:00:00. > :00:00.A deal is just hours away, for Britain's first new nuclear
:00:07. > :00:13.The French company, EDF, is expected to approve the funds
:00:14. > :00:19.for Hinkley Point C, a colossal ?18 billion.
:00:20. > :00:21.We need a lot of new electricity, otherwise the lights
:00:22. > :00:27.Construction could begin next year, but critics say the plans are costly
:00:28. > :00:33.It locks us into a 20th-century technology.
:00:34. > :00:36.What we should be doing is investigating today's
:00:37. > :00:38.technologies, which are smarter, cheaper and faster ways to provide
:00:39. > :00:45.So, will the new plant, as the Government hopes,
:00:46. > :00:55.Lloyds says as more and more of us bank online, it's
:00:56. > :00:58.having to cut 3000 jobs, and shut 200 branches.
:00:59. > :01:01.As he leaves the stage, a warm embrace sees Barack Obama pass
:01:02. > :01:06.on the baton to a new Democratic nominee, for the White House.
:01:07. > :01:12.There has never been a man, or a woman, not me, not Bill,
:01:13. > :01:15.nobody, more qualified than Hillary Clinton
:01:16. > :01:21.to serve as President of the United States of America.
:01:22. > :01:26.And could the key to new antibiotics to tackle superbugs be
:01:27. > :01:36.And coming up in sport on BBC News, the Russian Olympic delegation has
:01:37. > :01:39.left for the opening of the Olympics but more than 70 stayed at home
:01:40. > :02:07.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:02:08. > :02:10.It would be the first nuclear power plant to be built in this country
:02:11. > :02:13.In the next few hours, the deal for the construction
:02:14. > :02:16.of Hinkley Point C, in Somerset, is expected to be approved
:02:17. > :02:21.The price tag is ?18 billion, which would make it one of the most
:02:22. > :02:22.expensive power stations in the world.
:02:23. > :02:25.And once the cost is signed off, construction could begin next
:02:26. > :02:28.But the project isn't without its critics.
:02:29. > :02:31.While the Government says it will help secure the UK's future
:02:32. > :02:34.energy needs, the project's been attacked as poor value for consumers
:02:35. > :02:38.and potentially damaging for the environment.
:02:39. > :02:41.Our Business Editor Simon Jack is at Hinkley Point
:02:42. > :02:54.Yes, a decision, we think, is imminent. If it comes, that will be
:02:55. > :02:57.a moment that many people thought would never come and many people
:02:58. > :03:01.thought should never come. We have been down this road before. A
:03:02. > :03:05.combination of technical issues, opposition from the French union,
:03:06. > :03:10.tripping to get an enormous amount of money has seen it to lead time
:03:11. > :03:15.and again. This time it is for real. There is plenty of activity going
:03:16. > :03:20.on. Everyone acknowledges we have a problem. Hinkley Point A is already
:03:21. > :03:26.out of commission and Hinkley Point B is due to peg out in 2023 foot
:03:27. > :03:29.everyone says we need the electricity but what is hotly
:03:30. > :03:30.disputed is whether we need Hinkley Point C.
:03:31. > :03:33.Welcome to the site of the world's most expensive power plant.
:03:34. > :03:34.After nearly a decade of wrangling,
:03:35. > :03:36.the decision to move ahead is upon us.
:03:37. > :03:38.Costly, controversial and yet successive ministers have been
:03:39. > :03:44.Including the man who agreed the terms of the 50 year commitment
:03:45. > :03:52.Otherwise the lights will go out in the 2020s.
:03:53. > :03:54.We need low carbon electricity because the evidence is that
:03:55. > :03:57.climate change is seriously affecting our planet
:03:58. > :04:02.Given the Conservative government has taken off the table
:04:03. > :04:11.options like renewable, carbon capture and storage,
:04:12. > :04:13.the need to have Hinkley has actually gone up.
:04:14. > :04:18.Scheduled to take nine years to build, it should
:04:19. > :04:23.It will eventually provide 7% of all of the UK's electricity,
:04:24. > :04:30.EDF will charge ?92.50 per megawatt hour for 32 years,
:04:31. > :04:46.That is if everything goes according to plan,
:04:47. > :04:48.which is optimistic given budget and schedule overruns in Finland
:04:49. > :04:55.Six years behind schedule and 7 billion euros over budget.
:04:56. > :04:58.The prospect of taking on Hinkley prompted EDF's chief
:04:59. > :05:01.EDF have shared some of that risk with the Chinese state-owned
:05:02. > :05:03.nuclear company, CGN, taking a one third stake
:05:04. > :05:09.There is not yet a working example of this design anywhere
:05:10. > :05:13.And there are concerns over some of the key components.
:05:14. > :05:15.French unions are opposed to the project and Austria
:05:16. > :05:20.is arguing that the price guarantee breaks state aid rules.
:05:21. > :05:23.In recent weeks, months, even years, there has been real doubt
:05:24. > :05:25.as to whether this project will ever happen.
:05:26. > :05:27.As you can see, it is all systems go.
:05:28. > :05:36.3 million tonnes of concrete, ?18 billion add loads of political
:05:37. > :05:38.capital are being poured into this centrepiece of the UK's energy
:05:39. > :05:44.And with Hinkley, that strategy is heading in the wrong direction,
:05:45. > :05:47.according to the project's many critics.
:05:48. > :05:58.It will not do much for our energy security.
:05:59. > :06:00.We will never get any electricity until 2030.
:06:01. > :06:05.It locks us into a 20th-century technology when we should be
:06:06. > :06:06.investing in today's technologies, which are smarter,
:06:07. > :06:11.cheaper and faster ways of providing energy security.
:06:12. > :06:14.A decision to go ahead will no doubt be welcomed by the Government
:06:15. > :06:16.as another vote of confidence in a post-Brexit UK.
:06:17. > :06:26.There is less confidence in the project itself.
:06:27. > :06:35.In the last few moments, the French news agency, AFP, has said the deal
:06:36. > :06:38.has been approved. That has not officially been confirmed by the
:06:39. > :06:41.company. As you saw in that piece, we have union opposition and lots of
:06:42. > :06:43.obstacles ahead for that we are a long way from the King beat on
:06:44. > :06:47.switch at Hinkley Point C. Britain's Supreme Court has ruled
:06:48. > :06:50.against controversial proposals from the Scottish Government,
:06:51. > :06:52.that would have allowed the appointment of someone
:06:53. > :06:57.outside a child's family the well being of children,
:06:58. > :07:03.but judges say they clash with the right of families
:07:04. > :07:06.to a private life, and have told the Scottish government
:07:07. > :07:07.to rethink its plans. Outside the UK's highest court,
:07:08. > :07:14.noisy protest gives way to satisfaction, success for these
:07:15. > :07:19.campaigners following a judgment that for now at least stops
:07:20. > :07:22.a controversial policy We said that the named person powers
:07:23. > :07:31.to grab and share confidential data on parents and their children
:07:32. > :07:38.was a Big Brother nightmare. It was unwanted, it was unworkable
:07:39. > :07:44.and it was undemocratic. And today, the judges
:07:45. > :07:47.have put a stop to that. Inside, the judge explained
:07:48. > :07:52.the panel's reasoning. As presently drafted,
:07:53. > :07:54.they are at risk of placing those tasked with delivering the scheme
:07:55. > :07:59.on the ground in breach of important regulations are protecting
:08:00. > :08:05.privacy and confidentiality. The legislation was designed
:08:06. > :08:11.to ensure the well-being of every child in Scotland by assigning
:08:12. > :08:13.them a named person, Judges said today that
:08:14. > :08:17.that general principle is unquestionably legitimate,
:08:18. > :08:19.but they ruled that some of the detail breaches the right
:08:20. > :08:22.to privacy and a family life, saying it's perfectly
:08:23. > :08:24.possible that confidential information could be disclosed
:08:25. > :08:29.without parents being aware. Since being voted through
:08:30. > :08:31.the Scottish parliament, there has been an increasing sense
:08:32. > :08:36.of unease surrounding the named person scheme in sections
:08:37. > :08:40.of the Holyrood chamber and beyond. It has been piloted by some Scottish
:08:41. > :08:43.councils, and was due to take effect across the country at the end
:08:44. > :08:46.of next month. Today's ruling means
:08:47. > :08:50.that now won't happen. There is still strong
:08:51. > :08:51.support for the scheme, with major children's charities
:08:52. > :08:55.arguing that it could offer The Scottish government
:08:56. > :09:06.are determined to press ahead. This was a case that was designed
:09:07. > :09:09.to scrap the named person, That Scottish Government will be
:09:10. > :09:13.able to implement the named person policy once we have taken
:09:14. > :09:15.into account the provisions and issues raised with us
:09:16. > :09:17.by the Supreme Court. The named person scheme
:09:18. > :09:19.will remain a stalled policy until that work is done,
:09:20. > :09:21.likely to take several Stephen Godden, BBC News,
:09:22. > :09:26.at the Scottish Parliament. Britain and France have
:09:27. > :09:28.called on Syria and Russia to end their siege of the Syrian
:09:29. > :09:31.city of Aleppo, where more than a quarter of a million
:09:32. > :09:35.people are trapped. These pictures from the Syrian
:09:36. > :09:37.government show its forces Yesterday the army said supply lines
:09:38. > :09:45.to the rebel-held east Russia says it is working to open
:09:46. > :09:48.humanitarian corridors Police in France have used DNA tests
:09:49. > :09:54.to formally identify the second of the two attackers,
:09:55. > :09:56.who killed an elderly priest He's Abdelmalik Petit-jean,
:09:57. > :10:03.who was 19 and from eastern France. His identity card was found
:10:04. > :10:05.in the house of the other attacker, already identified
:10:06. > :10:15.as as Adel Kermiche. Lloyds Banking Group says
:10:16. > :10:17.it's cutting 3,000 jobs It's all being blamed
:10:18. > :10:21.on the transformation in recent years of the way we all bank,
:10:22. > :10:23.using online and mobile services. Lloyds is still partly state-owned,
:10:24. > :10:34.and is already cutting 9,000 jobs. -- Lloyd says the economy is facing
:10:35. > :10:36.an uncertain outlook after the EU referendum.
:10:37. > :10:39.The jangle of silver makes very sweet music
:10:40. > :10:43.The branch was for decades, even centuries, the main way
:10:44. > :10:45.of dealing with the bank, but no longer.
:10:46. > :10:47.And this is the result of the internet and mobile
:10:48. > :10:50.phones taking over - branches closing in their hundreds,
:10:51. > :10:52.like Lloyds in Talbot Green in South Wales.
:10:53. > :10:55.A lot of people are just mesmerised at why it's done and how they're
:10:56. > :10:59.A lot of the brunches around here have been closed.
:11:00. > :11:05.It does sort of change your system of doing things, really.
:11:06. > :11:07.Lloyds is already closing 200 branches.
:11:08. > :11:10.The latest plans will take that to 400.
:11:11. > :11:13.They're in the process of cutting 9,000 jobs,
:11:14. > :11:16.but now there's an extra 3,000 on top, and all to save
:11:17. > :11:22.Driving the cuts are changing technology and banks'
:11:23. > :11:27.Lloyds says it's us, the customers, who are behind
:11:28. > :11:30.the branch closures because we are using our mobiles,
:11:31. > :11:33.for instance, much more to do our banking.
:11:34. > :11:36.As for the job cuts, it doesn't directly blame those
:11:37. > :11:40.on Brexit, but it does explain how low interest rates make it harder
:11:41. > :11:46.to turn a profit, and the uncertainty around Brexit means
:11:47. > :11:48.that interest rates are likely to be lower for longer.
:11:49. > :11:51.Lloyds has said there might be less confidence in the economy,
:11:52. > :11:56.That might mean lower interest rates as well,
:11:57. > :11:59.and that would mean lower profits for Lloyds going forward, so they've
:12:00. > :12:06.What is certain is that mobile apps have become the most
:12:07. > :12:08.common way of banking, used more than home computers
:12:09. > :12:15.As consumers, we seem to expect the banks to keep the branches
:12:16. > :12:18.open as well as develop new internet banking technology.
:12:19. > :12:21.For us, it doesn't seem that those two things are possible in this
:12:22. > :12:27.So if banks do feel the pressure of a worsening economy,
:12:28. > :12:31.expect more of this - fewer jobs and fewer branches
:12:32. > :12:34.for those who still like to do their banking at the counter.
:12:35. > :12:41.Barack Obama has told Americans no-one is more qualified
:12:42. > :12:43.to be the next President of the United States,
:12:44. > :12:47.In an impassioned address to the Democratic National
:12:48. > :12:50.Convention, he described her as a "leader with real plans
:12:51. > :12:53.to break down barriers, blast through glass ceilings
:12:54. > :12:58.and widen the circle of opportunity to every single American".
:12:59. > :13:00.He also referred to her Republican rival Donald Trump,
:13:01. > :13:12.Here's our North America Editor, Jon Sopel.
:13:13. > :13:14.They chanted the war cry from eight years ago
:13:15. > :13:27.But he was here to say, yes, she can, and yes she could.
:13:28. > :13:33.The great speech-maker using all his powers
:13:34. > :13:35.to convince the American people of Hillary Clinton's virtues.
:13:36. > :13:41.There has never been a man or a woman, not me,
:13:42. > :13:42.not Bill, nobody, more qualified than Hillary Clinton
:13:43. > :13:46.to serve as president of the United States of America.
:13:47. > :13:50.And you can see how much Bill Clinton loved that.
:13:51. > :13:52.Barack Obama said she had the temperament and judgment
:13:53. > :13:57.in matters of national security, unlike her rival, Donald Trump.
:13:58. > :14:06.I know Hillary went relent until Isil is destroyed.
:14:07. > :14:12.And she will do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire
:14:13. > :14:21.She is fit and she is ready to be the next commander in chief.
:14:22. > :14:26.There is more than one New York billionaire involved in politics.
:14:27. > :14:32.This one, the former Republican mayor of the city, weighed in.
:14:33. > :14:36.I am a New Yorker and I know a con when I see one.
:14:37. > :14:39.From the vice president, another attack.
:14:40. > :14:41.This time with a slogan that just might catch on.
:14:42. > :14:50.He has no clue about what makes America great.
:14:51. > :15:09.This is how they do it in politics, with a big hug.
:15:10. > :15:12.The most powerful, visual symbol of this week in Philadelphia.
:15:13. > :15:14.It is going to be tough for Hillary Clinton
:15:15. > :15:16.to match the rhetorical brilliance of Barack Obama.
:15:17. > :15:20.His legacy is tied up with her success.
:15:21. > :15:22.Therefore, he will be doing everything between now and November
:15:23. > :15:44.The time is 6:15 p.m.. The top story: a deal for Britain's 's new
:15:45. > :15:51.nuclear power plant in a generation. Still to come, hoping to make a big
:15:52. > :15:52.splash in Rio. Jazz Carling is the first of our Olympic hopefuls to
:15:53. > :15:54.look out for. Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News,
:15:55. > :15:57.the Women's British Open is under way at Woburn,
:15:58. > :15:59.where South Korean Mirim Lee leads the way on nine
:16:00. > :16:18.under par after 14 holes. Scientists have discovered a new
:16:19. > :16:25.type of antibiotic right under their noses. It is found in the human
:16:26. > :16:30.nose, potentially useful against harmful bacteria like MRSA.
:16:31. > :16:33.Scientists say the human body could be an untapped source of new
:16:34. > :16:35.discoveries, though it will be several years until any drug is
:16:36. > :16:38.available to patients. Over billions of years
:16:39. > :16:41.bacteria have kept evolving. Recently some have adapted
:16:42. > :16:44.to resist antibiotics. They've become virtually unstoppable
:16:45. > :16:46.and the infections they cause can be A life-saving drug which has
:16:47. > :16:53.revolutionised medical science. Penicillin was the first antibiotic,
:16:54. > :16:56.an invention that saved millions of But since then, research has
:16:57. > :16:59.struggled to come up with new weapons against the most
:17:00. > :17:02.dangerous bacteria. It is very significant
:17:03. > :17:07.because when we have been looking for antibiotics
:17:08. > :17:11.in the past, we either have been trying to make them
:17:12. > :17:13.in the laboratory using chemistry, or we have gone
:17:14. > :17:15.into the environment to look So this is really the first report,
:17:16. > :17:22.or one of the early reports, of finding
:17:23. > :17:25.antibiotics in our bodies. Superbugs that cannot be defeated
:17:26. > :17:27.by antibiotics are a So this discovery could prove
:17:28. > :17:33.life-saving in future. It starts, rather bizarrely,
:17:34. > :17:36.inside the nose. This is not a pleasant thought,
:17:37. > :17:40.that lots different bacteria exist up there,
:17:41. > :17:43.and in fact they compete. One of them can cause MRSA,
:17:44. > :17:46.but it turns out another kind That is the key finding
:17:47. > :17:53.from the scientists in Germany. They also found that
:17:54. > :17:55.one gene in the microbe When they gave that to mice
:17:56. > :18:09.they swore it helped to resist This really does create
:18:10. > :18:12.what could become a new type of Developing new drugs
:18:13. > :18:15.is never a rapid progress. It may be at least a decade before
:18:16. > :18:18.this discovery is actually turned But for Emily Morris,
:18:19. > :18:25.help cannot come soon enough. She is well, but keeps
:18:26. > :18:35.getting serious infections that put her in hospital
:18:36. > :18:39.and options are running out. There will be a time, and I am
:18:40. > :18:42.expecting it, when they say, we can treat this one.
:18:43. > :18:44.That is what happens. That is what me and my
:18:45. > :18:47.family are worried about. But yes, hopefully with
:18:48. > :18:48.new technology and things like that, we will look
:18:49. > :18:51.at more positive things. The real surprise is where this
:18:52. > :18:55.new antibiotic has been found. Until now, no-one
:18:56. > :18:58.thought the human nose would be harbouring useful bacteria
:18:59. > :19:00.that could defeat the dangerous But given the emerging threat
:19:01. > :19:04.of superbugs, all that matters is that we find something
:19:05. > :19:10.that does beat them. Jeremy Corbyn has seen off a legal
:19:11. > :19:14.challenge and will keep his place A High Court judge ruled
:19:15. > :19:20.that he did not need nominations from 20% of Labour MPs and MEPs
:19:21. > :19:28.in order to be on the ballot. It means the leadership contest
:19:29. > :19:30.between his challenger A man who "binged on drink
:19:31. > :19:34.and drugs" has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend's
:19:35. > :19:36.13-month-old baby boy. Noah Serra-Morrison died as a result
:19:37. > :19:39.of a skull fracture at his home Luton Crown Court found
:19:40. > :19:43.Hardeep Hunjan guilty of murder. Noah's mother was found guilty
:19:44. > :19:47.of causing or allowing Police in Pakistan investigating
:19:48. > :19:55.the death of a 28-year-old woman from Bradford have confirmed that
:19:56. > :19:58.a bruise was found on her neck Samia Shahid died last week
:19:59. > :20:03.while visiting relatives Her husband says she was the victim
:20:04. > :20:09.of a so-called honour killing - something denied by her
:20:10. > :20:14.relatives in Pakistan. Our correspondent Danny
:20:15. > :20:19.Savage is in Bradford. Danny, what Moore has her husband
:20:20. > :20:32.been saying? Ever since Samir Shaheed died, her
:20:33. > :20:35.family has been an -- her husband has been adamant that the family
:20:36. > :20:47.killed her because they didn't approve of her marriage.
:20:48. > :20:54.He has now got hold of a copy of the postmortem which says she had a mock
:20:55. > :20:59.around her neck. He says that points to what happened to her. So far, her
:21:00. > :21:05.family have denied any wrongdoing. Her father has been interviewed. He
:21:06. > :21:09.denies any wrongdoing and her first husband will be interviewed in
:21:10. > :21:13.Pakistan shortly as well. But her husband says he has been receiving
:21:14. > :21:17.death threats and that he feels very alone in this. The local MP here,
:21:18. > :21:21.Naz Shah, says she's satisfied with the way the inquiry is going now,
:21:22. > :21:27.but there are still a lot of questions to be answered.
:21:28. > :21:28.The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has vowed not
:21:29. > :21:30.to abandon her policy of welcoming in refugees.
:21:31. > :21:33.She says she won't allow terrorists to undermine the country's
:21:34. > :21:37.Government policy has been under renewed scrutiny
:21:38. > :21:38.following recent terror attacks, including two committed
:21:39. > :21:44.Our correspondent Chris Buckler has been to the Bavarian town
:21:45. > :21:49.of Landshut, which has seen a significant influx of refugees.
:21:50. > :21:54.Bavaria prides itself on being a welcoming place.
:21:55. > :22:02.But in Germany's largest state, there is increasing
:22:03. > :22:04.unease about Angela Merkel's so-called open-door policy
:22:05. > :22:07.towards those not coming for a holiday, but to make a new life.
:22:08. > :22:10.The two English words within the name of this town
:22:11. > :22:12.may give you an idea of the feelings here.
:22:13. > :22:16.There are people who want tighter controls.
:22:17. > :22:19.TRANSLATION: I'm in favour of an integration law that has more
:22:20. > :22:21.controls and gives people opportunities for the future.
:22:22. > :22:25.And that is where we as Bavarians differ from
:22:26. > :22:36.Earlier this year, in protest at the pressure on resources,
:22:37. > :22:38.this region's mayor sent a bus of refugees to
:22:39. > :22:40.Chancellor Merkel's official residence in Berlin.
:22:41. > :22:43.While the flow of people has eased, there are still
:22:44. > :22:46.many in this town waiting to be given asylum status.
:22:47. > :22:50.And therefore still reliant on Germany's help.
:22:51. > :22:53.This man asked for his face not to be shown because his relatives
:22:54. > :23:13.But the process of approving asylum takes time.
:23:14. > :23:15.It's struggling to cope, like some of the families who feel
:23:16. > :23:21.Five years, we are in the same place.
:23:22. > :23:27.And after recent attacks involving refugees, also concern.
:23:28. > :23:30.There are a lot of people who have criminal records in their countries
:23:31. > :23:44.they possess the criminal heart again.
:23:45. > :23:46.Today the Chancellor proposed measures to improve security.
:23:47. > :23:48.But to the frustration of right-wing parties, she said her asylum
:23:49. > :23:56.TRANSLATION: The events of the last week are a wake-up call to people.
:23:57. > :24:03.The warnings our party have given have proven to be true.
:24:04. > :24:08.It is an incredibly small number
:24:09. > :24:15.The vast majority simply want to be a part of it.
:24:16. > :24:17.But there is a growing distance between Berlin and Bavaria
:24:18. > :24:20.about how to deal with the worries over fear and finances.
:24:21. > :24:22.That could leave this country less open.
:24:23. > :24:27.As Team GB prepares for the Olympics in Rio a week tomorrow,
:24:28. > :24:30.one Welsh swimmer in her debut Games is tipped to win big.
:24:31. > :24:35.Jazz Carlin has already won medals at every level of international
:24:36. > :24:37.competition and heads to Brazil in fine form,
:24:38. > :24:39.having missed London 2012 because of illness.
:24:40. > :24:42.Andy Swiss has the latest in our reports on Team GB, and it
:24:43. > :24:49.Few have waited as long or struggled as hard but finally,
:24:50. > :24:58.Jazz Carlin was still a teenager when she won her first major medals.
:24:59. > :25:02.She looked set to be one of the stars of London 2012,
:25:03. > :25:04.but then illness cruelly ended her hopes,
:25:05. > :25:10.I found out I had glandular fever, and it was a really tough time.
:25:11. > :25:14.I was getting tonsillitis every two to three weeks.
:25:15. > :25:18.I had to take time away from the sport, find my love for it
:25:19. > :25:22.again, find the enjoyment and the passion that I needed.
:25:23. > :25:25.And come 2014 and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow,
:25:26. > :25:31.Jazz Carlin from Swansea takes Wales to gold!
:25:32. > :25:38.and after the heartache of London, tears, this time of joy.
:25:39. > :25:42.For Glasgow, it was the kind of home games I'd never got to experience.
:25:43. > :25:45.To be standing on top of the podium, hearing the national anthem
:25:46. > :25:51.was probably my proudest moment to date, really.
:25:52. > :25:53.A lot of people have spoken about your determination.
:25:54. > :25:56.I know your former coach nicknamed you Pitbull.
:25:57. > :26:01.Does that sum up your character, do you think?
:26:02. > :26:05.I think it's one of those things, whether I was at school
:26:06. > :26:08.in the sports days, I used to love racing, even the sack...
:26:09. > :26:17.Training is a hard slog sometimes when you're up early
:26:18. > :26:21.Especially being a distance swimmer, I'm always the first one in the pool
:26:22. > :26:25.I'm doing between 70 and 80 kilometres a week.
:26:26. > :26:29.I get home sometimes and just fall asleep on the sofa,
:26:30. > :26:33.It's tough at times, but it makes it all worth it
:26:34. > :26:43.What does it mean to you to finally compete in the Olympics?
:26:44. > :26:46.Yeah, it's one of those things that when you're a young girl
:26:47. > :26:49.dreaming of the Olympics, you watch these amazing athletes
:26:50. > :26:55.It's just one of those things where it's a really surreal feeling,
:26:56. > :27:01.and to finally say I'm going to be an Olympian is incredible.
:27:02. > :27:04.And so, from the pain of 2012 to perhaps a podium in 2016,
:27:05. > :27:07.Jazz Carlin will be hoping her Olympic journey ends in a smile.
:27:08. > :27:24.Things will be brightening up and turning pressure over the next few
:27:25. > :27:28.days. It has been quite warm today, but there has also been a lot of
:27:29. > :27:38.cloud, so it seems fairly similar to this view taken earlier in the day.
:27:39. > :27:42.We have also had some heavy showers. But most of those showers will be
:27:43. > :27:47.easing away through the course of the night. Just a bit of cloud and
:27:48. > :27:51.outbreaks of rain. A weak front is sinking south, bringing rain to
:27:52. > :27:59.parts of northern England by first thing Friday morning. Still fairly
:28:00. > :28:04.mild here, fresher further north. Some sunny spells across southern
:28:05. > :28:08.counties tomorrow. Mainly dry first thing, but we cannot rule out a few
:28:09. > :28:18.light showers. Further north from Aberystwyth towards Hull, fresher
:28:19. > :28:21.and brighter conditions. And just a scattering showers blown in on that
:28:22. > :28:24.north-westerly breeze across northern and western Scotland.
:28:25. > :28:29.Through the day, we continue to see this week front sinking further
:28:30. > :28:32.south. It is becoming fairly broken, so a bit of sunshine breaking
:28:33. > :28:38.through the cloud and a few showers in southern areas. Fresher
:28:39. > :28:42.conditions further north, with plenty of sunshine around. Those
:28:43. > :28:45.fresher conditions will push further south into the weekend. We have that
:28:46. > :28:49.frontal system moving out of the way, and that means the warm and
:28:50. > :28:52.humid air we have seen get squeezed away towards the near continent,
:28:53. > :28:56.with cooler air piling in from the north-west. That cooler and fresh
:28:57. > :29:01.air becomes the dominant weather across the whole of the country
:29:02. > :29:03.during the weekend. After the recent humid nights, things become a bit
:29:04. > :29:14.more comfortable for sleeping. A reminder of our main story: a deal
:29:15. > :29:16.for Britain's first new nuclear plant in a generation at him to
:29:17. > :29:18.appoint in Somerset.