is still advancing across Syria.
:03:36. > :03:37.American intelligence officials still advancing across Syria.
:03:38. > :03:42.American intelligence have said they have verified this video. His life
:03:43. > :03:44.stands in stark contrast to his colours.
:03:45. > :03:50.have verified this video. His life stands Let us be clear. They have
:03:51. > :03:57.rampaged across cities and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians
:03:58. > :04:03.in cowardly acts of violence. James Foley, seen here working, is one of
:04:04. > :04:09.tens of thousands of people to have died at the hands of militants,
:04:10. > :04:15.rebels and government forces. He was aware of the dangers, having been
:04:16. > :04:18.held captive in Libya. No matter what romantic ideal you have, no
:04:19. > :04:25.matter what ethic you think you have, it is never worth that. In a
:04:26. > :04:47.statement, his mother said... Friends of James Foley said they can
:04:48. > :04:49.only imagine what it must have been like for him.
:04:50. > :04:52.Friends of James Foley said they can only imagine He was a lovely guy, a
:04:53. > :04:58.professional, he knew what he wanted and how to get it. He was not a
:04:59. > :05:02.chance, he was very professional. He went to Syria to draw the world's
:05:03. > :05:07.attention to a tragedy that has been largely ignored. President Obama
:05:08. > :05:12.tried to keep America out of this conflict. That no longer tenable as
:05:13. > :05:23.US officials say fighter jets have conducted more air strikes. This is
:05:24. > :05:32.the Islamic State's first attack against America, it will not be the
:05:33. > :05:40.last. We have just heard from the family of James Foley. I pray that
:05:41. > :05:48.it will challenge our government to look deeply within and find a way to
:05:49. > :05:56.protect courageous Americans, humanitarian workers, journalists
:05:57. > :05:59.who dared to go where they now there is a chance they can be killed or
:06:00. > :06:08.captured. David Cameron has described
:06:09. > :06:11.the murder of James Foley as "shocking and depraved".
:06:12. > :06:12.He returned to Downing Street to hold meetings with the
:06:13. > :06:15.Foreign Secretary and senior intelligence officials.
:06:16. > :06:17.The Metropolitan Police have said they're investigating
:06:18. > :06:19.the contents of the video and have warned the public that viewing,
:06:20. > :06:21.downloading or disseminating it might constitute an offence.
:06:22. > :06:24.Our Political Correspondent Ben Wright reports.
:06:25. > :06:31.The crisis in Iraq has come closer to home.
:06:32. > :06:34.The beheading of an American by a man believed to be British brought
:06:35. > :06:36.the Prime Minister back to Downing Street, shortening his holiday to
:06:37. > :06:39.lead the government's response. Ministers and officials from
:06:40. > :06:42.across Whitehall met in Number 10 and in the last few minutes
:06:43. > :06:47.David Cameron gave his reaction. It is an act of murder and murder
:06:48. > :06:51.without any justification. We have not identified
:06:52. > :06:55.the individual responsible on the video but from what we have
:06:56. > :07:01.seen it looks increasingly likely that it is a British citizen.
:07:02. > :07:05.What we must do is redouble our efforts to stop people going,
:07:06. > :07:09.to take away the passports of those contemplating travel,
:07:10. > :07:13.to arrest and prosecute those taking part
:07:14. > :07:24.in extremism and to do everything we can to keep people safe.
:07:25. > :07:27.We have brothers from Cambodia, UK. British jihadists in Syria.
:07:28. > :07:30.The government says around 400 British citizens have left
:07:31. > :07:32.the UK to fight for Islamic State. One think tank says
:07:33. > :07:36.the government must do more. It is increasing.
:07:37. > :07:40.We know that a significant number of British Muslims are fighting
:07:41. > :07:44.and this government does not have a strategy to combat nonviolent
:07:45. > :07:48.extremism and prevent them from becoming violent in the first place.
:07:49. > :07:53.This murder confirms that the security services and ministers have
:07:54. > :07:57.known for many months, the conflict in Syria and Iraq are magnets to
:07:58. > :08:02.some radicalised British Muslims. The questions now begin.
:08:03. > :08:07.Did the intelligence services know about this man?
:08:08. > :08:15.How can the flow of British jihadists be stopped and
:08:16. > :08:21.what more can Britain do to tackle Islamic State forces in Iraq?
:08:22. > :08:23.There is work that needs to be done with communities across the
:08:24. > :08:26.United Kingdom to support families and parents in trying to stop the
:08:27. > :08:31.recruitment of youngsters first of all to a radical ideology here in
:08:32. > :08:36.the UK or travelling to be trained by Isis or other jihadi forces.
:08:37. > :08:38.In Iraq RAF planes are already being used in the surveillance
:08:39. > :08:45.of Islamic State forces. The UK is transporting arms
:08:46. > :08:49.from other countries to Kurdish fighters.
:08:50. > :08:52.The UK might decide to carry out air strikes on Islamic State forces.
:08:53. > :08:54.The United States already is. The government has ruled out putting
:08:55. > :08:56.British troops on the ground in Iraq.
:08:57. > :09:05.UK soldiers might help train the country's army.
:09:06. > :09:27.One of the problems of the Syria and now the Iraq crisis is
:09:28. > :09:29.this is a war for the soul of With me now is our security
:09:30. > :09:43.correspondent Frank Gardner. The police are trying to identify
:09:44. > :09:48.the man behind this killing. It is also the FBI. He is the subject of
:09:49. > :09:53.an intensive trawl through all the databases, the record they have,
:09:54. > :09:58.almost certainly he will be someone they know about, he will have an
:09:59. > :10:04.assumed name, he probably left the UK in the last few years. The accent
:10:05. > :10:08.this man has seems to be from London or the south east so he is one of
:10:09. > :10:17.around 500 estimated Britons who have gone to Syria, most of them
:10:18. > :10:20.joining Isis. What can be done? It is very difficult because where they
:10:21. > :10:27.can they take away that passports, but this is easy for people to jump
:10:28. > :10:32.on a flight to Turkey and get across the border. This has been described
:10:33. > :10:35.as a war crime. That is probably a lot more pressure on the security
:10:36. > :10:48.services than there has been on any other one. Our political editor is
:10:49. > :10:52.in Downing Street. It does not sound as if this is going to lead to any
:10:53. > :10:57.change in policy. He made it clear to me that he was not unveiling a
:10:58. > :11:01.change in foreign policy or to unveil a new strategy designed to
:11:02. > :11:13.combat extremism at home and the exporting of British jihad --
:11:14. > :11:20.jihadis but I am told that he put one question, are there any other
:11:21. > :11:26.powers you need? For now apparently the answer is no. The government had
:11:27. > :11:31.promised to tighten up rules to make it possible to take passports away
:11:32. > :11:34.from these people wanting to fight abroad and will take another look at
:11:35. > :11:43.whether those powers will be adequate. The rhetoric has changed.
:11:44. > :11:46.If you believe Iraq was in effect in Britain's past, the Prime Minister
:11:47. > :11:53.is talking about deploying every power, including military, but not
:11:54. > :11:57.combat, to take the fight to those who call themselves the Islamic
:11:58. > :12:05.State. What makes this different from all of the acts we have seen is
:12:06. > :12:08.a British man has beheaded an American citizen, a journalist who
:12:09. > :12:10.tried to highlight the barbarity of what was happening in the Middle
:12:11. > :12:15.East. correspondent Frank Gardner.
:12:16. > :12:17.Now the rest of today's news. Doctors specialising
:12:18. > :12:19.in intensive care are warning that the growing resistance
:12:20. > :12:22.of bacteria to antibiotics could be leading to a rise in the number
:12:23. > :12:24.of people who die from sepsis, the result of blood poisoning.
:12:25. > :12:29.37,000 people in the UK die each year
:12:30. > :12:31.from sepsis and doctors say things could get much worse without new
:12:32. > :12:39.treatments and better prevention. Our Health Editor Hugh Pym reports.
:12:40. > :12:51.Julie knows too well the reality of sepsis. What she thought was flu
:12:52. > :12:57.turned into a nightmare. She was found to have pneumonia and sepsis
:12:58. > :13:04.and nearly died. They took me up to intensive care and I was in the
:13:05. > :13:13.States before cardiac arrest. -- the state before. When I got to hospital
:13:14. > :13:19.the sepsis was their biggest concern. Heavy doses of antibiotics
:13:20. > :13:22.helped Julie recover from sepsis, the severe condition which follows
:13:23. > :13:31.blood poisoning. Some are not so lucky. There has been a warning from
:13:32. > :13:33.a leading expert that because of increasing resistance to antibiotics
:13:34. > :13:38.treating sepsis patients in intensive care is becoming more
:13:39. > :13:44.difficult. For the first time in recent months I have seen in my own
:13:45. > :13:50.intensive care unit patients coming along who have infections which are
:13:51. > :13:55.pretty much resistant to all of the antibiotics. Sepsis claims the lives
:13:56. > :14:01.of nearly 30 is thousand people a year in the UK, that is above the
:14:02. > :14:04.number of lung cancer deaths, just over 35,000, and more than twice the
:14:05. > :14:12.number of people dying from bowel cancer, nearly 16,000. Initiatives
:14:13. > :14:14.like this have been launched to ensure better recording of and
:14:15. > :14:24.monitoring of patient data, like this one at Nottingham University
:14:25. > :14:29.Hospital. NHS chiefs act knowledge sepsis is a major challenge. We know
:14:30. > :14:32.we can save many lives if we get this right and there are many
:14:33. > :14:36.preventable deaths due to sepsis every year and our top priority has
:14:37. > :14:41.to be to try to save those lives we can save and have as big and might
:14:42. > :14:46.impact as we can on those preventable deaths. When Julie went
:14:47. > :14:50.to her GP her symptoms, including high-temperature, were not properly
:14:51. > :14:51.identified. She wants greater awareness amongst doctors and
:14:52. > :15:01.patients of the dangers of sepsis. A second man has been arrested
:15:02. > :15:04.in connection with the death of an immigrant found in a shipping
:15:05. > :15:06.container at Tilbury Docks. Essex Police have also released
:15:07. > :15:09.pictures of the container, in which the Afghan
:15:10. > :15:11.and 34 other immigrants were found. The suspect, aged 33 and
:15:12. > :15:13.from Londonderry, will be questioned by detectives later on suspicion
:15:14. > :15:17.of manslaughter and facilitating illegal entry in to the UK.
:15:18. > :15:20.Hamas, the Islamist group which runs Gaza, says the wife and child
:15:21. > :15:25.of its military commander have been killed in an Israeli air strike.
:15:26. > :15:26.There have been further air strikes today, after Israel accused
:15:27. > :15:34.the Palestinians of more rocket-fire leading to the
:15:35. > :15:37.collapse of a cease-fire yesterday. Talks in Egypt aimed at achieving
:15:38. > :15:40.a long-term truce also broke down yesterday, once the violence
:15:41. > :15:47.resumed. Our correspondent Yolande Knell reports.
:15:48. > :15:55.A huge turnout for the funeral of the wife and infant son of the top
:15:56. > :15:59.Hamas military leader. Many carried the green flags of his Islamic
:16:00. > :16:08.group. This was a show of support and defiance. Earlier, medics
:16:09. > :16:14.directed bulldozers, as Hamas policeman kept watch at the sight of
:16:15. > :16:17.Israel's deadly attack. This pile of dusty rubble is all that is left of
:16:18. > :16:25.a house where relatives of the head of the Hamas military wing, Mohammed
:16:26. > :16:27.Deif, used to live. It was hit by Israeli air strikes overnight. Hamas
:16:28. > :16:32.says this was an assassination attempt. Today, Palestinian
:16:33. > :16:39.militants fired more rockets into southern Israel. The iron Dome
:16:40. > :16:44.defence system was back in action. But still, some properties were
:16:45. > :16:49.damaged. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had hit dozens of
:16:50. > :16:54.sites across Gaza, used to launch and store missiles. Hardliners in
:16:55. > :17:01.the Israeli cabinet now want a wider operation against Hamas. We have two
:17:02. > :17:05.fight it. It takes patience. The Second World War went on to six
:17:06. > :17:11.years. We have to persevere. We have to beat this group of evil
:17:12. > :17:15.terrorists. About 2000 Israeli reserve soldiers, who had been sent
:17:16. > :17:21.home, are being recalled. All of this has thrown Egypt's efforts to
:17:22. > :17:25.broker a longer term cease-fire deal into jeopardy. The refusal of the
:17:26. > :17:29.Israelis to give us, the Palestinians, their rights and their
:17:30. > :17:33.freedom and open the borders and lift the siege and implement the
:17:34. > :17:36.agreements will make the Palestinians continue to stand in
:17:37. > :17:43.front of the Israelis and defend their people. In Gaza, tens of
:17:44. > :17:47.thousands have been left homeless, after the recent fighting. Some are
:17:48. > :17:50.camping out in these hospital grounds. They face greater
:17:51. > :17:58.uncertainty, with the renewed violence.
:17:59. > :18:04.Our top story this evening. Shock and outrage at
:18:05. > :18:07.a video showing the beheading of an American journalist by an Islamist
:18:08. > :18:10.extremist - who may be British. And still to come...
:18:11. > :18:14.The para-athlete wonder-kid now winning gold -
:18:15. > :18:21.and she's still just 14. Later on BBC London.
:18:22. > :18:24.Detectives appeal for a key witness, after
:18:25. > :18:27.a man was left in a coma following a brutal attack in Wood Green.
:18:28. > :18:29.And, music on the Meridian - four nights of world-class concerts
:18:30. > :18:41.in Greenwich. With the referendum on Scottish
:18:42. > :18:44.independence less than a month away, a major new poll suggests a majority
:18:45. > :18:49.of people in England support the idea of an English Parliament.
:18:50. > :18:52.The survey, conducted by Edinburgh and Cardiff Universities, found 54%
:18:53. > :18:57.wanted powers devolved from Westminster, to a new parliament
:18:58. > :18:59.dealing only with English matters. With the Scottish Parliament likely
:19:00. > :19:03.to get greater powers whichever way the referendum goes, only 18% of
:19:04. > :19:09.English adults surveyed thought the status quo was best for England.
:19:10. > :19:12.As part of the BBC's Who Do We Think We Are project, our home editor
:19:13. > :19:14.Mark Easton asks if Scotland has exposed underlying issues in England
:19:15. > :19:26.about the state of the union. In the middle of Middle England,
:19:27. > :19:32.Tamworth in Staffordshire, is a pub named St George. But it has not
:19:33. > :19:41.always been called that. Until a few years ago, it was the Scotsman. The
:19:42. > :19:44.new name reflects the regulars' Patrick is but also perhaps a
:19:45. > :19:48.growing sense that compared with Scotland, with free prescriptions
:19:49. > :19:56.and university tuition, England is getting a raw deal. I do it -- don't
:19:57. > :19:59.think England get a fair deal but I think should Scotland should stay.
:20:00. > :20:04.We'll work hard, why should they get more money when we are doing the
:20:05. > :20:08.same thing? A major survey of English attitudes today finds that
:20:09. > :20:11.61% of those who expressed a view thought Scotland was getting more
:20:12. > :20:16.than its fair share of public spending. 62% thought it was wrong
:20:17. > :20:24.that Scottish MPs can vote on laws that apply only to England. Just up
:20:25. > :20:28.the road from Tamworth, the ancient city of Lichfield. The cathedral
:20:29. > :20:33.commemorates the Anglo-Saxon kings of Murcia. This was once a major
:20:34. > :20:38.power in the heart of old England. Some say Lichfield should be so once
:20:39. > :20:44.again, as the seat of an English parliament. We are campaigning for a
:20:45. > :20:48.parliament for England. The English Democrats may be a small party but
:20:49. > :20:51.their campaign for England to have its own lawmaking body, to match the
:20:52. > :20:54.Scottish Parliament and the assemblies in Wales and Northern
:20:55. > :20:59.Ireland appears to have struck a chord. People in England are fed up
:21:00. > :21:04.with the current arrangement. They are becoming more conscious of the
:21:05. > :21:08.unfair treatment of England. Today's survey suggests a majority,
:21:09. > :21:12.54% of people in England, think it is time England had its own
:21:13. > :21:17.parliament, four times as many as disagreed with the idea. What comes
:21:18. > :21:21.through in this survey is that while people are reluctant to throw away
:21:22. > :21:26.centuries of political tradition, there is a clear majority who think
:21:27. > :21:29.the current arrangement is unfair. Whatever happens in the referendum,
:21:30. > :21:35.it is likely there will be demands the change south of the border. At
:21:36. > :21:38.the same time as Scotland are looking at themselves, so are the
:21:39. > :21:41.English and thinking that they should show the English and S.
:21:42. > :21:46.England should have their own voice and their own opinions are based on
:21:47. > :21:53.us. Anything related to England should be voted for by the English
:21:54. > :21:58.MPs. It is a good idea but the trouble is, we don't want any more
:21:59. > :22:03.politicians. We want to cut down on them! Today's survey finds little
:22:04. > :22:06.appetite for an independent England, but the English, it seems, want a
:22:07. > :22:08.good idea but the trouble is, we don't want any more politicians. We
:22:09. > :22:10.want to cut down on them! Today's survey finds little appetite for an
:22:11. > :22:13.independent England, but the English, it seems, want to reject
:22:14. > :22:20.the -- rejig the balance of power. about the state of the union.
:22:21. > :22:23.A new offence of domestic abuse could be created in England
:22:24. > :22:25.and Wales, to protect people who suffer psychological and emotional
:22:26. > :22:27.abuse from their partners. It would effectively extend
:22:28. > :22:29.the law around domestic violence. The Home Secretary is launching
:22:30. > :22:32.a consultation on the issue. But there are questions over how
:22:33. > :22:33.the new law would be enforced. Our home affairs correspondent
:22:34. > :22:40.Matt Prodger reports. Every year, police in England and
:22:41. > :22:44.Wales receive 1 million reports of domestic abuse. It is not just
:22:45. > :22:48.violence. In some of its most terrifying forms, it leaves no
:22:49. > :22:52.physical scars at all. Carol, not her real name, says her former
:22:53. > :22:58.partner's bullying destroyed the confident and assertive young woman
:22:59. > :23:01.she once was. He told me that if I was even thinking of leaving with
:23:02. > :23:07.the children, he would have me put away, have me sectioned, were the
:23:08. > :23:10.words he used. He said he knew people who could kill me and they
:23:11. > :23:16.would make it look like an accident. He scared me so much. There are
:23:17. > :23:21.already laws which cover non-violent abuse, like stalking or harassment.
:23:22. > :23:24.But the Home Office is suggesting legislation which refers explicitly
:23:25. > :23:30.to domestic abuse within relationships, whether it is violent
:23:31. > :23:32.or non-violent. The minister responsible once the law to give
:23:33. > :23:37.police a better understanding of what is required of them. A report
:23:38. > :23:42.this year found their response to domestic abuse was ineffective. This
:23:43. > :23:47.is going to protect people who are perhaps being abused in a way the
:23:48. > :23:50.public don't understand because they are not physically being attacked.
:23:51. > :23:53.If you are in a relationship where your partner is controlling your
:23:54. > :23:58.bank account, where you can't spend money, choose the closing want to
:23:59. > :24:03.wear, you are prevented from seeing your friends or ostracised from your
:24:04. > :24:10.family. -- choose the clothes. It is all abuse. Can't you do anything
:24:11. > :24:13.right? You are useless! This dark police video illustrates the
:24:14. > :24:17.shouting and threats that can characterise non-violent abuse. But
:24:18. > :24:21.some professionals believe it is not a change in the law which is
:24:22. > :24:25.required but a change in police attitudes. If the government are
:24:26. > :24:31.concerned about domestic abuse, then they should really put resources
:24:32. > :24:34.into training police and prosecutors. Next month, every
:24:35. > :24:38.police force in England and Wales will have to prove it has an action
:24:39. > :24:43.plan in place to combat domestic abuse. At its most violent, it
:24:44. > :24:48.claims the lives of two women every week.
:24:49. > :24:51.Now imagine being a world-record breaking sprinter at just 12.
:24:52. > :24:54.Well remarkably, two years ago, para-athlete Maria Lyle achieved
:24:55. > :24:57.precisely that. But she wasn't old enough to compete
:24:58. > :24:59.for Britain - until today when, on her debut,
:25:00. > :25:07.she became the European champion. Andy Swiss reports from Swansea.
:25:08. > :25:15.She is the world's fastest at just 14. Maria Lyle, poised for her
:25:16. > :25:19.British debut, the latest landmark in her remarkable story. Born with
:25:20. > :25:25.cerebral palsy, her sporting rise has been as fast as her feet. By 12,
:25:26. > :25:29.she was the world record holder in her class. She would have won gold
:25:30. > :25:34.at the London Paralympics but under the rules, was too young to compete.
:25:35. > :25:39.But now, two years later, finally she can run for Great Britain. Her
:25:40. > :25:43.parents, Raymond and Susan, arrived in Swansea for the moment for which
:25:44. > :25:49.they have waited so long. I am quite nervous about it. You know, I
:25:50. > :25:55.probably did not sleep that well last night. But I know she will go
:25:56. > :25:59.out there and give her best. I would say she is beyond her years in terms
:26:00. > :26:05.of her ability to deal with it. I knew that at 14, now, she is ready
:26:06. > :26:09.for this. And indeed she was. The 100 metres is not even her favourite
:26:10. > :26:15.event. The 14-year-old showed the Madeira de of a seasoned veteran,
:26:16. > :26:19.winning by more than a second of an -- showed the majority of the season
:26:20. > :26:23.veteran, winning by more than 1.5 seconds. Next week it is back to
:26:24. > :26:27.school in Dunbar but for now she can celebrate being European champion. I
:26:28. > :26:31.made up because I have been training all summer holidays for it. It is
:26:32. > :26:38.good to hear that the hard work has paid off. It was really good. The
:26:39. > :26:43.home crowd spurred me on. It was a good day for teenage prodigies as
:26:44. > :26:47.Erin McBride also won gold at the grand old age of 16. Britain's
:26:48. > :26:54.Paralympic prospects are looking faster and younger than ever.
:26:55. > :26:59.Erin McBride will be hoping for another good day tomorrow. She picks
:27:00. > :27:01.up her GCSE results. It has been an impressive start to the
:27:02. > :27:05.championships by the British team with seven gold medals so far. They
:27:06. > :27:08.will be expecting plenty more in next few days.
:27:09. > :27:15.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Alex Deakin.
:27:16. > :27:20.A cold start to today but there was some sunshine over the UK and
:27:21. > :27:24.showers. The cool thing continues tomorrow and we will see more
:27:25. > :27:27.showers and not quite so much sunshine. We have still got some
:27:28. > :27:31.pretty lively showers across eastern England but they are fading fast. We
:27:32. > :27:34.will see more persistent rain trickling across Scotland and into
:27:35. > :27:39.parts of Northern Ireland, with the breeze picking up. With the cloud
:27:40. > :27:44.and rain across northern Britain, it will not be as cold as last night,
:27:45. > :27:48.whereas further south, ten and 11 in towns and cities but in rural areas,
:27:49. > :27:51.it could be as low as three or four. A chilly start across the East
:27:52. > :27:55.Midlands, East Anglia and the south-east but a sunny one.
:27:56. > :28:00.Elsewhere, more clout and showers, some poor south Wales and south-west
:28:01. > :28:03.England, particularly early. And showers trickling southwards from
:28:04. > :28:07.Scotland into northern England. It should cheer up in the afternoon,
:28:08. > :28:12.Scotland, with some sunshine. Some heavy showers later and temperatures
:28:13. > :28:16.may not reach the teams. Elsewhere, only 1415 with more clout across
:28:17. > :28:20.northern England as the showers push south into parts of Wales,
:28:21. > :28:24.especially in the afternoon. Not too many showers in southern areas this
:28:25. > :28:28.afternoon and the most of the day, East Anglia and the south-east Ryan
:28:29. > :28:33.Bright but temperatures only 18 or 19. Rain in the south-east scooting
:28:34. > :28:36.through early on Friday and again, northerly winds bringing sunny
:28:37. > :28:38.spells but also a scattering of showers and still meaning the
:28:39. > :28:44.temperatures are below average for the time of year, 15, to maybe as
:28:45. > :28:48.high as 20. That is how we go into the weekend, a cool day on Saturday
:28:49. > :28:54.with sunny spells, not so many showers. The best bet for a dry day
:28:55. > :28:56.this weekend is Sunday. Eight. But sunny for many, turning cloudy in
:28:57. > :29:00.the west later and it looks as though on Monday, we will see
:29:01. > :29:03.increasing amount of cloud and rain pushing across the country.