:00:00. > :00:07.Princes William and Harry lead tributes to the British explorer
:00:08. > :00:12.who's died on the brink of making history.
:00:13. > :00:16.Henry Worsley was just 30 miles from finishing the first solo
:00:17. > :00:19.crossing of the Antarctic when he left this message.
:00:20. > :00:26.I've run out of time, physical endurance and the simple
:00:27. > :00:31.sheer inability to slide one ski front of the other.
:00:32. > :00:33.He didn't reach the finish line but raised more
:00:34. > :00:42.The Hillsborough inquests - the judge says the unlawful killing
:00:43. > :00:48.of 96 fans is one option to consider.
:00:49. > :00:51.The mosquito borne virus linked to brain damage in babies -
:00:52. > :00:54.it's spreading across North and South America.
:00:55. > :00:58.A fifth sperm whale is washed up on the east coast of England -
:00:59. > :01:03.part of a group stranded over the weekend.
:01:04. > :01:07.Johanna Konta becomes the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam
:01:08. > :01:13.And on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm...
:01:14. > :01:16.A high-speed train was allowed to cross this viaduct,
:01:17. > :01:22.And as the Scottish Parliament prepares to take on new powers
:01:23. > :01:42.to set taxes, the Conservatives call for a new middle income tax band.
:01:43. > :01:46.Hello and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:47. > :01:49.Henry Worsley was just days away from achieving his dream -
:01:50. > :01:51.completing a crossing of the Antarctic entirely
:01:52. > :01:56.On Friday he recorded a last message, saying he was too
:01:57. > :02:00.The former army officer was flown to hospital in Chile,
:02:01. > :02:04.Princes William and Harry have led the tributes,
:02:05. > :02:06.praising his courage and determination.
:02:07. > :02:15.This report from our Science Editor, David Shukman.
:02:16. > :02:23.Nowhere on earth is more hostile to human life. The icy, fast, dangerous
:02:24. > :02:31.continent of Antarctica and crossing it alone was always going to be a
:02:32. > :02:35.huge challenge. So, Henry Worsley was trying something no one managed
:02:36. > :02:40.before. Even this veteran of the SAS and polar exploration became ill and
:02:41. > :02:47.exhausted and near his destination he had to give up. This was his
:02:48. > :02:56.final message. My journey is at an end. I have run out of time,
:02:57. > :03:01.physical insurance and the simple sheer inability to slide one ski in
:03:02. > :03:10.front of the other. To cover the distance required to reach my goal.
:03:11. > :03:14.After a trek of 900 miles and was just 30 left, he called for a
:03:15. > :03:17.pick-up and was flown to hospital in Chile, where doctors find an
:03:18. > :03:22.abdominal infection and after complete organ failure he died.
:03:23. > :03:26.Henry Worsley was someone he knew the dangers of the polar world,
:03:27. > :03:32.before a previous expedition he trained in Greenland and seems to
:03:33. > :03:45.remain calm, whatever happened. Henry? Yes! How are you? I'm all
:03:46. > :03:48.right. And last, he told us what buried him worst. The biggest threat
:03:49. > :03:51.will be from the weather and possibly crevasse is on the final
:03:52. > :03:57.Shackleton Glazier. His hope was to follow in the footsteps of Ernest
:03:58. > :04:03.Shackleton, who tried and failed to cross Antarctica 100 years ago. He
:04:04. > :04:09.was designated to be captain of the ship, injuries. Going along was the
:04:10. > :04:13.ultimate test. There is a reason why these things have not been done
:04:14. > :04:20.before. They are extremely difficult. And going solo, with no
:04:21. > :04:26.resupply and begin unassisted in all shapes and forms, is the purest form
:04:27. > :04:31.and the hardest form of travel. Quite possibly on the surface of
:04:32. > :04:38.this earth. Only one week ago, he believed he was still on course. I
:04:39. > :04:42.am jolly hungry and tired. And I have my deadline to beat for a
:04:43. > :04:48.pick-up on the 24th. He never made it. But as friends, Prince William
:04:49. > :04:52.and Harry, said he was an inspiration and he will be
:04:53. > :05:00.remembered for coming so close to making Antarctic history.
:05:01. > :05:02.The explorer Henry Worsley, who has died, aged 55.
:05:03. > :05:06.The jury at the new inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans
:05:07. > :05:08.in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 has been asked to consider
:05:09. > :05:13.The question is one of a series they will have to answer.
:05:14. > :05:16.Today, the coroner began to sum up more than 260 days of evidence.
:05:17. > :05:18.Our correspondent, Judith Moritz, is at the Coroner's Court in
:05:19. > :05:32.Yes, these are inquests, they are not a trial, the jurors have been
:05:33. > :05:38.told they cannot find anybody guilty of a criminal offence. But they have
:05:39. > :05:41.also been told that if they agree that all of the 96 people who died
:05:42. > :05:46.in the Hillsborough Disaster were unlawfully killed, it will be
:05:47. > :05:47.because they are sure the police officer who was in charge was
:05:48. > :05:49.responsible. Hillsborough took away
:05:50. > :05:51.the lives of 96 men, They were mothers and fathers,
:05:52. > :05:56.brothers and sisters, The youngest was just ten,
:05:57. > :06:08.the oldest a pensioner of nearly 70. Their families have spent more
:06:09. > :06:11.than a quarter of a century For the last two years they have sat
:06:12. > :06:15.through hours of harrowing The coroner's speech today marks
:06:16. > :06:18.the beginning of the end. I don't know what I am glad
:06:19. > :06:21.to do when this is over, I really, truly don't know
:06:22. > :06:25.what I am going to do. Hillsborough is all
:06:26. > :06:27.I have ever known. The inquests have examined every
:06:28. > :06:30.aspect of what happened at Britain's worst stadium disaster,
:06:31. > :06:32.when the fans were crushed Now the jurors have been given
:06:33. > :06:37.a questionnaire based Amongst the 14 questions they'll
:06:38. > :06:46.have to answer is whether the 96 people who died were
:06:47. > :06:48.unlawfully killed. They will also be asked
:06:49. > :06:50.whether the police and ambulance services made any errors
:06:51. > :06:52.which contributed to And they will consider topics
:06:53. > :06:56.including the design of the stadium Former Chief Superintendent David
:06:57. > :07:03.Dukinfield was in charge More than 25 years later,
:07:04. > :07:11.he came to the new inquests Was he responsible for manslaughter
:07:12. > :07:15.by gross negligence? The jury have to be sure of that
:07:16. > :07:18.if accepting the fans It is nearly two years since
:07:19. > :07:26.the jurors came to Hillsborough. They saw for themselves
:07:27. > :07:28.where the crowd built up here outside the ground
:07:29. > :07:31.and they went through the tunnel, under the Sheffield Wednesday
:07:32. > :07:36.sign, towards the pitch. Since then, they have sat
:07:37. > :07:40.through many months of often very harrowing evidence and their task
:07:41. > :07:44.will be to find answers She is pleased the jury
:07:45. > :07:51.is being asked for more than just What the narrative does is give
:07:52. > :07:59.the opportunity to expand on what is ultimately
:08:00. > :08:05.going on to the public so it isn't just a finding and a one line
:08:06. > :08:09.statement that the people can The coroner is expected to take
:08:10. > :08:15.three weeks to sum up the evidence. The jury will be sent
:08:16. > :08:17.out next month. The World Health Organisation
:08:18. > :08:24.say the Zika virus - suspected of causing brain damage
:08:25. > :08:28.to thousands of babies in Brazil - is likely to spread across most
:08:29. > :08:33.of South, Central and North America. Women are being warned
:08:34. > :08:35.to seek medical advice Wyre Davies sent this report
:08:36. > :08:48.from Rio de Janiero. Cared for and loved as much as any
:08:49. > :08:51.other child, but an increasing number of babies in Brazil are being
:08:52. > :08:56.born with the condition that will affect them for the rest of their
:08:57. > :08:59.lives. Microcephaly is driving fear into the hearts of thousands of
:09:00. > :09:06.Brazilian families and in many cases, mothers may not be aware of
:09:07. > :09:12.it until the baby is born. Gentle physiotherapy helps stimulate
:09:13. > :09:14.developmental problems associated with microcephaly and while some
:09:15. > :09:19.physical effects like smaller than average head sizes I'd be obvious,
:09:20. > :09:26.specialists say this is just the tip of the iceberg. TRANSLATION:
:09:27. > :09:31.Microcephaly and the abnormalities are just one extreme but when the
:09:32. > :09:36.virus infects pregnancies in the seventh and eighth months, there can
:09:37. > :09:39.be other consequences such as visual impairment or even cognitive
:09:40. > :09:43.challenges which will only become clear later on but I repeat,
:09:44. > :09:47.Microsoft and the is just one extreme. There will be a range of
:09:48. > :09:56.other impacts, the scale of this is huge. The chief suspect is the Zika
:09:57. > :10:01.virus, transmitted by the IEDs mosquito. In some parts of the
:10:02. > :10:05.country the army has been brought in to check loans and water supplies
:10:06. > :10:12.amid fears that Zika may already be out of control. With the health
:10:13. > :10:16.system already under strain, Brazil has the added pressure of preparing
:10:17. > :10:21.for big set piece global events, like this year's Olympic Games. But
:10:22. > :10:25.some countries have issued strict travel advice, the real question is
:10:26. > :10:31.whether Brazil itself can cope with the scale of the Zika outbreak. This
:10:32. > :10:34.is the edge of the Olympic Park, open sewers and lots of stagnant
:10:35. > :10:38.water. Perfect mosquito breeding ground. What all the authorities
:10:39. > :10:44.have so far said they might do is fumigate these areas in the run-up
:10:45. > :10:49.to the Olympic Games. This house was demolished and now I am stuck with
:10:50. > :10:53.this standing pool of water, risking Zika and dengue fever, says this
:10:54. > :10:57.woman, who has lived here for 20 years. They have not given any
:10:58. > :11:00.information about how to prevent Zika except to put on insect
:11:01. > :11:05.repellent. Result may not be at fault for the arrival of Zika nor
:11:06. > :11:09.the spread throughout the continent. But with appalling levels of public
:11:10. > :11:12.sanitation and a critical year ahead, this is developing into a
:11:13. > :11:15.major public health crisis. Wyre Davies, BBC news, real.
:11:16. > :11:18.The Zika virus is carried by mosquitoes and there's currently
:11:19. > :11:25.So what causes the devastating Zika virus, who's most at risk
:11:26. > :11:28.Here's our Medical Correspondent, Fergus Walsh.
:11:29. > :11:35.When infected with the Zika virus, it can pass it to humans
:11:36. > :11:43.It is the same mosquito which also spreads dengue fever.
:11:44. > :11:51.The Zika virus was identified way back in 1947 in Uganda.
:11:52. > :11:54.But until a few months ago, the Zika virus was not thought to be
:11:55. > :12:00.80% of those infected have no symptoms.
:12:01. > :12:02.In the rest, it can cause a mild fever and headaches.
:12:03. > :12:09.As is conjunctivitis, red, sore eyes.
:12:10. > :12:17.In less than one year it has spread from Mexico,
:12:18. > :12:19.the Caribbean, to South America, 21 countries in all.
:12:20. > :12:26.There, doctors believe it represents a major health threat to women
:12:27. > :12:31.infected in the early stages of pregnancy.
:12:32. > :12:36.They think Zika may cause a normally rare condition in infants born
:12:37. > :12:38.with unusually small heads and damaged brains.
:12:39. > :12:52.The only serious risk to public health is for pregnant women
:12:53. > :12:54.and pregnant women, if they get infected,
:12:55. > :12:56.then they could have babies with microcephaly.
:12:57. > :13:03.So, pregnant women should consider very seriously whether to travel
:13:04. > :13:08.to places where there is Zika infection coming on.
:13:09. > :13:10.Zika is quite unlike the deadly Ebola virus which has killed more
:13:11. > :13:18.Ebola is highly contagious, whereas Zika does not pass
:13:19. > :13:26.This is not Ebola, this is a disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes
:13:27. > :13:30.and so it will only be a problem in areas where there is the same
:13:31. > :13:31.mosquito that transmits dengue fever.
:13:32. > :13:33.But like Ebola, it is an emerging and infectious disease
:13:34. > :13:41.It is too cold in the UK for the mosquito that carries
:13:42. > :13:44.the Zika virus so it is not a public health threat here.
:13:45. > :13:46.But global health officials believe that in time,
:13:47. > :13:48.it will spread to many more countries, including parts
:13:49. > :13:57.Cecil Parkinson, who has died at the age of 84,
:13:58. > :14:01.seemed destined for the top of British politics.
:14:02. > :14:05.He was even talked of as a successor to his mentor, Margaret Thatcher.
:14:06. > :14:08.But his career was effectively ended when it was revealed he'd fathered
:14:09. > :14:11.Our Deputy Political Editor, James Landale, looks
:14:12. > :14:25.Cecil Parkinson was a charming face of Margaret Thatcher's government, a
:14:26. > :14:30.friend as much as an ally who flattered, believed in her and above
:14:31. > :14:34.all, helped to elections. What we do now is going to shape the future for
:14:35. > :14:38.our children. He was cut from the same cloth as Mrs Thatcher, a
:14:39. > :14:43.self-made businessmen of humble origins in the early 1980s she gave
:14:44. > :14:45.him a seat in the Cabinet as party chairman and 1983 he delivered the
:14:46. > :14:54.majority she needed to push through reforms. But within months of those
:14:55. > :14:58.scenes of trial at the headquarters, Cecil Parkinson snatched defeat from
:14:59. > :15:04.the jaws of victory. He was out of office and in disgrace. It emerged
:15:05. > :15:09.he was having a long affair with the secretary, Sara Keays, who was not
:15:10. > :15:15.pregnant. I will make no further comment. At the Tory conference in
:15:16. > :15:19.1983 he fought to stay in government but after Sara Keays claimed he had
:15:20. > :15:22.broken a promise to marry her... The right honourable Cecil Parkinson has
:15:23. > :15:29.tendered his resignation as Secretary of State. Welcome back!
:15:30. > :15:35.For years he was mocked in public. And nest in Downing Street. In 1987
:15:36. > :15:39.Mrs Thatcher gave them a second political life as Energy Secretary,
:15:40. > :15:42.to privatise more nationalised industries just as, years earlier,
:15:43. > :15:47.he had liberalised the city of London. He was part of a great
:15:48. > :15:50.political generation that did extraordinary things for our
:15:51. > :15:53.country. Cecil Parkinson was one of the few ministers who stayed loyal
:15:54. > :15:58.to Mrs Thatcher in the end and when she resigned in 1990, he also went.
:15:59. > :16:05.For a peerage and a more private life. After the Tories defeat in 19
:16:06. > :16:09.97, he returned as party chairman unifies a young William Hague but
:16:10. > :16:15.not for long. Cecil Parkinson was once talked of as Mrs Thatcher's
:16:16. > :16:16.successor. Instead, he was the courtier who stood by her to the
:16:17. > :16:24.last. Cecil Parkinson, who has
:16:25. > :16:27.died at the age of 84. The British explorer
:16:28. > :16:31.Henry Worsley has died on the verge of realising his dream
:16:32. > :16:34.to cross the Antarctic. And still to come -
:16:35. > :16:37.Dylan Hartley, the bad boy of English rugby, is
:16:38. > :16:40.the new England captain. And coming up on Reporting
:16:41. > :16:42.Scotland at 6.30... Extra cash to help fix
:16:43. > :16:44.the road at the Rest But locals want
:16:45. > :16:48.a permanent solution. And Andy Murray overcomes problems
:16:49. > :16:51.off the court to get through to the last eight
:16:52. > :17:01.at the Australian Open. Last week we reported
:17:02. > :17:04.on a public inquiry which found that Russian President Vladimir
:17:05. > :17:07.Putin was probably linked to the assassination of a former
:17:08. > :17:10.Russian spy in London. Now, a BBC investigation has been
:17:11. > :17:13.looking at Mr Putin's private finances and heard from those
:17:14. > :17:17.who say they have inside knowledge The US Treasury told Panorama
:17:18. > :17:22.that it considers Mr Richard Bilton has
:17:23. > :17:28.this exclusive report. Vladimir Putin's secrets can be
:17:29. > :17:36.found beyond Russia's borders. In Estonia is a man who fled Russia
:17:37. > :17:37.after falling out with Kremlin He says he helped Putin
:17:38. > :17:42.collect money from Russia's They thought it was for
:17:43. > :17:48.the nation's health care. So, were these oligarchs
:17:49. > :17:51.effectively just TRANSLATION: I think this
:17:52. > :17:58.is exactly what they thought. Sergei Kolesnikov says some
:17:59. > :18:01.of the cash was diverted and ended This is a recording of Kolesnikov
:18:02. > :18:11.talking to a Kremlin insider. They are discussing $440 million
:18:12. > :18:17.of investment belonging to Putin. They refer to him using
:18:18. > :18:23.a nickname, Mikhail Ivanovic. Then, there is Britain's most famous
:18:24. > :18:40.Russian, Chelsea owner He allegedly gave Putin
:18:41. > :18:45.a $35 million yacht, This man told us he helped
:18:46. > :18:57.manage the yacht. Dmitry Skarga says it was
:18:58. > :18:59.transferred to an offshore company, but the real owner
:19:00. > :19:03.was President Putin. This yacht was maintained and paid
:19:04. > :19:06.for running costs from state Because it belongs personally
:19:07. > :19:12.to Putin, not to the state. We asked Mr Abramovich
:19:13. > :19:15.about the yacht, but his lawyers dismissed names
:19:16. > :19:20.about him as speculation The US Treasury has gone
:19:21. > :19:24.public with its view - He supposedly draws a state salary
:19:25. > :19:33.of something like $110,000 a year. That is not an accurate statement
:19:34. > :19:37.of the man's wealth. And he has long-time training
:19:38. > :19:40.and practices in terms of how President Putin denies
:19:41. > :19:55.all the allegations of corruption. His spokesman said the issues
:19:56. > :19:57.we had raised were pure But one of the world's most powerful
:19:58. > :20:02.men, already linked to murder, is accused of corruption
:20:03. > :20:06.on an extraordinary scale. You can see the full investigation
:20:07. > :20:08.on tonight's Panorama, The captain of the English rugby
:20:09. > :20:16.team is one of the most prestigious And now, just months
:20:17. > :20:20.after their disastrous World Cup But having been banned for a range
:20:21. > :20:27.of offences, including biting, eye gouging, punching and swearing
:20:28. > :20:30.at a referee, his appointment is not without controversy,
:20:31. > :20:31.as our sports editor It is an appointment
:20:32. > :20:40.which is sure to raise eyebrows. Few rugby players have been
:20:41. > :20:43.banned as often as Dylan But despite his well-documented
:20:44. > :20:50.discipline report But despite his well-documented
:20:51. > :20:53.disciplinary problems, the new England captain told me
:20:54. > :20:55.he has what it takes Yet it has gone wrong in the past,
:20:56. > :21:01.but it is the past and it I am just looking
:21:02. > :21:04.forward to these next Hartley's on-field misdemeanours
:21:05. > :21:11.make for grim reading, with six suspensions
:21:12. > :21:12.totalling 54 weeks for various offences ranging from eye
:21:13. > :21:15.gouging, biting and abusing Will it happen again?
:21:16. > :21:17.No. But they will have
:21:18. > :21:22.heard that before, and it has happened again -
:21:23. > :21:25.have you learned your lessons from the past?
:21:26. > :21:28.Yes, I would say I have. All I can do is try and lead
:21:29. > :21:42.by example, getting the team, All I can do is try and lead
:21:43. > :21:45.by example, get in the team, play well and try and
:21:46. > :21:47.answer those critics. With 66 caps, New Zealand
:21:48. > :21:49.born Hartley brings experience and tenacity head
:21:50. > :21:51.of the Six Nations Championship, But moments of madness
:21:52. > :21:55.like this mean the hooker could be the most
:21:56. > :21:58.controversial captaincy choice that The worry I suppose for fans
:21:59. > :22:05.and the pundits and retired players like me is that, will Dylan be able
:22:06. > :22:08.to control his temperament? No doubt he is a passionate man
:22:09. > :22:12.who loves playing the game of rugby. It is whether he can control that
:22:13. > :22:15.emotion in the heat of battle. The last thing you want
:22:16. > :22:18.is for your captain not to be Hartley replaces Chris
:22:19. > :22:22.Robshaw, who has paid the price after leading England
:22:23. > :22:24.to their worst ever Rugby World Cup. The new coach believes the team
:22:25. > :22:27.needs a harder edge. It has been well-documented
:22:28. > :22:31.where English rugby It has also been well-documented
:22:32. > :22:34.where we want to take it. Hartley has already missed two
:22:35. > :22:39.World Cups and a Lions He says it is an honour
:22:40. > :22:43.to be England captain. His record shows
:22:44. > :22:48.it is also a gamble. Tests are being carried out on three
:22:49. > :22:52.dead sperm whales after they washed up on a beach at Skegness
:22:53. > :22:55.in Lincolnshire at the weekend. They are thought to belong
:22:56. > :22:58.to the same pod as a whale found at Hunstanton in Norfolk on Friday,
:22:59. > :23:01.when a rescue attempt failed. This afternoon, a fifth whale
:23:02. > :23:04.was found dead near Skegness. Our correspondent Ed
:23:05. > :23:08.Thomas is there tonight. Five lost whales found stranded
:23:09. > :23:14.in just over 48 hours. At more than 40ft along,
:23:15. > :23:16.these deep-sea animals From Friday night to
:23:17. > :23:25.this morning, lifeless sperm whales have been washing
:23:26. > :23:34.up on the east coast. We discovered that this
:23:35. > :23:36.whale had been washed In Skegness, Andy Holmes was one
:23:37. > :23:40.of the first to discover this sperm whale early-onset and a morning.
:23:41. > :23:42.It is sad. It is a majestic animal
:23:43. > :23:45.and here it lies for everybody It is a sad situation,
:23:46. > :23:49.but nature, some would say. This video was filmed
:23:50. > :23:50.off the Norfolk coast, just before the whales
:23:51. > :23:52.became stranded. All five are thought to belong
:23:53. > :23:55.to the same bachelor pod These two were found
:23:56. > :23:59.on Saturday evening, and because of the way
:24:00. > :24:02.they are positioned, scientists believe that they were
:24:03. > :24:05.both alive when they got The important thing now is to find
:24:06. > :24:11.out why they came here and how If you look at the topography
:24:12. > :24:15.of the coast here, Rob is now leading
:24:16. > :24:19.the investigation to find They have very specialised
:24:20. > :24:23.feeding mechanisms. They dive down to thousands
:24:24. > :24:26.of metres off the continental shelf edge, into the pitch black,
:24:27. > :24:28.holding their breath Once they are in the shallow
:24:29. > :24:35.North Sea, it is a completely Their normal feeding mechanisms
:24:36. > :24:38.would not work and would probably lead to a stranding
:24:39. > :24:40.as has happened here. That is just one theory -
:24:41. > :24:42.that these whales were starved But investigators say it could be
:24:43. > :24:47.several weeks before we know the full facts
:24:48. > :25:06.of what brought these giants Tonight, the tide is in, so this is
:25:07. > :25:11.as close as we can get to this stranded whale here in Skegness.
:25:12. > :25:14.This is just one of the five whales. But we can show you these daytime
:25:15. > :25:20.pictures, video which was taken earlier this afternoon of the fifth
:25:21. > :25:23.whale which was found just a few miles away from here. Postmortem
:25:24. > :25:28.examinations have been carried out on all five of them, and experts say
:25:29. > :25:32.they do not believe right now that any more sperm whales will be washed
:25:33. > :25:38.up on the east coast. So, as soon as these tests have been completed, the
:25:39. > :25:42.council will move in and start the delicate operation of losing these
:25:43. > :25:43.astonishing creatures off the beach. Hopefully by then, we will have some
:25:44. > :25:48.answers about what happened here. Tennis, and Johanna Konta has become
:25:49. > :25:50.the first British woman since 1984 to reach the quarterfinal
:25:51. > :25:52.of a Grand Slam. She fought back to win in three sets
:25:53. > :25:56.at the Australian Open in Melbourne. And with Andy Murray also winning,
:25:57. > :25:59.it means Britain has a man and woman in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam
:26:00. > :26:03.for the first time in 39 years. Here's our sports
:26:04. > :26:04.correspondent Katie Gornall. What a result!
:26:05. > :26:05.What a match! A place in the quarterfinals,
:26:06. > :26:07.and her best ever performance at a major
:26:08. > :26:10.tournament, for a player who was ranked 150ft
:26:11. > :26:12.in the world just over a year ago, it has
:26:13. > :26:14.been a lot to take in. I am just incredibly happy
:26:15. > :26:17.still to be here in the tournament. The fact that it is the quarterfinal
:26:18. > :26:20.of the Australian Open is pretty Johanna Konta was carrying the hopes
:26:21. > :26:24.of British women's tennis At first there were nerves
:26:25. > :26:28.as she handed the opening set to her Russian opponent,
:26:29. > :26:30.Ekaterina Makarova, However, Konta's surge
:26:31. > :26:37.through the rankings has coincided And then, after three hours and four
:26:38. > :26:44.minutes of attrition, For Australian tennis,
:26:45. > :26:51.Konta was the one that Born in Sydney to Hungarian
:26:52. > :26:56.parents, she moved to Eastbourne at the age of 14
:26:57. > :26:58.and became a British Her win brings to an
:26:59. > :27:03.end a 32-year wait. The last British woman to reach
:27:04. > :27:07.a Grand Slam quarterfinal was Jo Durie back in 1984 -
:27:08. > :27:11.who beat a 15-year-old Steffi Graf in the
:27:12. > :27:15.fourth round at Wimbledon. That was seven years
:27:16. > :27:18.before Konta was born. It is great for the game,
:27:19. > :27:22.great for British tennis, great for the girls game in Britain
:27:23. > :27:25.because we now have somebody in the back end of slams,
:27:26. > :27:27.and that gets them talking Konta will now meet Chinese
:27:28. > :27:31.qualifier Zhang Shuai for a place So far she has gone under
:27:32. > :27:35.the radar in Melbourne. But now the world is
:27:36. > :27:38.waking up to the name Time for a look at the weather,
:27:39. > :27:53.with Jon Hammond. I am going to disappoint a few kids
:27:54. > :27:58.amongst us because this blizzard is not heading in our direction. The
:27:59. > :28:03.storm has got to track across about 3000 miles of Atlantic Ocean, and
:28:04. > :28:08.the Atlantic is relatively warm, so the system is warming up as I speak.
:28:09. > :28:12.But it will bring a lot of rain, which is of some concern. And strong
:28:13. > :28:19.winds as well. A relatively quiet start to the night in fact. The wet
:28:20. > :28:22.and windy weather will arrive across Scotland and Northern Ireland later
:28:23. > :28:26.on in the night. A thoroughly filthy start to the day here. Let's close
:28:27. > :28:33.in on these north-western areas. We could see gusts of up to 70mph,
:28:34. > :28:38.particularly around some Irish sea coasts. And there could be two
:28:39. > :28:43.inches or more of rain in certain areas. Dry and bright start further
:28:44. > :28:48.south. It takes all day for that range to arrive across these most
:28:49. > :28:51.south-eastern areas. Meanwhile, it brightens up again across Scotland
:28:52. > :29:01.and Northern Ireland. Cold start to the day. Temperatures slow to rise.
:29:02. > :29:06.Fast forward to Wednesday morning and this ia a fly in the ointment.
:29:07. > :29:12.There could be some snow on the northern fringe of this front. We
:29:13. > :29:18.will keep an eye on Wednesday. Eventually it turns drier and
:29:19. > :29:21.brighter, but colder, with the showers turning wintry across the
:29:22. > :29:30.north and west. Over the next few days we will have fluctuating mild
:29:31. > :29:33.and wet, and some lower temperatures with the brighter conditions, before
:29:34. > :29:42.eventually, the wet weather returns again. So, a lot going on. That is
:29:43. > :29:43.all from us. Now for the news where you are.