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:00:00. > :00:07.More than 500 children are identified as victims of sex abuse

:00:08. > :00:11.after a massive police investigation in Scotland.

:00:12. > :00:13.30 million images of children being abused,

:00:14. > :00:18.from as young as three, were found online.

:00:19. > :00:20.These men, predominantly, are using the profiles of children,

:00:21. > :00:22.pretending to be children, effectively, to communicate

:00:23. > :00:28.with younger children, to groom them online.

:00:29. > :00:31.Over 70 people have been arrested so far,

:00:32. > :00:35.but the investigation is expected to last another six months.

:00:36. > :00:39.Also tonight, nuclear fallout - condemnation of the Government's

:00:40. > :00:44.11th-hour decision to delay the deal for a new reactor at Hinkley.

:00:45. > :00:46.Hillary Clinton formally accepts the Democratic nomination

:00:47. > :00:50.for President and turns her fire on Donald Trump.

:00:51. > :01:00.is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.

:01:01. > :01:03.Minutes from disaster in a sinking boat,

:01:04. > :01:07.two men are jailed for trying to smuggle 18 migrants into Britain.

:01:08. > :01:11.And saved for the nation, a rare portrait of Elizabeth I,

:01:12. > :01:15.after a ?10 million fundraising campaign.

:01:16. > :01:17.And coming up on BBC News, Scotland's Catriona Matthew

:01:18. > :01:20.has been on a charge at the Women's British Open,

:01:21. > :01:43.to take her to joint third at Woburn.

:01:44. > :01:46.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.

:01:47. > :01:49.An investigation by Police Scotland has revealed a huge level of abuse

:01:50. > :01:53.of children from as young as three up to teenagers.

:01:54. > :01:56.Millions of images of children being sexually abused

:01:57. > :02:05.More than 500 children have been identified as victims or potential

:02:06. > :02:08.The massive operation has led to 77 arrests,

:02:09. > :02:11.with officers saying it will take four full-time officers six months

:02:12. > :02:21.Our Scotland correspondent Steve Godden has more.

:02:22. > :02:28.It is these sinister side of the online world, this summers Scottish

:02:29. > :02:32.police concentrated their third spun tackling the sexual abuse of

:02:33. > :02:37.children. Six weeks that revealed the scale of a growing problem.

:02:38. > :02:42.Codenamed Operation Lattise, detectives identified more than 500

:02:43. > :02:48.child victims. They recovered more than 30 million images of children

:02:49. > :02:51.as young as three being abused. On one computer alone, 10 million

:02:52. > :02:55.pictures and videos were discovered. These individuals want to be

:02:56. > :03:00.wherever children are, so they are using websites, forums, chat rooms

:03:01. > :03:04.that children use. These men, predominantly, are using the

:03:05. > :03:07.profiles of children, pretending to be children, effectively, to

:03:08. > :03:15.communicate with younger children, to groom them online, to offend

:03:16. > :03:20.against them. In this crime lab, the grim task of and beating a

:03:21. > :03:25.computer's dark secrets. In the worst case, it will take a team of

:03:26. > :03:28.four officers six months to simply view the material. Behind every

:03:29. > :03:32.image is a crime scene, a child who has been subject to abuse, and every

:03:33. > :03:37.time that image is shared, that child is made a victim again, and we

:03:38. > :03:44.need to make sure that both we tackle the crimes that are being

:03:45. > :03:49.committed. Young people are spending more and more time online. Parents

:03:50. > :03:53.at this gaming festival in Glasgow have a difficult balancing act. My

:03:54. > :03:56.daughter is six, so she is really going just now, but when she gets to

:03:57. > :04:00.that age, who knows where social networking is going to be online,

:04:01. > :04:04.the internet is not going to go away, it is potentially going to

:04:05. > :04:12.become more of a safety issue. Anybody can make up stories, they

:04:13. > :04:15.can kid on that they are a child. If they are just typing, you do not

:04:16. > :04:17.know anything about them. You need to constantly check and constantly

:04:18. > :04:24.monitor what your kids are doing, it will take something wrong to happen

:04:25. > :04:28.for you to figure that out. Reputation, safety and

:04:29. > :04:31.responsibility... While enforcement continues, so do efforts to warn

:04:32. > :04:34.children about potential dangers online. Those catching the abusers

:04:35. > :04:41.save prevention is their most powerful tool. Steven is in Glasgow

:04:42. > :04:45.now. A number of children reveal that risk is horrifying, but this is

:04:46. > :04:49.what police found after just six weeks, is it the tip of the iceberg?

:04:50. > :04:53.Police are always working in this area, but for six weeks during the

:04:54. > :04:57.summer they took the decision to target their resources on tackling

:04:58. > :05:01.online child sexual abuse. They did so because they wanted to shine a

:05:02. > :05:04.light on the problem, to understand the scale of it, and what they

:05:05. > :05:09.found, their starting point was that the more that they looked, the more

:05:10. > :05:13.that they found. Certainly, the biggest here seem to bear that out,

:05:14. > :05:17.the numbers are stark. You heard in the piece there, 30 million images

:05:18. > :05:21.of abuse children, more than 500 victims. The majority of those

:05:22. > :05:27.victims are from Scotland, but when they are talking about this problem,

:05:28. > :05:30.police described it as a national threat that is global in nature.

:05:31. > :05:36.Also, they say there is no stereotypical perpetrator, the ages

:05:37. > :05:40.of those arrested range from 14 to 80. They say they are looking to

:05:41. > :05:45.keep on top of new technology, a Constant Djakpa and for them as they

:05:46. > :05:47.look to tackle this growing problem. -- a constant challenge for them.

:05:48. > :05:50.Unions and a major contractor have condemned the last-minute decision

:05:51. > :05:52.by the Government not to sign a contract to start work

:05:53. > :05:55.on Britain's first new nuclear power plant in 20 years.

:05:56. > :05:57.The deal for an ?18 billion plant at Hinkley in Somerset

:05:58. > :06:00.was supposed to be signed today with the French energy company EDF

:06:01. > :06:03.and a Chinese company, which is a key investor.

:06:04. > :06:06.The Government says it will now make a final decision in the autumn.

:06:07. > :06:09.Our business editor, Simon Jack, reports.

:06:10. > :06:11.Just when you think you've got there,

:06:12. > :06:17.After EDF's board voted to give this project the green light,

:06:18. > :06:21.This tent should have been thronging with officials

:06:22. > :06:25.celebrating the start of construction in earnest,

:06:26. > :06:28.with the on-site workforce growing from hundreds to thousands.

:06:29. > :06:30.But the Government said, "Not so fast."

:06:31. > :06:32.Deeply disappointed, and I've spoken to many people

:06:33. > :06:34.who are really angry, people who have spent years

:06:35. > :06:37.working to get us to the position that we've got to.

:06:38. > :06:39.There was real celebrations yesterday when EDF's board made

:06:40. > :06:47.and this very much felt like a slap in the face from the UK Government.

:06:48. > :06:49.So what happens now? Basically, there are three options.

:06:50. > :06:56.think, read the small print and sign the original deal.

:06:57. > :07:00.Option two, renegotiate - try to save money by offering EDF

:07:01. > :07:03.a lower price for the energy from Hinkley, but this might

:07:04. > :07:05.further delay or risk the project collapsing,

:07:06. > :07:12.Option three, cancel - walk away, save ?18 billion,

:07:13. > :07:14.saying, after a decade of effort from two previous governments,

:07:15. > :07:20.But then where would the electricity everyone agrees we need

:07:21. > :07:24.The Government says it wants to take its time

:07:25. > :07:28.After all, this is a 50-year commitment we're talking about.

:07:29. > :07:31.It'll lock us in a contract that could cost consumers ?30 billion

:07:32. > :07:35.That all seems fair enough, but they didn't tell the very people

:07:36. > :07:38.building it until the last moment, and that seems a strange way

:07:39. > :07:42.to treat important trading partners like China, like France,

:07:43. > :07:44.at the very time you're trying to tell the world

:07:45. > :07:50.Remember, EDF is 85% owned by the French state.

:07:51. > :07:59.If one of the governments, one of the sides cancels the deal,

:08:00. > :08:03.it's going to be very bitter on the other side,

:08:04. > :08:05.and, yeah, it could contribute to a souring

:08:06. > :08:09.of the relationships between the two countries,

:08:10. > :08:11.especially in the context of the Brexit.

:08:12. > :08:16.China agreed to put in a third of the money,

:08:17. > :08:19.a result, in part, of a George Osborne charm offensive,

:08:20. > :08:21.but changing partners or price will be very difficult.

:08:22. > :08:23.I think, effectively, what it means

:08:24. > :08:27.is that the deal in its current form is dead in the water.

:08:28. > :08:31.I think the only reason for a review can be one of two factors.

:08:32. > :08:34.First, that the Government don't like the price that is being asked.

:08:35. > :08:37.Second, that they don't like the involvement of the Chinese

:08:38. > :08:43.I think it's going to be very difficult

:08:44. > :08:49.Once again, the decision on this mammoth project

:08:50. > :08:53.this time for the Government to decide the way forward.

:08:54. > :09:01.was due to start generating power in 2025.

:09:02. > :09:04.So with the project on pause for now, what are the Government's

:09:05. > :09:07.other options for making sure the lights stay on in future?

:09:08. > :09:08.Here's our science editor, David Shukman,

:09:09. > :09:11.and, David, it's a very complicated picture.

:09:12. > :09:16.You're right, it is complicated, and the context for this

:09:17. > :09:19.long-running saga is that over the past decade one government

:09:20. > :09:22.after another has tried to balance three very different aims,

:09:23. > :09:25.keeping the lights on as older power stations are phased out,

:09:26. > :09:29.keeping energy bills as low as possible for consumers,

:09:30. > :09:33.and cutting our carbon emissions to help tackle climate change.

:09:34. > :09:39.So Hinkley, which would produce 7% of UK needs

:09:40. > :09:41.with carbon-free power, meets two of those objectives,

:09:42. > :09:49.Even so, supporters say it's essential.

:09:50. > :09:56.When you look at a nuclear plant back row, we look at capital cost,

:09:57. > :09:59.it is very high, but you have to look at the lifetime cost, and how

:10:00. > :10:04.long they are generating four. Hinkley Point will be generating for

:10:05. > :10:08.50 years plus, and for all of that time it will be giving secure

:10:09. > :10:13.electricity, reliable electricity and clean electricity continuously.

:10:14. > :10:16.The two reactors planned for Hinkley were picked because they were the

:10:17. > :10:21.most modern design with the largest power output. The operating concept

:10:22. > :10:25.is the same as for a pressurised water reactor... But the project to

:10:26. > :10:29.build these EPR reactors have struggled. One in Finland is running

:10:30. > :10:36.nine years late, and there is not yet one working anywhere. So what

:10:37. > :10:39.about alternatives? Renewable energy produced 25% of UK power in the

:10:40. > :10:44.first three months of this year. It is carbon free and costs are

:10:45. > :10:50.falling, but wind and solar are intermittent, which really matters

:10:51. > :10:54.in a long, cold winter. Gas is another option. It provided 37% of

:10:55. > :10:59.our power earlier this year. It is the cleanest fossil fuel, but either

:11:00. > :11:04.we imported, which creates uncertainty, or get it by fracking.

:11:05. > :11:11.And we've seen the opposition to that. So a serious home-grown supply

:11:12. > :11:16.could be years away. A third option is to be more efficient. Modern

:11:17. > :11:20.appliances use less power than older ones, so demand fell 6% over the

:11:21. > :11:25.past three years, nearly as much as Hinkley would generate. So critics

:11:26. > :11:29.say nuclear power is a costly mistake. If you look at the cost of

:11:30. > :11:33.Hinkley to the consumer, astronomical, they are now talking

:11:34. > :11:37.about consumers paying ?30 billion above the wholesale price of

:11:38. > :11:47.electricity during its lifetime, a huge sum of money, and then you got

:11:48. > :11:50.to deal with the nuclear waste. You got to store this wait for hundreds

:11:51. > :11:50.of thousands of years, it is very radioactive. They don't know what

:11:51. > :11:53.they are going to do without waste. Ultimately, there are no

:11:54. > :11:54.easy options, all of those objectives

:11:55. > :11:57.of being reliable, Big decisions about energy

:11:58. > :12:00.are always hard, and this one

:12:01. > :12:02.is tougher than most. Hillary Clinton has formally

:12:03. > :12:07.accepted the Democratic nomination In a speech at the party's

:12:08. > :12:11.convention in Philadelphia, she took aim at her rival

:12:12. > :12:13.Donald Trump, accusing him of having neither the character nor

:12:14. > :12:16.the experience to hold the office. Our North America editor,

:12:17. > :12:18.Jon Sopel, was there. Ladies and gentlemen,

:12:19. > :12:22.our next president, Hillary Clinton! She's spent a quarter of a century

:12:23. > :12:25.in public life, but no speech has mattered

:12:26. > :12:28.as much as this one. First, though,

:12:29. > :12:31.the historic formalities. and boundless confidence

:12:32. > :12:39.in America's promise that I accept your nomination

:12:40. > :12:46.for President of the United States! They cheered themselves hoarse -

:12:47. > :12:50.some cried as Hillary Clinton sought to reintroduce herself

:12:51. > :12:53.to the American public. It was personal, but she set out

:12:54. > :12:57.detailed policies too - some influenced by Bernie Sanders'

:12:58. > :13:01.insurgent campaign. Bernie Sanders and I will work

:13:02. > :13:07.together to make college tuition free for the middle class

:13:08. > :13:12.and debt-free for all. by someone who shouldn't

:13:13. > :13:27.have a gun in the first place. And she promised to raise

:13:28. > :13:29.the minimum wage. If you believe the minimum wage

:13:30. > :13:33.should be a living wage should have to raise their

:13:34. > :13:42.children in poverty, join us! to make about temperament

:13:43. > :13:49.and experience - why she was fit

:13:50. > :13:51.to be commander-in-chief Imagine him in the Oval Office

:13:52. > :13:56.facing a real crisis. is not a man we can trust

:13:57. > :14:07.with nuclear weapons. This has been an optimistic

:14:08. > :14:11.and upbeat vision of America presented by Hillary Clinton

:14:12. > :14:15.as the fireworks go off, a sharp contrast

:14:16. > :14:18.to the bleak and dark picture Politics is normally conducted

:14:19. > :14:26.in shades of grey, but the difference between

:14:27. > :14:29.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump it's the chance of a lifetime

:14:30. > :14:47.to be here, I'm so thankful! We're excited for the

:14:48. > :14:51.first woman President. What did you think of her?

:14:52. > :14:56.I liked her! If conventions and razzmatazz won

:14:57. > :14:59.elections, the Democrats would be home and dry, but with Donald Trump

:15:00. > :15:02.in the fight, they don't - More than 500 children have been

:15:03. > :15:17.identified as victims of sex abuse after a massive police investigation

:15:18. > :15:20.in Scotland. And still to come,

:15:21. > :15:26.Pope Francis visits Auschwitz and meets survivors

:15:27. > :15:27.of the Holocaust. we'll be live at Wigan Warriors

:15:28. > :15:31.to look ahead to their big Challenge Cup

:15:32. > :15:33.semifinal meeting with the Super League leaders,

:15:34. > :15:47.Hull FC, tonight. Two men - one of them a former

:15:48. > :15:50.British judo champion - have been jailed for trying

:15:51. > :15:52.to smuggle 18 Albanian The group, which included two

:15:53. > :15:57.children, were rescued from their inflatable boat

:15:58. > :16:00.as it was sinking off None of the migrants had been given

:16:01. > :16:04.a life jacket and they believed Our Correspondent Duncan Kennedy

:16:05. > :16:20.is in Dymchurch where Yes, they were. The judge said this

:16:21. > :16:24.was a tragedy narrowly avoided. You join us on what was a beautiful

:16:25. > :16:28.summers evening here but last May when this happened it was cold,

:16:29. > :16:32.dangerous and extremely choppy here. That did not stop the smugglers

:16:33. > :16:36.bringing these migrants across the Channel. There is was one of two

:16:37. > :16:38.court cases dealing with this issue today, providing some success for

:16:39. > :16:42.the Home Office and proving that they are dealing with this problem,

:16:43. > :16:43.although also showing just how vulnerable the British coastline can

:16:44. > :16:46.be. One and a half miles off the Kent

:16:47. > :16:49.coast, this was the ghostly image of the migrant boat adrift,

:16:50. > :17:02.without petrol and taking on water. Closer, you can see the two

:17:03. > :17:04.smugglers in the red Robert Stillwell and Mark Stribling

:17:05. > :17:08.had life jackets on. The 18 Albanian migrants on board,

:17:09. > :17:10.including two children On the right of the shot,

:17:11. > :17:14.you can see one migrant desperately The judge today said that everyone

:17:15. > :17:17.here was within a Stillwell and Stribling were each

:17:18. > :17:26.paid ?2000 to smuggle migrants in. The migrants each paid ?5,000

:17:27. > :17:28.to make the journey. We often see that people

:17:29. > :17:30.smugglers treat human In this instance, they

:17:31. > :17:36.were treated as cargo. Robert Stillwell was a former

:17:37. > :17:39.British judo champion and was today Mark Stribling had a long criminal

:17:40. > :17:44.history and was also The court heard the two men

:17:45. > :17:52.were hired hands and that the real organisers were looking to make

:17:53. > :17:55.around ?90,000 from this one single Today's sentencing brings to an end

:17:56. > :18:00.one of the biggest people smuggling cases ever

:18:01. > :18:03.to reach the British courts. There have been warnings for months

:18:04. > :18:06.about the vulnerability of the UK coastline,

:18:07. > :18:08.given the numbers of migrants The government says it is aware

:18:09. > :18:24.of the problem and has now increased In a separate but also identical

:18:25. > :18:28.case today, this man, Steven Jackson, was also jailed for people

:18:29. > :18:33.smuggling along the south coast. He used this catamaran to bring in the

:18:34. > :18:39.17 Albanian migrants, into Chichester Harbour. They, too, were

:18:40. > :18:42.caught. 35 migrants were involved in today's two cases. More than nine

:18:43. > :18:46.have now been sent back. This has been a success for the Home Office

:18:47. > :18:51.but also warning about British coastal defences.

:18:52. > :18:53.Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, Kent.

:18:54. > :18:55.Pope Francis has visited the Auschwitz death camp in Poland,

:18:56. > :18:58.where more than a million people were murdered by the Nazis.

:18:59. > :19:01.He spent much of his visit in silent contemplation and prayer and met

:19:02. > :19:08.From Auschwitz, Tom Burridge reports.

:19:09. > :19:20.To a place which exposes the inadequacy of words. Where more than

:19:21. > :19:28.1 million mainly Jewish people were systematically murdered. Pope

:19:29. > :19:41.Francis spoke with some of the few who survived that horror.

:19:42. > :19:53.And a moment to reflect. At the wall where a Nazi firing squads executed

:19:54. > :19:59.thousands. Then, a prayer in a cell, we are a Catholic priest volunteered

:20:00. > :20:03.to die instead of a stranger. Before they were led to their death, human

:20:04. > :20:09.beings were locked up here like animals. Silence was the response of

:20:10. > :20:13.the Catholic Church. When Nazi Germany demonised Jewish people, and

:20:14. > :20:21.then attempted to eradicate Jews from Europe. Another visit by a Pope

:20:22. > :20:25.reminds us about the evil perpetrated in these buildings. But

:20:26. > :20:29.questions remain for the Catholic Church. About what it knew at the

:20:30. > :20:45.time of the Nazi death camps and the systematic programme of genocide. A

:20:46. > :20:47.psalm sung by a priest from a Polish village which sheltered Jewish

:20:48. > :20:54.families. Events here shamed humanity. A place that every Pope

:20:55. > :20:58.now visits. A pilgrimage of reparation. Tom Burridge, BBC News,

:20:59. > :21:15.in Auschwitz. BBC News has learned that an NHS

:21:16. > :21:18.Trust at the centre... One firm received more than ?5 million from

:21:19. > :21:22.Southern health for a contract originally valued at less than

:21:23. > :21:26.?300,000. The trust says the contracts provided value for money

:21:27. > :21:29.in the department for health says that they want to see urgent

:21:30. > :21:31.improvement of care at Southern Health as soon as possible.

:21:32. > :21:34.The US state of Florida has confirmed the first four cases

:21:35. > :21:37.of the Zika infection to be contracted from mosquito bites

:21:38. > :21:39.The Zika virus, which can cause birth defects,

:21:40. > :21:41.first gained public attention in Brazil last year.

:21:42. > :21:44.Until now, all known cases in the United States have

:21:45. > :21:46.been connected to people catching Zika abroad.

:21:47. > :21:48.Police in Sussex say they're concerned for the welfare

:21:49. > :21:53.of actress Honeysuckle Weeks, who's gone missing from her home.

:21:54. > :22:00.The 36-year-old actress - who's best known for her role

:22:01. > :22:03.in the ITV series Foyle's War, was last seen in Chichester last night.

:22:04. > :22:10.It's considered to be a masterpiece of the English Renaissance and now,

:22:11. > :22:12.for the first time, this historic portrait of

:22:13. > :22:14.Queen Elizabeth I celebrating the defeat of the Spanish Armada

:22:15. > :22:18.It follows the success of a ?10 million fundraising

:22:19. > :22:20.campaign to keep the oil painting in the country.

:22:21. > :22:24.A triumphant Queen Elizabeth in all her finery.

:22:25. > :22:27.It was on this very day, 428 years ago, that the Spanish

:22:28. > :22:33.Armada was first sighted off the English coast.

:22:34. > :22:37.This portrait commemorates that great crisis of Elizabeth's reign.

:22:38. > :22:40.But experts say there is so much more to this iconic image than that.

:22:41. > :22:45.The painting itself has gone beyond the specific event it

:22:46. > :22:49.represents to encapsulate the entire Elizabethan age.

:22:50. > :22:51.It is a one-stop image if you want to think

:22:52. > :22:53.about what the Elizabethans thought of themselves.

:22:54. > :22:58.Two almost identical portraits were painted at around the same time

:22:59. > :23:03.but this one is considered to be the most important.

:23:04. > :23:06.It is thought it was commissioned and owned by that charismatic figure

:23:07. > :23:09.in the court of Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake himself.

:23:10. > :23:14.And it has been in his family for more than 400 years.

:23:15. > :23:17.They had an overwhelming public response to the appeal.

:23:18. > :23:19.Musicians busked, schoolchildren baked cakes and with 8000 donations

:23:20. > :23:25.in just ten weeks, they raised more than ?1.5 million.

:23:26. > :23:28.Along with other major donations, it means the painting's future

:23:29. > :23:35.I think it is good that it is staying in this country

:23:36. > :23:41.because it is kind of like a piece of the history of the country.

:23:42. > :23:43.?10.3 million of public money, though.

:23:44. > :23:48.I mean, for the future history, heritage, culture.

:23:49. > :23:55.The amount of money spent on a painting, on a single painting,

:23:56. > :24:01.The Armada portrait will hang in Queen's House, the last

:24:02. > :24:03.remaining part of the palace where Elizabeth was born.

:24:04. > :24:11.Sophie Long, BBC News, Greenwich.

:24:12. > :24:14.All this week, we've been reporting on the athletes

:24:15. > :24:16.to watch from Team GB, who'll be competing

:24:17. > :24:18.at the Rio Olympics, which starts in a week.

:24:19. > :24:24.This evening, it's the turn of David Florence who has won

:24:25. > :24:26.silver in canoe slalom in the last two Olympics.

:24:27. > :24:30.Our Sports Correspondent, Joe Wilson has been to meet him.

:24:31. > :24:35.In canoe slalom, they call it white water.

:24:36. > :24:38.For Davy Florence, it might seem silver.

:24:39. > :24:41.At the Beijing Olympics, second in the C1 class.

:24:42. > :24:48.In 2012, silver medal again in the C2 doubles.

:24:49. > :24:51.He goes in both events in Rio, teaming up with Richard

:24:52. > :24:54.Florence will be the first man to represent Britain in three

:24:55. > :24:58.consecutive Olympics in canoe slalom.

:24:59. > :25:00.If you came back with another silver, would

:25:01. > :25:12.It's so dependent on the circumstances, really.

:25:13. > :25:16.I mean, for me, what I aim to do is to go to a competition,

:25:17. > :25:19.to prepare the best I can, to feel like I get there in the best

:25:20. > :25:22.shape I could put myself in and give my absolute all.

:25:23. > :25:26.It has been a hectic time in the Florence family.

:25:27. > :25:28.The first one is a year-old and David's second child

:25:29. > :25:33.Grandparents assist, wife and baby will be coming to Rio.

:25:34. > :25:37.David has already done six training trips there.

:25:38. > :25:41.We've had a very good experience there and I've taught myself

:25:42. > :25:44.Portuguese, so I've had a chance to chat a bit more

:25:45. > :25:48.You know, sometimes I chat to the locals and they say, yeah,

:25:49. > :25:50.it's dangerous here and we have drug-trafficking, but we don't

:25:51. > :26:03.Everyone has a different perspective on what is dangerous.

:26:04. > :26:08.David is a linguist, studied as a physicist and once even

:26:09. > :26:16.When you have seen all the publicity Tim Peake has had over

:26:17. > :26:19.the last year or so, has part of you thought,

:26:20. > :26:28.I think he was much better qualified for the job

:26:29. > :26:31.but when an opportunity comes along like that to apply,

:26:32. > :26:35.you are not going to get it unless you apply so I thought

:26:36. > :26:39.The flight to Rio was by aeroplane but with the pilot none other

:26:40. > :26:42.than David Florence's father, it should have been a lot smoother

:26:43. > :26:54.We have got some pretty lively weather out there at the moment with

:26:55. > :26:57.plenty of scenes sent in like the one behind me. This is a funnel

:26:58. > :27:02.cloud in Cambridgeshire taken over the last hour. Lots of pictures sent

:27:03. > :27:05.in these funnel clouds across Cambridge, down towards Essex. This

:27:06. > :27:13.is indicative of a lot of energy in the atmosphere. There's been a real

:27:14. > :27:15.mix of sunny skies across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and

:27:16. > :27:20.England, but we have this front sinking south and on that system

:27:21. > :27:25.heavy showers. The odd thunderstorm for parts of the Pennines and

:27:26. > :27:28.eastern England, the heaviest of the showers should be easing away.

:27:29. > :27:30.Things becoming largely dry overnight tonight with just a

:27:31. > :27:35.scattering of showers continuing across the North West of Scotland.

:27:36. > :27:38.For most of us, temperatures feeling cooler and less humid compared to

:27:39. > :27:43.recent nights. Still miles towards the south-east. Through the day, we

:27:44. > :27:46.have a north westerly airflow bringing us a slightly fresher feel

:27:47. > :27:50.to the weather. Lots of dry weather with long spells of sunshine and

:27:51. > :27:54.some showers popping up during the afternoon, particularly towards the

:27:55. > :27:59.North West. Temperatures round about 17 or 18, but further south, we

:28:00. > :28:04.could see 22 or 23. Heading through the course of Saturday evening and

:28:05. > :28:07.overnight, the daytime showers will fade away. Largely dry and clear

:28:08. > :28:10.conditions into the early hours of Sunday morning and it will be chilly

:28:11. > :28:18.first thing, looking at single figures in the countryside. A fresh

:28:19. > :28:21.start to the day but the should be plenty of sunshine once again. A

:28:22. > :28:26.similar day for Saturday. A westerly breeze bringing a mix of sunny

:28:27. > :28:30.spells and scattered showers particularly towards the north-west.

:28:31. > :28:36.Temperatures cooler than they have been. Feeling a touch cooler as we

:28:37. > :28:37.had through the weekend but for most of us, the should be some decent

:28:38. > :28:41.spells of sunshine. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

:28:42. > :28:44.so it's goodbye from me and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

:28:45. > :28:45.news teams where you are.