:00:07. > :00:10.A ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine - as pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian
:00:11. > :00:15.forces reach a deal. It follows a day of intense fighting
:00:16. > :00:23.as rebels pushed forward into one of the region's biggest cities.
:00:24. > :00:29.Throughout the morning we have heard the sound of heavy shelling. In the
:00:30. > :00:33.distance there are rebels, using rocket fire. We have seen Ukrainian
:00:34. > :00:39.jets and heard outgoing artillery. There's a show of force at the NATO
:00:40. > :00:43.summit and a hardline message for Moscow despite the ceasefire.
:00:44. > :00:48.There has been a clear message sent to Russia that what Vladimir Putin
:00:49. > :00:57.is doing is indefensible and wrong. 1,000 British troops will
:00:58. > :00:59.join a new NATO rapid reaction force.
:01:00. > :01:02.We'll have the full details. Also tonight:
:01:03. > :01:05.Warnings over e-cigarettes - they should be stubbed out,
:01:06. > :01:07.say researchers who believe they do more good than harm.
:01:08. > :01:09.Migrants march in Calais, amid claims of police brutality,
:01:10. > :01:12.as hundreds continue to try and cross the Channel.
:01:13. > :01:18.And Root hits India for six as England save some face
:01:19. > :01:22.in the one-day Test series. Tonight on BBC London.
:01:23. > :01:25.The grief of a local community after a woman is beheaded
:01:26. > :01:29.in her garden in Edmonton. And police shoot dead a man who was
:01:30. > :01:46.threatening a woman with a knife at a house in Islington.
:01:47. > :01:49.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:50. > :01:51.After almost five months of fighting in Eastern Ukraine and more than
:01:52. > :01:55.2,500 deaths, a ceasefire between pro-Russian
:01:56. > :02:03.rebels and Ukrainian government forces has been declared.
:02:04. > :02:05.End to end fighting was due to end 2 hours ago -
:02:06. > :02:06.though there were reports of some shelling after the deadline.
:02:07. > :02:09.The Ukrainian government said it was a
:02:10. > :02:13."preliminary deal" amid scepticism about whether the deal would hold.
:02:14. > :02:30.Earlier there had been heavy shelling at the port of Mariupol.
:02:31. > :02:39.If this was the last morning of war, the opposing forces seemed
:02:40. > :02:46.determined to spend their fury. These men from a far-right Ukraine
:02:47. > :02:51.militia, defending Mariupol. From the apartment blocks, the
:02:52. > :02:58.soldiers watched rebel movements. Below them children played on, as if
:02:59. > :03:03.oblivious to the unfolding battle. While the civilians then watched the
:03:04. > :03:07.smoke rise from the explosions. Throughout the morning we have been
:03:08. > :03:14.hearing the sound of heavy shelling. In the distance now you can hear
:03:15. > :03:19.rebels, using rocket fire and we have also seen Ukrainian jets
:03:20. > :03:24.overhead and heard outgoing artillery. It seems with the
:03:25. > :03:29.ceasefire hours away, both sides are trying to gain as much military
:03:30. > :03:33.advantage as they can. In this ambulance, wounded civilians for
:03:34. > :03:39.whom a ceasefire came too late to save them from tragedy.
:03:40. > :03:44.Among them a woman whose young grandchildren were killed hours
:03:45. > :03:51.before the peace deal was signed. This woman saw her granddaughter,
:03:52. > :03:59.aged six, and disabled grandson, aged ten, cut down by an explosion.
:04:00. > :04:02.She said when she held her granddaughter, that the whole left
:04:03. > :04:07.side of her was sledded. She was in shock. The little boy was in his
:04:08. > :04:12.wheelchair and it was really difficult, there was blood all over
:04:13. > :04:17.his wheelchair. She doesn't know how to survive
:04:18. > :04:21.this. The images in front of her eyes.
:04:22. > :04:29.Despite the promise of peace, some families are still fleeing.
:04:30. > :04:34.Value entira is a widow who is too afraid to stay any longer. But they
:04:35. > :04:38.have promised a ceasefire, do you not believe in that? God willing
:04:39. > :04:44.that it will happen. If it does we will come back.
:04:45. > :04:47.As they wait to see if the ceasefire endures, the people of the East know
:04:48. > :04:53.that the next hours and days are crucial. After all that they have
:04:54. > :04:54.suffered only the test of time will convince them that peace is really
:04:55. > :04:59.coming. Well events
:05:00. > :05:03.in Ukraine have dominated the NATO summit in Wales today.
:05:04. > :05:05.Leaders have agreed to set up a rapid reaction force rapid
:05:06. > :05:08.reaction force - partly in response to events in Ukraine.
:05:09. > :05:13.Britain will contribute 1,000 troops.
:05:14. > :05:16.New members And NATO said it's door remains open to new members despite
:05:17. > :05:18.EU sanctions. Separately, leaders said European Union
:05:19. > :05:22.sanctions against Russia would go ahead despite the ceasefire.
:05:23. > :05:32.Our Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall sent this report.
:05:33. > :05:37.Britain's Red Arrows, here this morning.
:05:38. > :05:41.. Theres have discussions about the dangers posed by Russian aggression
:05:42. > :05:47.here. So news of the ceasefire agreement has been met with hope and
:05:48. > :05:52.trepidation. Confirmation coming from the Ukrainian President
:05:53. > :05:56.himself. A guest here, lobbying for NATO protection, even though the
:05:57. > :06:02.Ukraine is not a member. Once the news came through that the Russians
:06:03. > :06:06.and the rebels in Belarus had concluded a deal, he took immediate
:06:07. > :06:10.action. I have given an order to the chief
:06:11. > :06:16.of my military to declare a ceasefire in half an hour. Though
:06:17. > :06:20.some details of the agreement are sketchy, he is hoping for a swift
:06:21. > :06:25.implementation. We are expecting in the very near
:06:26. > :06:35.future to release the hostages. Most probably it should happen tomorrow.
:06:36. > :06:37.We are ready for providing the significant steps including the
:06:38. > :06:43.de-centralisation of power. Part of the deal, it seems, is the
:06:44. > :06:46.withdrawal of heavy weaponry, the humanitarian corridors and the
:06:47. > :06:50.presence of foreign observers. It sounds good but it is not clear that
:06:51. > :06:54.there is agreement on the future of the eastern Ukraine, the key to the
:06:55. > :06:58.conflict. Without that it must all be precarious.
:06:59. > :07:01.It is the fierce fighting on the ground in the east of the Ukraine up
:07:02. > :07:07.to the last-minute that made everyone wary. So NATO is only
:07:08. > :07:10.giving a cautious welcome. Warning Russia that new Western sanctions
:07:11. > :07:15.are still on the table. We should be clear that the
:07:16. > :07:18.sanctions that we agreed last Saturday in Brussels, that would go
:07:19. > :07:24.ahead, they will go ahead, they will be put in place. But of course, if a
:07:25. > :07:30.ceasefire and a proper peace plan is put in place then it will be right
:07:31. > :07:35.to look and see how the sanctions could be potentially removed if the
:07:36. > :07:40.proper milestones are reached. NATO is beefing up its presence in
:07:41. > :07:46.Eastern Europe. Holding exercises here in Estonia and stationing a new
:07:47. > :07:50.rapid reaction force in Poland to the clear irritation of Russia. A
:07:51. > :07:54.ceasefire in the Ukraine may anybody the offing but the deeper rift
:07:55. > :07:57.between Russia and NATO is now going to be hard to reverse.
:07:58. > :08:02.Our Political Editor Nick Robinson is at the NATO summit.
:08:03. > :08:04.This summit was billed as the most important
:08:05. > :08:07.in NATO's history, with the Ukraine and Islmaic state dominating the
:08:08. > :08:14.agenda, how successful has it been?
:08:15. > :08:20.As the jets were screaming overhead, inside the leaders were able to
:08:21. > :08:25.watch pictures of the fighting continuing in the eastern Ukraine.
:08:26. > :08:30.Then hours later on, this golf course in Newport, you get the Petro
:08:31. > :08:34.Poroshenko, marching out to declare, that the fighting will end, that
:08:35. > :08:40.there will be a ceasefire. What is intriguing is what they put it down
:08:41. > :08:43.to. Behind me there is the military hardware, about the talk of
:08:44. > :08:48.supporting Eastern Europe, sending troops to the area to give NATO
:08:49. > :08:53.commitment to protect it and yet President Obama and David Cameron
:08:54. > :08:58.insist it is economic, not military power, that forced Vladimir Putin to
:08:59. > :09:03.blink. If that is, he really has blinked. He has crossed many red
:09:04. > :09:06.lines before, including sending his own troops into a neighbouring
:09:07. > :09:11.sovereign country. The worry that they have is that when he thinks
:09:12. > :09:14.attention is elsewhere, that he aabandons the promise of a
:09:15. > :09:18.ceasefire. That is the test of the summit. With President Obama now
:09:19. > :09:22.saying that his mission on leaving Newport is to create an
:09:23. > :09:27.international coalition to degrade and destroy the forces of the
:09:28. > :09:30.so-called Islamic State, can these NATO leaders concentrate on two huge
:09:31. > :09:33.tasks at the same time? Can they live up to the words they have
:09:34. > :09:40.issued at the end of this summit? . Some of Britain's top experts
:09:41. > :09:43.in smoking and addiction say thousands of lives
:09:44. > :09:45.could be saved every year if smokers switched to electronic cigarettes.
:09:46. > :09:48.Their advice contradicts recommendations from the
:09:49. > :09:54.World Health Organisation which said last week that e-cigarettes should
:09:55. > :09:56.be banned indoors. As our Health Editor Hugh Pym
:09:57. > :10:02.reports, it's left many smokers confused.
:10:03. > :10:09.Getting a clear picture in the debate is not getting easier. Last
:10:10. > :10:14.week health chiefs warned of the dangers of E-cigs, now it is said
:10:15. > :10:18.that is misleading and they are safer than cigarettes.
:10:19. > :10:24.No surprise that they are popular among the staff at this
:10:25. > :10:32.Lancashire-based E cigarette business, Totally Wicked. Some
:10:33. > :10:36.smokers are switching to session session as they have nicotine.
:10:37. > :10:41.And experts backing session session say that tens of thousands of
:10:42. > :10:46.unnecessary deaths can be avoided. If people are to switch completely
:10:47. > :10:50.to session session and even if they carried on using them for the rest
:10:51. > :10:57.of their live, we are looking at cutting the number to no more than a
:10:58. > :11:01.few thousand and at worse. A huge potential public health gain.
:11:02. > :11:08.In less than a decade, the suggestion session have gone from a
:11:09. > :11:15.standing start to a ?1. 8 billion global business. But last week's
:11:16. > :11:18.report say that the use of session session reports amongst
:11:19. > :11:23.adolescencents had doubled globally. That is why some argue there is a
:11:24. > :11:26.danger of enticing younger people into a habit that they may later
:11:27. > :11:31.regrechlt The worry is that the cigarettes may
:11:32. > :11:37.be used to get a bunch of young people into the nicotine habit. High
:11:38. > :11:41.addictive. We need more information and regulation. The beginning of a
:11:42. > :11:46.new surge with session session but we don't know enough about them yet
:11:47. > :11:50.to say thumbs up. With mixed messages coming from the
:11:51. > :11:56.medical profession. Perhaps it is not surprising that businesses are
:11:57. > :12:00.taking differing views. In pubs like this one you are allowed to use
:12:01. > :12:04.session session in the bar. But here they are banned. Management
:12:05. > :12:08.at this bar say it is too difficult for the staff at busy times to work
:12:09. > :12:15.out who is smoking tobacco and who is using suggestion session.
:12:16. > :12:20.-- E cigarettes. There is a big marketing push as the
:12:21. > :12:30.major tobacco companies have been buying up leading brands. Another
:12:31. > :12:34.twist in the often confusing story. It is vapour, not tobacco smoke.
:12:35. > :12:39.The Lord Mayor of London, Fiona Woolf has replaced Lady Butler-Sloss
:12:40. > :12:41.as head of the government's inquiry into historical child abuse.
:12:42. > :12:44.She'll lead an inquiry panel which will include child abuse experts
:12:45. > :12:45.and at least one victim of abuse. Well, our Home Affairs correspondent
:12:46. > :12:55.Tom Symonds is with me. How has the appointment been
:12:56. > :13:00.received? A mixed reaction. She has no experience of child protection.
:13:01. > :13:03.She said that made her ideal as a chair for the inquiry. But some
:13:04. > :13:08.victims of child abuse are saying she is too much a part of the
:13:09. > :13:14.establishment. She is the Lord Mayor of a City of London, an office that
:13:15. > :13:18.dates back to 1189. They say she is not a good person to judge if the
:13:19. > :13:22.establishment covered up allegations of child abuse. Perhaps with that in
:13:23. > :13:29.mind, the Home Office was quick to announce the panel to work with her.
:13:30. > :13:35.Including a victim of child abuse, somebody that chaired the deputy
:13:36. > :13:37.chair of the National Children's Bureau and a well-regarded
:13:38. > :13:43.barrister, experienced in criminal law. But the enquiry will take a
:13:44. > :13:49.long time. Suggested two years. It is said that they want as much as
:13:50. > :13:55.possible in public. Gordon Brown says he will lead a
:13:56. > :14:00.drive for Scotland to gain powers in the United Kingdom if the Scots
:14:01. > :14:05.reject a referendum this month. Telling the BBC that the "no" vote
:14:06. > :14:09.was not a vote for things to stay the same. Nicola Sturgeon urged
:14:10. > :14:16.voters to back independence, saying there may not be another chance.
:14:17. > :14:22.Raring to go today? Yes. In two weeks' time we will know. The
:14:23. > :14:26.polls are tight. Today the two campaign, "yes" and "no", continue
:14:27. > :14:31.to scour Scotland for everlast vote. One question not on the ballot paper
:14:32. > :14:35.is whether Scotland should get more powers from Westminster. And 400
:14:36. > :14:38.miles south, that is what this former Prime Minister promised if
:14:39. > :14:42.Scotland votes to stay in the UNNing. Gordon Brown told me he
:14:43. > :14:46.would lead the drive here to give more powers to Scotland.
:14:47. > :14:50.People will know that the majority party in Westminster, in Scotland,
:14:51. > :14:54.the Labour Party, it is determined to deliver the powers and when the
:14:55. > :14:58.referendum is over, the issue will not go away. We will ensure on the
:14:59. > :15:02.floor of the House of Commons we push for the timetable and delivery.
:15:03. > :15:05.A rare Westminster appearance by Gordon Brown, a cornerstone of the
:15:06. > :15:10."no" campaign. Labour thinks what that then
:15:11. > :15:13.supporters are tempted to vote for independence as they don't trust
:15:14. > :15:19.politicians in Westminster to give Scotland what it wants, if the votes
:15:20. > :15:24.are a "no". All the three main parties have sketched out plans for
:15:25. > :15:28.more tax and social policy to be devolved. But it does not convince
:15:29. > :15:31.the campaigners for independence who say that Gordon Brown failed to give
:15:32. > :15:34.powers to Scotland when he was the Prime Minister.
:15:35. > :15:37.What I believe is that this is the only guaranteed opportunity that we
:15:38. > :15:42.have to win our independence. That is why I say to people out there, if
:15:43. > :15:47.you are more convinced than not, because a few people are 100%
:15:48. > :15:50.convinced about anything but if you are more convinced than not, vote
:15:51. > :15:56."yes". A campaign that is felt remote from
:15:57. > :16:01.Westminster for months is gripping MPs. And the party leaders. Labour
:16:02. > :16:06.knows that their vote could be decisive.
:16:07. > :16:10.After months of fighting, a ceasefire in Ukraine,
:16:11. > :16:14.but Europe could still impose further sanctions against Russia.
:16:15. > :16:28.Catch of the day - a spectator gives England a lesson in fielding.
:16:29. > :16:33.Later on BBC London, the academy that is one of the top ten
:16:34. > :16:36.competence of schools in the country. And an exclusive tour of
:16:37. > :16:45.the new London Irish training camp ahead of the rugby season.
:16:46. > :16:48.The high street, often used as a barometer for the economy,
:16:49. > :16:53.New research from 650 towns across England, Scotland and Wales
:16:54. > :16:55.suggests the number of empty shops is coming down.
:16:56. > :16:58.The latest figures show just over 13% of shops are empty.
:16:59. > :17:02.That's the lowest number for four years and it means 1500 shops are
:17:03. > :17:08.As Emma Simpson reports, it's good news for many towns
:17:09. > :17:27.The empty shops are slowly being re-let. Sid cup is on the up. An
:17:28. > :17:32.empty supermarket is now a gym, in a high street that has been spruced
:17:33. > :17:37.up. This affluent town lost its way, competing against the big
:17:38. > :17:41.out-of-town shopping mall 's. But it is finding new ways to bring people
:17:42. > :17:47.back. The traditional high-street probably is dead, but you have to
:17:48. > :17:50.look at a different way. We are bringing gems onto the high Street,
:17:51. > :17:57.adult education, training centre, little shops to enable businesses,
:17:58. > :18:03.young entrepreneurs to train and move on for the future. This
:18:04. > :18:08.entrepreneur has made a difference. First, she turned an empty store
:18:09. > :18:14.into a thriving cafe. Then she revived this business. And she also
:18:15. > :18:21.bought the empty shop next door. So why invest so much on her
:18:22. > :18:24.high-street? I know this place has a lot of potential and many residents
:18:25. > :18:31.have money to spend, and let's keep it here. Here is another vacant unit
:18:32. > :18:38.that is being refurbished. This town is being turned around. Three years
:18:39. > :18:42.ago, one in five shops were empty. Now, it is just one in 20. And this
:18:43. > :18:48.is not the only place where things are looking up. Today's research
:18:49. > :18:56.suggests the overall picture on high streets is improving. We have 400
:18:57. > :18:59.more filled shops than in previous months, but we also have significant
:19:00. > :19:04.polarisation up and down the country. Not all the towns are
:19:05. > :19:06.getting better. The majority are stable or improving but a
:19:07. > :19:12.significant number are continuing to get worse. That means we still have
:19:13. > :19:16.way too many of these. And with billions of pounds worth of shop
:19:17. > :19:18.leases coming up for renewal, further challenges lie ahead for the
:19:19. > :19:20.high Street. Around 200 migrants have marched
:19:21. > :19:24.through Calais this afternoon demanding their "human rights and
:19:25. > :19:27.freedom" amid allegations of poor Extra officers have been deployed
:19:28. > :19:31.in the town to cope with the increase in the number of migrants
:19:32. > :19:34.trying to get to Britain illegally. Our correspondent Duncan
:19:35. > :19:48.Crawford is there. A day of protest by the migrants.
:19:49. > :19:52.They are just getting some food from a local charity. Security has been
:19:53. > :19:58.stepped up in and around the port because of earlier this week the
:19:59. > :20:03.storming of a ferry. And tonight it is being reported that 300 migrants
:20:04. > :20:07.were discovered in 69 different lorries in just one day in Calais.
:20:08. > :20:13.That underlines how many people are desperate to get to the UK.
:20:14. > :20:17.On the road to Calais, more migrants arrive, hoping to reach a better
:20:18. > :20:22.life in Britain. Police say they have recently become more bold,
:20:23. > :20:27.trying in ever greater numbers to sneak onto lorries and cars. For
:20:28. > :20:32.many returning holiday-makers, the port crossing is now anything but a
:20:33. > :20:37.relaxing experience. You have to watch and you see loads of people
:20:38. > :20:42.trying to climb in. They are on the side of the road. We said, you look
:20:43. > :20:46.in that mirror and I will look in mine. You have to keep an eye out
:20:47. > :20:53.because they try to get into your vehicle. It is worrying. Today,
:20:54. > :20:56.hundreds of migrants demonstrated in the town, calling for better living
:20:57. > :21:03.conditions. They also complained about the way they have been treated
:21:04. > :21:08.by police. People here say they are in a desperate situation. Many of
:21:09. > :21:12.the migrants come from East Africa. They have told me they have left
:21:13. > :21:17.their homes to escape poverty and persecution. Almost all of them have
:21:18. > :21:20.repeatedly tried to enter Britain. And every week, more migrants come
:21:21. > :21:27.to Calais hoping to make that journey. This man comes from Saddam.
:21:28. > :21:32.He paid 1000 euros to go by boat from Libya to Italy before arriving
:21:33. > :21:40.here last month. He says he has already risked his life seven times
:21:41. > :21:46.trying to reach Britain. Sometimes inside the truck. But most success.
:21:47. > :21:53.More than 100 people died under the trucks, and some refugees broke a
:21:54. > :21:58.hand or a leg, even a head. Extra police patrol the port. Ferry
:21:59. > :22:02.companies have welcomed the increase in security but say it is up to the
:22:03. > :22:07.European Union to do more. I am reassured that there is enough
:22:08. > :22:10.police force to tackle the issue. But surely the EU could possibly
:22:11. > :22:18.sort out the problem where it originates. At a nearby truckstop,
:22:19. > :22:21.drivers check for stowaways. More migrants will almost certainly try
:22:22. > :22:26.to cross into Britain tonight. It has been going on for years and the
:22:27. > :22:30.authorities are no closer to finding a solution.
:22:31. > :22:33.The Green Party is calling for a wealth tax on the top 1%
:22:34. > :22:36.of earners in an effort to rebalance the economy.
:22:37. > :22:38.The party's leader, Natalie Bennett, said the Greens' general election
:22:39. > :22:41.manifesto would also include a guaranteed income for every adult
:22:42. > :22:43.and child in Britain, including asylum seekers and prisoners, as our
:22:44. > :22:52.political correspondent Ross Hawkins reports
:22:53. > :22:59.Selling the Greens isn't easy. Even here in Solihull, outside
:23:00. > :23:03.Birmingham, where they are the second biggest party on the council.
:23:04. > :23:10.But now, they say they can put money in your pocket. The pitch includes
:23:11. > :23:15.pounds for a ?10 per hour minimum wage by 2020, a wealth tax for
:23:16. > :23:18.people worth over ?3 million, and a guaranteed taxpayer funded income
:23:19. > :23:25.for every man, woman and child, whether they are in work, or not.
:23:26. > :23:30.Adults would get ?80 per week each, replacing several benefits. But do
:23:31. > :23:34.voters like the idea? Yes, but what if people are not working and
:23:35. > :23:41.staying at home, compared to people that are working? Very good. Paid
:23:42. > :23:45.for by the taxpayer? That is not good. Some in the Green Party dream
:23:46. > :23:49.of seizing the attention of voters on the left in the same way that
:23:50. > :23:53.UKIP has managed on the right. The party knows it has a long way to go.
:23:54. > :23:57.Down the road at their conference, they think they have to be bold,
:23:58. > :24:03.with policies like a guaranteed income aimed at nothing less than
:24:04. > :24:07.restructuring society. I am thinking of visiting a food bank, and the
:24:08. > :24:10.staff were telling me about a father of two young daughters who arrived,
:24:11. > :24:15.and they were worried about the state he was in. His benefits had
:24:16. > :24:19.been sanctioned through no fault of his own and he had no food to put on
:24:20. > :24:25.the table. In the sixth richest country in the world in 2014 we need
:24:26. > :24:30.to say, enough. Would prisoners get the money as well? Yes. They are
:24:31. > :24:34.members of our society. I would expect you would see some kind of
:24:35. > :24:39.charge, in the same way that food and lodgings, some sort of charge
:24:40. > :24:43.would take most of it back. She accepts many will not like the idea
:24:44. > :24:47.but hopes enough will embrace it for the Greens to hold onto their one
:24:48. > :24:50.seat in the House of Commons and challenging others next year.
:24:51. > :24:52.Cricket - England have managed to avoid
:24:53. > :24:55.a whitewash by winning the last game of the one day series against
:24:56. > :24:58.Questions still remain about Alistair Cook's captaincy,
:24:59. > :25:00.however, after what is England's fourth consecutive home series loss
:25:01. > :25:14.Like a some are waiting for a barbecue to ignite, four months,
:25:15. > :25:17.cricket watchers have been looking quizzically at Alastair Cook. If
:25:18. > :25:22.one-day cricket is a sprint these days, the leader should be a
:25:23. > :25:26.pacemaker. He hit two fours in the first over and made 46. But when the
:25:27. > :25:31.captain was out, the run rate was stalling towards four per over, and
:25:32. > :25:37.England stuck in the cycle which brought them one win in the previous
:25:38. > :25:42.seven matches. But Joe Root hit an exceptional century. As England
:25:43. > :25:47.walloped 170 in the last 20 overs. Jos Buttler helped. These are
:25:48. > :25:52.critical times. The 50 over World Cup is looming and England have
:25:53. > :25:57.never won it. Are they serious contenders? England supporters love
:25:58. > :26:01.a surprise. England are not that far away. A bit of mystery in the
:26:02. > :26:06.bowling attack but they are not that far-away. For people to say, get rid
:26:07. > :26:10.of the captain, three months before the World Cup, you might as well not
:26:11. > :26:14.go. There is no point going. If you don't think we can win the World
:26:15. > :26:21.Cup, making stupid decisions like that would be crazy. Chasing 294,
:26:22. > :26:25.England were all out 41 runs short. Rush India were all out. But they
:26:26. > :26:30.had a ready won the series with ease. Cause for English
:26:31. > :26:32.encouragement? You can guess which interpretation Alastair Cook might
:26:33. > :26:34.choose. A look at the weekend weather now.
:26:35. > :26:40.choose. A look at the weekend weather now.
:26:41. > :26:45.It is not looking bad. This picture sums it up pretty well. Some
:26:46. > :26:49.sunshine on the way but dark clouds on the horizon, so it will not be a
:26:50. > :26:53.completely dry weekend but for most of us, most of the time, it will be
:26:54. > :26:57.dry and quite bright with some sunshine. Today, you will notice on
:26:58. > :27:03.the satellite picked sure, it has been a varied cloud cover across the
:27:04. > :27:08.country. This is the weather front which has been bringing rain to
:27:09. > :27:12.Scotland and Northern Ireland. Through Friday night and into
:27:13. > :27:16.Saturday, it will be sinking further south, so places like Newcastle, the
:27:17. > :27:20.Lake District, further south into Yorkshire and northern parts of
:27:21. > :27:25.Wales will have some rain. Towards the south, areas of cloud, some mist
:27:26. > :27:31.and fog as well but not cold. A little bit colder in Scotland.
:27:32. > :27:34.Through Saturday morning, some rain across northern parts of England,
:27:35. > :27:38.Eastern counties as well. Through the afternoon, the mixture of
:27:39. > :27:42.sunshine between the clouds and maybe the odd shower, but for most
:27:43. > :27:49.of us, most of the time, it should be fine. Sunday, another area of low
:27:50. > :27:54.pressure develops in the North Sea, swinging back into Scotland. Here,
:27:55. > :27:58.it will not be quite so good with some rain around. But for the vast
:27:59. > :28:01.majority of the UK it is looking fine. In Newcastle yesterday we were
:28:02. > :28:07.advertising fine weather for the Great North Run, and that remains
:28:08. > :28:10.the case. Some sunshine there, although the morning might be a bit
:28:11. > :28:17.chilly. By the afternoon, around 16 or 17 degrees. Next week,
:28:18. > :28:22.high-pressure anchoring -- anchoring its self across the UK, which means
:28:23. > :28:26.mostly dry weather. There will be some sunshine around, but the nights
:28:27. > :28:27.are getting longer, so with clearer skies at night it will be a bit
:28:28. > :28:37.colder. Our main story:
:28:38. > :28:43.After months of fighting, a cease-fire in Ukraine, but Europe
:28:44. > :28:44.could still impose further sanctions against Russia. Now, time for the