:00:09. > :00:19.The appalling sexual abuse suffered by nearly 1,500 children
:00:20. > :00:33.in Rotherham over 16 years. A report finds girls as young
:00:34. > :00:36.as 11 were raped as recently as last year, the local council
:00:37. > :00:43.and police failed to stop it. They were trafficked to other towns
:00:44. > :00:48.and cities in the north of England. They were abducted beaten
:00:49. > :00:54.and intimidated. I think because the police were
:00:55. > :01:09.aware and social services were aware and he knew that and they still
:01:10. > :01:23.didn't stop him it became like a game to him he was untouchable.
:01:24. > :01:34.It's also emerged three earlier reports into the abuse
:01:35. > :01:37.were ignored or suppressed. The head
:01:38. > :01:42.of Rotherham Council has resigned. Also tonight:
:01:43. > :01:51.After after seven weeks of fighting the Palestinian
:01:52. > :01:56.authorities and Israel agree a long-term ceasefire in Gaza.
:01:57. > :02:53.The UN 1,400 children sexually exploited in
:02:54. > :02:58.this one town. All of this was in plain sight of the police and the
:02:59. > :03:01.council. For more than a decade, young
:03:02. > :03:04.children faced For more than a decade, young
:03:05. > :03:10.children brutality in Rotherham. They werely exploited, raped and
:03:11. > :03:15.beaten and we now know the council both knew. It is hard to describe
:03:16. > :03:19.the appalling nature of the abuse the child victims suffered. Today
:03:20. > :03:24.that failure was revealed in an independent report. It said victims
:03:25. > :03:28.were treated with contempt They were raped by multiple perpetrators. They
:03:29. > :03:33.were trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England. They
:03:34. > :03:37.were abducted, beaten and intimidated. There were examples of
:03:38. > :03:40.children being doused with petrol and threatened with being set
:03:41. > :03:44.alight. They were threatened with guns, made to witness brutally
:03:45. > :03:50.violent rains and threatened they would be the next if they told
:03:51. > :03:54.anyone. The report reveals despite the scale of the abuse, victims,
:03:55. > :03:58.young children, many in care, were repeatedly ignored. There are some
:03:59. > :04:02.things that I don't remember, but, you know, there are also things I
:04:03. > :04:06.will never forget for the rest of my life. We have protected this woman's
:04:07. > :04:10.identity. Speaking to the BBC's Panorama programme, she said she was
:04:11. > :04:15.14 when the abuse began. The man who allegedly groomed and raped her has
:04:16. > :04:19.never been arrested. I think because the police were aware, social
:04:20. > :04:23.services were aware and he knew that and they still didn't stop him, I
:04:24. > :04:28.think it encouraged him and it almost became a game. He was
:04:29. > :04:35.untouchable. The report says the abusers were mainly from British
:04:36. > :04:40.Pakistani community. These men were jailed for child sex offences. Today
:04:41. > :04:45.report says there was concern about highlighting their ethnicity. This
:04:46. > :04:49.report says the police wanted to downplay what it called the ethnic
:04:50. > :04:52.dimension. There were more concerned about community cohesion than
:04:53. > :04:56.protecting children. Today the council said sorry but confirmed not
:04:57. > :05:01.one of its employees has been reprimanded.
:05:02. > :05:08.There were many young people who ought to have been protected and
:05:09. > :05:12.weren't. I'm deeply sorry. Should you resign and consider your
:05:13. > :05:16.position? The report makes it plain that services have improved and they
:05:17. > :05:19.have improved under my tenure. Can people have confidence under
:05:20. > :05:24.Rotherham council, under your watch? I think the report indicates that
:05:25. > :05:28.they can. The report indicates that services have improved
:05:29. > :05:32.significantly. An apology, too, from South Yorkshire police. The force
:05:33. > :05:36.ignored victims and was said to be in denial. I think, importantly, we
:05:37. > :05:40.recognise we have failed. We have let our young people down and
:05:41. > :05:43.certainly from the start I want to offer a sincere and unreserved
:05:44. > :05:48.apology for the victims and families we should have done more with. We
:05:49. > :05:53.are told change is here. The council and police now say victims are
:05:54. > :05:58.listened to. Too late, though, for the childhoods, ruined by years of
:05:59. > :06:02.abuse. Fee ownia, as soon as the council leader here -- Fiona, as
:06:03. > :06:05.soon as the council leader here read the report and feelings, he
:06:06. > :06:09.resigned. The report also makes clear that children today are still
:06:10. > :06:13.at risk in Rotherham. Such is the concern that every page of this
:06:14. > :06:18.document has now gone to central Government. So Rotherham's failings
:06:19. > :06:22.are not repeated. Thank you. Our home editor, Mark eson is here.
:06:23. > :06:26.In the last few minutes, Downing Street has commented on this saying
:06:27. > :06:29.the failings of local agencies exposed by this is appalling. We
:06:30. > :06:35.know Rotherham is not isolated. Appalling is the word. And once
:06:36. > :06:39.again we are forced to confront an uncomfortable truth. The sexual
:06:40. > :06:43.abuse of children in this country is rife. The Government has had an
:06:44. > :06:46.inquiry after a similar case in Rochdale. The report came back and
:06:47. > :06:49.said the scale and nature of this form of sexual violence has left
:06:50. > :06:54.panel members aghast. Now what appears to have happened,
:06:55. > :06:57.in the same way as, after Jimmy Savile, we saw other celebrities
:06:58. > :07:03.being convicted of abusing children, is that local thoshgts after some of
:07:04. > :07:08.these gangs were convicted, looked to see if the same problem was in
:07:09. > :07:13.their area. They looked and they found in Rochdale, in Rotherham, in
:07:14. > :07:19.Oxford, in derby and Telford. They found predominantly Pakistani men,
:07:20. > :07:23.grooming and abusing young girls. Appalling crimes in which children
:07:24. > :07:27.are left exposed, and the perpetrators are protected. Perhaps
:07:28. > :07:31.protected in a passive way. People not asking the right questions.
:07:32. > :07:36.Perhaps they were bore quid about race relations, or something, in
:07:37. > :07:39.some case, cover-up too. And I think what has changed is that
:07:40. > :07:42.institutions can no longer ignore this. There will be further
:07:43. > :07:47.inquiries. We will look and we will find. There will be further scandals
:07:48. > :07:49.but hopefully, at the end of it, our children will be safer.
:07:50. > :07:53.Thank you. In what looks like a breakthrough in
:07:54. > :07:57.the seven-week long conflict in Gaza, Israel and Palestinian
:07:58. > :08:01.officials say they have agreed an open-ended ceasefire T started an
:08:02. > :08:05.hour ago. Israel has also agreed to partially lift its blockade of the
:08:06. > :08:08.area to allow into Gaza humanitarian aid and building materials. More
:08:09. > :08:12.than 2000 people, mostly Palestinians, have died in the
:08:13. > :08:16.conflict. Let's talk to Quentin Sommerville in Gaza. There have been
:08:17. > :08:20.cease-fires before. They have broken down. What hope for this one? Well,
:08:21. > :08:24.they certainly believe this one is different here in Gaza. Thousands of
:08:25. > :08:28.people are in the street. They are celebrating. They are firing their
:08:29. > :08:31.guns into the air and they are celebrating because they believe the
:08:32. > :08:35.blockade, Israel's blockade has at least been partially lifted and that
:08:36. > :08:40.the rebuilding of Gaza - something like 300 thoid people have been
:08:41. > :08:45.displaced by this conflict - 3 under,000. The rebuilding can begin.
:08:46. > :08:48.From Israel's point of view, it must no longer feel threatened by rock
:08:49. > :08:53.frets here and certainly since the ceasefire began, we have not seen
:08:54. > :08:59.any going out. You can hear right now celebratory gunfire and
:09:00. > :09:03.fireworks. Israel demands no threat from rockets. This is the 9th
:09:04. > :09:06.ceasefire but they believe here, at least, that this one may way hold.
:09:07. > :09:10.OK. Thank you. least, that this one may way hold.
:09:11. > :09:14.Let's hope so. Electronic cigarettes should be
:09:15. > :09:16.banned in indoor public spaces according to the World Health
:09:17. > :09:21.Organisation. Their health experts have also recommended under-18s,
:09:22. > :09:25.shouldn't be allowed to buy e-cigarettes, even though some
:09:26. > :09:50.researchers believe they can help some people give up smoking.
:09:51. > :10:12.is stocking up despite the news. He is wanting to use them to cut down
:10:13. > :10:22.on nicotine. You have not got half of the concoctions in this
:10:23. > :10:29.There are scientists in America, who have been studying, second-hand
:10:30. > :10:33.effects of tobacco smoke, who are raising these issues now, about the
:10:34. > :10:38.e-cigarettes. We really can't allow these things to get established
:10:39. > :10:45.before we know what the long-term effects are going to be. You can't
:10:46. > :10:50.light up a cigarette in a pub or bar any more. It was the effect on
:10:51. > :10:54.second-hand smoke on staff that led to the ban. What do customers in
:10:55. > :10:56.this Bristol pub make of the idea of a ban on e-significants? I
:10:57. > :11:01.to the ban. What do customers in this have ap -- e-cigs I have a
:11:02. > :11:05.friend who lost both grand fierpts passive smoking T should be banned
:11:06. > :11:10.altogether. Cigarettes, the lot. What we will have eventually, there
:11:11. > :11:14.will be law of drinking in pubs, because it is damaging for children
:11:15. > :11:20.to watch it happening. Wales is already looking at the idea of a
:11:21. > :11:24.ban. Sales of e-cigs to under-18s could be restricted across the UK.
:11:25. > :11:32.The row over whether they are good or bad for our health won't finish
:11:33. > :11:36.any time soon. Doctors at the royal free hopted in north London say they
:11:37. > :11:44.have given the experimental drug Z map to a British man they are
:11:45. > :11:48.treating who has Ebola. Will Pooley contracted Ebola while working as a
:11:49. > :11:52.nurse in Sierra Leone. He is being treated in a unit for patients with
:11:53. > :11:57.highly infectious diseases. Doctors say the next few days are crit K It
:11:58. > :12:01.is difficult for us to predict what is going to ha. We want to give him
:12:02. > :12:06.the best-possible chance and care that we can and that's why we used
:12:07. > :12:11.the ZMapp. One of the main motivations is we had a long chat
:12:12. > :12:15.with the patient about the option we had of using it and he was very,
:12:16. > :12:19.very keen to go ahead and wanted us to do so. The President of Russia
:12:20. > :12:22.and Ukraine have met in bell aruche for their first face-to-face talks
:12:23. > :12:27.this afternoon. Hours after Ukraine claimed to have detained ten Russian
:12:28. > :12:31.soldiers on its soil, supporting claims that Russia is providing
:12:32. > :12:34.military assist tans to separatist rebels. Officials in Moscow are who
:12:35. > :12:38.wered to have said the soldiers crossed the border by accident. Our
:12:39. > :12:43.correspondent reports from close to the frontline.
:12:44. > :12:52.Ukrainian tanks were on the move today. The frontline is ten miles
:12:53. > :13:02.from here but it felt much closer. This is the town of Shses text ia.
:13:03. > :13:05.They have grown used to the sound of war here. At the
:13:06. > :13:10.They have grown used to the sound of war here. At local hospital, the
:13:11. > :13:17.casualties keep arriving. This man has lost a leg. An artillery shell
:13:18. > :13:21.exploded near her moment. It is Russia she blames, believing Moscow
:13:22. > :13:25.is behind the rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
:13:26. > :13:29."Dear Mr Putin, we are told that fighters and weapons are coming
:13:30. > :13:34.across from Russia, take pity on us because we are choking from grief
:13:35. > :13:45.and in blood. Please take back your men." Today Kiev presented what it
:13:46. > :13:50.said was involvement of Russians in the fighting. It released pictures
:13:51. > :13:57.of a paratrooper that had been captured in Ukraine.
:13:58. > :14:03.Russia said the men had crossed over by zevenlt embarrassing for Moscow
:14:04. > :14:10.but it didn't stop the President, Petro Poroshenko shaking hands with
:14:11. > :14:16.Vladimir Putin in M nicks sk. Expectations are low -- in sms
:14:17. > :14:21.Minsk. In recent times, forces have made
:14:22. > :14:25.gains against the pro-Russian separatists but militants are
:14:26. > :14:29.digging in and there is no end in sight to the fighting. There was
:14:30. > :14:33.Donetsk today. The pro-Russia fighters that controlled the city
:14:34. > :14:37.accused the Ukrainian military of indiscriminate shelling. In one of
:14:38. > :14:42.the city's underground shelters, marina says she wants her old life
:14:43. > :14:49.back. A peaceful life, when children can walk outside, without fear. For
:14:50. > :15:01.now, life in the basement that is the safer option.
:15:02. > :15:11.A report finds police and social services failed to stop
:15:12. > :15:13."appalling" abuse suffered by hundreds of children in Rotherham.
:15:14. > :15:15.And coming up: On stage again.
:15:16. > :15:18.Can Kate Bush's first gig for 35 years hit the heights?
:15:19. > :15:26.Later on BBC London, doctors at the royal free Hospital say they are now
:15:27. > :15:32.using an experimental drug to treat Britain's first Ebola sufferer. And
:15:33. > :15:33.is Hackney getting too pooch? Some locals
:15:34. > :15:34.is Hackney getting too pooch? Some claim generalitification is
:15:35. > :15:44.destroying the community spirit. for 35 years hit the heights?
:15:45. > :15:46.The first postal votes have been sent out today for the Scottish
:15:47. > :15:48.independence referendum on 18th September.
:15:49. > :15:51.Following last night's debate between the SNP leader,
:15:52. > :15:53.Alex Salmond, and the head of the Better Together campaign, Alastair
:15:54. > :15:56.Darling, a snap survey suggests Mr Salmond came out on top.
:15:57. > :15:59.But a recent poll indicates support for an independent Scotland stands
:16:00. > :16:02.at 43% versus 57% in favour of remaining within the UK.
:16:03. > :16:10.Live now to Aberdeen and our Special Correspondent, Allan Little.
:16:11. > :16:15.One of the most hotly contested issues in Scotland independence
:16:16. > :16:19.referendum is that of North Sea oil and gas. Here in Aberdeen the oil
:16:20. > :16:26.economy is still booming. But how long will that last? In a moment,
:16:27. > :16:33.I'll be looking at the argument over Scotland's remaining oil reserves,
:16:34. > :16:35.but first, with just three weeks to go before that historic vote, our
:16:36. > :16:38.Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon assesses reaction to last night's
:16:39. > :16:47.televised encounter between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling.
:16:48. > :16:55.Alex Salmond is a ferocious campaigner and buoyed up after his
:16:56. > :16:59.performance in a bruising debate, he wasted no time in trying to
:17:00. > :17:03.translated his arguments into votes. The "yes" campaigners and supporters
:17:04. > :17:08.work like this, up and down Scotland today they will have an extra spring
:17:09. > :17:10.in their step as we go into the last three weeks of the campaign.
:17:11. > :17:14.Motivation and morale and momentum is now with the "yes" campaign. And
:17:15. > :17:18.this is why he is feeling so confident. A final debate, in which
:17:19. > :17:24.he was widely seen as the winner. I want to know what plan B is, so do
:17:25. > :17:30.you, tell us. You can get three plan Bs, tonight. Come on. They are like
:17:31. > :17:39.buses. You expect one and three turn up in a row This set-piece event was
:17:40. > :17:44.fiery, often ill-tempered. I am a Labour politician. New bed with the
:17:45. > :17:49.Tory Party. Both protagonists aware that this was their final chance to
:17:50. > :17:54.go head-to-head. I have looked at your figures. You are spending more
:17:55. > :17:58.than bringing in. Alistair Darling out campaigning faced questions from
:17:59. > :18:02.journal journalists over his performance. REPORTER: Do you think
:18:03. > :18:07.you lost? With time now tight, both sides are heading out to meet the
:18:08. > :18:10.voters. Alistair Darling and the Better Together campaign remain
:18:11. > :18:14.ahead in the polls. I'm told there will be no change in the tactics
:18:15. > :18:17.over the final few weeks, they will keep questioning those who believe
:18:18. > :18:21.in independence, and what they see as key, unanswered questions, in
:18:22. > :18:25.particular, over the currency. I think the arguments, the questions
:18:26. > :18:30.that we are asking about currency, about who will pay for public
:18:31. > :18:33.services like pensions in the health service, are cutting through. And
:18:34. > :18:37.this is' why a lot of people are increasingly saying, I will go with
:18:38. > :18:41.the majority. Televised debates may engage the electorate. What is less
:18:42. > :18:45.clear is whether they affect their vote. Direct comaning and
:18:46. > :18:54.conversations across Scotland may play a bigger role in that.
:18:55. > :18:57.Throughout this independence campaign voters have appealed again
:18:58. > :19:02.and again for facts - reliable, verifiable, objective facts, amid a
:19:03. > :19:05.barrage of claim and counter-claim. But how much can we know for sure
:19:06. > :19:10.about what the future holds, whichever way the vote goes? One of
:19:11. > :19:14.the most hotly-contested questions is that of North Sea Oil - how much
:19:15. > :19:17.is left out there? And what will it generate in tax revenue in the
:19:18. > :19:22.decades ahead? This report contains some flashing images.
:19:23. > :19:24.For centuries this was a fishing port.
:19:25. > :19:27.Now Aberdeen's crowded little harbour, less than a square mile
:19:28. > :19:31.in surface, supplies the whole of the North Sea Oil industry.
:19:32. > :19:37.Oil production may be past its peak but there is no decline
:19:38. > :19:40.in activity - far from it. I have worked here
:19:41. > :19:43.for over 20 years now, at the port. When I came here, they said - oh,
:19:44. > :19:46.there is another 20 years left in the oil industry.
:19:47. > :19:48.20 years later, they are saying the same thing.
:19:49. > :19:51.They are going into fields and waters that they wouldn't have
:19:52. > :19:55.thought about before. And there is a lot
:19:56. > :19:57.of confidence here. As technology has improved,
:19:58. > :20:01.reserves that were once too costly to drill, have become accessible.
:20:02. > :20:06.Aberdeen's oil economy is still booming.
:20:07. > :20:09.From the water here you get a sense of how crowded this harbour
:20:10. > :20:12.is becoming. These oil supply vessels are
:20:13. > :20:14.getting bigger all the time and there are more and more of them.
:20:15. > :20:16.Aberdeen Harbour is bursting at the seams.
:20:17. > :20:20.So much so that a major expansion is planned
:20:21. > :20:25.before the end of this decade. Is all this activity deceptive?
:20:26. > :20:29.One leading oil analyst says oil production will taper off to almost
:20:30. > :20:32.nothing over the next 35 years. There is a very significant
:20:33. > :20:36.depletion taking place. What we need to understand for
:20:37. > :20:40.the long-term future of Scotland, if you look 20-30 years ahead, you
:20:41. > :20:46.can't count for significant numbers of income coming from oil and gas.
:20:47. > :20:49.Sir Ian Wood says there are no more than 16.5 billion barrels
:20:50. > :20:52.of recoverable oil left. That's disputed by the industry
:20:53. > :20:56.body, Oil and Gas UK, which says there are up to 24 billion barrels.
:20:57. > :21:00.The Scottish Government says oil revenues could bring nearly ?7
:21:01. > :21:05.billion in tax revenues to Scotland in the first year of independence.
:21:06. > :21:11.The UK Government says it'll be less than ?3 billion, leaving a big hole
:21:12. > :21:14.in Scotland's public finances. "Yes" campaigners say the UK
:21:15. > :21:20.Treasury has a 40-year track record of deliberately underestimating the
:21:21. > :21:24.value of North Sea Oil reserves. This is where we plan 170 or
:21:25. > :21:30.so new houses, on part of of our East Lodge development.
:21:31. > :21:33.This is the richest part of Britain outside London and the south-east.
:21:34. > :21:39.The economy and the population are still expanding, as is
:21:40. > :21:41.the demand for high-end housing. We are seeing a huge amount
:21:42. > :21:44.of inquiries. We are getting 200 new inquiries
:21:45. > :21:47.a week for our development at the moment.
:21:48. > :21:50.I'm hoping to translate those into sales very soon.
:21:51. > :21:52.Two-thirds of the traffic at Aberdeen airport is oil-related.
:21:53. > :21:58.It'll keep ferrying workers to the rigs and the oil will keep
:21:59. > :22:03.flowing until 2050, at least. Each side in the referendum
:22:04. > :22:07.makes bold assertions about how much revenue this will generate.
:22:08. > :22:13.But they don't know for certain. The truth is, no-one does.
:22:14. > :22:21.So, it all illustrates something very general about the very nature
:22:22. > :22:26.of this campaign, that all too often objective fact - frustrating though
:22:27. > :22:30.it is to the voters - is all too hard to come by. On oil, on the
:22:31. > :22:35.public finances, on the question of EU membership, there are competing
:22:36. > :22:39.claims, warnings, reassurances and educated guesswork. Voters will,
:22:40. > :22:43.three weeks from now, simply have to choose whose narrative they prefer.
:22:44. > :22:45.Whose they trust more. I will be travelling throughout Scotland
:22:46. > :22:49.throughout this week. I will be back tomorrow from a different location
:22:50. > :22:51.in Scotland, trying to assess the temper of the public debate. Back to
:22:52. > :23:07.the studio. The truth is, no-one does.
:23:08. > :23:10.Two of the best-known politicians in the UK are hoping to become members
:23:11. > :23:12.of Parliament at the next election. The UKIP leader, Nigel Farage,
:23:13. > :23:15.will find out shortly whether he's been selected to represent
:23:16. > :23:18.his party in Thanet South in Kent. While the Mayor of London, Boris
:23:19. > :23:20.Johnson, has announced he wants to become the Conservative candidate
:23:21. > :23:21.for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Our political correspondent,
:23:22. > :23:25.Eleanor Garnier, is in Ruislip. This could mean interesting changes
:23:26. > :23:30.at Westminster. What more can you tell me about Mr Johnson 's bid,
:23:31. > :23:33.first of all. Well, I think it is no surprise that Boris Johnson has
:23:34. > :23:37.picked Uxbridge and South Ruislip as his target seat, after he announced
:23:38. > :23:41.at the beginning of this month that he intended to return Parliament,
:23:42. > :23:46.this has been the favourite. And it is an attractive constituency to go
:23:47. > :23:49.for. The current Conservative MP here, Sir John Randall who is
:23:50. > :23:54.standing down, has a majority of more than 11,000. It would be a
:23:55. > :23:58.surprise, if Boris Johnson, did not secure the Conservative candidacy
:23:59. > :24:02.here, but he has now just over two weeks to wait until the local party
:24:03. > :24:06.association makes its final decision. The UKIP leader, Nigel
:24:07. > :24:11.Farage, on the other hand, has just a few hours to wait to see if he
:24:12. > :24:15.will be the party candidate in Thanet South in Kent, the county in
:24:16. > :24:18.which he was born, the area he represents in the European
:24:19. > :24:23.Parliament. He is taking on three other contenders in a hustings
:24:24. > :24:26.tonight. He is expected to win but the high-profile politician says
:24:27. > :24:31.it's no shoe-in. OK. Thank you.
:24:32. > :24:35.Eleanor Garnier, is in Ruislip. After just one tour 35 years ago,
:24:36. > :24:38.the hugely successful singer-songwriter Kate Bush,
:24:39. > :24:41.who shot to fame in the late 1970s, is to make her comeback on stage -
:24:42. > :24:44.appearing at the Hammersmith Apollo in London in just a few hours time.
:24:45. > :24:46.Tickets sold out in less than 15 minutes
:24:47. > :24:48.when they were released in March. Colin Paterson is at the Apollo.
:24:49. > :24:57.Colin, there will be great anticipation among Kate Bush fans, I
:24:58. > :25:04.would imagine. The last time Kate Bush played a concert was 14th May,
:25:05. > :25:08.1979. The venue was the same. The Hammersmith Apollo or the
:25:09. > :25:11.Hammersmith Oweden as it was known then. Tonight I have spoken to
:25:12. > :25:15.people from Australia, Thailand, Los Angeles. Some without tcts,
:25:16. > :25:19.desperate it get in, and see this singer, who they thought would never
:25:20. > :25:25.perform live again. -- some without tickets.
:25:26. > :25:31.This is the moment which made Kate Bush a stacks her Top of the Pops
:25:32. > :25:36.debut at the age of 19, in 1978. Wuthering Heights was the first song
:25:37. > :25:45.written and former by a woman to top the UK charts. The following year
:25:46. > :25:49.she went on tour. It was an experience she loved. Report report
:25:50. > :25:55.are you really happy? I can't believe the audience.
:25:56. > :26:00.# I make a deal with God... # Since then, Kate bush has released
:26:01. > :26:03.eight albums, won a Brit award and become one of music's most
:26:04. > :26:09.influential artists. They are not normal songs. None of her songs have
:26:10. > :26:15.been normal. ! She is just who she is, unique. She is a mystery. What
:26:16. > :26:20.she has never done s play another show -- is play another show, until
:26:21. > :26:24.tonight. But why? The time has not been right. I think she spent her
:26:25. > :26:28.time writing and recording these albums and she is a complete
:26:29. > :26:33.perfectionist. I think that's what she wants - she felt her time was
:26:34. > :26:37.best doing, creating music and also, obviously, raising a family. But now
:26:38. > :26:42.the wait is finally over. I can't wait. I'm so excited. I have been
:26:43. > :26:47.excited for months. I have waited 35 years. It is going to happen now. I
:26:48. > :26:52.have no words. Just like her life, the shows have been shrouded in
:26:53. > :26:57.secrecy, although the concert poster shows her in a life jacket, leading
:26:58. > :27:02.to speculation there could be a watery theme. Tonight we find out.
:27:03. > :27:03.Colin Paterson is at the Apollo. Time for a look
:27:04. > :27:13.at the weather with Nick Miller. The Wuthering Heights of 22.
:27:14. > :27:20.You had to get it in! A for effort.
:27:21. > :27:25.Corn England has been played with -- plagued with heavy showers. The good
:27:26. > :27:29.news is they are edging into the channel and edging away. Overnight a
:27:30. > :27:34.lot of dry weather. The odd rogue light shower. A few spots of rain in
:27:35. > :27:37.south-west England. Enough cloud and breeze across southern areas to stop
:27:38. > :27:42.the temperature going down too far but cooler than last night. Under
:27:43. > :27:45.some clear spells, northern England northwards is chilly in the
:27:46. > :27:51.countryside and in Highland Scotland, a touch of frost on offer,
:27:52. > :27:55.as tomorrow begins A fine day. If you start with broken cloud and
:27:56. > :27:59.sunny spells, it is likely you will stay that way throughout the day and
:28:00. > :28:02.have dry days. The next weather system is knocking on the door of
:28:03. > :28:05.south-west England, thickening cloud all the while and outbreaks of rain
:28:06. > :28:07.coming in. In Scotland in the sunshine it'll feel pleasantly warm,
:28:08. > :28:10.all the while and outbreaks of rain coming in. in the afternoon for
:28:11. > :28:14.Northern Ireland and northern England. There will be a freshening
:28:15. > :28:18.breeze not just here but across the UK but a difference for south-east
:28:19. > :28:23.England and the Midlands. Not just drier and brighter but it'll feel
:28:24. > :28:26.warmer. All the while, some outbreaks of rain edging into
:28:27. > :28:31.south-west England and wae.s turning more persistent into the evening but
:28:32. > :28:35.whoever bats second in the cricket one-day international at Cardiff may
:28:36. > :28:39.deal with rain late in the day, certainly a strengthening wind. By
:28:40. > :28:40.Thursday the rain is moving north across Scotland, clearing eastern
:28:41. > :28:42.England, then a bright, across Scotland, clearing eastern
:28:43. > :28:47.breezy day with a scattering of showers. It looks as if the showers
:28:48. > :28:50.will be more widespread on Friday, heavier, windier, too. They ease on
:28:51. > :28:55.Saturday. Going into next week t looks like the weather is planning
:28:56. > :28:59.on settling down and turning warmer. That is all from the BBC News at
:29:00. > :29:00.Six. Goodbye from me. On BBC